Frosty sat at a table in a room coated in ice when Leon walked in, “They still haven't found Hyung,” he said, “And I am getting bored of waiting in this hell hole of a castle.”

Frosty let out a laugh, “And they say I am impatient. You should sit and eat something.”

Scorch obliged, sitting down opposite Frosty. All the food on the table was frozen solid.

“Come on Frosty, You know I prefer my food cooked to a cinder,” as he spoke, the frozen drumstick inn his hand burst into flames.

“You don't appreciate my frozen delicacies?” Frosty asked with a smile.

Scorch suddenly leant forward with eagerness, “We should have a fight Frosty. That angry lady isn't here. We can see which is stronger, my fire or your ice,” Scorch blew the pile of ash in his hand into the air.

Frosty grinned, “You’re on.”

They both stood up and Scorch drew his blade, the edge of which seemed to be made of fire.

Frosty turned to face him and drew his ice blade, “Kootta verses Piras… This is going to be good,” he smirked.

Scorch let out a laugh, “You are always a good time Frosty,” as he spoke, a flame pillar shot out towards the frozen man.

Frosty countered it with a beam of ice. The two forces collided in the middle and the impact sent them both flying backwards. Leon ran at him, sword now a raging fire. A bubble of solid ice appeared around Frosty, slowly melting under the intensity of the fire. Leon quickly ceased his attack and jumped out of the way as a snowman swung a sword made of ice at him.

The ice bubble disappeared and both men were laughing.

“It’s been too long since we last did this Scorch,” as he spoke, the snow man moved to Frosty’s left.

“You're not wrong Iceman.” A bright flame covered Scorch's body, encasing him as he ran at the snowman.

Halfway towards him, the flame died, and the snow man collapsed into pieces.

“What do you to think you are doing?” an angry Jade appeared at the door, followed by Vince and the female hunter who still had a large hood shrouding her face in darkness.

“We are just having a little fun. Chill out,” Frosty shot back.

Scorch laughed, “Chill out... Good one Frosty.”

The two erupted into laughter.

Jade glared at them both, “Silence! You two are here to help with capturing Hyung.”

“Well you left us here with nothing to do so we thought we would have a spar,” Scorch replied simply.

“Well, we have a bit of trouble. Three of Hyung's Keeper friends have just arrived on the Island. I want you two to take them prisoner,” Jade glared at both of them, “Do not kill them. That is an order. I need them as subjects for my experiments.”

Frosty lowered himself to one knee, “Yes Mistress.”

Scorch looked at him for a moment then they both burst into laughter.

“Get out of here!” Jade yelled, throwing a plate at Scorch’s head. He dodged it easily and they both left the room in a fit of laughter, “Why did I get given those two? Tank has more brains than them.”

“Why did we not kill the Snake when we had the chance?” Vince asked glaring at Jade.

“You're here to follow orders, not ask questions,” she replied abruptly, “Those two are idiots, but they are strong. I need as many alive Keepers as I can get to complete my work here. I am so close to finishing. I do not want to disappoint the boss.”

“We had her… Doku could have been mine.”

“We are not to kill the keepers, Hyung is our only goal. If we had of tried to capture them, then people would have died. I need them alive Vince, I need as many subjects as I can find. There is not an excess of Keepers as it is. I want you two to go and check on Subject A.”

Vince walked up to her, so he was inches from her face, “I don't like you Jade. You are only following these orders because they serve your purpose. To me, you’re a bigger snake then she is.”

Vince drew his own blade, surprising himself, and held it at his own throat.

Jade’s face had a deep anger that made even Vince feel uncomfortable, “Don't you dare, ever compare me to the likes of her, I’m nothing like Teresa, nothing at all.”

Vince was now shaking as his sword lowered, he regained control of it and his composure.

Jade turned to leave the room, “Just remember your place Hunter.”

Frosty and Scorch strolled down the street.

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“That is what you call a bitch,” Frosty said.

“Yeah. Bit of a killjoy,” Scorch replied as he stopped walking, “Ok Frosty, here is good.”

Frosty turned to him with a confused expression, “What’s good about here?”

“Here is where we can continue in peace. But first, let’s level the playing field,” Scorch became shrouded in fire, melting all the snow in a twenty meter radius around the two of them.

They now stood thirty meters apart, “Ok what are the rules for this?” Frosty yelled out.

“No rules, apart from the usual, no fatal shots, because we don't want to kill each other!” Scorch yelled back.

“Pfft, Sissy,” Frosty said, just loud enough for Scorch to hear.

“You are going to eat your words,” Scorch said with a laugh, “I have been practicing.”

A snowman appeared in front of Frosty and started dancing, “Let’s do this.”

The snowman stopped dancing and narrowed it’s eyes at Scorch. It moved quickly towards him. Large ice arms appearing out from each side of it. Scorch remained still, the arm reaching out at him. With a smooth motion he spun around with the flame blade creating a brief pillar of fire, reaching high into the air. It blew the snowman apart and as he stopped, a light steamy mist filled the air.

“Aww you melted him,” Frosty said frowning, “Or did you...”

Scorch's eyes went wide as he spun around, the snowman stood behind him, icy hands reaching out once again, he plunged his sword through the hand and a flame blast pulsated out from the sword, destroying the snowman.

“Shall we step this up?” Scorch asked as he raised an eyebrow.

