Episode 6 - 3: Uphill Battle Part 2

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[Here we go...]

The Doctor crashed through another building with a Raincoat in his grasp, but a blade resting in his palm. He and the final Raincoat landed on a steel walkway, denting it greatly. The Doctor spit out the blood of his internal wounds, and kicked the Raincoat off, unaware of the spectators.

He stomped them further into the marked street of an underground parking garage, and kicked away their blade. They attempted to pull out a knife, but the Doctor grabbed their collar, flipped forward, and threw them into a wall, knocking them unconscious... possibly dead. He no longer cared about them, just his well-being— which he didn't have much of after the constant runbacks of fighting them.

He felt the air around him grow several degrees cooler, and heard faint footsteps.

"Hm? Oh! You're FrostNova, right?" The Doctor asked turning around. "Oh shit, she's armed..." the Doctor whispered in shock, witnessing the black ice shards swirling slowly around her as her silence taunted him.

The Doctor didn't acknowledge Amiya, Blaze, GreyThroat, and their squad, who had already walked to his side due to the convenience of his arrival.

"Hello, Rhodes Island." FrostNova greeted.

"She doesn't... look right." Blaze murmured. "She has pure Originium around her, Blaze— no shit." The Doctor whispered. "It's repulsive dissociation." Amiya informed. "Did the Originium crystals permeate her skin to form black ice crystals along with the water molecules in the air? Permeate...? Permeation?!" Blaze realized in shock.

"Wait, isn't that fucking extremely painful?!" The Doctor asked as well. "Doesn't that hurt her?! That's enough— stop it!" Blaze asked as well. "Amiya... don't reach into her mind." The Doctor said with widened eyes seeing her strained face. "I didn't... I'm not using my Arts! But her emotions are pouring into my consciousness...!" Amiya said holding her head.

"I've been waiting for you, Doctor." FrostNova started. "You want to kill Reunion's commander, don't you? Now she's standing right in front of you. Here's your target. Get hot, burning hot." FrostNova called forth. The Doctor stepped forward with a face filled with regret.

"FrostNova, we don't need to waste our breath here!" Blaze shouted. "Lungmen exiled the Infected without a care as to where they could go. They are not coming. Even though there were still thousands of Infected people in the city... Lungmen resigned them to their fate. No one will interfere in our fight." FrostNova stated as a mist arose. "So many of us... against you alone?" GreyThroat question in disbelief. "What else?" FrostNova asked back.

"A one versus one." The Doctor said holding out his arm. "Accepted," FrostNova began again. "You missed yesterday." She said making the Doctor tilt his head. "Don't play dumb. That beam you shot with just the flick of a finger... you missed on purpose. That's why you attacked from the side and not head on, where I couldn't have dodge. But I didn't even need to. You were exactly 7cm off from even touching me." FrostNova explained. "As long as my brothers and sisters are with me, I can't risk hurting them by releasing my full power. But now. They are all dead. There are no living things left around me." FrostNova said almost like a whisper, and the pavement below froze over, the mist getting colder, and thicker.

"The temperature has dropped dramatically..." GreyThroat informed, but the Doctor was unfazed. "Our weapons and accessories...! They're starting to freeze as well!" She added in shock.

"I no longer have any reason to contain the winter within me." FrostNova stated with a stoic stare.

"Reunion's got there own walking Catastrophe." Blaze joked, making the Doctor glare, and her shocked at his seriousness.

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