Good day my fellow readers and writers. I hope all is well.
Thank you all for taking the time to read this as we inch closer and closer to the end.
I believe that there will be about 2 to 3 chapters more depending on how much I want to put in chapter. I'm also going to start two new fic's when this one has concluded. The Resistance one shot series and one named I'll be right here, which is also Frozen.
I like Frozen. Sue me.
Enjoy the story :)
"Anna!" The call was barely audible through the howling wind. "Elsa!" Kris frantically looked around him. His breath heavy as he tries to breathe through the returning pain of his ribs
"Where are they? Elsa! Anna!"
Sven, Kris and Jason walked through the woods desperately searching for the sisters. After Anna had disappeared, they knew where she went but when they got close enough to the base, a hail storm of debris came crashing down.
The ducked into the snow, trying not to get hit by any flying objects. Sven heard a female voice coming from the left side of him but the ringing in his ears made it impossible to pinpoint where the voice was coming from.
When it was finally quiet, the three men heard laughing. They shot up from out of the snow and followed the sound. It lead them to a scene that could melt anyone's heart.
Two long-lost sisters finally reunited not only physically, sitting in the snow, laughing. They can finally start the long process of healing.
"Anna, Elsa!" The three men rushed over to the girls. Sven almost tackled them over as he hugged them. Kris gave Elsa a huge hug and then went over to Anna a kissed her, earning a glare form Elsa.
"Elsa." She turned her head to see Jason standing a few feet away. She got up out of the snow and they rushed toward one another taking each other in a warm embrace.
Jason bent his head down and lifted Elsa's chin with his fingers, placing a soft kiss on her lips, which she happily returned.
They looked into each other's eyes and gazed happily until Elsa gasp and almost doubled over in pain. Luckily Jason was still holding on.
"Elsa? What's wrong? Are you alright? "
"Yeah, I think Pabbie's potion wore off." She clutched her shoulder, leaning on Jason for support.
"I second that." Kris said taking some deep breaths barely being able to support Anna with his arm.
"Third." Sven added as he held his head which felt like it was spinning.
"I'll call Rapps and have them pick us up. I highly doubt you're all going to make the trip on foot."
"No need, we're right here." Red called as she and a group of four came out of the tree line. She looked over at the site where the base once stood. "Well you always did know how to make a dramatic exit."
"One has to leave an impression." Elsa said still hanging on to Jason. She looked over at the group. "Uncle Kai? Aunt Gerda?" Elsa let go of Jason and walked toward Kai and Gerda. She practically fell into Gerda's arm.
After a few moments they stepped away from one another, still holding each other at arms length. Gerda brought her hand up to Elsa cheek which she surprising leaned into.
"My dear look how you have grown." Tears threatened to spill out of her eyes.
Elsa offered an outstretched arm to Anna. She limped towards them and was caught by Elsa and Gerda each supporting her with one arm. "You both have."
All three women smiled brightly at each other. Kai came up from behind wrapping them up in a big bear hug. They stepped back from each other.
"Where's Uncle Edward? Is he okay?" Anna asked realizing Kai wasn't carrying him anymore. Jason came closer when he heard his father's name.
"He's back at the Jeep with your friend. She says he'll be alright." Kai answer. "Jason, my boy, it's good to see you again."
"It's good to see you too sir." He nodded to Kai. He turned to Elsa. "Els, if you don't mind, I kind of want to go see my father and get him to Town."
"You're right, we all should be heading back. This is far from over and we can't stay here like sitting ducks. Let's go meet Rapps at the Jeep."
Everyone got loaded into the vehicle and Red drove them back to the base, without a single word from Eugene who was sitting in the front seat.
Rapps was tending to Edward with the help of Gerda and Kai while Jason watched over them. Anna had fell asleep next to Kris who was sleeping himself with Sven next to them.
"I'm glad to see you're still breathing Winters." Cass said breaking the silence.
"I can say the same to you Cass. You had us worried there for a while." Elsa looked over to Cass.
"Yeah well the Order kept that place under a tight lock. Tried escaping a few times. Didn't turn out to great. If it wasn't for your sister over there, I'd probably be under that rubble right about now." They glanced over at Anna. "So tell me what's the deal with you two now? You guys okay again?" Elsa sighed.
