A/N: Chapter 20. I'm not sure whether if this is the right time, but I must say it. The good news is that I'm planning an additional 20 chapters plus more based on how this story progresses. The bad news is that this is around the climax point, and that means that at some point this story will conclude. I'm looking over my storyline notes and I have confirmed it. Anyways, here it is and enjoy the show.
PS: I don't own Disney's Frozen series. If I did, well… I'm blankly minded at the moment. I'll think of something. In the meanwhile, here's the next chapter. :)
Chapter 20: The confrontation
A month later… Somewhere in the real-world near our protagonists…
3rd POV
If Garrett enjoyed one thing about this timeline, it was probably the fact that Starbucks had good coffee to drink from to shake off the tiredness he was feeling while it was the afternoon around Clatsop County, Oregon. Of course, he could get another cup of coffee for himself, but he was simply enjoying the hot beverage. After a chug and a sigh of relief, he placed the cup down, looking at it with a sad mocking expression.
"Welp," he spoke to the cup, "looks like I'll be missing you when the Superior summons the "Great Beast" to this dimension after we destroy the Enchanted Forest along with the spirits and Arendelle."
He then chuckled to himself, continuing to drink before hearing a beeping noise emerging from his pocket, the young man checking his pants, as he had removed his cloak to not raise suspicions with the authorities in this world (also he looked pretty damn cool in this modern clothing he found for himself), for the cube-like object he had as a communicator, a hologram revealing Darius as the caller. Garrett simply smirked at his master. "Hey, boss. Got some good news for ya."
Darius raised an eyebrow. "Really?"
The man lowered his sunglasses, revealing a set of dark purple eyes, and nodded. "Ye. I found that poppersqueak Alex and the Enchanted Forest guardian, Elsa. I saw with em with me own set of me eyes."
The older man simply sighed and shook his head like he was disappointed. "And you waited until now to tell me? Didn't we already know about where they were and about Alex's life? Better yet, some pieces of it?"
Garrett simply shrugged. "Perhaps yah, but I know how to lure the fool out and strike him down while leaving her vulnerable. Course, I would have to focus on Alex first, then I can swiftly strike the 5th spirit and the rest faster than a swift arrow shot at an apple."
Darius nodded in agreement. "Very well. Do what you need to do. Inform me when you're done with the task."
Garrett simply chuckled and placed the sunglasses back on with an evil grin.
"You know I'll do it, boss. Soon, the forces of good will be gone forever faster than the blink of an eye."
xxx
In a Lexus Sedan…
Alex's POV
Ding! Ding!
If one thing could possibly disturb my peace and quiet at the moment, besides the fact I was currently driving around in a Lexus Sedan after picking some stuff up from the nearby market and singing to songs on the radio by myself, it's the fact that my phone was telling me that I had an urgent mail notification that I couldn't miss. Normally, the rule goes that no texting or checking the phone while driving, but since I was at a red light and waiting for the green light, I might as well checked it while I had the chance.
Grabbing my phone, I looked at the screen to see an email from my university that was marked as urgent for some reason. Thinking about how strange it was to me, as I never really received any important email that was marked urgent from the college I attended, I decided to open it up, seeing it was from supposedly one of the university's main office that requested my presence over something important about me.
Normally, I would have thought about it, but this requesting of my presence seemed to be very important, so I decided to put my phone down and turn around the car in the opposite direction, as the university was just only about 20 minutes away. And while I was driving, I made sure to enjoy the drive, thinking about how much it was easier now that I had my own car to drive in.
xxx
Of course, I always had a license to drive along with my identification as well, but since I never really had a car until last month, there was no reason to use it. Until last month, as I thought to myself, it was a surprise when my family showed up while I was still trying to figure out how to deal with Elsa and her elemental spirit friends in the meantime I could figure out how to get them back to their home dimension.
Well, last month, after my family had taken me and the 5th spirit out to the restaurant on the local pier and beach walk and also to some places for enjoying the sights, it was a bit quiet (well Emily and Elsa had quite some conversations about Olaf and other stuff that I was possibly interested in) ride to my apartment, where I had spotted a vehicle in my driveway that I didn't recognize upon arrival.
