Chapter 14

Anna stood beside Elsa on the bridge of the Black Raven. She had never seen so many people in one place.

Elsa smiled and looked at Anna. "I could get used to being in charge."

Anna smiled. "I can't wait to get to Aquatus."

"We should be there in a few days, Anna," Elsa explained, "so you won't have to wait long."

"Good." She gave Elsa a quick kiss on the cheek.

Just then Elsa's earpiece pinged. "Commander," Eric reported, "you're needed in the morgue. Dr. Facilier is asking for you."

"Understood, Eric," Elsa replied. "You hold the fort here, Anna."

Anna saluted her. "Yes, Commander."

Elsa went down to the morgue, greeting the doctor there. "What is it, Doc?"

"The robot wanted to talk to ya." He cocked his thumb at Baymax.

Elsa walked into the morgue and saw Baymax standing by the container holding the body of his creator, Hiro.

"What is it, Baymax?" Elsa asked him.

Baymax looked over at her. "Commander...I would like to request that I be deactivated. With Ensign Hamada dead, I feel that I have failed to fulfill my duty as a medical robot."

"On the contrary, Baymax," Elsa replied. "From what I've heard from the doctor, you were excellent help to him in the medical bay. You've not failed any duty." Elsa put her hand on his inflatable shoulder, "But if it's what you want, I can grant you that request."

Baymax nodded. "However, before you do so, I would like to speak to the one known as Anna."

"Why do you want to speak to her?" Elsa asked.

"I wish to bid farewell to her, and to those who aided in her escape. They are my friends." "Alright." Elsa pressed her earpiece. "Anna, come down here a moment, and bring the others with you. Baymax needs to say something"

"Okay," Anna replied. "We'll be right there." They all soon arrived, and stood in the morgue. "What's up, Baymax?" Nick asked.

"I have requested that Commander Frost deactivate me," the robot explained. "I wished to speak with you all before she did so. I wanted to thank you all for aiding in Anna's escape. Had Ensign Hamada survived, I believe that he would have been grateful as well."

"I've given him permission for the deactivation," Elsa added. "If there's anything you want to say to him, please say it now."

Nick smiled. "Baymax, Hiro was a great guy. I know he'd be proud of you. And…I'm proud of you too. We couldn't have saved Anna without you."

"Thank you, Nick," Elsa replied.

Eric stepped forward. "Your service as a medical robot has been invaluable, Baymax. I'll put in a commendation for you, and for Ensign Hamada."

Elsa looked at Anna, "Anything you wish to say Anna?"

Anna walked up and gave Baymax a hug. "Thanks for saving me, Baymax. In the words of my people, you're a shantoria. A brave warrior."

Elsa smiled. "You may deactivate now, Baymax."

Baymax looked at her. "I cannot deactivate unless you are satisfied with your care."

Elsa looked at her friends, then back to the robot. "We are satisfied with our care."

Baymax walked over to a small container on the floor nearby, stepping into it. "Goodbye…friends." With that, he began to deflate, collapsing into the container. Once he was fully deflated, the container closed itself.

"Rest well, dear friend," Elsa said.

Dr. Facilier sighed. "I can't believe I'm gonna say this, but…I'm gonna miss that thing."

At that moment, an alarm began to sound. "Red alert, Captain and officers to the bridge!"

"Eric, Anna, with me," Elsa ordered. "Nick, you and the doctor report to your stations."

"Right!" Nick replied. "Let's move it, people!"

Elsa, Anna, and Eric arrived on the bridge. "What's going on?"

"Unidentified vessel approaching our position!" one of the officers reported.

"Onscreen," Elsa instructed.

The viewscreen showed a large chromium-plated ship. "Elsa, we're being hailed," Eric said.

"Open a channel," Elsa said. "This is the ZSS Black Raven calling unidentified vessel. Do you require assistance?"

"Black Raven, this is civilian vessel Triton's Pride. Kristoff Bjorgman speaking. We're looking for an Arendellian by the name of Captain Elsa Frost, as well as her Knydaxian companion."

Elsa's face lit up. "Kristoff! It's me!"

