It was a nice, cool, evening when I was sitting in my home, looking back at my collection of close range weaponry. I had a closet locked away with a katana, kusari-gama, wing blades, hoof claws and talons, and my trusty butterfly knife. Looking back at it gave me memories of when I had joined the Counter Changeling Royal Protection Agency, and met Deadshot. He was the leader of the agency and with my advanced close range weaponry training and skills, he sent me to assassinate many Changeling kingpins. I would silently fly into the Changelings' many bases of operations and assassinate the leader to each of those operations. With my powers, it was easy to go in undetected because if someone saw me, I would freeze them and then knock them unconscious. DeadShot saw this as an advantage to his team so he made me his infiltrator and informant. We had become close friends over the 6 years I was there, but I had left because it was the only job I could find at the time that I could get enough bits to maintain myself. Afterwards, I had decided to go back to Ponyville and you all know how that song and dance went. I felt a bit nostalgic looking back at my weapons, the first one I grabbed was my butterfly knife.
"I wonder if I can still do tricks with this," I pondered.
I took the safe handle and started flipping the blade around, throwing it up in the air and catching it at the right times so it was open.
"Huh, guess I still can." I said to myself.
I pulled out my sword and tested its sharpness by going to a nearby tree stump outside. I took my stance, gripped the katana strong, ran towards the tree in a hasty, ninja-style way, and slashed the blade cleanly through the tree.
"Looks like it's still perfectly sharp, and not a single dent. Nice!" I said while overlooking my blade.
Next I pulled out my hoof claws and talons and attached them to my hoofs, and tightened them.
"Agh!! Too tight!!" I screamed while loosening it.
I went back outside and primed for a flipping kick. I threw a piece of the already cut stump high in the air, jumped up in a backflip and chopped it with an upwards kick. I went back into my house, grabbed the kusari-gama and went to the nearest apple tree. I looked for an apple to hit. When I found one I started swinging the weight end. When I got it to a stable speed, I threw it up and knocked an apple off of a branch into the air. Almost immediately I primed the sickle to throw. When I pulled the weight down I threw the sickle a bit of a distance from the apple, then yanked the chain and it sliced the apple in two. With the momentum of the sickle, I spun around loosening the chain and sliced the apple into 4 pieces, catching the sickle by its handle.
"Hah, looks like I've still got it in me!" I yelled while admiring the trick i just pulled.
i wrapped the chain and weight around the sickle and headed back into my house to put everything back, then i pulled up the wing blades saying,
"Hmm. Nah, I can't test these, they are a little too obvious for everypony to see and I don't need to have any problems with anypony."
Suddenly there was a knock on my door,
"Hey Frostieeeeee!!! It's Pinkie!! Open up, please," Pinkie Pie said behind the door.
I opened my door and was greeted by the vibrant pink party pony.
"Oh, hi Pinkie. What's up?" I asked her,
"Oh you know, just keeping everypony happy as usual. I came to say that we all want to hang out again so we could hear more of your stories or anything you could tell us," she said with a huge smile.
"Oh, really? When?" i asked,
"In an hour or two at Twilight's library, I'll rally up the others and then get you on the way back, okay?" she responded.
"Okay then, see you in a bit Pinks,"
"Okey dokey lokey Frostie," she said before leaving.
I looked back at my weapons closet and pondered, "I wonder how Deadshot and his team are holding up?"
A few hours before, at an undisclosed location
"Dammit, I can't find him! Why can't I find him!? I need his skills back on this team!" Deadshot yelled in anger.
He turned around, looked at his team and shook his head, "Ah, fuck it, I'll just do it the old fashioned way and search for him myself. My other informants have no clue who they are looking for."
Deadshot walked out of his secluded base of operations when he saw hovering above him the mail mare on her daily route.
"Hey, mail mare!!" He yelled,
Derpy quickly turned her head around, "Yes?"
"Do you know Frost Bite? A cyan blue Pegasus with a multicolored mohawk and tail? Has an eye scar he got as a young colt?" He asked
"Yes, I do know him. He lives in Ponyville. Why? Do you know him?" She asked
"Yes, I'm an old friend of his, he joined my Counter Changeling Royal Protection Agency after he got his cutie mark, by which he told me he got by saving your life." He responded
"That's correct, he did save my life." She said
"Thanks for the intel, I really need to find him. Continue your daily job Derpy." Deadshot quickly said before taking off for Ponyville.
