03-15-2014, 03:21 PM
Time slowed to a crawl. Jensen could see every single grain of sand fall through the hour glass with each and every passing second. The Gift siphoned through him battered his body against a rocky shore. It was glorious and excruciating at the same time. His chest caved in. His head thought it would split. If he was going to die, which seemed increasingly likely, it would be wrapped in light.
The Gift surged alongside him. Somewhere in his field of view, power flowed through another. Orange light flashed, and the mist dissolved like fog from a cold mirror. Immediately there was a screeching wail of pain, and the crushing weight lifted. He was freed of its grasp.
He collapsed to the pavement, panting like he'd been running for his life. The Gift still surged through him, but he didn't have the strength to raise his arms and keep it from ripping his body apart.
He rolled to his back. The mist monster took a more solid form, but with its connection to Jensen severed, the Gift was his to use at will once more. A cold river fell through his thoughts, and he sent it coursing through the droplets of mist with the sheer focus of mind alone.
The creature shrieked, its hollowed eyes thrown toward the stars, but Jensen could do no more. His head dropped back to the pavement, praying the others could take over what he could not finish. He squeezed his eyes shut. Despite everything, he couldn't bear to watch what happened next.
The Gift surged alongside him. Somewhere in his field of view, power flowed through another. Orange light flashed, and the mist dissolved like fog from a cold mirror. Immediately there was a screeching wail of pain, and the crushing weight lifted. He was freed of its grasp.
He collapsed to the pavement, panting like he'd been running for his life. The Gift still surged through him, but he didn't have the strength to raise his arms and keep it from ripping his body apart.
He rolled to his back. The mist monster took a more solid form, but with its connection to Jensen severed, the Gift was his to use at will once more. A cold river fell through his thoughts, and he sent it coursing through the droplets of mist with the sheer focus of mind alone.
The creature shrieked, its hollowed eyes thrown toward the stars, but Jensen could do no more. His head dropped back to the pavement, praying the others could take over what he could not finish. He squeezed his eyes shut. Despite everything, he couldn't bear to watch what happened next.