He wasn't expecting a trash can thrown at him, of all things, so it knocked him back, and then Firefly bore down on him with the equally unexpected ax. Yuuri stumbled back and created ice around his arm to use as a shield, turning the ax swing into just a glancing blow that chipped off ice.

The only way to do that without losing his whole arm was to try to move his arm with the direction of the blow, and that meant he was thrown off balance. He stumbled towards a wall, slamming into it and turning around to see Firefly swinging the ax at his head.

He yelped in alarm and dropped to the ground, sliding down the wall so that the blow hit the wall over his head instead of his neck or face. Then he kicked Firefly in the knee, which made him stagger backwards.