Hughes made the two workers that came for them turn around and walk away confusedly.602Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPPEpTzz8Wq
'You're sick.' Christine said. 'Don't you feel anything? All those people.'602Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5r28bGCvtu
'It's just part of magic.' He replied. 'Magic was never meant to be a gift. Telekinesis, fire. All destructive.'602Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡByrS8SDhdU
'I don't believe that.'602Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA2dWh5m4wp
'It's true. You were given these powers for a purpose, Christine, and you need to realize this.'602Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRXE9CwfEW1
Ashes were falling around them, a rain of black swans drifting down from the sky.602Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLXPG7t0rfQ
'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.'602Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbehDJH0jcg
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.602Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTrNkOglWYu
With a shaking breath: 'No.'602Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzmQkjrtQGp
'This is your purpose, goddamit! Magic isn't a fairytale, Christine, it's a weapon, and we're utilizing it the best we can.'602Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNyZbYzRo3Z
'No, I refuse to believe that.' She groaned as she rose to her feet.602Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDgqhjyU4bW
'You're weak.' Hughes spat. 'Weak like your brother.'602Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfpzoP9pK2c
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.'602Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7R9KQQZNNk
She turned to face the rubble.602Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkwpE6tdyh7
'Christine. What are you doing? There's nothing left.'602Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYWsDJipeZN
'I am not going to let all those people die, Hughes.'602Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEe9NnnRi01
'They're already dead!'602Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu3r0Q6BC2o
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.'602Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9t44q3O3v9
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.602Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs676kQRhaq
'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.602Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi9aox51qmv
But that's not possible, Hughes thought. It's not goddamn possible. She can't be doing this.602Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡonn6voiurH
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.602Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZTF2sgcrHi
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.602Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5MHa7CQ9zQ
'YAAAAAAAAAAIEEEEEEEEEEEE - ' Christine could feel it draining her, sapping the very life out of her body, killing her -602Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbayMBjNgeQ
A deafening roar was ascending in volume as the bodies and pieces of WestGo clouded out the sun, sending the city into shadow.602Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHlND5AiCtN
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 -602Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMp5pQn8yTW
And it all came cascading down, a shattering boom as the reformed skyscraper dropped to the ground.602Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnVKQ0TyxgC
Cries of anguished relief as a flood of people came running out of the building - alive.602Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqIaiLr5QPs
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 -602Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjfeaZJ0WaX
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.602Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAPXGp1561R
It was her dress, limp, and lying empty on the ashen floor.602Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ZBo5AkmD8
With her final spell, the Void had taken Christine.602Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPgIGQ6zPhi
Bound by the lives she saved.
Penana
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