The fear and adrenaline moved through Ahra like a snake, they pulsed in her blood and wrapped around her bones. It insisted she continue firing the gun even through a chorus of metallic clicks. She wasn't even sure she'd struck the mountain of flesh, but she was compelled to continue. The monster was not to be stopped and it bellowed at her in rage. Frustrated and confused by the lack of fire, Ahra tried to throw the empty gun in it's general direction. Her vision was suddenly swallowed by a rocky mass. It was all the she could do to fling her hand up.<br/><br/>As if she'd lit a firework, the projectile exploded right before it made contact. At first she thought she'd be killed by the shrapnel, but the pieces of rock fell harmlessly. The sudden drop in her strength was alarming, and she cried out. Though the rock never touched her body, her mind still wanted to register the shock of actually being struck. Her knees buckled and she sat on the ground with a little poof of snow and ash, hands only just supporting her from falling flat.<br/><br/>When Ahra glanced upwards, the angry giant of a man had almost fallen over her. Things happened too quickly for her to react. Ahra recognized a familiar glow around the man and it was oddly warm, maybe even hot. Unable to even hide her face, the cudgel blurred inches from her skull. Like lightning there was pain unlike anything she'd ever experienced. Too much anguish to even describe with a scream, she flailed her arms wildly and writhed on the ground in intervals, fighting for little gasps of breath. Part of her that wasn't overwhelmed felt a faint connection with the previous radiance. She reached for it desperately, grabbing at anything she could find that would push away the hurting.<br/><br/>She grasped what she recognized to be her assailants personal energy and flung what she could handle every which way. Faintly she felt wind rush past her on all sides and then a crack so loud her ears sang. Having just briefly broken the sound barrier, Ahra's body convulsed one more time before she lay on her side, trembling as she hyperventilated. Not far from her she could just make out the monster from earlier moving around, but she was too spent to run away.