Jin stalled in the door way. The girls' face was pale as snow. Her lips faded into a blue hue. Blood dribbled down her mouth as she was too tired and weary to cough. Her eyes didn't move from the bed her father had died on. Jin didn't even feel like he could move in that moment. But he had to. He could see the faces of all those he had watched die before. All those he was unable to save as their wounds were too dire.
"Why," he gritted through his teeth. "Why," he whispered again, angry that he was turning in circles. No matter how much power he amassed he was never able to heal as much as he needed to. To reach out to those that needed him in their darkest moments. now he had to watch a young girl die.
He pushed through to get to her side and knelt down. "Hey," he mustered from his core. The girl faintly looked over at him. The mother's eyes were shut. But he knew what they had to be thinking. That he made a promise to them. And now it was for nothing. They would die anyway.
He held the girl's hand just in time to feel her fingers slip away from his. Her arm dangled lifelessly toward the ground. The mother silently wept. Jin's heart crashed. He stood up with his head held low. Anger seething within.
"hail to the king of the sun," A voice burned through his mind. His hand shifted at his waist and felt light as a beam of sun rays. Light swelled around the mage and spiraled above his head. The guards stepped back. Jin rose his arms, perplexed by the turn of events. But it felt...right.
"Power....my power," he proclaimed in astonishment. The light returned to him. His mana swelled. His eyes gazed into the heavens above. "I understand," he said and rose his hands into the dark sky. The blazing sun burst to life and made it daytime. All the workers gazed around amazed. They came from their homes and rubbed the sleepiness from their eyes.
"Return to this life!" He yelled as he grabbed the disc of sun that floated above his head and heaved it into the sky. Light washed over the girl. Her hands twitched and she gasped for air, with renewed lungs. The mother gasped and held her tight.
Jin staggered backward. "Finally," he said and collapsed. The people rushed in confused and elated. Jin awoke hours later with a man by his bed.
"I don't know what happened...but thank you. To have mastery of life and death. A truly dangerous gift. I've never seen anything like it."
"me either" jin replied and as they exchanged pleasantries and intrigue, jin took the rest of the day to rest.
WC 450
Total 2500+