Chapter Nine

I woke up back in my room. My mind quickly went back to the events of that night, who were those guys and what did they want? I felt immense pain in my stomach where the arrow hit me. It was quite shocking to realize that I wasn't dead. A huge and thick blood stained bandage covered the wound, my whole body was in fatigue.

It was around about noon at that time. I desperately tried to get up from my bed, at that moment my thoughts only went towards Elsa, I didn't know what happened after I passed out. I just hoped that everyone was alright. Each small movement resulted in large amounts of sharp pains in my stomach, there was no getting up at that moment.

After about thirty minutes or so I heard a knock on the door. It was Anna. She had a worried expression on her face, I never saw her like this, most of the time she was always smiling and if not smiling then angry. Noticing I was awake she came towards me. "Hey, how you feeling?" she asked.

"Oh I'm…" Again the sharp pain attacked me, "AH" I yelled, "Not feeling so great" I added. She sat beside my bed on a chair. "Anna, what happened?" I asked her.
"Well, after you saved me, another one of them shot you in your stomach, which I guess you know about. After that you passed out and the guards took you back inside, the doctor came and said you had little chances of survival since you lost a lot of blood, and even if you did survive then you'd be in a coma. He still tended to your wounds. Elsa, on the other hand, was worried-a lot. You were passed out for four days"

"Four days?" I repeated her words to which she nodded, "What about you? Were you hurt?"

"Not really… just a little scratches and bruises"

"Did they find out who were the attackers?" I questioned her. "No, you killed two of them and as for the third he escaped before the guards could react"

After a while of silence I turned towards her, "Can you help me up?" I asked her. "Oh no, you're in no condition to get up" she quickly replied, "Besides you need rest"

"Anna, I think I've rested for quite a while. Now if you would please…"

Getting up was not the easiest task, every time I moved I felt as if I'd pass out again due to the pain. I sat up on my bed, still suffering from pain that got more immense as I sat. After some time of me flinching to the pain I tried to get up. I placed a hand on my wound as I did. "You know for someone who's in a shape like yours, you really are… weak" she joked.

Standing was a difficult task for me, after lying in bed for four days straight my legs weren't welcoming my weight. To add more the pain tripled. After a while of standing there simply I walked around the room for a while.

"You know, you should rest... I'm not joking" she smiled a bit.

"Neither am I" she shot me a annoyed expression, "Anna as I said, I'm not really in the mood for resting... and besides where IS Elsa?"

"Elsa's attending a meeting with some counsel members, so she won't be free until dinner" she gave me a small joyful look.

"And how long is that?" I asked.

"A couple of hours... maybe three". I sat down on a chair. There was another knock on the door, I expected it to be Elsa but it was the doctor. Seeing me up he gave a surprised look at both of us.

"You're full of surprises..." he spoke astonished, "How are you feeling?"

"I'm still in pain" I put a hand over the wound.

"Well, good news is that the arrow didn't hit any organ. Although you did lose a lot of blood, you'll feel weak and pain for about a week or so. Other than that, the wound seems to be healing well and I'd guess you still rest for a few more days"

"That's what I've been telling him" Anna added.

"I'll rest, but when I feel like"

"Fair enough. Anyway, here are a few medicines" he placed a bag of medicines, "Take these two right now, they'll slightly fade the pain away and put this cream on it, right now"

I took the medicine and the doctor began to put gloves on his hands, I looked at him surprised. "The cream, it won't put on itself". He slowly began to take off my bandage revealing the massive wound. "How did it get so big?" I asked. The arrow wasn't this thick, but the wound looked about two inches wide. "To be able to take the arrow out without obstructions I had to remove some tissues, don't worry they'll eventually heal up"

Anna, looking at it, cringed. "Whoa... that doesn't look pleasing". The doctor gave me a small round metal ball, "Put it under your teeth, this will hurt". I did as instructed. He slowly began to apply it on the wound, it felt as if it was burning. I hadn't felt this much pain in my entire life.

After about fifteen minutes of screaming with pain the doctor finally bandaged it up again. The pain had almost vanished. I took the ball out from my mouth breathing heavily. "You're strong" he looked at the almost crushed ball. He got up and after a small wave, left.

"Thank you" Anna said making me wonder for what?

"What?"

"Thank you, for saving my life. If you weren't there I would've been dead"

"Anna, you don't have to thank me for anything, besides, I don't think they were going to kill you"

"What makes you say that?"

"I'll tell you later. Right now can we change the subject"

ElsaPOV

I sat silent most of the time during the meeting. The counsel members did most of the talking and I ignored them. My thoughts only circled around Connor. The doctor said that he might go into a permanent coma. I didn't want that to happen.

