Frosty Arrow

Chapter 4

"What's this?" Laurel asked as she and Cisco entered a new lab where Caitlin was waiting with a some sort of heated device in the center of it.

"It's a shaft made of solid tungsten, and it's heated to over 2,000 degrees centigrade." Cisco said.

"Okay and what do you expect me to do?" Laurel asked.

"Cool it down." Caitlin said.

"Wait, what? How, I don't even know what the on switch to my powers are, how can I cool this down?" Laurel asked.

"That's what this test is for. Once we figure out how exactly you can tap into your powers, then we can then help you learn to control them, just like we did Barry." Cisco said.

"Just focus. Try and concentrate on the power inside you." Caitlin said and Laurel nodded as she closed her eyes and took deep breaths as she focused on the cold feeling she'd had since she'd come back to life. She hadn't understood what it was until now. Instead of keeping it buried down, Laurel embraced it, she let cold fill her up and she could feel some sort of transformation happen as she felt mist steam from her hands.

"Wow, that's cool." Cisco said to Caitlin, who nodded as Laurel opened her eyes, but they'd changed to silver.

"Laurel, you still in there?" Caitlin asked cautiously.

"Yeah, this power, it's incredible." Laurel said, amazement clear in her voice.

"Okay then, now that we've established that, see if you can cool the shaft down." Cisco said and Laurel nodded as she held up her hands and ice blasted the shaft, cooling it down in a matter of moments, but at the same time, it looked like a further transformation was occuring on Laurel. The more she used her powers, the whiter her skin became and her lips turned blue and her blonde hair was starting to turn white.

"Is it just me or is she starting to turn frosty?" Cisco asked.

"No she definitely is. Laurel stop." Caitlin said as Laurel did.

"Is something wrong?" Laurel asked.

"Look at your hands." Cisco said.

"What the hell is happening to me?" Laurel asked.

"It's probably just a side effect of your powers, but do you still feel in control?" Caitlin asked.

"Yeah, I do. But right now, I'd kind of like to go back to normal." Laurel said.

"Yeah, I mean, it looks like we've found the on switch to Laurel's powers. Now we should focus on the off switch." Caitlin agreed.

"Okay, Laurel, just try focusing again. But this time, instead of cooling down, focus on heating up." Cisco said and Laurel nodded as she focused on her normal look and she could feel the heat returning to her body.

"Please tell me it worked." Laurel said as Caitlin landed her a mirror and she smiled when she saw she was back to her old self.

"Well, that should help with identity concealment at least. Now I just need to find a middle ground where I can use my powers without getting frosty." Laurel said.

"That's why you're here. Now that we've determined how your powers can be activated, we can help you learn to master them." Cisco said.

"Might help if she had a target to aim at." Barry said as he entered the hangar.

"So, you finally got yourself out of the cell huh?" Cisco asked.

"Yeah, something Laurel said. Even though Zoom's gone, by pushing you all away, virtually breaking me, in a way, I'm still letting him win. I'm sorry." Barry said.

"It's fine, I get it, after all, after Ronnie died, I was pretty closed off to." Caitlin said.

"Yeah man, we're just glad you're back." Cisco agreed.

"But anyways, wouldn't Barry have an unfair advantage over me, with his speed?" Laurel asked.

"Actually, cold is the one thing speedsters can't fight, so once you learn how to better control your powers, you'll be the one with the upper hand." Barry assured her.

"Great, let's get to work." Laurel said eagerly.

Thea was on her way back to Star City after visiting Roy and despite the fact that he was in prison, she couldn't help but smile at the fact that he'd still found ways to be a hero in there, such as standing up to other criminals in Slabside like Brick, Ben Turner and Werner Zytle and he'd even gotten his own sidekick, another inmate named Stanley who had come to rely on Roy for protection.

However, despite all that, Thea still wanted Roy to come home to her and while she knew that in her spare time Laurel was trying to find a legal way to get Roy out, she wasn't optimistic about it.

Anyways, suddenly her car got pulled to a nearby exit.

"What the hell?" Thea asked as she tried to turn back onto the highway, but the car resisted her.

She then reached for her phone, only to find it was being jammed.

"Damn it." Thea said as her car suddenly pulled over and stopped abruptly.

As Thea got out of her car, she suddenly felt something hit her neck and she had just enough time to reach for whatever it was that hit her and pulled it out before she felt herself getting dizzy and the last thing she saw before she passed out was her jackass father standing in front of her.

So what do you think of the Thea scene. She's not dating Alex in this universe, so this seemed like an alternate way of Hive abducting her for Malcolm.