"Not yet but we're going to work on it."
"Well don't screw this up." The women were startled by a voice. "She gave you a second chance. Don't screw this up. She could be taken away in a blink of an eye. Don't take her for granted again." Olaf sat staring into space.
"I won't. Not again. I want to fix this." Elsa said looking over at him. "I'm sorry about Charles. He was a good kid."
"Yeah he was. I just regret not spending more time with him. Not always being there for him." He finally looked over at her. "You're getting a second chance. Make sure there's no regrets." He looked away again and stared into space again. They sat in silence again.
"I've been meaning to ask, who are the people Cass and Anna found along with your parents?" Olaf broke the silence." I'm taking that the man is Edward? Jason's dad?" He pointed at the beaten man.
"Yeah, the others are my aunt and uncle. My mother's sister and her husband." Olaf nodded.
"And this Jason guy? Is he the mysterious J.R.J you've been getting letters from all these years?" Cass grinned at Elsa. Blush rushed to Elsa's cheeks. "He's cute. Not my type though but cute. Anything going on between you two?"
"No, yes...maybe. I don't know. We dated, broke up, tried dating again, broke up again, tried being just friends, that didn't work. Now I have this whole thing with Anna and trying to fix between us. Then he said he loves me, I said it back,we kissed. I just don't know if it'll work out, not with the Order coming at us with more force than ever. I..I just don't know. " Elsa groaned, dropping her head into her hand. "I'm...I'm afraid. Afraid I do something wrong again, screw it up again and end up hurting him. I don't want to do that again."
"Wow, the great general Winters is afraid? This coming from a girl diving head first into a frozen lake, face hours long shot outs and dared to touch Tiana's pans."
"Those things are different. All of those could have lead to physical injury yes, but wounds can heal. If I mess things up between me and Jason or Anna they might not forgive me this time. I can't lose either of them. I'm not strong enough."
"Don't let fear rule your life Els. You've tried that road before and it didn't work. All you can do now is deal with this you would deal with any mission, head on." Cass looked at Elsa with a soft expression. "It's okay to be afraid, just don't let that fear control you. Some people are worth melting that ice around your heart for."
Elsa looked over at her sleeping sibling and smiled. 'She's worth melting for. '
"Easy. Easy." Elsa helped Anna through the door of her room, helping her onto her bed.
The group had arrived back at the base not to long ago. The Town's people were still fixing up their properties damaged in the Order ambush. Edward was taking to the medical center and Jason had refused to leave his side.
After being patched up, everyone returned to their living quarters except Sven and Kris who returned to the Inn. Kai and Gerda went with them to the Inn to stay in one of the rooms. They offered Elsa and Anna to come along but they declined saying they needed some sister time.
Elsa took a seat at the desk. They sat there in silence for a moment, neither knowing what to say.
"So...the last couple of days sucked." Anna spoke first.
"That would be an understatement." Elsa chuckled. "One hell of a first mission."
"Yeah, if I knew it would end up like this I wouldn't have bugged you like that to let me go."
"You probably still would have."
"Yeah you're right, I probably would have." They laugh and fell into silence again. Elsa took a deep breath.
"Anna look about everything..."
"Elsa I said it's fine, you don't owe me an explanation. I read the letter. I know what happened."
"Knowing what happened doesn't excuse my actions. I should never have left you like that without as much as a goodbye or even an explanation. I was so sure that if I left you and our family would be safe, that the Order would have no reason to come after you. I stupidly thought you would just accept it and forget about me but as always you proven me wrong and you showed up here looking for me. I panicked and tried to run away again because I was a bigger danger to you than when I left but Sven somehow convinced me to stay." She took a deep breath again.
"You didn't deserve to be abandoned like that and the way I treated you when you got here is inexcusable and I'm very sorry. I'm willing to make everything up to you and fix what I've done, if you'll allow me that is."
"I'm not going to lie and say I wasn't mad at you for leaving and sometimes I still hurt feel about everything but I now understand why you did what you did. So yes I'm willing to work on our relationship with you. I want my sister back."
