[i]"This is getting bad...I'm not even slowing her down...."[/i] was all Torie could think as the fight continued, he couldn't react faster then her to catch her off guard...but given that she was a dark mage, she had to be tough. She could probably get the best of him in a battle of attrition, given his inexperience with fighting other mages. Really, the odds were not looking in his favor with this woman; though he couldn't let that get him down. Not now. He didn't have anyone to back him up after a-

...Scratch that. Blaze just provided the perfect chance for him to end this quick; in one blow if possible. About halfway between him running up to her and forming barriers, he thought for a minute about whether it really was alright for a self proclaimed "Hero of Justice" to hit someone while they were caught off guard; a lady, nonetheless, but then he remembered he was a part-time hero of justice. Which warranted a bit of leeway in the morality department whenever it was kind of convenient for him. This, being one of those convenient times. 

As he continued to run towards Rachel, he quickly ran his left arm over his right, getting rid of the barriers there, and reforming them into the exact shape of his arm, though much larger, the barrier layers connected were actually thicker than his torso. Not letting the opportunity slip by, he slammed Rachel as hard as he could in the back, yelling: [b]"BARRIER MAGIC: HAND OF VINDICATION!"[/b]