Batman copyright Bob Kane, DC Comics and Warner Brothers

BROKEN HEART OF ICE

Summary: Having been sepperated from her husband, Victor Nora Fries decides to recreate the accident that transformed him into "Mister Freeze"
and, continue his legacy by taking revenge upon the world as "Mrs. Freeze"

Cold...
that's all I feel as I type furiously into an old computer.

sure, the temperture I set the lab I managed to break into is cold to be sure.
but, I also feel COLD in my heart...cold at how everything I LOVED was taken from me.

I was perfectly happy, once.
I...Nora Smithy, was married to a wonderful man: Victor Freeze.

I remember the first day I met him...
we were attending college, together.

he was so shy, could barely speak to me.
but, he was also so KIND, a sweet man who treated me with compassion.

was it any wonder that I fell in love?
that when he finally had the nerve to propose...I didn't think too long to say YES.

I was so happy on my wedding day...
Victor gave me a gift: a snowflake necklace (he was a crygenics expert, afterall)

I wore it at the reception.
and, I NEVER took it off...ever.

I had everything...then, it all came crashing down.

I became sick...VERY sick.
I was dignosed with a rare disease (doctors said there was no cure)

I was devastated...
my life with victor was barely starting!, now...it was ending.

I could tell that Victor was upset, too.
my, poor, dear husband...he worked SO HARD to try and find a cure.

but, he made no progress...
I got sicker as the days turned into week...then, months.

I was just about ready to give up...
but, Victor...MY VICTOR, refused to give up on me.

He told me there WAS a cure, there had to be.
and, if we were running out of time...then, he'd "stop the clock" for me.

I remember feeling SHOCKED at his idea of cryogenically freezing me.
he said, it would put me in stasis, HAULTING my disease...that it would keep me alive.

I remember feeling UNSURE about it.
but, Victor reminded me of the purpose of Cryogenics...as a Medical Science.

it took a LONG time of thinking...
but, I eventually agreed to let my husband freeze me.

I remember that day...when I was placed in that capsule.
he looked at me, I looked at him...we placed our hands on opposite sides of the glass.

he told me...that he loved me (I said the same)
I saw tears fall from his eyes as he pressed the button...

then...my whole world became BLACK and COLD.
it felt like death, at first...but, soon felt like a LONG, DEEP SLEEP.

I dreamed...dreamed for what felt like YEARS.
I dreamed of US, of the "Future" we could have once I was cured.

dreamed of raising a family, having children.
dreamed of watching them grow...and, grow OLD together.

then, after what felt like a lifetime...I woke up.

curiously, I wasn't in GothCorp, the company where Victor worked.
I was in Wayne Enterprises...and, Victor wasn't there

My doctor was Francis D'anjou.
and, he told me that Victor was dead.

WORSE, that while trying to cure me he had been "mutated" by cryogenic chemicals...and, became a supervillain called: MISTER FREEZE.

I didn't want to believe it...
the crimes, the battled with this "batman"

but, most of all...I didn't want to believe he was DEAD.

So, I waited...waited for a LONG TIME.
but, Victor never returned.

I came to the difficult conclusion that my victor WAS dead.
so...I left Gotham, married Francis, and lived a somewhat happy life.

That is...until I discovered THE TRUTH: Victor WAS alive.
he had been writing me letter for Months...and, my so-called "Husband" hid them from me.

I even found out that Francis had staged an "attack"
to make it look like victor was out to kill him for marrying me (they were REALLY robots)

I divorced him right then and there then, decided to track down my REAL Husband...my Victor.

after a LONG time of investigations.
I eventually tracked Victor down to the Antarctica.

I was told that Victor's mutation rendered him unable to exist outside of a "Subzero Enviroment"

that the slightest ounce of heat caused him PAIN...or, could kill him.

after getting some Winter Survival gear I booked the first plane there and searched ALL OVER the arctic circle.

I eventually found an Eskimo boy named "Koonak"
who took me to the cavern where Victor lived.

I remember walking into the ice cave...
even in my dense fur coat, i was FREEZING!

then...I saw Victor.
he was dressed in some "robotic suit" of some kind.

he was sitting upon a throne of ice and, guarded by two polar bears.

and, his FACE...I was shocked at what I saw.
his skin had a greyish blue hue, and his eyes were dull blue.

we looked at each other...stunned at seeing one another after so long.
we wasted no time and ran to each other...and kissed.