Time was not passing quickly, each second felt like an hour, I just wanted it to end. My mind hadn't been working properly these few days, how was I supposed to run a country if I can't clear my mind off of him.

My thoughts went back to the Ball, the night we first kissed. I still wore the necklace he gave me. "Queen Elsa..." Harold spoke catching my attention, "We have been wondering for quite a while" he paused for a moment, "...and we think that Arendele needs a king"

"There is a suitor from the Northern Isles, the King's son, Prince Andrew. If you give him your hand in marriage Northern Isles will aid us in any hardships" Percy said. I never liked him, he would step out of his limits in seconds.

"I appreciate your advice but my heart belongs to another person" I said straightly.

"To whom? The same person who saved Anna at the Ball?" Percy added, "Queen, you can't be serious. He's a low life, nobody with not even a single drop of royal blood-" he had said enough.

"Percy! Royal blood or not, my heart belongs to him, and I will not marry Prince Andrew. This is my final decision and I think this meeting is over" I got up.

"This will he Arendele's last chance to strengthen ties with the most powerful kingdom. Don't turn this down" he again tried to convince me, but his voice sounded more like he was commanding me.

"I will think upon it" with that I left, even though my answer would always be 'No'.

As I left the room I began to head towards Connor's room. On my way I found Olaf who was trying to chase a butterfly. "Hey Elsa" he said in excitement.

"Olaf, you'll hurt yourself... actually you won't. But be careful"

"Okay" he continued to chase it.

I headed towards him room, before entering I politely knocked. There was no response, why was I expecting one? To my surprise the room was empty, Connor was not on his bed.

I became anxious and worried at the same time. I asked one of the servants about him who told me that he went to the dining hall with Anna. I began to head towards the hall. Half way there I heard a similar voice, it was him.

Connor's POV

"Anna, that is stupid" I said, Anna wanted me to teach her how to use a bow.

"Come on, what if someone attacks me. Then how will I protect myself?"

"I think that person should worry that how will he save himself from you"

"What?"

"You're feisty and have a bit anger issues". Before Anna could say something Elsa came. She ran towards me and gave me a tight bone crushing hug. "OW... ELSA... OW..." I complained. She let go. "Sorry, sorry... I wasn't expecting you to be up... How are you feeling?"

"I'm feeling much better, the medicine the doctor gave really helped. Although the wound at my stomach is not very pleasing"

"You know it was very brave of you, the way you saved Anna"

"Did you find who were the attackers?"

"No, one escaped and two died. Speaking of which where did you learn to fight?" we both went into the hall sitting down next to each other.

"Well I was once part of a gang of sorts, they taught me how to"

"A Gang as in theives or...?"

"Uh... well, can we talk about this some other time?" I tried to change the subject. Not wanting to bring my past. After dinner, Elsa, me, and Anna went to the armory where the guards disposed the Assassins Armor.

I examined it quite clearly and after seeing the symbol, a small circle with two swords making a cross, my fears became reality. The symbol was from a former group of Assassins that I used to be a part of.

"Elsa, these Assassins" I decided to tell her about them, "They're not ordinary killers, they're one of the most feared and deadly Assassins, 'The Outcast'.Their hideout lies on a small island near the Southern Isles, although they are quite dangerous, we shouldn't expect an attack from them soon. They consist only about fifteen or so men, and right now they'll think twice before attacking Arendele again"

"Wait how do you know all of this?" Elsa raised a question.

"Because Elsa... I was once part of them"

Three years ago.

"The job is simple, no killing required, just go in and make him talk" Nikolas whispered to me as I asked him about it. He was bust lockpicking the door leading to the warehouse. We both walked silently into the warehouse. Nikolas was my best friend, he treated me just like a brother but that night he changed.

"Henry Richards?" he spoke as we spotted out target. He turned around to see us both. Nikolas quickly grabbed him. The warehouse was deserted, Henry was not followed by a guard this time he was all alone and in an empty warehouse. Something was wrong.

"Now, I ask of you some simple things" he tied him to a chair, "Where is Will?"

"Fools, you think I will tell you his location?" he spat, "He's out of your reach by now"

Nikolas drew his sword and held it's tip at his neck, "Where is he?"

"He's out of reach" Nikolas pointed his sword at his crotch. "Now I ask again, one final time"

For a moment he didn't say anything. Nikolas tightened his grip. "Okay, okay... he's on a ship called The Vengence, sailing towards Corona. That is all I know"

"Why is he going to Corona?"

