Krypto the Superdog: Cool Summer – Chapter 3
Author: Once again, I am sorry for taking so long in uploading this chapter. Describing the scene was a little difficult, so the writing may be a little off. Only one chapter left in this fiction, I hope, but once again it will take time. So, please be patient.
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Robbie poked his head out from the snowdrift; he shook the ice from his body and flew over to the frozen heroes.
"Ace, partner," the young robin cried to Bat Hound, "are you okay? Speak to me!"
Ace tried to talk, but the thick ice prevented his mouth from moving. Robbie was worried, but then he had an idea.
"Don't worry Ace," he said, as he began looking through his utility belt, "I'll have you thawed out in a jiff."
Robbie looked through his belt for several minutes, until he found what he was looking for. He pulled out what looked like a small black pepper spray. Ace however went wide-eyed when he saw the container. Robbie carefully aimed the sprayer at Ace and pushed down on the cap. A stream of fire flew out from its nozzle and enveloped Bat Hound. The ice that covered Ace instantly cracked and melted away. But then the flames reached his body, and Ace instantly felt something burning.
Bat Hound jumped from the ice and into the air with a scream. He landed onto a pile of snow, and sighed with relief as his burning fur slowly cooled down.
"see partner, I told you I'd get you out."
"Well…thanks," Ace said, "but do me just one thing."
"Sure partner, anything."
Ace grabbed the sprayer from Robbie's wing and glared at him, "don't...ever…do that…again."
Ace and Robbie walked over to Krypto and Streaky; who were still frozen. Ace pressed a button on his collar and produced a heating lamp. "This should thaw them out."
The ice covering Krypto and Streaky slowly cracked and melted away.
"Thanks Ace," Krypto shivered as he shook the melting ice from his fur.
Streaky was also thankful, "for a second I thought I was going to be a catsicle forever."
"Don't thank us yet," Ace uttered, retracting the heater back into his collar, "Frostbite is still out there."
"Then there's no time to lose," Krypto said, as he jumped up to fly, but then he fell down on his face.
"Krypto," Streaky cried, as he floated over to the fallen dog, "what happened?"
"I don't know," Krypto said, as he shook off the daze, "something's wrong with my pow…po…achoo!"
Krypto let out a great sneeze and blew himself across the ice covered road into a snow pile.
Krypto stood up with a worried expression.
"Oh no," he said, as his body began to shiver, "I've caught a kryptonian cold!" After saying this, Krypto gave another loud sneeze.
Back at Kevin's house, Krypto sat placed in a bath with a pack of ice on his forehead and a thermometer in his mouth; Andrea was adding warm water to the bath.
"I didn't think superheroes could get sick," Andrea said, as she added the water.
"I've only heard about the kryptonite cold," Krypto sniffled, feeling drowsy from his illness, "but I never thought I'd actually catch it."
"But how can a cold take away your powers," Kevin asked, checking the thermometer; it read one-hundred degrees.
Krypto let out another sneeze, nearly tipping the bath, "It must've infected me when Streaky and I were frozen in the kryptonite-layered ice."
Streaky peaked out from under the living room couch; he wanted to make sure he wouldn't catch Krypto's cold. "What I don't get, is why I'm not feeling sick."
"The Kryptonite cold must only affect beings from Krypton," Krypto spoke with a sniff, "you're powers are from Krypton, but your DNA is still Earth."
Hearing this, Streaky gave out a sigh of relief. "Thank goodness."
Just then the window mysteriously opened, and Ace and Robbie appeared in the room.
Kevin, feeling the cold air, rushed over and closed the window. "You guys do know there's a door, right?"
"Sorry," Ace said, "standard procedure."
Robbie flew over to Krypto, "How you feeling, Superdog?"
"Not so good," Krypto said. He gave out a sneeze, which blew Robbie straight into Ace, which knocked them both into the wall.
Ace pushed Robbie off and shook his head clear. "Gesundheit."
"Thank you," Krypto replied with a sniff.
"So, how long does this last?" Andrea asked with concern.
"Not long, only thirty-six hours," Krypto shivered, "give or take."
"We can't wait that long," Ace said, with an urgent tone, "as long as Frostbite is loose, Metropolis will be a frozen-tundra within four hours."
"And I can't handle him by myself," Streaky said in worry, "Not when he has that kryptonite ice."
Andrea placed her hand on Krypto's forehead and jerked it back in pain. "Ouch," she exclaimed, feeling her hand, "that kryptonite cold is extremely powerful. You're burning hot."
'Hot,' Krypto thought, as the word echoed in his head. Instantly, almost like lightning, an idea came to him.
"That's it," Krytpo exclaimed, letting out another sneeze.
"What," Kevin asked, filled with confusion?
"Streaky," Krypto said, turning to his feline friend, "I need you to contact the Dog Star's."
"What for," Streaky asked, giving a confused look.
Krypto gave a determined look. "If we're going to take down Frostbite, we need to even the odds first; with a little fire power."