Sorry for the delay, I was getting back into college and was busy getting everything settled...Well, that and I was busy getting all those goddamn Riddler trophies in Batman: Arkham Knight (Fun game but the story was very predictable and lackluster). Anyway I'm here now with a chapter I have been working on for well over a month. This takes place during the events of season two, and it's the episode where Barry, Cisco and Harry travel to Earth 2 to rescue Jessie and close the final breach. This of course means that our heroes will meet up with their Earth 2 doppelgangers as well as doppelgangers of their friends. I'm pretty sure since the beginning of chapter 1 many of you were probably thinking, "Well we've seen Peter and Caitlin interact. What about Spider Man and Killer Frost?" This chapter will give you just that. Now I know this is her Earth 2 counterpart, but this will only be a taste of what's to come later. This was a chapter I've been wanting to write for a long time so I had a lot of fun with this one.
Chapter 2: I know what it's like
*Flashback* 24 hours ago
"You don't have to do this," Caitlin says with a pleading look.
"Well, somebody has to keep an eye on Barry and make sure he doesn't run into any trouble," says Peter.
After closing almost all of the breaches, there was still one more breach left to close. However, before they do that, they have travel to Earth 2 to rescue the daughter of that universe's Harrison Wells. She's been held captive in the hands of Zoom, a speedster that has been giving Barry, Peter and everyone else hell for months. Caitlin had made it very clear that she didn't want Peter to go to Earth 2, mainly because she didn't want him to face Zoom again. The last time Spider Man fought the evil speedster, he and The Flash received the worst beating the two of them could possibly get. Zoom even went so far as to parade around Central City and show the people their two broken heroes. Caitlin knew there were going to be risks when it comes to being a hero, but to see her friends, especially Peter, look so battered and…helpless…it nearly brought her to tears. When it came time to treat their injuries, the brunette woman knew she had to keep her emotions in check. However, when Peter finally recovered, the first thing Caitlin did was give him the biggest hug she could muster and she finally broke down to which Peter hugs her back and whispers comforting words to her. It was then that the wall crawler made a silent promised never to put her through something like that again.
"But what if you guys run into Zoom?" asks Caitlin. "He…he nearly killed you two last time."
Peter takes a good look at her face and sees her brown eyes on the verge of tears. He hates seeing her like this. The wall crawler places his hands on each of his friend's arms, urging her to look at him. Caitlin looks up and sees Peter flash his trademark grin, that very grin that immediately lifts her worries every time she sees it.
"I have a good feeling that this time will be different," Peter says in a soft tone. "If Zoom does decide to show his creepy mug again, Barry and I will be ready for him, so don't worry."
With that Caitlin smiles at her friend's optimism.
"Besides, that last beatdown was nothing. He hits just like my Aunt May."
Now the brunette woman begins to laugh and her tears of sadness now became tears of joy.
Peter smiles warmly at his longtime friend. He enjoys making her feel better and seeing her happy.
"Just be careful alright," Caitlin finally says.
"If I come back and…I don't know, get Earth 2 sunburn or something, I know the best doctor in town who can get me back on my feet in no time," the wall crawler says back eliciting a small blush and giggle from Caitlin.
He then turns to a man with blonde hair. This man was Jay Garrick, The Flash of Earth 2. He first came to their doorstep not too long ago, warning the team about Zoom and helping them figure out a way to defeat him and save the multiverse. Peter knows there's something going on between Jay and Caitlin, and while part of him feels a little…empty for some reason…he's happy that his friend is finally finding love again. Also, he's very fond of Jay…even though Jay is rather indifferent towards him due to his humor, but respects him regardless.
"Make sure you keep her out of trouble okay," Peter asks the former speedster with a smile.
Jay nods, "I'll do my best. Just make sure you don't do anything stupid. You nearly scared Caitlin half to death last time, even if she didn't show it."
Peter chuckles, "I'll do my best."
"Hey Pete, you coming or what?" asks Cisco.
