Hughes made the two workers that came for them turn around and walk away confusedly.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq41zjy6LLy
'You're sick.' Christine said. 'Don't you feel anything? All those people.'684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdlCpgr9bF1
'It's just part of magic.' He replied. 'Magic was never meant to be a gift. Telekinesis, fire. All destructive.'684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR6fw4NYPrw
'I don't believe that.'684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTioa0G2AWQ
'It's true. You were given these powers for a purpose, Christine, and you need to realize this.'684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqzd9fjIOPj
Ashes were falling around them, a rain of black swans drifting down from the sky.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn4sImYtDhO
'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.'684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp3eiCwwYGE
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.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9NapETQg1o
With a shaking breath: 'No.'684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwW0WTuiw29
'This is your purpose, goddamit! Magic isn't a fairytale, Christine, it's a weapon, and we're utilizing it the best we can.'684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLC9wmh8HmZ
'No, I refuse to believe that.' She groaned as she rose to her feet.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvBemajqhOM
'You're weak.' Hughes spat. 'Weak like your brother.'684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpdRJlioknR
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.'684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB17xAakyiW
She turned to face the rubble.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsFUbd16N5r
'Christine. What are you doing? There's nothing left.'684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGfLfsGsiBN
'I am not going to let all those people die, Hughes.'684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgDvoxJeqR4
'They're already dead!'684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfNaNSKIDRR
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.'684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSsFH1ULnK9
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.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4fvud5j4Xx
'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.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpIl3BJnf5Z
But that's not possible, Hughes thought. It's not goddamn possible. She can't be doing this.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3V6CtGM1b8
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.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLTXXyskMJg
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.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmCw02rfZZX
'YAAAAAAAAAAIEEEEEEEEEEEE - ' Christine could feel it draining her, sapping the very life out of her body, killing her -684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡktxWNI69F1
A deafening roar was ascending in volume as the bodies and pieces of WestGo clouded out the sun, sending the city into shadow.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNBcQ7FZM1p
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 -684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9iRVmHr4QN
And it all came cascading down, a shattering boom as the reformed skyscraper dropped to the ground.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlNrFfIBORv
Cries of anguished relief as a flood of people came running out of the building - alive.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9UXR3ACnBa
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 -684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkAo1EX7z89
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.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlRYNDWBhry
It was her dress, limp, and lying empty on the ashen floor.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaLXtr9ncDj
With her final spell, the Void had taken Christine.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6BCPqoMvxM
Bound by the lives she saved.
Penana
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