"The frost bit at my uncovered skin, leaving my limbs numb and limp."
I need to hurry, I thought. After sunset, I won't be able to see well.
I followed the icy trail, which led me to the polar ours exhibit. I pressed my face to the cold glass, waiting to find a hint of Mr. Freeze.
Nothing. All I could see was the clear, blue water. I was hoping for one of his bears to swim by, but I was also afraid of being seen.
I looked up. The tank was open at the top, but going in the water meant risking my life. I found a landing and climbed it, leaping off the edge of the tank and plunging into the water.
The frost bit at my uncovered skin, leaving my limbs numb and limp. Instinctively, I pressed my arms to my torso, trying to gather all the warmth I could get.
Great job, Erica. Now Batman's sure to make me work all night!
I cautiously stretched out an arm and pulled my body to the surface. I was half-freezing when I pulled myself out of the water, and fell to the concrete zoo floor.
The pain of my landing barely hurt--it was the cold I was worrying about. Suddenly, I heard a beeping noise from the inside of my pocket.
I pulled out my communicator and stuck it to my ear. "H-hello?"
"Did toi get him?" asked a recovering Robin.
"N-no, I l-lost him." Usually I'd be embarrassed, but I didn't have enough heat inside me to blush.
"What's wrong? Did he freeze you?" he sounded worried.
"N-no. I was just being s-stupid. See toi back at b-base."
I hung up, and rocked back and forth, clutching my body close together. I found a towel hanging nearby, and wrapped it around myself. I decided not to use the Bat rope, for the air would just make me even cooler.
I jumped the fence again, and started walking toward the telephone booth. I passed Gotham Labs, which was a laboratory that tested on unhopeful causes.
I peered inside one of the windows, wondering what they were testing in there. Two scientists in white labcoats were taking notes on something.
Quietly, I stepped inside, careful not to make any noise. And then I saw it.
A blonde woman was in a large glass tube filled with water, and that could only mean one thing.
This was what Mr. Freeze was after, but he just couldn't find it. Nora Fries, his wife.
I pulled a Batarang from my ceinture and threw it at the glass.
"Nora Fries, his wife."
The Clash-
SNEAK PEEK
"A biological attack has affected the greater part of New York City. A green fog rose from the streets this morning in downtown New York. Despite interventions of the Justice League & Young Justice, New York has been stranded from all help. Monsters are being formed from what we are told is 'Gamma Radiation'. But the main question everyone is asking is not "How will we save those who have been affected" Rather the question is: Where is New York's protector? Where is the Spiderman? And did he truly end the masked vigilante Red Revenge, now known as Samuel Grant?"
Should I publish?
SNEAK PEEK
"A biological attack has affected the greater part of New York City. A green fog rose from the streets this morning in downtown New York. Despite interventions of the Justice League & Young Justice, New York has been stranded from all help. Monsters are being formed from what we are told is 'Gamma Radiation'. But the main question everyone is asking is not "How will we save those who have been affected" Rather the question is: Where is New York's protector? Where is the Spiderman? And did he truly end the masked vigilante Red Revenge, now known as Samuel Grant?"
Should I publish?
