Chapter 15: Terrors
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We find ourselves at Mount Justice, in the main room Kaldur sent out a call to the team but so far, the only ones to come with were M'Gann and Conner.
"So Kaldur what's this big team-wide alert?" Conner asks.
"Yeah is it a mission?" M'Gann asks.
"We have one but it isn't this. It's a personal emergency and it's regarding our friends in New York." Kaldur said getting their attention.
"The Turtles? What's going on?" Conner asks as Kaldur stops in front of the medical bay.
"Kaldur what happened to them?" M'Gann asks.
"This happened." Opening the door, they looked in shock to see Gio, Leo, Mikey, Raph, and Donnie lying in beds covered in bandages and bruises. In the back, Red Tornado was standing guard over them.
Gasping M'Gann was the first to run in. "Guys are you okay?"
"Do we look okay?" Raph asks with a deadpan expression.
"Right sorry." M'Gann apologizes.
"Thanks for letting us rest here, Aqualad." Gio groans.
"Of course. We want you all to be back on your feet as soon as possible." Kaldur said.
"Their injuries while heavy are not fatal. With their wounds are treated a little rest will suffice. In the meantime, I strongly recommend they stay confined to Mt. Justice." Red Tornado suggests.
"Aw yeah, sleepover!" Mikey cheers but his brothers just groan annoyed.
"What happened to you guys?" Conner asks.
"I'd like to know that myself." A new voice said.
Behind the three teens Batman enters the medical room with Martian Manhunter and Superman waiting in the hallway behind him.
Upon seeing Superman, Conner was uneasy.
"So how did the 5 of you end up in here?" Batman asks approaching them.
"Would you believe us if we said it started with a mutant pigeon man?" Mikey asks making the team pause.
"A pigeon man put you in the hospital?" M'Gann raised an eyebrow.
"No, it didn't." All of them said defensively.
"We ran into the pigeon man who gave us a message about April's dad and we tried to go rescue him," Donnie said.
"There we learned the Kraang were trying to infect the city's water supply with ooze to turn everyone in New York City into mutants. Luckily, we stopped them." Leo said stepping in.
"But then once we did, we ran into a new enemy. The Shredder." Gio declares making Batman's eyes widen.
"Shredder?" Batman pauses.
Briefly thinking back to his training with Hamato and his family, Bruce remembered Oroku Saku, the man whom he would spar against.
And whenever Bruce won, he did not take it well.
'So Oroku is back. And he's after the Hamato Clan again.' Batman realized knowing he would have to formulate a plan to deal with him. Especially if he had to face him one day.
"This Shredder guy must be really strong if he beat all of you," Conner said.
"He is, we barely escaped with our lives," Donnie said.
"If Gio hadn't gone all mystic ninja on him we might have died," Mikey said as they looked at Gio.
"Mystic Ninja?" M'Gann asks interested. "Wait you have powers?"
"I'm still trying to figure this out, but New York is getting more and more dangerous," Gio warns.
"We'll continue this discussion at a later time, right now the rest of us have work to do," Batman said turning away.
"I'll be sure to alert the rest of the team to this new development. In the meantime, you 5 get some rest." Kaldur said as they all turned to leave.
"Hey, where are you guys going?" Donnie asks.
"League Mission. We only need Superboy, Aqualad, and Miss Martian for this one." Batman states.
"So what? We just lay in bed while you guys save the world?" Raph asks struggling to get up but stumbles.
"Whoa there," M'Gann said helping him sit back down. "You guys are no good to anyone until you're all healed up."
"We can't just sit here and do nothing," Mikey said.
"Don't worry guys, we got this. It's gonna be okay. You just focus on getting better." M'Gann said as all but Kaldur left.
"This was your first real defeat, wasn't it?" Kaldur asks.
"How did you know?" Donnie asks.
"When I first felt the sting of defeat, I was ashamed. I felt like I was letting my king and Atlantis down. I hated that feeling more than anything in the world." Kaldur said.
"How'd you get over it?" Raph asks.
"I didn't. That defeat still stays in the back of my mind. But I use it to remind myself that I can always be better. Don't worry, we'll help you through this." Kaldur assures before walking out.
"Help us…yeah that's what we figured," Gio mutters.
"So…what do we do now?" Mikey asks looking at his brothers. They now had a whole mountain to themselves.
Hours later, we find ourselves in New Orleans as Superman and Martian Manhunter are in a fight with two villains in matching outfits of white shirts, red overalls and black pants. One was a boy with blonde hair and the other was a girl with long blonde hair. These were Tommy and Tuppence Terror.
