AN: Sorry! I know I was posting consistently every day, but life happens. Anyway, thank you so much for everything, as always. And a special thank you to gwindy219 for helping me with the idea for this chapter. I love you all!
Elsa and Kristoff reached the house on Drury Lane very quickly and Kristoff kicked the door open easily. He would later remember thinking it had been too easy.
They walked through an average looking living room and into the kitchen. He was looking for a light switch when something solid made hard contact with his face causing his nose to spurt blood. They weren't alone.
"Kristoff!" Elsa screamed as someone grabbed her roughly and shoved her into the wall. Fortunately she hit the lights in the process. As the room illuminated, she gained her footing and looked around. Her breath escaped into a gasp of shock. "You. How did you get here?"
All of the commotion stopped as she received a devilish grin from the dark haired man across the room. "Elsa," he glared at her, "How nice to see you again."
"Hans!" Kristoff said in shock as he recognized the man that Anna had once thought she loved.
"I prefer King Hans actually. When you were banished from Arendelle, I married Jadis." He chuckled slightly to himself, "Although I was the only one that knew who she really was."
"No one cares about Arendelle anymore Hans. We're in a completely different world and you're no king here. Where is Anna?" Kristoff said as he finally stood and brushed himself off.
Hans laughed again, "You're too late. She's been frozen. Jadis thought this might not go well and was prepared for it."
"Haven't you learned anything? True love will thaw her. We just have to get through you," Elsa stated as a beam of ice was thrust toward him.
He jumped out of the way with a smirk, "What makes you think I'm going to let you through me?" He reached into his pocket for a bottle and threw it at Elsa.
Black smoke swirled around her as she quite literally felt her power drain from her. The sudden loss of her magic made it hard for her to stand and she fell to the floor. She'd never known just how much her powers strengthened her.
She looked up from her spot on the floor and saw Hans coming toward her with a knife. She knew there was no way she could move quickly enough. Suddenly Kristoff tackled Hans causing the knife to clatter to the ground. He yelled as he began fighting Hans once more, but"Elsa, I'll hold him off. Go find Anna."
The two men continued their fight as Elsa pushed herself to her feet and her eyes caught sight of the basement door. True to his word, Kristoff made sure he kept the fight to the other side of the room while Elsa stumbled across to the door.
The stairs were not an easy feat either. Each step into the basement made her bones ache, but thoughts of the sister that she had almost abandoned filled her with the determination to continue on, just as Anna had once done for her.
After what seemed like an eternity she reached the bottom. It didn't take long to spot the blue figure left unceremoniously on the floor. She forced herself to run the rest of the way to her sister and stumbled on her weak beyond belief.
"Anna, I love you," she whispered as she brushed her lips gently across her sister's forehead.
She then let herself lie down on the cold cement floor next to her and reached for her hand. They had been there side by side for a few moments when Elsa began to feel the warmth returning to her sister's body. As the warmth spread, Elsa also began to feel a familiar tingle under her skin as her magic returned.
Anna finally stirred and immediately squeezed Elsa's hand in return. "Elsa," she murmured, "I've missed you."
"I've missed you too," Elsa whispered, smiling through tears. She jerked into a sitting position as she heard steps coming quickly down the stairs.
Kristoff came into view at the foot of the stairs and both women smiled in relief. He closed the distance between them as quickly as possible and wrapped them in a group hug.
They let themselves enjoy the moment before Anna interrupted the silence, "Where's Hans?"
"Out cold and tied up. We should probably call the sheriff."
