7: Fire and Ice
As new music filled the air, Mega Man knew he was coming up on another of the Robot Masters. Recognizing the song as it started, he expected to see a blazing field and a fire themed robot master. Instead, he found himself driving down a straight road through a frozen landscape as howling winds blew snow across his view. Polar bears and arctic wolves were visible in the distance, watching and waiting. Penguin bots slid along ice floes on their bellies, and a single curl of fire smoke rose to the sky from in front of an igloo.
As he stared around in confusion, a roar tore through the air, and a huge white wolf leapt onto the road, racing alongside Rush. On the wolf's back, Freeze Man stared down at Mega Man, his arms crossed over his chest. Like the others, he too had changed. His body had become even slimmer, his torso coated in a dark blue paint like a jacket, with Vinyl's symbol - the upside down horseshoe illuminated with a waving sound light - in the center of his chest. Instead of ice on his joints, there were spikes of ice along the outside of his arms, and one on either side of his head, which was now slicked back in an aerodynamic manner, completely bare. His eyes were dark pits in his face.
He stared down at Mega Man. Mega Man stared back. They remained locked in that tableau as they raced down the road, only the music and the wind giving life to the scene. In the distance, the wolves howled. For a frozen moment, the music stopped.
Mega Man's eyes hardened.
Freeze Man's eyes glinted.
As the music picked up again, Mega Man drew the sword Beat had given him. In the same breath, Freeze Man conjured a sword of ice around his arm. The blades clashed between them as Rush took control of the driving, leaving Mega Man free to focus on the duel.
Holding his sword in both hands, Mega Man swung with all his might, trying to slash through the ice so he could strike at Freeze Man directly. With every strike, however, the ice sword thickened, sealing off the damage each successive blow did. Freeze Man, for his part, fought a purely defensive battle, watching Mega Man's moves and countering them, not actually striking back.
As Mega Man paused his assault to rethink his strategy, Freeze Man went on the offensive. Crafting a second sword around his other arm, he swung both in rapid succession, forcing Mega Man to block the incoming strikes desperately. One swing he was forced to evade sheared right through the road, showing him just how sharp the ice was.
As Rush swung outward on the road, Mega Man was relieved to see that Freeze Man was giving him the breathing space. Noticing the difference in height the giant wolf was giving Freeze Man, he decided on a desperate gamble. "Rush, keep the balance." With that said, he leapt upward, bracing his feet on Rush's seat. Rush looked startled, but carefully balanced himself as he swerved back to the middle of the road.
Freeze Man stared noncommittally, not even seeming amused. He merely raised his swords of ice to deliver more strikes. Mega Man pulled his sword back, his new position allowing him to put more force behind the blows. However, the ice of the blades still proved too thick to shear through in a single swing, and by the time he reached the next swing, the sword had already repaired the damage with new ice. He could tell he would need a new strategy.
As he leaned back, he noticed that while the blade part of the ice swords was thick and hard to cut through, the ice around Freeze Man's own arms was thinner, to allow for more flexibility for swinging. A desperate gamble came to mind.
This is going to hurt... Mega Man grumbled. Taking the sword in his right hand, he switched to Junk Shield. As the next blade came towards him, he didn't block. Focusing the junk shield around his body, he took the blow. He gritted his teeth as the blade sank into his left shoulder part way and stuck there. Before Freeze Man could react, he spun his whole body to add impetus to the swing of his blade, shearing right through Freeze Man's wrist, taking both hand and blade with it.
Freeze Man rocked back, staring in confusion at his missing hand, his other blade raised defensively. Acting quickly, Mega Man took his sword in both hands and brought an overhand chop down on the remaining wrist. Despite servo damage, he succeeded in shearing through, leaving Freeze Man with two stumps.
Before Mega Man could strike again, his left arm hung limp, the hand clutched around the hilt of the sword. Thinking quickly, he ripped the ice sword stuck in his shoulder out, reversed it, and drove it into Freeze Man's chest, right above the symbol. Falling back onto Rush, he clung tightly, setting out the Junk Shield to protect them both from what part of him was certain was about to happen.
As he'd expected, Freeze Man exploded violently, a wave of ice blasting across the entire landscape, tearing it apart with the sheer force of it. Junk Shield burnt out just trying to protect Mega Man and Rush from the force of it. They both went flipping through the air like leaves on the wind. Desperately, Rush shifted to Jet mode to catch Mega Man as they came down, making their way back to land before shifting back to Cycle.
A silhouette of Freeze Man flowed through the air to Mega Man, infusing him. His shoulder repaired itself as his armor turned a pale blue, a snowflake appearing upon his chest. A similar image of the wolf flowed into Rush, and he let out a deep growl as his entire body glowed, a new function unlocked.
Mega Man let out a sigh of relief as he kept going forward, hoping he was ready for whatever came next.
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7219047
Umm...what did you misread the title as?
Another enjoyable chapter. Good work.
Got done reading this chapter right as the bridge kicked in...SO AWESOME!!!
7219068 I wonder pun that too
the first thing that came to my mind with this chapter title was Freezer Burn. Nice music though, love Through the Fire and Flames.
If Mega Man and Bass engage in a sword fight, can we get a reference to the famous Chatty Duelists scene from Princess Bride???? Because they're having fun and trying to entertain Vinyl, they should have plenty of banter.
i always preferred THIS version.
An upgrade for Rush? I hope is a virus.
That. Was amazing. Nothing more to say there. MOVING ON!
7219088 Oh, do tell~. :D
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Sorry, I'm not trying to insult you. Though, Mr. Wonka wouldn't be able to keep Vinyl inside his factory. What with the messed up children and all. Might be a bad egg. Mr. Wonka shall not have a pony, sadly.
7219816
Oh, I don't know. I think I could see Pinkie Pie being raised by him.
7221277 To late, Kratos did already, maybe Maud?
7222003
Multi-verse, mate. There are as many Pinkie Pies as stars in the sky.
7221277 Naw. Kratos did that. I think Maud would be a perfect match! She's well behaved and can specialize in sugar control and rock candy... later renamed "Nerds".
7222231
Kratos raised Pinkie Pie? I would think, given his general attituude, that he woudl have slaughtered all of Equestria's citizens, rather than assisting any.
Unless you're talking about an author, not the character from God of War.
7223121
He's talking about this story.
But if you hit Freezeman with an ice weapon (obviously only possible in the re-battle), it heals him. He even pauses the battle to pose:
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7225819
There's a difference between applying a coat of ice to something with ice armor and driving a blade of ice through their power core.
*Reads Title* What, like the Adventure Time episode?
Vriska would be proud... or would it be morosely nostalgic; it's hard to tell with that girl.
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I have no idea what you’re referencing; then again, I think the total number of Adventure Time episodes I’ve watched is, like, two.
Frankly, I’ve never been able to get past how stupid it seems, despite all of the hidden depth there’s supposed to be.
It’s pretty much the same for all of the newer cartoons-- outside ones like LoliRock and FiM, that is.
But that’s just me.
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I have similar issues with cartoons these last few years. 🤒
an ironic mixture of firey metal and icy battle, man i loved hos this chapter turned out, always fun reading through the 7 arc.