"This is Cat Grant reporting live from New Orleans' historic French quarter where the Martian Manhunter and Superman are in mid-battle against the so-called Terror Twins who have been on a three-state rampage through the south." Cat Grant reports.
In the air, Tuppence throws Tommy at Superman but he grabs him and throws Tommy across the bay sending him crashing into a warehouse.
Before Tuppence could react, Martian Manhunter does the same throwing her into the same warehouse.
Crashing to the ground both siblings look to see several Mardi Gras floats surrounding them.
Just as they got up Red Tornado and Aqualad came up behind them and placed collars around both their necks making both of them groan feeling weak all of a sudden.
"That don't feel right," Tommy said trying to break free but couldn't. "My strength. But I done just gone toe-to-toe with Superman."
"Congratulations." Stepping out of the shadows we see Superboy with his hair dyed blonde and dressed exactly like Tommy. "That's more quality time than he's ever given me."
Walking up to Tuppence, Miss Martian puts her hand on her shoulder.
"Got your inspiration, sister Tuppence?" Superboy asks in a Southern accent.
Slowly Miss Martian transformed into Tuppence right in front of her eyes. "I believe I do, brother Tommy." Miss Martian said with a southern accent mimicking Tuppence.
"Somebody tell me what's going on," Tommy said confused.
"It's simple," Batman said approaching Superboy and Miss Martian. "They're under arrest," Batman said placing collars around their necks.
Flashback:
We see Batman, Superman, and Martian Manhunter standing with Superboy, Miss Martian, and Aqualad as 4 holograms in front of them of the villains Mr. Freeze, Killer Frost, Icicle Jr, and Captain Cold.
"This past Fourth of July four ice villains staged simultaneous attacks Mr. Freeze, Icicle Jr., Killer Frost, and Captain Cold were all easily apprehended. Perhaps too easily. Cold and Frost were immediately sent to Belle Reve penitentiary a federal prison designed to house super-criminals. The 17-year-old Icicle Jr. Was sent to a juvenile facility. Mr. Freeze, to his cell in Arkham Asylum. But Freeze petitioned the court to be declared legally sane and Junior sued to be tried as an adult. As a result, both await transport to Belle Reve which seems to have been the goal all along. I'm sending the two of you in to find out why." Batman explains looking at Superboy and Miss Martian.
"Who inside will know their true identities?" Aqualad asks.
"No one. We can't be certain the prison staff isn't compromised." Batman warns indicating how serious this mission was.
Flashback End:
In the prison transport, we see the disguised Superboy and Miss Martian riding alongside Icicle Jr, and needless to say, said ice villain was checking her out.
"Dude." Icicle Jr. leans in towards Superboy. "Dude. Your sister is so sweet." He whispers much to her annoyance. "How about you put in a good word for me?"
Before Superboy could answer a guard moves in and jabs Icicle Jr with the butt of his gun.
"Sit down. We're here." He declares as they approach a heavily fortified prison with helicopters and police cars patrolling the outside. "Welcome to Belle Reve."
Leaving the van, they exit to see tons of heavily armed guards watching as well as a Mr. Freeze standing next to them.
On an upper level, a woman with dark skin, black hair, and a business suit looked down on them. This was Amanda Waller.
"I am the law of last resort. My name is Amanda Waller. I am not your mother, your maiden aunt, or your friend. I am your warden, and you are my prisoners. The proprietary collars you wear are custom-designed to inhibit your specific meta-abilities. No strength. No ice. In addition, the collars can and will be used to discipline inmates. A con who breaks the rules gets one warning." Waller said pressing a button and all four of them got electrocuted briefly much to their annoyance and pain. "If order has not been restored the next shock will render the offender unconscious. At the slightest hint of trouble, this facility goes into lockdown. Belle Reve's walls are thick enough to hold Superman. We know. We checked. No one's ever escaped Belle Reve. No one ever will." Waller declares and the mention of Superman makes Superboy frown and look away which Miss Martian notices.
Clearing his throat, a bald man in glasses approached Waller getting her attention.
"Oh, this is Professor Hugo Strange. He is your maiden aunt." Waller introduces.
"Actually, I'm the prison psychiatrist and I promise you a sincere attempt at rehabilitation." Hugo offers much to Waller's amusement.
"Because we know you types are all about sincerity," Waller smirks amused.
