Flight works even when paralyzed

I put a hand on Kenzie's shoulder. I had to give her a tug to break her out of her daze and get her moving. Leading her back to the car.

I nearly tripped as she jerked to a stop. I used flight to catch my balance, then turned around.

Kenzie, stricken, wasn't moving a muscle.

I looked past her, and I saw Juliette in the background, unmoving.

*****

I used my aura, blasting it across the group. Fat lot of good it did. Three out of four of the kids didn't even react. The rest barely seemed to be affected.

I bent down, swooping the frozen Kenzie up into my arms, in something approximating the hug I'd offered her earlier, but emptier, purely in the interest of saving her from whatever this group was threatening her with. The swiftness of the motion gave me a coughing fit, which I did my best to suppress, face turned away from Kenzie.

The freeze gripped me. My every muscle ceased to listen to me, and only my flight kept me from falling over.

She fell from my unmoving arms, landing on the snow. I flew to rotate myself around, but my body remained statue-still.

*****

I was free, and I flew closer, only to be caught in a cloud of blinding pain that made my nerves sing high, sweet notes. I couldn't fly into the crowd of Heartbroken when I couldn't see straight, so I plunged into the ground near Chastity. A fierce enough impact that it spooked some of the kids nearby.

*****

I remained in a crouch, feeling more like a feral dog than a person as the pain crackled off me, my entire body tingling in a way that brought back the worst of bad memories. About four kids were keeping their distance just because I was where I was. Darlene sort of included.

- From Within 16.6