Hughes made the two workers that came for them turn around and walk away confusedly.703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ50ZefAIfnG
'You're sick.' Christine said. 'Don't you feel anything? All those people.'703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡThaJwkxBqN
'It's just part of magic.' He replied. 'Magic was never meant to be a gift. Telekinesis, fire. All destructive.'703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA86CxO7kI8
'I don't believe that.'703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKXCitdBFAY
'It's true. You were given these powers for a purpose, Christine, and you need to realize this.'703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLCGYGcByKE
Ashes were falling around them, a rain of black swans drifting down from the sky.703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkuhdkV6gpN
'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.'703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh5LTBIO4BE
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.703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiimqOM0199
With a shaking breath: 'No.'703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqFm6krxonr
'This is your purpose, goddamit! Magic isn't a fairytale, Christine, it's a weapon, and we're utilizing it the best we can.'703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsIjiYtMdRX
'No, I refuse to believe that.' She groaned as she rose to her feet.703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrIG7RLcjiM
'You're weak.' Hughes spat. 'Weak like your brother.'703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Ndd5VKPlS
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.'703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8SIv9Jc2S8
She turned to face the rubble.703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLbcuJn3RFs
'Christine. What are you doing? There's nothing left.'703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTcUbaTpDBn
'I am not going to let all those people die, Hughes.'703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuPGYaH4Yno
'They're already dead!'703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTu6Z7LDxTx
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.'703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ9pU2yAmP9
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.703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvpwjKrhkee
'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.703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0L2yIAAngo
But that's not possible, Hughes thought. It's not goddamn possible. She can't be doing this.703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0NpSJTvtHV
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.703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGiQaOg33Tl
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.703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2UFTcDgkYu
'YAAAAAAAAAAIEEEEEEEEEEEE - ' Christine could feel it draining her, sapping the very life out of her body, killing her -703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ63ladxx7rc
A deafening roar was ascending in volume as the bodies and pieces of WestGo clouded out the sun, sending the city into shadow.703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfVWg8jhsoX
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 -703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz7CyZlF5h3
And it all came cascading down, a shattering boom as the reformed skyscraper dropped to the ground.703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwyn4FWRnbN
Cries of anguished relief as a flood of people came running out of the building - alive.703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7qAQDk4N4v
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 -703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSmWHHlO2y6
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.703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsjxGj41Bbz
It was her dress, limp, and lying empty on the ashen floor.703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCDbGd9ncDH
With her final spell, the Void had taken Christine.703Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPePTjInhVo
Bound by the lives she saved.
Penana
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