In the early hours of morning at a storage unit, three criminals wearing brown vest jackets were waiting for a delivery. The delivery itself? Some weapons.
And the delivery was none other than a popsicle truck called Cameron's popsicles which had a drawing of a cute ice shaped cartoon character on the giant cargo container, holding different flavours of popsicles.
It stopped once it got near the buyers and the driver and his passenger popped out. The passenger had a bald head, dark blue shades, a blue tank top and black gloves.
"Woo, Metropolis. Didn't expect it to be this hot this time of year." The man said.
"Are you the Ice Man?" The lead crook with a distinct bush of stubble asked.
"Leonard Snart." The man sighed. "And really, Ice Man? Yeah, I get the popsicle truck is on-the-nose but believe me, this was the least conspicuous thing I chose."
"Do you have anything of interest?" The leader asked.
"I do." Leonard replied. "Miller! Open up the cargo."
As Miller opened up the upwards sliding door of the cargo container, two young people in their mid twenties were hiding by the corner of one of the storage garages so they wouldn't be seen. They were Daily Planet reporters, Lois Lane and James 'Jimmy' Olsen whom were investigating a lead on a weapon's deal.
"I knew there was a weapon's deal going on here!" Lois exclaimed. "And all they had to do was find a popsicle truck!"
"Do you think we should have Clark scream 'freeze'?" Jimmy asked.
Lois looked at Jimmy with a raised eyebrow. "I'm sorry. An ice pun?"
"What?" Jimmy reacted. "Thought it would be fun. Speaking of Clark, where is he?"
Lois got a text tone from her phone and pulled it out of her pocket to see that Clark had sent her a text. "Sorry I'm running late. Runaway car." Lois exhaled. "So selfless." She began to write him a message. 'Okay, don't take long. The weapons deal has just begun.' Lois put her phone in her pocket.
As Lois texted Clark, Jimmy got his phone out so he could livestream a live video of what was going on and thankfully, someone in the chat section had information.
"Alright, one of my Flamebird followers has notified me about the one behind the deal." Jimmy informed Lois. "That guy with those cool shades…"
"Jimmy." Lois interjected.
"Unintentional ice pun." Jimmy assured her. "According to RichGrayson2011, that man is Leonard Snart. He's a petty crook from Central City who stole a freeze ray from S.T.A.R Labs during that electric storm. He recently got out of prison and left Central City without a trace. Well, guess they didn't think of looking for a guy who has a freeze ray in a popsicle truck. I mean, a guy like him would most likely not be subtle!"
"Sssh." Lois hushed her co-worker/friend. "Let's listen in."
Leonard reached into the giant cargo container and pulled out a wooden crate. "Now, these weapons were donated by a generous benefactor of mine." Leonard explained as he opened the crate to reveal some rifles placed gently on black styrofoam. "I know it doesn't look much, but trust me, these rounds will put dents in vehicles like my truck." He patted it with his hand.
"They told me you had a freeze ray." The crook said while one his own was admiring the rifle.
"Well, if you want that, then I'm sorry, it's not for sale." Leonard explained. "I stole it, so it's my property."
"Do you have any other weapons?" The lead crook asked.
"Well, I got this weapon from a high tech company in Gotham City." Leonard explained. "Or well, it was delivered to me by an unexpected benefactor." He reached into the container and pulled a white wooden crate with a distinct logo.
The crook leader looked amazed. "Wow. So this guy's selling? Guess breaking up with that Gazette Lady really messed with him. What's in there?"
Leonard opened the crate to reveal some kind of weird shaped gun. The leader picked it up and began to analyse the strange gun.
"Ah, now this is a fabulous piece of tech." Leonard remarked. "Used it on my own gun once. Caused it to be deactivated for two hours. It doesn't just work on high tech gear like mine. Observe. Hey, tank top!" He motioned to the man holding the rifle. "Test your weapon out." He aimed it at him. "NOT AT ME! Aim it at the ocean!"
The man shrugged his shoulders and unleashed an barrage of lead right at the ocean. Lois and Jimmy quickly hid behind the corner in an effort to not be spotted.
