Hughes made the two workers that came for them turn around and walk away confusedly.583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlSwE49jAMm
'You're sick.' Christine said. 'Don't you feel anything? All those people.'583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG0UfUrjbxk
'It's just part of magic.' He replied. 'Magic was never meant to be a gift. Telekinesis, fire. All destructive.'583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1TzZYMvQKR
'I don't believe that.'583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ8RALGXQ5D
'It's true. You were given these powers for a purpose, Christine, and you need to realize this.'583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwv5emRHTu1
Ashes were falling around them, a rain of black swans drifting down from the sky.583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLH1zbc463P
'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.'583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7QMtWdw0hk
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.583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwpygA6rnWY
With a shaking breath: 'No.'583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ19UGjMPnQD
'This is your purpose, goddamit! Magic isn't a fairytale, Christine, it's a weapon, and we're utilizing it the best we can.'583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2WBjLqimEY
'No, I refuse to believe that.' She groaned as she rose to her feet.583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCh8jtrfhho
'You're weak.' Hughes spat. 'Weak like your brother.'583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOUHD2y3WQZ
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.'583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIZL6rWm1Kz
She turned to face the rubble.583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmSvLQWmyAe
'Christine. What are you doing? There's nothing left.'583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm0NS9eF6Lr
'I am not going to let all those people die, Hughes.'583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2swK1E9IFM
'They're already dead!'583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAPqfc0oUQY
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.'583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAxV6iiaQpq
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.583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuQwannAttJ
'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.583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrqvDugXIyr
But that's not possible, Hughes thought. It's not goddamn possible. She can't be doing this.583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV7hZReJD7x
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.583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWBX7tGHREK
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.583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ4dCuQY3KI
'YAAAAAAAAAAIEEEEEEEEEEEE - ' Christine could feel it draining her, sapping the very life out of her body, killing her -583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeax0JoP1i0
A deafening roar was ascending in volume as the bodies and pieces of WestGo clouded out the sun, sending the city into shadow.583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv8qbLosga6
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 -583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgGHCSJkQ70
And it all came cascading down, a shattering boom as the reformed skyscraper dropped to the ground.583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbaJHPF0q3e
Cries of anguished relief as a flood of people came running out of the building - alive.583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkz9M4VyxPg
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 -583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrNF7v1V4Ie
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.583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH4euMk8eEd
It was her dress, limp, and lying empty on the ashen floor.583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLMEjCpa86H
With her final spell, the Void had taken Christine.583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfcqyZodyeN
Bound by the lives she saved.
Penana
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