A flame blast flew out and crashed into the ground sending dust and rocks down onto their battle field. Frosty looked up as all the rocks and dust became coated in flames. They rained down towards him. Scorch pointed his sword in Frosty's direction and fired a beam of flame.

As the dust cleared Scorch could see Frosty standing where he had been. A frozen ice bubble covered him. It slowly melted away and Frosty took a couple of steps towards Scorch, “That was a nice move. What do you call it?”

“Rain of fire,” Scorch said with a smile.

A loud roar made them both spin around and jump back in surprise.

“Are you seeing this?” Scorch asked.

“Yeah...” Frosty replied, “We may have to carry on our fight a bit later.”

A large lion stood in front of them. Its gaze falling hard on Frosty.

“Where on earth did a lion come from?” Scorch asked, sheathing his weapon.

Frosty stared intently at the huge beast, “There is something strange about this one though.”

“Tell you what, you handle the random cat, I will go and locate the targets. Catch up when you are finished,” Scorch said, leaving the area.

Frosty watched him leave, slowly turning back, but the lion had vanished. “Aww damnit!” he said, walking over to where the lion had been standing, “Here kitty kitty.”

He felt a tap on his shoulder and turned around to see a large gorilla fist come crashing into his head. He flew backwards, rolling across the ground a couple of times. Frosty got back to his feet, “I thought there was something special about you.”

Mei-Gan formed from the gorilla, “You have no idea what you’re up against,” she stated, adjusting her claws.

“Indeed,” Frosty said, smirking as he rubbed his cheek, “The might Animal Blade. I have always wanted to see it in action, and let me tell you, it hasn’t disappointed so far! Let’s see what else it can do! Scorch, go find the others, I don’t need you here.”

Scorch appeared on a roof top, “Aww you caught me… I just wanted to watch. Just don’t die. I want a rematch later,” he called, disappearing from his hiding place and running off in search of the other intruders.

“Did I interrupt something?” Mei-Gan asked, forming into a half horse half woman centaur. Her blades crossed in front of her chest.

“Nothing that hasn’t been interrupted before. I am glad you found us, it saves us time looking for you,” Frosty smiled.

Mei-Gan moved quickly towards Frosty, stopping when she saw the snow fall.

Frosty paced slowly backwards and forwards, “I love the snow. It has a beauty to it. Although it can be cold and… Relentless,” His eyes gained an evil glow.

The snow quickly became thicker and thicker, making it hard for Mei-Gan to move around freely. She kept moving towards him but was soon up to her neck in the thick snow, “This isn’t over!” she called out as the thick snow covered her head.

“Oh I think you will find it is,” Frosty replied, “You see that snow is twenty times thicker than regular snow, it’s more like a very soft sheet of ice,” he walked over to where she had become buried.

Steam started to rise from the snow. Suddenly a blast of fire blew out from beneath him, sending him stumbling backwards in shock. An ice bubble appeared around him as the flames rained down. The substance began to burn through Frosty’s shell, “It’s melting my bubble! What is this stuff?”

Mei-Gan was now standing in human form on top of the snow, “Just a little trick I learnt.”

Some of the substance had now burnt through the bubble and dripped onto Frosty’s hair. He quickly grabbed his sword and cut off the hair it touched. He followed through by cutting the bubble he was in and jumping out.

“I see you do have a few interesting abilities, and that this will not be as easy as I first thought,” Frosty dusted some snow from his cloak, “Not even Scorch’s fire can’t get through my ice bubble…”

“Who said it was fire?” Mei-Gan said laughing. Her body formed into the shape of a lion while her head took on the form of an eagle. Her front feet changed into talons, and giant eagle wings sprouted from her back. She let out a loud screech which made Frosty cover his ears.

“The legendary Gryphon!” Frosty called over to her, “Impressive.”

She moved with amazing speed, grabbing him with her talons before shooting straight up in the air. The speed in which they moved held Frosty unable to move. She reached the clouds and released him from her grasp.

As he started falling he smiled at her, repeating her words back to her, “This isn't over.”

Pointing his sword at the ground, a large pair of wings appeared in the snow. A dragon made of ice flew out, catching him in his descent, “Let's fight fire with fire,” he said, patting the dragon’s neck.

Frosty's dragon opened its mouth, firing a huge blast of ice out. Mei-Gan quickly countered, letting out an enormous, ear-piercing screech. Frosty threw his hands over his ears and the ice blast shattered before reaching her.

The Gryphon shot down towards the dragon, colliding mid-air with it. The force of the impact sending both the Dragon, and Frosty hurtling towards the ground. Frosty jumped from its back at the last minute, disappearing into the soft snow, the dragon shattering as it smashed into the ground.

Frosty climbed out of the snow, an angry look on his face. He stabbed his sword into the ground, “You may be the fastest creature of the air, but let’s see you dodge this attack.”

Mei-Gan's eagle eyes stared intently back at Frosty. She shot down towards him at high speed, but a ball of ice about the size of a tennis ball fired out of the snow at her. She dodged out of the way just as a second one shot out, whizzing past her head. She zig zagged around the hail stones but more and more kept coming.

“Got ya!” Frosty yelled, as one collected her in the stomach. The blow knocked the wind out of her. She then realized that the sky was filled with these hail stones flying upwards, and falling back down.

She collected one on the back that was falling, and then one knocked into her head. She lost consciousness and started falling. Frosty caught her in a pile of snow, freezing the Gryphon in place. “Now… It is over,” he said, breathing heavily.