The Frozen Core

A rogue ice prism lay abandoned on the rubber kitchen runner! Cold vapor rolled off its flanks. A frozen core left unguarded! Direct confrontation! I charged forward and drove both hands against its slick facet to shove it back. Total mistake! The frozen block surged sideways, slick as oil, sending my boots skidding wildly across the damp rubber. I slammed down onto one knee. Defiance! I lunged again, planting my boot firmly right onto its top face. The crystal shivered, trapped. Drops of meltwater pooled beneath my heel, streaming cold. It wasn't fighting back. It was shrinking under my heat. Vanquished.