Chapter 25: The Frost Giant
Ood Sphere 4127
As they entered the cave, The Doctor, Thor, River, Skye, Jack and Fitz felt a sense of fear, although none of them wanted to show it on their faces. They had engaged in a hunt for an elusive Frost Giant and retrieve Thor's stolen hammer.
"This place is massive." Fitz remarked. "How are we supposed to find the Frost Giant?"
"Just keep moving." Thor said. "I have a feeling it will find us."
"While we're searching," the Doctor said, "could someone please tell me about this Battle of New York?"
"Talk to Thor." Skye advised. "He knows more than Fitz and me."
"S.H.I.E.L.D. was holding the Tesseract, which they never should've had in the first place." Thor said. "Remember how I told you my brother Loki has a way of acquiring objects that don't belong to him? He stole the Tesseract for the Chitauri so that they could come to Earth and conquer the planet. S.H.I.E.L.D. assembled myself and others to capture Loki. We were called the Avengers. We captured Loki, but he wanted to be caught. He drove us against each other and escaped. Once he thought we were too divided to fight, he unleashed the Chitauri on New York City. We immediately came together again and fought. It was Mr. Stark who was able to close the giant portal in New York and kill all the Chitauri that came into New York."
"How did I miss that?" The Doctor asked himself.
"We were actually in New York slightly before that." River reminded that Doctor. "But that was the day we lost Amy and Rory. You were so distant since then, I don't think you wanted anything to do with New York after that."
"I wouldn't purposely leave all those millions of people do die!" The Doctor asked.
"I don't think you did it purposely." River said.
"What are you two talking about?" Jack asked.
"Doesn't matter." The Doctor said. "Is there anything else we should know about Frost Giants."
"The have special ice powers." Thor informed them.
"Good thing we're not in a cave made entirely of ice." Skye sarcastically said.
Fitz had not noticed until Skye pointed it out, but the cave was somehow made of ice. He wished he could visit an alien planet under happier circumstances and enjoy this experience more, but he knew that couldn't happen until they saved Earth first. As they moved farther into the cave, Skye saw a dark figure move around far in front of them.
"Did you see that?" Skye asked.
"What?" Thor asked.
"I don't know." The Skye said. "I saw something move over there."
Thor saw what Skye was referring to and sprinted ahead of them. Jack and Skye followed closely behind him. The Doctor, River, and Fitz brought up the rear of the group. As they came closer to the black figure, the ice ceiling above them started to violently crack. The Doctor was the only one who noticed this.
"Stop!" The Doctor yelled.
However, it was too late. Large chunks of he ceiling fell from above until they completely piled up and formed a massive wall of ice. Thankfully, no one was crushed by the ice, but the group was separated with the Doctor, River, and Fitz stuck on one side, and Thor, Jack, and Skye trapped on the other side with black figure.
"Follow me." The Doctor said.
The Doctor, River, and Fitz then turned around and ran towards the entrance of the ice cave so that they cold get to the TARDIS and transport themselves to the other side of the ice wall.
On the other side of the wall, Thor, Jack, and Skye were confronted by the black figure. As it moved closer to them, they noticed that the figure seemed to be a tall, blue man with demonic red eyes. This blue man was also holding Thor's hammer.
"Halt." Thor ordered. "That hammer belongs to me Frost Giant."
"Not anymore." The Frost Giant said. "My powers have grown since the Ood save me. I barely had to focus to make that ceiling collapse and I barely have to focus to do this."
The Frost Giant then extended it's arm. Then, ice started to form around Thor, Skye, and Jack's feet. When the tried to move, the ice then moved up their legs, making it impossible for them to leave. Before they knew it, the ice had covered them completely, turning them into frozen statues and making them the Frost Giant's personal prisoners.