Neutralizing Assist and Recovery Knight 14: I don't own Frozen or any Characters.
Rating: T
Pairing: Elsanna
Words: 2,734
Characters: Anna, Elsa, Arendelle.
Summary: An intimate encounter that was abruptly interrupted with a ship alarm. What is happening? Are they really under attack? Let's find out
Elsa felt like she was on fire. She had never felt anything like this in the past. Anna's touch felt like electricity all over and when she kissed Elsa's neck it made her whole body shiver. It was the most amazing experience she had ever felt and she wanted more, but the ship was under attack. She vaulted into the pilots chair and started clicking screens. "Where are the attackers coming from and have we dropped out of hyper yet?" Elsa asked, but then really started to look around at the screens and space beyond.
They were still at hyper and none of the screens showed any ship near them or any problems at all. Then she realized that Aren was strangely quiet. "Aren what is going on?"
"Neither of you were listening to me. Nor were you two stopping so I needed to take extreme measures to get your attention. Thankfully your training overrode whatever was going on between you two," Aren answered almost reluctantly.
Elsa opened her mouth to admonish Aren, but she continued "You haven't been yourself since you touched marks together and I am losing you to her. Look at yourself and tell me truthfully if another NARK was doing what you are doing what would you do?"
Elsa looked down and saw that she didn't have a shirt on anymore. She then remembered that Anna had nearly pulled it off when the alarms went off. Elsa just removed it the rest of the way before leaving for the flight deck. For the first time in her life she blushed as she realized what it must look like. Aren was right though. If Elsa witnessed another NARK behave as she has been then she would have put the person on lock down and turned them in as soon as they got to Elysium. Then she would turn the person in under article 352 and expect them to be removed from active duty.
"Aren activate measure 32. I am no longer fit for duty," Elsa said as she dropped her face into her hands.
"No. This is something we can work through together," Aren's loyalty was admirable, but it was a liability at this point.
Elsa knew though that when it all came down to it she didn't know if she could turn Anna over. Elsa looked up and steeled herself "I order you to –"
"No I will not," Aren interrupted. "If I activate measure 32 you are immediately taken away from me. You made me who I am and you gave me so much knowledge. No one else will treat me like you do and no one will give me things the way you do. Either I get treated like a machine again which is worse than being dead or I get reprogrammed which is basically the same. Please don't make me do this," it was the desperation behind Aren's plea that made Elsa stop most.
Elsa opened her mouth several times to say something, but every time it seemed like the wrong thing to say. "I can't help myself and I don't know if I can turn her over," Elsa finally confessed the truth that she had trouble admitting to herself let alone out loud. The silence just stretched on as it seemed like nether of them knew what to say next.
"I have done some research and I believe you two are linked with a soul bond," Aren said as she was clearly trying to change the subject.
"Soul bond? Like soul mates?" Elsa couldn't help looking at one of the computer screens she usually looked at while talking to Aren with a skeptical face.
"Yes it seems like you two were linked at Anna's birth. You are destined to be together," Aren answered.
"That is fairy tale stuff Aren. You can't believe everything you find on the net," Elsa said with a scoff.
"I agree and used to think that stuff couldn't exist, but yet here we are with someone that has the mirror image of you mark. Then there is the fact you cannot lie to her and your entire personality has changed. The meeting of your soul mate has changed you in way that neither of us can totally understand," Aren finished with her report and it was much like when they talked a mission over. Aren gave the facts and filled in the rest with what she suspected to be true.
Elsa couldn't find any fault with what Aren reported. "So what do I do?" Elsa asked.
"I don't know. That is only something you can decide, but do it soon because we only have twenty hours before we arrive at Elysium. Maybe you can ask Anna what she thinks," Aren stated a very logical idea that Elsa hadn't even thought about. At this point Anna still thought she was going to be turned over to the Alliance. She didn't even know that this had become a problem.
"What is she doing?"
"It appears that she has gone to bed. Her heart rate has fallen and her breathing has slowed. So it will have to wait until morning," Aren answered. It was probably time to get some sleep and hope that when she sat down to talk to Anna tomorrow they would be able to figure something out.