"Now I can go find Frost. I really need to get him back on this agency, It has really fallen apart since he departed." Deadshot said to himself.
Back in Ponyville
I wonder what I'm going to tell them today... I thought to myself as I looked out the window of my home. I looked at Twilight's library and saw 4 ponies walk in, then a few seconds later I heard a knock on my door.
"Guess that's my cue," I said while opening the door.
"Hey Frost Bite! You ready?" Pinkie asked.
"As I'll ever be," I answered. I always carried my knife on me because I never knew when something or somepony was going to strike. We walked to Twilight's place and when I opened the door, I was welcomed with tons of hugs.
"Hi Frost, what are you going to show us today?" Rainbow asked me.
"Yeah, what will you put out for us?" Twilight added.
"I have a few things I could show you, for instance I can instantly freeze an attacking foe with a counter-attack."
"Really?" asked Applejack,
"Yeah, and I'm also a close range weaponry master. All but one of my weapons are concealed back at my home." I said.
"What isn't back at your house?" asked Rarity.
"My butterfly knife, I keep it with me wherever I go because you never know when something bad might happen and somepony decides to attack." I replied.
"Wait, a what now? What kind of knife? Can we see it?" Rainbow asked.
"Sorry girls, I don't pull it out unless if I'm at home or if I really need it for self defense." I told them
All of them simultaneously groaned as they had wanted to see the knife.
A few hundred yards from Ponyville
Deadshot was close as he had seen Town Hall from atop a small mountain. Satisfied, he hurried to Ponyville. He browsed the town looking for Frost Bite. High and low, far and wide, he searched and searched and searched until he gave up. Lucky for him, the town's DJ was just strolling by him,
"Hey, you there! Do you know Frost Bite?" Deadshot asked.
"Yeah I do, moved in here a few months back. And the name's Vinyl. Frost is a pretty cool colt." Vinyl replied.
"Have you seen him within the past few hours?"
"Yeah he went into that library a few minutes ago." Vinyl said.
"Okay, thanks" Deadshot said before running to the library.
At Twilight's library
"-I then put my hoof on the back of the enemy's neck in a swift, fluid motion and freeze them. From that point I can either hit them hard and end their life, or throw them to the ground and pin them down with this!" Immediately as I said that, I had flipped out the butterfly knife and opened it.
"Whoa, that's amazing. But how do they not die from hitting the ground?" Twilight asked.
"It's because I c-" My ears perked up and i stopped dead in the middle of my sentence.
"Somepony is at the door," Just as I said that, Pinkie's body start shaking rapidly.
"I know that body message, something unexpected is going to happen."
"How can you-" Twilight was interrupted as there was a loud banging at the door.
"Might be an enemy, everypony hide." I said quietly to them. As the banging got louder and louder, I took my stance and readied myself. The unknown force on the other side of the door was starting to ram into it,
"Open it Twilight!" With the simple glow of her horn, the door flung open and a tan unicorn with a black mane with red tips burst through the doorway. I took the unicorn's hoof, swept it out from underneath him, and put my hoof to the back of his neck and froze him instantly. I then grabbed the frozen statue and threw it to the ground, pinning the unicorn against the floor with my knife against his neck.
"Whoa whoa Frost, stand down!!" The familiar voice yelled.
"D-Deadshot?"
"Yeah, it's me. I ever tell you that you're full of surprises?" Deadshot cunningly stated.
"No shit. Deadshot, what the fuck!?! You can go trying to barge through doors like they're nopony's business. I damn near killed you. What are you doing here anyway?" I asked
"The team needs you back, Frost. At first I thought the team would be alright with your departure, but shit was I wrong. The others don't get information as easily or kill as quickly and thoroughly as you do." Deadshot replied. I heard a gasp.
"Is he telling the truth? Did you really kill?" Fluttershy asked with concern.
I sighed, "Yes I did, but it was for a good cause."
"How can killing be for a good cause?" Pinkie asked.
"Better get settled. This will be quite an explaination."
I started, "Okay, so you see, Deadshot here is the leader of the Counter Changeling Royal Protection Agency, of which I had joined a month after getting my cutie mark. He takes anypony willing to help the world after they get their cutie marks."
