Chapter Fourteen

Total Control

Anna awoke from her sleep with a jolt. It was the first time she had actually gotten some actual rest since being locked up in there. She clenched her stomach, it was rumbling loudly, as it usually did. She, along with her other cell mates, was only fed once or twice a day if she was lucky. She didn't even feel scared anymore compared to how frustrated and angry she was. How dare Hans keep me in here. I was technically his fiancée for a while! The word fiancée brought her mind to Kristoff. She was so afraid how he would react if he could see her locked up in here. He had probably come back from his trip by now and he and Elsa were most likely think up a plan to come save her. But she didn't want to be saved. She knew that Elsa would be killed if she came and faced Hans. And what of Kristoff? There was no way he would be left behind knowing she was in trouble. She blew a hair out of her face, irritated.

Just then, a noise came from the heavy door of the dungeon, causing Leander, Henrick, and Sebastian to wake. Then two men came into view in front of her cell. It was Didrik and Tobias, Hans' brothers. They were usually the ones to bring them their food every evening, but they never said a word. When Anna heard them speak it caused her to sit up in surprise.

"Your presence has been requested by King Hans," Tobias said, robotically. His dark brown hair dusted with a thin layer of frost, like everything else was around there.

Leander snorted, "King Hans. What a joke."

"Uh," Anna stammered. "Me?"

He unlocked the cell door and Didrik went in and helped her up from her cot, "Let's go."

"Hey!" she yelled, trying to pull her arm away. "Let me go!"

Didrik's hands was ice solid as he yanked her out of her cell and dragged her up the stony steps out of the dungeon.

"Anna!" Prince Leander called after her,

"Don't worry," she shouted back. "I'll be alright."

She was led by Tobias and Didrik through the narrow halls of the palace. They were lined with million dollar paintings and one of a kind works of art. For a moment, she felt like royalty again, admiring such expensive pieces only inches from her face. But before she could get too lost in thought, she emerged into a great throne room, way bigger and grander than the one at her home. However, this grand room was completely covered in ice. The floor was as slick as an ice rink and icicles of all sizes stuck out from every angle in the walls, ceiling, floor, and everywhere in between. It wasn't beautiful like Elsa's ice was, this ice was dark and menacing. A shiver went up her spine, and it wasn't from the cold. She got used to that a long time ago.

Pacing in front of the throne in all his ice glory, was the man who brought her there. The man who broke her heart. The man who almost killed her and Elsa.

"Hans," she said, anger rising in her voice.

He stopped walking and turned to face her. His eyes no longer the warm hazel-green dreamy color they used to be when she first fell for them. These were blue, ice blue. Blue like the ice surrounding them at that moment. He was fetchingly dressed in a matching maroon jacket and trousers, his pitch black dress boots were flaked with frost like Tobias' hair. His signature gloves were no where to be found, for obvious reasons.

"Anna," he greeted, his voice still charming as ever. "I'm glad you came to visit me."

"You sent for me, idiot," she sneered. She had no time for his games right now.

"Tisk, tisk," he said, waving a finger. "That was uncalled for." He snapped his fingers and from the smooth surface of the ice beneath her feet shot up a needle sharp icicle, stopping only an inch in front between her eyes.

She gasped, "You psycho!" She leaned her head back, gaining whatever distance she could from its pointed end.

He snapped again and the ice pulled back into the ground, becoming as smooth as it had been before. Then with a simple twist do hie wrist, ice crept over her boots, literally freezing her in place.

"Hey!" she shrieked, shifting and turning trying to break free, to no avail. "Now that's uncalled for!"

Hans shrugged. "It's just to make sure you don't get any ridiculous ideas about running away," he said, beckoning Tobias and Didrik to stand beside him.

"Not like I'm gonna get anywhere far," she mumbled, crossing her arms.

"Oh, Anna," he sighed. "Still arrogant and naive as ever."

She glared at him, "How did you even end up with ice powers in the first place?"

"Oh it was quite easy really," he said, walking over to the throne and sitting down. "A lot easier than I thought really. I ran into an old friend of the family, and after I offered him a little payment, he was more than happy to oblige."

