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Nuka and Richard The Lionheart

I admit, when the General insisted on having Hans come too, I was expecting it to be relevant to the investigation. Turns out, he just wanted to talk business with him, meaning that he had plans in restructuring a sector of St. Louis Hospital and since, thanks to our visit, he knew Hans was an architect he jumped to the occasion. Unfortunately, I have to sadly admit that Richard Prince also openly said that he knew who the Westerguards were and the only reason why he was asking Hans for the reconstruction was because he was accompanied by me… the lawyer Arendelle. This once though, I had to let my guard down and reached over for Hans's hand under the table and gave it a reassuring squeeze, while I assure Prince that he didn't need my presence to guarantee for Hans's honesty. Luckily for us, Timon, Pumbaa and Kristoff managed to direct the attention on the case. Richard Prince was taller than John, with red hair and hazel eyes, like him. His built was a little stocky and sported a full well-kept beard, in all sincerity, I think that between him and John, there were at least 10 years apart. He was dressed in his General uniform, proudly showing off his medals. I had no idea what his friend was like, since at the last minute, he told us he couldn't come due to an unexpected meeting.
The private detectives and I explained Richard all the dynamics, keeping a few things for ourselves. Then the General finally spoke up.

"I have no doubt on your innocence Mr. Bjorman" Richard said as our coffees were brought to the table "I'd be glad to help, although all of this… reminds me of how little I really knew my brother" I felt Hans's hand tense beneath the table. I knew that this was kind of a touchy subject for him. I gave his hand another small squeeze and felt him relax a little "But of everything you and Miss Arendelle told me… I know absolutely nothing and I'm sorry" he added "Actually, I wanted to apologize for blaming you for sending my brother to jail… you only did your duty as an honest citizen"

"I wanted to apologize myself…" said Kristoff "I admit that in order to convince Helga to confess, I pressured on an idea that occurred to me, I… I thought you were paying Helga in exchange of her silence"

"Me corrupt her?!" Prince said in a posed but indignant tone "She's the one who asked me to give her the money! She said she needed it to bail John out of prison" he replied.

"But she told the truth in the end" Hans added.

"I'm sorry if she was a friend of Mr. Bjorman's, but she was just an addict with no qualms" the General retorted.

"Whatever she was, it's terrible that she was killed at not even 23 years-old" I told them to break the building up tension. Silence ruled for two heavy seconds.

"Yes, it is…" General Prince said.

"As you learned by now" Timon started "Your brother was what you can consider a 'Big Boy', among the drug dealing business"

"Do you have any idea if he had 'friends' that could possibly feel hatred towards Mr. Bjorman and Helga Sinclair?" Pumbaa asked.

"No, I'm sorry" Prince said "Unfortunately, I learned the hard way that my beloved little brother had a double life. I love John… a sibling is a gift… unfortunately… the years apart always seemed to put a barrier between us"

"Was it just the years apart or something else?" Hans asked with a rather irritated voice.

"Well… the years apart had consequences. Like college and friends, then when our parents died, and I was already in the army, I had to take care of John… and well… work didn't really help"

"Sometimes putting family before work does the trick" Hans said with a glare.

"Hans!" I scolded with a hard stared. Hans inhaled deeply.

"If you are implying that I'm lying about my bond with John, then you are dead wrong. John is part of my family and I will always love him, no matter what he did, but that doesn't mean I have to stop living my own life" Richard replied

"And I'm not saying you should, but, correct me if I'm wrong, but maybe this double life is what filled the hole you left in John's life with your constant absence"

"Mr. Westerguard!" Timon and Pumbaa scolded.

"Hans! That's enough!" I told him, but Hans was on a roll.

"I've always tried to give John everything he needed. I tried hard to never miss out a chance to reach out to him" Prince said, his stare cold and angry.

"And what better chance than to help him take revenge on the woman who sent him to prison and made you look like a fool?"

"Hans!" Kristoff scolded.

"What are you specifically accusing me of, Mr. Westerguard?" Richard said in a challenging manner

"Hans that's enough. None of us has anything to prove your accuse. This is defamation" I told him. Hans looked at me shocked. Betrayal written all over his face.

