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At dusk, following the aftershock, Annie checks herself for injuries while navigating the devastated streets. With no power, collapsed buildings, and fires everywhere, she worries about Dom and Taylor as she orients herself toward Mount Tabor Park. She witnesses society breaking down around her as she passes burning homes and unsuccessfully attempts to break into a Tesla to get to a water bottle inside.
Upon reaching a grocery store at Belmont and 28th, Annie joins an aggressive crowd of looters, even throwing a brick at the windows. After the crowd overwhelms a security guard, she enters the store, eats a candy bar, and pockets some snacks. A stranger gives her a water bottle before gunshots send her fleeing. Annie then enters an abandoned house seeking more water, finding little except a razor blade that she takes from the medicine cabinet for self-defense. While resting on the couch, emotionally overwhelmed, she feels a sharp abdominal pain that signals the onset of labor.
In a flashback to the night before the earthquake, Annie watches television and feels the baby move when