She blew her hair out of her face. "Idiot didn't know what he was getting himself into."

Hans shrugged, again. "It's his specialty," he said. "Isen used to be a powerful sorcerer himself. When he lost most of his power centuries ago, all he knew how to do was give people his leftovers."

"Isen?" she repeated at the familiarity of the name. "Isen! The old man from the dock!"

Hans eyed her, "You know him?"

"Yeah he...he talked to me and Olaf and told us about a curse on Arendelle," she said, remembering everything. "Then he said I was in danger, and that I should beware the frozen heart." She stopped, her eyes widening with shock as she looked at Hans, who got up and walked up to her. "You," she whispered. "It you! He was talking about you! Your the frozen heart!"

Hans began to circle her. "When he said his little magic spell to give me my powers, I absorbed so much of the ice that it literally stopped my heart."

"Wait...what?" Anna said, jaw dropping.

He laughed, "The spell worked so well on me it actually froze my heart. I no longer have a pulse. However, unlike you whose body wasn't bestowed with the powers of ice, I wasn't frozen solid. All it did was make me more incredibly powerful than I had even hoped for. Even more powerful than Queen Elsa."

Anna looked around at the frozen room. It was impressive, but it wasn't anything her sister couldn't accomplish. "Your still no match for Elsa."

"Oh," he replied. "But I am." He walked back over to Tobias and Didrik. "Take a good look at my dearest brothers here. See since we were little we always had each other's backs and such. Being the three youngest, it's only natural that we would stick together in times of need. So when I came back home with these new powers and killed my father, I told them to join me and help me rule. Unfortunately, they didn't take to the news as I had originally hoped. They decided to fight back along with a few of my other brothers!" He ruffled up Didrik's light blonde hair. "Ha! Wasn't very smart of them now was it. I may have slightly lost my temper and started to freeze everything. Then I accidentally hit poor Didrik here in the back of the head with my powers and he stopped fighting. His eyes literally froze up like mine did, and he stopped."

Anna squinted trying to look at his eyes. Hans was right, Didrik's eyes were glassy blue, just like his his. She looked over at Tobias who was the same. "But," she stuttered. "But wouldn't that have killed him?"

Hans rubbed his sideburns, smoothing them out. "That's what I originally thought," he said, lost in thought. "I thought, oops, accidentally killed my brother. Guess that's what he deserves for defiling me. But, then he came and stood next to me. I finally realized that hitting him in the back of the head didn't kill him, it literally just froze his thought process. Ever since then he has obeyed my every command. Then I did the same to Tobias before he could run away like my other brothers. They're like my own little henchman now."

"That's completely mental!" Anna shouted at him. "Your own brothers! How can you do something like that?"

He shrugged, "Anything for revenge on this place. And anything for revenge on Arendelle. I have big plans for that wretched country after I eliminate Elsa. And then who knows what. I could take over any place I want."

"No!" she cried. "Elsa will stop you!" Saying her name made Anna frown. It had already been several days and Elsa hadn't showed up. What if she doesn't show? That is what Anna wanted after all. She didn't want her sister to face such mindless peril, and especially at the hands of Hans!

As if he read her mind, Hans stood in front of her, only inches from her face. "Im a patient man, Anna," he hissed. "I know Elsa is trying to come up with some fool proof plan to rescue you and defeat me once and for all. But I can assure you, there is simple no possible way to beat me this time." As he finished his sentence, each and every icicle in the room grew another foot in length, intimidating to no end.

"You'll never get away with this," she whispered.

He cackled. "Oh, Anna," he said. His voice as smooth and sly as a snakes. "I already have." He snapped his fingers and Tobias took her by her arm as the ice released her ankles.

"Didrik," he turned to his fair brother. "Isen has broken our little...agreement. Find him."

Without a word Didrik left his said and swiftly exited the grand hall.

"Say hello to my brothers down there for me," he sneered as Tobias dragged her away once more. My other brothers. The thought of them sleeping in cold hard cells made him grin. But his mother was also down there, undergoing the same fate.

He frowned at the thought and got up, resuming his rhythmic pacing.