Notes: I have been taking a break from writing, but I'm back. I apologize for the wait and not giving a preview in my last chapter. I also feel like I must redo my disclaimer.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything, not even some of the stuff we say. We quote stuff... alot. Okay, on with the story.

Chapter 6: Chilly Reception

They hit the ground with a solid thud. They noticed 2 things at that instant. 1: They hit snow. 2: Snow was not soft. "Son of a bitch!" Michael yelled as he picked himself up. "That hurt like hell!"

Josh was next to rise. "Hey," he grunted with no anger, "look on the bright side. We just escaped from Black Ops zombies." They had done what no one thought was possible. Josh was estatic, but he was usually calm.

Those words made Adam sit up instantly. "Ha ha, Yeah!" He yelled as he high fived Josh. Adam got up and pulled off his iron man boots. "I didn't think that would work honestly." He started looking around.

"Niether did we," Josh chuckled. He dusted some snow off of himself and pointed to the first thing he saw. It was really the only thing any of them could see. "We'll head there! RPG law states that you should head to the largest thing we can see.

"Uh Josh?" Michael questioned, "I don't think that rule applies in this situation, or that that rule even is a rule." Michael had never played many RPG style games, but he tried to play a few.

"Eh, whatever," Josh countered as he waved Michael away, "we still have to go there." With that final note, Josh started walking. Adam shrugged and began to follow. Michael glanced around one more time before jogging to catch up...

They reached the mountain within a few minutes, but they had no idea how. There seemed to be thinly outlined stairs in the snow leading up the mountian. Josh brushed away some of the snow and saw that the stairs were made of some black rock. Josh thought this looked familiar. "Wait up!" Michael yelled as he finally caught up. "Stop doing that Josh! We have no idea what could happen next." Josh just waved Michael over. Michael peered over his shoulder and looked at the stairs. "We've seen this before."

"Of course we have," Adam said. Michael just noticed he was sitting on a rock to the right. "How many mountians do you know with black steps?" adam had a pretty good guess of where they were.

"...Only in Sky-," Michael cut off as realization hit him. "You don't think?" Michael was shocked at where they could be, and not because of the size of this thing that had come from the game world.

"Only one way to find out," Adam replied. He began to follow Josh, who was already heading up the mountian. Michael followed right behind them, not wanting to be left behind again. The stairs spiraled up the mountian, creating a long winding path. Josh didn't know why, but he couldn't really feel the cold. They were all getting used to having more questions then answers though, so this didn't bother Josh terribly.

Adam had a bad feeling. This was mostly because of the thought he had. 'When is anything ever this easy for us? When is anything ever easy for us!?' Of course... he was right, as always. Suddenly two small forms landed in front of them. They held out their hand, signaling Josh to stop.

Josh whipped out his staff instantly, while Michael drew his Winchester shotgun off his back. Adam was already in a fighting stance. Josh took a look at the two who were blocking the path. "Wait a minute," Josh said confused. They were both about a foot or two tall. One was wearing a blue parka, while the other had on a pink one. They were both holding a hammer in the hand that wasn't telling them to stop. "It's the ice climbers!" Josh liked these guys in smash brothers. He enjoyed the challenging fighting style and the simplicity of smashing someone's face in with a mallet.

"So I can't shoot them?" Michael asked with a less then subtle hint that he wanted to. Michael always wanted to shoot things. While Adam would have ranted at him for wanting to shoot someone for no reason, Josh was a lot more calm about, well, everything.

"...No," Josh simply stated. "These are good guys."

"Aww," Michael said as he put away his Winchester. Adam just shook his head and sighed.

"Can we pass please?" Josh asked the two. They shook their heads in unsion. "Why not? We have to reach the top of this- What is that sound?" A low rumbling had started echoing on the mountian. "It sounds like- Holy shit!" A wall of snow and rock suddenly fell in front of Josh, but behind the ice climbers. The force of it hitting the ground sprayed snow everywhere, creating a thick mist that lasted only a few moments.

When the mist cleared, Josh saw that they had all survived the avalanche, but the path in front of them was just gone. It just looked liked the stairs ended at a cliff. Josh could only look at the ice climbers and say, "Thank you." The ice climbers simply smiled and nodded at Josh. They then jumped up the wall, continuing to climb the mountian.

"Damn it!" Michael said as he picked himself up out of the snow. "How the hell do we get up there now?" Michael was tired of something bad happening all the time. The world was out to kill them and they were all hopelessly out classed. They had only come this far by luck and insane plans which almost fail. He didn't see how they were supposed to walk on air.

"Calm yourself," Josh said, "You're thinking in Skyrim logic. We're not bound by that here. We all have only one option. We do this their way." He pointed to where the ice climbers had gone. Josh walked up to the wall and grabbed a hand hold. He began to climb the mountian. Michael had no choice but to follow Josh yet again. Adam didn't mind, as he found the climb to be almost effortless with his power.

