"Lucy!" Linsley shouted, trying to release his own power, but he wasn't yet able to channel his newly awakened Gift.
His Flux remained dormant, out of reach, and he could do nothing as the debris hurtled toward her.
But just as the debris was about to crush Lucy, something extraordinary happened. Her body glowed faintly, and her short white hair began to grow longer, extending down to her waist.
A pair of dark, feathered wings sprouted from her back, unfurling with a powerful flap that swatted the falling debris aside like it was nothing.
Linsley watched in awe as Lucy's transformation completed. Her crimson eyes glowed with a fierce light, and the dark mist of Flux swirled around her. She had awakened her Gift—a Fallen Angel, with powers that radiated both beauty and danger.
Ted's Gift continued to wreak havoc, the ground still shaking, cracks spreading throughout the facility as if everything around them was being destroyed from within.