Emmanuel cries out in pain as the beams of light pierce his shoulders, carrying on through to hit the ground. There was no way that he'd be able to avoid the punches AND the beams. That's just too much to go with right now. And there's no time to deal with it right now either. He's got a HARD time limit, and it's rapidly shortening. Thankfully, the wounds don't start bleeding too badly, the heat from the light must have helped cauterize them a bit. As his power stabs hit Polaris's light shield, Emmanuel rapidly tries to think of a new plan, cause there's not too much time left before his body gives out, and with Polaris's sheer power and skill, there aren't many options.

In fact, there's really only one option that Emmanuel can think of in the *short* amount of time he has, in between the punching and dodging, trying to mitigate all the damage he can, and honestly failing at it. He's really got no choice but to use a super risky move at this point. One minute, that's all he had, and he's used about 45 seconds of that. He doesn't know how long Zenith will be, but he knows exactly how long he can hold Polaris off without grievously injuring himself. 

So, he's going to employ something he hopes will be enough to take care of Polaris for even a minute longer than normal. See, the problem with Polaris is his defense. He takes little damage from all of Emmanuel's hits, which means a bunch of one damage hits do almost nothing. So, the solution? Make one hit do a horrendous amount of damage. Or at least try to. 

The electricity in Emmanuel's veins begins to rapidly recede, all of it, every last drop of power in him, condensing into his foot. The power inside the prison room gets sucked out too as that happens, the lights going out, only the light from Polaris and Emmanuel illuminating it. Enough power for New York City is now stored in Emmanuel's foot, and he makes a desperate move, dropping his guard, he takes Polaris's punches and trades his kick. Not just any kick though. Emmanuel brings his lightning foot straight up into Polaris's crotch. If it connects, there's no telling what it will do. 

There is telling what those punches did to Emmanuel though. Connecting kick or not, there are some broken bones. Couple ribs, left shoulder, and others. He's gonna need a visit to the ICU after this, unless there's an onsite magic healer of somekind.