Soon they were fitted into their prison outfits and forced into separate areas. While Superboy was with Icicle Jr, Miss Martian was elsewhere.
'Conner, can you hear me?' M'Gann thought telepathically.
'M'Gann? I thought the collars…' Conner starts.
'Designed to inhibit Tuppence Terror's super-strength, not my telepathy. But your strength is...' M'Gann starts.
'Not at Superman's level. I get it.' Conner interrupts in a frustrated tone.
"That's not what I meant.' M'Gann defends.
'Whatever.' Conner thought as he and Icicle Jr arrived at their cell.
"Home sweet home." The guard said shoving them both in.
"I call top bunk." Icicle Jr said quickly.
In the female holding cells, M'Gann was shoved into her cell.
"Mmm, you're cutting into my beauty sleep little girl." Looking up, M'Gann saw that her roommate was none other than Killer Frost. "And if I don't get my 8 hours. I'm a real killer." She threatens.
Not saying anything M'Gann laid down on the bottom bunk and they slept the rest of the night away.
Meanwhile, back at Mt. Justice, Robin, Kid Flash, and Artemis had finally arrived.
Entering the main living room, they saw Mikey and Donnie playing cards while Raph and Leo were watching TV.
On it, they were watching Star Trek.
"Ship…out of danger?" Spock asks.
"Yes." Kirk nods trying to keep it together.
"Don't grieve. The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few…or the one." Spock declares.
"Oh man, now that guy's a real hero," Leo said in awe.
"Leo you get way too into these shows." Raph mocks.
"Hey guys." Kid Flash said walking in and holding a pizza box. "Thought you might want a snack."
"Now we're talking." Raph smiles.
"Pizza," Mikey said as they sat down.
"Geez you look like you've seen better days," Robin said.
"Tell me about it." Leo groans.
"This guy must have been dangerous if you all ended up in here." Kid Flash said.
"He was, and if you guys stick with us, you'll probably have to face him too." Raph warns when Artemis notices something.
"Hey, where's Gio?" Artemis asks.
"I think he said something about wanting to step out for a bit." Mikey pauses.
Deciding to go check on him, Artemis walks out. As she did, Robin and Kid Flash noticed the look on their faces.
"Hey, why the long faces?" Robin asks.
"Why do you think? We lost." Raph said.
"Look you got your butts kicked. It happens." Kid Flash said.
"It's not just that. This mission…it made us realize how much we depend on you guys. If we had all of you with us things would have been different, but because you weren't we got shaken up. We can't keep relying on having you guys as backup. We need to get better. So we can handle things when you're not around." Leo explains.
Frowning both Robin and Kid Flash look to each other. Together they all were an amazing team but Leo had a point there might be times when not all of them were together. If this wasn't addressed this could be a potential problem in the future. For the Turtles and for the Team.
Down the hall, Artemis was looking for any sign of Gio when she heard a groaning noise from a room.
Peeking inside, she saw Gio in the training room trying to use his ninjutsu.
"Come on. Lightning." Gio growls holding his hand but nothing is coming. Changing things up he tried breathing fire but just normal breath came out. "Fireball. Fireball."
"Wow, and here I thought Mikey was the weird brother," Artemis said walking in.
"I'm not in the mood Artemis." Gio rolls his eyes. "What are you doing here?"
"Aqualad told me, that you and your brothers got your butts kicked," Artemis said instantly Gio knew why she was here.
"Alright, let's hear it. What do you get? Make fun of me." Gio said turning to face her. "Go ahead, I mean look at me I'm just begging for it."
"It's somehow less fun when you want it," Artemis said surprising him.
"Seriously? You're not gonna say anything?" Gio asks.
"Well, that thing you were doing a few seconds ago looked stupid and hilarious," Artemis smirks amused. "But seriously, what's going on?"
Sighing Gio turned to look her in the eye. "He almost killed us. I would have lost another family. Shredder is like nothing I've ever faced. He's a monster and all he wants is to Master Splinter and everyone associated with him wiped out."
'Dear god. And I thought my dad was bad. This guy...' Artemis thought not expecting someone like this.
"There's this…power inside of me but I have no idea how to use it. We got lucky this time but what's the point of having these powers if I can't even use them?"
"Look I'm probably the last person to ask in regards to that area. I don't know anything about superpowers, but until you figure it out you need to calm the heck down and keep your cool. And for crying out loud get some rest. If you try preparing in this state even I could kill you." Artemis said.