"Well, least they've alerted the police." Jimmy remarked.
"Last I check, they won't get there on time." Lois reminded him.
"Oooohhhh…Not good." Jimmy cringed.
They continued to watch the weapon's deal go down where Leonard was continuing his sale. "Now, Mr Eddieson use the weapon on the rifle."
The leader used the weapon on the rifle by pulling the trigger which did nothing for some reason. He looked at it with confusion and like he had been ripped off.
"Tank top, shoot me." He spread his arms out, allowing himself to be a test subject. The talk goon pulled the trigger on the rifle and not a single bullet was shot out.
The tank topped criminal checked the ammunition to see if he had any bullets and he did. He clipped the ammo clip back in and tried shooting Leonard but he couldn't shoot another round.
Eddieson smiled at Leonard, impressed with his sale. "Nice job. With this, you can disable any weapon." The other criminal with long black hair and glasses walked away from the group for some reason.
"It's called Product #107 but I call it, The Disruptor." Leonard said. "It disables any weapon from a 40 metre range. Unfortunately, this is the only one available. I don't know, maybe you have top scientists that could reverse engineer it or perhaps we could capture that Fox guy to…"
"Ten grand." Mr Eddieson interjected.
Leonard looked surprised by that interjection. "I'm sorry?"
"Ten grand. Or you could go higher." He said.
Leonard looked to his driver, who just shrugged his shoulders. Then, Snart cleared his throat to continue the deal. "Well, ten grand is good, but how about thirty?"
"That's outrageous!" Eddieson exclaimed. "Twenty-Five!"
As the deal went on, Lois and Jimmy continued to listen in on the deal. "Where is he?" Lois exhaled. "He isn't this late."
"I don't know. I hope he's okay." Jimmy said. "At this point, this deal could be done any moment."
"We should probably start a distraction to get them to stay." Lois suggested. "I'll make a little noise and we run in two directions."
"That sounds impulsive." Jimmy remarked.
"Well, I'm stumped on decision making." Lois retorted.
"Might I suggest something?" They turned around to see the other criminal of Eddieson's crew holding a pistol right at them. "How about I bring you right out into the open so we can talk?"
Jimmy and Lois in that moment raised their hands in defeat, willing to be escorted to Snart. The spectacled criminal lead the Daily Planet Reporters to Snart and Eddieson, whom both looked at them with raised brows.
"Well, well, well, what do we have here?" Eddieson asked.
"Look, we don't want any trouble." Lois said. "We're just…Looking for our storage unit."
"Oh really?" Leonard asked.
"Yup." Jimmy Olsen said, playing along with the lie. "Just, some childhood stuff of hers. She had a huge hoarding issue when she was 12."
"Hey!" Lois exclaimed.
"The first step into getting better is being self awareness." Jimmy retorted.
Then, the spectacled criminal checked their pockets and pulled out their ID badges. "Jimmy Olsen and Lois Lane." He said. "They're reporters from the Daily Planet."
"Journalists?" Leonard snickered. "Hey, here's a quote for you; Make sure you jot it down because I'm only going to say this once; Forget what you saw or else…." Leonard showed off his freeze ray, intimidating Lois and Jimmy a bit.
"What do we do?" Jimmy whispered.
"Stall em." Lois replied quietly. "Hey, Mr Snart was it?"
"Oh, don't you dare start mocking my name." Leonard groaned. "I know, Snart sounds more like a sound effect."
"No, I don't wish to say anything about your name, maybe perhaps we can talk." Lois suggested.
"Yeah! How about we open up a live interview for my followers on Flamebird?" Jimmy suggested.
"How about I freeze every one of your fingers and then sell them off as popsicles." He aimed his weapon at Jimmy's head, causing him to sweat.
"Hang on a minute…" The spectacled criminal squinted his eyes at Jimmy. "…I know him."
"Old class mate?" Leonard asked.
"No. He's the man who created Flamebird and sold it off to the Daily Planet."
Leonard looked impressed. "Really?"
"I can confirm!" Jimmy replied.
"Jimmy!" Lois exclaimed. "What are you doing?!"
