Crushed Novels & Stories

The man swallowed hard and stammered, "Ruined means… crushed. Completely crushed. Nothing left but a bloody mess." Lorenzo froze stiff on the spot. Mikayla, who had rushed over in panic, stood there in stunned silence. She had never imagined her scheme would end up crippling her own cousin so badly.

**TWO! Shale screamed, a sound of pure, animal terror, realizing his role as sacrificial purification. **ONE.** The world vanished in a deafening **CRUMPH!** Not a fireball. A contained, brutal *implosion* of focused force. The breaching charges detonated with savage precision. The steel intake pipe bulged inward violently, then crumpled like foil around the wedged canister. The purple glass shattered instantly. The pressurized Phoenix Prime, seeking release, met only collapsing, superheated metal.

When Creed heard the notification, he was a bit confused. The mechanical voice had shattered his rhythm. Creed was having so much fun, he wanted to continue. He gestured at the AI to stop the recording. A sense of disappointment swallowed him. It wasn’t a daily occurrence that he could reach such an ecstatic state of mind. However, the moment his mind cleared up, Creed’s legs gave up. His stance immediately crumbled like cards.

She screeched, making a go at Holly with her arms raised and hands extended. As her foot came down, cracks spread up her legs until her flesh crumbled in a sea of cream-colored shards, raining down into the grass. Freya screamed a second time, but this sound was one of agony. Everything from her kneecap down was gone, even the gown she wore had crumbled. Her arms went next, showering the earth and sinking deep into the soil.

Crack— The sharp sound of bone breaking rang out suddenly. Mireille screamed in agony, cold sweat pouring down her forehead, yet she refused to give up. Her eyes blazed with fury as she glared at Raina. “How dare you! Raina, you filthy—” Raina had just crushed one of her arm bones with a single hand! How was that even possible?

The girl leans into her as the guy Jonny stares down at Loyalty from the stage, and starts to sing out the lyrics to David Archuleta’s song ‘Crush’. My internal rage grows as he reaches this one verse, “why do I keep running from the truth? All I ever think about is you. You’ve got me hypnotized, so mesmerized, and I just got to know”! Yeah, I have to know too, buddy, because if she is returning those feelings I’m going to have to murder your ass! “Do you ever think, when you’re all alone, all that we could be, where this thing could go? Am I crazy or falling in love? Is it real or just another crush? Do you catch your breath when I look at you, are you holding back like the way you do”? Yea

As Liam pushed Axias's body backward, Axias' footing on the floor was pushed back even more, and suddenly– CRACK! CRUSH!

“Is it… gone?” Frederick shook his head. “No.” His voice was hoarse, weighed down by exhaustion. “I only forced it back. It’s still inside him.” Ron cursed under his breath. Then—Magnus stirred. A sharp gasp tore from his lips as his eyes snapped open. He sucked in air like a drowning man breaking the surface, his fingers clawing at the fractured stone beneath him. For a moment, there was nothing but raw confusion in his expression. Then the pain hit.

*CRUNCH. The sound was different this time. Not the clean impact on a knee, but the sickening, muffled crack of bone breaking under layers of clothing and muscle. He screamed, a high-pitched, inhuman sound of agony, the knife clattering harmlessly to the floor as his arm hung uselessly at a grotesque angle.

The fucking wolf inside me was clawing its way to the surface, demanding, feral. I tightened my fist until the plastic gave way with a harsh crunch. The pills cracked inside, brittle shells shattering under the pressure. My claws had already pushed through, and the sharp tips bit into my own skin as I dropped the warped jar onto the floor with a clatter. It rolled away, forgotten.