Everything happened so fast that it took until after the gunshot roared through the coffee shop for Rose to realize she had just gone flying into Carson. She blinked, eyes wide with shock. [color=lightcoral] "U-Um sorry. Just dropping in." [/color]She smiled faintly at Carson and thanked him for helping her up. She too stepped backward when she caught sight of Ash. Rose found herself staring in complete shock. She had never seen a dead person before. Well, she had in movies but there was just no comparison. This was real and it was terrifying. He lay there limply on the floor, lifeless eyes still wide open. It had been nearly minutes ago that he was up and speaking. Now he'd never speak again. One of his last actions had been to throw her back toward safety. Tears swelled in her eyes. She wished she had done more. There had to have been something she could have done. Anything would have been better than nothing. 

When she finally was able to pull her gaze from Ash and look at the man, she found his gun cocked at Curtis's head. Curtis had shut his eyes, given up. Before she could do anything, the gun went off for a second time. Rose felt anger fill her.  How could anyone just go around killing people like it was meaningless? She wasn't going to give up and she certainly wasn't going to let Carson or the other girl behind the counter die. Taking a deep breath, she tried to push her fear aside and looked at Carson. She gave him a warm smile and mouthed to him that it was going to be alright.

"Now. I'll ask you all one more time. Are you going to give up? Or will you make the mistake that the hothead made?"

Rose remained silent and shut her eyes, looking down. She didn't move or make a sound, giving her resignation with her body language. However, after a few seconds she rapidly waved her arm focusing on the armored man, telekinetically attempting to throw him backward through the door into the mall. If that did succeed, she would take another step forward and wave both her arms outward, sending both the gun and sword spiraling away from him.