"If you aren't going to surrender the I suggest you prepare to defend yourselves." The men beside the User, as well as the ones blocking the other end of the Alley, lowered into a running stance while pulling out their various weapons.
'I'm still injured from that hit I took to the chest and the wood that stabbed my side earlier at Tom's place. I don't know if I can take this many people while protecting the twins, not when they have a User with them. I need to thin their numbers first.'
Alex used his ability and prepared a perfect spot on the wall for a sharp ice spike to erupt from and kill the three men blocking the Rune family's retreat. After using this attack a few times now Alex was starting to get a feel for how to speed it up a bit, since it took almost 3 seconds to use in the beginning.