Grendel's mother arose from the whale-road to capture Beowulf who has killed her son.
Grendel's mother attacks and clutches onto Beowulf and carries him. As he tries to free his sword but fails.
Let me go!
Beowulf realizes that the water's heat could not harm him and nothing in the lake can harm him. He swings his sword to her head.
As Beowulf fights hard he discovers no light-of-battle can slice her evil. They start to wrestle as she rips, tear, claws at him, and even bites holes in his helmet
The fight gets more intense Beowulf tosses his sword aside. They continue to fight and he throws her unto the ground.
Grendel's mother rose up as he tried to leap on her. She began to claw and tearing him his feet stumbled and he fell.