Delsin dashed out the door and looked at the outside world. To his right, he could hear screams coming from people followed by a loud explosion. He ran, straight towards the chaos.

"So, they're both out there?" Fetch asked.

"Two super-powered conduits bent on world destruction? Yeah," Sam replied while standing up.

"She's not…" Bentley began, while sitting up.

"Bentley, I know what she means to you, but we don't have a choice," Sam argued.

"I… I can reason with her."

"But, the fact that you couldn't persuade her not to take the serum proves she's beyond reason."

"Eugene's right, Bentley. I know how hard this is, trust me, but we don't have a choice," Sam spoke, kneeling down to face Bentley. At that moment, they heard a grunt come from Jessica and the rest of them turned to face the previously-unconscious conduit. Fetch walked over to help her to her feet.

"What happened?" she asked groggily with a hand to her forehead.

"We'll explain on the way," Sam responded while motioning to activate his pseudo jets. However, as he performed the familiar hand motion, the jets wouldn't activate. Puzzled, he then tried to activate his arm cannons, only to fail in that as well.

"Is there something wrong?" Fetch asked.

Sam looked at his hands for a few seconds before looking at a stainless steel tray on the ground.

"The blast might've damaged your suit," Bentley inferred.

Sam held his hand out towards the tray to try to pull it towards him.

But he couldn't.

No matter how hard he tried, the tray didn't so much as budge. He then examined his hand once again.

"It wasn't the suit she damaged," he began while facing the group, "It was my powers. She took them away."

Bentley's eyes went wide and Fetch held her hand to her mouth.

"That means… she did it. She figured out how to take away a conduit's powers!" Bentley exclaimed.

"Hey, where's Delsin?" Jessica asked, noticing that he was missing.

The remaining group all traded glances with each other.

"Oh no…"

Meanwhile

Delsin made his towards the downtown area. He found Penelope hovering in the air right next to a large neon sign hanging from a tall building. She put her hand up to it and started draining the electricity from it. Once it was drained, a small shockwave erupted from her and the sign broke off and fell towards the ground. A woman stood in its path and attempted to sprint away when it started falling. However, her shoes caused her to trip and fall, forcing Delsin to sprint to action. He dashed in her direction, materializing right next to her. He then lifted her up and carried her away by pushing himself away from the falling sign using a pseudo smoke jump. The sign crashed into the ground and Delsin examined the woman, making sure she wasn't hurt.

"Get to safety!" he commanded.

She nodded her head violently and ran away as fast as her high heels could take her.

When he turned his attention to Penelope, he saw an open vent near her. He then looked at the base of the building and saw another open vent. Without as much as a second thought, he transformed into a cloud of smoke and dashed through, appearing right next to her seconds later and grabbing onto a window pane.

"Penelope, stop!" he shouted, drawing her attention, "What are you doing?!"

"I'm showing everyone the kind of monsters we truly are," she explained calmly.

"You're not a monster!"

She chuckled.

"Listen, I know how scary it can be, getting these powers—" Delsin began, only to be interrupted by a bolt of lightning striking the bricks above him.

"Don't lecture me!" she roared while sending another bolt of lightning his way, causing him to jump to another nearby window pane.

"I've had my powers far longer than you've had yours!"

She struck again, and Delsin dashed upwards towards the roof.

"But this is new! You need to control this!"

She struck again.

"I thought I had the answer! I thought I could fix this!"

Again.

"This isn't something that needs to be fixed, just something that needs to be controlled! We can help you. Bentley can help you."

She wanted to strike again, but Bentley's name was enough to distract her.

"Bentley… is he…"

"He's fine! He's worried about you!"

Before another word could be spoken, a helicopter flew into the area.

"Put your hands over your head or we will open fire!" the helicopter's speaker boomed.

