The Ice Behind Bars
Chapter XXXII: Food Fight!
Anna kept her eyes on her mother who was dragging Tyler out of the dining hall until they disappeared behind the door. Well… Looks like she'll set everything up and good for us! Anna thought happily and relieved to know that her mother could convince Tyler not to send them away on this stupid task.
"Tyler really is in big trouble." Aiden said with a satisfied smile.
"Yeah. I think my mum can cover us up." Anna said, her eyes still on the door where her mother went. She turned to Aiden, "Let's get back to the table… I still want to eat!" Anna basically shouted.
When the two sat back at the table, Rapunzel leaned closer to Anna, "What news do you have?" She whispered, keeping her eyes forward to stare at Elsa who was eating her sandwich quietly.
Anna leaned closer too and whispered back with a smile, keeping her eyes on Elsa too, "My mum will take care of it."
Rapunzel leaned back in her seat and continued eating, "I hope so." She mumbled.
"I was thinking…" Anna started aloud for the whole table to hear, grabbing their attention. "When am I going to start with Elsa?" She asked and ate a piece of meatloaf.
"Hmm… Well tomorrow's Zoey's turn." Rapunzel informed, "She's really eager to play with Elsa. We'll just take them to play in woods and let Elsa get some fresh air. She's been in this fort long enough."
A few minutes passed and Aphrodite and Tyler didn't come back. Brandon sat in his seat while tapping his fingers on the wood in a steady rhythm, feeling worried. He was suddenly brought back from his thoughts when Tyler suddenly appeared with a smirk, sat in his own seat and continued drinking. Brandon eyed him suspiciously, "Where's Aphrodite?" He whispered so no one could hear but Tyler.
Tyler's smirk grew, "Oh she's just probably trying to find a medicine for herself." He deadpanned and chuckled a bit.
Brandon watched him skeptically with a frown, "What did you do, old man?!" He asked with a warning tone and he made sure to say the word Old clearly.
Tyler only shrugged as if he was innocent and went back to his drink, ignoring Brandon's glare.
Brandon quickly stood and went to search for Aphrodite and to find out what might have happened.
Tyler watched him go with a wide proud smile before he stood and went off to his own room.
While Anna and Rapunzel were talking about taking Elsa out for some air, Kristoff was busy cutting a stubborn, sloppy and sauce-covered piece of meat. Tucking his tongue out at the corner of his mouth in concentration.
Elsa on the other hand was chewing on her sandwich when her eyes widened in amazement at what she saw on the table. She placed the sandwich down and leaned forward and got herself very close to see a tiny ant struggling to hold the tiniest scarp of bread. Elsa's eyebrows rose and she made an 'Ouh' with her mouth. She never knew that creatures like this even existed. It was the smallest living thing that Elsa has ever seen. She watched it in awe and curiosity. Strangely, she was able to see every detail of this ant since her vision was extremely strong. She saw the tiny legs that moved so fast just to run away with this tiny scrap. She tilted her head and rested her cheek on the table while watching the ant happily. "Olaf…" She whispered and pet-named the ant. Elsa's eyebrows suddenly furrowed and she lifted her head off the table when tiny stains of food were suddenly splattering around the surface of the wood, since the thieves were eating like barbarians. Elsa saw a stain that landed right in front of Olaf and nearly squished him. She gasped, forgot about her own meal and cupped her hands around Olaf to protect him from any harm, then frowned at Anna and the thieves.
"What's taking my mum so long?" Anna asked while eating, not noticing what Elsa was busy doing.
Everyone shrugged their shoulders and continued with their meal.
Kristoff was having a war with his piece of meat now. He was using much more power to cut this stupid piece of meat. The man just wanted to eat for god's sake!
Suddenly, his hand slipped when the meat was finally cut in two. One side of the meat stayed on the plate while the other sloppy and juicy one, went flying all the way until…
"Do you think we should go check on my mu-" Anna was cut off when Kristoff's meat hit her square in the chest. Every single person looked towards her with wide eyes, except for Elsa who was busy protecting Olaf. Anna's hands were raised and her mouth was open as she looked at the huge messy stain on her chest in shock. Anna then stayed like that, frozen, for what seemed like forever and everyone waited for her reaction. Her face suddenly grew evil and her mouth drew a wolfish grin until she lifted her eyes to stare at Kristoff.