I was pretty close to calling a tow truck service when my mother then revealed that the whole thing was to get me away from home while a car would be delivered to my home without my knowledge. It was practically a late birthday gift, she had told me since she couldn't bear the thought of me, and Elsa now she included, taking the bus. It would help a lot as well for this thing I'm involved in, she also made sure to include.
Welp, if one thing did happen afterward, it was the fact I immediately got off of my parents' car as soon as it parked and ran to the new car, which had turned out to be Lexus Sedan's newest model, and hugged it like I was like a little kid. Of course, the giggling from Elsa and Emily at the sight of me acting a bit immature caused me to compose myself and simply act like I was very grateful to my parents for going out of their way to get me my own personal vehicle.
While inspecting the new car that was mine, Elsa was also interested in the vehicle as well, checking it out and wondering what sort of "magical carriage" it was, though Emily helped me out by explaining what a car was and how it functioned. Actually I did most of the explanation that Emily couldn't explain to the 5th spirit, but I suppose she understood a bit of it. Well, knowing her from the time she came into my life, I was going to end up explaining it more about the car to her later on.
Which I did do in the end, of course.
Anyways, my mom had pulled me aside with my father as well, both of them telling me that with the gift, they hoped it would help serve me in my college life and this new life I was involved in helping the 5th spirit return back to her home dimension. My mother had done most of the talking while my father had stayed quiet, probably feeling hurt after our conversation. But I cared little about him around the moment that my mother was explaining to me that she hoped that I would stay safe and hopefully succeed in my promise that I would help Elsa.
During the conversation, of course, I simply asked for the keys of my new car when my mother was done talking, using them to open the door and observe the inside with a bit of amazement. Emily and Elsa had got into the car as well, checking out the features and pretty much everything else like the rearview camera, the radio stations, and the touch screen along with the other buttons that I didn't know about. Basically, the three of us were like kids experimenting with new technology that the Lexus offered for us.
Plus, I had taken it out for a test drive with Elsa and Emily, since the two asked of riding the car for fun. It was pretty fun for the test drive, with ending the drive being the 3 of us having a magical moment as Elsa had made an obstacle course with her powers while I drove around the obstacles like a professional driver. Who would have thought that I would one day be driving in an obstacle driving course made out of ice by a Disney princess?
After the drive, Elsa and I along with my family had gone inside my apartment with the other spirits joining us for some apple pie making and watching some Disney movies, on behalf of Emily's request, and also some bits of singing. It was mostly karaoke, but the star, of course, was Elsa because her voice was pure angelic. I was pretty sure that I was simply close to confessing my feelings for her, but I had to suppress them because I knew that she wasn't meant for me.
The day had ended with my family then telling me that they were heading back to Florida the next day, with me hugging my mom and sister while not saying anything to my father. It was probably a bad move, but I wasn't feeling forgivable to him. Elsa had tried to be generous and offer anything to make my family stay, but my mother had told her that their life called for duty back in Florida. Emily made me promise in front of the 5th spirit to protect her at all costs, which was a bit embarrassing in front of Elsa, but I did it anyway. After all, she was my younger sister.
With that, my family had then left, with me and Elsa waving off to them. During the entire experience, however, I was thinking how weird Elsa was acting after the beach walk, wanting to ask her if she was alright after her weird reaction on the beach walk. But seeing as she was happy, I had decided not to say anything for respect. After all, whether I had wanted it or not, it had turned out to be a good day.
xxx
And now, well, I was arriving at the university campus parking, parking my car in the student parking. Getting out of the car, I walked up to the elevators in the parking garage, pressing the button and waiting for the elevator to arrive while I began to think more about today's events that are now a month later.
I mean, like, me and Elsa made breakfast along with the spirits, doing a mixture of sing-alongs and duos in a friendly karaoke spirit. Well, it had started when she was humming a song I didn't really recognize until she told me it was a song her mother sang to her and Anna when they were kids. Of course, I then remembered what song it was, being that it was the Northuldran song All is Found, and then began to sing it as well in a male vocal, Elsa smirking at me when I had finished the song.
