A Trollhunter turned King

Sweet Sixteen, Again (part 3)

"Toby, are you ok? where's Jim?" Claire questioned the trollhunter after Douxie had caught him with what little spell power he had left. they were all panicking as they looked for their missing member in the clouds.

"i don't know. he shouldn't be that far behind me." Toby responded. he had seen the lightning strike both trolls right before he lost sight of them, so they couldn't have been still up there. a second later another flash of lightning and thunder blinded and deafened them. they watched as the limp form of their friend fell from the sky with the stiff body of the stalkling not far behind.

ARRRGGH! moved into action, being the only one left with any energy to act on. running on all fours through the rain and wind to catch the whelp. ARRRGGH! grabbed Jim just in time before he hit the ground. with the catch, the pacifist rolled out of the way back towards the others as the dead stalkling hit the earth and shattered to pieces. he uncurled Jim from his protective grasp and noticed the helmet but chose to focus on the fact the boy was limp and unresponsive.

"Jim!" both Douxie and Claire said in unison as they all rushed to the two. ARRRGGH! laid Jim on the ground, they all noticed the helmet but the two wizards were more concerned about his chipped and cracked horns.

"fuzzbuckets." Douxie cursed, running his hand through his hair and pulling at it. Claire tried to touch the armor but was shocked with the electricity that was still running through it. she pulled her hand back in pain as it made the hair on her arm stand up. she was surprised ARRRGGH! could hold onto him with that much shock power. pushing back the pain she reached out again and tried to forcefully remove his helmet.

"come on, dammit." she grunted, letting go of his head and started clawing at the amulet itself. of course it wouldn't budge with her hand as the one trying to get it off. Claire wouldn't give up though, as she grabbed Jim's hand and guided it to pull the amulet off. that actually worked, they gave hopeful smiles that were soon gone as they saw the black liquid that covered his face. 

"great gronka morka, not again my dear boy." Blinky whispered as he and the rest of them noticed more electrical scars scaling down the same arm, almost reaching his wrist at this point.

"going in together was supposed to make it so we didn't have to go through this." Toby said as Douxie and Claire looked Jim over frantically. being the only ones with memories, they were the only two who knew how to care for a half troll, half human and not just one or the other. Toby didn't have the courage to say he almost put Jim through the light show with himself.

Claire cupped her boyfriend's face and he reacted to the touch. groaning, Jim's eyes started to flutter open, his pupils were constricted and small but that was to be expected from someone who was just struck by lightning. he looked around at what he could see and sucked in a hard breath, causing him to start coughing.

carefully, they all helped him sit up, trying to ease his throat. Jim instinctively leaned more into Claire as he calmed down. she ran her hand through his scruff as Toby rubbed circles in his back. Douxie put a hand on his upper arm to let his brother know he was there too. Archie, surprisingly, crawled onto Jim's lap and started purring, still in his dragon form. 

calming down a little more, Jim responded with his own purr, letting all of them know he was ok. with relieved sighs, they all relaxed slightly. Jim opened his eyes and sat straight again. Douxie moved some for Toby to fit in the half troll's line of sight.

"stop doing that!" Toby scolded his best friend with tears in his eyes. Jim gave a laugh along with a fond smile.

"don't worry, Tobes. you can't get rid of me that easily." Jim rasped, laughing as he ruffed up Toby's hair. Toby grabbed his hand and held it with both of his own.