Meta and the Beast

Fight Scene

            It feels like the stairs are endless, like they'll go on forever. I follow the path of destruction to her private quarters. Anger and fear filled villagers no doubt caused the damage that had not been here just hours before. I frantically look around the room from the doorway, not seeing her and the people after her. Breathing heavily, I move across the large expanse room and finally see her out of the balcony. She is sitting on a short backless chair, her back straight as she stares into the distance.

Maureen and Edith both stand above her, somehow having gotten ahold of their own weapons and ahead of the rest of the pack. They glare at each other while they hold their weapons at the ready, aimed for Frost who didn't seem to notice. Footsteps echoed in the hall and I knew that it was likely their fathers leading them, getting closer and closer every second.

"Leave her alone!" I find my voice, stern and serious as I approach. Frost's head turns at the sound of my voice, and I see the worry for me and my family dissipate in her eyes. She looks more content than anything, not bothered by the fact that she was being threatened herself right at this very moment.

"She's a freak, a beast who needs to be put down." Edith's spits, venomously and Maureen nods in agreement. One of the only things they've ever really agreed upon before.

"She's a human being. We both are." I inch myself forward.

"Stand back!" Maureen snarls this time, just as both of their fathers and some of their father's friends burst into the room behind me. "Do it." They hiss, "Rid all of us of this creature."

In anger, I reveal my own powers to them, lighting up on fire. "Leave her alone!" I raise my hands up, not attacking just yet.

"She did this to him!" Edith crows in anger, and she pulls the trigger of her gun. Hitting Frost in the arm. A cry of pain escapes her and she grips her arm tightly, blood spilling past her fingers. "Frost!" I dive forward, reaching for her even while I was still aflame. She doesn't flinch from me as our skin connects, allowing me to look at her arm without fight.

Anger surges through me, renewed at seeing her wounded and I step back up, guarding her. "You want to touch her you're going to have to kill me." I tell them, my voice a hard growl. Everyone seems to move at once, Edith and Maureen screeching while the fighting begins. I throw balls of fire, knocking attackers back. Shards of ice shoot past and around, protecting me from the other side. Air whips around as Barry helps us, dropping Cisco off next to us. He shoots airwaves and vibrations from his hands, knocking people back.

It doesn't feel like long before they retreat and leave us behind as they run for the hills. When the last one is leaving I finally turn back, "Frost." Her name is the only thing I say as I pull her to my chest, holding her tight in my arms. "Are you all right?" I readjust so that I can see her face, my palms on her cheeks.

"I'll be fine." Her eyes don't leave mine. "What about you?"

"I'm alright." I nod, a relieved smile on my face. Emotions running high I act on impulse, pressing my mouth to hers in a soft kiss, a first kiss. Her cold skin begins to warm under my own, and I pull back, resting my forehead against hers. Opening my eyes I watch her reactions, her own eyes still closed. My mouth parts slightly as I watch in wonder as her hair slowly changes from the snowy white it was to a light chestnut brown. Her eyes blink open and the icy blue fades into a warm almost chocolatey color, and the blue that tinged her lips creeps away, revealing pale pink lips.

"Frost?" I breathe, and she looks confused. "I, I feel warm." She manages to say, "I haven't felt this kind of warm in a long time." She shakes her head.

"You look like you did before you came into your powers." Cisco looks incredulous.

"I think it has something to do with absorbing heat- from Ronnie." Barry theorizes aloud, waving his hand towards me.

"That makes sense." Cisco nods, "Yeah, cause her powers work by absorbing heat." He talks, moving his hands. "If she doesn't absorb enough heat, we think she'd eventually freeze to death."

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