Black Ice
Hello folks! L1701E here! Besides being a big fan of Red Witch's Misfit-verse, I am also a big fan of Todd Fan's "Sidney-verse", which I call the universe her Sidney Chronicle series occurs. This fic is a side fic to her Chronicle "To Err is Human", centering on Robert "Iceman" Drake. In case you need catching up, read "To Err is Human" to see what happened to Bobby. I hope you enjoy this story!
Disclaimer: All characters belong to me, Todd Fan, and Marvel Comics. And here's your quote: "Toga! Toga!" - John Belushi as John "Bluto" Blutarsky, Animal House
Chapter 1: Cold-Hearted
Somewhere in the middle of Canada
Four months. For four months he had been here in another country. Away from them. Away from those who had turned their backs on him and betrayed him. He stood in the middle of the snow-covered field. The blizzard winds whipped across his body, blowing his now semi-long brown hair over his face. His ratty brown trenchcoat blew in the wind, revealing his blue jeans and blue shirt. He also had a black duffel bag slung over his shoulder. Any other man would've hated being out here in the middle of this snowstorm. For Robert Drake, he felt like he was home. His mutant powers over ice made him immune to sub-zero temperatures. He felt good in this cold. He would feel happy here in this blizzard…if he could be happy.
It all started with a girl named Elizabeth Guthrie, the younger sister of his former friend Sam Guthrie. She looked like a biker chick who was in desperate need for an attitude adjustment. She was a mutant with the power to increase her size. Drake felt smitten with her. That all changed when Elizabeth left the X-Men to join a team of mutants organized by Lucas Xavier, Professor Charles Xavier's son, a powerful telepath and pyrokinetic with a major split personality. During a battle with the Hellfire Club, Bobby discovered that Elizabeth and Lucas had fallen in love. This infuriated Bobby, and he used his icemaking powers to cause her to fall off a cliff.
Elizabeth survived the fall, but she suffered a miscarriage as a result. Cannonball, his own best friend, had threatened him with bodily harm if he ever came near Sam's family. Bobby shook with rage when he remembered what Lucas did to him. After that, he had run away, and he had been here in Canada since then. He liked being here, in the cold, all alone.
Xavier taught me one valuable thing about myself. Bobby growled mentally. Professor Xavier said that I have the potential to be one of the most powerful mutants on earth. However, I was too busy being the 'pranking idiot' to realize that. His face then formed a smirk. His brown eyes seemed to have the gleam of a man who had gone semi-mad. But then again, Bobby had allowed his rage to fester for the last four months, and it was possible it affected his mind. Sam was supposed to be my best friend. I thought he'd understand my being heartbroken. After all, I would've moved heaven and earth for that redneck tramp sister of his, but she decided to be with that jerk Lucas Xavier, and he took Elizabeth's side. I didn't mean to hurt Elizabeth. I just wanted to give her a scare. How was I to know that ice would crack under her weight? My own best friend looked at me as if I had lost it, and that twisted freak Lucas nearly kills me! I'm not as dumb as everyone thinks I am. Bobby looked up at the sky. I had no idea Elizabeth was pregnant. She didn't show. What right did they have to judge me? I made a mistake…That was all. I made a mistake, and they thought I was a monster. Well, that's fine. If they want me to be a monster, I'll be the cold-hearted monster. It's about time I started earning the name of Iceman. Bobby glared at a snow covered tree. He quickly pointed his fist at the tree, and fired a light blue beam of freezing energy at the tree. I've been practicing. I can do quite a lot with the cold. I can become a true ice man. Not to mention I've created some new tricks. The beam hit the tree, encasing it in solid ice. With a roar, Bobby iced up his fist and punched the tree, causing it to shatter like glass. The semi-crazy ice-making mutant smiled to himself. I wonder if Cannonball ever saw life as a comet. Bobby smirked. I'll show them. I'll show Cannonball that his namesake can't shatter ice if it fights back. I'll show Lucas that I'm not afraid of him. And I'll show that tramp Elizabeth what she could've had. I'll make them all pay. Bobby chuckled to himself as he started walking, thinking up ways to torment those who had hurt him. I wonder what the X-Men would think if they saw me now. I've changed a lot in the past four months. I've grown up. I'm not going to be their little clown anymore. I heard this old saying on TV: "The Iceman Cometh". Well Legion, the Iceman shall cometh. The real Iceman. The Iceman will come for you. You are going to regret torturing me in the Mansion. Your little woman will regret breaking my heart. And my 'best friend'…He's going to wish he had never threatened me. Bobby's eyes turned into glowing orbs of light blue as he picked up a rock. He watched the rock freeze in his hand. And if anyone gets in my way, they'll feel a permanent chill. He crushed the frozen rock in his hand. He heard a bestial, animalistic roar. "What?" A huge creature, covered in white fur, bounded out of the trees. It looked to be at least ten feet tall, and it appeared to be a white-furred Bigfoot on steroids, with ferocious glowing red eyes, and knife-like yellow teeth.
"Wen-di-gooooooooo!!!!!!" The creature howled. Bobby snarled at the creature.
"Oh look." Bobby smirked. "Sasquatch is real. And you are one ugly mother-" Bobby's joke was interrupted by the creature's leaping at him.
Man, talk about your 180 degree transformations! Next up: Iceman vs. the Wendigo!