“Are there any worth saving?”
The spirits were fairly neutral in regard to making these decisions. They provided the power and I was the hand that wielded it. I would strike the final match and blow this place up.
So they gave me no answer.
Using their omniscience, I followed my path to the next disaster … and the next. I cleared up diamond smuggling. Rainforest razing. Overmining conglomerates who were more interested in a piece of paper than in the actual damage done to the Earth.
My head spun. It was too much. It was way too much. I felt like I was cutting off one evil head only to have five more spring up. When I discovered a pedophilia ring in the process of selling tiny innocent children … that was when I lost my mind and released all of my power.
The world froze. Every part of it. It remained in stasis as I tried to make up my mind.
You cannot hold this for long, the spirit warned me.Everything works together for a reason. If you throw the balance off, it’s very hard to get it back.
Apparently not even I had the power to do that.
“I don’t know what to do.”
It was a chink in my armor, and I wish it wasn’t there.
“There are people I cared about in this world. Every now and then their faces flashed across my mind, taking me by surprise. But I also don’t think there is a reason to save this world. I’ve had the smallest glimpse and it’s horrific.”
Maddison James!
The blast of my name did not come from the original energy. It came from another source, one that sent a blossom of heat to my chest. Glancing down, I blinked at the skeletal frame that was all that remained of me. There was no heart or visible organs. I didn’t need them to survive, so how was there heat?
Baby, I need you to listen to me. This is not you … these are not your decisions to make. You don’t have to be alone.
How was he communicating with me? I did not allow anyone to enter my energy…
Not to mention, everyone was frozen, every single living being, including the beautiful world they were destroying.
For the first time since setting out on my task, I was curious about something other than the state of the universe. This male, he was somehow immune to my power, because while the entire world was frozen, held in the grasp of my limitless power, he was not.
Maddison James, I know you better than any fucking person, living or dead. You’re the other half of my soul and I need you to know … I will love you no matter what. I support whatever decision you make. If you remake our world, I will find you in the next one.
A brief pause.
You and me, water baby, we’re end fucking game. End game, baby! Repeat it after me.
No! No, I couldn't let this voice … let this energy entice me from my task.
Do you want to see him?
This time it was the spirits, and I couldn’t tell if they wanted me to look or not. They didn't hold opinions about things. Not really. They just existed and had their part to play in it all. They just needed a vessel to play that part. That was where I came into it.
Maddison James.
The voice again. He wouldn’t leave me alone.
Impossible, my love. There’s no alone when you have a true mate. I will give you space when you need it, but you’re never truly alone.
Get out of my head!I screamed, sending power with the command.
I felt his flinch. I’d hurt him … badly. But he didn’t leave me.
Maddison James.
That fucking name again.