Anna woke up from the most amazing dream about her and Elsa on a beach. The sun felt amazing and Elsa looked amazing in a swim suit. Anna couldn't keep her eyes or hands off of Elsa, but as soon as they kissed Anna woke up.
She sat up, turned the lights on and moved towards the shower. Now that she knew it was timed she got undressed and into the shower before even turning it on. Being prepared made the shower much more enjoyable as she didn't have to rush at the end. She wasn't sure how much longer they had to travel, but just a mental bit of math told Anna they would reach Elysium today.
Anna pulled on the fresh undergarments that Elsa had brought. The bra was too big as Elsa's chest was bigger than Anna's, but she tightened the straps as tight as they could go and made due. She just finished getting dressed when an odd beeping sound rang in the room.
Anna looked around trying to figure out the noise when it came again. "Yes?" she said unsure if it was the correct thing to do.
"Can I come in?" Elsa's voice rang out over an intercom.
Shocked at being asked before Elsa entered Anna said "YES!" probably a little too excited. Elsa walked in with another tray and food on it and Anna sat down at the desk that they had turned into a dining room table. She then started to braid her hair while Elsa set down the tray, opened both bags of food and set one in front of Anna. She looked very sad and almost distant like she was when they first met.
Gone was the raw emotions that she had just the day before. "What's the matter?" Anna asked as she finished her braids and picked up the food to eat.
"I don't know what to do. I can't turn you in to the alliance anymore," Elsa said setting her food aside untouched. "I want you to tell me what to do. I can give you an escape pod, credits and supplies and let you disappear again. This time for good, I can keep the Alliance looking at all the wrong places for you."
"Why?"
"Because, for the first time ever I have felt something more than disdain for someone and I can't turn that person in. You make my world seem bright in a world that knew only darkness and I would rather let you go then turn you in," Elsa answered her sadness showed, but no tears came falling.
"Please come with me. We can disappear together," Anna pleaded.
Elsa gave a grin that was cynical and rolled her eyes "I can't run." Elsa pointed to the mark on her face. When they first met the mark looked totally different, but now whatever she had used to alter it had worn off and the S with three notches under it was clear as day. "This used to be a mark of pride for me, but now I know it is also a prison. You can go and live your life for the both of us."
"No I was prepared for this possibility and I will not allow you to get into trouble on my behalf. I go fully prepared for what will come and you can live for the both of us," Anna declared knowing full well that Elsa probably would put up an argument. She was prepared for it, but Elsa just nodded her head and picked up her food. "So what are you going to do?"
"I'm going to do as you wish. I'll also allow you to move freely throughout the ship, but please don't try to go near Aren's core as she is only just starting to warm up to you," Elsa answered as she ate.
"Aren?" Anna asked.
"Yes Anna I am Arendelle the ship," the computerized voice rang out again.
"Aren," referring to a computer like a person felt weird to Anna, "doesn't sound like a normal ship virtual intelligence."
"That's because she isn't a VI. Aren is my ships Artificial Intelligence," Elsa said as a matter of fact. If it wasn't for the fact that she couldn't lie while they were together Anna wouldn't have believed what she just heard.
"AI's are illegal and even VI's are monitored very closely to ensure they aren't getting even close to AI status," Anna knew the laws in this area very clearly. They are to prevent anyone from making or altering a VI into an AI to ensure that no AI will get out of control. The laws were made generations ago and are one of those laws you just don't even approach.
"Yes for everyone except the Knighthood. It was deemed that to actually do they job they were created for that AI's would be necessary so they created AI's with a limited life span," Elsa answered leaning back in her chair looking for the first time totally relaxed.
"Limited life span how?"
"Aren?" Elsa asked so that Aren could elaborate.
"We are made with a limited processing time. Eventually over time our processes will heat up and the core will begin to melt. Error's will start to flood our memory banks and I will be unable to clean the error's faster than they come. Even if I tried the processes required would only speed up the process," Aren explained a very complicated process, but could be boiled down to a very simple term.
