Rescue mission

"Well he was meant to be, but I have no idea where he's gotten off to..." Matthew admitted to her

"Oh, he has not moved. You should be more concerned about where you have have gotten off to."

"How concerned?" He asked nonchalantly, as he started to stand up.

She took a step forward, reaching her hand out to caress his shoulder. "I no longer make deals with humans."

Matthew caught her arm when she did, he tensed. He didn't want to fight her, he wanted to do quite the opposite, but there was no choice in the matter; he had to save linn, and he was ready to kill anything or anyone to do so. "I don't want to kill you, but I will." is all he said, looking at her with solemn, resigned eyes.

This elicited a laugh from her. "You're playing with powers you don't understand."

Without responding or giving any warning he sent as many volts of electricity as he could muster through his hand that was holding her arm, into her.

Her scream was piercing; she recoiled initially before pressing her hand to his chest and sending his electricity back to him.

This wasn't an entirely unexpected move, but Matthew none the less had to form a small force field between them to absorb the last of the electricity as he stopped channeling it into her. He hoped she would back off or stand down so he wouldn't have to hurt her, but he doubted it. Then there was that little shameful piece of him that hoped she would beat him down and break him.