Chapter 11

Ariel's ship entered orbit around the planet Deuteris. The young Aquatan turned to Kristoff and said, "We're here."

"Good," Kristoff replied. "Let's get this over with."

"When we meet Prince Naveen, let me do the talking, okay? I know him better."

"I intend to. I'm not fond of talking with royalty, except Elsa," Kristoff stated.

"She's royalty?" Ariel asked.

"Was royalty," Kristoff corrected. "Her cousin was the crown princess of Arendelle, but she died during the Zetan invasion 70 years ago."

"Oh, Poseidon."

"She doesn't like to talk about it. Personally, I don't blame her."

"I can't say I blame her either," Ariel remarked.

Soon the ship landed at a spaceport on the planet, and the two disembarked. Ariel led Kristoff to the royal palace. "My name is Ariel Triton," she said to the guards. "This man is with me. We're here to see Prince Naveen."

Kristoff remained silent, bored by the formalities of the situation.

The two of them made their way to the throne room, where Prince Naveen waited. "Ah, Ambassador Triton's daughter," he said in greeting. "To what do I owe this pleasure?"

"We're here for some help looking for our friend." Kristoff explained.

"What sort of help do you need?"

"We need a cloaking device to sneak into Zetan space."

Naveen's eyebrows shot up. "Zetan space? Why?"

"The Zetans captured my fiancée," Ariel added..

"And her Knydaxian companion," Kristoff put in. "We're trying to rescue them. Now do you have a cloaking device or not?"

Naveen nodded. "I think I do."

"Good. Can you have it sent to our ship so we can get going?" Kristoff requested, urgently.

"I can indeed." Prince Naveen stood up. "I'll go make the arrangements. You can be on your way in a few hours."

Kristoff sighed. "Oh, all right."

Ariel looked at Kristoff. "I hope we can get to them in time."

"We will, Ariel. Now come on, I wanna go get something to eat."

The two of them went back to the spaceport and went to a restaurant near the ship's docking bay.

"Mmmmm," Kristoff moaned. "It feels like it's been forever since I had a burger."

Ariel nodded in agreement. "This is really good. We don't have anything like this on Aquatus."

"Well then, your people have shit taste in food," Kristoff remarked.

"Kristoff, I've been meaning to ask: why are you so worried about Elsa?"

Kristoff sighed. "It's like this. Elsa and I go way back. We've been partners for a long time, so naturally, I care about her."

"Really? How did you meet?"

"It's a long story, but I suppose it's good to go to the beginning..."

xXx

Kristoff sat at a bar on Voyager Station. He sighed, downing a shot of bourbon. He had finally dropped out of the Academy, and he wanted to forget about it. At that moment, a young woman with platinum blonde hair sat next to him and buried her head in her arms.

Kristoff glanced at the young woman. "Hey, um…you okay?"

The woman looked at him. "Does it look like I'm okay?"

"I…I don't know."

She sighed. "I'm sorry, I'm just having a rough day."

Kristoff nodded. "Yeah, me too."

The woman bought herself a bottle of Ceresan ale and gulped it down. "Ahh. Alcohol, I've missed you."

Kristoff sighed. "So what happened to you?"

"Every fucking bad thing in the entire fucking universe," she answered. "What about you?"

"I dropped out of the Federation academy."

"Dropped out? Why?"

"I just…couldn't handle it."

"I know how that feels," she replied. "What's your name, human?"

"Kristoff Bjorgman. What's yours?"

"Elsa of Arendelle."

"Don't you have a last name?"

"I'm a fucking princess," she growled coldly. "I don't exactly have one."

"You're a princess?"

"Was a princess. Now I'm lowlife scum."

"Well…you don't look like scum to me."

Elsa smirked. "You're probably the first person to tell me that in 55 years."

He smiled. "You don't have a last name, do you?"

"Nope."

"Then how about Frost? Elsa Frost."

"Why that?"

"Well, because of your eyes. They're the color of sunlight reflecting off of ice."

Elsa shrugged. "I guess it'll do. Thanks, human. You've added one more thing to my meaningless existence."

"Elsa...do you have a home?"

Elsa sighed and looked down. "Not anymore."

"If you want, you can come with me."

"I appreciate that, but I have a lot of unfinished business."

"M-maybe I can help."

Elsa looked at him. "Trust me, handsome, I can handle it."

"Are you sure?"

"I'm positive," Elsa replied.

"If you say so."

At that moment, a man in a brown coat with black hair and green eyes walked into the bar. Elsa recognised him, her eyes going wide. "Oh shit." She turned to face Kristoff. "I'm sorry about this." Without another word, she wrapped her arms around him and kissed him.

Kristoff's eyes went wide. What the hell?!

Elsa held him close and deepened the kiss, moaning softly.

Kristoff began to kiss back.

The man in the brown coat then left the bar and Elsa pulled back. "Man, that was close."

"Who was that?"

"Part of my unfinished business."

"Look, Elsa, if something's going on, you need to tell me."

Elsa sighed. "Well, since I just kissed you to get out of it, I suppose I should explain. I owe a lot of money to a big crime boss working on the station, some guy called Jafar. That was his chief henchman, Aladdin."

"How much money are we talking?"

"600 million credits."

"What?!"

"I kinda slept with his wife. He killed her to preserve his honour, and he demands that I pay for her funeral."

