For a moment, the world seemed to stop, all sound had ceased and all movement brought to a halt as if frozen in time. All eyes were looking at the huge gaping hole in the ice wall; the fog and a cloud of dust now mixing together and hanging in the air. Just moments ago, it had been gradually falling apart and yet still withstood the constant onslaught by the three monsters as they fought just in front of it. Now it was gone, destroyed, wiped out, annihilated.
And Elsa had gone down with it.
Then, as if flicking a switch inside of her, Anna leapt off the horse and made a dash for the wall but she only got about ten feet before a pair of rough hands grabbed her.
"WHAT THE?!" she screamed through rage and wheeled round to see Kristoff holding onto her. "KRISTOFF, GET OFF ME!"
"No, Anna!" he shouted back, trying to control her as she kicked and squirmed as hard as she could to break away from him. He had to admit it was tough holding this feisty redhead down. "Anna, you can't go over there! It's too late!"
"Shut up!" she screamed at him, wrestling even harder to try and break free of his grip. "I have to find Elsa! She has to be okay!"
"Anna, you can't get to here. Where she was is gone!" Kristoff shouted back.
"No, don't say that!"
Olaf and Sven and some of the guards who had retreated with them watched the scene unfold with anxiety and sadness. The former was because they did not want anything to happen to Princess Anna, who was really the only main leading force they had left and of course someone they all held dear to their hearts. The latter made their hearts ache for they knew that their queen was likely to have been lost in the collapse of the wall. If these monsters were still alive then they would have no real defence against them without her. And what of the morale? Already they began to feel defeat seep into them. How could they possibly win against these creatures?
"Anna, you have to stop! Please!" Kristoff begged as she tried to squirm free once again.
"No, I have to get to Elsa!" she cried, her eyes now streaming tears and her voice carrying a hurt tone to it that was struggling to even come out of her mouth.
"It's too late, Anna!" Kristoff had to cry out to her, finally giving her a shake to make her stop. "She's …-" he did not want to say it but it was clearly obvious to him and everyone else now. "She's gone!"
That was the final straw for Anna for she finally ceased her attempts to break free of Kristoff and collapsed into his arms, breaking down like a falling wall. He embraced her tightly as she buried her head into his chest, grasping it tightly and sobbing madly. Elsa was gone! No, she could not be! She had to be alive still! She had to be!
Kristoff gently rubbed Anna's back with his hand. "I'm sorry, Anna," he whispered to her soothingly, trying to control his own tears.
Anna sobbed more, managing to choke out "Sh-she can't b-be! K-Kristoff! She can't-oh!" and embraced him tighter.
A stick hand came and rest on her shoulder. Olaf had walked over, a sad expression on his usually cheery face.
"I'm sorry, Anna," he said to her sympathetically. "I'm gonna miss her too." He added, hanging his head low.
"Hey, look!" a nearby guard suddenly exclaimed.
Looking up, Kristoff, Anna and Olaf saw a nearby guard pointing down to the shore of the bay about one hundred feet below. A few more guards ran over to look and they either gasped or muttered under their breaths shocked words. Was this truly real?!
Kristoff helped Anna up and led her, Olaf and Sven over to the edge of the crowd and looked down at the side of the bay where the shore was. Sure enough, when their eyes laid upon it they too could not help but feel their hearts stop. Was this truly real to them? Was what they were seeing really before their eyes?
Coming to rest on the shore of the bay was a large ball of ice that was pulsating a blue aura as if it were breathing; as if something were alive within it. The guards just stared at it, unable to believe that it was actually here. If it was, then did that mean…
"Anna, wait!"
Before anyone could even blink, Anna found herself racing, or perhaps sliding would be a better word, down the hill to the shore of the bay, her braids flowing behind her as if she were flying through the air. When she reached the bottom of the hill, she picked herself up and sprinted over to the ball of ice, slamming her fists onto it as hard as she could when she reached it as if trying to break it open, which she was in a way. She had to get inside! She had to find out if who she knew was in there was okay.
"Elsa?" Anna called out, hitting the ice with her clenched fist. "Elsa, are you okay?" No answer came back but her determination increased. "C'mon, answer me!"
As if obeying her command, the ice ball disintegrated, momentarily filling the air around it with a thick but small fog. Coughing and spluttering erupted from inside, followed by heavy gasps for air. Anna stepped forward into the fog and reached out and grabbed a figure's arm and pulled the figure out. Her heart beat a sigh of relief.
"Elsa!" she cried out, embracing her sister tightly, taking her elder sibling by surprise but she did the same, burying her face into Anna's shoulder. "I was so worried! I thought you were gone!"
"I only just escaped!" Elsa replied, coughing up the last batch of water so as to enable herself to breathe easier. "It-it was … terrifying! They came right at us!"