"He has a freeze ray!" Jimmy argued.
"We could get good kindling off of this." Mr Eddieson remarked. "He is a millionaire after all. Probably gets a lot of residual checks since he sold his product off to the Daily Planet."
Leonard in that moment had an idea. "You're right." He grabbed the hood of Jimmy's jacket and began pulling him away from the truck.
"Let him go!" Lois demanded.
"Corbet, keep her there while we take Mr Olsen to discuss business plans." Mr Eddieson suggested before he, Leonard, Tank Top and the Driver left to interrogate Jimmy behind another line of storages.
Lois groaned. "Where are you?"
Corbet adjusted his glasses as he cocked his weapon. "You think he'll come for you? Superman is very busy. Do you think he'll have time to save some worthless reporter?" He felt someone tap his shoulder that he just ignored. "Well, you might as well just imagine how he'll save you." He felt someone tap his shoulder again and sighed. "Look, whatever it is I…." When he turned around he was face-to-face with a very distinct symbol.
He took a few step backs in fear as he looked at the man standing before him. Superman was standing in front of him with his arms folded and a bit of a smug grin.
"You know, I believe Superman would most definitely come and save her." Superman retorted while Corbet just shook with fear.
He was about to run away until, Superman grabbed him by his collar and then tossed him in the truck, knocking him out. He quickly closed it and bolted it tight so he wouldn't escape.
Lois smiled seeing her superhero boyfriend coming in the Nick of time to save her. "Just in time."
In that moment, Superman AKA Clark Kent quickly dash towards his girlfriend. "I'm so sorry I'm late! Are you okay?"
"I'm fine." Lois replied. "Just imagined my rescue a bit differently."
"Where's Jimmy?" Clark asked with concern.
"He's being held hostage. They found out he was the founder of Flamebird." Lois explained with worry in her voice.
"Okay, get out safely and I'll find him." Clark requested.
"Be safe." Lois said while Clark kissed her forehead. Then, he dashed off to find his best friend.
Once he was gone, Lois began running towards the direction Jimmy was taken. "You know me, Clark. Can't stay out of danger."
Clark Kent AKA Superman began to hover upwards to find his best friend behind the lines of storage unites. Thankfully, he found his best friend with the criminals that took him hostage.
On the ground, Jimmy was tossed against one of the unit doors by Tank Top. The muscular criminal cracked his knuckles and grinned while Leonard just rolled his shoulders.
"So, got a fancy name for me?" Leonard asked. "Don't give me anything stupid like, Captain Cold."
"I was thinking Mr Freeze to be honest." Jimmy replied. "I was also spitballing Icicle."
Leonard groaned. "Come on, you gave my ex Rory a cool name. You know what? We'll come back round to that. Raise your hands." He aimed his freeze ray at him.
Jimmy reluctantly raised his hands, only for them to be frozen against the door with a blast from Leonard's gun.
Jimmy struggled to escape from his icy cuffs by trying to yank them out, but his hands were almost frozen solid.
"Alright, how should we do this?" Leonard asked his hostage. "Livestream the situation and then say how much we want out of him."
Suddenly, Superman landed right beside them with his superhero landing pose. He looked up at his opponents with a glare. "How nothing?"
Jimmy gave a cringe yet relived smile, seeing his best friend coming to save him again. "Right on time…Buddy."
"Don't just stand there, shoot him!" Mr Eddieson commanded.
Tank Top aimed his rifle at Superman and began to release a barrage of bullets at him. But instead of hitting him, they were bouncing off of him.
In order to protect his friend from being hit by one of the bullets, he dashed right in front of him while Tank Top continued firing at him.
The bullets themselves almost hit Leonard and the others that they quickly dashed as far away from him as possible. Mr Eddieson made a run to the left while Leonard and the Driver made a run to the right.
Mr Eddieson got far enough to have one of the bullets graze one of the sleeves of his jacket, causing him to yell at Tank Top. "He's bulletproof, you idiot!"
"He better not be immune to my fist!" Tank Top tossed the rifle to the side and raised his fist high. He punched Superman on his back, causing a bone crunching sound to be heard.
