The shadow staggered back, its energy severely depleted from the attack. Having Ianto's knowledge, the shadow knew Akihiko'd had experience battling shadows before. To say that it wasn't pleased with Akihiko not attacking the decoy but going straight for it was an understatement. It was furious, it was losing, but damn did it really, really want to get even.

Leaving the little Akihiko shadow to stand back and watch, the shadow clapped its hands to its chest and blow a strong ice spell at Akihiko. True, Akihiko still had the ring on, so the attack wouldn't be as devastating an attack as it would have liked, but as long as the spell hit its target, it would at least do some damage.