"Mr. Westerguard, Miss Arendelle" Pumbaa interrupted giving a look to the both of us "We should get back to the topic"

"Yes, but unfortunately I can't tell you anything more to help you" Richard Prince said with a saddened look.

"Are you sure?" Kristoff asked "Do you have any idea on why your brother would play this… 'number' on me?"

"The only idea I have is the one you have yourself, Mr. Bjorman" Prince replied "Especially after reading the letter John sent me"

"What letter?" Timon asked, voicing my question. Prince licked his lips and swallowed.

"Not too long after he was sent to jail, John sent me a letter from prison. He said that he was sorry for all the pain he caused me, but he also admitted that he had indeed killed Rourke… like he admitted he was happy he did so because he caught him harassing Helga… and did not regret a thing. In that letter, John added that if he had the chance to make you and Helga pay for sending him to jail... he was going to jump at it" Then Prince looked at his watch "I'm sorry, but you'll have to excuse me, I have to take my wife to the doctor for a check-up. I'm becoming dad for the third time" he added proudly.

"Yes, of course and congratulations" I replied politely. He smiled.

"Thank you" he replied as he left the money to pay for his coffee.

"Thank you for your time-"

"- and patience" Kristoff cut me off eyeing Hans who became unusually quiet.

"Yes" I said giving a look to both Kristoff and Hans before turning back to Richard "General Prince, if by any chance you remember anything that you believe to be helpful, call me" I told him writing my number down on a piece of paper and giving it to him. He took it and put it in his wallet.

"Will do" he replied and eyed Hans "Mr. Westerguard, I hope our next encounter to speak about the project won't be as… intense… let's put it that way"

"Such hope is mutual" Hans replied and shook his hand firmly. After that, Prince walked away and silence ruled between us as the five of us walked away from the table. Hans though, gave me a disbelieving look and shaking his head he stalked away. I exhaled deeply in frustration and chased after him, leaving Kristoff, Timon and Pumbaa behind, shaking their heads in disapproval towards us.

"Hans, wait!" I called.

"Good thing we needed to support one another" he said sharply.

"Well, it's not like you were doing a very good job at supporting Kristoff by explicitly accusing Prince of being the instigator of Helga's murder" I replied with a harsh voice as well.

"You threatened me, Elsa!" he said, looking at me with betrayal in his eyes, as he came to an abrupt halt.

"No, I was warning you, because being Prince's prosecutor against you is the last thing I want" I replied with a hard look "Hans, if you want to help me, fine. I know that whatever I saw won't stop you, but we need to cooperate! And to solve this case, we need Prince to cooperate" I paused and took a deep breath "Look, I understand that the Prince brothers remind you of your family, but doesn't mean you can lash out at him and accuse him of being the instigator without an iota of proof!" Hans hid his face in his hands taking a deep breath, before looking back towards me.

"Okay…" he said pausing, keeping it together "You're right about this one" he said "I shouldn't have lashed out… it's just that… I can't stand these sort of things, especially if you have just one younger sibling. How can you not realize there is something wrong with your brother if you love him so much?"

"Sometimes parents can't see that there is something wrong with their children and parents are the first to love you unconditionally" I told him. Hans let out a sarcastic scoff.

"Tell that to my father" he replied. Then he looked away and took a deep breath "I'll behave next time" he replied

"There won't be a next time. You won't come" I told him. Hans rolled his eyes.

"You're as stubborn as a donkey" he told me.

"I could say the same about you" I retorted.

"Guys" Timon said getting our attention "I'm sorry to interrupt, but your conjugal feud has to wait until later"

"Conjugal feu-? Timon, Hans and I are not married" I reminded him.

"But that looked pretty much like a conjugal feud" Pumbaa replied smiling

"Anyway!" Kristoff interrupted "What do you think of Prince? Do you think he has something to do with this?" he asked,bringing us back to the topic.

"No… but I think he's hiding something regarding his brother" Hans said. Kristoff rolled his eyes.

"Hans-"

"No, Kristoff. Hans may have exaggerated, but I think he's right" I butted in "Prince visibly tensed up when he accused him of being the instigator of Helga's murder"

"I have to agree. To an inexpert eye it might have seemed irritation due to Hans's accuse-" Timon said.

