A Merry New York Christmas: Skating

[Omega Red]

           Omega Red scowled and blushed at the same time. The Soviet Union super soldier was defeated by a mere fall. How humiliating! Omega Red's eyes widened after Jubilee approached him. He vaguely remembered his battles with her. Mostly due to Wolverine being with her. 

            *Doc checking me out?* Omega Red thought. His eyes remained wide. He crawled on his stomach at a fast pace. 

              Omega Red got on his feet. ''I'm Russian born, but I'm no good at ice skating. I always see ice in Russia.'' He shook his head in disbelief. 

             ''I'm not going to another cell.'' Omega Red was careful as he followed Harley. His shoulders slumped. ''I can battle Wolverine for hours, but I fall on ice.''

[Harley]

"This isn't like normal ice," Harley said to Arkady as they made it to the vendor with the hot chocolate. "This isn't like on the road when you have salt or sand to make it rough. It has chemicals in it to make it smooth and a bit less melty, I think. You know. Like on American hockey rinks? So those pretty boys don't get their teeth knocked out so they can't do ads for jeans and cars?"

Harley actually had no clue about how skating rink ice was made, but she knew there were pipes under it to keep the stuff cold. "Can you imagine if someone went down and fiddled with the pipes? Maybe get a certain stabby Canadian down here and freeze him into a block of ice?" Harley said as she pulled out her wallet. "You want marshmallows in your cocoa, or do you want whipped cream?" she asked Omega Red as some kid walked past them with a big disposable cup of cocoa.

[Omega Red]

              Omega Red smiled. ''Freeze Wolverine in a block of ice? Ha!'' He imagined Wolverine not moving a muscle in ice. Omega Red heard Harley's question. ''Marshmallows? Perhaps I'll try whipped cream with marshmallows.''