"Save it?" Sarah's voice cracked as the ley line energy tore through them. "By opening a doorway to nothingness?"
The transit felt like being unmade at the molecular level. Tokyo dissolved around them, replaced by a kaleidoscope of golden light and screaming darkness. Sarah clung to Atlas's hand, their bond the only anchor as they hurtled through dimensional pathways that shouldn't exist.
"Every savior believes they're right!" Atlas shouted over the roar of cosmic energy. "That's what makes them dangerous!"
They materialized violently in a subway tunnel beneath Manhattan. The impact sent them sprawling across concrete, golden energy sparking off metal rails. Above them, the rumble of trains continued oblivious to their arrival.
Sarah coughed, tasting copper. "Well, that was worse than