Tank Top screamed in pain as he held on to his knuckles while Superman just turned to face him. "Don't worry, they're just bruised." The man of steel placed his hand on his chest and with a mighty push, sent him flying in-between two storage units, knocking him out.
"You alright Jimmy?" Clark asked his best friend.
"I'm a little cold." Jimmy replied, motioning to his hands.
Clark then used his heat vision from to carefully melt the ice on Jimmy's hands, freeing them. Once he was free, Jimmy quickly began blowing on his hands in an effort to warm them.
"Warm those hands up, Jimmy." Clark said before turning to Leonard and his Driver.
"He's all yours." Leonard said to his driver before running out of the line of storage units. The Driver was at first confused before shrugged his shoulders and ran to tackle Superman.
But then, Superman quickly dashed passed him and grabbed him by the hem of his pants and picked him up with one hand. "Really?" Superman shook his head.
The Driver just sighed. "I didn't think this through."
Meanwhile, Mr Eddieson was running towards his car in an effort to escape. He was pressing the unlock button on his car trying to leave with the disruptor.
"Come on! Come on!" Mr Eddieson said. "Forget them! Mr Mannheim will be happy about this regardless."
He was about to enter his car until he got slammed into the car by someone. He got a look at whoever slammed him into his vehicle and saw that it was that reporter, Lois Lane.
"Uh…What?"
Lois shrugged her shoulders. "Believe it or not, my Dad was in the military." She punched him hard in the face, knocking him out.
Despite the fact she knows she should probably get out, she knew that Clark might need help with that freeze ray. She picked up the disruptor and began running to find her boyfriend.
Meanwhile, Clark, after knowing Jimmy was safe and making sure the Driver and Tank Top were accounted for by tying them on a streetlight.
He began dashing to where Leonard ran off to and turned to the left. But as he did, he suddenly slipped on some ice and fell on his rear.
He tried standing up, but then slipped on it again and fell on his rear. He looked up and heard the sound of laughter.
Leonard walked out from around the corner and laughed. "You think you're the first speedster I've dealt with?" He laughed. "It's always amusing seeing them slip. Try and stand up. Because you can't."
Superman just gave the man a deadpan stare before sitting up and using his heat vision to just melt the ice away. The Man of Steel stood up while Leonard looked disappointed.
"Okay, he never thought of that." Then, Leonard tried shooting Superman with his freeze ray again, but he just shot up in the air and began hovering over him.
Leonard quickly began to try and shoot down Superman but he dashed to the left and then dash to the right. He flew forward towards Leonard in an effort to capture him. Just as Superman got close, Leonardo made a front roll and managed to avoid him.
Leonard shot another blast of cold energy towards the direction of Superman, who used his laser vision to stop it coming close towards him. Their respective blasts were now caught in a stream trying to emit as much as power as they could in order to put each other off.
As they continued, Jimmy watched from behind the corner, feeling a tad bit helpless on not helping his friend. "I gotta do something." Jimmy said before noticing a plank of wood right beside him.
Soon, the freeze ray overheated. "Oh, come on! Do you have any idea how long it takes for it to recharge?!"
Superman grinned and was about to tackle Leonard, until he noticed someone coming behind him. It was Jimmy, holding a plank of wood he was about to use to knock out the criminal.
His friend getting in danger was pretty alarming that he flew past Leonard and towards Jimmy. "What the heck are you doing?! You need to recover!"
"I got this, Superman!" Jimmy was about to hit Leonard with the wood until, the freeze ray managed to cool off. He quickly turned around and was about to use it to shoot Jimmy.
Superman dashed in front of the blast, allowing himself to be frozen rock solid in a block of ice. Jimmy stared at his best friend's face which was a scowl like he had prepared for pain.
"What have I done?" Jimmy asked with guilt.
Leonard cocked his weapon and aimed it right towards at Jimmy. "You gave me the perfect opportunity to freeze Superman. You should be proud."
