Hello there, it's TheSenjuMan bringing you peeps a surprise: a HTBAH side story! This side story will focus on Hans' origin in the wake of the Great Wave. Yes, he will be good in my universe, so yay!

Anyways, let's get on with it!


Arendelle

Down Weselton Rd.

7:53 p.m.

On the dreary, dimly lit streets of Arendelle, with the stars in the sky and the clouds looking both grey and black, a silver BMW zoomed down the wet, slippery asphalt. The speed in which it was going made the water splash out both left and right, dampening any poor soul that might have gotten into its path.

The man driving the car had on oval shaped glasses, red hair that was neatly groomed, green eyes, an equally red goatee, and a trenchcoat. This was Viktor Westergard, a member of a secretive scientific program known as the F.I.R.E.S.T.O.R.M. Project, which dealt with nuclear transmutation; over a few weeks ago, Viktor had been trailed by a group of mysterious men in black suits trying to get a hold of his project.

Viktor tore his eyes away from the road for a second and glanced at the briefcase laid on the passenger seat right next to him; it was a black briefcase labeled "The Matrix" in giant, orange print, and also printed was a strange, silver logo. What was contained in that briefcase was something Viktor hoped would one day change the world.

Viktor huffed as he neared his destination. "I hope to God that he's there. I told him to meet me there anyhow."

A few more minutes of driving later and Viktor stomped on the brake and sweved his BMW into the front of a blue, moderate sized apartment building with its lights still on. Opening the car door, he momentarily looked around for anything suspicious. Seeing that it was clear, Viktor grabbed "The Matrix" and ran quickly to the stairs.

"Come on, please be there, please be there," he mumbled. As Viktor reached the door with the number ''1127'' on it, he began banging on the door loudly.

"Hans!" Viktor shouted, hoping for an answer. "Hans! Come on, you said you'd be here!"

As Viktor got no answer from the other side, he stood a few inches back from the door. "Alright little brother, if you don't open up, I'll tear this thing down!"

"Alright!" a voice rang out from the other side of the door. Seeing the door knob jiggle around shortly, Viktor was greeted with a sight of a younger man who looked almost exactly like him, in a red flannel button down shirt, red hair just like his, but without the goatee.

"Hans," Viktor stated, nodding his head.

Hans stared at his brother with narrowed eyes, as if he was trying to examine his soul. "Vik, what the hell's goin' on? Why'd you call me?"

"No time brother, now let me in, they may have followed me," Viktor said, frantically turning his head right and left, attempting to survey the environment next to him.

"Alright, alright," Hans conceded. "But you better tell me what's goin' on!"


The interior of Hans' apartment was nothing very special; it was a white, almost cramped living space with a messy living room, relatively clean kitchen, and the bedrooms and the bathroom being about eight to nine feet apart. What Viktor noticed about the living room was that it was damn near overrun with pizza boxes.

"Ah, I see you still haven't overcome that pizza obsession of yours," Viktor commented, sitting next to Hans on the beige couch.

"It is not an obsession!" Hans exclaimed through gritted teeth. "Pizza is God."

Viktor rolled his eyes. "Sure it is." The bearded scientist looked around the living room. "Where's Kristoff?"

"The big lug's gettin' more pizza. Just wonder what's takin' him so long."

" 'Not an obsession' my ass." Viktor placed the suitcase on the coffee table in front of them and opened it, revealing an orange-like orb the size of a soda can propped up on a black stand.

"Whoa! The hell is that?!" Hans shouted, jumping and scurrying to the other side of the couch.

"You remember that paper I told you about last year?"

Hans nodded. "Y-yeah, that, um...Fusion Ignition blah blah blah thing?"

Viktor scowled at his younger brother. "I told you, it's Fusion, Ignition, Research Experiment and Science of Transmutation Originating RNA and Molecular Structures!"

"How many times you rehearse that in front of the mirror, nerd?"

"Look, anyways," Viktor continued, getting back to the point, "we started experimenting, and just 7 months ago, we melted a concrete wall. Oh yeah, I don't do baby steps, Hans. Then, a few months after we continued the experiment, I started getting ambushed by these shady men."

"Lemme guess, these guys had suits and wore sunglasses," Hans said sarcastically, moving back to the couch.

"How'd you know?"

Viktor's younger brother shrugged. "Lucky guess."

"But yes, they're exactly as you described. It got to the point where I called the whole project off and took this Matrix with me," Viktor declared, motioning to the orange orb on the table.

"What is that thing?"

"Think of it as a mini-Sun."

Hans groaned and palmed his face, standing up. "My God, what are you doing?"

"This orb will change the world, no, the universe as we know it, little brother. Think of all the discoveries we could make!"

"Oh God, here comes the geek speak again. Didn't you ever, for once, think that your little science project-"

"Science project?!"

"-would have you targeted by a bunch of people trying to steal it? Wow, didn't think that one through, did you?"

Viktor scowled and stood up. "Oh don't talk down to me! This coming from a C student?!"

Hans follwed suit and stood up. "Hey I worked hard for those Cs. Not everyone is as big a nerd as you are!"

"Meaning?"

"Listen Vik, that's the problem. You never think shit through!"

"Look who's talking!"

Unbeknownst to the two quabbling siblings, the F.I.R.E.S.T.O.R.M. Matrix began glowing brighter and brighter each second.

"Oh don't talk to me like I'm a fuckin' idiot!" Hans growled, clenching his fists.

"You haven't changed a bit, Hans."

"Oh, oh, here we go again! Don't try to fuckin' flip-"

*BOOOOOOOMMM*

The arguing came to an imminent halt when Hans and Viktor heard the explosion from outside. Hans jumped over the couch to look out the window and he saw a bright beam coming from the sky and a wave of orange energy coming right at his apartment.

"What was that?" Viktor questioned, his annoyance replaced with concern.

"I think it's that ato-" Hans never finished his sentence; the wave of energy came crashing through his window, shattering it and enveloping both he and Viktor with said energy. The two screamed in agony and began floating 4 feet in the air. The F.I.R.E.S.T.O.R.M. Matrix glowed with a blinding light and flowed in the air also. The two screaming siblings were suddenly slammed together, with Hans' likeness enveloping Viktor's. Hans' pupils also began to disapper, turning his eyes into a milky white, while his hands and head unexpectedly lit on fire. The Matrix on the other hand, became pure energy and flowed into the combination of Hans and Viktor.

After the incident, the combination of both brothers fell onto the carpet of the apartment with an audible thud. The apartment itself had been ravaged by the wave, with flipped over tables and chairs, shattered glass, and cracked walls. The two merged brothers still continued to glow with the energy of the wave.


And there is the origin of Firestorm!Hans. He will be featured in the main How to be a Hero story quite soon. Let me know what you thought about it.

Yes I know I put it in the HTTYD/Frozen crossover category. It's like a comic annual that ties in to the main story, but is a separate story of its own.

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