Dark Nova turned in her direction. Rather than retreating from the approaching mass, he flew directly towards it.
The darkness continued spreading toward him, swallowing the broken ground beneath it as it advanced. Isabella's physical form was almost completely concealed within the mass, leaving little indication of where exactly she was inside it.
Norman then plunged his left arm straight into the darkness as the shadows reached to engulf him. But it seemed as though he had reached his target first.
Somehow, Dark Nova had reached through the amorphous darkness and seized the physical form existing within it. The surrounding shadows immediately contorted as Isabella's upper body became visible amidst them, with Norman's left hand grabbing firmly around her throat.
Red lightning erupted from his palm and the energy surged throughout her body. Her back arched as an eerie shriek escaped her lips.