"I know, we saw!" Anna pulled Elsa away from her and took a good look at her.
Her blonde hair was soaking wet; her French braid now looking more like a wet piece of tied together hair that trailed down her arm and shoulder. Her ice blue dress looked like it had been thrown into a pool and then hastily put back on and her shoes were gone, having been lost in the bay. Her pale face held nothing but a state of shock within it, clearly showing Anna that her sister had just had the scare of her life. Then again, who would not if they had been knocked off a wall and sent crashing into the sea from over a hundred feet high by three huge monsters.
The sound of footfalls and relieved voices from behind Anna caused the two girls to look up and they saw Sven screech to a halt with Kristoff and Olaf sitting on his back. Behind them came about twenty five guards; all of them shocked but relieved to see that their queen was alive.
"Your majesty! Are you unhurt?!" a guard asked as he rushed over and knelt down beside her and placed a hand on either side of her face, moving it gently as he checked for any open wounds across her body but she gently moved them away.
"Don't worry, I'm fine," Elsa told him as she got to her feet, stumbling a little but Anna and the guard grabbed her and helped her up. Exhaling, she looked back at the wall and then at the surrounding areas. "We need to get back to Arendelle. Try and link up with any survivors."
"What happened to Henrik and the other guards and the people on the bridge?" Kristoff asked her but Elsa just stared at him for a moment before her eyes shot open in horrid realisation.
"Henrik!" she exclaimed, wheeling round and going to dive into the water but Anna grabbed her and held her back; now dealing with the same problem Kristoff had with her moments earlier.
"Anna, let me go!" she screeched at her sister; her thin frame hiding her inner strength as she wrestled an arm out of Anna's grip and wheeled round to face her sister, glaring dangerously at her as ice started to form on the ground and on the shore near her feet.
Her sister flinched a little and the nearby guards stepped back a few paces, knowing how dangerous their queen could be if she acted this way. "Don't you get it, Anna! I have to protect these people. I have to see if they're okay!"
"Elsa, I know that but you need to stop trying to prove yourself!" Anna told her, raising her voice a little.
Elsa just glared at her even more and wrenched her other hand out of her grasp and grabbed Anna's wrist hard, making her sister cry out in pain as she felt a tinge of coldness sweep into her hand. Her sister was trying to tell her what to do? Her! The Queen of Arendelle! The Snow Queen! No, not this time!
"Ah! Elsa stop! You're hurting!" Anna cried out, her face contorting into a look of pain as the icy feeling began to seep up her arm. Anna felt like her limb was slowly being cut off; reminding her clearly of the pain that she felt last year when her sister had frozen her heart. She just could not believe it again, and this time she was actually intending on hurting her!
Elsa clutched down tighter, gritting her teeth as she took a step towards Anna, glaring dangerously with her sea blue eyes into her younger sibling's panicked teal eyes. Those around the two watched in panic as their queen began to hurt their princess, her own younger sister! This was impossible! It just could not be! Anna looked up at Elsa. Her sister was not there; she was not there! This was someone else.
For Anna, the pain was now unbearable as tears began to run down her face. "OW! ELSA STOP!" She nearly screamed as she fell on one knee, her voice crying out in pain over her sister's actions.
As if being awakened from a dream, Elsa immediately released her grasp from Anna's hand and staggered back a few paces, her feet splashing into the bay, shaking her head in disbelief. Terror ran through her blood like adrenaline as she looked at Anna and then down at her hands, shaking her head as if trying to self-deny what she had just done. No! She could not have! She could not have done … that to her younger sister! Not to the one and only person she loved more than anything and who she had sworn to herself to protect! No! No!
"Anna!" Elsa breathed as her sister looked up at her with sad eyes, breathing heavily and holding her wrist with her other hand, the pain gradually ebbing away but still lingering to make it hurt every time she tried to move it. "Anna, I … I-"
She was cut off by a loud SPLASH behind them. The group looked over and saw the large back of the Kraken emerge from the now faint cloud of dust and debris and dive into the bay, splashing the nearby coast with water and sending huge waves in all directions. Its spires and some of its tentacles stuck up from below the surface and served to only mark where its position was as it ploughed on directly into the bay, heading straight for Arendelle.
Then before anyone could even blink, another shape followed the Kraken into the bay, its huge red claws splashing through the water and smashing part of a large floating chunk of ice. The shape and red colour of the creature was unmistakable.
"Ebirah!" Kristoff said as he rushed over to Anna, his and her eyes momentarily meeting each other's in a moment of pure worry before going back to the two sea monsters as they disappeared beneath the waves; both heading directly for Arendelle and the fleet scattered in the bay in front of it. "We have to stop them! Maybe Pabbie will have a way of finding out their weakness!"