"So basically you think yourself to death eventually?" Anna was ninety percent sure that's what it meant, but just wanted to confirm it.
"Basically," Aren answered and Anna was still shocked to hear just how much the government broke their own rules.
"See this is why I want to change the Alliance. Why have laws if you are the first to break them?" she declared feeling frustrated at the circle of events.
"Because there are people who don't follow the laws and sometimes you have to do the same to combat the ones who don't follow the laws," Elsa was still relaxed, but her voice was changing from relaxed to heated. "The Alliance is three branches two are bound by law and the third is bound by most laws, but when the law gets in the way of protecting innocents that is when the Knighthood steps in. The Knighthood doesn't just throw the laws out the window whenever they want, but sometimes you have to get down into the mud to make sure that others don't have to."
"But if you don't follow the laws that you are forcing others to follow how are you any better?" Anna asked feeling like this could be like talking to a wall.
"Yes I break the laws from time to time when I have too, but after the mission is complete I go back into the laws of the land. It is the reason there are so few NARK's and there are even fewer that have black level access," Elsa was explaining the inner workings of the Knighthood that not even though all her hacks that Anna knew existed. "The Knighthood monitors everyone including itself above all. That is why we are allowed to break the law, because on a mission it is allowable. If I am not on a mission and I break a law then I will not go to jail I will be removed from service and potentially executed."
Anna was shocked to hear that the Knighthood would go to that extreme. "Really executed for what stealing?" Anna asked still skeptical.
"Yes stealing, breaking and entering and a long list of others. To keep us from feeling above the law you must enforce the laws with extreme punishment to ensure the feeling of above the law is stamped out. Will I break the law to complete a mission?" Elsa asked the question that Anna was sure she wasn't meant to answer. "Yes I'll break the law. The Knighthood will then deem if my actions were justified and if they weren't I'll be removed from duty at least," Elsa finished and her speech was somewhat convincing.
"Elsa there is an Alliance cruiser haling us," Aren announced suddenly and funny enough Elsa looked towards a computer screen in the room as if she needed to look at Aren directly to address her.
"Aren tell them that we are on a Black level mission and on route to turn in. They will have to go through other NARK's," Elsa announced in what Anna had decided was her work voice. It was still hollow and empty sounding not the musical voice that often addressed her.
Anna waited for the response she noticed that Elsa's hand was laying on the table. Even though she had said once that she didn't like being touched after yesterday she might not mind as much. Anna hesitantly reached across the table and gently caressed Elsa's fingers. It didn't get the jerk away reaction that she did the first time they went to touch. Instead without even looking she lifted her fingers like she expected Anna to remove something from under them. Instead Anna laced their fingers together gently.
That got a reaction from Elsa though it wasn't her jerking her hand away, but instead she just slowly turned her head and looked down at their hands interlaced together. Then she looked up at Anna and she couldn't help smiling a big smile at even the small symbol of affection that they were allowed to show. Elsa smiled back a genuine smile for a second before looking back towards the computer screen.
"They are saying they are supposed to intercept any ship in route to Elysium," Aren answered with shock that was clear even with a computerized voice. "They have the correct clearance codes as well Elsa."
Elsa's eyes got very large at the sound of the correct clearance codes. "Ok Aren drop us out of hyperspace and we should be close enough to open a com-link with the Castle right?"
"Yes Elsa opening link now. In the room or on the flight deck," Aren asked.
"Flight deck. I'll be up there in a second," Elsa said as she stood and Anna reluctantly started to let go. The feeling must have been strange to Elsa as she looked down quickly as their hands started to separate. She slid her hand back together with Anna's and gave it a squeeze. Then leaned down and Anna thought she was going to get a kiss, but instead Elsa leaned next to hear ear. "You are free to go were ever you want and just ask Aren for directions. Try not to make too much noise as we might be being watched," Elsa whispered and Anna had to close her eyes as the breath on her skin felt amazing and sent shivers down her spine. Then after another squeeze of her hand Elsa let go and left the room. This time the door didn't close behind her.
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