"Angelica, do something!" Vic, still kneeling, whipped his head back toward her as the bats swarmed closer, their screeches growing louder. "If you don't, we're all dead! And you'll never get a chance to make your family pay!" His voice rang out, thick with desperation and fear.
The urgency in his words jolted Angelica from her paralysis, igniting a spark of fierce determination within her. Her fearful expression transformed, hardening into one of steely resolve.
She took a steadying breath, her feet rooted firmly in place as she focused. Sparks of purple electricity crackled around her hands as she thrust them forward, unleashing a powerful bolt of lightning.
The lightning shot forward with a loud crack, striking the oncoming bats and sending them flying backward in a storm of energy.
"Way to go," Vic managed to call out, still panting from his spot on the ground, a faint, relieved smile breaking through his exhaustion.