Freeze

Hod was picked up and thrown across the room. He was able to twist in the air so that his feet hit the cavern wall first but that didn’t stop him falling flat on his face afterward. Gravity can be mean like that sometimes.

Okay so the thing had to have some kind of healing ability. Maybe it was like Wolverines, and had that healing type of ability. Hod didn’t just stay to the classics. Although he did prefer the classics over more contemporary pieces. Besides they don’t really make comics for the blind. Time to find out how much of a healing ability this thing had.

Hod ran. It wasn’t his favorite thing to do. It made the map in his head go bleary and he lost focus. He heard the troll come at him, good. The troll swiped at his head, Hod blocked it with his arm but not completely. He redirected the troll’s momentum and sent it stumbling past him. This should be the spot. Hod quickly did a sweep with his foot and hand. The arm that Hod had broken off was gone. The troll must have taken it and reattached it during their fight. That was good to know. This would have been tough if the thing could regrow limbs.

The thing swiped at Hod again. This time Hod ducked under the intended blow. He caught the things arm and thrust upward with his other hand into the things armpit. Hod heard a pop the troll cried out in pain and Hod smiled. The move didn’t come without consequences as the trolls other arm knocked him back.

Hod started to count. One, two, three… he went in again. Attacking the troll with everything that he had. 17, 18, 19… Hod dodged kicked and twisted trying to stay out of the trolls reach and give it punishment at the same time. 29,30,31… the troll swung at Hod with the arm that he had just dislocated a moment before. So it took the troll only 30 seconds to heal. No wonder everything that Hod had done had been for naught.

It seemed that the only thing that seemed to work on the beast was when Hod had frozen and knocked its arm off. But that in itself held dangers as well. Freezing something took energy out of Hod. Freezing something quickly took more energy. Being able to freeze something in seconds took more still. How was he going to beat this monster if he couldn’t kill it after freezing it? Would he only be able to freeze it so far and then lay on the ground helpless as the thing ate him. His thoughts were interrupted as the troll started to laugh and then speak.

“Mother says I need to hurry. She already have the Gold one ina cage. Say I can eat the not-Hod all I want.” The thing lunged forward screaming as it went. “Come here not-Hod. I eat you now.”

Hod stood in shock. David was in trouble now along with Clair. This was no time to be thinking. Hod widened his stance, he breathed on his hands to the point where they were almost frozen. Time to put everything that he had into an attack and pray that it worked. Pray that he would be able to help David and Clair after he was done.

Hod meet the oncoming trolls attack with one of his own. He needed to make every freezing hit count. Finally the moment came and everything seemed to line up perfectly. First the Right arm, Hod thrust, freezing the arm, and then thrust again breaking the trolls arm clean off. Hod could feel the energy going flowing out of him.

I cant let it the thing heal, Hod thought desperately. I have to end it all in 30 seconds. Not letting the troll have any time Hod pressed the attack. Now strike and strike again. The left arm hit the cavern floor.

The troll screamed in pain and rage. Hod put both hands on its chest bringing his leg into play he tripped the troll and the both crashed to the cavern floor. Freeze Hod thought desperately, Freeze! The troll screamed and tried to break, Hod held his grip. Soon the struggles slowed and then stopped all together. With on last surge of strength Hod broke the ice-block beneath him into a thousand pieces. 

Hod sat back breathing heavy and started to count. He went all the way to 60 this time but he couldn't hear anything he was all alone. slowly Hod got to his feet. Time to go help David and Clair. He made it two steps before falling flat on his face completely exhausted. The last thought Hod could remember was that he sure wished that he could hear Clair one more time.