Hughes made the two workers that came for them turn around and walk away confusedly.626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQmptAAznDa
'You're sick.' Christine said. 'Don't you feel anything? All those people.'626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUzmFTtrCtN
'It's just part of magic.' He replied. 'Magic was never meant to be a gift. Telekinesis, fire. All destructive.'626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9zhe9XUCO8
'I don't believe that.'626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAvlswzR8Dz
'It's true. You were given these powers for a purpose, Christine, and you need to realize this.'626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9eimlZWiSH
Ashes were falling around them, a rain of black swans drifting down from the sky.626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYtdzSWvah1
'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.'626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1BLhMODxdo
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.626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5pA0HxCZQN
With a shaking breath: 'No.'626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3T1enlrAQd
'This is your purpose, goddamit! Magic isn't a fairytale, Christine, it's a weapon, and we're utilizing it the best we can.'626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ90tAcA4Kre
'No, I refuse to believe that.' She groaned as she rose to her feet.626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG9hjR9wKiq
'You're weak.' Hughes spat. 'Weak like your brother.'626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFoRcJwiX1z
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.'626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYRlS8zzsYV
She turned to face the rubble.626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3M4D8sXBcl
'Christine. What are you doing? There's nothing left.'626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡERzBkhEwDG
'I am not going to let all those people die, Hughes.'626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRNdnzeSwdO
'They're already dead!'626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf9BEZUgquQ
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.'626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpvOZLcpiqI
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.626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeAcf7Pk5JD
'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.626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh0YmE5Mpk8
But that's not possible, Hughes thought. It's not goddamn possible. She can't be doing this.626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Dyk6X8Tzo
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.626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ46J2L2Pjwc
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.626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb2YBZftywy
'YAAAAAAAAAAIEEEEEEEEEEEE - ' Christine could feel it draining her, sapping the very life out of her body, killing her -626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqCwT4z4CKu
A deafening roar was ascending in volume as the bodies and pieces of WestGo clouded out the sun, sending the city into shadow.626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbpqjvLC2r5
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 -626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt9o0FQLEqn
And it all came cascading down, a shattering boom as the reformed skyscraper dropped to the ground.626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1XTyobKPW2
Cries of anguished relief as a flood of people came running out of the building - alive.626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7gXul41pmT
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 -626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEYjl1chTNV
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.626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHTsG0IHIF9
It was her dress, limp, and lying empty on the ashen floor.626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHkwQ6Br0W6
With her final spell, the Void had taken Christine.626Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ72571zSBWy
Bound by the lives she saved.
Penana
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