"Oh… It's on." She said darkly and smashed her fork on the table, pinning it in the wood.
Kristoff gulped nervously and waited to be punished.
Anna quickly grabbed a piece of her own sloppy meal and threw it at Kristoff.
Kristoff's eyes widened when he saw it coming and he quickly ducked, avoiding the attack. "HA!" He shouted in victory and pointed at her.
Though, Anna's attack continued forward until it hit a guild member right in the face. The room was still silent, all eyes on Anna, Kristoff and the now-stained guild member.
The man wiped his face from the stain to reveal an evil smile too.
Anna smiled awkwardly and then laughed nervously, "Haha… Oops?"
The man stood, cupped some Potato Puree, held his hand high and threw it at Anna.
Anna gasped and quickly dodged the attack and the potato went flying and hit a woman behind Anna, at the back of her head.
Anna suddenly stood and screamed with a raised fist, "Food Fiiiiiight!"
The room erupted into chaos as every single person started throwing food at each other while either yelling, cursing, laughing or throwing threats. Food went flying from side to side and every person became stained with food in multiple tastes and colors.
Elsa looked up from her hands and stared in confusion at everyone, not knowing why they were all suddenly throwing food. She saw a food coming towards her and she quickly dodged it with a worried and shocked face. She looked back down at Olaf and she knew that she had to protect him now, since every person in the dining hall was trying to kill her Olaf!
Anna smirked while being covered in stains of food from head to toe and threw a meat ball at Rapunzel. The poor blonde didn't see it coming and it hit her square in the face.
Rapunzel wiped her eyes and grabbed a whole bowl of pie, "Come here, Anna!"
Anna gasped with a wide smile and started to run.
Kristoff and Flynn were having their own personal combat with… Fish!
Elsa darted her head as fast as she could, trying to dodge as much food as she could. Get on! Get on! Get on! She begged Olaf to walk up on her hand while slightly hopping in her seat urgently, forgetting for the first time that her gloved hands were treacherous. Lucky to her, the oblivious ant climbed up on her finger. Elsa smiled and moved to go somewhere safe. But right when she turned, she was met by Anna who had a wide smirk, holding a green stuff in her hand while throwing it slightly up and down in the air.
Anna's hair had food sticking in and out of it and her clothes were stained with different colors.
Elsa gasped and she knew what was in Anna's hands. She shook her head, pleading for Anna not to do it and started to back away, hiding her hands behind her back so that Anna wouldn't hurt Olaf by accident.
Anna advanced on Elsa slowly while playing with the green thing in her hand, "Whatcha got there behind your back, Elsa?" She asked with a playful wicked voice.
Elsa smiled nervously and awkwardly back, "N-Nothing." She said innocently while backing away.
"Some food you wanna hit me with?" Anna asked again with a raised eyebrow.
Elsa shook her head and her eyes looked from right to left then to Anna, "Nope…?"
Anna's face turned playfully dark. She laughed evilly and held her hand up with the green stuff, "HAHA! SMASHED BROCCOLI!" She shouted and threw the broccoli sauce at Elsa's face.
Elsa raised one arm to block the attack but most of the broccoli smashed her face and neck. She quickly wiped her face and felt that she wanted to gag from the broccoli she really hated. She ignored the disgusting taste and turned to run away, trying her best to hide Olaf from harm but-
Aiden suddenly stood at the table holding a huge watermelon. "WATERMELON BOOOOMB!" He shouted excitedly.
Everyone's heart stopped and knew what was coming.
Elsa and Anna gasped. Anna with a wide excited smile and Elsa with a worried face. "Oh no…" Elsa mumbled to herself, winced and closed her eyes, waiting for the inevitable.
Aiden threw the watermelon at the ground and…
SQUASH!
It exploded, sending red and green bits around a three meter radius, staining and showering everyone with watermelon pieces.
Elsa and Anna were now covered with watermelon all over their body. Luckily to Elsa, since her hands were still behind her back, Olaf wasn't harmed… Yet. Elsa shook her head to remove the watermelon off her face and she started running for safety again. She quickly brought her hands up in front of her face to see if Olaf was okay and her face drew a relieved smile when she saw that the still-oblivious ant was only running randomly on her hand, still holding that stupid scrap of bread.