"Real dangerous stuff though, you never know if all will go well or not." Deadshot added.
"Death was around every corner. I had to prepare and be skilled in something, so I took in close range weaponry training seeing as how I can't really aim well with a gun." I said.
"Hah! Couldn't shoot to save your life Frost."
"Damn straight!"
"You mind telling us the story?" Applejack asked.
"Of course! I was about to start anyway." I began.
5 years ago
"Hey, colt." The tan unicorn said.
"Who, me?" I responded.
"Yeah, you seem like you can definitely help us out." He said,
"Help? Help with what?" I asked.
He pulled out his badge, "Name's Deadshot, leader of the CCRPA. Specialist in sniper support."
"Whoa, what? CCRPA?" I was confused.
"Counter Changeling Royal Protection Agency, never heard of it?" He asked.
"No, I never have. What do you guys do?" I asked.
"Well we are an elite eradication team that deals with changeling attacks. We keep track of many different locations and keep watch for strange activity because you know, changelings can take the physical form of any living pony. We have many different specialists on the team, and as I've said, I'm the sniper support. I keep out of sight and take out any guards on the outside and narrow down the enemy. We could certainly use more help if you're up for it." Deadshot explained.
"Wow, sounds a bit risky, but hell yeah I'm up for it!!" I exclaimed.
"Alright, cool. Now, what are you good at in physical capabilities?" He asked.
"I don't know, sadly. I know that I absolutely love the winter and it doesn't affect me at all. That's how I got my name, Frost Bite." I said.
"Wait." He stopped.
"What?" I asked.
"You said your name is Frost Bite?"
"Yeah, what about it?"
At this point I was extremely confused. I had no idea where he was going with this.
"I've heard about you. You're that young pegasus that jumped into a freezing cold lake to save another pegasus."
"Yeah, her name is Derpy and she is the mail mare for most of Equestria." I said.
"That was a pretty risky move, you seem like you could definitely fit on this team. Can you shoot a gun?" Deadshot asked.
"I highly doubt it... I don't think I have the stability or correct hand-eye coordination for that."
"Do you have anything supernatural, mystic, or otherwise unusual?"
"I'm not sure at all, I don't think so." I answered
"Do you possibly think, if you were given expert training, that you could master usage of close range weaponry?"
"Hmm. Actually, yeah I think I could."
"Perfect, now come with me."
I followed Deadshot as he took me to his armory where he had walls and walls of weapons, all categorized. He took me to the close range wall and said,
"Go ahead, choose 5 weapons from this wall."
I chose a sword, wing blades, hoof claws and talons, a kusari-gama, and the butterfly knife that you all just saw.
What's a kusari-gama? Twilight asked.
I'm about to explain.
"Good choice, the kusari-gama is a multiple usage weapon. The weight end can be used for disorienting and disarming the enemy, and the sickle end is used for one simple thing, killing in style. If the enemy gets closer to you after you throw the weight, you can turn them around and choke them out." Deadshot said.
"Awesome! I guess I should take a few days and get used to the weapons, and then with your wide variety of weapons I can practice disarming." I said.
As each day passed, I slowly got better at using the weapons. I was able to fully swing around the sickle while spinning and then catch it at full speed with ease. Next, I was able to swing around the sword really fast without hitting myself. With the hoof claws and talons I could attack extremely fast, swinging the claws and kicking the air really fast with the talons. The wing blades were a bit heavy at first, but I was able to maintain my speed and balance while having them on. The butterfly knife was used only for extremely close assassinations so all I need to know how to do, was open it.
After a few days
"Alright Deadshot, I'm ready for disarming. How do I do it?" I told to him.
"Alright Frost, here's what you gotta do. With the weight end, you just throw it towards the enemy, but with a curve to be sure that it wraps around the weapon. Then yank, and you can either move in with the sickle and slice the enemy through the chest, or you can dig the sickle straight into the enemy's skull."
"Okay, seems a bit challenging, but I think i can handle it." I said.
It took a few tries, but I was able to disarm anypony with swords, guns, and anything that can be held.
"I think I'm ready to fight now." I said.
"Good, we just located the incoming attack of changelings striking in about 6 hours. Better get yourself prepared, looks like 30 of the bitches. Shouldn't be a problem for us." Deadshot told me.
