Enough

As thin as a thought, Lisa's very essence seemed destined to fade away to nothingness, joining the void that surrounded her. So much of her gone already, so little left. And yet the parts that remained defined her, telling her who she was, teasing a life that should have been.

Ahead of her the lattice still glowed. Probability seemed to be her only tool, her only hope, of escape. But she tired. In her diminished state, manipulating chance was exhausting, and, as it seemed, unfruitful. She needed just one more chance and she could be free, but Gary and Wyatt, the two who would either keep her from being whole or grant her liberty, resisted her efforts at every turn. Already Lisa had allowed herself to drift off from the lattice slightly, unsure if she would continue. Perhaps it would be best to just fade away, become one with the void.

But then she felt it. A shift, a change in energy. It wasn't in the lattice. It was in the two points of light that were her would-be rescuers: Wyatt and Gary. More specifically, in the one she thought was Wyatt. It had somehow grown brighter, pulsing with energy. She reached for it, touched it, pushed into it. She couldn't get through, but there was something there...

Yes!

She pushed, and it gave, just a little, just enough for her to push some more. Just enough to slip a tiny bit of what remained of her power through.

It would have to be enough.