"Come back, Elsie!" Anna shouted as she laughed, holding yet another piece of smashed broccoli.
Elsa looked back and saw Anna. Her eyes grew wide again and she tried to run as fast as she could, starting to laugh a bit.
Anna was laughing gleefully as she ran, not noticing the food underneath her that could cause her to slip at any second. "You need to stay healthy and eat brocolliiii – WOAAAHH!" A fish suddenly landed in front of her feet and she went slipping and sliding on it fast, all the way towards Elsa, running into people as she did on her way to the platinum blonde.
Elsa stopped in her tracks when she felt safe and smiled proudly at Olaf, but didn't realize what was happening right behind her.
Anna smashed into Rapunzel on the way, into another woman and another man and finally everyone was slipping towards Elsa.
"ELSA, MOVE AWAY!" Anna and everyone in the hall shouted in unison.
Elsa looked up in confusion on why everyone were calling her and she turned to Anna's voice then gasped in horror. Before she could process what was about to happen, her vision flashed white and she felt a wave of pain on the impact. "OOF!" Elsa was squished by Anna and the others, and everyone went to the floor on top of Elsa.
Everyone else in the hall stopped what they were doing and gasped aloud before the room turned deathly silent. Some still had their hands up, holding food, and others on the ground were buried in it. As for what they were thinking, some knew they were about to face The Ice Princess's wrath, and some were feeling utterly worried for her like Aiden, Flynn and Kristoff.
The only thing heard were Anna, Rapunzel's - and the others that squished Elsa with them- grunts and groans of pain and dizziness.
"Ughh…" Anna muttered as she tried to make sense of her world while rubbing her forehead. "What… happened?"
Elsa on the other hand had all of her lower body- middle back and downwards- squished by Anna's body on top of her… And Rapunzel's… And the other two guild members. Her upper body was luckily out and she was able to breathe at least. Her hands and arms were stretch in front of her. Elsa opened her eyes groggily and felt a huge headache and minor pain overwhelming her body. She shook the dizziness away and looked up at her hands and saw him. The tiny Olaf was slowly climbing down from her hand with the scrap of bread and then he went on his way. "Phew…!" Elsa breathed and smiled weakly and felt utterly relieved and happy at her accomplishment, still not caring that she was squished.
Aiden, Flynn, Kristoff and other members quickly ran to help them all up and to check if they were okay.
Anna's eyes shot wide with horror when she finally realized what happened. "Oh my god! Elsa!" She screamed and quickly stood up with the help of Kristoff, before she practically shoved everyone off of Elsa. She gasp when she saw her laying on the ground and on her stomach, but what worried her more that Elsa was smiling and she supposed that the woman has lost her mind!
"Elsa, Elsa! Are you okay!?" Anna quickly knelt beside her and helped her up in a sitting position from her well arm. "Is your left arm okay!? Are you in pain!? Your wounds?! Your stomach?!" She showered Elsa with concerned question while helping her up and didn't give her time to answer, feeling that her heart was about to burst out from worry.
Rapunzel knelt on the other side of Elsa with an extremely worried face.
They were all now covered in food and Elsa's platinum hair was tinted a bit red from the watermelon. Elsa slowly sat up and turned to Anna, panting a bit. "Olaf…" She suddenly breathed and gave Anna a weak smile from her tired face.
Although the name was familiar to Anna, she was clearly confused. "Eh… What?" She asked and now she was really worried.
Anna exchanged concerned looks with everyone since they got all confirmed that Elsa really did lose her mind. Ohhhh nononono! She lost her mind! What am I gonna do?! Anna thought and search Elsa's head for any injuries but luckily she found none.
Elsa turned to look behind her and turned Anna's face too so she could show her, "Look!" She told her while pointing at the ground, "Olaf!" She said again with a cute voice.
Anna and everyone had to squint their eyes and lean very close so they could see what Elsa was pointing at. And when they did, Anna suddenly started to laugh uncontrollably. Everyone were unsure if they had to laugh but they followed anyway.
"You have got to be kidding me." Aiden said and laughed at how much Elsa was really kind and sweet even to the tiniest creatures. Of all animals she could have chosen as pets… An ant!? He thought to himself.
