So this chapter is taken from a Overwatch animated short and changed drastically mainly because it dealt with a bunch of science mumbo jumbo that I couldn't figure out how to simplify. Hope it turned out okay though because this chapter was a struggle to write.
Nine years ago it
"This is Dr. Jack Frost," A white haired man wearing a blue hoodie was making a recording of himself from inside his lab. "For the past year me and my team of climatologist have been stationed in Antarctica studying the cause of global climate change, trying to see if we can find a means to combat the effects. We have been making great progress but we are going to have to pause research for a few days. We have just received word that a massive storm is coming our way, one that could threaten all our safety. There is no time for the Watchdogs time to pick us up before the storm hits and rations are getting low, but luckily we have a backup plan. Lead scientist Kowalski is going to have us go into cyrostasis for a week to wait out the storm. When we wake up the storm should have passed and we can return to our research."
"Hey Frost, you going to talk to that till the storm hits or our you going to head to the sleeping chambers?"
"I'll be there in a minute Kowalski." Jack turned to the camera one last time. "Well got to sign off but when I wake up, we should be able to head back to our research to end climate change." Jack turned off the camera and headed to the chambers.
Present day.
Something went wrong with the sleeping chambers. While the storm only lasted five days it damaged the station bad enough that it knocked out all power, including those of the pods. When the power did return it reset the sleeping pods, and set the cyrostasis time for nine years.
Finally Jack's pod opened and Jack stretched his arms out and yawned. "Oh man, a week sure did fly fast eh everyone?" Jack laughed only he didn't get a response. "Guys?" Jack eventually just shrugged "Eh, their pods will wake them up soon."
Jack walked over to the kitchen and got himself a cup of coffee and toasted him up a bagel for breakfast, spreading on some strawberry jam to go on it. As he sipped on his coffee he walked over to his personal lab assistant, a small floating disc root that was resting on his charger.
"Rise and shine Snowball." Jack laughed waking up his little robot. Jack walked over to the TV, grabbing the remote he clicked on the TV and rested his feet on the table as he sipped his coffee.
"Might as well see what the world is up to while I wait for my sleepy head partners to wake up. Man I can't wait to tease them about them oversleeping, that will be so satisfying."
Jack's smile quickly faded when he heard what was being spoke about on the news.
"As the world continues to fear the threat of a second robot war, The Raptors continue to claim more and more territory in their quest to rule the world. And with no heroes to stop them we must ask the question, who can save us from the Raptors threat?"
"Second robot war? The first one just ended? Raptors claiming territory, no heroes? That can't be right were only asleep for a week." Jack turned to Snowball, "We were only a asleep for a week right?" Snowballs digital eyes disappeared from his screen replaced with the amount of years they were out.
"Nine years?" Jack gasped "But how? That's impossible they would have came looking for us unless?" Jack ran to his computer and googled the Watchdogs. He then gasped at the sight of news reports of them all being disbanded.
"No!" Jack then ran to the other pods, wiping away the fog on the glass he looked inside and screamed at the sight of seeing there frozen corpses. "No! NO!" Jack fell to the ground, buried his head in his knees and sobbed over the lost of his team. "My, friends, my team, no!"
Thirty minutes later Jack laid at his desk, still crying over his friends. Snowball, despite being a floating robot ball, did his best to act like moral support.
"What am I going to do Snowball?" Jack asked "I can't complete the research without my team, and we were so close to a breakthrough." Jack picked up a framed picture of his team that laid on his desk, in the picture was a big burly man dressed in red and had a thick white beard, as well as four penguins.
"North, Skipper, Kowalski, Rico, Private, I am so sorry. I don't know how I'm going to do this without you. I should of perished with you guys."
Snowball turned to a beacon that was flashing on Jack's desk. He turned to Jack and nudged his shoulder getting his attention. "What is it Snowball?" Snowball turned and pointed the beacon out to Jack. "It's a message? Do you think it's from…?" Snowball nodded. Jack stood up, "We got to send out a message? If it's from them, and they are out there we have to let them know we're still out here."