"Kristoff we don't know that!" Anna told him as she shook her hand a few times to get rid of the pain. Behind them a few guards were already running down the coast with their rifles or crossbows close to their hearts, wishing they had some kind of super speed so they could get to Arendelle before the Kraken and Ebirah did. "We have nothing to stop them!"
"It's worth a try," Elsa intervened as she stepped out of the bay, momentarily giving Anna a pained expression before turning to Kristoff. "Kristoff, take Anna and Olaf and Sven and go to Pabbie and try and find out if these things, or at least Ebirah have a weakness. We need all the help we can get right now!"
"What about you, Elsa?" the ice deliverer asked her.
"I'm going to create an ice boat and sail across and try and fight them." she paused and looked out across the bay as if asking herself whether this was a good idea. "We have to stop them before they get to Arendelle!"
"Elsa, no! You can't do that!" Anna argued with her. "You can't fight them!"
"Anna, there's nothing else we can do!" Elsa replied trying to be firm but her voice still rang with pain over what she had just done. Even her face showed sadness over her arguing with her sister. "I have to protect our home."
"Then I'm going with you!" Anna stated with a determined tone. As was expected, Elsa and Kristoff immediately objected but she silenced them. "No! Listen to me!" she grabbed Elsa by the shoulders and looked right into her eyes. "Elsa, Arendelle is my home as much as yours and I want to be there to help protect it and you! Besides, if something happens to you and I'm not here, who else will they have to turn to? I have to be here and I want to be here, with you because I love you and I'm with you no matter what!"
Those words Anna meant to her very core and beyond. She loved her sister and her home and she wanted to be with her! She would never give up on her, even with what had just happened! She never did two years ago and there was nothing to deter her from doing the same now! Nothing at all! If Elsa was going to fall, then by God, Anna wanted to go with her! She was with her to the end!
Elsa, taking Anna by surprise, launched herself at Anna and embraced her tightly, a small tear running down her cheek as she whispered to her: "Anna, you're the best sister ever! I just don't want you to get hurt! I can't forgive myself if I lose you!"
"You won't! I promise!" Anna replied soothingly.
For a moment they held each other in this manner, wishing they would be the only people left in the world, that what was happening was all but a blur to them. If it were then this would have been a perfect moment, more so than two years ago and all the times before and since then. Kristoff, Olaf and Sven looked on in pure amazement. It was truly beautiful how love between two siblings could blossom and stay strong despite what was happening right now.
Elsa finally let go of Anna, practically having to force herself to do so, and turned to Kristoff but he nodded before she could speak. "Don't worry, we'll get back here as soon as we can." He told her. "Will you two be okay?" he asked, concern in his voice.
"I hope so," Elsa replied as she turned and made some gestures with her hands as she began to form a boat out of ice on the water about five metres from them. As she worked, Kristoff turned to Anna.
"Anna, are you sure you'll be okay?" he asked her.
She nodded, though he could tell by the concerned expression on her face that she felt the exact opposite. "We'll be fine, Kristoff. We'll try and hold them off for as long as we can. Just try and get back here quickly before they destroy everything."
"I will, just please … take care of yourself."
She nodded and embraced him tightly for a moment and he did the same, both wishing each other luck for the upcoming fight. "I will. Stay safe."
"You too,"
"Alright, let's go!" Elsa's voice commanded as she climbed into the ice boat and helped Anna on board. About fifteen guards came with them; the remaining ten being ordered to stay behind and guard the shoreline in case any fleeing refugees came through here, which they no doubt would do in time. Kristoff turned and rushed back over to Olaf and Sven.
"Is Anna coming with us?" Olaf asked him.
"She's decided to stay behind with Elsa give us and the people of Arendelle a chance." Kristoff replied as he got onto Sven and watched the boat be moved away by two guards who climbed in themselves when it was far out enough.
He caught a glimpse of Anna and Elsa staring back at him and they gave him and the other two a short wave of good luck which he returned, though had there been more jovial expressions on each of their faces it would have meant more.
"C'mon, Sven, Olaf. We have to go," he said after a moment; the reindeer turning and running in the directions of the hills, away from the bay, away from the upcoming battle.
"Commander, he's coming!"
Caspian raced over to the edge of the wall and looked out to see the huge shape of the Kraken coming towards the city; its huge dorsal fins breaking through the water as if they were scissors cutting through paper. The guards around him exchanged nervous words and glances and from below panicked voices came from the few citizens who were on the docks or along the shoreline watching the gigantic behemoth approach. A few nearby guards yelled at them to run but they were quickly drowned out by the sound of the swell that was created as the Kraken neared with Ebirah following close behind.
"Have all defences at the ready!" Caspian ordered; the guards around him nodding and obeying his order without question.