"Getting a little full of yourself, aren't we?" Gio mocks.
But before he could react, Artemis grabs him by the arm flips him onto the mat, and pins him to the floor.
"You were saying?" Artemis smirks looking down at him.
"When I get my strength back it's gonna be you pinned to the ground." Gio growls.
"Sure, keep telling yourself that," Artemis said.
"Wow Artemis, talk about a special pick me up." Pausing both teens look to see Wally by the door. "This feels familiar. Kinda like what happened in Biaylia only this time it's Artemis pinning Gio."
Hearing this both of them blushed softly ad quickly got off each other.
"Oh please. Like that would ever happen again." Artemis said.
"Seriously KF, I may be down but I'm not rock bottom desperate." Gio denies making Artemis twitch.
"Desperate? You'd be lucky to land a girl like me." Artemis glares pointing to herself.
"Sure, keep telling yourself that." Gio glares back.
"Uh oh another lover's spat," Wally smirks.
"Stay outta this." Both snapped turning their anger to him.
"Alright, I'll leave you two lovebirds to your thing," Wally said leaving.
"We're not lovebirds!" Both snapped.
The next morning back at Belle Reve, we see M'Gann and the other female prisoners make their way out to the gym area, where she sees the men were separated by a thick glass gate.
On the other side, Conner was walking alongside Icicle Jr. "Stick with me, cellmate. I'll show you the ropes." Jr. said confidently.
"Oh, who you kidding? You ain't been in Belle Reve before. You're liable to get me hanged with them ropes." Conner counters.
"I may never have been incarcerated here, Tommy but trust me, I know whereof I speak. For starters, we pay homage to the top of the food chain. The big dog. The prison capo." Jr said gesturing to a bench where a muscular man with blonde hair sat with Mr. Freeze and Captain Cold. This was Icicle Sr. "My father." Jr declares.
"That's your fat—" Pausing Conner almost broke character. "That's your pa?"
"Yep. Icicle Sr. Reeks when your dad is the man, you know?" Jr frowns.
"Believe me, I know." Conner frowns speaking from experience.
Walking up to the group, we see an inmate with messy brown hair and a beard try talking to Icicle Sr.
"Hey, how many ice villains does it take to screw in a light bulb?" He jokes.
"No one cares Nigma." Icicle Sr said immediately.
"Of course not, boss man. I just thought if you're having a powwow, you might need my know-how." He said as two large inmate bodyguards Mammoth and Blockbuster approached him forcing him to leave.
Nearby a prisoner with red skin and white hair was amused by this shutdown. This was Brick.
"Get a load of Riddler, trying to run with the big boys. Riddle me this, doofus, who's the biggest joke in Belle Reve? And it ain't the Joker." Brick said much to the amusement of the other inmates.
From the corner of the glass, we see Killer Frost standing near Icicle Sr.
"Here goes nothing." Icicle Jr was about to approach when he was suddenly tackled by a man with a fancy helmet on his head. This was Prof Ojo.
"Hello, Junior. I warned you what would happen next time we crossed paths." Ojo said pinning him to the ground about to punch him.
"Ojo, buddy, pal, mi amigo." Icicle Jr said trying to play it cool.
"Get off of him!" Ripping Ojo off him, Conner punches Ojo right in the helmet knocking him to the ground.
"Boy, that was not wise." Brick said pounding his fists together as his prison gang got in on this.
From the other side, M'Gann saw this and watched nervously as Conner found himself surrounded by prisoners on all sides.
From the upper level, one guard is about to activate the remote and electrocute them but another guard stops him.
"Uh-uh. New fish needs to learn." He said wanting to see the beatdown that was about to happen.
As Ojo got back up, Brick grabbed Conner from behind to prevent him from escaping.
"Free shot Ojo." Brock grinned as Ojo got a good look at him.
"Wait. I know him." Ojo pauses.
Realizing his cover might be blown, Conner grabs Brick by the head and throws him at Ojo before he can reveal.
"Not wise. Not wise at all." Brick growls getting up.
"Don't you understand? He's—" Ojo starts.
'He's Tommy Terror!' M'Gann said using her abilities to stop Ojo from spilling the beans.
"He's…Tommy Terror." Ojo declares forgetting what he was originally going to say.
"He's roadkill," Brick said not caring who he was.
Approaching the trapped Conner, Brick was about to hit him when Icicle Sr stood up.
"Enough." He calls out stopping Brick. "Kid's got guts. The kind of guts a father wouldn't mind seeing in his own son."
