There was a sudden, and deafening crack as the wooden beams of the platform began to snap. The entire structure shook violently, throwing everyone standing on it off balance.
A chaotic scene spread like wildfire among the crowd below, who were pushing and shoving against the scaffolds in an attempt to bring it down.
Sterling quickly grabbed Faye and pulled her away from the edge. She had almost fallen into the crowd. But as he gazed upon her face, he noticed something strange.
Her eyes were wide open, and they seemed to glow with a radiant blue light, almost as if they were on fire, arcing. She stood there, frozen in a trance-like state, her palms open and facing each other.
Suddenly, a brilliant and blinding orb of blue light appeared between her hands. The light was so bright that it was almost impossible to look at directly. Sterling could feel a familiar tingling sensation in his fingertips as he gripped Faye's arms in his hands.
