Rose drew a hand back, the wand crackling in the air before a bolt of purple lightning lashed forward, following after the building she had thrown, burning through the path and leaving smolder patches of purple fire in its wake. In the distance she could see the enemy trying to regroup and-

She whirled around at the sensation of someone behind her, prepared to strike until she saw who it was...and he was lucky, too, because a split second later and she'd have tried to atomize him.