The multiple bullets were something that she hadn't been ready for. That was good and bad. Mel knew that if she were really getting shot at that it was unlikely there would just be one round fired. On the other hand, that was a lot of bullets.
Maybe the panic worked for her, though. The kinetic energy was absorbed quickly and the bullets all stopped a greater distance away from her this time. They fell to the ground one by one, seeming to hit some kind of barrier. She knew they didn't really, that it was just the range she had with her power. Melody wondered if that range would ever get bigger, or if it depended on the situation or what.
With so much of the energy in her, she couldn't wait between the absorbing and the release. She turned back to the empty space and let it all out. The blast was bigger and more explosive this time. A grouping of plantlife went away and she was breathing hard.