Hughes made the two workers that came for them turn around and walk away confusedly.569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGUnorfcOsA
'You're sick.' Christine said. 'Don't you feel anything? All those people.'569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKHpNQILkYc
'It's just part of magic.' He replied. 'Magic was never meant to be a gift. Telekinesis, fire. All destructive.'569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpqHFCwm5OF
'I don't believe that.'569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwqb3mY61Ca
'It's true. You were given these powers for a purpose, Christine, and you need to realize this.'569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnycJb8H4lc
Ashes were falling around them, a rain of black swans drifting down from the sky.569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdI6UpVotJA
'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.'569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ05JJDwZlXF
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.569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSPKcmGUMxK
With a shaking breath: 'No.'569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4VpZK1lFzH
'This is your purpose, goddamit! Magic isn't a fairytale, Christine, it's a weapon, and we're utilizing it the best we can.'569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡow9T0Qmnq4
'No, I refuse to believe that.' She groaned as she rose to her feet.569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnZ5uWjuWAW
'You're weak.' Hughes spat. 'Weak like your brother.'569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgs0Sap4C3H
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.'569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYpbIyalP7C
She turned to face the rubble.569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡycDC5Ff9xa
'Christine. What are you doing? There's nothing left.'569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9szbMtOBg7
'I am not going to let all those people die, Hughes.'569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ59iZ2pRNxN
'They're already dead!'569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbjECyqFsha
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.'569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmKQv60LeSQ
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.569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU9lz7ylBf4
'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.569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXZv57yfcUt
But that's not possible, Hughes thought. It's not goddamn possible. She can't be doing this.569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDzFY0EpJXX
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.569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfCCnBbvY4S
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.569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU12ISJYtpN
'YAAAAAAAAAAIEEEEEEEEEEEE - ' Christine could feel it draining her, sapping the very life out of her body, killing her -569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfU15vD67Ul
A deafening roar was ascending in volume as the bodies and pieces of WestGo clouded out the sun, sending the city into shadow.569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsu6Gs4prr1
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 -569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡACBZnrACVq
And it all came cascading down, a shattering boom as the reformed skyscraper dropped to the ground.569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡguWBVSpMB0
Cries of anguished relief as a flood of people came running out of the building - alive.569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl8oHH3Y1yr
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 -569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXpYeKarRpP
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.569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9yger2c6bs
It was her dress, limp, and lying empty on the ashen floor.569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVL9TWyW21d
With her final spell, the Void had taken Christine.569Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsCo2ZvB13Q
Bound by the lives she saved.
Penana
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