"What?" I had told her earlier in the morning while cooking some breakfast, "I know it by heart, unfortunately."
"Really?" Elsa then replied to me, "What other songs do you know by heart, Mr. Know It All?"
So then I started singing some other songs before Elsa then interrupted me, singing some songs that she listened to in her free time, making me annoyed at the thought that I was probably going to be bested by her in this singing competition. And well, what went from a little hot-headed competition then merged as the two of us started singing in sync and having fun from songs like You're Welcome and Try Everything. Sure, they're Disney songs, but at least they're pure for her.
Anyways, after we had a nice breakfast to ourselves, with the 5th spirit and I simply enjoying each other's presence with the spirits around and relaxing with us as Elsa decided that today we could go out as friends and even go ice skating if I wanted to. And to be honest, well, today I was feeling the motivation to simply man up and just tell her what I felt towards her when I had remembered that I needed to go buy some stuff from the market, as I was planning to make a cake for Elsa's upcoming birthday.
So I told her that I was going out really quickly, asking her if she could stay while I left to go get something really quick. She accepted to, but I knew she wanted to come along yet she decided to stay out of respect. That meant it would be easier to get the supplies I needed for the cake, as well as get a piece of jewelry that I was hoping to give her today for her birthday.
Until the email came along and ruined everything for me.
Well, as I thought about these events that could possibly ruin me forever or perhaps fall in love with the 5th spirit, the elevator arrived, with me stepping into the elevator and pressing the button to the floor I needed to go to. The doors closed, with the elevator ride being short and taking me to the 3rd floor of the building I was in. As I exited the elevator, I noticed there was hardly anyone around, the exception being janitors and some faculty members, but no students.
It was really weird.
Dismissing the thought, I arrived at the room that the email had told me to go to, which was an empty lecture hall. I entered the room, looking around for somebody and perhaps an explanation for what was going on, but there was no one around. At that point, I was simply pissed off and decided to leave, only to find the door locked from the inside. Jiggling the doorknob, I tried to open the door multiple times, even slamming against it but to no avail. I was even close to grabbing a chair and breaking the glass when an evil chuckle filled the room.
"Going somewhere so soon?"
Turning around, I looked up to see a dark-robed person at the top of the room, standing on a desk while levitating ominously. Glaring at the person, I decided to confront the person that I knew belonged to the evil shadow group based on their appearance and obvious evil clothing. "Alright, who are you? What do you want from me?"
The dark-robed figure then whipped off their hood, revealing a young Caucasian man with brownish hair and a scar on his face that made his evil grin look more terrifying. Other than the fact his eyes were yellow and seemed to glow ominously, he pointed at himself before pointing at me, his smile looking a bit creepy now. And God only knows what he's thinking of right now.
"Name's Garrett mate. And I be the one to kill you and that 5th spirit, Elsa, after I'm done with you."
With that, only one thought came in my mind.
"Oh shit."
A/N: Oh no. Looks like Alex has come face to face with one of the Peace Keepers, Garrett, who is trying to now kill him. This means bad news, and obviously the next chapter will find Alex fighting this new enemy while Elsa finds herself in a difficult situation in the next chapter. No spoilers, but it will be something that will test her faith in Alex. That's all I'm saying.
Anyways, leave a review on what you thought of this chapter as well what are your thoughts on the next one. It took a bit longer than I expected to, but online work is stressful! I'm dealing with work this week for my classes and it's killing me! But I must go through with it to get passing grades. I hope you guys understand in case I don't post new chapters within my 3-4 day updates. But that's my concern. Until then fellow people! :)
PS: Other than my online work, I've been playing Resident Evil 3 remake and it's pretty cool. Lokey thinking of writing resident evil fanfic with Elsa as Jill Valentine and Anna as Claire with Kristoff as Leon. What do you guys think? Fun fact: I would probably end up making Elsa a badass in the fanfic in her fights against Nemesis… but that would be up to the readers…