"-But… to the eyes of experts, he tightened his jaw and forced his eyes to look towards Hans. He was panicking. He may not have something to do with the murder, but maybe his brother does-" Pumbaa added.

"-And he's not saying anything-"

"- to protect him" Pumbaa finished.

"So" I started "For now, all we can do, is wait for Prince to call me. Next stop: Nuka's house. I need to have a chat with him. Kristoff, I need you to come with me, you might recognize something Helga told you about while I speak with him" I told him. Kristoff nodded.

"Elsa-"

"-you are not coming. You told me you were taking your nephew Scott to watch a movie, Dagfinn had you promise him" I reminded Hans before he could mutter another word. Hans looked towards Timon and Pumbaa

"You two are going with them, right?" Hans asked

"Don't worry, man! I have to look up some stuff, but your girl is in good hands with Pumbaa, right pal?" Timon said elbowing Pumbaa in complicity.

"Right" Pumbaa agreed proudly.

"Alright then, now that Hans is sure that I have 2 bodyguards, we can go" I said and we all left.
Timon, Pumbaa, Kristoff and I drove at Nuka's place in no time. It was an old apartment block. Similar to the one Vitani lived in. According to the name on the intercom, Nuka was on the fourth floor, and there was no elevator. Unlike someone would think, Pumbaa was actually pretty athletic, sure Kristoff and I were worried he was going to faint, considering the drops of sweat trickling down his face and his heavy panting. But as soon as we got to the right floor, he took a couple of deep breaths and was immediately ready to spring into action. As soon as we were in front of the door, Pumbaa knocked and told him who he was, but he got no answer, and not one noise came from inside the house. Pumbaa knocked again, but it looked like no one was home. The detective took out two small metal bars and putting them into the lock, he clicked it open. Then he pushed the door open with his shoulder and pointed his gun. No one seemed to be home.
The house was a mess. It was a small nice place, but it screamed 'Creepy single guy!'. All the shelves, the table, the tiny library were full of stuff. There was… everything, really, mostly bottles of beer, jam jars, dirty cups, dishes, small empty cocaine bags.

"Kristoff, check the garbage. I'll check the other room and the bathroom" Pumbaa said.

"Why do I have to check the garbage?" Kristoff asked disgusted.

"Because Elsa is a lady and I'm not having her put her beautiful hands in the garbage" Pumbaa said. Kristoff eyed me as I gave him a smirk "Plus" Pumbaa added "The garbage is the best place to find very useful clues among the things someone thinks he got rid of, when in reality…" Pumbaa left the sentence hanging, there was no need for any further explanation. In that moment Pumbaa's phone rang and he immediately answered as he checked the other rooms with his gun at hand. Kristoff on the other hand, hesitantly went to check into the garbage. Meanwhile, I checked inside the drawers and cabinets, trying to find something useful. In that moment Pumbaa came back into the room, putting his gun away.

"Kristoff, Elsa" he called "It was Timon, he may have found something that can help us, but he needs my help. He also added that he talked to a couple of friends of his at the station and they told him that the cops are looking for Nuka as well. They must have found something that lead them to him. Guys, I have to go now, but I suggest you two make the next 10 minutes useful to find something and then get the heck out of here. If the police finds you both here, you'll be in big trouble"

"Okay, go Pumbaa. Kristoff and I will try to find something" I told him.

"I'll call you as soon as we have news" he said and waked out of the apartment. Kristoff and I immediately went looking for some clues. Him in the garbage, I in the drawers and cabinets.

"Elsa, look it here. I may be wrong, but I find this quite helpful" Kristoff said

"What did you find?" I asked walking to him. Kristoff showed me the papers in his hands "Oh… dirty and smelly checks and a parking lot receipt of St. Louis Hospital… If I'm not wrong that's the hospital Prince was financing for the reconstruction of one of its sectors"

"Well, since Hans is going to be working on the reconstruction, now I think we might as well officially involve him in this" Kristoff said "He could get some information out of Prince"

"Absolutely not" I decided

"Come on, Elsa! He just wants to help" Kristoff said.