Anna shook her head in amusement, "I can't believe you were busy hiding this ant from harm." She then giggled a bit since Elsa gave the ant a male name and knew that Elsa probably didn't know that all worker ants were female.
Elsa blushed and smiled unsurely and shyly.
Rapunzel turned to the guild members and gave them a 'And you guys still say that she wants to harm us.' look.
A lot of the guild members were now having second thoughts for Elsa. Maybe The Ice Princess wasn't that harmful after all. Was she really innocent like what Anna and Rapunzel said? They smiled sympathetically and happily at her, feeling apologetic.
Anna giggled and felt utterly relieved that Elsa was okay. "Come here, you!" Anna said fondly before she leaned and wrapped Elsa's shoulders in a hug, "Ah!" But Elsa suddenly cried out in pain and hunched forward on the contact.
Everyone's eyes widened and turned worried all over again.
Anna turned horrified and quickly let go of Elsa to see what happened, "Elsa!... Elsa! W-What's wrong?!" She asked in utter concern and saw how Elsa was clutching her left shoulder, her eyes squeezed shut and her teeth gritted as she hissed in pain.
Oh no… Anna thought, scared. Not her shoulder! She quickly moved to remove Elsa's hand off of her shoulder but the moment she touched her, Elsa's eyes shot open, "NO!" She quickly whimpered away, crawling back from whoever just caused her this sudden pain, her hand still squeezing her shoulder. Her eyes darted incredibly fast on everyone, trying to determine the one responsible for her agony. Why was there pain?! Where did it come from?! Who did this?! Her father? Mad? A man? A woman? Rapunzel? Kristoff?... Anna?!
Anna placed a shocked hand on her mouth as she watched Elsa's fearful face. Everyone felt concerned for the princess who looked utterly terrified.
"Elsa… Just calm down! No one has hurt you… It was just from the accident when we fell!" Anna assured and started approaching the panicking princess, holding her hands up to motion for her to stay calm.
Elsa shook her head when Anna started to approach, "A-Anna… No…" She held her hand up, begging her not to approach, "P-Pain!... Pain, Anna! Pain!" Elsa cried and squeezed her hand more on her shoulder, bringing her legs to her chest.
"I know, I know…!" Anna said with a remorseful and sad face. Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Why did I run like that!? Why am I so clumsy!? WHY THE HELL DID I EVEN START THIS STINKING FOOD FIGHT!? She already knew-since it was obvious- that Elsa thought that one of them has hurt her and she couldn't feel any guiltier. "I-It's alright." Anna assured with a gentle voice before she hid one hand behind her back so she could motion for the others to back away a bit without Elsa knowing.
They all understood and Rapunzel nodded, baking away with everyone a bit and giving Elsa and Anna some space.
"I just need to see it." When Anna was close enough to Elsa, the princess was watching her fearfully and carefully. Anna knelt and gave her a worried look, "Can I see it, Elsa?" She asked while she held her hands in front of Elsa's shoulder, making her understand that she wanted her to remove her hand off but Elsa kept staring with wide eyes and breathing fast.
Anna swallowed then carefully and gingerly removed and guided Elsa's hand off her shoulder so she could check on her. Elsa hissed again in pain and shut her eyes. "It's okay." Anna assured with a worried and apologetic face. She slowly slid the dress off of Elsa's shoulder to reveal a large and hideous bruise. Most of them gasped in horror. As if the poor woman needed any more broken bones!? Anna quickly looked up at Flynn with a fearful and concerned face, and he knew what he was supposed to do.
A lot of members scurried out in different directions, going to call for any healer. Flynn went directly to search for one person who could really help Elsa: Her mother, Aphrodite.
Brandon was striding and mostly running in every silent hallway and every dim room, trying to find Aphrodite. His footsteps echoed in the sanctuary since everyone were at the dining hall. When he didn't find her in her own room, his mind erupted in chaos of worries. Where the hell are you!? He thought as he ran, concern clearly painting his face. Then he stopped in his tracks. His ears perked up and he listened carefully in the silent hallway. He heard them: Soft sobs of despair. Aphrodite?! He quickly started to run, following the sounds of those sorrowful sobs that made his heart beat faster. He turned on a corner and finally found her.
She was huddled on the ground as she buried her head in her arms, her legs brought to her chest and her hood was down.
