The Man in the Tower (Part 3)

Rating: PG-13 (for now)
Word count: ~ 2,000
Warnings: Angst, canon character death in a decidedly non-canon way.
A/N: So this is still going, and I really have a ridiculous number of WIPs right now, don't I? -.- And there are more in the process of being fleshed out; someone needs to smack me and tell me to stop. Really. Please?
(Introducing McCaffrey’s antagonists into this universe, because they're just too good to waste. So, meet the Hive. I've taken liberties, of course, with them as well as the ethics of Talents killing with their abilities. I don't remember anything specific from the books—though it’s been a long time since I read them—but in my weird-ass universe, imagine it like a doctor taking part in torture; that's the kind of taboo it is. Not unheard of, but horrifying.)

( Chapter Three )