Hughes made the two workers that came for them turn around and walk away confusedly.528Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwVyb6HoUtM
'You're sick.' Christine said. 'Don't you feel anything? All those people.'528Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgDD1kPRbHX
'It's just part of magic.' He replied. 'Magic was never meant to be a gift. Telekinesis, fire. All destructive.'528Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAloLfxCfuX
'I don't believe that.'528Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq2Fi3nrqui
'It's true. You were given these powers for a purpose, Christine, and you need to realize this.'528Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgxkkZC0ZKX
Ashes were falling around them, a rain of black swans drifting down from the sky.528Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIFLjBkE88F
'Christine. Listen to me. You're special. You're the most powerful of all of us. And you can still join us. You can be reborn as part of Floor Twelve Minus.'528Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvdXbQAyGMg
The woman cried. She had nothing left - her job was gone, she had no family, and the struggle had drained all the life out of her.528Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ76tnY8lqVy
With a shaking breath: 'No.'528Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeCzim7mkMP
'This is your purpose, goddamit! Magic isn't a fairytale, Christine, it's a weapon, and we're utilizing it the best we can.'528Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCdYTWk03N4
'No, I refuse to believe that.' She groaned as she rose to her feet.528Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbubNPwrDgC
'You're weak.' Hughes spat. 'Weak like your brother.'528Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVkXpuO06EJ
Christine slapped him. 'I don't know who you're talking about. But he sounds like a man who does not deserve to be spoken about like that.'528Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDWRWI9Isyy
She turned to face the rubble.528Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlBI5PjfDT3
'Christine. What are you doing? There's nothing left.'528Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBB2OUVcARc
'I am not going to let all those people die, Hughes.'528Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1fwed3jv0p
'They're already dead!'528Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSgNQwOQYQY
Christine stared on at the pile of concrete and glass, a face that aged within just a few days carved into a look of determination. 'That's not going to stop me.'528Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡooVC6wi8AV
With a strenuous roar, she lifted her hands and the pieces of the WestGo building slowly began rolling to the center of the ruin, crashing against each other as the service workers ran around in alarm.528Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQMtG2tJwgI
'Aaaaaaaaaargh!' The pieces were floating now, dripping dust and stones onto the bodies beneath, until they, too, rose into the sky, like puppets suspended by the strings of heaven.528Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3nk0eO273t
But that's not possible, Hughes thought. It's not goddamn possible. She can't be doing this.528Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxsopfbKJEz
There were groans as pieces of steel bent, a flurry of activity as discarded bolts and supports on the ground spun into the air, shards of glass shooting up like a flock of shimmering doves, tinkling as they gathered into radially cracked panes.528Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTHIMTO9Hlq
Christine's veins were pulsing, an overflow of energy pouring from the ground through her body, ripples of the Void sending undulations through the air.528Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ535mNK3spI
'YAAAAAAAAAAIEEEEEEEEEEEE - ' Christine could feel it draining her, sapping the very life out of her body, killing her -528Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqShqbuuOF7
A deafening roar was ascending in volume as the bodies and pieces of WestGo clouded out the sun, sending the city into shadow.528Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡputFec1Iru
Slowly, heavily, they began spinning in the air, some rising, some falling, all slowly being drawn into the center like a giant suspended centrifuge, crashes of smoke and dust, screams of exclamation from the people watching below as it began taking on a shape, a triangular prism reaching up into the sky -528Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwYO95E1f4m
And it all came cascading down, a shattering boom as the reformed skyscraper dropped to the ground.528Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUCtvNRNkS4
Cries of anguished relief as a flood of people came running out of the building - alive.528Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa0EFbm0U9M
Hughes looked on in amazement - Christine had revived them all. Not just one human, but thousands of actual people. Back on earth to feel the warmth of a loved one's embrace, back on earth to cry and smile -528Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwJIYRRFzfV
He didn't even try to fight it. He just turned back to the empty space in front of him, and in a daze, walked over to the object on the ground.528Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMpLJhWUKEw
It was her dress, limp, and lying empty on the ashen floor.528Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXzzVDFiQcT
With her final spell, the Void had taken Christine.528Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqm2d4Hir0p
Bound by the lives she saved.
Penana
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