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Ordering the power to stay, to wait, to hold, he opened his eyes
Everything was as it was before, except for one ss more clearly, more crisply He heard sounds more distinctly, each one somehow separated from the other, each one crystal clear He sensed vibrations in the air, particularly fro across his skin with every throb
He looked at Jane standing in front of the tree, probably throwing her powers into the Blade of Shattered Hope,the Fifth Reality Tick turned his gaze back to the black tree Its darkness was so deep, its edges so finely detailed, he had a hard ti he thought possible--ht Maybe five or six Maybe infinity
None of it mattered He had to act He’d convinced hi when or how, but he had to try His family would be safe He’das deeply as possible on the trunk of the black tree, he iinary barrier he’d created within hi his knees, he released the slightest bit of pent up Chi’karda He felt an almost untraceable awhat else to do, he focused all of his thoughts into one distinct line of words, saying the them at the same spot where he’d aimed the Chi’karda
Stop the Blade Stop the Blade Stop the Blade
Sato ran, though he fell doith every fourth or fifth lunging leap forward
The others did the saranted the gifts of legs and were trying to figure out how tothe hardest tier roll forward like a ball a few ti as best she could Tollaseat and Windasill worked together, pushing and pulling and balancing each other Sato was on his own He kept his head down and ran
The earthquake continued to rage, shaking the entire world and everything on it Crashes and clangs and breaking glass sounded like s wood Screa and old, h neither Sato nor anyone else knehere they were running to, there didn’t seem to be any choice You ran fro crackle sounded to his left, splitting the air just as he caught a flash of bright light on the edge of his vision He snapped his head around, but it was too late The light was gone It had been like a bolt of lightning
Another one exploded in front of hied line of brilliant white before he closed his eyes, hoping he wasn’t blinded for life Electric thunder rocked the air and shook the ground Sato fell on his face and rolled three tihtning strike, soht Another one way behind hiy and sound
He got to his hands and knees, searching the area for his friends He caught sight of Mothball sprawled across Rutger, scran of her parents
Sato stood up, lurching back and forth as the land continued to shake and tre, crooked bolts of white fire hitting the ground in quick flashes instantaneously with the world-crushing sound He held his hands up to his ears, wondering if he’d ever be able to see or hear again
A brief pause in the lightning storainst the bright blurs of afteri his vision as he headed toward Mothball He had taken a few steps before he realized soe The screa
In disbelief, he scanned the area, shocked that he couldn’t see anyone Nobody Nowhere Only Mothball and Rutger Where had everyone else gone?