I let myself not panic. His taunting smile is partly hidden by the barrel of the gun that seeks my friend, who continues to softly cry behind me. I squeeze my hand in the air, feeling the solid energy compact further.
“Tell Cleis that I don’t miss him” I pull my hand back and hurl, moving sideways so that the mass of energy can travel through the air and hit the gun in the right spot. It does, causing the gun to fly in the air and out of John’s hands. But at that same moment, I perceive something cutting through the entire system of sound waves that stands in this room with us, unheard and unseen by all, except me.
“No!” I scream and raise my other hand in the air, surrounding the sound waves that are being cut by the lacerating bullet as it makes its way towards us. In a frenzied but
