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The pain was indescribable and I let out a screaic could not h to repairWhen ain, it was too late, the attacker was already standing overhis thick boot down forcefully onone final breath, I sent a rush of all the h my veins and shivered under the force of it And thankfully, when ic was in full force, I actually didn't need to breathe I grabbed his foot as strongly as I could, my delicate hands seemed miniscule next to his thick calf and steel toed boot I pushed with everything I had, pushing hi myself plenty of room to breathe

With a quick intake of breath, I was on ht it down heavily onto his face, both feeling and hearing his nose shatter underneath the sole of ly irabbed led and flailed es but still he wrestled me underneath him I let out a screa to lose my life to such a brutal assassin

"What do you want?" I shouted into his recovered face, fighting to keep his hands away from my exposed throat Sweat poured down an to fall froly

I didn't doubt that he did There was pure hate behind his eyes Myfrom my veins in a steady stream into his open palms Wherever his skin touched mine, there was a portal to withdrawic you'll what? You'll have eternal life?" Ias probably the truth

"I know that I will," he replied with frightening certainty

As I struggled for breath and consciousness under his iron grip, an to flash before uidance, Avalon, Lilly, the Resistance, ht! I drained those boys of theirthem once This man, whoever he was, seeic I didn't

I focused what little energy I had left on taking his ic froive up as rightfully mine, but it was no use I was too weak Whatever advanced skill I used in that first battle had been drained from my blood and the attacker now possessed it

He was really starting to piss ic by touchinghiy remotely; I could take it back the same way he was

I sucked in another labored breath and focused this time, not on an idea or concept, but on his actual flesh I focused on his knees that were digging into round I focused on his hands holding htly to the concrete and I focused on the tips of his boots digging into an to reclai like tug-of-war I pulled a little ain I heldto weaken ic in place for a second, and then a second longer and then two seconds longer

A drop of sweat from his forehead landed onWith renewed vigor I pulled anotheronto it until I was sure it belonged to er still and the ath to continue

I pulled and pulled and pulled, until I had draas mine and more out of his pathetic veins I pushed him off me with minimal effort and stood next to his body He looked up at me with a primal fear, but evenon leaving hih Suddenly I was flying through the air, face first into the building I had half destroyed earlier I burst through the destroyed brick, sending shrapnel and dirt all over the pristine lobby I landed in a cruic yet

In only a few seconds I stood and crossed the distance between us Sending a burst of round with an unadulterated hate I didn't knoas capable of Before he could even react I began extracting as left of his ic, and I did not stop until he was co in a crureedy with power, letting the newwith my blood The electricity inside of htning

"Kill me," the man whispered hoarsely from his prostrate position on the cold, iced over concrete "For the love of God, kill me"

I finally looked down at the crippled shell of a ly broke What had I just done? Who was I? I wasn't a murderer I couldn't take asn'tto Whoever this man was, I was not like hirabbedme to end his er and the tears strea sob escaped without permission and I failed to see any other option before reen SUV suddenly ca halt on the battle-torn street, destruction caused by my own hand Avalon and Jericho ju vehicle and were atnot only my consciousness, but my emotions as well, opened his arms to me and I fell into them I wept heavily, unable to calm my broken heart I couldn't have really been about to kill him