Quickly getting on his warmest clothes he walked outside to the radio tower, only to find it had been severely damaged in the storm.
"Oh no, how are we going to send out for help now?" Feeling defeated Jack walked back inside and buried his face into his palms. "I got to send for help if I don't do something I could freeze to death. How to get that radio tower running again?"
Snowball thought things over in his metallic A.I himself then he shot up. Floating over to Jack his digital eyes became replaced with a image of his plan. In it Jack saw himself hooking Snowball up to the breaker box and using his battery power to power the radio tower up again.
"Yes, that's perfect!" Jack thought "The power from your battery should be enough to power the battery long enough to send the message." Then something dawned on Jack "Wait, wouldn't that you know…"
Snowball gave a comforting nod.
"No," Jack gasped "No, I already lost my team I can't lose you too Snowball."
Snowball floated over to Jack and gave him a small nudge, his way of telling Jack it would be all right.
His eyes getting misty Jack grabbed Snowball and pulled him into a emotional hug. "I wish there was another way."
Walking back outside Jack and Snowball approached the radio tower breaker box. Opening the box door Jack opened the back end of Snowball and connected his wire to the breaker box outlets.
"Forgive me my friend," Snowball's battery sent out a charge that made it's way through the box's outlets. Suddenly the radio tower turned on, it had worked they had power.
"It's working Snowball, you did it!" Jack ran to the first radio and sent out the message.
"This is Dr. Jack Frost of the Watchdogs. I am the last survivor of the Eco-point Antarctica crew, sending out a S.O.S. Please send help. I repeat I am stationed at Eco-point Antarctica, please send help."
Jack sent the message, that was it. Now he only hoped they would get the message in time.
The power went back out, but the message had been delivered. Jack turned and saw his robot lab assistant and friend on the floor, having drained all his battery life, to send that message. Getting misty eyed again, Jack walked to the drained body of his friend and picked him up clung on to him sobbing for his sacrifice.
"Thank you… my friend."
It had been a week since the message had been sent, and Jack was on his last rations. Snowball sat on a shelf, Jack couldn't bring himself to bury him with the rest of his friends. If help didn't come soon he would surely parish. Finally building up the nerves Jack picked up the beacon and played the message that was sent to him. It was a video message from Peabody, more than that it was call back to duty.
"Someone has to do something, we have to do something. We can make a difference again, the world needs us now, more than ever. Are you with me?"
A single tear fell from Jack's eyes as he thought of all that he had missed while trapped in Cyrosleep. He wasn't there when they disbanded, but he could be with them now that they were recalled.
"Yes Peabody, I am with you."
Walking outside he stared at the graves he dug, where he had buried all of his friends and team he had lost.
"Your deaths won't be for nothing my friends, I promise I will somehow finish what wee started, your sacrifices, all of them, will not be in vein."
He then heard a helicopter flying overhead. Looking up to the sky he smiled when he saw a helicopter approaching, The Watchdogs insignia on it's door and tail. As the door opened Suki stood at the pilots seat with a big grin etched on her face.
"Coming aboard love?"
"Who are you?"
"Names Suki, we never met, please to meet you."
Suki, I didn't think you could be a pilot anymore after your accident with Slipstream." Hiccup voiced over the radio.
"I was told I couldn't pilot a plain anymore Love, nobody said anything about a helicopter."
Jack went back inside and grabbed Snowball before he boarded the helicopter. "By the way is there anyway you can recharge this guy?ye
"I think there might be something we can do." Suki reached out her hand and greeted Jack properly. "Welcome back to the Watchdogs love."
Okay so I also changed up the ending from the original animated short as well. In the short Mei (Who is portrayed here by Jack) Basically walks out alone with a recharged Snowball to brave the cold alone to get back to Overwatch. I changed the ending because I didn't want to write any future chapters of him battling weather to get back to his team, I felt that would have dragged the story along more than it needed to be. There was also going to be a chapter where Jack battled a Yeti along the way but after the trailer for Abominable that showed that adorable yeti Everest, I just couldn't do it.