"You heard the man!! Get your asses ready!!" I yelled.
"Wow, with that voice, you can easily distract your enemies and disorient them. Wait, how is your breath visible and we are inside?"
Deadshot was about as confused as I was. I didn't know how long it had been that way, but we only seemed to notice it at that moment.
"Whoa! I didn't even notice that, how long has it been like that?" I asked.
"I don't even know, I just saw it like a few seconds ago and it confused me."
"Oh. Should we start heading out?"
"Yeah, let's move!!" Deadshot ordered us.
The changelings were flying in to attack Manehatten, and they landed about 400 meters away from it. When I flew ahead in search of them, i saw that they were all on the ground and immediately told the team.
"Deadshot, come in."
"Go ahead Frost. What did you see?"
"I can see them, they are not too far away. I think we sh- Arghhhhhhh!!!"
"Frost? Frost? Come in Frost Bite!!"
My body had gone through an intense sharp pain. My sight, hearing, feeling, and overall awareness perceptions were enhanced. Everything felt different.
"Agh, I'm here Deadshot. I don't know what just happened, I feel different but I can still fight."
"Good, It's too early for me to lose you."
"I think we should attack now." I said.
"Alright, boys. Don't fuck up now, they are targeting a big city and we do not need this to go awry, you hear?!"
There was the heavy weapons specialist, Trigger Happy, the medical specialist, Red Cross, me, and Deadshot. The others were back at the base badly wounded from a mission that nearly failed, were it not for the heavy weapons specialist.
Deadshot set his area on the nearest hill overlooking the valley. There, he built his sniper and prepared to open fire.
"Take the first kill Frost, you need to get used to it." Deadshot said.
I pulled out the kusari-gama, and held the sickle in my right hoof. Right as soon as he gave me the word, I dropped down and killed my first changeling by cutting his head clean off. The blood had soon came after and hit me, but it didn't affect me.
"Oooh, I felt that from here! Good kill Frost!" He exclaimed before taking his shots.
In the middle of the fight, I wrapped the weight end around a changeling, pulled him towards me, put my hoof to his throat and he froze!! Just like that! I was shocked that I had that power.
"Frost? D-did you just freeze that changeling?"
"Yeah, don't know how I did it though." I replied.
"I think you might have powers Frost, there's no possible way for you to freeze anypony instantly unless if you threw nitrogen on them. Don't let it distract you right now, we need to eradicate them first."
"Roger!"
The fight had lasted around 15-30 minutes, some of the changelings put up a fight and others died quickly. Deadshot had my back, whenever he saw me engaged in combat with one, he would kill the ones that would try to gang up on me. If I was attacked from the front and the back, I was able to fight both of them, only taking significant damage. I had also trained myself to stand balanced on my hind legs to make it easier for attacking. Two attacked me simultaneously.
"I'll get one of them for you Frost."
"Negative Deadshot, I got them. Come on, if you think you're hard enough!!" I taunted the changelings.
One of them charged at me, I sweeped his hoof, put the chain under his neck and rolled over his back, tightening the chain. While choking him out, the other took a few swings to my stomach and my abs and knocked the breath out of me. I gasped for air.
"Agh! Hnn, you bastard!"
I swung the changeling I was choking around to hit the other one and I heard a loud snap and felt vibration in the chain. I snapped his neck, and the other changeling was knocked down. I tried to remove the chain from the changeling's neck but it wasn't coming loose. I saw the other changeling preparing to attack so I unsheathed my sword and sliced him in two faster than I thought I could, and I looked up just in time to see his upper torso slide off his lower torso.
"Phew, they're down" I said panting.
"Wow, you're better than I expected, good job Frost. Come on back now." Deadshot said.
When I had finally caught up to Deadshot, he gave me some weird looks, not to mention that I didn't know I was covered in blood.
"What?"
"What happened to you when you were telling us where they were?"
"You talkin' about when I screamed in pain?"
"Yeah."
"Oh. I don't fully know what happened, all I remember was telling you where they were and then a sharp cold pain hit me hard. After it stopped, everything felt different. I felt stronger, faster, and more aware of my surroundings, not through peripheral vision, but through my senses."
"And how did you freeze one changeling?"
"I have no clue, I did see my hoof glow when I put my hoof out to grab his neck. I think I might possibly have powers."
