Chapter 5: Frost II
Frost reeled back in pain as Volt's lightning hit him in the face.
"Give up Frost!" Volt said as he approached with his palm pointing at Frost. He had one more blast left after all.
"Heh, you're pretty good. But I'm afraid I don't want to listen to you. Isn't this hypocritical? You're forcing me to join you!"
"No. I just wanted to test your power. You joining us is another issue." Volt shook his head.
"Well, this doesn't help your case." Frost sighed.
"I'm sure we can put this behind us when you agree."
"I didn't want to do this but you have much to learn."
Frost stood up and pointed his palm at Volt.
(Operator, your shields have fully recovered.) Frost smiled at the news his cephalon gave.
"This is my win, I'll give you a chance to give up since you offered me one too."
"Are you crazy?" Volt was fully convinced that Frost was bluffing.
"You've got what one blast left? I got at least two from my first ability. You lost the fight when you decided your goal was to convince me. My shields are back now and I've got two more abilities to use than you."
"That doesn't matter. I know that I'm faster and once your abilities miss, I can beat you down."
"Stupid kid, the moment you dodge, my [Freeze] will hit Leah who's behind you." Frost laughed.
"Wha-"
[Freeze]
"And the moment you turn around to check, I'll still hit you."
No sooner had Volt processed Frost's words then he launched a sneak attack.
"Tch!" Volt grimaced as took the entirety of Frost's [Freeze], he couldn't risk Nyx possibly getting hit.
It was bone chilling and it froze Volt's body over. Fortunately, it was still weak as Frost was a low level. Finally, after five seconds, Volt could move again and he collapsed on to one knee.
"Well?" Frost said as he stood over Volt with his palm.
"Heh, It's my loss. Although, you did cheat." Volt said as he went back to being human.
"What the hell?" Frost exclaimed in surprise.
"What?"
"Where did your frame go?"
"I don't know, it just goes in to a pocket dimension or something. Yours doesn't do that?"
"Mine doesn't do that either." Nyx said with a puzzled look as she approached them.
"Yea, I had to hide my frame when I ditched it last time. But it looks like yours has a few surprises." Frost nodded in agreement at how peculiar Volt's frame was.
"So, what now Frost? Since it looks like you proved you'll do anything to protect your privacy."
"Don't worry, it was a bluff. Leah wasn't behind you and my [Freeze] wouldn't go that far, probably. Anyhow, I wanted to see whether you'd risk her life in order to beat me."
"Really? You did that?" Nyx smiled a little as she looked at Volt.
"Maybe I should've kept attacking you the first time." Volt frowned.
"Hah! If you did, you would've lost my respect."
"So, you'll come with us?"
"That doesn't mean a yes, I'm too busy this week. Got a big game next Saturday. Come back after and I'll give you my real answer. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go find a place to hide this frame. And if you bother me before my game, I'll absolutely refuse."
With that, Frost left Volt and Nyx as the sun finally set.
"Well, Nyx? What do you think? He's practically onboard now." Volt said sarcastically as they watched Frost quickly run off.
"It went as good as it could've I guess. He's pretty stubborn and cares mostly about his family. All he wants to do is to take care of them. That's his strength but it can also be his weakness."
"Uh huh, I hope you're not thinking of threatening him." Volt said as he raised an eyebrow at Nyx.
"I want him on my side, Volt. That's the worst thing to do. You heard him, right? If you didn't have decent morals in like protecting me or asking him to give up, he would've had a negative opinion. So, your hesitation was for the best, this time at least. I think I'll try to entice him to join, offering him some incentive is best."
"So, he's stubborn, cares about family and keeping good company. But he won't hesitate to get dirty in order to get what he wants huh?"
"Hmm, more like he won't hesitate to do anything in order to protect them."
"Sounds like a great person to have your back."
"Yep. Anyways, it's getting late. Give me your number and I'll text you. There's a bunch of things I have to do both as Leah and Nyx. So, I think I'll see you next week at Frost's game. I'm pretty sure I can convince him then."
"Alright, but didn't you say there was someone else you were looking in to?"
"A possible fourth member of our little crew. But he's a bit wild, so we should talk to him after we get Frost. This guy is more receptive to displays of force." Nyx sighed.
After they exchanged contact information, they went to the train station and went their separate ways.
In a hidden lab somewhere. . .
"Sir, it's missing! The subject suddenly disappeared out of nowhere."
The scientist said in disbelief to his superior. Things were preceding as usual as they tried their best to understand the mysterious pods and their contents.
"I understand."
The man closed his phone and sighed, his benefactor had delivered to him the locations of these alien artifacts. But in return, he had no say in the person's whims.
"The one you call Frost has disappeared." He said as he called his secret helper.
"Ha! This means that it's operator has called it to action. Pay it no mind. There's nothing you can do, it already has a master." The deep and unnerving voice chuckled at the man's words.
"Worry not, there are more out there. Just do as I say and another will come your way. But I would worry about taming the ones you already have."
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