"Shit!" He yelled right back, before letting out a grunt as the edges of the crate caught him in the ribs.

Show him to under estimate a little kid. You'd think after watching them murder the shit out of people for most his life, he wouldn't. Stumbling back, he swung the wood aimlessly before him, more to ward off any secondary attack then to actually hit her. The crate fell, cracking open on the ground between them.