His body slammed into the concrete hard enough to crater the street. His growth stopped. Reversed. Started shrinking as his Essentia gave out under the sudden pressure.
Titan caught herself mid-fall. Hit the ground on her hands and knees instead of her back. Controlled landing. No crushed cars. No dead civilians.
She looked around. Confused.
Trying to figure out what just happened.
The villain wasn't moving anymore. He'd shrunk back down to normal size. Unconscious. Pinned under gravity he couldn't fight.
Then I let go.
The purple glow in my eyes faded.
The headache hit immediately.
Oh.
Oh that's not good.
My vision blurred at the edges. White spots danced across everything. The pain started behind my eyes and spread backward into my skull like someone was driving nails through my optic nerves.
I pressed my palm against my temple.
Blinked hard.
Vision came back slowly.
Blurry. Then clear. Then sharp again.
The spots faded.
The pain didn't.
