This turned out to be way longer then I was hoping and took longer to write. I apologize for the wait and hope you enjoy.

"Good Afternoon Mr. Wayne. Mr. Boyle is expecting you. He's in lab 8 with your ward."

"Great, thank you sir." Bruce said to the receptionist and went to Ferris's office. He practically knew the way around GothCorp by heart as he had been here many times. He went to the lab only to find it locked.

"Ferris it's Bruce." Bruce said but got no answer. All he heard was a weak moan. That was all Bruce needed to use his arms and start pushing against the door for it to open. After a few tries, he finally got it open. The room was completely covered in ice making the room blue. There were various broken test tubes and gadgets scattered around the table and on the floor. The computers though offline still seemed to show what was being studied. Lying in the center of it all was Ferris starting to become conscious.

"Help! We need help in here!" Bruce shouted and went to help Ferris sit up. "Ferris are you alright? What happened?!"

"Bruce…Bruce."

"Take it easy. You were knocked out unconscious."

"Bruce…it was Freeze."

"Freeze was here?! I knew you should have gone into protective custody."

"He came in here…I tried to get away but he pointed his freeze gun at me…demanded I give him plans for one of our ice cannons. I gave it to him and pleaded that he not hurt me or my staff. He didn't listen…he used his ice gun and destroyed everything in this room…Then he…"

"What did he do Ferris? And where's Dick?"

"He…he took him. I'm sorry Bruce. I tried to stop him but he picked me up and threw me across the room. I guess I must have passed out after that." Ferris said rubbing his head and when a few of his staff came in.

"Mr. Boyle! Are you alright?"

"I'm fine. I need you to call the police right away. Freeze was here and has kidnapped our guest."

"Right away sir!"

Break*Break*Break

Meanwhile, Dick was on his way to Boyle's cargo ship to go who knows where. "Don't worry Mrs. Fries, Batman will come save us. As soon as Bruce realizes I'm gone he'll go get Batman." Dick said talking to his frozen teacher. "I guess you're a little cold huh?" He said taking off his jacket and placing it over the container.

"Nora?" Another voice called out. It wasn't loud, but it was enough for Dick to hear.

"Mr. Freeze?"

"It's you child! Where's Nora?!"

"She's in here with me. She's still in her tube thing like you said."

"Thank goodness. Why are you here child?"

"You don't have to keep calling me child. I'm a big kid. My name's Richard but you can call me Dick. I went to check on Mrs. Fries but Mr. Boyle caught me and threw me in here. Where are we going anyway?"

"I'm not sure. I heard one of Boyle's men saying something about a ship."

"A ship leaving Gotham? But we can't leave! What about Bruce?"

"I'm afraid Bruce Wayne won't be able to solve this. Boyle may put up a ransom for you but I don't know what he shall do with Nora and me."

"Don't worry. As soon as Bruce finds out I'm gone he'll call Batman. He can help us."

"All that rodent will do is separate me from Nora again. Why would Batman help me when I attacked Bruce Wayne's party?"

"I'll talk to Bruce for you. He'll understand when I tell him about Mrs. Freeze. He'll help you out. That's what Bruce does when people need help."

"I appreciate the offer but no one will help out a criminal."

"You're not a criminal; you're just trying to do what's right for your wife. Mr. Boyle is the real criminal here."

"You're right there."

"So why did Mr. Boyle shut down your project?"

"I…don't know."

3 days ago

"Victor you've been working on that freeze cannon for over a month now and I've seen no reports about your findings! What's the hold up?"

"I'm not showing you anything until you give me Nora's test results. The freeze cannon prototype is nearly complete but you continue to delay. We made a deal."

"I'm still waiting on the results Victor. You have to understand that Nora's disease is incurable right now. You can't expect us to find a cure overnight. These things take time. Our deal was that you would help advance the technology and some of my team will take part in the research."

"And I've done my part. Now until I see results, my research will not be shared."

"Easy Victor. I can't control the pace of the research but I promise that you will be the first to know once they do. Now get back to work before I shut down Nora's research permanently!" He shouted and slammed the door behind him.

"I was a fool to ever trust him. Then I realized that he never had any intention of helping me and Nora. So I decided to take matters into my own hands"

2 days ago

"Are you alright Mrs. Fries?" Richard Grayson asked.

"Oh yes I'm fine Dick. I'm probably just getting a cold. Is Mr. Pennyworth here?"

