That was what really did it. The lamp fell, and the wires popped and hit Mateus. The thing shrieked in pain and writhed away from them, the electricity striking its weakness.

It slithered off the sidewalk, nearly sideswiping a car, and instead of giving Lucy a chance to pursue it smashes its trident into the street and sends up a dome of ice, vanishing inside it.

When Lucy rips her way through, she'll find that Mateus has disappeared. Presumably into an open manhole cover...]