Hughes made the two workers that came for them turn around and walk away confusedly.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0N9HDM63is
'You're sick.' Christine said. 'Don't you feel anything? All those people.'714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAdlRnM4Su0
'It's just part of magic.' He replied. 'Magic was never meant to be a gift. Telekinesis, fire. All destructive.'714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQLwg0Dcu74
'I don't believe that.'714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEjU3jwC0fH
'It's true. You were given these powers for a purpose, Christine, and you need to realize this.'714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd0dZ0Iv71L
Ashes were falling around them, a rain of black swans drifting down from the sky.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSKXHQmidOE
'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.'714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVbl6ClvGoH
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.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxJ9j5s4kdT
With a shaking breath: 'No.'714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRY7PNbvqsN
'This is your purpose, goddamit! Magic isn't a fairytale, Christine, it's a weapon, and we're utilizing it the best we can.'714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyxzgVgjZ4w
'No, I refuse to believe that.' She groaned as she rose to her feet.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpz5G1upmlr
'You're weak.' Hughes spat. 'Weak like your brother.'714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbQlnduWNhJ
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.'714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡixjJTTRzAA
She turned to face the rubble.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbWeVfNS7tI
'Christine. What are you doing? There's nothing left.'714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKjSun3vbAx
'I am not going to let all those people die, Hughes.'714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX1pOtT1eeo
'They're already dead!'714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVUi9FgdDSt
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.'714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ2vAXXPDdz
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.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAuw3RSKXSq
'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.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbmll4S8QDx
But that's not possible, Hughes thought. It's not goddamn possible. She can't be doing this.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4rk9PH42Dk
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.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD3BEY3aknd
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.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiYP0FNpxCn
'YAAAAAAAAAAIEEEEEEEEEEEE - ' Christine could feel it draining her, sapping the very life out of her body, killing her -714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJYoJGaoUC6
A deafening roar was ascending in volume as the bodies and pieces of WestGo clouded out the sun, sending the city into shadow.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnbz2Js81uD
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 -714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4cHMHf5oSR
And it all came cascading down, a shattering boom as the reformed skyscraper dropped to the ground.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHlfA9P5Xmf
Cries of anguished relief as a flood of people came running out of the building - alive.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZtLVI720aO
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 -714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmOauml3yqD
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.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVdxN9Nxd2L
It was her dress, limp, and lying empty on the ashen floor.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpzHVsjQo6u
With her final spell, the Void had taken Christine.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtZ9MLHTnS2
Bound by the lives she saved.
Penana
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