Tear threatened to spill out of Elsa's eyes. She got up from the chair and wrapped her arm around Anna.
"I'm so sorry for everything. I've missed you so much." Anna wrapped her arms around Elsa waist.
"I've missed you too Els. I love you, you stinker."
"I love you too you goofball." They held onto one another for a while. Elsa broke the embrace and went to sit on the chair again.
"Hey Els, can I ask you something? What changed?"
"Excuse me?"
"What changed? Why do you suddenly want to fix everything?
"Well after the whole Hans thing I realized that no matter what I do, I can't protect you from everything. That maybe pushing you away wasn't protecting you at all if anything it was just hurting you but after almost 14 years of being the 'infamous snow queen' it was kind of hard to change just like that. I tried multiple times to talk to you and tell you everything but I was just so afraid that I always messed it up which resulted in me just giving you orders or an argument."
"So what suddenly gave you the courage to tell me everything?"
"Well after a lot of arguments with various people and a lot chats with the base counselor..."
"Wait the base has a counselor?"
"Yeah, Dr Hopper. You didn't know?"
"I didn't know that."
"Well yeah, we have a counselor. He convinced me that writing it out would help me build up the courage to tell you everything but I saw it as a cowards way out to just write you the letter telling you everything and have someone give it to you when something happens to me. When I was walking back from where I fell I realized you deserved to hear it from me, not a pathetic letter. It literally took me almost dying to realize that if I didn't make things right with you I might never get the chance and I'll regret it forever."
"So your argument with Olaf was about that?"
"You heard that?" Anna nodded. "Well I guess me yelling in the middle of the mess hall isn't the most discreet thing ever."
"Or you yelling in your office." Elsa's eyes widened. "Yeah I heard that too and just for the record, I think you're the best sister I could have possibly asked for, even if you're stubborn as an ass sometimes."
"It runs in the family, sister dear." Both sisters laughed. "I'll let you rest for a while, we still have a few hours before we meet up with the others." Elsa got up and made her way to the door.
"Actually can you maybe stay with me? I don't know if I can handle being separated again."
"Of course." Elsa sat back down on the chair but Anna looked at her with and stretched her arms out opening and closing her hands like a toddler who wants to be picked up. It made Elsa laugh and she went to lie down on the bed.
She wrapped her good arm around Anna. Anna snuggled closer into Elsa's embrace resting her head on her shoulder. Elsa then rested her head on Anna's.
"Just like old times." Anna felt Elsa nod against her head.
"When a big storm would come up and the lightning flashed, you would sneak into my bed begging me to tell the cloud goblin to stop playing with the lights. You were afraid that he was going from room to room looking for little kids to gobble up."
"You'd tell me there's nothing to be afraid off. As long as we had each other the goblin would never get me."
"Then you'd snuggle up close and..."
"And you'd sing me mama's lullaby until I fell asleep again."
"Anna?"
"Uhm?"
"How did they die? Mama and Papa?"
"They were shot." Anna's could feel Elsa tense up next to her. "Elsa, would you sing Mama's lullaby? I haven't heard it in so long."
"I haven't sung it in so long but I'll try,
Where the north wind meets the sea
There's a river full of memory
Sleep, my darling, safe and sound
For in this river all is found
In her waters, deep and true
Lay the answers and a path for you
Dive down deep into her sound
But not too far or you'll be drowned
Yes, she will sing to those who'll hear
And in her song, all magic flows
But can you brave what you most fear?
Can you face what the river knows?
Where the north wind meets the sea
There's a mother full of memory
Come, my darling, homeward bound
When all is lost, then all is found... "
"You sing pretty." Anna murmured sleepily.
"Shhh go to sleep."
"Okay." Anna yawned. "Night night Elsie." The mention of her old nickname made Elsas chest tighten. She planted a small kiss on her head.
"Good night snowflake."
Another chapter done. This one was more of a fluffy one with the sister reconnecting and being with each other.
Sorry this took so long, freaking life got in the way and I was unable to do anything for a while. Life can sometimes be a stubborn ass.
Also I absolutely love All is found. It's beautifully written and preformed.
Until next time :)