Garnet's Injustice In The US

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Garnet was running in the woods when she heard a scream over her blaring earphones. She took them off and looked back to find a bleeding child withering under a man. Her eyes grew blurry with tears. Seeing such a vulgar thing happen in real life tore at her heart and filled her with rage. The abuser was slamming the poor child into an oak tree repeatedly, not noticing the rage filled teen running straight towards him. Before he could reach for the child’s half dead body once more, Garnet plunged into his torso, causing both of them to fall on the ground. She repeatedly slammed his cranium into the hard stone walkway. He struggled against the sudden attack and punched at the girl fighting with him. The squabble only lasted until Garnet saw blood

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