"Time is of the essence Parker," says Harry.
"Yeah, yeah, I'll be right there," Peter says as he rolls his eyes. "Well, time to save the multiverse."
With that, the wall crawler, along with Barry, Cisco and Harry jump into the portal leading to Earth 2."
*Flashback ends*
Earth 2, Present day
"I think I just broke my promise to Jay about not doing anything stupid," Spider Man thought as he's dodging icicles being thrown his way.
He and The Flash arrive in Earth 2 with three metahumans waiting for them, all of them working for Zoom. What's worst is that these metas are actually Earth 2 counter parts of some of their friends. First there's Reverb, who looks like Cisco trying to cosplay as Neo from The Matrix. Then there's Deathstorm, the evil Earth 2 version of Peter's late longtime friend Ronnie Raymond, Firestorm. Finally there's Killer Frost, Caitlin's Earth 2 counterpart…and the metahuman Spider Man is squaring off against right now.
"You know, I had a conversation with your Earth 1 counterpart at one point," Spider Man says to the evil version of his friend from college.
"Did you now? Please enlighten me," says Killer Frost with a sadistic smile.
"She was wondering what it would be like if she was a supervillain. I simply laughed it off telling her that I couldn't see her becoming one. God you are making me eat my words right now. What's next? Flash Thompson being president of the United States? Doc Ock being ripped like Brock Lesnar? Me finally being able to own Iris in Street Fighter?"
Killer Frost gives out a small laugh, "I like you, you're funny." She continues to throw deadly ice daggers at Spider Man while the spider hero dodges them with acrobatic grace.
"Really? Wow, you're the first supervillain I've ever fought who actually finds me hilarious," Spider Man says with a surprised look under his mask. "Most of the bad guys I fight would just get even angrier, giving them more of a reason to rip my head off."
"Then again, MY Caitlin finds me hilarious too. So I guess those traits carry over."
"They must not have a sense of humor," the icy villainess replies with a pouty look on her face. "People should learn to lighten up sometimes."
"That's surprising coming from someone as cold as you," Spider Man quips.
"My heart may be ice cold but at least I have one," Killer Frost quips back.
"So, since you find me so endearing, does this mean you're NOT going to kill me?" asks the web head.
Killer Frost stops throwing ice daggers at Spider Man and begins to think, "Hmmm, no, I'm not going to kill you."
"Really?" Spider Man asks in surprise.
"No, I'm just going to hurt you…really…really…badly," the icy villainess says with a sadistic grin on her face.
The wall crawler gulped, "That doesn't sound fun. In fact I think that's even worse than death."
"Caitlin," Deathstorm, who is fighting The Flash, shouts over to his girlfriend. "Stop flirting with the spider and put him out of commission already."
"For once I agree with evil Ronnie. Now's not to time to be conversing with the enemy," says Flash as he dodges Deathstorm's fire attacks.
"We're just having a friendly conversation honey, no need for you to be jealous. Isn't that right spider?" Killer Frost looks over to Spider Man and gives him a wink eliciting a small blush from the web head.
"Well I wouldn't call turning me into a frozen shish kabob friendly," Spider Man replies.
Suddenly, Flash is hit from behind by Reverb.
"FLASH," Spider Man yells out.
As he was about to go aid the fellow hero, his entire body, save for his head, is suddenly incased in ice.
"Aw, don't tell me you're done playing with me already," Killer Frost says in a mock pout.
The other two villains proceed to bombard the scarlet speedster with fireballs and harmful soundwaves.
Killer Frost sees this and she begins to worry, "Stop, both of you, Zoom wants him alive. You know what Zoom will do if you don't obey him."
Then, from out of nowhere, Zoom appears behind Deathstorm and penetrates his hand through his back, effectively killing him.
"NO," Killer Frost cries out.
"My God," Spider Man whispers as he sees the whole thing unfold.
"I would do that," Zoom says in a voice that would give Venom chills. The evil speedster approaches Reverb. "What did I say you should do when you encounter the speedster?"
