I am so sorry for had taken so much time to update, guys! I really am.

I'm currently writing a spin off of this fanfic, where it's going to tell an adventure of Hook before the frozen characters showed up in the Lost Universe. It'll probably be a long one or two shot, and this same adventure will be mentioned in this story at some point.

Btw, I hope to not take so long to update this time, and I hope you like this chapter. Please, tell me what you think about it :)

Sorry for any error.

CHAPTER TEN: Injured

'Here; a cup of hot chocolate followed by the best cookies from this part of the land' Anna said resting the trey in her lap 'That's what Hook told us, at least'

'You brought chocolate and cookies to a trip?' 'Recuse mission, actually. And, yes. I found it weird too. Hook brought many unusual things in our bags, actually. Chocolate, cookies, flour, eggs… I don't know, it seems he was already planning to find this shelter'

Anna suddenly jumped making Elsa unconsciously hold the trey.

'Of course! He knew where the sled would lead us, and he probably knows who this shelter belongs to' Anna said in realization.

'It makes sense. It's pretty obvious it belongs to a baker' Kristoff looked around 'it seems he's not coming here often, though'

'Hook was helping you?' she asked.

'Yes' Anna answered 'He's a nice pirate. Not even a bit like those who helped Hans to throw us in the ocean. I swear that when I see that idiot again I'll make him regret for have helped that man to take you'

Hans. Elsa wondered what had happened to him after she ran away. His act was quite unexpected, but she was thankful for it, even though she was still uncertain about his real intentions.

'Elsa' called Anna, gently 'Are you okay?'

She nodded, not sure if tell her sister what happened was a wise idea. If she started that conversation, she'd probably end up mentioning The Dread Chamber, and worry her sister with that was the last thing she wished.

Anna kneeled close to the bed, and her hands searched for hers.

'Promise me you'll never do that again' she started in slight low voice 'Promise me you'll never risk your safety for me again' There were tears forming in her eyes, and her request sounded more like a quiet pleading. It was hard to see her like that. She didn't like to see her sister crying.

'I can't promise something I know I won't keep'

Anna was about to disagree when they heard a loud thud coming from outside the shelter.

'What was that?' asked Anna.

'I don't know. Stay here, I'll see what happened' warned Kristoff stepping away from the room.

'Hans'

Anna was paralyzed with the terrible scene she was seeing. The prince state was too hard to watch. There was blood and frosty all over his shirt, and his skin was almost in a blue tone.

'What happened to him?' she asked her fiancé while he carried the injured man to inside the shelter.

'I don't know. I found him laid in the snow outside'

Kristoff seemed to be as fuzzy as she was.

'Bring him here, lay him on the bed' she heard Elsa's voice coming from the small room door.

Kristoff followed her words, and carried the unconscious man to inside the warm bedroom.

Anna could feel her heart skipping the beat while they watched Kristoff carrying the prince body. Elsa seemed concerned as well, perhaps more than her if she was to be honest; her hands were clasping together anxiously while her eyes were glued to the man like with a quite worried gaze on them.

'Let me help him' Elsa said walking to inside the room, and Anna decided to follow her pace.

Perhaps not her best idea. It was difficult to watch the man injures for much time, so she often looked away while her sister analyzed the damage.

'Bring me water' she ordered 'Hot water'

'I'll prepare it' said Kristoff rushing his pace to the fireplace.

'Anna, bring me some fabric'

'Okay' she nodded.

Where would she find a fabric? Oh, the balcony fabric, of course. No, wait, it had to be clean, right? Great, now where would she find a clean fabric? Oh God, her hands were shaking.

'Didn't Hook brought the aids bag?' Elsa asked like reading her mind, or perhaps noticing her lost movements.

'Right, the bags'

How could she be so stupid? Forget about their supplies? Well, no one could blame her; Hans state was disturbing enough to fuzzy any human mind.

After a lot of searching, she finally found a clean shirt lost in one of the bags. It seemed like their first aids had got lost somewhere in the road. 'I found it' she said proudly while entering the room.

'Sorry Anna. I had to stanch the blood the faster I could. The pillowcase was not what I was planning, but was all I could think of'

It seemed she had used all the fabric in the room to warm the pale man, including the old musty fabric.

'It's fine, and well thinking. I would never think about the pillow. Really, I was not even remembering about the bags'

'Can you ask Kristoff about the water?' she asked, still focus on the man treatment.

