Hughes made the two workers that came for them turn around and walk away confusedly.479Please respect copyright.PENANAcYR1wo1HmK
'You're sick.' Christine said. 'Don't you feel anything? All those people.'479Please respect copyright.PENANAoDJPLVA9YU
'It's just part of magic.' He replied. 'Magic was never meant to be a gift. Telekinesis, fire. All destructive.'479Please respect copyright.PENANAmBrxWnvsU2
'I don't believe that.'479Please respect copyright.PENANAPJyoM1OHtO
'It's true. You were given these powers for a purpose, Christine, and you need to realize this.'479Please respect copyright.PENANAdY9wU4hl3H
Ashes were falling around them, a rain of black swans drifting down from the sky.479Please respect copyright.PENANAAFgwMAXLVt
'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.'479Please respect copyright.PENANA0PPumZwTO6
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.479Please respect copyright.PENANAEuzE7hYOPY
With a shaking breath: 'No.'479Please respect copyright.PENANAcU5d8vXA86
'This is your purpose, goddamit! Magic isn't a fairytale, Christine, it's a weapon, and we're utilizing it the best we can.'479Please respect copyright.PENANAJLYTRwUEpt
'No, I refuse to believe that.' She groaned as she rose to her feet.479Please respect copyright.PENANAWKgSdbz8et
'You're weak.' Hughes spat. 'Weak like your brother.'479Please respect copyright.PENANAvhWniZ0bwg
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.'479Please respect copyright.PENANAmPsnhN6b6r
She turned to face the rubble.479Please respect copyright.PENANACMY9AwwoBo
'Christine. What are you doing? There's nothing left.'479Please respect copyright.PENANAsNELPRdIF4
'I am not going to let all those people die, Hughes.'479Please respect copyright.PENANA8cJGJNJrGh
'They're already dead!'479Please respect copyright.PENANACn7oehRL0K
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.'479Please respect copyright.PENANAkpUTqm5rx3
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.479Please respect copyright.PENANA0DFrl7PHuT
'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.479Please respect copyright.PENANAmGjyoJ5U3s
But that's not possible, Hughes thought. It's not goddamn possible. She can't be doing this.479Please respect copyright.PENANAoFGX42mvG1
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.479Please respect copyright.PENANAPGsEs5YIbr
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.479Please respect copyright.PENANAwIedvuQGbO
'YAAAAAAAAAAIEEEEEEEEEEEE - ' Christine could feel it draining her, sapping the very life out of her body, killing her -479Please respect copyright.PENANA6rm60cjXj5
A deafening roar was ascending in volume as the bodies and pieces of WestGo clouded out the sun, sending the city into shadow.479Please respect copyright.PENANAigyUs6xPSe
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 -479Please respect copyright.PENANAnUfX55FQWi
And it all came cascading down, a shattering boom as the reformed skyscraper dropped to the ground.479Please respect copyright.PENANASfM3igfo05
Cries of anguished relief as a flood of people came running out of the building - alive.479Please respect copyright.PENANAua68L1vCvo
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 -479Please respect copyright.PENANATxNMLP5q7l
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.479Please respect copyright.PENANAsFumupB7TR
It was her dress, limp, and lying empty on the ashen floor.479Please respect copyright.PENANAYjS5QpnN1h
With her final spell, the Void had taken Christine.479Please respect copyright.PENANA4ucv6hOLMe
Bound by the lives she saved.
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