"L…leave him unharmed," Reverb timidly responds.
Zoom looks over at The Flash who is still on the ground, "Does this look unharmed to you?" He then proceeds to penetrate Reverb's chest with his hand, killing him instantly as well.
Cisco begins to grasp his own chest, as he remembered the Reverse Flash doing the same thing to him in another timeline.
In the blink of an eye, Zoom moves over to Killer Frost and he grabs her by the throat.
The wall crawler sees this and was immediately filled with anger, "LET HER GO ZOOM."
Zoom looks over at Spider Man, "Give me one good reason why I should, you wall crawling pest."
"Because she didn't disobey your direct order," Spider Man responds. "She may have me as a Spideysicle right now, and I may need some soup and a hot bath after this, but I'm still alive and annoying you as always right now. Not to mention she tried to stop the other two from making The Flash tenderized and deep fried."
Zoom gazes over at Killer Frost who he still has in his grasp, "You're right, at least someone knows their place." He finally lets her go only to move over to grab the Flash and speeds off.
"BARRY," Cisco and Spider Man both yell.
The spider hero finally manages to break out of his icy prison but was unable to stop Zoom from taking his friend. Meanwhile Killer Frost crawls over to Deathstorm's corpse and starts to weep. Spider Man looks over at the icy villainess in sympathy and guilt. That's twice he had to watch Ronnie die and he couldn't do anything to stop it. Even if this is another Earth, Ronnie and Caitlin are still his friends. Killer Frost eventually stands up and begins to run away. She stops for a moment to look back at Spider Man over her shoulder. She couldn't believe that this red and blue clad hero had just saved her life. They barely know each other, and they've only just met. Spider Man and Killer Frost continue to stare at each other for a moment before Killer Frost begins to make her exit. The web head tries to reach out to her to try and stop her but she was already gone.
"Spidey, come on, let's move it," Cisco yells out. Spider Man sighs and leaves as well.
Their trip to Earth 2 now took a turn for the worst. Not only do they have to rescue Harry's daughter, but now they have to rescue Barry as well, and Zoom has made it pretty clear all over the news that he wants Wells since he's the key to helping him get the Flash's speed. Their only solution now is to find Zoom's hideout and pray that Barry and Jessie are there. However, in order to find Zoom's whereabouts, that would mean having to find Killer Frost again and convince her to help them. Cisco and Peter both agree that even though she's loyal to Zoom, if this Caitlin is anything like theirs, her love for Ronnie will come first and they can use that to their advantage. With the help of Barry's Earth 2 counterpart, who was knocked unconscious and looked in a broom closet so Earth 1 Barry could pose as him, they were able to track down Killer Frost's movements and pinpoint her location. Earth 2 Iris, who is a cop on this Earth and was given an explanation on everything up until this point, decides to tag along…as well as Earth 2 Barry much to the dismay of Cisco, Peter, Earth 2 Iris and Harry. This leads to the pair wandering around in the forest which was the icy villainess' last known location, and judging by the sudden drop in temperature it was clear that they found her.
"You lost, or are you here for some more fun?" she asks as she emerges from the trees.
"We're just here to talk," Harry replies.
"Do you always bring your little toys to your conversations?" Killer Frost asks, referring to the weapons they're holding. "Or do you want to see me burn again?"
"After what you did to my father, the thought has crossed my mind," says Earth 2 Iris.
"Look, before you go and turn all of us into sherberts, we just want to know where Zoom hangs his tights. We don't want any trouble," says Spider Man.
"…You really don't know how to use your abilities, do you breacher?" the icy villainess asks Cisco.
"It's a work in progress Elsa," the young man replied. "Zoom killed the love of your life. That hurts, even for someone with a heart as cold as yours."
"And you think THAT will make me turn on Zoom?" asks Killer Frost. "The enemy of my enemy is my friend right?" Cisco also asks.
Everyone else begin to give him funny looks while Spider Man just facepalms. "What, don't tell me that doesn't work around here."
