...Rihanna and Brandon stood motionless for a long moment, the air between them charged like a brewing storm.
The ground beneath them cracked, unable to withstand the weight of their presence.
Brandon's blue elemental energy surged like crashing waves, twisting and bending the moisture in the air. Water whips coiled and lashed around him, waiting to strike.
Meanwhile, Rihanna's spiritual energy, a soft pink hue, radiated around her body like a gentle mist—but there was nothing gentle about her. She was a force of nature, a boar that had trampled through the most savage seas, a woman feared even among pirates.
Then—
They moved.
A single instant stretched into eternity as their figures blurred, and then—
BOOM!
The earth shattered beneath their feet as they clashed mid-air, the impact sending shockwaves rippling across the battlefield.
Brandon twisted his body, bending the water from the sea breeze into long, razor-sharp whips.