"He didn't tell me..." Nikolas took out a dagger and stabbed his leg with it, Henry screamed so loudly that I thought he might shatter the windows. "Nikolas, there is no need for this, he told us all he knows" I tried to convince him to leave the poor fellow alone.

"Connor, when Amicus assigned me this contract he told me that if I accomplish this he'll reward me with all the gold I need"

"He appointed it to us" I corrected him, he only gave a small nod.

"Last time" he drew his pistol out and aimed it at his crotch again, "I'll count to five and if you don't tell me why then you'll lose your manhood for life"

"Nikolas there is no need for this" I grabbed his arm, "He told us all he knew"

Somehow he ignored me.

"One..."

"Please I told you all I know"

"Two"

"Stop please"

"Three"

"I swear to God it's all I know"

"Four"

"Oh God... please help me"

"...FIVE" he didn't hesitate to pull the trigger, sending a straight shot to his manhood. Henry screamed so loud that he'd almost leave us deaf. I couldn't see him in this state of pain, I pulled my dagger out and stabbed his heart, giving him a quick death. "Rest in peace" I said as I closed his eyes. "What the hell was that?" I turned towards him seeing fire in his eyes.

"Sometimes you have to do what you have to do"

"Shooting someone in his crotch, Nikolas this is not you, you've become blind by the wealth Amicus promises us"

Suddenly a group of men came out from their hiding place. They aimed their muskets at us, I pulled us both behind a pillar. One of them shot at the barrels of gunpowder. The exploded sending the entire warehouse in flames.

The exit was barred with a bundle of wood. So me and Nikolas began to climb to the top of the warehouse. At the top something unfortunate happened. The floor beneath me collapsed, I hung desperate for help."Nikolas" I yelled. He stood there simply just looking at me.

"You know with you out of the way, I'll get your share of the gold"

"Nikolas, don't do this... we can work this out. What happened to 'Never let go'?" I started to lose my grip.

"Time's change and so do people" he stepped on my hand making me lose my grip and fall to my death.

The only plot twist was that I didn't die, although my body was baldy wounded, I managed to get out of there. But for the Outcast and Nikolas I was dead

"Whoa" Anna spoke in amazement.

"So what happened to Nikolai?" Elsa asked. "I don't know" I replied.

"Were they here to kill you?" Anna asked.

"No, they weren't here for me, you or Elsa. To them I was dead, well until that night, now they know that I'm alive. But they were here to assassinate one of the royal guests"

"How do you know?"

"Anna, I spent one year with them. There was a Creed they followed. They would only go after merchants, slavers, or other people. But never King's, Queen's, Prince's or Princesses. The person 'Will' which we were after was a merchant who knew the location of a temple that contained a treasure of some kind. Amicus, our leader, assigned me and Nikolas to find that merchant and in return he'd give us all the wealth we need. Unfortunately the Creed also consisted that if a member wants to leave, he must follow the path of a warrior"

"Path of a Warrior? Like a duel or something?" Anna raised a question.

"Death" I said coldly, "And right now I might be on the top list of targets"

"Connor, we'll let nothing happen to you" Elsa said in a comforting tone.

"Oh, you don't need to worry. They consist roughly about fifteen men, they don't trust many men. And we shouldn't expect them to attack Arendele again. Not while the guards are on high alert, they at least wait for another four months or so" I reassured myself.

"That is good news" Elsa said, "But why did you join them?"

"I didn't have any other way, they gave me shelter, food. They trained me and treated me like family. Not your typical group of Assassins but they are still deadly"

"Look the past is in the past. Now you're a different person. You're part of our family now" she came close to me and gave me a passionate kiss, it would've lasted longer if Anna didn't gave a long "Aww". Elsa and I quickly separated.

"Elsa you look so cute when you're in love" Anna teased her.

Anna headed out, while me and Elsa stayed there. "Elsa, I'm sorry I'm putting you and Anna in danger"

"Hey, you don't need to be sorry for anything. If they attack us then they'll find out what fire and ice can do" she grabbed my hand, "And speaking of them, can you control them now?"

"Kind of... I mean it's to an extent where I can protect myself"

"But you didn't use them when the Assassins attack you"

"I'm still afraid that I'll lose control" Elsa gave me a comforting smile. "You won't, I'll teach you" she reassured.

"Hey, how about a date? Just you and me, I know a place where we can stay without someone interrupting us"

"Why not?" she gave me a kiss, "How about tomorrow around noon?"

"I agree" I said as I kissed her back.


I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter. Honestly I didn't know how to write this chapter. I did my best, so I hope I didn't disappoint you.

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