"Aphrodite…" He whispered urgently and quickly sprinted towards her and felt his heart sink inside him. He knelt right next to her but she still seemed not to notice him.
He touched her shoulder so he could bring her to attention but she suddenly recoiled back, "NO! Please, no!" She cried, screaming at her invisible husband.
Brandon leaned back in shock, horrified. "Hey! It's just me…" He soothed gently, "Brandon." He said reassuringly.
Aphrodite looked at him while keeping her hands to her chest, tears staining her entire face and her eyes were bloodshot and tired and Brandon was now feeling much worse.
"What's wrong, Aphrodite?" He asked worriedly and sat next to her. He could already see her visibly trembling.
She only shook her head slowly at herself and lowered it again, feeling utterly ashamed and she went back to her cries without giving him an answer.
Brandon's face grew sad and he wrapped his arms around her slender form, trying to sooth her by drawing circles on her back.
She buried her face in his chest, clutched his vest as if she was holding for dear life and wailed and wailed and wailed loudly and couldn't stop her racking body. "He knows!" She cried out loud.
Brandon's eyebrows furrowed and he tightened his hug, "Who?" He asked confused.
"TYLER!... Tyler knows, Brandon!... Tyler knows!" She couldn't take it anymore and her body was overwhelmed with sorrows that she couldn't control her cries at all. "He knows my secret! He knows my shame! He knows that I have no honor! No dignity!" She screamed before she let out a loud sob and started wailing again.
Brandon was literally fuming on the inside. Tyler… He snarled in his head as he gritted his teeth tightly. He didn't want her to say it. He already knew what she meant and he wanted to burn both the bastard king and Tyler on a pole. No one ever saw the queen's vulnerable and injured side but him. He would kill whoever would dare harm her and he sure as hell knew it.
"I should have stopped Jamie, Brandon!... I-I should have told someone! I should have… S-Screamed! It's all my fault! None of this would have happened to me!" Aphrodite muffled in his chest and stained his vest with heavy tears of anguish.
Brandon turned determined, "No, Aphrodite!" His voice came out strict yet gentle, "This didn't happen because of anything you did wrong! It happened because a very SICK and insane bastard made a terrible decision to do this to you. You never deserved it and it's NOT your fault!" He quickly broke the hug and lifted her chin up so he could look at those teary, bloodshot green eyes that tortured his soul but she kept her eyes downwards, feeling overwhelmed with shame.
"Look at me, Aphrodite." He said gently with a softened face.
Aphrodite closed her eyes for a moment before she opened them and looked up to see Brandon's soothing brown ones.
"Now you listen to me… I know that I can't understand what you've been through, but I care about you deeply, and you are not alone anymore. I'll be here for you whenever you wanna talk to someone. Jamie is one. Fucking. Pig! And there's no doubt in it. And it wasn't your fault." He said a bit determinedly.
"I was weak." She whispered with a weak voice full of grief, feeling humiliated.
Brandon exhaled from his nose loudly, cupped her cheeks and looked right into her eyes, "You... Are one hell of a brave woman. And Anna agrees to that too. The strongest I've ever met actually. What you did for your daughters is the description of courage itself! You would have sacrificed yourself for them and you sure know how hell that's true. You are The Great Queen of Arendelle who stood up to a malicious man to protect her own daughters and kingdom!" His voice started to turn happy so he could cheer her, "You have learned the healing skills so you could stay ready for your daughters and help them whenever they needed you! You saved Elsa not once… but a lot of times when she was little and right when she was back to you, you kept saving her from situations." He chuckled a bit, "You are one crazy woman sometimes, I can tell you that." He said and felt himself beaming with pride when she smiled weakly. He glared at her playfully, "Where is this stern Leanna whom everyone would shiver and bow at her sight!?" He asked playfully and she actually chuckled slightly at that and started wiping her own tears. "Where's this magnificent healer who has saved so many people's lives? Who decided to be strong for her daughters! Who would smash a chair at someone if he dares say a word about her daughters?" He asked and reminded her of what she did before to Tyler and she actually really laughed a bit this time. He held his hands defensively, "I'm not saying that you should let Momma Bear at everyone, though." He joked and she glared at him playfully and punched his chest.
"Awh come on!" He threw his hands in the air in playful exasperation, "I've seen Momma Bear and I'm telling you… She. Terrifies. me! Would even scare any man away, I vow on that."
