You Fired Me, Now Your Empire Burns
His complexion cycled rapidly from a ghostly white to a deep, burning crimson, and finally to a sickly, suffocating blue.
He realized, with absolute certainty, that there was no mercy to be found here. The bridge wasn't just burned; it had been totally vaporized. He couldn't say another word. Crying hysterically, he scrambled backward toward the grand doors, tripped over his own wet shoes, and practically tumbled down the front steps into the roaring storm outside.
A few days later, the financial and tech news channels broke the story globally.