"Don't hurt him?" Clearly, she was not a fan of this option when the shadow man didn't seem at all concerned with offering them the same mercy.

A shadow races towards her, and she gasps as it curves like a knife poised to sting. She shouldn't have time to get out of the way, but she does. He must have hesitated. She doesn't stop to wonder why; there wasn't any time for that. Instead she jumped back, bent low, and pulled a sizable slab of earth out of the ground, throwing it with a frenzied kick towards the blonde.