"Uh huh he's right there. Bye and merry Christmas!"

"Merry Christmas to you too Dick." She said and slowly sat down in a chair still coughing.

"Nora, are you alright? You don't look well." One of her coworkers asked her.

"I'm fine Cherie. I just…er…uh." Nora said as her speech started to slur. She then started coughing hard and blood started coming out of her mouth. Then her hands started shaking uncontrollably.

"Oh my god, someone call 911!" Cherie said going over to her. That's when Victor came in with a bouquet of flowers.

"Nora!" He shouted dropping the flowers and running over to her.

"Vector…err Victor!"

"Oh god, please no! It's too soon!" Victor shouted. He then picked his wife up bridal style and ran out the door leaving her co-workers in shock and in panic. He buckled her in the passenger seat and sped off to his lab. "Stay with me Nora! Everything's going to be alright." He said with one hand on the wheel and the other rubbing her knee. They managed to get there in ten minutes rather than the twenty minutes it normally took. Once they arrived, Victor grabbed Nora again and sprinted to his lab not even turning off the car. Once they arrived, he opened up the tube he called the CC100 and placed Nora in gently.

"Don't worry Nora. We're at my lab and I'm going to freeze you now."

"Victor…"

"Shhhh, don't try to talk love. Just take some deep breaths and relax while I get it working." He said getting everything turned on. Nora then let a few tears fall down her cheek. "You don't have to be afraid Nora. I'm not going to let anything happen to you. This isn't going to hurt a bit. When you wake up everything will be better. I'll give you the cure and be right there when you do." At last everything was ready. Before he activated the freeze cannon, he kissed her forehead.

"I love you Victor." Nora whispered.

"I love you too Nora. So very very much. I'll see you soon." Victor said stroking her cheek all the way till he came down to the necklace he gave her on their wedding nearly two years ago. Victor then closed the pod and Nora Fries closed her beautiful blue eyes and let the cold consume her. Once everything was in the clear, Victor went over and put his hand on the pod. All of a sudden the door burst open and Ferris Boyle came in with a few of his security guards.

"What are you doing in here?!" Victor asked. "Get away from that equipment! Shut it down now!" He ordered his security.

"No! You can't! Nora's in there!"

"What?"

"Her condition has gotten worse. This is her only chance!"

"Wait, so you just froze her? Interesting." Ferris said coming over to inspect the pod. "Perhaps I can use this to my advantage. I'm already three-million in dept thanks to your work, but with this device, I could become richer than Bruce Wayne himself! Get that thing out of here."

"No! This is my work. Nora!" Freeze shouted and the two security guards restrained him. Victor fought with all his might but to no avail. Meanwhile Ferris had gotten the gurney he had brought with him while strapping the pod to it with help from some of his workers. Just as it managed to get out of the room, Victor managed to get out of the guards grasp and ran after Ferris. However he was ready and knocked over the freeze canon. The cannon accidentally went off hitting various chemicals in test tubes that all exploded on the floor. Victor still ran towards Ferris but he super kicked him right into the chemicals that were proceeding to freeze up the room. Meanwhile Ferris and the security guards got out unscathed and Ferris closed down Victor's old lab until he could find a way to cover what happened.

Back in the crate

"After I regained consciousness I realized that the chemicals had mutated my body. I was unable to survive outside subzero temperatures. I used the equipment that wasn't damaged to build myself a mechanized suit so I could survive. I needed Ferris to help me complete my research using the codes for his computers. So I persuaded Mr. Cobblepot to allow me to 'borrow' some of his men to help me raid Bruce Wayne's party where Boyle would be. In exchange I would give him some of GothCorp's weapons that I had designed."

"So that's why you were at Bruce's party last night."

"Yes. Then I learned that Ferris was going to do something with Nora when he escaped. I came to get her but Cobblepot betrayed me. Told Boyle I was coming and set a trap for me; and I fell for it like an amateur. They took my suit and put me in that horrid display case. That's where you found me."

"But how did you survive?"

"I invented a pacemaker that allows my body to get the subzero temperatures it needs without my suit. The only problem is it's only temporary."

"Oh." Suddenly the two realized that the boat had stopped moving.

"Yeah Penguin said to hold the kid and Freeze here until after the award ceremony. He'll come and deal with them later." They heard some men talking outside.

"What about the frozen chick?"

"He said just bring her to the testing room. Alright blue boy; it's time to go."

