Hughes made the two workers that came for them turn around and walk away confusedly.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBBkrkcbQPC
'You're sick.' Christine said. 'Don't you feel anything? All those people.'634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb2qWjT3EfO
'It's just part of magic.' He replied. 'Magic was never meant to be a gift. Telekinesis, fire. All destructive.'634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWLMghMBj34
'I don't believe that.'634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcAZuJAagkR
'It's true. You were given these powers for a purpose, Christine, and you need to realize this.'634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ524FtTkyDI
Ashes were falling around them, a rain of black swans drifting down from the sky.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsXVfM61bwR
'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.'634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGUvs44T5KN
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.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhCGsjmEmvW
With a shaking breath: 'No.'634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD7ggPMDBP2
'This is your purpose, goddamit! Magic isn't a fairytale, Christine, it's a weapon, and we're utilizing it the best we can.'634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPwtYtjJK2k
'No, I refuse to believe that.' She groaned as she rose to her feet.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡik8DyZfvUH
'You're weak.' Hughes spat. 'Weak like your brother.'634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh69QtPkwDe
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.'634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Vb0N9lapN
She turned to face the rubble.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2z8xpkKtXA
'Christine. What are you doing? There's nothing left.'634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEje5BFLi7d
'I am not going to let all those people die, Hughes.'634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzihRkGzcQu
'They're already dead!'634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPKlrZz4SKK
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.'634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7TxZOwX9fe
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.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkzETVYopU9
'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.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbjrwFBU6xr
But that's not possible, Hughes thought. It's not goddamn possible. She can't be doing this.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwM4rn5QArC
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.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡurgl4CSjYT
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.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHlZFpKd1EK
'YAAAAAAAAAAIEEEEEEEEEEEE - ' Christine could feel it draining her, sapping the very life out of her body, killing her -634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsyVWqJ1Rlx
A deafening roar was ascending in volume as the bodies and pieces of WestGo clouded out the sun, sending the city into shadow.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgufvF1lVXw
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 -634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxIbBw0V1Fg
And it all came cascading down, a shattering boom as the reformed skyscraper dropped to the ground.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiOvNDrQlq4
Cries of anguished relief as a flood of people came running out of the building - alive.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCqp6vqQQ6i
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 -634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY5TQZaNxHU
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.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ydefRefPW
It was her dress, limp, and lying empty on the ashen floor.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzTc5rCE71M
With her final spell, the Void had taken Christine.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMj4gqbUcne
Bound by the lives she saved.
Penana
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