Authors note: Hey again :) I'm glad you are enjoying it. I just want to put a warning on this chapter cause there is a bit of violence and could be triggering scenes - though nothing too bad. Just thought i'd let you know :)
Anna stared at Elsa, her eyes wide.
"What do you mean your family?" She inquired. Elsa bit her lip, her eyes never wavering from the strangers who were now looking around the crowd.
"I'm sorry for the interruption folks, I'll just start the music again. Thank you for listening and enjoy your night!" Eric said, his voice shaking slightly. He pressed and slid some buttons and knobs on his DJ booth and soon music was filling the room again, the confused crowd falling back into their rhythm of dancing, the drama forgotten. Eric quickly jumped down and ran over to Kristoff and the girls. He glanced at Elsa, a sad expression on his face and grabbed his boyfriends arm, using his body to shield the girl as well.
"Elsa. There's a back door just near the stage. Take Anna and go out there, and go home." He said, but was staring at Kristoff who was giving him a hard glare. "They've changed, more then you understand." He added and shot another look at his childhood friend. She was staring at him, her eyes full of tears.
"Eric, it's been 7 years. I didn't - I couldn't remember you last night." She sobbed and clutched his arm. Anna stared in shock when he didn't recoil from her touch. His eyes were sad as he studied her, and he laid a hand over hers.
"It's okay, we'll talk later." He looked at Anna. "Please, you have to get her out of here." He said to the confused girl. She nodded slowly and stood up, her head spinning from the smoke and alcohol. What is going on. Nothing makes sense. She thought, but tugged on Elsa's hand which was still clenched in her own.
"Come on Elsa, let's go." She groaned and Elsa finally broke her gaze from Eric and looked watery eyed at the red-head, and nodded standing up, stumbling slightly. Kristoff glanced at them, his face hard, but shifted position so that they would still be hidden. The strangers were slowly weaving through the crowd, studying faces that they passed. Anna looked at Kristoff curiously and opened her mouth to speak.
"Kristoff, thank-you." Elsa interrupted the red-head before she could get a word out. Elsa's voice was strong and bossy again, her demeanour changed from the sobbing confused girl she had been only a minute ago. "Be careful, boys." She finished and Kristoff grunted.
"No problem boss. BUT, I want to know what the fuck is going on." He stated, and shifted to shoot the girls a look. "Because I have no idea what I'm trying to protect you from." Elsa's lip curled slightly in a grimace.
"We'll see." She murmured and turned toward the door, pulling Anna behind her, her grip never loosening. Elsa quietly opened the door and slipped through, pulling her employee after her and finally let go of her hand. Anna rubbed it gently, trying to get warmth and feeling back into, her eyes studying Elsa in the moonlight. They had exited the club at the back where rubbish bins were. No lights reached them and it was dark, save for the moonlight that filtered through the clouds that were finally breaking up. The ground was still wet from the rain.
"Elsa-" Anna started, taking a step forward. Elsa held a hand up to interrupt the girl, her expression hard.
"Anna I want you to go straight to my car. Don't talk to anyone, don't even look at anyone. I just need to make a quick phone call." She snapped, pulling her phone out. Anna nodded, biting her lip and went off toward the car park. Elsa watched her until she rounded the corner and dialled a familiar number.
"Gerda, good evening." She spoke briskly into the phone pacing back and worth, but stopped when she realized that every step she took ice formed over the puddles of water in the uneven concrete. Taking a deep breath she ran her fingers over the tattoos on her chest.
"Oh yes, hello Ma'am. I hope your trip went well?" The maid replied over the phone, and Elsa pushed her hair back trying to figure out what trip she meant. The trip you were supposed to go on to deal with your other stores, but instead wasted your time with Anna. The harsh thought made her cringe and she cleared her throat.
"I actually haven't left, I got.. Distracted. But thank you. I need you to go to my house and check on Olaf. Also, can you please contact my security and have them post two guards at my property." She demanded. A short second of silence.
