A deafening crack split the funeral parlor.<\/p>\n
Wood exploded from the white coffin as splinters scattered across the polished floor.<\/p>\n
Screams filled the room.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat are you doing?!\u201d the man in the black suit shouted, his voice echoing off the cold walls.<\/p>\n
The maid stood trembling, gripping the axe with both hands, eyes wide with something deeper than panic.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe\u2019s not dead!\u201d<\/p>\n
The mourners recoiled in horror.<\/p>\n
A woman cried out, \u201cStop her!\u201d<\/p>\n
But the maid didn\u2019t move back.<\/p>\n
She yanked the axe free, her breath shaking, chest rising fast.<\/p>\n
\u201cI heard her\u2026 I heard her breathing!\u201d<\/p>\n
Another swing\u2014<\/p>\n
CRACK.<\/p>\n
The lid split further open.<\/p>\n
And then\u2014<\/p>\n
silence.<\/p>\n
Not normal silence.<\/p>\n
Heavy.<\/p>\n
Wrong.<\/p>\n
The kind that presses against your ears.<\/p>\n
The man stepped closer now, slower, his voice no longer angry\u2026 just uncertain.<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2026that\u2019s impossible\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
The maid dropped the axe.<\/p>\n
It clattered across the floor.<\/p>\n
She fell to her knees and began tearing at the broken wood with bare hands.<\/p>\n
\u201cHelp me!\u201d she screamed.<\/p>\n
No one moved.<\/p>\n
Not one person.<\/p>\n
Then\u2014<\/p>\n
something.<\/p>\n
A faint sound.<\/p>\n
From inside.<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2026did you hear that?\u201d a woman whispered, barely breathing.<\/p>\n
The camera of the moment seemed to pull everyone forward at once.<\/p>\n
Toward the dark gap in the coffin.<\/p>\n
Something shifted inside.<\/p>\n
A subtle movement.<\/p>\n
A presence where there should be none.<\/p>\n
The man\u2019s voice broke into a whisper.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
And then\u2014<\/p>\n
a hand.<\/p>\n
Pale.<\/p>\n
Still.<\/p>\n
Suddenly\u2014<\/p>\n
it twitched.<\/p>\n
The maid gasped and reached toward it, her fingers shaking.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe\u2019s alive\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
And in that exact second, just before anyone dared touch it\u2014<\/p>\n
the hand moved again.<\/p>\n
Harder.<\/p>\n
Like something inside was trying to get out.<\/p>\n
Cut to black.<\/p>\n
Part 2 in the comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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