"No! Please you have to let me and my wife go! She'll die if you don't."

"Shut it!" He said and suddenly Dick heard Freeze gasp in pain.

"No! I…can't survive without that. Please." He heard and his screams suddenly got faint until he no longer heard them.

"Please Batman. We need your help." Dick said and more guards came to collect him. Just like before, he was placed in a room for now and locked in.

Break*Break*Break

After the police had been called, Ferris's workers helped him out of the lab so he could get out of the cold. Meanwhile Bruce went around the lab trying to find some kind of clue on what happened. Bruce meanwhile had put his Bluetooth earpiece in.

"Alfred, Dick's been kidnapped."

"Great heavens! What happened?"

"Ferris said Freeze came and took him."

"Why would he want to take Master Dick?"

"That's what I'm going to find out. I'm going to investigate the room as much as I can while I'm here before the police get here. Be ready, we'll have to do this quickly and quietly. "

"Of course sir." Alfred said and Bruce put on his 'sunglasses' and examined the room. First he went towards the door to examine it. The side of the door and door frame had chipped off wood on one side with the lock completely destroyed.

"Okay the lock on the door is completely destroyed. Ferris and Dick must have barricaded themselves in the lab but Freeze must have gotten in anyway."

"I'm afraid that doesn't help our case."

"Actually it does. When Freeze was at the party he blasted down the entire part of the wall to get inside. Ferris said Freeze pointed his gun at him. Why would he kick the door down? Why not just use his gun?"

"I see your point. Keep searching sir." Bruce looked down and saw a table with broken glass. Not wanting to take any clue for granted, he scanned the area where the glass was.

"There are various chemicals on the floor. Some of these appeared to be unstable. But there's no sign of an explosion minus the ice. But that must have come from Freeze's gun right?"

"Perhaps."

"I'll keep looking." He then looked on the table and analyzed some fingerprints. "I have some fingerprints that belong to Victor Freeze. There are two palm prints that slide across the table right into where the chemicals are. There's also some on the floor by the chemicals. He must have been pushed or kicked onto the table and landed on the floor with the chemicals. This doesn't make sense. What does this have to do with Dick's kidnapping? Alfred further analyze those chemicals and see what they do if mixed together."

"As you wish sir."

"Excuse me Mr. Wayne but the police have arrived." One of GothCorp's staff said coming in.

"Thank you." He said and put the investigation on hold until he could get more information from Ferris. Before he left however he noticed some stray marks headed out the door. They went in a straight line out the door. 'Something must have been rolled out of here after the 'explosion' occurred. It was probably a gurney but if it happened after the ice explosion it must have belonged to Freeze.' Bruce decided to go to Ferris and try to get some answers.

"Commissioner." He said shaking the Commissioner's hand when he came in Ferris's office.

"Hello Mr. Wayne. I'm sorry about all this. We'll find him I promise."

"Thanks Jim."

"Now Mr. Boyle. Can you tell us what happened? Try to remember every detail you can remember." The Commissioner said taking out a pad and pencil.

"Alright Commissioner. Well I picked Dick up from Wayne Enterprises to take him on a tour of GothCorp. I was introducing him to a few of our scientists and then I took him into lab 8 to tell him about my personal project. That's when I saw Freeze come in the hall. I locked the door to the lab but he kicked it down. I pushed Dick behind me and asked him what he wanted. He wanted an ice chamber that my crew and I were working on. I agreed and gave it to him as long as he did hurt us. Once he had it, he froze up the room I guess so we would call the police or go back on our deal. Then he came over and tossed me against the wall and I fell. Just before I passed out, I saw Freeze take Dick. That's all I know sir I swear."

"Has Freeze ever broken in here before?"

"No. This was the first time I've seen him in GothCorp." Ferris said and Bruce's mind started working.

"Do you have the blueprints for that ice chamber Mr. Boyle?"

"Yes of course; if you will follow me." Ferris said getting up.

"Do you mind if I call Alfred Ferris? I want to tell him what's happened."

"Sure Bruce. We'll be back soon." Ferris said and he and the officers left the room. Once they were gone, Bruce snuck back into the lab to look for more clues. The first thing he did was go over to the broken computer and turn it on. Yes the computer had a broken screen, but it still was able to function.

"Alfred any luck?"

"Yes sir. When all those chemicals mix together, they produce a plume of cryochemicals. It is very powerful and produces a very dangerous chemical reaction. It is powerful enough to possibly change the metabolism of something."