I remember his lips feeling COLD.
and, yet...it had love's warmth.

I had NO IDEA what we were to do...
could Victor be cured?, could "I" become like him?

but, I didn't have time to think about it...not when HE appeared...BATMAN.
he must of tracked me down, intent on returning me to Gotham.

Victor attacked, not willing to lose me again.
Batman threw one of his "Bat Boomerang" weapons at him.

then, I saw something shocking...Victor's entire head POPPED OUT OF HIS BODY!

just, what the heck happened to him!

I saw his head fall into a pool of water.
I couldn't retrieve him...Batman dragged me away, and took me back to Gotham.

I never saw Victor again...
so, he probably didn't survive his encounter with Batman.

I remember feeling so ANGRY!
Angry at Francis, angry at Gothcorp, angry at the WORLD...angry at BATMAN.

Victor sacrificed EVERYTHING for me!
and, after all he did...he lost me, and I lost him!

all I could think about was REVENGE...
If I couldn't have a Happy Ending...then, NO ONE ELSE, WOULD.

I am Nora Fries, "MRS. FRIES"
and, now...I was going to be MORE than that.

I finally finished typing in the codes into the computer.
after so long, I had finally figured out the formula that made Victor was he was.

what made him MISTER FREEZE.

I quickly began to synthozise the chemicals and filled them into a vial.
I gripped the vial of blue liquid and stared at it.

I came THIS far...no turning back, now.

I pulled my sleeve up and place the needle against my skin.
I took deep breaths, feeling RAGE within me.

I pushed the needle, gritted my teeth as it dug into my flesh.
I then injected myself, allowing the liquid to flow into my bloodstream.

I quickly pulled the needle out and dropped the vial.

I waited...waited for a long time.
then...I felt PAIN, Intense Pain!

I fell to my knees, gripping my waist my body slowly felt NUMB...I couldn't feel any of my nerves.

it was like FROSTBITE.
my god...was THIS what Victor felt!

The pain was soon too much...I screamed out as loud as i could.
I fell to the ground, tears in my eyes.

then...I looked at my hand.
my skin's cacausian coloration was fading...becoming a PALE, BLUISH GREY color.

soon...my hand looked EXACTLY like victor's skin.

then, it happened...the pain grew WORSE.
I felt like my body was on fire, it was driving me CRAZY!

I quickly realised what it was...I was now like Victor.
so, my body...my NEW Body, NEEDED to be cold.

I thought the temperture I set WOULD be cold enough...I guess not.

I crawled on the floor, TRYING to get to a refridgerated room.
I soon got inside and with all my might...SLAMMED the door shut.

I breathed a sigh of relief as I felt the intense coolness against my body.
to me...it felt GOOD, like a breath of fresh air.

Once I had relaxed a bit...I looked at a sheet of metal.
I saw my reflection, and gasped at my face.

my skin was Bluish-grey...
my eyes were a dull blue, my lips were dark blue.

and, my hair...WHITE as SNOW.

I had become JUST LIKE VICTOR...
no...just like MISTER FREEZE.

yes...I was his wife, his bride.
I was...MRS. FREEZE, his "Ice Queen"

my eyes narrowed...then, I smiled.
my mind wandered on the many ways I could take my REVENGE on those that wronged me, wronged US.

Francis tried to keep us apart...he would be the first to go.

GothCorp tried to pull the plug on me, tried to KILL ME...so, I will destroy THEM.

and, BATMAN...I will save HIM for last.

but, FIRST...I would need a Refridgeration Suit and Freezing Gun (and, maybe a gang or two)

THEN, Gotham will pay...
so says MRS. NORA FREEZE, the Ice Queen.

Author Note: This was an Idea I had after reviewing the Mister Freeze story arc from Bruce Timm's Batman series...
I guess I always felt that Nora would be ANGRY at being sepperated from Victor (and how Victor suffered trying to save her)

so, this is an AU event I came up with: what if Nora Fries became a "Mrs. Freeze"?

anyway, this was a oneshot that I HAD to put out.
the image of Nora Fries in a Mister Freeze Suit and wielding a Freezing Gun is TOO GOOD to ignore.