The smell of dust clawed me awake from unconsciousness. The first thing I took note of was the cloud of smoke that hovered in the air. I rolled to my side, ignoring the pounding headaches at the base of my skull. Christopher lay an inch away, a large boulder sitting on his feet. I moved to a feline position and crawled towards him. “Christopher…Chris” I nudged and he gasped awake like he’d just woken up from a trance. “Becca?” “I’m going to move this off you” I coughed out and pushed the boulder off his feet. “Fuck” he howled, clutching his feet tightly and I helped him up. I looked around the tower that now lay in ruins. Bodies scattered everywhere, unmoving. I clawed through the smoke, ignoring the sound of Christopher’s calls. I climbed over bodies, stumbling over one and almost falling over but I held myself up. I needed to find Leonidas. “Leonidas” I called loudly, still stumbling through the smoke and bodies. After what felt like forever, I arrived at the center o
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