They climbed and climbed, but the top wasn't getting much closer. Suddenly, Michael had an idea. He took out his pick axe and started using it as an ice pick. He started climbing at incredible speed. As he passed Josh, Josh had to think for a moment. He remembered doing that in a Call of Duty, but he couldn't remember which. As he focused back on Michael, he called out, "Hey Michael, don't climb to far ahead. We know how dangerous this place is."

Michael looked back simply to call out, "I'll be fine." He then began to climb faster. What really shocked Josh and Adam was when he passed the ice climbers. They just looked at him because they had never seen someone climb like that before. Michael pulled himself over a ledge way higher than any of them.

"...Michael?" Josh called out. "Are you okay up there?" He was worried something was going to happen. He was right.

"I'm fi-," Michael started to call out. "Whoa! What the Fuck is th-" Suddenly Josh and Adam heard a roar. "Holy shit!" Josh and Adam looked up just in time to see two things coming at them. 1: A falling Michael. 2: Another wave of snow, ice, and rock. Unfortunatly, Michael hit them first. He completley knocked them down. They didn't have time for pain though, as they were buried instantly by the avalanche.

Michael and Josh stuck their heads out of the snow at the same time. "You had to move on ahead, didn't you," Josh yelled at him. "You couldn't wait, could you?!"

"Oh, like you're one to talk," Michael yelled back. "You never wait for us and you are always moving on without telling us. It's not my fault there was a frost troll waiting up there to throw me off." They looked up to where they used to be... The ice climbers hadn't fallen. "...Give me your gun. Give me your gun! I'm gonna fucking shoot 'em!"

"N-no!" Josh yelled at him. "It's not their fault we're down here. They didn't do anything to us." Josh looked back up as they reached a ledge. As the pink one helped the blue one over the ledge, the blue one knocked down a rock.

That rock... knocked down more rocks. They had another avalanche coming out them. "...Give me the gun," Michael said calmly.

"...It's out of ammo," Josh said in monotone.

They sat there for a few seconds as the avalanche came at them. They then yelled at the same time, "...Fuck!" Then the avalanche hit them.

Notes: Okay, I know this is smaller then my other chapters, but I need to get this out there. Sorry. I have big news though. I am holding a transitional chapter series. What's that, you ask? Well, every 2 chapters, I will post a little section I call 'Game Chat' where I talk about games that you, the reviewers ask me to in the, well reviews. Next time on The Crossover Paradox: We run into Kratos AGAIN and talk to some old guys. We meet a hero we've seen before and possibly get some new powers. Next time: Negotiations with the beards. Now, the true reason I made the chapter short. It's at the bottom.

A preview of season THREE. (If I showed season two, it would give away the ending.) These scenes are in no order.

(+) Josh and Michael were shoved into a room where they saw the last person they expected to see. "Adam!" they both yelled as they took a step towards him.
The guards stepped in front of them and yelled, "Do not approach the general!"
"General?" Michael said.

(+)"Adam, what happened?" Josh yelled at him.
"The goverment happened Josh!" Adam snapped back.

(+)"What is this?" Michael asked the medic.
"They call it the gamer plague," she told him. "The people whose powers they took try to take over the mind. Few have survived. They say it's like having your mind ripped in half."

(+)"What is it Oracle," Adam asked his seer friend.
"S-sir, they have a nuke under the base!" Oracle yelled at him.
"What!?"

(+)Josh could feel all of the powers he had grabbing at his mind. He couldn't see or hear anymore. The pain was to overwhelming. "AAhhhhh!" His weapon simply shattered in his hand right there. He grasped his head as he fell to the ground unconscious. His body was shaking.
"Doc," Michael asked, "can you help him?" Josh wouldn't even respond to Michael's yelling.
"No," Doc said frantically. "He has to regain control before his mind is completely torn apart or he's dead!" Josh's eyes suddenly flared open.
"Josh!" Michael said happily. He looked at his eyes though. They were pure red now. "Josh?" Josh's body just stopped moving. "...Joshua!"

(+)Josh deflected Michael's pistol with his dagger, making the shot go wide. They backed off to face each other again. "...Get out of the way, Michael," Josh said coldly. "You're not stopping me."
"You're not getting to Adam," Michael said to his once best friend. He pointed the pistol at Josh again. "Just try it." Josh suddenly rushed at Michael faster then he could react and punched him in the face. Michael fell back a step before kneeing Josh in the gut. Josh coughed up blood before delivering a round house to Michael's temple. As Michael came up to fight, Josh pressed his dagger against Michael's throat. Josh suddenly felt metal against his chest. As he looked down, Michael's pistol was pointed point blank at his heart.
"So," Josh began, "...It's come to this." Michael said nothing. "Like we said when this began, one of us is going to die by the end of this. Lets find out who."