Hughes made the two workers that came for them turn around and walk away confusedly.496Please respect copyright.PENANARmeh6LEET7
'You're sick.' Christine said. 'Don't you feel anything? All those people.'496Please respect copyright.PENANA1pv7F4oAhh
'It's just part of magic.' He replied. 'Magic was never meant to be a gift. Telekinesis, fire. All destructive.'496Please respect copyright.PENANAQQAcohsmin
'I don't believe that.'496Please respect copyright.PENANAMmoCyXkw0x
'It's true. You were given these powers for a purpose, Christine, and you need to realize this.'496Please respect copyright.PENANAdHtuhkYInP
Ashes were falling around them, a rain of black swans drifting down from the sky.496Please respect copyright.PENANAIdurpffaT6
'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.'496Please respect copyright.PENANAhcXJq81uMo
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.496Please respect copyright.PENANA8PxhQO9Co7
With a shaking breath: 'No.'496Please respect copyright.PENANA4YcgfIOlO3
'This is your purpose, goddamit! Magic isn't a fairytale, Christine, it's a weapon, and we're utilizing it the best we can.'496Please respect copyright.PENANAxy42FIAJPC
'No, I refuse to believe that.' She groaned as she rose to her feet.496Please respect copyright.PENANAv5rv9PzBoq
'You're weak.' Hughes spat. 'Weak like your brother.'496Please respect copyright.PENANAV2fNMISfQX
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.'496Please respect copyright.PENANAYhnmzUfg1F
She turned to face the rubble.496Please respect copyright.PENANAIzIcE2GLmp
'Christine. What are you doing? There's nothing left.'496Please respect copyright.PENANAg6ri78blma
'I am not going to let all those people die, Hughes.'496Please respect copyright.PENANAQ3bZBXbDVw
'They're already dead!'496Please respect copyright.PENANAFC9juzafxn
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.'496Please respect copyright.PENANA5kcODGYrBO
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.496Please respect copyright.PENANAmmiFd3iu49
'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.496Please respect copyright.PENANAPnaEDIKGwQ
But that's not possible, Hughes thought. It's not goddamn possible. She can't be doing this.496Please respect copyright.PENANAzsTYD9QvqW
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.496Please respect copyright.PENANAle5uB6hUCF
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.496Please respect copyright.PENANA8IwcLTbVLc
'YAAAAAAAAAAIEEEEEEEEEEEE - ' Christine could feel it draining her, sapping the very life out of her body, killing her -496Please respect copyright.PENANAtYOt2ujjKe
A deafening roar was ascending in volume as the bodies and pieces of WestGo clouded out the sun, sending the city into shadow.496Please respect copyright.PENANAaTN8A72L3G
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 -496Please respect copyright.PENANA8fU86zOuFM
And it all came cascading down, a shattering boom as the reformed skyscraper dropped to the ground.496Please respect copyright.PENANAUdvnQCkVda
Cries of anguished relief as a flood of people came running out of the building - alive.496Please respect copyright.PENANA0MPKMJsAos
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 -496Please respect copyright.PENANAi4sp0lLpGT
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.496Please respect copyright.PENANAn5KTvBnI8p
It was her dress, limp, and lying empty on the ashen floor.496Please respect copyright.PENANAd7dSl8BBGt
With her final spell, the Void had taken Christine.496Please respect copyright.PENANA4uIF2ftve2
Bound by the lives she saved.
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