Christine's POV A whirlpool of dark wind hauled the North Base, sucking everything into it and releasing wrath I had never seen before, swallowing the ground and crumbling the walls. Wailings were inaudible, replaced by the sounds of bones breaking and walls crumbling, breaking when the vines of darkness hit them. The shield surrounded me like a second layer of skin, protecting me from being hit by loose vines and fallen objects, destroying everything in the way. I lay on the ground, clasping the grass and barely holding myself against the current. "Christine! Hold on tight!" Brother shouted, glimpsing back at me through his armour, laying down and burying his hand halfway into the soil. Blood dripped and covered half of my brother's face after protecting me from the attacker, w