There was silence on the other end for several seconds. Finally, Kristoff asked, "Permission to come aboard?"

"Permission granted," Elsa replied.

Just then one of the officers called over to Elsa. "Commander, we're picking up a power fluctuation in their engine core."

"Is it serious?" Elsa asked.

The officer checked her screen again. "Yes; the core is on the verge of exploding!"

"Kristoff, get the hell out of there!" Elsa cried.

Just then, Ariel's voice broke in. "Kristoff, something's wrong! The engine's overloading!"

"Black Raven," Kristoff said urgently, "we need you to lock on to us and transport us on board if you can. And please be quick!"

"We'll try our best," Elsa replied. "Eric, get the transporters online and beam them aboard. And fast!"

"I'm on it. Just give me about three minutes." Eric rushed to the transporter room.

"We don't have three minutes!" Elsa argued. "Hurry!"

Eric threw all the switches on the transporter. "It's coming online now," he said into his communicator. "It'll take a little time, but I think we can do it."

"Kristoff, the engine's already way past capacity!" Ariel said, sounding scared. "If we don't get out of here soon, we're shark bait!"

"Eric, fire it up now!" Elsa cried

Eric threw the switch on the transporter. Less than a second after he did, the ship outside exploded in a massive fireball. Elsa looked down. "Did you get them?" she asked.

"Elsa…I have good news and bad news," Eric replied. "The good news is, they're here. The bad news is, they're unconscious."

"Are they hurt?"

"The male…he's pretty badly burned. The female's okay, though. No physical damage. Worst that happened to her is her clothes are a little singed."

"Get them both to sick bay immediately!"

"Way ahead of you. Dr. Facilier's on his way to the transporter room now."

Elsa sighed. "For fuck's sake, Kristoff, what did you get yourself into."

Elsa's communicator beeped again. "Yo, Elsa. Facilier here. I got your friends in the sick bay. The guy's in bad shape, but he'll live."

"Good. I'll be down in a bit to check on them."

Anna walked up to Elsa. "What happened? Are they okay? Did they die?"

"They're fine, Anna," Elsa replied. "The doctor is taking care of them."

"I heard Kristoff's voice. Is he okay?"

"He's fine. I recognised the other girl's voice."

"Who was it? A friend of yours?"

"Her name is Ariel," Elsa explained. "I met her the night I took you to Beck Station."

"Oh, yeah, I remember that. That was the first time I'd ever been off of Decine."

Elsa looked down. "Anna, please forgive me for this. When I met Ariel…we made love."

Anna nodded. "I understand. You once told me that you liked to give sex as a gift. You were just showing her how much she meant to you."

"You're not mad?"

"Why would I be?" Anna seemed legitimately confused.

Elsa sighed, "Never mind." She kissed Anna passionately. "I love you."

She smiled. "I love you too, Elsa."

xXx

A while later Elsa headed down to the medical bay. She saw Kristoff and Ariel lying on the beds, Ariel with a veil over her face. Elsa walked over to Kristoff and smiled. "Hey, big guy."

Kristoff slowly opened one eye. Most of his body was covered in burn scars from the explosion. "E-Elsa…?"

"Easy there, don't move too much, you got really badly burned." Elsa looked at him. "What are you doing out here?"

"We…we were looking for you."

Elsa sighed. "I told to wait for me to contact you, not go on a space adventure looking for me."

"I was waiting." He slowly raised his hand and pointed to Ariel. "She…came to the complex. Looking for you."

Elsa looked at Ariel. "Why did she come to you?"

"She said…she saw sand on your clothes."

Elsa pulled up a chair next to Kristoff. "Kristo, I have a feeling there's something you're not telling me."

He nodded. "Ask…ask her."

Elsa groaned. "Alright, you just rest big guy."

Kristoff closed his eyes, falling asleep.

Elsa moved over to Ariel. "Ariel? You awake? It's me, Elsa. Remember me?"

Ariel looked up at her. "Elsa?" She smiled. "I've missed you so much."

"I haven't really missed you," Elsa remarked. "Why were you and my best friend out looking for me? And what's with the veil? Are you on your way to your wedding?"