"If that's the case, then we can really use your help in some of our missions. I could make you our informant, base infiltrator, and assassin."
"Really? This is just my first day. That would be soo cool!!"
"You can figure out if you have powers on your own time, but for right now I'm going to make you my informant."
"Because I can fly undetected?" I asked.
"Eeyup, just about. That, you're a fast flier, and you know just where to fly to be undected. I bet with training, you can infiltrate the enemy bases and not be noticed at all."
"You have that much faith and trust in me?"
"Hell yeah!! Did you see how you handled those changelings? This is your first time out in the field and you kicked more ass than I did my first time around!!" He exclaimed giving me a high hoof.
"Well okay then. If you really think I can, I'll start training!" I stated.
"Great, I'll let you know if anything is up."
"Alright, see you later Deadshot!"
"Catch you later!"
From that point forward, I knew deep down that me and Deadshot would become really good friends. I spent hours trying to master my powers. Those hours turned into days, days turned into weeks, and weeks turned into months. When I started to gain control, I was exhilarated. It only took so long because we had a few encounters with the changelings. I went straight to Deadshot.
"Deadshot!! I finally got it down. I finally am able to control my powers, and I know some cool tricks too!" I yelled happily.
"Really now? Show me your stuff. Trigger Happy! Come out here!"
"Yes sir!!" There stood a big pony with scars and scratches all over his body.
"Whoa, looks like you've been to hell and back huh?" I asked.
"Yeah man, I've been through lots of shit and I'm still going strong!" He said with a laugh.
"Alright, I learned 2 counter-attacks. The first one is an ice clone that freezes the enemy on physical contact. The other is a quick counter-attack where I knock you off balance, freeze you, and take you out in any way I feel."
"Okay, will any of this be lethal?" He asked.
"It will not be right now, but out on the field, it will be an aid in our fight against and will be fatal."
"Alright, better prepare. For thi-" He was cut off mid-sentence as he instantly froze.
What happened? Which counter did you use?
I used the ice clone counter Fluttershy. There was a flash of blue light in the shape of my body as an ice clone appeared in the exact position as I was standing and I moved back. He punched it and it instantly froze him, faster than anyone could react.
"Whoaaaaaaa." Everypony on the team said, even Deadshot.
"This move and my other counter have the same effect, I just use this if I don't see the incoming attack. When I'm prepared for the attack I use my other counter and yes, I will demonstrate that for you too." I said while laying my hoof on the frozen Trigger's shoulder, instantly thawing him out..
"Whoa, how am I not suffering from frost bite or hypothermia?" Trigger asked.
"Well I only left you frozen for like 20 seconds bro. If I left you there for like 20 minutes or longer, you would suffer or die depending how long I left you freezing. That's kinda how I got my name, because of how much I love the cold. Now, when I give you the word, I want you to attack me, alright?" I said.
"Alright, hold on. Ready!!" Trigger shouted.
"Okayyyyy, go!!" I ordered.
"Hyaaahhhhhh!!!" He lunged.
He threw one hoof and I dodged it by backing up. He threw a following hoof, I swept the other hoof and knocked him off balance. I grabbed his airborne hoof, pulled him towards me and grabbed his neck to instantly freeze him.
"So from this point, it's really my choice of what to do with the frozen body. I can sweep the legs in a fast motion and remove his legs, give a strong uppercut to his jaw and shatter his entire body, rip out his spine and skull and smash him with it, and the list goes on." I said while thawing out Trigger again.
"I was applauded and asked questions like "what other tricks can you do?" And stuff. But I was still new to it so I didn't know much, however I did learn different things that I had forgotten over time. Like cryogenic bomb and proximity mine creation, being able to cause a shockwave that freezes anything within its radius, and trying to control my insane side."
"Your insane side?" Rainbow questioned.
"Yeah, at times he would flip his lid and become something of which we called "Death's Bite," and would kill any living thing that attacked him faster than they could ever react, it helped our team through the hardest times. However it was risky to some stubborn teammates who were having fun shooting the changelings to notice. We never knew what brought him down, or set him off so it was kinda, ehhhh spontaneous, unexpected, sudden. I still remember when it first happened." Deadshot explained.
"I lose memory of the whole flip whenever I calmed down, can you remind me what happened?" I asked.