"Is everything okay Ma'am?" The voice was concerned and Elsa faltered for a second - her throat closing slightly.
"Yes, yes I'm fine. Please do those jobs for me." She snapped slightly and hung up, feeling guilty at her tone. Putting her phone away Elsa took a couple of deep breaths, trying to calm herself. She could feel panic bubbling in her chest and her body felt cold, her power leaking.
"Get it together. Conceal it, don't feel." She murmured and slowly walked toward the car, conscious of her feet to make sure they didn't freeze the ground under her.
"Help!" A loud girlish squeal hit Elsa ears and she felt the blood rush out of her face, her stomach growing nauseas.
"Anna." She gasped and began running around the corner to her car. She couldn't see the red-head anywhere and began to scout the area, pulling her keys from her pocket. The excess marijuana smoke made her eyes unfocused and she pushed her glasses up to see better through them. "Shit, Anna where are you." She muttered, hearing the panic in her voice. As she reached her car, Elsa noticed a flurry of movement out of the corner of her eye. Three men were dragging a limp body into an alleyway just down the road. Elsa spotted a flash of red hair and felt furious anger well up in her chest. Sprinting down the road, she tried to keep her breaths even but could feel her power pulsating out of her back, and threw her flannelette shirt on the side of the road, leaving a simple black singlet on. There was a freezing wind whipping around her, her bangs flying around her face. She slid around the corner of the alley, her breath catching in her throat. Three men were standing around a shape on the ground, sick grins on their face. Anna was cowering from the men against the wall, her eyes wide and panicked. One of the men stepped forward and grabbed the red-heads chin, lifting it up roughly to look at him as he crouched down. Elsa felt her power spike and stepped forward.
"Get your fucking filthy hands off her." She growled, her voice icy and demanding. The three men jumped and the two still standing pulled out guns that pointed to Elsa. Their faces relaxed when they took in the sight of her. One sneered and lowered his gun. Elsa shot a glance to Anna, her head had dropped after the man let her go, and she was looking at the ground, her face tear stained.
"Whatcha going to do to us blondie?" Elsa eyes snapped back to man who had lowered his gun. He sneered. "Knock us out with those great tits of yours?" He bellowed and held a hand up for his buddy to high five him. The other man just grinned, holding Anna against the wall. Elsa's eyes shifted from the gun barrel to the crouching man, and felt cold anger in her stomach as he leaned forward and forced his lips against Anna's pale ones, then pulled back to look at Elsa, a sick glint in his eyes.
"Man, she tastes so sweet." He smirked, as the blonde growled and took a step toward him. "I think, I'll fuck her, while you watch. Then fuck you, just for some fun." He drawled and turned back to Anna, ripping the front of her sweater open revealing her lacy bra. Anna screamed and tried to cover herself up, but the man clamped a hand over her mouth.
"Let. Her. Go." Elsa said, her eyes pulsing, her voice drawn out. She could see red and nothing else. An anger that she'd never felt before consumed her body and within seconds she had conjured two giant shards of jagged ice in her hands. A freezing wind snapped the mens hair around, and they shivered as frost built up on their lips.
"What the fuck is going on!" One shouted over the loud wind. The other just growled and raised his gun pointing at Elsa. Conceal, don't feel. The thought tried to calm Elsa but she pushed it away. The man took a step forward, clicked the safety off of his gun. Before he even had a chance to bend his finger on the trigger, Elsa shot one of her ice shards at him. It pierced through his shoulder with such force that it bend him backwards and impaled itself into the ground. He screamed in pain, sliding slowly down the shard. The ice blue eyes whipped to the next man who had paled and dropped his gun. A blood curdling scream arose from his friend as his shoulder tore more and more open, sliding down the ice.
