Capítulo 169: For My Daughter

[Geneva, Switzerland - International Heroes Association Headquarters - 1st Floor: Training Room.]

Gerrard rushed towards Valencia, concern etched across his face. 

Then he froze and witnessed a sight that completely confused him.

As he observed Valencia's unconscious body, he saw tiny arcs of lightning that sparked every few seconds. 

"What... the?"

Gerrard was completely bewildered.

Slowly he approached her and extended his hand carefully towards Valencia's body.

CRACKLE!

"...!"

a shot of electricity attack him, forcing to retract his hand back.

"Impossible..." he breathed. "Could it be...?"

His mind raced back to the years after his wife's passing, Valencia's unexplained sickness, the consultations with the best scientific minds... the answers they couldn't find. 

They theorized it was a phenomenon within her, a barrier preventing any elemental attribute from ever manifesting.