Hughes made the two workers that came for them turn around and walk away confusedly.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLOPCrYGP0F
'You're sick.' Christine said. 'Don't you feel anything? All those people.'568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkk49NjKoiE
'It's just part of magic.' He replied. 'Magic was never meant to be a gift. Telekinesis, fire. All destructive.'568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ItlnP4SHw
'I don't believe that.'568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaGrWOW5rWQ
'It's true. You were given these powers for a purpose, Christine, and you need to realize this.'568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzWddwEchtM
Ashes were falling around them, a rain of black swans drifting down from the sky.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQws1iOvl6k
'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.'568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Tz1tzHjvx
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.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaItddojigO
With a shaking breath: 'No.'568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe5B1qHGqNl
'This is your purpose, goddamit! Magic isn't a fairytale, Christine, it's a weapon, and we're utilizing it the best we can.'568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcjNko6tsOA
'No, I refuse to believe that.' She groaned as she rose to her feet.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbfyf4AqtK3
'You're weak.' Hughes spat. 'Weak like your brother.'568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlJ5vNYPozQ
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.'568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKs8AByxS4A
She turned to face the rubble.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVgBE0vsCUE
'Christine. What are you doing? There's nothing left.'568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9WeMPRD49p
'I am not going to let all those people die, Hughes.'568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCkpIYAqpWR
'They're already dead!'568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOYJqixMv98
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.'568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvv4JuuKI55
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.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZFP0iLiL2y
'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.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOBwAnq9Pgx
But that's not possible, Hughes thought. It's not goddamn possible. She can't be doing this.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6HBcbd9iGF
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.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAqPLNPFZ2L
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.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE0he7qhkll
'YAAAAAAAAAAIEEEEEEEEEEEE - ' Christine could feel it draining her, sapping the very life out of her body, killing her -568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXzw8imawVH
A deafening roar was ascending in volume as the bodies and pieces of WestGo clouded out the sun, sending the city into shadow.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8itqkKOppE
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 -568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBJyoOlahBw
And it all came cascading down, a shattering boom as the reformed skyscraper dropped to the ground.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeSp3NGSX8S
Cries of anguished relief as a flood of people came running out of the building - alive.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8RoPryymy3
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 -568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqAJcyhrW2N
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.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJGvLIF24IE
It was her dress, limp, and lying empty on the ashen floor.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡumhSiDk8zn
With her final spell, the Void had taken Christine.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCNEBq2tod7
Bound by the lives she saved.
Penana
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