"Ugh. Great to see you too Dad." Icicle Jr groans feeling that burn.
"Get over here." Icicle Sr orders as his son walks over, Conner is about to follow. "Not you, Terror. Just Junior,"
Holding out his fist, Brick stops him. Luckily thanks to Conner's Kryptonian hearing he could hear the whole conversation.
"All right, Icicle. We're all here. Now what?" Freeze asks.
"Now we put the final pieces in place to bust every single con out of Belle Reve." Icicle Sr declares as Conner narrows his eyes.
They had found out the reason but now the bigger question is how do they stop it?
Later that day, new prison clothes had been delivered to each room.
"Tommy boy, I'd advise putting the new rags on sooner than later." Icicle Jr hints.
'The break is coming sooner than later.' Conner thought speaking telepathically with M'Gann as they both changed into their new outfits.
'Updating Aqualad.' M'Gann confirms.
Just outside the prison, we see Aqualad sitting inside the Bioship which was being camouflaged to avoid suspicion.
'Time to pull you out. Call in the League.' Aqualad ordered hearing this information.
'Icicle would postpone. We need to learn how they're busting out or they'll just try again.' M'Gann warns.
As much as Aqualad didn't like the sound of that, he knew it was the right option. 'Agreed.' Aquaman sighs before turning to Red Tornado who was standing nearby. "We remain on alert."
Back inside the prison, we see M'Gann and Conner in a therapy session with Hugo Strange.
"Here's my concern your anti-social tendencies are a roadblock to rehabilitation and are often the result of a conflict with the mother figure." Strange theorizes but Conner seemed unfazed by that.
Seeing that this might be beneficial to him, M'Gann turns to Strange.
"It's really more of a father figure thing," M'Gann admits.
"Interesting. Expand on that." Strange urges.
"Or don't," Conner said glaring at her.
"Healing requires open dialogue, Tommy. Go on, my dear." Strange said gesturing to M'Gann.
"Well, he won't admit it but Tommy really wants to be like his—Our father. Be able to fill Pa's shoes, you know? But Pa's distant at best. Refuses to give Tommy the time of day. It makes Tommy feel unworthy of..." M'Gann explains when Conner stands up in anger.
"Or maybe Tommy refuses to live in Tuppence's stupid fantasy world where every problem's solved in half an hour. Like how half our last gang ended up almost dead. You keep telling them they'll be okay, but they're not okay. And they won't be okay ever again." Conner snaps making M'gann frown hurt by that remark.
As she covers her mouth, Conner almost instantly regrets snapping at her like that.
"Excellent. I think we made a real breakthrough today." Strange smiles.
Meanwhile, in the laundry room, we see Icicle Sr, Mr. Freeze, and Captain Cold making their way to the back with a guard and a large crate.
"These parts came in with the shipment of new prison orange." Icicle Sr said as Cold grabbed a crowbar off the wall.
So he didn't get any funny ideas, the guard opened his pocket revealing a remote so he could only use that to open the crate and nothing else.
Yanking the top open, the 3 villains look into the crate and grin at the contents inside.
"Exactly, the parts we need." Mr. Freeze declares.
Lunch soon came, and as all the prisoners ate, we saw Icicle Sr's gang watching the TV closely.
"Cat Grant reporting from Chicago where the Manhunter from Mars has defeated the Headmaster." Cat Grant reports.
"That accounts for every leaguer except Red Tornado," Freeze said.
"Probably on monitor duty or whatever. Even if he does show, he can't handle all of us alone." Icicle Sr said before noticing Riddler approaching their table. "Don't even think about it, Nigma."
"It's fine, fine. No one can say the Riddler goes where he's not wanted." Riddler said walking towards Brick's table.
"Wow, that philosophy must not leave you with a lot of options. Beat it." Brick orders forcing Riddler to keep looking.
At a table in the corner, we see Conner sitting with Icicle Jr.
"So how come you ain't sitting with your pa?" Conner asks.
"Because my pa is a jerk who only wants me around when he needs me. But I try not to live or die over getting his approval, you know? So tell me about your sister." Icicle Jr said changing the topic.
"What?" Conner pauses before getting back into character. "Oh, she's a pain. Why?"
"Dude, she's hot. You can't see it because you're family. But I look at her and think: "That chick gets me. " And really, that's all you need. Someone who sees the psycho that you are and likes you anyway." Icicle Jr smiles at the thought.