"Oh, Jesus."

"I know. That's why I've been trying to lay low. Which is hard when you're an Arendellian. You tend to draw attention."

"What if we go somewhere else? Somewhere far away, where he can't touch you."

"Jafar's got bastards everywhere. The only way he can't touch me is if he's dead."

"We can get him arrested."

"He'd bribe the cops."

"Well, what do you suggest?"

"Jafar's got a whole suite on the other side of the station. I'd take him out myself, only I'm a crap shot and a crappier fighter."

"You sure about that? You've managed to last this long."

"Only by hiding. Unless you're some whiz kid commando, there's no way I'd get into that suite."

"You'd be surprised. I actually was top of my class in combat training."

Elsa smirked. "Well then, Mr. Bjorgman, what do you say you help me with my problems? I'll make sure this is a chance to put that training into action."

"Deal. But when this is over, you're coming with me."

Elsa shrugged. "I don't see why not."

The two of them met later in Elsa's room. "Okay, so what's the plan?" Kristoff asked.

"Basically, I'll distract Aladdin while you take out the other guards around Jafar's room. Once I've sorted out Laddy, we'll take on Jafar together."

"Sounds simple enough." He took out his phaser pistol. "Let's do this."

The two of them sneaked around to Jafar's suite. Elsa saw Aladdin and two guards waiting outside. "Remember the plan, big guy," she said to Kristoff.

"I know. Don't kill anyone, okay?"

Elsa smirked. "Don't worry, I'll leave Aladdin mostly alive."

She walked around the corner in a very seductive manner. "Oh, Laddy!"

Aladdin glanced up. "Elsa?"

"I've got something to tell you, sweetie. Come here!"

Aladdin walked up to her. "What do you want?"

Elsa stroked his cheek. "Listen. I'm so sorry for what happened to your sister Jasmine. I wanna make it up to you."

"And how do you plan on doing that? You got her killed."

"By being your sex slave, cutie pie," Elsa cooed, kissing him. As she said this, Kristoff snuck up and took out the two guards with his phaser. He nodded at Elsa. Elsa winked in response as she kissed Aladdin, deepening her kiss so she could block his nose and mouth.

Kristoff snuck up behind him and shot him with his phaser, knocking him out. "Done."

"Did you have to do that?" Elsa groaned. "I was about to suffocate him."

"You were taking too long."

Elsa sighed. "Fair enough." She knocked on the door of the suite.

The door opened to reveal Jafar sitting at his desk. "Elsa. Have you come to pay off your debt?"

"Not a chance, you slimy Agraban." Elsa snarled.

"Then why are you here?"

Kristoff frowned. "To arrest you."

"No, to kill you!" Elsa argued. "To get revenge for all the people you wronged."

"You intend to kill me?" He smirked. "Good luck with that."

"Shoot him, Kristoff," Elsa ordered.

Kristoff shook his head. "No. We're gonna make him face the consequences."

"You don't know the things that bastard did! He bought Arendellian slave girls just so he could use them for perverted fetishes! He deserves it! I tried to save his wife from all this!"

Kristoff shot Jafar with his phaser, knocking him out. "We're taking him to security."

"Who made you the boss, cadet?" Elsa growled.

"Let me ask you something, Elsa. If you kill him, will it make you feel any better? Will it bring that girl back to life?"

"It'll ease her conscience," she replied. "She and those other girls deserved better. If it wasn't those Zetan bastards taking my home and selling them off as slaves and butchering them and…." Elsa broke down and cried heavily.

Kristoff knelt down beside her. "Killing one criminal won't ease your pain."

"I've suffered so much…Gods, I feel like such a fool."

"Come on, Elsa. We'll hand him over to security, and then we'll go."

Elsa nodded. "You're right." She gave Kristoff a datapad. "This is every crime he's committed. He should be locked away for a long time for this."

"Good. I have a friend on Decine. We can go there."

"That desert mudball?"

"It's better than nothing."

"I guess you're right. Come on, I have a ship in docking bay 5."

"I have a ship too. You take your ship, I'll take mine, and we'll meet on Decine."

"Fair enough." Elsa gave Kristoff a kiss on the cheek. "See ya there, big guy."

xXx

Ariel looked sad. "So Elsa was there the day the Empire invaded her world."

"Yeah. She saw the invasion first hand. She's got better with dealing with her grief since she met me, but every now and then she goes into a quiet room to cry about it all."

"Do you ever hear her cry?"

Kristoff nodded. "But I leave her be. She needs to be able to vent every now and then."

"Yeah, I guess so." She sighed. "I can't begin to imagine what she's been through."

"Don't bother," Kristoff stated. "You'll be just as sad as she is if you think about it."

"I hope she's okay. I want to see her again."

"Elsa is gonna be fine, don't worry."

At that moment, the two of them saw a news broadcast on a nearby screen. "Breaking news from the Zetan Empire!" the newscaster announced. "Apparently, one of the Empire's top commanders is getting married. As a gesture of good faith, he has invited a number of Federation officials to attend the ceremony. While the bride's name is unknown, sources say that she's Arendellian."

Ariel stared at the screen, her heart breaking. "No…."

Kristoff turned to Ariel. "We've got to get to Zeta Prime, fast!"

xXx

Author's note: We're on the home stretch now! The next chapter will be the mutiny and the final confrontation with Hans.

See ya then ^^