Note: I have taken ideas from actual superhero and villain stories, while incorporating ideas of my own. Think of it as an alternate superhero universe. Characters may sound familiar to those of Ice Man and the Flash, but I try to branch off from the original characters and story arcs. Not only that, but names of some characters, plot, and or ways of gaining super powers may be taken from other misc. stories.
GLACIUS
Hanging on a Limb
An Antarctic sunrise slowly lifts into view, covering a small research facility. The isolated facility, known as the Global Antarctic Corporation, lay in the growing sunlight. A chilly breeze slides through the snowy landscape, as automatic lights cut off.
Inside a quarters, a man in his late twenties lay sleeping on a warm bed. An alarm clock goes off, startling the man, Chad Carter. It reads 8:30 am. He presses a button on the alarm clock, turning it off. A sigh is heard. Chad then sits up and yawns. After a moment, he glances outside of the lone window of the quarters. He smiles.
A beep is presented, and Chad looks up to a video screen mounted on the wall. "Carter…get your ass outta bed. We got something you might like in the testing chamber." Chad looks curious. "What do you got, Mason?" On the screen, Gregory Mason becomes irritated. "Carter, like I said. Get your ass out of bed and meet me in the testing chamber." Chad nods, as the screen goes blank. He drags himself out of bed, and then mumbles to himself. "Perfect timing."
Inside the testing chamber, a few scientists analyze what appears to be an alien specimen. Mason stares at the alien, awaiting Chad's entrance into the chamber. His eyes stare deep into what is a historic finding.
A titanium door beeps and slowly slides open. Chad walks through, gesturing to Mason. The door slides shut. Walking over to Mason, Chad asks, "What did we find?" Mason looks at Chad, giving him an annoyed look. "I'm guessing you're looking forward to the next month in the sun." Chad is caught off guard. "What?" he replies. Mason sighs, and then responds to Chad. "Just trying to start the month off fresh."
"Thanks. I got it, Greg. Now tell me, what have we found about the specimen?" Mason scratches his nose, and looks at the alien body lying on a table. "Well, it appears to have some sort of unique traits. While examining it over the last few days, Dalton found that it may have bonded somehow with the Antarctic."
Chad, revealing an interested but puzzled face, looks at Greg. "I don't understand. If it bonded with the Antarctic then why is it dead?" "We don't know, yet. All Dalton told me was that this thing, this alien, seems to have traits identical to that of this frozen region of ice."
"That's odd. I've never heard of such a thing." Chad states. Greg then chuckles to himself. "Yeah, well I've never really thought there was such a thing as aliens either." "Good work Mason." Chad says as he walks down a line of stairs, and walks over to the scientist, Dalton.
"Hey Roger, you holding up?" he asks. Roger smiles, and replies. "You know, I've been up a while for this. You don't understand how amazing this specimen really is. For some strange reason too, this alien has bonded with the ice. It's almost as if it is using the ice for some, greater reason." "Yeah, Mason told me you said it bonded with the Antarctic. Any suggestions?" Dalton sets down a notepad he had been holding. "There are a few that are farfetched. This creature may be a host of some sort of, symbiote, or maybe it just adapted well with the environment. But to be honest, Chad…I don't know what the answer is to your question."
Chad grins. He pats Roger on the back. "Good work Roger." Roger then begins to walk away towards the stairs. "Chad peers at the creature for a second, before asking aloud to Roger, "Hey Roger, you mind if I take a look at this thing for a few hours?" Roger begins to walk up the stairwell. "Be my guest, Carter." Chad glances back at the specimen, before leaving the area.