"By breaking the law and accusing someone of being a murder's instigator without proof? No thanks" I replied a little harshly.

"You know he's just protective of you. He's been trying to make it up to you for going behind your back, how can you be so cold and resistant? You know he loves you"

"You only need power of will and a little practice" I replied "Works wonders" Kristoff rolled his eyes as I walked back to the next set of drawers. When I opened the first one, I finally found something interesting "Look it here" I called. Kristoff was immediately beside me "The I.D. of Nuka Zircar… cute" I commented. Cute was the only way I could define him. According to his I.D. he wasn't too tall, his face was skinny, he had a black stubble, frizzy messy black hair and brown eyes. "And look at this" I added pointing to a picture showing five people we identified very well.

"Helga, John Prince and Rourke" Kristoff said pointing at them.

"Vitani and Nuka" I added pointing to the last two.

"A cute group picture" Kristoff commented "Which makes it clear that-"

"-that Vitani lied to me" I cut him off "She said she didn't know him" I looked towards the clock hanging on the wall and saw that our 10 minutes were up. Kristoff and I immediately left the apartment and walked down the flight of stairs as I called Timon and Pumbaa to tell them what we had just found. The moment we got out of the building though, we froze. Sirens… police sirens. The cops were here and we needed to hide, quick. If they caught us, it was over. The moment Kristoff and I saw the car park in front of the set of stars that divided the cops to the front door, Kristoff grabbed my arm and pulled me away.

"Let's go! Nonchalant" he said as he pulled me to the nearest bench away from the front door "We need to mimicry" he said pulling me to sit on the bench. I looked behind his shoulders and saw the cops coming closer.

"Define 'mimicry' and do it quick!" I said and his explanation was the last one I would have expected as Kristoff wrapped his arms around me and kissed me straight on the lips. My eyes widen in shock and my first reaction was place my hands on his chest and push him away, only to make him hold me tighter. It took me a couple of seconds to realize why he did that. The cops were almost inside the building, but as one went in, the other stopped to answer to his walkie-talkie. Kristoff was about to pull away, but went along with it as I hooked my hands around his neck returning the kiss, keeping eye half open to look at the cop who giving his back to us, put his walkie-talkie away and got inside the building.

"They're gone" I told him pulling away. Kristoff looked behind him and sighed with relief as I did. My heart was beating hard against my chest, but unlike whenever Hans kisses me, my heart was beating out of terror of being caught and the stupidity of Kristoff's idea of mimicry.

"That was close…" he commented. It was then that looking at Kristoff I realized there was something I needed to do: I slapped him hard behind the head. "Ow! What was that for?!" Kristoff commented putting a hand on his head.

"You kiss me one more time…" I warned

"Sorry! I panicked! It was the first thing that came to my mind as mimicry!" he said defensively "It always works in movies!"

"But we're not in a movie and we're not Bonnie and Clyde!" I retorted irritated.

"But it worked, didn't it?"

"No, it didn't! The cops just didn't see us!"

"But you went along with it!" Kristoff complained.

"It's not like you gave me much of a choice, if they turned around we would have looked suspicious. I just told myself 'Fine, let's clown about this'" I replied. We both huffed looking away "Let's get out of here" I told him

"Yes" Kristoff immediately agreed and together we stood up from the chair and headed to Kristoff's car. So he could drop me off at home… and actually…. He was going to stop there too. The ride was silent. It wasn't until we got to the apartment block that Kristoff spoke up.

"Elsa?" Kristoff asked I turned towards him as he parked in front of the building "You're not telling this to Hans, are you? I'm kind of too young to die" he said.