"Just-just fuck off freak. We won't touch her again." He stuttered, holding his hands up in surrender. Elsa just narrowed her eyes at him and conjured another ice spear in her hands, wind howling around them. His eyes widened and he spun around to run away, but Elsa barely blinked as she sent both shards into his legs from behind, embedding themself into the ground - pinning the man. Scream of horror and pain exploded from him as he too slid slowly down the ice. She finally turned around to face the man who had Anna pinned against the wall. His mouth was open in shock, his body shaking in fear.
"Please, I'm sorry." He squeaked out and let go of Anna. She slumped to the ground unconscious. Elsa's eyes darkened from behind her glasses, and the wind stopped blowing. The air temperature was below freezing though and the man shivered violently. She took a step toward him, her arm shooting out and grabbed his face, slamming him against the wall. She leant in close, her hand over his mouth. Frost crept down the walls and ice was spreading along the ground.
"You will never touch a woman again. You will never be near one, you will never kiss one again." She said, unemotionally. The mans eyes widening as Elsa concentrated her powers to go through her hand into the mans mouth. She froze his lips first, then coated his throat in ice - filling his lungs with frigid air. His eyes rolled back in his head and his body started convulsing. Elsa sneered at him, her lip curled in triumph.
"Elsa? What's on your back?" A quiet, slurred voice jerked the blonde out of her crazed mind and she realized what she was doing. She turned slowly and saw Anna was awake, her eyes clouded, reaching out to Elsa. The girls eyes widened as they slipped past Elsa onto the man she was pinning against the wall. A look of horror overtook the girls feature, her face paled. Elsa quickly spun back to the man she was holding and looked at what she had done, now that her head was cleared of the insane anger. The mans skin was tinged blue. She let go of him and he slumped the ground. His lips were rotted from frostbite and his eyes were rolling in his head. His veins were prominent, a frosty blue. Elsa retched and stepped backward holding her hand over her mouth as the man started to writhe on the floor struggling to get air into his frozen lungs. She quickly glanced at the other two men. Both had either passed out from loss of blood or pain, or died. Elsa didn't want to know which, waving her hand at them she melted the ice shards and the bodies dropped heavily to the floor with a crunch, blood pooling around the jagged wounds that were left.
"Elsa, did you do this?" Anna said, her voice weak. Elsa spun around with a gasp, just as Anna passed out again, flopping to the ground. The blonde ran over and shakily lifted Anna up in her arms and tried not to look at the bodies around her. She gasped when she noticed that frost was beginning to cover the girls limp body from where her hands touched her and gritted her teeth.
"Oh, god. Where do i take her?" She said out loud, looking around panicked, then saw her car in the distance. A strangled noise from the dying man made her jump and she glanced back at him.
"I'll, remember, your face." He managed to rasp out. "I'll tell everyone. Then I'll take your girl." The mans face split into a crazed smile, his lips almost tearing off. Elsa felt a pulse of rage and her eyes never left his as the life left them. A jagged shard of ice was impaled straight through his throat, blood spraying onto the ground as Elsa melted it. He slumped against the wall, eyes wide open. Without looking behind her, the blonde ran toward her car, her eyes glancing down on the slowly freezing Anna. Come on, get her to the car. Don't freeze her. Get it together. She kept repeating in her mind, gritting her teeth. She unlocked the car doors and gently laid Anna down, then climbed into the drivers seat, her breaths rasping. She cranked the heater on high, trying to combat the frosty air that was coming from her.
"I can't take her to her house, Rapunzel will ask too many questions." She murmured, biting her thumb. "Hospital is out of the question." Elsa glanced at Anna and was relieved to see colour seeping back into her cheeks, and her body had stopped shivering. The blonde bit her lip, and started the engine. "To my house I guess." She said and pulled out of the car park, her hands shaking on the wheel.
Eric pulled Kristoff behind the curtain, avoiding Adam and Pocahontas who were still mulling around, looking for Elsa. Kristoff glared angrily at Eric when they were alone.