Ariel lifted her veil. "I had to find you. You're my betrothed."

"Betrothed?"

"When we made love on the station, we formed a sacred bond."

"Sacred bond?"

"Aquatans believe in the strength of physical love as well as emotional."

"So by us having sex, I basically proposed to you." Elsa looked away. "Fuck."

Ariel sat up a little. "Elsa…please let me kiss you."

Elsa sighed. "Okay, but only one kiss."

Ariel placed her hand on Elsa's cheek, gently kissing her lips. Elsa softly kissed her back. Ariel soon broke the kiss, a sad expression on her face. "You…you don't love me, do you? At least, not the way that I love you."

Elsa looked at her, shaking her head. "No. I'm sorry. I have someone else now."

Ariel sighed. "It's the Knydaxian. I can tell. You're thinking of her now." She looked away. "Elsa…thank you for at least being honest."

"You're one of those empathic Aquatans, aren't you?" Elsa realised.

She nodded. "When we met on the station, I thought you loved me. I could feel it. But now…now I know better."

"My people have a very strong sex drive," Elsa explained. "I did genuinely love you during the sex."

"I understand." She removed her veil, dropping it on the floor. "I just…I thought I had finally found someone that loved me. That wanted to spend the rest of their life with me."

"I sincerely hope you didn't make any wedding plans," Elsa remarked.

She sighed. "I…I did. I'm sorry."

"What do you mean?"

"I already started making preparations for our wedding."

"What preparations did you make?"

"Everything. The cake, the decorations, the venue, everything. The only thing I didn't plan was your dress."

Elsa groaned. "I take it you can't cancel this?"

She shook her head. "If it helps…I haven't sent out invitations."

"It doesn't," Elsa replied. "Don't worry. Give me some time to think of something."

Just then, Eric walked into the sick bay. "How are they, Elsa?"

"They're fine, Eric." Elsa told him. "Go get Anna; there's some stuff we need to discuss."

"Right." Eric walked out.

Ariel looked over at Elsa. "Who was that?"

"A friend I met here," Elsa told her.

"He…he was handsome."

"He gets that a lot," Elsa put in.

xXx

A while later in her quarters, Elsa was pondering her situation when Eric and Anna arrived.

"What's up, Elsa?" Anna asked.

"I have a situation," Elsa explained. "Turns out when I had sex with Ariel on Beck Station, I was proposing to her."

"It's an old Aquatan thing," Eric explained.

"I gathered that," Elsa stated. "She's planned the whole wedding, and there's nothing I can do to get out of it. She understands that I love you Anna, but right now she has to go through with this marriage to me."

"That's where you're wrong," Eric said. "There is one way for you to get out of it."

Elsa raised an eyebrow. "Oh?"

"It's simple: this Aquatan just needs to find someone to replace you. That way, she can have her wedding, and you can stay with Anna."

Elsa sighed. "It would have to be another girl. She told me that the wedding was booked for a lesbian couple."

"I'm sure we'll think of something. I'll go talk to her, if you want," Eric offered.

"Be my guest," Elsa remarked. "You're better at dealing with this sort of thing than me."

Eric stood up. "I'll let you know how it goes."

Elsa smiled as Eric left the room. She laid her head back on her chair, exhaling slowly. "Anna, I'm fucked."

Anna held her hand. "Maybe not. We can find someone new for her. And besides, even if we can't, you're still my nira."

"Aquatans don't look fondly on out of marriage affairs," Elsa said.

"Who said anything about an affair?" Anna smiled. "If you marry her, all I ask is that you let me stay with you. Because as long as I'm with you, Elsa…I'm happy."

Elsa hugged Anna. "I'll always be with you Anna, no matter what."

She smiled. "Xenshu?"

"Xenshu," Elsa replied, kissing Anna.

xXx

Eric walked into the sick bay, sitting down beside Ariel. "My name's Lieutenant Eric Ansaris. You must be Ariel."

"You're Elsa's friend, right?" Ariel asked, sitting up.

He nodded. "I came to talk to you about her."

"I guess she told you about our engagement."