"Or someone named Freeze. Boyle's story doesn't add up. Alfred, scan the room. Is there anywhere in this room with Dick's DNA?

"I'll check." After a moment Alfred answered back. "This is strange. There's no sign of Master Dick's DNA anywhere in that room. It's almost like he wasn't there."

"Because he wasn't."

"Sir?"

"I'm back at the lab. There's a computer here with all kinds of research on Huntington's Chorea. But GothCorp is a cryogenics lab. There are notes here about something called the CC100. It looks like some kind of freezing chamber that Freeze designed. The test subject was…Nora Fries."

"Nora Fries? Isn't that Master Dick's school teacher?"

"The very same. The pieces are starting align in the lab but they still don't say where Dick is. I better get out of here before Boyle comes looking for me. He's involved in this more than he claims."

"I hope you're mistaken."

"So do I." Bruce said and went back to Ferris's office just before the Commissioner came back without Ferris.

"I'm sorry Mr. Wayne but there really isn't anything to go on here. All we can do is hope Freeze calls for a ransom. I'll head back to GCPD and have some of my officers patrol the city to try and locate him. Be on standby incase he calls. We're gonna find him Bruce I promise."

"Thanks Jim." He said and the police left to set up a crime scene at the lab. Just when they left, the door opened and Ferris walked in

"I'm guessing they told you?"

"That there's nothing to go on? Yeah."

"Bruce I'm so sorry. This is my fault. If only I didn't invite Dick over here, then he would have been safe."

"You had no way of knowing. It's not your fault." Bruce lied.

"I really hate to ask you this now Bruce, but I think we should continue with the awards ceremony tonight." Ferris said. Bruce had completely forgotten about the Humanitarian award ceremony that he was hosting in honor of Ferris receiving the award. "Just hear me out. Dick said Freeze was after me at the party last night. I figure that he'll show up since I'm the main focus tonight. There's a good chance he'll bring Dick with him. With the police there, we can get Dick back without you paying a hefty ransom."

"I don't care about the ransom Ferris. He can have all of my money for all I care. I just want to get Dick back safe."

"So do I, but Social Services might have an issue if you lose all your money." It took all of Bruce's will not to snap at him for bringing up GCSS. Social Services was a touchy subject in the family considering Dick had been put in foster family that abused him before Bruce even had a chance to try and take him in.

"Fine. But we're not taking any kind of chances."

"Absolutely not. Now why don't you go home? There's nothing more you can do here. That and Freeze might call."

"Alright. I'll see you later Ferris." Bruce said and left his office. Before he left, he went to the lab one more time.

"Anything else in here Jim?"

"No. All we have is what Boyle told us. Door lock and the computers were destroyed beyond repair. Whatever was on that computer was something Freeze didn't want us to find." Jim said and went back to work. Bruce then went into full Batman mode. Someone had smashed the computers containing info on Nora and Victor. And he had a pretty good idea who.

Break*Break*Break

Dick once again had been locked in one of the cargo rooms on the ship. He didn't want to admit it, but he was actually starting to get scared. He had never been kidnapped before or betrayed by one of his father figure's good friends. Speaking of his father figure, he must have realized that he was missing at this point. What really made him nervous was that said good friend would never just admit that he had kidnapped a billionaire's son. The police would have to find clues in order to find him. If he was lucky they might even call Batman to try to help find him. That was the first time since he had been kidnapped that Dick had smiled. He had been so happy when Bruce had told him all about Gotham's dark knight and what exactly he did. True they didn't know exactly who was under that cowl, but he was always there when anyone needed help. Realizing that he couldn't just stand around, Dick decided that he, Mrs. Freeze, and her husband all needed to escape or leave a clue for Batman to find. That's when he saw an air vent. Getting up, he climbed into the air vent and started exploring looking for Mr. Freeze or his frozen teacher. After a few minutes of looking, he saw Mr. Freeze in his locked room sitting on the bed.

"Mr. Freeze!"

"Who's there?" He asked getting up and looking around.

"It's me! I'm up here." Dick said and Freeze saw where he was.

"It's you Richard! Have you seen Nora?"

"No. But we have to get out of here. Come on up!"

"I cannot. I'm running out of strength. I need my suit. I can't complete my life's work without it."

"Okay. I'll go try and find where your suit is and try to get you out."

"Alright. Please look out for Nora."