She turned around and held her hand out to shoot it and Delsin reacted by launching a cinder missile at Penelope point-blank. The resulting explosion forced Penelope's hand away, causing her bolt of lightning to project itself into the sky, as well as launch Delsin through the window he was currently hanging from. To his right, Delsin saw a computer screen and held his hand to it, draining the pixelated image. He then unleashed a barrage of pixelated conduit-fire at Penelope, which was enough to distract her. Seeing their chance, the helicopter pilot began shooting, sending a barrage of bullets at her. However, when they got close enough, each bullet disintegrated, essentially making her bullet-proof.

Delsin then rushed in, creating a pair of digital wings that projected him towards her. She saw this and disintegrated, leaving nothing but a cloud of static where she once was. Once Delsin was outside, he dashed again towards the ground. He looked at the cloud of static as it enveloped the helicopter. The interference was enough to disrupt the electrical systems and the pilot lost control. The helicopter spiraled downwards and crashed to the ground before Delsin had a chance to react. Penelope then emerged from the smoke, transforming back from the cloud of static to her humanized form.

"Maybe I was wrong. This… power… it isn't a curse… it's a gift…"

Delsin launched a set of swords that flew towards her. Each one hit their target, but she was unphased.

"You can't hurt me Delsin Rowe," she scoffed.

Delsin then called in a small army of angels that rose up into the air and, like a hellfire swarm, shot back down straight into Penelope, where they exploded upon impact. When the last angel disappeared, Penelope was left unphased with a newfound crater where she hovered.

"You can't hurt me," she repeated.

Delsin then turned to the fallen neon light behind him. Though the electricity was drained from it, the neon gas inside remained for Delsin to drain. The blueish-purple light escaped the tubes of the sign and snaked into Delsin's hand. He then did something he had never done before. Immediately after calling one karmic strike, he called another. He released a small shockwave that held Penelope, and only Penelope, suspended in the air.

In a radiant sweep, dozens of neon needles flew from Delsin's hands towards Penelope. Each one hit her and held still on her person. Once the last bolt hit, every single one exploded in unison, creating a large, yet compact, explosion. Delsin then fell to his knees, exhausted. Before the dust had a chance to settle, a bolt of lightning erupted from it and struck an abandoned car near Delsin, causing it to explode. When the dust finally did settle, Penelope revealed herself, unscratched. Delsin's heart sank.

"You can't hurt me," she repeated.

"Delsin!"

He turned his head and saw Fetch off in the distance with the others behind her. Penelope also turned to look in her direction. He looked back at her, anger apparent on his face.

"How much do you care about them?" she asked.

"Enough to stop you," he replied while holding out his hand towards the smoldering car. The smoke left the destroyed vehicle and charged Delsin. Then, in a single movement, he stood and prepped for a jump. When he did, he launched himself upwards, transforming into a group of smoke projectiles. He then transformed back several stories in the air and began the descent of his orbital drop. He flew faster and faster towards his target as their eyes locked onto each other. When he was just inches away from her. She launched a stream of lightning at Delsin, stopping him stone cold.

The continuous stream of lightning held him up a few stories in the air. He lost all of his kinetic energy and found himself writhing in pain. She then rose up to meet him where he was.

"You. Can't. Hurt. Me."

Lightning then left her hand and Delsin continued his descent. Delsin tried using his powers to slow his fall, but found they weren't responding. Panic set inside once he realized what was happening. He hit the ground, from several stories up. He landed on his back and Delsin was in the most pain he had ever been in for a split second, before lifelessness set in.

"NO!" Fetch cried out while launching several neon projectiles at Penelope. The super-powered conduit looked at her attacker for a brief second before transforming into a cloud of static and flew away. The group then ran up to Delsin. Fetch lifted up his head into her lap. When Sam came up, he put his ear to Delsin's chest. He couldn't hear a heartbeat.

"Oh god…" he whispered as he pulled his head back.

"What? What's happening?" Fetch cried.

"Without his powers, he couldn't heal himself," Sam explained, "Delsin's dead."