"Yeah, it was when you, me, Strongarm, Trigger, and Wire went in to the base controlled by that mobster-like changeling. You know, the one that constantly talked shit and made you flip because he insulted your parents?"
"Oh that's what happened. I remember all up until that point and after he was dead."
"Alright, this guy is one nasty bastard. Drug runs, trafficking, you name it, he does it. He needs to be taken down but he's a lot more than what he seems." Deadshot informed us.
"What do you mean by that? He seems like any ordinary asshole! Just breach and clear, simple." Wire said.
"That's just the thing. Frost, give it to them."
"With pleasure. Okay, listen up! This guy is quick, strong, and smart. Almost blew me out of the fucking sky with his arsenal of heavy weaponry. He is loaded up and prepared to blow up anything standing in his way." I showed them the map of the base. "He has changelings posted at the entrance, behind the entrance, in front of their armory, near their drug stash, in and out of the boss's office, and there are some rooms where other changelings stay at. Basically we are looking at a base filled with a fuck-ton of changelings."
"This will have to be quick, efficient work, no changeling walks out alive. I'll be off the grid some distance away, Frost and I will work on the bulk of the team that's outside, the ones that are inside are all on you two, Trigger and Wire. When the whole place has been cleared, we will breach the doors to the boss's office. Lucky for us, the dumbass doesn't have windows looking into the base. Everypony got the battle plan down?" Deadshot explained.
"I got it!" Wire exclaimed.
"Ready when you are!" Trigger said.
"Alright then, lets go fuck up some changelings."
"Shouldn't take us long to get there, probably a couple hours. Frost, you and Hard Wire take point and prepare."
"On it!" We said simultaneously.
Hard Wire was our explosives specialist, his pack was loaded with all kinds of explosives and switches. He was a pegasus like me, wasn't as strong as me, but waaaaay smarter than I was. He surprisingly didn't have any scars and his voice was not what I expected, it was a bit deep.
"Alright Deadshot, we are close to the base. You ready over there?" I asked. It was night time.
"Almost, assembling my sniper right now. Ready when you are."
"I'm going to need you to take out either one of these changelings, once you find me first." I drew my sword and flashed it in the moonlight.
"Searching, searching... Ah! I've got you in my sights now."
"Righteous, so as you can see, I'm right above the two changelings on point in front of the base, you have your silencer equipped right?"
"Yeah, I'm not trying to give them my fucking position. That'd ruin the fun in sniping them!"
"Right, so on your go, I'll take the one you don't shoot."
Within a second of me saying that, he shot the changeling closest to him. I saw the flash and heard the impact and thud of the changeling's body. I jumped down from my position and sliced the unsuspecting changeling in half from horn to hooves.
"Bet he was scared shitless for a short second there." i said.
"Yeah, you saw the look on his face?"
"Fuckin' priceless. Alright Wire, there are two on the other side positioned like the ones we just killed. I'll take the one on my side, and you'll take the other one."
"But wait, I only have explosives, how am I supposed to kill one of them?"
I gave him my butterfly knife, "With this. I'm gonna distract them, you'll wrap your free hoof around the changelings neck, pull him back, stab him in the chest, and put your hoof around his mouth so he doesn't yell. When we fly over, stick to the walls, stay quiet and this should be easy. They won't even notice our presence."
"Okay, seems simple enough. Let's go." Replied Wire.
We had flown over the wall and stuck to the shadows seeing as how we were both dark colored. Just like I had told Wire, they didn't even realize they were about to die. I wrapped the chain from the kusari-gama around my hooves and took action.
"Psst, hey jackass!"
"Got'cha" Wire said pushing the knife deep into the changeling's chest.
"Huh?! What the f- ack!!!" I cut the changeling off mid-sentence as I choked the life out of him.
"Hide the bodies, no need to fuck this up. There's still a bunch out to kill us, now get Trigger over here and clear out the rooms with him. Also, try not to get shot, Red Cross isn't with us, she is with Firebug working on his shrapnel wounds from the previous mission."
"Keep it clean. Fuck that, just don't make much sound."
"Shouldn't be hard, after all I am the assassination pro. However, if you receive no response from me, send the others in for me. Might never know when the shit will hit the fan."
"Got it. Now get going!"