Aphrodite's smile fell again and she looked away from him, "I know a man she couldn't scare… A man who ruined her children's life and she couldn't do anything about it." She said sadly and closed her eyes, "I couldn't protect my daughters enough, Brandon... I tried but it wasn't enough!" She said angrily at herself and punched the ground in irritation.
Brandon shook his head, "Jamie is no man, Aphrodite… He's a living heartless beast!" He said, determined. Sometime, he really wondered how she even met this immoral creature.
She sighed heavily and rested her forehead on her knees while Brandon sat next to her, watching her sympathetically.
They sat in silence for about five minutes listening to nothing in the empty, dim hallways before Aphrodite finally spoke, "He's sending her away again." She elusively said and made him turn confused.
"Who?" He asked, placing a hand on her shoulder.
She lifted her head to look at him with a tired face that has held so many stress, depression and anxiety over all these years. "Anna… Tyler is sending her away to Cadonia, Brandon." She said and felt new tears form in her eyes.
"Cadonia?! But that's far away! And there's still Elsa and-"
"I k-know!" She said with a voice that quivered in desperation. She sighed, "I know." She lowered her head again. "Tyler wants Anna to pay for the damages that Elsa has done."
"What?!" Brandon exclaimed at Tyler's irrational reason.
Aphrodite nodded in confirmation, "When I refused to send Anna on that stupid task of his, he-…" She trailed off and remembered what Tyler told her. "He threatened to kick me out with my daughters, Brandon." She buried her face in her hands, "He knows that I have no place to go!... He started reminding me of that pain again! He said that I will have no choice but to return to… T-The castle! To… Him! I-I can't watch my daughter in pain again, Brandon! I can't! I CAN'T! Oh god, I can't!" She started crying again and he quickly wrapped his hands around her shoulders again and scooted closer.
Brandon's eyes widened as her words sink in, "Wait." He turned to her with furrowed eyebrows, "Tyler… Said that to you?!" He asked and she could already sense the fury inside his voice.
"N-No… Nevermind." She tried to lie, not wanting any trouble or a fight.
Brandon gripped her shoulders firmly, feeling his rage uncontrollable, "HE said that to you!?" He yelled and finally realized that it was Tyler's fault that Aphrodite was crying.
Aphrodite never saw this side of Brandon. Her eyes were wide as she stared at him, not knowing the real reason why he was so enraged at Tyler. She sighed regretfully, then, "Yes." She breathed.
Brandon suddenly shot up to his feet and helped Aphrodite up. "I have to go now." He said quickly and turned to leave but she held his arm and stared at him with a shocked, confused and worried face.
"Where are you going?!" She asked and felt how hot his arm was since he was definitely holding his rage inside him.
He opened his mouth to answer but they were suddenly brought to attention by a shout.
"Leanna!" A woman called, her voice far and faint and Aphrodite felt a knot in her stomach since she could already hear the extreme worry in the woman's voice.
"Leanna!" Aphrodite heard it again and the voice was very close this time before the woman suddenly appeared around a corner and when she saw Leanna, she sighed in relief and quickly ran to her.
Aphrodite's eyes were wide, "What is it?! What's wrong?!... And why the hell are you covered in food?!"
The woman stopped and rested her hands on her knees as she panted and tried to catch her breath, "That doesn't matter now… It's… It's… The princess." She managed to say as she sweated.
Aphrodite's heart stopped and she grabbed the woman's shoulder and shook her, "WHAT?! What's wrong with Elsa?! Where is she?! Is she okay?!" She asked with desperate shouts.
The woman stared at her with concerned eyes. She gulped, then, "She's hurt."
The moment the word Hurt left the woman's mouth, Aphrodite grabbed Brandon by his arm and dashed through the hallways not even waiting for the woman to tell her where Elsa was. She was going to search the entire fort if she had to. But before she could continue, Brandon suddenly stopped her, "I can't go with you… I have something that I need to do." He quickly said, his frown was still on his face.
"What?! But Elsa's in trouble?!" She replied in surprise.
"And you are the only one who could help her!" He told her, honestly.
"Brandon! L-Leanna!" Flynn's voice suddenly called.