"I will. You won't…hurt me right?"

"No I won't. You are still one of Nora's students. I will respect that."

"Okay. I'll be back."

"Please hurry." Freeze said and Dick went to work. He kept exploring the vents until he heard some men talking.

"Where did Mr. Boyle say to put the frozen dame?"

"He said to put it in the weapons testing lab right down the hall."

"Right. So what do you say we explore Freeze's suit?"

"Are you nuts? Penguin just said to get the weapons info we need and report back to him. But I guess he never said we couldn't have some fun. Let's go! It's in a cargo container on deck. Let's drop this dame off and go take a look." They said and left the hallway.

"Uh oh." Dick whispered.

Break*Break*Break

"It is with great honor that I accept this award not just because of GothCorp's success, but because we can finally say that the people of Gotham are getting the resources that they deserve. Not everyone in our great city is an insane psychopath. There is compassion in some people who just happen to have a lot of money like myself and the great Bruce Wayne. And speaking of Bruce Wayne, our thoughts and prayers go out to him. I hope that within the next day or two, Richard will be brought back to us safe and sound. Thank you." Ferris said at the ceremony. Everyone then started clapping for Ferris. Bruce was clapping but not smiling like he was at yesterday's party. He knew something was up but he had no proof. After the party was over, they said goodbye and left the Wayne Memorial Auditorium; However Bruce wasn't ready to go home just yet. Earlier in the night he had planted a tracking device on Boyle thinking he would go check on him once the party was over.

"Alfred he's not heading home. I think he's going to where he's keeping Dick." Bruce said in his undercover car.

"Do be careful sir. Please don't get caught or it may raise suspicions."

"You don't have to tell me." Bruce said now going into full Batman mode and proceeded to follow Boyle. They eventually ended up at the docks where a small boat was waiting for him. He got on it and sailed across Gotham River.

"He's headed down the river. I'm going to follow him on the Batwing." He said and called it to his location.

"Very good sir. Bring our boy home."

"I will. I'll stay in touch." Batman said and at last the Batwing arrived which he grappled up to and continued to follow Boyle. Eventually they came to an old, abandon cargo vessel. Ferris went in as did Batman.

Break*Break*Break

"Almost got it." Dick said. After the coast was clear, Dick had dropped down and used a paperclip he just happened to find on the floor to try and open the lock on Freeze's door.

"Hurry." Freeze said and no sooner did his door open.

"We got it!"

"Yes now we must hurry. I cannot last much longer." He said and the two made their way to deck quietly without being seen. There they saw the two guards from earlier who were talking about 'playing' with Freeze's suit.

"How do we stop them?" Dick whispered.

"I have an idea but I will need your help."

"What is it?" Dick asked and Freeze pulled out his steel pacemaker and threw it as hard as he could at the men. Since they were standing right next to each other, once it hit the first man, it bounced and hit the other one knocking the two out. (Just go with it)

"Help…me…to my…suit." Freeze said gasping. Dick helped him over to his suit while Freeze leaned on him for support. When they got over, Dick kicked the class case as hard as he could which made glass go everywhere. Thankfully it didn't cut nether Dick or Freeze. Freeze picked up his container and placed it back into his heart. At last he got changed into his suit. "Now, we must get to Nora quickly. Do you know where she is?"

"Yeah, I heard one of the guards saying she's in the weapons testing lab."

"Then let up go there." Freeze explained and they went to the lab. Unfortunately they happened to hear a British voice talking.

"Alfred?" Dick whispered.

"Follow my lead." Freeze ordered and pointed his gun to his face while holding him tightly.

"What are you…?!"

"Keep walking." Freeze ordered and pushed him through the hallway.

"…What do ya mean he's not there?! I told you to keep 'um locked up! How'd he escape?!" Penguin asked talking on the phone. No sooner was Penguin barricaded in a block of ice that surrounded his entire body up to his neck on the wall.

"You'll regret double-crossing me Copplepot." Freeze said still walking and repositioned his gun to Dick's head.

"No 'ne crosses Oswald Copplepot. No 'ne!" He shouted but the two just kept walking. Once they were at last in the weapons room, Freeze released his hold on Dick.

"I apologize for my actions Richard. We can't have Copplepot thinking you're helping me."

"Yeah. Thanks for not freezing me." Dick said and nodded slightly.

"Now to find Nora." The two saw her on a platform in the middle of the room. Quickly they both raced up to her. Once Freeze saw her he stopped dead in his track.