Suddenly, the two of them heard a cracking noise and turned to where it was coming from. They saw that the ice Superman was frozen in was cracking. And then, the Man of Steel burst out of his ice prison while Leonard and Jimmy took cover.
Superman, despite slight disorientation narrowed his eyes at Leonard who proceeded to continue blasting him with his freeze ray. But the Man of Steel used his hands in order to defend himself. Despite his hands getting frozen in the process, he managed to break out of his icy binds. But Leonard kept freezing them and freezing them.
Jimmy could only stand and watch as he watched his best friend struggle to escape the cold energy that kept freezing him.
That was until, the weapon suddenly stopped. It was like it was jammed. "How?"
He heard a cough from behind him and saw Lois Lane holding the Disruptor in her hand. She gave a smug grin before giving him a small wave.
Leonard exhaled. "I should have known I was setting myself up for failure."
After being apprehended by Superman, he was thrown into the popsicle truck along with the other criminals that Superman and Lois managed to apprehend together.
Once Superman bolted the door, he turned to his girlfriend and best friend with a relieved smile. "Okay, that's been taken care of. I'll fly these to Central City in a minute." He then motioned towards Lois. "I thought I told you to get out."
Lois smugly grinned. "Come on, Smallville, you know I laugh in the face of danger."
"I don't know if that's a good thing or bad thing, still." Clark remarked while smiling.
"I wouldn't have saved your skin otherwise." Lois said before she and Clark turned to Jimmy, whom was blowing on his hands.
"Man, I wish I could have your inability to feel cold." Jimmy said to Clark with a hint of envy.
"You okay Jimmy?" Clark asked.
"Apart from being cold, I felt useless." Jimmy said.
Lois and Clark both looked at their friend in disbelief. "Why would you say that?" She asked.
"Jimmy, you helped me with The Brain's wormhole so they can find a universe to be accepted, or the Council of Lois Lanes, or when my ship went crazy or that time that crazy blue haired scientist wanted to sue Lois for ripping off The Council of Dicks."
"Even though, I had nothing to do with it." Lois said. "What makes you think you're useless?"
"Hello! You learnt combat skills from your military father and you have superpowers!" Jimmy exclaimed.
"Well, I'm not much of a fighter." Clark said.
"Don't be so modest, Clark." Jimmy said. "All I'm is just a reporter with a lot of money and residual checks from an app I developed."
Clark sighed and walked up to his friend. "Hey Jimmy, I assure you, you're a valued member of the trio." Clark said. "I'm grateful for you being on my side. Don't let it worry you, okay?"
"Okay, I'll try." Jimmy said.
Suddenly, they heard someone banging on the cargo crate. "Hey! Can you either release me or just take me to jail?" Leonard asked. "Because I don't see any air holes!"
Lois banged on the truck. "Not until we get answers. Where did you get those weapons?"
"Somewhere." Leonard replied.
"You have to be more specific than that." Lois retorted.
"Look, I don't know!"
"Leonard, let's make things easy." Superman said. "You don't have any air holes after all."
Leonard groaned. "Okay! Okay! Some of these weapons were sold to us by Bane." Leonard replied.
Superman raised a brow. "Bane?"
"As in the terrorist?" Lois asked.
"No, I meant that old lady who runs that convenience store." Leonard replied sarcastically. "Of course I mean the terrorist!"
Jimmy shuddered with fear. "Oh that's not good. I've heard about him. Let's hope we don't encounter him."
"Oh and not all." Leonard said. "Bruce Wayne."
Superman, Lois and Jimmy froze in shock. "Uh….What?" Lois reacted.
"Oh that's awkward." Jimmy said.
"Wait, what do you mean?" Superman asked. "Bruce Wayne? As in the genius millionaire playboy?"
"Billionaire." Lois corrected him. "You're joking, right?!" She asked Leonard.
"Look at the crate!" Leonard said. "It's the one that you're missing!"
They looked to empty open white crate placed on the ground with the very distinct logo on the side of it. Superman, Lois and Jimmy went wide eyed in surprise over the crate being there.
"That can't be Bruce Wayne, can it?" Jimmy asked.
"I don't know." Lois replied. "But I believe we have a story."