"Sorry, I am telling him. I have nothing to hide" I replied. He gulped and I took his chin in my hands so that he could look at me "And you are telling Anna" he didn't even complain. He gulped and nodded. As we got up to the apartment, we were surprised to find Hans there. Turns out that Dagfinn called at the last minute telling him that Scott had a fever and couldn't go to the movies anymore, so Hans took advantage of the situation and went to my place to update Anna about the talk we had with Prince… which was probably a good thing. Kristoff and I didn't have to repeat ourselves twice. When we told them what happened though... hell almost broke loose. We assured them that nothing was going on between us and that it was Kristoff's stupid idea (well-actually- I specified that when Hans and Anna, both in the middle of a jealousy scene asked who started that kiss) and if a certain someone (Hans) really wanted to know how that kiss felt like I told him to go kiss one of his brothers and find out. That seemed to get both of them to calm down.
Anyway… after the storm ended, both Kristoff and Hans went home after I updated my boyfriend and my sister with what happened at Nuka's and what we found there. As we were left home alone, though… Anna kind of gave me the cold shoulder... and she wasn't totally wrong about it, but for like the first 10 minutes… 15 minutes to be dramatic! That evening after changing into my nightwear, which, like Anna's, consisted in shorts and a tank top but blue, when I went into her room to say goodnight, Anna did not answer me. She just sat on the bed in her PJs, with the computer on the nigthstand and kept on editing the last vlog we did. I tried again, thinking she hadn't heard me, but still no answer… and I exploded.

"Seriously?! The silent treatment? You kiss and forgive him, who started it, and give me the cold shoulder?" I said.

"Well... what did you expect?" Anna replied not looking at me

"Something a bit more mature" I replied. Silence. Then I started to worry "Anna, are you angry about that? I told you there is nothing going on between me and Kristoff, I swear"

"Elsa, I believe you. I trust you, I'm not angry" Anna said turning around "But still… it bothers me. That's my boyfriend… you're my sister… I mean-seriously- couldn't you find another way to mimicry, as you call it?"

"As he called it" I corrected "If you're boyfriend watches too many spy movies it's not my fault" I replied. Anna just furrowed her eyebrows and turned back around working on the computer. As she gave her back to me, I silently crawled on the bed behind her hooking my chin on her shoulder. Anna didn't move. She just ignored me and kept her eyes on the screen. "Anna, if I really did have an affair with Kristoff, don't you think we would have kept silent about that?" I told her

"Meh…" was her mutter "I suppose so…" she said nonchalantly.

"Plus" I added lightly nudging her head with mine "You know I love you and would never do something like that to you" I noticed a small hint of a smile twitch on the corner of Anna's mouth.

"I know" she said quietly.

"So… are you giving me a goodnight kiss?" I asked offering my cheek. Anna turned her head towards me but replied

"No" she said satisfied and turned back to the screen. I tried hard to hide my smirk.

"No?" I said "No?" I repeated "Give me my goodnight kiss!"

"No! No! Elsa!" Anna complained, but it was too late, I had already grabbed her waist and pulled her down on the bed, tickling her sides. "Let me go!" she tried as she laughed hysterically. It didn't really matter where I touched her, she was doubled over in laughter, making me laugh along with her as Anna helplessly tried to push me away and get me to stop tickling her. At some point, Anna managed to get the pillow and started hitting me with it, but at about the sixth hit, I grabbed her wrist and forced her arm down and draped myself over her, using my body weight to pin her down, tickling her side with my free hand.

"Give me my goodnight kiss!" I said offering my cheek, tickling her.

"No! Elsaaa! Stop it!" Anna pleaded laughing hysterically, trying to move, but unable to. Then she finally managed to flip us, resulting in her on top of me grabbing my hands so that I could stop tickling her, and me with half of my body off the bed. Luckily, thanks to another tickle I managed to give her, I pushed Anna off of me and sit back on the bed, giving her enough time to pounce on me on my back and wrap an arm around my chest and the other under my arm pit in a deadlock, and wrapping her legs around my waist pulling me down on the bed. Using all my strength, I managed to flip us over, with Anna still on my back, hanging onto me like a koala, and got to a standing position only to flop back on the bed, back first, squishing Anna as I did so. But my baby sister did not let go. So I stood up and flopped on my back again, but she wouldn't let go of me. I decided to go for another strategy, the both of us laughing like idiots. I managed to kneel on the bed, making Anna unwrap her legs from me so that she could kneel herself and put her weight on my shoulders. Putting my arms up, I managed to tickle her and make her loosen her grip. Using that to my advantaged, I flipped her over my shoulder, freeing myself, laughing. Then I moved so that I was facing Anna, grabbed her wrists, pinned her down and dropped my body on her, using my weight to hold her still.

"Surrender!" I said "Beg for my mercy!"

