Chapter Eight: Boys Will Be Beasts

The lasers were doing their job well, though very slowly. A tiny hole had burned its way through the thick wall of ice, and a thin stream of water was dripping down the outside. The sight encouraged Jenny to turn up the heat a little more, but her gauges reminded her that her internal temperature was too low for that. As if that weren't bad enough, she was getting claustrophobic. She hated being cooped up in this stupid chunk of ice, unable to move so much as a finger. If she had her way she would just smash her way out, but her arms, legs and even pigtails were helplessly frozen in place. The only movable parts of her body were her eyes, from which the laser beams were emitting. Her plan was to melt the ice from the inside out, until it was weak enough for her to break. Then she would blast off for the mall, find Enchantra, and kick her skinny butt into next week.

However, during her time inside the ice block, J...