Hearing this, Conner couldn't deny it. He was 100 percent right in this situation. "Yeah, you're like an evil genius."
"Word." Icicle Jr said as they fist-bumped.
Suddenly Freeze stood up from his table and whacked Icicle Sr with his lunch tray. "That's it, old man! I'm done genuflecting. Belle Reve needs a new capo." Freeze said kicking him while he was down.
Moving in, the guards zap Freeze making him groan in pain. "This ain't Arkham, Freeze." The guard declares as Freeze drops to the ground. "We don't put up with prima donnas. Take him to Waller."
As two guards grabbed Freeze by the arm, they dragged him away.
With the day coming to an end and the prisoners forced to return to their cells, Conner and Icicle Jr were making their way to their cell when Icicle Sr moved in and grabbed his son.
Pulling him away, Jr was pushed up against the wall as Sr leaned in.
"There's a glitch. Can't reach Frost." Icicle Sr whispers.
"Excuse me, I couldn't help but overhear," Conner said walking over.
"That'll happen when you eavesdrop." Icicle Sr glares.
"Yeah, well, I can help. I got this mind-link with my sister." Conner said.
"I know your stats, boy. Super-strength only. No telepathy." Icicle Sr said not buying it.
"It doesn't pay to advertise when they're slapping collars round your neck. But we're twins, see? Got the psychic thing in utero. So you talk to me, I talk to sis, sis talks to Frost." Conner offers.
"All right, send the message. It's going down. Now." Icicle Sr declares.
In Waller's office, we see Freeze being shoved toward her desk while Waller and Strange stand behind it.
"Move." A guard orders.
"Freeze." Freeze counters using his ice powers on the guard much to their surprise.
Taking out a remote, Waller electrocutes Freeze. As he screamed in pain, Freeze opened up his glass cover. Reaching in he froze the collar off with his powers.
"Too little, too late," Freeze said glaring Waller down.
"We'll see. Voice activation! Waller-1. Lockdown!" Waller declares as the entire prison went under lockdown.
With the prison going under heavy lockdown, Waller reaches to her side and pulls out a gun, but just as she fires Freeze freezes the barrel along with Waller's right arm making her fall back.
"Stop. Stop. What do you want?" Hugo asks.
"Master control for the collars," Freeze said pushing a button and turning off every collar on every prisoner in Belle Reve.
The first to make the most of this was Blockbuster who broke out of his cell. As a machine gun turret opened fire the bullets bounced off his skin until Mammoth came in ripped the gun out of its stand and threw it at a guard station.
As the other inmates broke free Icicle Jr and Sr used their ice powers to break free.
"Strength should be back, dude." Icicle Jr said looking at Conner.
"Right. Right." Conner said ripping his collar off.
"How's things with Frost?' Icicle Sr asks.
In the female wing of the prison, Killer Frost knocks a female guard to the ground.
"Please, I have a family." The guard begs.
"Oh, beg some more. It's much sweeter that way." Killer Frost said turning her arm into a mace.
"No!" Using her powers, M'Gann destroyed the ice mace. However, that just made her the new target.
"Well, Tuppy, aren't you just full of hidden talents?" Killer Frost smirks as the girls turn their attention to her.
'Superboy! I think my cover's been—' Before she could finish that sentence M'Gann's screams echoed in Conner's head making him gasp.
'Miss Martian? M'Gann? M'Gann?!' Conner panics worried.
Forcing, Waller, Strange, and several guards into a cell, Icicle Sr closes the door on them.
"The prisoners now control the prison." Icicle Sr declares.
"That's not the same as escaping it." Waller points out.
"Then we'd better get to work." Icicle Sr said walking away.
Joining Freeze and Captain Cold, the 3 Ice villains fired blasting the door at the same time sending chills through the entire room and down the hall until the door was frozen solid.
Moving in, Mammoth and Blockbuster punched the frozen doors breaking the ice and some of the wall behind it.
"Excellent. At this rate, we'll have our exit in 10 minutes." Freeze calculates as they froze the door so they could punch through it again.
"Genius huh?" Icicle Jr smirks looking at Conner.
"Uh yeah," Conner said not really focused on this. 'M'Gann, please, can you hear me? I will reach you somehow. I promise.'
"Hey kid, still in touch with your sister?" Icicle Sr asks walking up to him. "Everything copasetic in Chick Central?"
"Yeah, copasetic." Conner nods quickly keeping his cool.
Then why are you both standing around?" Icicle Sr asks.