"No!"

"Then you leave me no choice" and with that I blew raspberries on her neck, making Anna laugh even harder.

"No! Neck raspberries are not fair!" Anna complained, laughing, Trying to cover her neck with her shoulder and bending her neck on one side, exposing the other side, which was where I was going to tickle her next. Finally Anna couldn't take it anymore.

"I give up! Mercy! Please!" she begged as I stopped tickling her.

"Give me my goodnight kiss" I said offering my cheek once again. Anna finally gave in and planted a kiss on my cheek "Aww! There. Was it so hard?" I said. She just smiled and, as I let go of her wrists, she hugged me tight as I planted a kiss of my own on her cheek. Finally sitting up like normal people, we remained silent for a moment to catch our breath from our wrestling. Anna then asked me if I wanted to edit the vlog with her a little. Of course, I accepted. We need to take our mind off of the situation at least for a while. As we edited the video making a few cuts, I suddenly noticed something that made my eyes widen.

"Anna wait! Don't cancel it!" I said immediately.

"What? What is it?" she asked not noticing what I saw, as I looked at the time of the recording.

"Don't move from that fragment. I need to make a phone call" I said and walked out of the room to go get my phone. I couldn't believe it! For all this time I had the evidence right under my nose and did not realize that I had accidentally got it in my vlog. I grabbed my phone and walked back to Anna's room as I dialed Timon's number and waited for him to pick up.

"What?" Timon's sleepy and irritated voice said as he answered, the moment I got back into Anna's room.

"Timon, it's Elsa. Sorry if I woke you up, but I have an urgent question" I told him.

"Oh, Elsa! Yes, shoot" Timon said suddenly awake.

"Kristoff told me that his alibi was impossible to prove because he had no one to confirm it, right?" I started.

"Yes…?"

"According to the phone records, when did Kristoff receive Helga's last call?" I asked

"Around... let me get the paper... at 5:12 p.m" he answered and I smiled.

"Perfect. What was Helga's hour of death?" I asked as Anna looked at me weirdly.

"Around… uhm… let me see… Oh! There it is! Around 5:10 – 5:15 p.m." he replied, and my smile couldn't get any wider.

"Thank you so much! You're the best!" I said

"I try" Timon said chuckling"Goodnight"

"Goodnight, Timon" and I hung up and went back to the nightstand, turned the computer towards me, cut a few seconds of the recording and pasted it in a new document.

"Elsa, you're acting like a crazy person. What's going on?" Anna asked as soon as I was done saving the new document.

"I just proved Kristoff's innocence" I said smiling. Anna's eyes widen "Look behind the glass door in these few seconds and look at the time of the recording" I told her turning the computer back to her. Anna clicked play and saw those few seconds. Her eyes watered as a hand went to cover her mouth. She saw it. She saw the time: 5:12p.m. and she saw Kristoff behind the glass door answering his phone.

"Now the options are two: he's either got teleport or he's innocent" I said with a smile. Anna didn't answer, she just leaped up from the bed and I embraced her as she threw her arms around my neck, letting out tears of joy and relief.

"You saved him! You did it!" Anna said happily "Thank you! Thank you!" Then she took my face in her palms and kissed my cheek "I love you, sis! You're amazing!"

"I'm just doing my job" I replied with a shy smile, wiping her joyful tears from her cheeks.

"And you're amazing at it!" she replied and she hugged me again making a small laugh escape my lips, before she immediately pulled back with her eyes wide in realization "I need to tell Kristoff! I need to call him! I need to tell him you got him out of this mess!" she said and immediately went searching for her phone. I smiled and remained quiet. The day after I spoke with the inspector and Kristoff was offcially declared innocent.

Kristoff was out of this mess, my job is supposedly over… but Helga was his friend. I know Kristoff and I know he will want to find out who killed Helga. It wasn't over, not yet.


There you have it! Kristoff is innocent! What do you think will happen? Any other ideas on who the murderer is? What do you think will happen between Hans and Elsa? Just so you know: I'm not a Kristelsa fan, but I did that to bother the Helsa relationship, as you noticed: Elsa is not into Kristoff and viceversa!
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The Princess of Stars