"You know Elsa?" He shouted, feeling somewhat betrayed. Eric nodded slowly, his eyes on the floor.
"We grew up together. I've known her since we were five." He explained. "But she didn't recognise me at your birthday, so I didn't mention it." Kristoff glared at him, shaking in anger.
"You made me look like an idiot. Telling them about you, and she's known you for longer then I have." He sulked and Eric laid a hand gently on his face, smiling sadly.
"You'll find out soon enough Kristoff. I promise. But, it's not my place to tell you." He explained and gently pecked the blonde on the lips, his eyes sad. Kristoff sighed and glanced out through the curtain to the two strangers.
"Can you tell me anything about those two?" He asked gruffly. Eric flinched slightly and crossed his arms over his chest.
"There isn't much to know. They are both insane, and want Elsa for their own sick agenda." He spat, leaning against the wall. Kristoff didn't respond, and just watched them push around the crowd.
"Did you grow up with them too?" The blonde asked, coldly. Eric sighed heavily.
"Yeah. It was Adam, Pocahontas, Elsa and I. We lived in a facility together." Kristoff's eyes widened at the mention of facility, the picture of Elsa's drawing in his mind. A pause, then Eric continued. "There was also Elsa's younger sister." Kristoff spun around at this moment, his eyes wide.
"She has a sister!?" He burst out, Eric smiled sadly.
"Had a sister." He corrected fiddling with the red belt he wore. "She died."
Anna snuggled her face further into the soft pillows and sighed at the comfort, trying not to let herself wake up. She was comfortable and her dreams were good. With a sigh, the red-head slowly opened her eyes when she realized it was pointless. Rolling over she gasped in shock at her surroundings, sitting up abruptly. Where am i?! She thought, scared, panic flaring in her chest. Anna swung her legs over the bed, noticing she was in a pair of old track pants and an oversized shirt, not her jeans and sweater. She glanced around the huge room, taking in the pale blue walls and lack of furniture. A gasp escaped her mouth at loud knocking on the door.
"Anna? Are you awake?" The voice was cold, and familiar.
"Elsa, oh my god!" She burst out and ran to the door opening it wide. Elsa stood in front of her, her eyes downcast. Without thinking Anna threw her arms around Elsa neck, a sob escaping her throat. The blonde didn't return the hug, and her body stiffened as Anna's pushed against it in the desperate hug.
"I thought I'd been kidnapped or something!" The girl sobbed, and finally let go of the older woman who was gazing at her curiously.
"You don't remember why you are here?" She inquired, and Anna blushed under the stern gaze.
"No, I don't sorry." She answered and lowered her gaze. It was then that she noticed what Elsa was wearing. She had a very short satin blue robe on that barely covered the tops of her legs and was closed tightly over her midsection, but could barely close over her chest. Anna could see the edges of the tattoos and squinted. "eal" and "Don" were all she could make out of them. Anna blushed when she realised she was staring and began fidgeting nervously.
"Anna. Why don't you take a shower. We have a bit to talk about. I'll make us some food." Elsa said quietly, a quick glance at Anna then away again. The younger girl nodded, then grabbed Elsa's arm as she turned away. The blonde could feel the warmth of the hand spreading over her arms and blushed, but didn't turn.
"Are you going to tell me about everything?" Anna inquired. "About those two strange people, Eric and what you meant by your family?" Elsa stiffened. Anna paused, but continued. "And Hans. I want to know why you are engaged to him." She added. Elsa sighed, and pushed her glasses up her nose.
"I'll tell you what I can Anna, I promise. I'll be in my bedroom down the hall if you desperately need me. Otherwise, I'll meet you in the dining room in about an hour." Elsa said, her voice somewhat monotonous. She pulled her arm away from Anna's grasp and quickly paced down the hall and slammed her bedroom door. Olaf uncurled himself from her bed and paced over to the woman, who was now shaking and nuzzled his hand.
"Olaf. What am i going to do." She murmured and slid to the floor.