"Nora." He said and quickly ran over to her.

"Is she alright?"

"Yes, she's fine." Suddenly he heard Dick scream and saw him being pushed into another of the freezing chambers next to Nora's trapping him inside. Then his attacker had turned on the freezing chamber. Quickly Freeze turned around freezing his attacker's feet in ice. There stood Ferris Boyle.

"Give me the codes to free Nora now!"

"I'm not giving you the damn codes!"

"You don't have a choice. The room's temperature is starting to go down. Soon your body core temperature will be too low. All I want is to take Nora and leave."

"You'll never get her back! And if you don't let me go right now, Richard will freeze to death!"

"Richard doesn't mean anything to me. I just want my Nora."

"Well too bad. I'll see all of you dead before I do that." All of a sudden one of the air vents crashed on the floor. Freeze quickly turned around and froze the vent and the now open air vent.

"Victor, you have to let them go." A voice said.

"B-Bat…m-man!" Dick shouted from his chamber starting to shiver.

"I'm taking my wife now!"

"I know what happened to you Victor. And so will the police. Boyle will be put on trial for his crimes."

"What crimes? What are you talking about?" Suddenly Freeze started walking towards Ferris but Batman landed on top of him and started beating him up with punches and kicks to his helmet.

"B-B-Batman. P-please no!" Dick then saw Batman deliver an electrical finishing punch to Freeze who fell to the ground but was not completely knocked unconscious. He then quickly raced over to Dick's chamber and freed him from his icy prison while helping him to his feet when he fell out of the pod.

"T-thanks…Batman."

"You're welcome." He then went over to help Ferris out of his ice prison.

"Thanks you for your help Batman. But you shouldn't have stuck your nose in my business." Ferris said and pulled out a small remote and pressed the button. Suddenly, an ice cannon on the ceiling activated shooting ice at them. Batman quickly pushed Dick out of the way taking the full hit that froze him from head to toe. "And here I was thinking I would have a hard time explaining what happened in your lab and the unfortunate death of a billionaire's ward." He said while going over to another switch and turned off Nora's freezing chamber.

Containment failure in capsule one

Freeze then started to crawl over to where Ferris was in front of Nora now. "Nora." He moaned. "Please Ferris. You can save her. You just have to…"

"No Victor! She dies! And I'll keep you alive while you watch me do it!" Ferris shouted and started beating him with a pipe that was on the ground. All of a sudden, another ice cannon was activated and it shot ice chemicals right at Ferris freezing his feet instantly and the entire room went white. The room was completely white for a full minute and it finally started to clear. Freeze got up and started limping his way towards where he last saw Nora.

"Nora! Nora!" He called and went as fast as he could to her chamber. When he got there he noticed that her freezing chamber had been turned back on somehow. He questioned how this happened after Boyle had turned it off. Then he got his answer. Beside Nora's chamber was Richard unconscious on the floor. His lips were turning blue, and his skin was as pale as snow. He was deathly still and Freeze didn't see his chest rising and falling like it should have. Looking back at Nora he realized that before the room was engulfed in white, he had turned back on Nora's chamber and saved her life but at the cost of his. Right? Freeze got down to Richard and hesitantly put two fingers on his throat for a pulse. At first he felt nothing but then he felt it. A faint pulse but he was still alive for now but not for long. He then remembered that this was one of his wife's students. She came home everyday talking about her wonderful students and how proud she was of them. Once Nora was unfrozen, if she found out that one of her students had been killed because of him she would never forgive him.

Thinking quickly he knew Dick had hypothermia and began to remember his training. . Before taking the job with Boyle, he was required to take a class on hypothermia and how to treat it. Yes the most important thing while treating hypothermia was to try to get the person warm, but he was the wrong person to treat it. But there had to be someone in the city who did. As fast as he could, Freeze got up and went to the bunker room quickly and grabbed as many blankets as he could. Freeze then came back and slowly wrapped him in all the blankets except two. After he did that, he slowly picked him up and walked out of the lab to the deck outside. It was dark outside and snowing hard but in the distance he saw the lights of the city; and Dick's only chance to survive. Victor then used his freeze gun to make a little path to the water. The current was fast but it was the only way Dick could get to the city. He then reached into his pocket and pulled out what looked like a grenade. Freeze dropped it into the water and a medium size patch of ice came up out of the water. Quickly and carefully, he put his foot in the ice to keep it close, laid the remaining two blankets on the ice and finally put the bundled up Richard down on it.

