Controlled collapse

I dug fingernails into the doorframe, then activated my forcefield. I tore door and part of the frame away from the front of the store. It was one of the smaller buildings on the street, and it was styled as a general store.

The screaming trailed off altogether. I gripped the damaged wall where the doorframe had been attached, and tore at that too. The Wretch struck at other things.

******

"What would you have done, if she hadn't called it off?" Rain asked.

"Controlled collapse of the structure," I said. "If she had hostages in there, I'd set it up so she'd have to tell me."

- Shadow 5.12