Her boots came in contact with the floor and she ducked into a roll, body shuddering with exhaustion from having to travel so far. The blue died away from her hair and eyes, leaving only Kathleen in its wake. She shifted so that her hands and knees supported her body weight and sucked in a much needed breath of air, only to be sent careening across the room. Her back slammed into the wall and she brought her head up as quickly as she could, brown eyes wide with fear.

"You're late."

The dreaded voice spoke to her, yellow eyes watching her from the shadow. Kathleen began to shake, finally noticing the awful smell that filled the room.

She was too late.

"I-I'm sorry. Th-there was a ma-an and he-he tried to-" The growl that grew from the darkness of the room started as only a small noise, before it quickly exploded into one that shook the walls. She brought her hands up over her head, trying to block the rubble that fell from the ceiling. The clacking of his nails on the floor almost ripped the sob that had been hiding in her throat out into the open. Body shaking in fear, she reminded herself of the man she had taken care of earlier. Where had all of that confidence gone?

"I DON'T WANT EXCUSES!"

The beast in the shadows lunged for her, bloody maw wide open and ready to sink into her flesh. Before she knew what was happening, a blue glow took over the room and everything seemed to slow down. Blue eyes took in the remains of what had once been her siblings as well as the bones and blood that scattered the room. Anger quickly replaced the fear and fiery red hair stood on end and quickly succumbed to the blue that was called to it, telling it to let it win. Her hands moved on their own as time sped up again. The pale hands wrapped around the beast's bottom and top jaws and her mouth snapped open in an enraged scream.

The blue glow that came from her lit up the beast, revealing his oversized body and large snout. The black color of his fur almost turned blue in the glow, and yellow eyes seemed to fill with fear. Electricity coursed through her body and into her hands, more volts than she'd ever created traveling from her body to his. He yowled in pain and she found herself laughing almost psychotically as she burned his body to a crisp. A ring of electricity formed between them before shooting outwards, blowing them both on to opposite sides of the room.

When the bright glow died down, the only source of light that remained was the faint blue glow that came off of her skin. Dull blue eyes slowly made their way around the room and took in the sights of all her siblings. Her body ached for them, though she was too tired to actually move. Finally, deep in the shadows of the corner, her eyes landed on the burnt carcass of her captor. He was dead. What should've filled her with joy didn't do the slightest to brighten her mood.

She burst into tears.

Her body shook with agony as she sobbed freely, saliva mixed with blood trailing down the side of her mouth as she screamed. Her body was too tired to even move, leaving her to lay like a rag doll against the wall of the room. Her chest heaved and her fingers twitched as she slowly lost her breath to her tears. A sound, she's not sure what sound, came from outside the one window in the room and the next thing she knew the entire roof was missing.

Blue eyes met orange ones and Kathleen only stared up at him, now silent sobs shaking her to her core. She watched him look around at all the bodies on the floor and then finally look at the carcass in the corner. He began to descend from where he hovered into the room, landing beside her kneeling there despite the blood. He spoke words she couldn't hear over the pounding in her ears and then seemed to stop, almost like he was listening to something. Cold arms slid under her back and knees, bringing her to an equally cold chest. Blue Beetle stood up with her and his wings came out again as he took to the sky.

Her body began to shut down completely this time, the blue glow disappearing from her skin, eyes, and hair. Brown eyes made contact with orange and she began to lose consciousness.

"I'll get you help Kathy."

Her body relaxed at the familiar name and she finally shut her eyes.

"Just hang on for a little while."