As he looked back out to the Kraken approaching, he nursed the mark near his eye from where Elsa had punched him earlier. He had not been knocked out and had been furious that his queen would do something like that to him; him of all people! He was Arendelle's commander of the guards, practically making him the second in command with regards of the armed forces; heck, even the whole of Arendelle. How she dealt with him just so she could ensure her way was met was unbelievable but right now he was going to have to accept it. Right now there were bigger problems at hand, far bigger problems!
Suddenly, the water exploded as the Kraken burst through again and rose into the air, towering over everything man made in the area and even some of the small hills. A nearby warship fired on the beast with its cannons but they did nothing more than anger it. With a swish of a tentacle, the Kraken dealt a severe blow to the ship by tearing off the cannons on the side of the vessel facing it and sending tens of men screaming into the bay, killing of them and forcing those who had survived to swim for their lives to the shore or to the other nearby vessels, hoping that they would escape the Kraken. Ebirah surged past the Kraken, heading straight for the shore and forcing a crowd of Arendellians who had not left the city yet to flee in panic as the giant shrimp neared.
As the Kraken turned towards Arendelle, determined to strike at the city of these annoying pests, a wave of cold suddenly slammed into the back of its head, making it roar in surprise and instinctively place a hand on the back of its neck to rub away the cold. The Kraken looked over its shoulder, its black eyes glaring menacingly at the scene around it, determined to find out who it was that struck it. Who would dare do something like that? If he found them, they would pay dearly!
Out of the corner of his eye, the Kraken saw something move on the water below about seventy feet from it. Looking in that direction, it saw an ice boat rocking in the ripples created by its tentacles as they splashed about wildly on the water's surface. There were seventeen humans on there, many of them wearing these strange uniforms of some kind but two stood out the most. One was in a dress and had red hair and the other was also in a dress but a blue one that seemed to sparkle and had blonde hair and …
Realisation hit the Kraken like a sledgehammer and he growled angrily upon recognising Elsa. Her! She had been the one who had struck him the previous night with her eye powers! She had hit him in the eye! How dare such an insignificant morsel as her do that to him! How dare she! She had no right doing something like that, especially to him! Oh he was going to make her pay!
Anna gulped as she stared up at the enormous form of the beast in front of them, feeling and hearing the nervousness of the guards and Elsa as it began to approach them in a menacing manner.
"Anna, get back!" Elsa ordered her, keeping her arms outstretched and palms open in front of her, ready to strike at the Kraken when it made its move; whatever it would be.
THUD! The world seemed to literally shake a little as something big moved. A loud splash followed, but not the kind of splash of something swimming or diving into the water. Rather, it was the sound of something getting out of it. All heads on the boat turned to face the hole in the ice wall about three hundred feet from them. Even the Kraken had stopped and looked in its direction, having forgotten about the ice boat.
A large shape rose up from remnants of the dust cloud that hung in the air near the hole in the wall. Up came dorsal fins, then a huge torso, a pair of arms, a head and finally a tail that trailed out into the water behind the creature. It was Godzilla. Hands clenched into fists, teeth half-bared and body made as big as possible and an expression on his face that told everyone watching him rise that he was back in the fight.
And boy did he look pissed off!
His fiery eyes stared down at the Kraken, who glared back and roared loudly and, ignoring the ice boat, surged forward through the water of the bay towards him, leaving Elsa, Anna and those in the ice boat stunned as the two beasts were about to recommence battle once again. In retaliation, Godzilla let out a low growl and advanced too, his pace being slower because of his immense size. The Kraken leapt into the air and tried to score another shoulder bite on his foe but Godzilla, having anticipated the move, took a step sideways and grabbed the Kraken, clawing furiously into the side of its head and pulling him round so they were almost in opposite positions. The Kraken roared and made another bite towards Godzilla, this time getting his arm whilst throwing his tentacles into his torso and trying to push him over. Godzilla brought his fist down and knocked the Kraken off his body and proceeded to attack him with everything he had; teeth, claws, punches, bites, scratches, head butts, everything!
Watching the battle unfold with amazed looks, one of the guards muttered: "D'you think the big guy'll win?"
"I doubt it. Not with two monsters rampaging in this area," his comrade sitting next to him replied.
"We'll make bets later, we have to get Arendelle and stop Ebirah!" Elsa reminded them, looking over at the giant red shrimp who, momentarily, was being held back by the fleet of ships and the cannons on the castle walls but past experience of the last twenty four hours had taught them that these weapons alone would do little in stopping these creatures and Ebirah was no exception.
Jumping into action, the guards, Anna and Elsa grabbed the ice oars made for them and began to row the boat as fast as they could in the direction of Arendelle, determined to get there and stop the beast from destroying their home and everything they held dear.
Meanwhile, in front of them Godzilla and the Kraken continued to battle one another in their haste to defeat and kill the other.
