The NSA, the Air Force, the Army along with the FBI converge in the area surrounding the Black Mesa. All non essential personal are evacuated. Heavy ordinance issued to fire at the expanding ice. While crumbing pieces off, it doesn't stop the growing glacier.
After two hours of heavy shelling, it becomes clear that another avenue must be explored.
Meanwhile in Salt Lake City, Hail Rimes runs from his bros and steals a car. He doesn't know why, but he is compelled to drive south.
Mindfuck spent all this time studying the alien tech of the Orb's ship The Iris.[i]
It was during this time that Frostbite, a seven foot tall being of muscle and ice flipped over cars while running towards the growing glacier. He didn't seem to be in his right mind. Granted, he was a wanted criminal, but this didn't seem right.
Also, Chillaxe, the younger brother of the deceased hero, Coldsteel, also a fugitive, appeared. They both wanted to great the oncoming ice.
Singularity tackled Frostbite. Then Tempest shot him while swooping over him. And it was followed up by a MASER blast from Mindgames from the Orb's ship.
Frostbite returned with a blast to William Power's face. Singulary traded blows with Frosbite, both standing their ground. Frostbite seemed to be able to reform his frozen armor every few seconds.
Tempest formed a thunderstorm and sent a cascade of lighting to hit Frostbite. At this point, Hail Rimes showed up. He also displayed ice powers and encased Frostbite with permafrost.
Chillaxe summoned lighting with his frozen ice axe and tried to counter Tempest's command of the weather.
William Powers was able to calm Frostbite down with a talk. Much to everyone's surprise, Frostbite regained control of his sense and took off.
Mindgames used his emotional control on Mr. Rimes and Chillaxe. Both were inflicted with terror. Rimes ran away, while Chillaxe panicked and trapped himself in ice.
Now that things were calm, the team could refocus on Thrym's axe.
Agent Saunders from the NSA showed up and assumed command of the entire operation. She forced all the members of the Metaforce to sign non disclosure forms. After the documents were signed she introduced everyone to Maria Glennon. She was the granddaughter of Charles Nelson, AKA Captain Atlas.
She called her Poppop on a walkie talky and he came crashing down from the sky in seconds. He formed a small crater from the impact. He called her Chelsea and Maria corrected him, "I am Maria, Poppop. We need you to break the ice and snap the axe in the middle."
Captain Atlas looked older, more tired, more confused than the team saw him on tv. Also he had a motorized scaffold like system of servos on his suit. Still he looked impressive as hell.
Captain Atlas flew and smashed the glacier to pieces. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Once again, Earth's greatest hero saved the day.
Or so it seemed.
Captain Atlas was frozen stiff holding Thrym's axe!
Agent Saunders couldn't permit herself the luxury of despair. She ordered Mindgames to fire the MASER at the axe. He complied.
After a series of pin point blasts, he moved up to torpedoes. He only stopped when he saw he was doing more damage to the frozen Captain Atlas than the axe.
Out of desperation, William Powers teleported to the axe and grabbed it. He was able to adapt to the cold, and mentally he was able to resist the mental call of the axe.
He saw the end of all things. The heat death of the universe. The point when Entropy prevails. He saw what Thrym was, the embodiment of Entropy. The final destroyer. Nothing could destroy this axe, it was the omega. Only the alpha could do it....what did he remember from mythology? Ice and Fire? Thrym and...Surtur?
Anyway, he snapped out if it. He couldn't pull the axe from Captain Atlas's hand. Atlas let go. He was still alive.
William Powers was now freezing to death. He could resist it, for now...
Captain Atlas broke free of his ice and offered to take the axe back. William Powers saw that the man was suffering from advanced dementia. That must be what the servos did, they limited his strength. Captain Atlas, the strongest man in the world, couldn't hold back his own might! No wonder his granddaughter pulled back from him.
How sad, he thought....
William Powers was linked to his team. Singularity thought to him, " It can't freeze what it cant touch."
Mindgames knew what to do. The problem was, he didn't want to do it. He flew the ship down and William Powers got on. They programed the ship to hit warp speed once it escaped the Earth's atmosphere.
They counted to 100 and Powers teleported them both back. Tempest was nearby to catch Mindgames as his velocity was still super fast.
William Powers teleported over the Great Salt Lake. He hit the water and then teleported back when his velocity was spent.
During this time, Agent Saunders was killed by another ice villain, Winter.
She stabbed Saunders with an icicle. Mr. Rimes blasted Winter with an ice blast, and Singularity bashed her unconscious with some ice blocks.
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