Chapter 22: Defeating the Kronan
STELLA'S POV—
Donald kept quiet and tried to hide behind me. He hissed, "Never in my life, I thought that I would hide behind a woman."
Raising my right eyebrows, I asked, "Didn't I carry you in the hospital? If you want, I could refresh your memory. First, I lifted you—"
"That was different and this, is also different."
Shaking my head, I said, "Ok, Donald. Now, keep quiet."
I turned towards the kronan. I said, "Mr. Rock, let's talk peacefully," I pointed at Donald, "neither me, nor him knows anything about this treasure of yours."
The creature yelled, "Do I look some kind of idiot to you?" I think you do, "I am 100 percent confident that this guy knows where the treasure is, and so do you. You are not any normal human. You must be his bodyguard that he hired to protect him."
Bodyguard? Are you kidding me? I shook my head in denial and stated, "I am no one's bodyguard. Look, I don't even—"
I couldn't complete sentence as he started running towards me with a battle cry. Focusing on the kronan, I yelled, "Get in the car! Now!"
He nodded and got into the car. Taking my stance, I dodged its first punch. I still don't know how who is more powerful, me or the creature?
Thinking that, I dodged its multiple punches. One noteworthy thing is this creature is very slow, probably due its body structure. Dodging his attacks is a piece of cake for me. Every time it takes a step, a heavy thud could be heard.
Creating some distance between us, I pondered. I can't win this fight if I only dodge its attacks. But the question is how to attack it? Bullets won't work as its skin is made up of rocks. The bullets can't pierce its skin. Both suffocation and knives are also out of option.
Argh, fuck it! I don't have any other choice than to directly attack him.
I countered its punch by punching it right in the hand by which it was punching. Our hands connected creating an impact, that sent us both back a few metres. But the kronan got sent more backwards than compared to me.
Fuck it! Punching it was a wrong idea. Not only my knuckles got scrapped but also, I am feeling some pain in my hand. Jerking my hand a bit, I scratched the punching plan. This creature's skin is very hard. Punching it would be meaningless.
It smirked, "It hurts, right?" it smacked its hand on his chest, "I don't feel any pain. My skin is impenetrable. You can't hurt me."
Ignoring its words, I rushed towards it and tested my strength on it. We locked arms with each other, and started testing our strength on each other. Neither of us backed out, sometimes I would push it back, and sometimes it would.
After a few minutes, its hold started to get loose. Seething this an opportunity, I pulled my left hand and held its right arm with my hands, and then, slammed the creature on the ground. I think I have found my answer. I have more strength than this creature, but its durability is much more than that of mine. It's like when we punch a brick, we feel pain but, if we want to lift the very brick, we could easily lift that up, without breaking any sweat at all.
Let's test a theory. If I can't break its body by punching then, let's break it by ripping its body parts. I grabbed its arm and used my full strength, successfully ripping it. Yes! I can rip it up. Suddenly, the hand that I had ripped punched me. The punch sent me flying away.
Getting back on my feet, I saw the kronan putting its arm back in its place. Fuck! This plan also failed.
The kronan taunted, "You are out of options, aren't you? You see, the creatures of my planet are very special, we are very special. Our is made up of special type of silicon. Our density is unmatched. We are just impenetrable. Your strength won't matter, neither ripping my arm, if ripping is the term you want to use."
Confused, I asked, "What do you mean?"
Smirking, it said, "You didn't rip my arm, you just unbuttoned it. I just can easily join it back. Not to mention that I could use my arm even it is not connected to my body."
Gritting my teeth, I cursed at my luck. Not a single plan of mine worked. Wait, it used the term 'density.' Suddenly, something clicked me. Yes! Let's do this.
Rushing towards the car, I asked, "Donald! Is there any a big water body near this mansion?"
Confused, Donald said, "Yes, there is a lake," he pointed his hand to the west direction of mine, "just go 500 meters this way, and you will find a lake there."
"Thank you!"
He asked, "What do you want to do?"
Smiling, I said, "I will tell you later. Now, let me do my work."
Now, it's time for some action. I yelled loudly attracting the attention of the kronan. I yelled, "Oi! You ugly brute, son of a fucking bitch. Catch me if you can, you motherfucker."
Yelling these words, I ran in the direction, which was pointed by Donald. Just as my plan, the kronan followed me. After running for at least ten minutes, the lake's view graced my eyes.
Reaching there, I finally stopped running and waited for it to come. Within a minute or so, the kronan appeared in front of me. It was panting heavily.
Yep! It's like what I thought. This creature is heavy, very heavy, not for me though. But according to normal standards, it would be very-very heavy. It would get tired if it runs too much, and this is what really happened.
Now that it's tired, it is time for me to apply the second part of my plan. Panting heavily, it said, "S-stop r-running and... fight me. D-don't j-just run like a-a coward."
I mocked, "I was just testing if you were slow or fast, and honestly, you disappointed me. You are very slow, damn very slow."
Enraged by my words, it tried to attack me. Dodging its attack, I ripped the same arm and threw it in the lake.
The kronan's first expression was shock, then, it turned into horror. It looked at me and yelled, "What have you done?!"
I shrugged my shoulders and said, "You know, you shouldn't give any type much information to your enemy," I pointed at the lake with me eyes, "if you give him/her that information then, this would be the result."
"You!!"
It blindly charged towards me. Dodging, I started ripping its body parts one by one and threw it into the lake until, its head was only left. I don't think its body parts are coming back.
"You! Wait till—"
"Does anyone know about this place? I mean, your companions. They don't know, do they?" I interrupted it.
Looking ashamed, it said, "No, I didn't."
Shaking my heat at its behaviour, I commented, "You are not the brightest bulb in the box, are you? Telling information about your body type, you moron."
It didn't respond to my comment. Picking it up from the back of its head, I started walking in the direction in which I reached the lake.
I asked, "How the fuck do you know human insults?"
Gritting its teeth, it replied, "Learned it. Our species learned your people's language."
Nodding, I continued walking until, I saw the car. I placed it, or the head, on the car's hood. Seeing me, Donald got out of the car. But I didn't give him any attention, instead I focused on the head. I said, "I think it's time I get some answers to my questions."