It always took a lot out of Clarice to keep her portals going and she could feel it fading. At Carlos' shout, she let the portal close. "Sorry, guys that's as much as I can do." She raised her voice and hoped the others could hear her over the din of battle.

Clarice fell to her knees as she tried to catch her breath. Her head shot up when she heard Carlos yell in pain, but all she could do was watch helplessly. She tried to open another portal to help the others but all that happened were little crackles of light but no portal reappeared. "Well hell."

That was the last statement before a beam barely caught her on the shoulder as she ducked into a ball trying to become as small a target as she could.