'Of course, I'll be right back. Kristoff!'

'No need to yell, Anna. I'm right here' he said taking the pan of water out of the fireplace.

'I'm sorry, I'm a little nervous. Wait, where did you get this fabric?' she asked noticing the white cloth her fiancé was using to hold the pan.

'I got this from our first aids bag, why?'

'You knew where the first aids bag was and didn't tell me?'

'I was using it to prepare the water, and I thought you had seen it close to the fireplace'

'Didn't you see me searching for it like a crazy? And why the heavens would you need our aids supplies to boil a water?'

'Look, I-'

'Can someone bring me the water, for heavens sake?' she heard her sister yelling from the room.

'I'm coming'

Hans fever seemed slightly better now. It was still bad, but at least his skin was returning to his normal tone and he was no longer bleeding.

The awful state that man appeared in the shelter surprised Elsa in a far from welcome way. It was hard to think about it; even worst when she remembered she was probably responsible for that. Of course she had no sympathy for Hans before all that happened, but if he was like that because he helped her to escape the castle, then the least she could do was to do what she could to treat him. She was not even sure how she found strength enough to do so, though. His state was hard to look at; no wonder the poor Anna was completely fuzzy about it. Yet, her shock and feeling of gratitude gave her the strength she needed to help the man. She only hoped her treatment would be enough.

'Don't you dare to die now, not before you tell me why you saved me' she whispered, observing the sleepy man face.

'How do you think it happened?' she heard her sister voice behind her.

Anna approached with slow steps, and kneeled next to her. Elsa presumed she didn't have heard her whispered words, at least she hoped so.

Elsa sighed.

"Bergaham's men' she answered before add 'I suppose'

Anna watched her for a few seconds, and then gazed to the unconscious prince.

'Why would they do that? I mean, he was working for him, right?'

'Perhaps he was no longer useful' she simply answered, slightly shrugging.

Elsa hated to lie to her sister, but she was still not feeling comfortable enough to talk about that subject, not yet, at least. However, it was not like she had many options, Hans would hopefully be better soon and himself would tell them the truth. Perhaps lying was not right, was not fair.

Elsa signed again, taking courage to utter the words she was about to say.

'There is something I didn't tell you, Anna'

Her sister slightly frowned, and then nodded to she keep going. Elsa felt her breathing getting harder. Her mind fuzzy while she tried to process the words she would use while not mentioning the The Dread Chambers. The hair of her neck shivering only by the thought of that awful place.

'Hans help me to sneak out of the castle' Anna wined her eyes, and took a time to process the information before shake her head in confusion.

'Wait, what? How? I mean why?'

'I don't know, Anna. I questioned myself the same thing. He appeared in my cells telling me Bergaham wished to see me, and when I noticed he was sword fighting to his men and yelling to I run away

Anna watched her for a moment. Her expression showing confusion and surprise. She gazed to the prince again before ask her while shaking her head a bit absently.

'Why do you think he had done that? Why would he wish to help you now?'

'I don't know' Elsa shrugged 'The only thing I know is that he seemed far from happy when he entered in my cells'

She gazed to the man above the bed, while remembering his stern face and the apparent dry tears on his cheeks.

'I've never imagined him so vulnerable. Even though he was still acting arrogantly, and cold, there was something unusual on his eyes. Something that I've never expected seeing on him'

The two sisters stood in silence for a moment. Both of them visibly trying to understand that puzzle. Well, at least Elsa was, but for her sister concentrated face it seemed like she was doing the same.

'I'll get you some food'

She warned before standing up and leaving the room. Elsa was thankful for her sister caring and offer, but she was not hungry at all. All she wanted was to know why someone who once tried to kill her in a terrible cowardly way would risk his own life to save her.
Hans was definitely a puzzle she doubt she would ever fully understand.

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Reviews:

Helsa fan: Thank you so much! I'm so glad you're liking it! I also wished to had seen more of Hans on the show, that's one of the reasons I'm writing this story. Why is he helping Elsa? Will he get some redemption in this story? I believe these questions will take a time to be answered, but they certainly will :)

Guest: Thank you so much for your review! That scene was one of my favorites to write for now. Is that a trap? Well, everything about what happened in that chapter will be answered at some point, and it'll probably include a intense scene between Elsa and Hans, that's all I can say. Once again, thank you so much for reading it :)