"Flynn!" Aphrodite exclaimed, "Where's Elsa!? What happened!?" And she was also shocked to see Flynn covered in more food but she didn't dwell about the idea. Something happened to Elsa and she had to hurry to her as fast as she could. The whole world wasn't important to her now. She just wanted her daughters to be safe.
"Thank God I found you!" Flynn said as he panted, "Come on! No time to explain! We need you!" He said and Aphrodite quickly nodded before they all started to follow Flynn.
Flynn stopped before he could lead the panicking mother to her daughter. Brandon held his arm firmly, "You go! I… Have someone to meet." Brandon said with a sneer.
Flynn was confused but he didn't think about it. He nodded and quickly continued his way.
Brandon saw them all go before he turned with a face full with wrath and started stomping the other way. Tyler, you son of a bitch… Ohhhh, he knew his rage was uncontrollable and he was going to use that to his advantage.
Tyler sat on his desk, reading a parchment of the fort's profits as he drank down some wine. And they say that The Stern Leanna is unbreakable. He thought to himself and scoffed, feeling proud that he was able to make Aphrodite crumble. Who does she think she is…
DASH!
"TYLER, YOU SON OF A BITCH!" Brandon stormed inside Tyler's room, sending the man off his chair and to the ground in shock and surprise.
"What the hell!?" Tyler screamed in surprise as he tried to regain himself up but he was suddenly pinned to the ground with an amazing strength.
"What did you tell her you piece of shit, huh?! What did you tell her?!" He said as he shook the man from his vest aggressively.
Tyler smirked, his vest all covered in wine from when he fell, "I see that you've met with the queen along the way?"
Brandon groaned in rage and punched him hard on his face, "How dare you say something like that to her?! Have you no honor?! She's been victimized and you fucking used that against her you… you… AAAhh!" He screamed in rage and started punching him again and again.
Tyler shoved him off of him, using his feet and punched him back, making him stager backwards. "Even if she's a bitch of a queen, she can't tell me how to lead my guild!" Tyler spat as he wiped his bloody nose.
Brandon ran at him again and pinned him to the wall, quickly holding a dagger to his throat. "She's not making you do anything! She just wants to keep her daughters away from harm, you piece of shit! Send anyone else to Cadonia! Why Anna?!"
Tyler tried to struggle but Brandon squeezed his dagger closer and that made him stand still, "Because she's the one who brought that witch here!" He suddenly received another punch from Brandon.
"Dare say that Elsa's a witch and I will rip your tongue out and feed it to you!" Brandon threatened.
Tyler rolled his eyes, "Listen to me, Dog! This entire royal family is nothing but trouble! I know she's Robin's sister… But Robin is dead!" He spat.
Brandon's eyes widened and he punched him hard again in his stomach, "She has saved your precious thieves' lives many times, asshole! You should bow and kiss her feet for what she did to you! Be grateful, Bastard!" He yelled in his face and Tyler coughed out blood from his mouth.
"I never said that I wanted her help! I had my own healers but you had to shove her in here and let her live with us all!" Tyler snarled back.
Brandon stood in disbelief at this man's greediness, "Ungrateful, bastard…" Brandon whispered and pressed the dagger to Tyler's cheek, "If you dare hurt her again… If you dare hurt any of them again, you will have to deal with me and I swear to you Tyler… I swear to you on heaven and earth that you will burn on your own fire if you did." He vowed.
Tyler let out a laugh, "I will tell you just what I told her… Anna will go to Cadonia and pay for the damages that… Thing has done."
Brandon held his fist up again but he was cut off by another laugh from Tyler, "Why do you care so much?!"
Brandon was taking aback by this and he stuttered before he sneered again, "Because she's Robin's sister if I recall."
Tyler shook his head while blood came down from his mouth, "Oh, I see…" He said unconvinced. "Fuck you. Fuck her. Fuck these lunatics who brought her sick daughter here." He shoved Brandon off of him and wiped his face with his sleeve and straightened his vest. "You have no money to repair the damages… Nor her! If Anna doesn't pay me, you're all out of here." He started nodding, "You'll see…" He said pointing at him, "You'll all see how dangerous this Elsa is. And I will tell you again just what I told your bitch of a queen. I swear to you, Brandon!… Someday, that Queen and Anna will realize all of this and will be the first two to lock her up… before they freeze to death."