[i]She didn't even register it, it moved so fast. All she knew was that one second, she had been charging the large man from the back, and the next, she'd been flying through the air, her mouth bleeding and her head spun wickedly. Not enough to break her spine, but she would certainly suffer whiplash. She saw him standing, his right hand extended, his body facing the direction she had come from. He had pimp-slapped her with the back of his hand. The man began to approach her crumpled form on the ground, an aura of blue flame surrounding him, streaming from him. His eyes blazed, trailing tails of flame. His face was still set in a grimace, and that was when she remembered, it had been snowing earlier. This rain should have been snow, but something...or someone? Seemed to be emitting such heat that for a large radius, the snow was melted into rain.[/i]