In the Public Eye: Part 46
I stood.
Not far from where the others were stuck to the street, Daniel, Haley, and Marcus were fighting Water and doing about as well as they would fighting a puddle.
Haley stood in the middle of the road, directly in front of the elemental. Marcus stood just behind her, having shifted into a vaguely demonic shape complete with batwings and wide blades instead of hands. Daniel stood on the sidewalk.
Haley slashed the humanoid's middle, leaving ripples, but no wound. She ducked a punch then flipped backward, allowing Daniel to take a shot.
Daniel concentrated and a hole appeared in Water's chest, water splashing out on both sides and... then splashing back in and filling the hole.
Travis began to shout, "Good one," as the hole appeared, but stopped as everything came back together. Cassie shouted, "Nice try!"
Daniel frowned.
I ran down the street toward them, trying to think of what exactly I would do when I got there.
The elemental must have interpreted my run as the beginning of an attack and jumped into the air (over Jaclyn who tried to grab his legs), landing directly in front of me and hitting me with a large liquid fist.
I fell backwards, smacking the street with my butt.
He pulled his arm back for another blow, but never hit me.
With a flap of his wings, Marcus landed behind him and chopped off his arm near the shoulder. It lost its shape as it fell, splashing on the street.
Water began to turn around.
Marcus chopped off his other arm.
The elemental stopped moving, turning into a shapeless watery blob, and absorbing the liquid that had been cut off.
Then it flowed into the nearest storm drain.
"Got him on the run," Marcus said, changing into a snake-like shape even as he dove after it.
"Marcus!" Haley ran to the storm drain and peered through the grate. "They're gone," she said.
"I'm sure Marcus will be okay," I said, pushing myself up.
"I hope so," she said. "I could barely hurt it at all."
From the street, Travis shouted, "Hey, Mystic! Future Knight's got to know how to get us out of this crap. Can you pull it out of his head?"