"We're on it, Dad." Icicle Jr said as leading Conner to the laundry room and blasted the wall with ice. "This wall adjoins the women's wing."
"Uh, oh, yeah." Walking over Conner began punching away at it to break the ice.
"We work it from our end while Frost and her ladies work it from theirs. Then the babes cross over into our wing, and we all walk free together." Icicle Jr explains.
'I'm coming M'Gann. Just hang on.' Conner thought eager to break through the wall.
In Waller's cell, we see Brick and other convicts approach the door to see them all shivering from the cold.
"Look at them shiver and shake. Too bad you're not wearing the new orange we had smuggled in. Micro-tech thermal units sewn into the fabric keep us toasty." Brick said revealing why the inmates were so eager to change outfits.
"Toasty? Before this is over, you'll be toast." Waller warns.
Growling Brick reaches in and grabs Waller by the collar. "Before this is over, you'll be over." He threatens.
"Daniel, stop. There are a hundred ways this could go down and in all of them, a hostage like Waller is more valuable alive." Strange advises.
Realizing he was right, Brick shoves Waller back. "Thank him, Wall. He just saved your life."
Back in the laundry room, Conner and Icicle Jr were working their way through the wall.
'I'm getting closer, M'gann. But I can't save you if I have to fight every con in Belle Reve.' Conner thought when he got an idea. "Junior, listen. I just got me a warning from Tup. Collars are turning back on in women's wing. Could happen this side any minute."
"Oh man, we better tell Dad." Icicle Jr panics at the idea.
"Or you can take some initiative," Conner suggests.
Liking the sound of that, Conner and Icicle Jr make their way to the Warden's office where they see Ojo, Hook, and Abra Kadabra standing guard.
"Freeze said no one goes in," Ojo states.
"Dude, do you want your collar to turn back on?" Icicle Jr asks but the three villains wouldn't budge.
"We don't have time for this!" Moving in Conner punches Ojo sending him crashing into the wall.
Hook and Abra Kadabra were about to attack when Icicle Jr freezes them where they stood.
"Keep an eye on them. I'll make sure collars stay off." Conner said going to the office.
Slowly recovering, Ojo looked to Icicle Jr. "Fool. He's using you. I remember him now. He's—" Before he could finish Conner punches him right in the helmet knocking him out.
Making his way inside, Conner closes the door. After waiting a few seconds, Icicle Jr was unsure about the outcome. Opening the door, he peeked inside. "How's it going?"
"It's done," Conner said running to his side.
"Dad's gonna love this." Icicle Jr grins.
However, he could not have been more wrong. You see while some villains had decided to rip the collars off like Conner, Icicle Jr, SR, and Freeze, many of the other prisoners still had them on. So when Conner got the collars turned back on they were all electrocuted to the point they fell unconscious including Captain Cold.
"No, no, no! We're almost through! The greatest jailbreak in history!" Icicle Sr snaps enraged.
"Is history. What are we supposed to do now, carry them all out?" Freeze gestures.
Growling, Icicle Sr raced towards Waller's cell and opened it.
"Tell me how you did this, or I swear you won't thaw for millennia." Icicle Sr threatens.
"At which point, you will still be in Belle Reve." Wallre reminds showing no fear.
Growling Icicle Sr was about to lash out at her when suddenly Hugo tackles Icicle Sr against the wall knocking him out.
As Icicle Sr groans in pain, Freeze looks down at him unamused. "You've got to be kidding me."
Making his way down to the laundry room, Freeze, Mammoth, and Blockbuster arrive to see Conner and Icicle Jr working on their side of the wall.
"I went back to the warden's office. Hook and Abra were taken out by ice before their collars were reactivated. Your father and Cold were with me the whole time, so that means…" Freeze said turning his attention to Icicle Jr.
"What are you talking about? We stopped the collars from turning back on. Oh, and you're welcome." Icicle Jr denies but Freeze wasn't buying it.
"Don't you get it? You heard Freeze in the mess. This is his power play. He's taking what belongs to your pa." Conner accuses and Freeze's eyes widen as he realizes the true plan.
"Traitor!" Freeze and Jr said at the same time before firing ice blasts at each other which collide in the middle.
While the ice villains clashed, Mammoth and Blockbuster attacked Conner.
Moving back towards the wall, Conner turns to see Mammoth throwing a mean left hook. Ducking under, Conner grabs Mammoth by the wrist and throws him into the wall.