"I guess not," says Spider Man.
"If I tell you where Zoom is, he'll kill me," says Killer Frost.
"And I'll make sure that doesn't happen. You have my word," Spider Man says in a soft and serious tone.
"But if I kill you, and bring you to him, he will be very pleased. Maybe even let me off my leash. So take a wild guess. What do you think I will choose?"
"Judging by the way you're making my spider sense tingle, I don't think I want to know…wait that came out wrong," says the wall crawler.
"MOVE," Earth 2 Iris shouts as Killer Frost begins to shoot ice daggers at the crew.
Everyone starts to hide behind a log.
"This did NOT go as planned," says Cisco.
"Her name starts with "Killer" THIS comes as a shock to you?" asks Earth 2 Barry.
"I'll handle this," Spider Man says as he leaps from his hiding spot. "Hey Dairy Queen, you looking for round 2? I'm game if you are."
"Oh I'm totally game," the icy villainess replies and proceeds to shoot more ice daggers at the spider hero.
"We didn't come here to fight," says Spider Man.
"Then maybe you shouldn't have followed me," says Killer Frost as she continues to try and skewer her new enemy.
"I know you're afraid of Zoom. That why you continue to follow his orders. If you help us we can put a stop to him. You'll be free," Spider Man reasons.
"You have no idea how powerful he is," Killer Frost says back.
"Actually I do. Guy beat me well into the next day last time we met…No seriously, I was unconscious for an entire day. Try explaining something like that to your aunt who would be worried sick, and then stick around as you get yelled at by your step uncle for worrying her," the web head quips. "Now I see where his son gets his temper from."
"Who is this guy?" Earth 2 Barry asks Cisco and Harry. He's known Spider Man for only a few hours and he's just now asking about him.
"I'm still trying to figure him out," says Harry.
"Still, I think it's best if we let Spidey handle this," Cisco spoke up. "He and my Caitlin are close friends back on our Earth."
"How close?" Earth 2 Iris asks with curiosity.
"Ehh, It's…complicated. Hell, I don't think even they know. But I do know that if she's anything like my Caitlin, then if there's anyone who can get through to her it's him."
"And how come you're not afraid of him after what he did to you?" asks Killer Frost.
Spider Man lands on the side of a nearby tree, "Because I fought guys like him before. Dark, intimidating, loves making bad guy speeches, and guess what? I've beaten each and every one of them. Zoom isn't any different. In fact, he's no different from the last speedster I fought just last year. Had the same motivation too, wanting to take away my best friend's speed. Wow, now that I think about it, his lack of originality makes him even less intimidating."
"You think this is a joke?" Killer Frost asks through gritted teeth. "Zoom is a psychopath. He could kill you and everyone you know in a matter of seconds."
The icy villainess raises her hand ready to shoot another ice dagger at Spider Man, only to have her hand covered in webbing. She looks at her web covered hand which gave Spider Man an opportunity to shoot two more web lines at her feet, tripping her and making her fall flat on her back. While she's down, the wall crawler shoots webs at her wrists and ankles, keeping her on the ground. Killer Frost struggles to break free only to have a bunch of guns pointed at her, stopping her from making anymore movements.
Spider Man walks over to Killer Frost and squats down beside her, "Yeah, like I haven't heard THAT before either."
Killer Frost is now sitting on a log while being held at gunpoint, waiting for the rest of the crew to ask her the obvious question.
"Where is Zoom?" Harry asks again.
"If I tell you, he will kill me," the icy villainess replies coldly.
"He'll kill you anyway Caitlin," Spider Man mutters.
"DON'T. CALL ME THAT," Killer Frost snaps. "That is not my name."
"Yes, it is. You just don't want to hear it because it reminds you of who you used to be," Spider Man says in a stern tone. "Trust me I know that Caitlin very well."
Killer Frost glares at the wall crawler, "You don't know anything about me."