"Thank you Richard." Freeze said and let go of the ice letting it drift down the river with the current towards the city. Meanwhile about a mile out to where Freeze was, Dick was slowly coming conscious again but unaware what was happening. He had tried to raise his head to look around but it made his head so dizzy. Another thing he realized was that he was very cold and shivering. Then something wet and cold hit his hand and he shivered even more. Suddenly his vision started to get blurry and he didn't know where he was or how he got there. He continued to lie on the ice and try to get all the tightly wrapped blankets off him as his shivers continued and his vision continued to blur. Then out of the blue, a strong bright light shined on him. Dick wanted to see what it was, but his head still was dizzy. Afterwards it sounded like someone was talking to him loudly, something about the police but he couldn't make it out. A few miles down the river he heard something even louder that sounded like police sirens.

Police's P.O.V

Commissioner, we've got a 10-68 over. (Telephone for police)

Police Commissioner Gordon and his partner Harvey Bullock heard on the police scanner. "This is Commissioner Gordon; we're currently working on a 207. (Kidnapping)"

Sir we got a call about some kid on an iceberg. The Gotham Gazette is following him down the river.

"Did they say a kid floating down and iceberg?" Harvey asked who was driving the car.

"Where is it?"

"They said it's floating down the river heading towards the park."

"Jim we're about two minutes from the park." Bullock said. Jim sighed knowing that he just wanted to focus on finding Dick like he promised Bruce, but if they were two minutes from someone that needed help they had to their duty to help protect Gotham.

"Alright, patch me through and stand by for further instructions."

"10-4 sir." The dispatcher said and connected them to the aircraft.

"This is Commissioner Gordon. I need details about the child on the iceberg."

"Yes sir this is captain Zane of the Gotham Gazette. It appears that there's an unconscious child on a patch of ice. We're trying to make contact but he's not responding."

"Where exactly are you?"

"About five minutes from The Elliot bridge."

"Alright. Stay with him captain. If anything happens call me immediately."

"Copy that." He said and Gordon switched frequencies to call his fellow officers.

"Attention all units. Anyone that is near Gotham Park not working on a major assignment is to report to Elliott Bridge. We've got a child floating on an iceberg; Code 3 to all officers." (Sirens and flashers on) He said on the scanner and they drove to the bridge. Once they got their there was a few officers standing by.

"Jones, call for an ambulance and grab as many blankets as you can and spread the word. Wakouski, get some rope and bring it to me fast." He said and started running down the steps to the river. After a minute of waiting he saw the helicopter light that shined on the iceberg and kid."Hurry up with that rope!" He shouted then Wakouski came and gave him the rope. "Harvey, tie this around me quick!" He said putting it around his waist. When Harvey finished, a few officers came to help. "Everyone hold this tight and don't let go." He said and braced himself. As the iceberg drew nearer, Jim stepped in the freezing cold water. Then the iceberg passed him and he grabbed onto the child.

"Hang on kid, I gotcha. Pull us up!" He shouted at his men and they did just that. Once they were safe, he got a good look and saw exactly who it was."Dick?" He asked him and Dick continued to struggle to try and get the tight blankets off him.

"No Dick. You need to keep those blankets on a little longer. I need those blankets!" He shouted running back up the stairs while tightly holding Dick so he wouldn't move around or remove one of the blankets. Back on the bridge, a bunch of police cars were waiting as well as an ambulance. "He's got at least moderate hypothermia. He needs immediate medical attention." He told the paramedics. After instructing Harvey to call off the responders and call Mr. Wayne, he got into the ambulance with them and they all left for the hospital.

Break*Break*Break

After about thirty minutes of being frozen, Batman had gotten enough strength to break out of the ice. He had to lie on the ground for a minute to catch his breath but he managed to get up on his own after a minute. Quickly he looked around and noticed that Ferris, Mr. Freeze and the frozen Nora Fries gone, and worst of all was that Dick was missing. Before he went into major Bat-mode, his communicator beeped.

"Alfred?"

"Sir we've found him."

"What? Found who?"

"Master Dick. He's currently at Gotham General being treated for moderate hypothermia. I suggest Bruce Wayne get down here immediately."