Turning around, Conner sees Blockbuster charging in. Grabbing Mammoth by the wrist again, Conner swings him at Blockbuster knocking the two of them into the ice wall.
With Freeze and Icicle Jr, Freeze's blast began to overpower Jr's forcing him to go on the defensive.
"Amateur. You can't possibly hope to beat me at my own game." Freeze mocks as Mammoth and Blockbuster got back up.
"How about we trade dance partners?" Conner suggests looking at Jr.
"Deal." Icicle Jr said eagerly.
Jumping high Conner leaps over the ice blast and punches Freeze right in his glass helmet making him fall back and shattering the helmet.
"No. No. My suit is breached." Freeze panics. "Can't survive unless." Aiming his ice gauntlet at himself Freeze freezes his head, arms, and shoulders in a block of ice.
Turning around, Conner sees Icicle Jr trapping Mammoth and Blockbuster in blocks of ice.
"I got mine, but I don't know if that ice will hold them." Icicle Jr warns.
"Just keep at it. Pile on the ice. I'll finish up." Running back to the wall, Conner rams against it breaking it down.
On the other side, Conner sees Frost standing alongside a large muscular woman with thorn tattoos on her face and body. This was Devastation.
"Well, well, well, it's the brother. Care to share Tuppy's fate?" Killer Frost hints to the side.
Glancing over, Conner looks in horror to see M'Gann frozen in a large block of ice.
Enraged Conner yells in anguish before charging at them. Meeting him in the middle, Devastation attacks him, and the two exchange punches.
As they fought, Killer Frost tried to get a good shot in. "Get out of the way." She said frustrated. "Oh, fine, I'll ice you both."
Killer Frost releases an ice blast but Conner uses Devastation as a human shield making her take the entire blast.
Charging in, Conner used Devastation to deflect the attack until he rams into Killer Frost making the ice shatter and both women fall to the ground unconscious.
"Dude, what are you thinking?" Icicle Jr asks but Conner just turns his head and frowns.
As he sees the frozen girl nearby Icicle Jr instantly knows why he was like this.
"Aw, dude, I'm sorry. And she was such the total babe too." Icicle Jr said as Conner approached her.
Growling Conner was about to punch the ice to try and free her.
"Dude, stop. You'll shatter her. Assuming she's still alive in there at all." Icicle Jr warns stopping him.
Frowning Conner turns to M'Gann.
'M'Gann please, don't leave me.' Conner thought.
Seeing the turtles in the medical room was painful to see but losing M'Gann would be a million times worse. Since the moment he joined the team, she had been the most open with him, the most helpful, the one person he could count on the most.
Putting his hand against the ice, Conner choked fearing the worst when suddenly the ice began to crack and shatter freeing her.
Gasping in disbelief, Conner ran to her side.
"Are you?" Conner asks.
"It's pretty cold where I come from. I'll be all—" Before she could finish Conner kisses her on the lips much to her surprise before she kisses back.
Icicle Jr on the other hand was creeped out.
"Dude! That's your sister." Icicle Jr cringed when the Tuppence disguise disappeared revealing Miss Martian's form. "What? Wait. Is she? And are you? Oh, Dad's gonna kill me." Icicle Jr facepalms realizing what he had done.
That night, we see Hugo Strange in Waller's office…or rather his office as we see him throw out Waller's nameplate and put his own in her place.
"Belle Reve will be fully operational by tomorrow. All prisoners are accounted for except the Riddler who somehow did manage to escape during the confusion. Still, you must be disappointed." Hugo asks looking to see Icicle Sr was in the room with him.
"Me? After the risk you took smuggling our tech inside you had nearly as much invested in the break as we did. It's a shame we got beat, but the main objectives were all reached." Icicle Sr said holding out his hand.
"The Light should be quite pleased." Hugo declares shaking it.
While Belle Reve may look the same on the outside, what was going on inside would change drastically.
Finally, back at Mount Justice, we see Robin, Wally, and Artemis sound asleep on the couches.
Slowly walking out, we see a fully healed Leo, Raph, Donnie, Mikey, and Gio look over at them.
"Thanks for everything guys, but we got to get home," Leo said.
"Yeah, Master Splinter wants us to get back to training." Raph sighs.
"Be sure to call and check in on us," Donnie said.
"Wish us luck," Mikey said as the 4 turtles turned to leave.
As Gio was about to follow, he noticed the blanket dangling off a sleeping Artemis. Reaching out he draped it back over her so she could sleep comfortably before the 5 of them took the transporter back to the sewer in New York.
