Chapter 13: For love, or For justice

Kristoff's eyes slowly opened, his vision swirling. He saw Anna standing there in a wedding dress, and Elsa lying on the floor. Anna had a gun in her hand. Anna was looking at Elsa, having shot her in the leg, a cold gaze viewing her wife. What had happened while he was asleep? Had Anna killed her own wife? Why the hell was he tied up?

"Mmph...?" He mumbled through the gag around his mouth, trying to get Anna's attention.

Anna turned around and saw Kristoff had woken up, "Kirsto!"Anna rushed over and untied him, "Thank god you're okay."

As she took the tape off of his mouth, he asked, "Are you?"

"I'm fine, don't worry." Anna told him

He got up and glanced over at Elsa, who was clutching her knee where Anna had shot her. "What happened to Elsa?"

"I shot her..." Anna looked down.

"I'm sorry, Anna," Elsa's voice called to her weakly. "I'm so sorry

"It's too late for sorry, Elsa. You're going to pay for what you did, even if I did have feelings for you. I'm still an officer of the law." Anna told her. Anna regretting telling Elsa that, but she was still a cop, and that cop had a job to do.

Elsa looked up at her. "But...our vows..."

Anna looked at Elsa. Her eyes didn't seem like those of a killer. They never did. They seemed more like someone who was so perfect on the outside and yet so broken on the inside.

Elsa sighed. "Go ahead. Kill me. I'm worthless. I always have been. I've never admitted that but I am. All I do is kill, kill, kill and my suffering never ends, even when I try and be with someone I love, so please, just end it."

"No, you don't deserve the chair or a bullet in you." Anna told her, having realised what she had said. "There is some good in you. How could you have ever loved me without some kindness in your heart."

"But...I'm a murderer." Elsa began to cry. "I'm a vicious monster."

"Yes, you are." Anna admitted. "But you're still my wife, and I have some responsibility over you. I didn't say those words while dressed up like the little mermaid for nothing you know."

Elsa smiled a little. "Thank you."

Anna smiled in response. "Kristoff, are you okay to walk?"

"Yeah," he answered. "I'll call in the boys."

"Don't, please" Anna told him

"Why not?" Kristoff argued.

"Because we don't need a squad to help a poor, mentally ill young girl," Anna explained. "If the boys get here, it would just make things worse for her."

"Anna, mentally ill or not, justice has to take its course." Kristoff reminded her. "We did swear an oath to protect the law."

Anna sat down. She felt so conflicted there and then. She cared for Elsa, but she had still done wrong. "But I love Elsa."

"Then I'll tell them to send her to a mental hospital. She'll be safe there." Kristoff said. "She won't get hurt or be in any pain."

"Will she? how do we know these voices of hers won't come back and she kills everyone there? She needs me Kristoff. I know it feels weird saying this. But I'm the only thing that can stop her from killing."

"You can go visit her if you want to." Kristoff suggested.

"I can't be there all the time." Anna reminded him.

"Anna, you know how it works. I'm sorry."

"Damn it Kristoff!" Anna slammed her hand on the floor. "She's a human being, She has rights."

"Anna," Elsa said, "I know that I've done bad things. I'm ready to face it. Please listen to him. I realise I did bad and I have to pay the price, whatever my sentence may be, even death."

"Then why didn't you realise sooner." Anna argued, aggression overcoming her. "Why didn't you tell me. If I had known i'd been chasing you all this time. i'd would have made my job a lot easier."

"Because I didn't want to hurt you like that." Elsa pleaded. Elsa felt guilty now, about having lied to Anna, about who she really was. "I never have had the courage to own up to my mistakes and my sins, until now."

"You hurt Belle Andrews, Cindy Stewart, Stanley pines, Chloe Price and Merida Dunbroch the same way. One more wouldn't have made much of a damn difference."

"I love you, Anna. I don't want to hurt you. I would never hurt you." Elsa told her. "You were the one person who truly cared for me. I haven't felt that before."

"Is that supposed to make me feel better?" Anna curled up with her knees next to her chest and softly cried. "You hurt innocent people..."

"I need help, Anna. I'm very sick. Please, do what's right."

"I wish that I could, but you're also very guilty of serious crimes, which is something that cannot be looked over." Anna said. "There are laws in this world and you've broken over a dozen of them."

"She can easily get away with an insanity defence," Kristoff put in. "I can think of a lot of criminals who've been put away without a death sentence because of that."

"How do you know that will work for Elsa?" Anna remarked. "She isn't exactly some Mafia crime boss."

"I don't, but it's worth a try if you want to save her."

"Please, Anna," Elsa begged. "I don't want to hurt anymore."

"I can fucking see that Elsa!" Anna shouted.

Elsa sighed. "If you won't help me...then I'll do it myself." She picked up the gun and held it to her temple.

Anna grabbed the gun away from Elsa. "No! no more killing!"

Elsa broke down and started to cry. "Let me end this..."

Anna hugged Elsa and held her. "It's okay, Elsa. It's okay."

Kristoff sighed. "I'll call the squad. You two can stay here."

"No!" Anna said, defiantly. "No one is calling anyone or doing anything until I make a decision."

"Let him do it, Anna," Elsa said. "I'll go willingly."

"No, things will just get worse if the other cops get here. I don't want anyone hurting you or you hurting anyone," Anna comforted Elsa.

"I won't hurt anyone. Not anymore. I have no reason to."

"They won't know that." Anna told her. Anna knew then she had to make a decision. This whole story could go in many different ways. She just had to choose an option that she felt was right, for herself, for Kristoff and for Elsa. She could send Elsa to a mental hospital, or put her on trial. She could leave Elsa and never see her again. She could end Elsa's pain for her, even if it went against her moral code. She could even find some way to help Elsa and they would still have a happy ending. Whatever path she chose, she had to choose it now.

After thinking about what to do, Anna looked at both Elsa and Kristoff.

"Guys, I've decided what to do," she told them.

"Well?" Kristoff asked. "What have you decided?"

Anna looked at him. She knew whatever she would say would have a great effect on what would happen next. "I'm going to..."

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Author's note: Now I'm actually going to end this chapter here, because I have something special planned for the ending. Namely, that there's more than one ending!

Yes this story is going to have multiple endings, some will be sad and some will be happy. I hope that you will enjoy them :)