"I'm on my way." Batman said and before he left, did a quick run of the vessel to look for Mr. Freeze but just as he guessed was nowhere in sight. After that he picked up Ferris Boyle putting him in the criminal transport seat in the back of the Bat-mobile and drove to Gotham General, quickly changed into Bruce Wayne again, and ran into the hospital with the press behind him.

"There you are sir. I was starting to worry." Alfred said when he saw Bruce.

"Where's Dick?"

"He's in ICU sir."

"He's a lucky boy Mr. Wayne." Another voice said. The two turned around to meet Jim Gordon.

"I can't tell you how grateful I am to you Jim."

"It's no problem at all Mr. Wayne. We found him floating on a patch of ice."

"A patch of ice!? What was he doing there?"

"I don't know. We'll have to wait for him to wake up to find out." That's when a woman came over with a clipboard.

"Excuse me Mr. Wayne. I'm Doctor Harris; I've been treating your son."

"How is he Dr. Harris?" He asked after shaking her hand and sitting down.

"He's doing much better then when he arrived. In fact he's recovering faster than I expected. His body temperature is at about 95 degrees Fahrenheit; still a little too cold for a normal person but it's continuing to rise. He's out of ICU right now and is awake so you can go and see him. We want to keep him here overnight for observation but he should be able to go home before Christmas."

"Thank you so much Doctor Harris."

"I'll show you to his room if you like."

"Yes please." Bruce said and the group all went to Dick's room where he was laying down staring at the ceiling until he saw them.

"Bruce." Dick said trying to get up but Bruce came over and pushed him back down.

"Try not to move too much chum. You're not one-hundred percent better yet."

"Okay." Dick said and before he could say anything else, Bruce leaned down and hugged his son at last. When he pulled away, Dick's eyes suddenly went wide. "Bruce I have to tell you something. It wasn't Mr. Freeze that kidnapped me. It was…" Dick said but couldn't say who.

"Who was it Dick?"

"I-It was Mr. Boyle. I went into one of his rooms and found my teacher Mrs. Fries frozen inside. I went to get help and I ran into Mr. Freeze being held in a display case. We talked for a minute and he told me that he was Mrs. Fries's husband. I went to check on her and Ferris grabbed me and threw me into a box headed for a cargo vessel. You gotta believe me!"

"Of course I believe you."

"And guess what?! I saw Batman! He came to save me on the ship! But then Ferris almost tried to freeze Mr. Freeze but Batman pushed him out of the way. Oh no he still could be frozen! We have to go help him."

"Don't worry about that Dick. I've known Batman for a very long time. I think he can handle a little ice, but I'll send my men to see if he needs any help; Speaking of which I better get back to the station." He said and no sooner did another person come in.

"Dick! Oh thank goodness they found you. I came down here as soon as I heard…" Ferris Boyle said but he didn't get to finish what he was saying. Bruce walked over to him and gave him a hard punch to the jaw. The force was so great that it knocked Ferris to the ground.

"What the hell was that for?!"

"That was for kidnapping my son you son of a…"

"I'll go ahead and take him down to the station for you Mr. Wayne." The Commissioner said interrupting and got out his handcuffs.

"W-why am I under arrest? He should be the one to be arrested! He assaulted me!" Ferris said pointing at Bruce before getting handcuffed.

"I didn't see anything of the kind. You have the right to remain silent Mr. Boyle."

"I want my lawyer!" He shouted and Gordon led him out of the room.

"Thank goodness that's over. Now that we have the young master back, I guess it will be a merry Christmas after all." Alfred said.

"I couldn't agree more." Bruce said.

Now what have we learned today ladies and gentlemen? Don't ever mess with Bruce's baby. Even the almightily Superman doesn't stand a chance against daddybats. So I have decided to do the Telltale series next where Dick has recently moved into the manor and doesn't know that Bruce is Batman; yet. Also you all know that I like music to set the mood for a scene like Touch the Sky in SOB (My version). Well this time it's a piece called Glimmer of Hope by Ivan Torrent and starts when the room goes white and Freeze is looking for Nora.

(Some pointers for { watch?v=LbpHB9wbDhY} if interested:
[ .35-Freeze remembers hypothermia training. 1:04-iceberg comes out of water and Freezes puts blankets and Dickie on it. 1:58-bright helicopter light shines of Dick's face. 2:25-Gordon pulls Dick out of water.])

My suggestion is to read that section first and then listen to music but it's completely optional. I hope you enjoyed Mr. Freeze's story and will see you next time.

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