"Yeah. But like she told you, she's fallen in love with someone else."

"I want her to be happy," Ariel explained. "But I have to go through with this marriage. It's Aquatan law. If I don't marry, it will bring dishonour on my family."

"Well, have you thought of marrying someone else?"

Ariel shook her head.

"You can. That way, both you and Elsa can be happy."

"No, I can't. It has to be the one I have a sacred bond with."

"Then just make a bond with someone else."

"It's not that simple, Lieutenant."

"Then explain it to me."

"I have to make love with someone in order to form a bond with them, and it has to be someone that I'm genuinely attracted to."

"Well, I'm sure you'll find someone."

Ariel sighed. "I have to find a girl. I'm a lesbian, and I booked the wedding so that it would have two brides."

Eric exhaled slowly, shaking his head. "I don't know what to tell you."

Ariel looked down. "There has to be some way."

"I don't know. Seeing how you're a lesbian, that complicates things."

"Only in a sexual way," Ariel explained. "I like having sex with girls, but I've fallen in love with both men and women."

"Oh." He stroked his chin thoughtfully. "So basically, you're bisexual, but you lean more towards women than men. Am I right?"

"The correct terminology is biromantic homosexual, but yeah, you're basically right."

"I get it now." He smiled a little.

Ariel looked over at him. "Eric, can I ask you something?"

He nodded. "Sure."

Ariel smiled. "Will you marry me in Elsa's place? I know it might be uncomfortable seeing as how you're male, but you seem willing to do anything to help us in this situation."

He smiled. "I'd be honoured."

Ariel kissed him. "I guess you'd better go tell Elsa about this. Should I buy you a wedding dress?"

He shook his head. "Don't worry about it. I've got my formal dress uniform."

"No, you have to. I have to be seen marrying a girl." Ariel blushed. "I booked the wedding in preparation for marrying Elsa."

"Well, can't you change it?"

Ariel shook her head.

He sighed. "Whatever. I'll do it." With that, he got up and went back to see Elsa.

"How did your talk go?" Elsa asked when he got there.

"Elsa," Eric replied, "you owe me big-time."

"What do you mean, Eric?"

"Ariel's agreed to marry me instead of you. The catch is..." He blushed.

"What catch might that be?" Elsa wondered. "Don't worry, I'm not embarrassed."

"I…I have to…wear a dress."

Elsa chuckled. "Well, I'm sure a man of your dignity can live with it. Besides, Ariel is a beautiful woman. She's very lucky to have you."

"Thank God Hans is dead," Eric muttered. "He'd never let me hear the end of this."

Elsa got up from her chair. "Well then, Miss Ansaris, let's get you to the church on time."

He glowered at her. "Don't call me that."

xXx

A few days later, on Aquatus. Elsa and Anna sat in the aisle of the large hover yacht that Ariel had booked for her wedding. Anna smiled, holding Elsa's hand. "I'm really happy for Eric and Ariel."

"Me too, Anna," Elsa replied. "I hope we get to be just as happy as them."

Eric and Ariel walked arm-in-arm down the aisle. Ariel wore a beautiful white dress with long sleeves and a veil, while Eric wore a simple evening gown with gloves. His face was redder than a tomato.

Elsa smirked, covering her mouth with her hand to stifle a laugh. "Eric is loving that dress."

Once the couple got to the altar, the priest cleared his throat. "Dearly beloved, we come together on this most joyous day to join Eric Ansaris and Ariel Triton in the bonds of holy matrimony. Eric, do you take this woman to be your lawfully wedded wife?"

He nodded. "I-I do," he muttered.

"Ariel, do you take this woman to be your lawfully wedded wife?"

"I do," she answered.

"Please exchange rings." Eric gave Ariel a beautiful silver band with a topaz embedded in it. Ariel gave him a gold ring with a sapphire. "I pronounce this couple woman and wife." He turned to Eric. "You may kiss the bride." Eric lifted Ariel's veil and kissed her lips.

Elsa and Anna both clapped and kissed as well.

Anna smiled. "Maybe someday we can do that."

"Who knows, Anna," Elsa replied. "Who knows."

xXx

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