Fate

Marty Franklin, the Black girl who had been briefed beforehand, joined forces with Anya Corazon, the South American girl, to kick the burning tree down from the opposite side of the trap.

Julia Carpenter, who had been waiting for this, used Psychic Spider-Silk again to grab Cathy Weber and pull her out.

Everything about their plan and actions had been perfect, except for one overlooked detail. Ezekiel Sims risked being smashed into the trap by the falling trunk and reached out to grab Cathy Weber instead of trying to save himself.

His idea was simple. As long as the girl cared about her companions and insisted on pulling Cathy Weber out, he could use that force to get pulled out of this predicament as well.

But after planning for so long, how could Cathy Weber have overlooked that? And this moment was the crucial turning point that would determine the fate of the five people present.

If Ezekiel Sims survived, he would grow into something terrifying and become their nightmare for the rest of their lives. Yet among the countless visions of defeating Ezekiel Sims, sacrifice always accompanied them. Any of the three girls, including herself, could die. Death was the most common outcome; even the best-case scenario was disability.

And right now, among all those visions, this was the path Cathy Weber had found where the sacrifice was acceptable and most likely to succeed, because only she needed to be sacrificed. She used her psychic powers to cut off the white girl's Psychic Spider-Silk.

With the outward pull suddenly gone, the Poison Spider, caught off guard, dropped farther into the pit. By the time he reacted and tried to climb out on his own, the burning tree they had kicked down was already crashing over him!

"No!" Amid the