"You're right, but I know the Caitlin Snow on my earth," Spider Man says back as he walks towards her and kneels down in front of her. "And I know that when she loves someone, that person is her world. She loved Ronnie Raymond. When he died it devastated her, and I can see it doing to same thing to you."
"And why exactly do you care about how I feel?" Killer Frost angrily asks.
Spider Man looks down on the ground, nods his head and stands up. He then reaches for his mask and slowly pulls it off revealing his face. Everyone looks on in shock Harry and Cisco because he just unmasked in front of a supervillain, Earth 2 Barry and Iris because they are surprised to see that this spider guy is…well…a guy and Killer Frost because she was curious as to who was under that mask.
Peter begins to look at the icy villainess with a serious, sympathetic look on his face, "Because I know what it's like to lose someone close to you at the hands of a madman. After what Zoom did to you, I don't blame you if you want to see him go down just as much as we do. Maybe you don't want anyone else to go through the same pain you're going through." He points over to Harry. "That man's daughter." Then he motions over to him and Cisco. "Our best friend. We're gonna lose them too if we don't do something about it." He kneels back down in front of her and looks her straight in the eyes. "All you have to do is tell us where he is and you'll never have to see us again, and I promise you, nothing bad will happen to you. I mean, sure, you'll probably go to jail for your crimes, but at least you'll be safe."
Killer Frost's icy blue eyes stares right into Peter's brown ones, and she's utterly speechless. Just who exactly is this guy? Why did he go out of his way to save her life? Why did he unmask himself and make a promise to protect her?...Why is she suddenly unable to look away?
"…Why did you save my life the other day?" she now asks.
"Because no one dies when I'm around. Not even someone as cold hearted as you," Peter replies.
For some reason Killer Frost's said heart begins to swell. How is it that this admittedly cute stranger has this effect on her?
"Wait, cute? Where is all this coming from? I mean, yeah, he is kinda cute but…we've only just met."
With that she makes her decision, "…Fine. I'll tell you where he is."
"Thank you," Peter says with a warm smile that gave the icy villainess butterflies for some reason.
Killer Frost stands up from where she was sitting and proceeds to lead the team to Zoom's hideout. She stops for a moment and looks back at Peter who was about to put on his mask.
The spider hero stops what he was doing and looks over at Killer Frost in confusion, "Is something wrong?"
The icy villainess' instincts begin to take over as she walks over to Spider Man, grabs his face with her hands presses her soft, cold lips against his.
Everyone once again looks on in shock with Earth 2 Barry adjusting his glasses and looks in the opposite direction. Even Peter was shocked.
When Killer Frost pulls away she gives him a flirtatious smirk, "That was for saving my life."
Peter just looks at her with his mouth agape.
"What? No quips? No wise ass comments?" Killer Frost coos then leans into his face again with her cold hands on his chest and her lips just inches away from his. "Am I making your spider sense tingle again?" She then backs off, turns around and walks ahead of the crew, swaying her hips seductively as she's doing so. The icy villainess looks over her shoulder at the wall crawler again, "Try not to fall behind." She winks at him and continues her seductive strut.
Harry and Iris follow Killer Frost while Cisco and Earth 2 Barry push the stunned Spider Man along.
"A…anyone else f…feel a tad c…c…cold?" the spider hero finally asks eliciting another smug smirk from the icy villainess as she's walking.
And that concludes chapter 2. Now I know what most of you are thinking, "Does Peter have an evil Earth 2 doppleganger?" The answer is yes, and you will see him in the near future. Here's a hint: Think of the bad ending to Spider Man: Web of Shadows. That's gonna be Earth 2 Spidey. And just how is Earth 1 Caitlin gonna feel when she finds out what her evil doppelganger did? You'll just have to find out later.
I'll try to get the next chapters of my other two stories out as soon as I can. I already have ideas in my head on what I'm going to do with each of them.
Be sure to leave a comment telling me what you think of this story so far...or feel free to tell me what a piece of shit I am for not pairing Caitlin with Barry, whichever works for you. lol Until next time...
