"Kidnapped?" asked Steven, unable to believe what his friend had seen.
"Yes. I saw how one girl was tied up and the other girl had a knife near her neck." said Connie.
"We can't let them take them away." said Steven determined.
"You're right, but how will we get to that boat?" Connie asked.
Steven put one hand under his chin, thinking of some way to do it. Then, he noticed out of the corner of his eye something that would serve them well.
"Let's use that." Steven said, pointing to an empty boat.
"Perfect. Let's not waste time." said Connie.
The two young people ran to the boat and, driving an oar each, rowed with all their might to the side of the boat.
"Phew. That was harder than it looked." said Connie wiping the sweat off her brow from the effort of rowing quickly.
"Shh. I hear something. Listen." said Steven.
They both put a hand on their ear to better capture the conversation on deck. They couldn't understand a few words, but they did understand that they wanted to use one of them for their benefit and the other was a hostage. They began to show concern when they heard that the captain of the ship was going to kill the hostage.
"Oh, no. She must be saved." asked Steven, overwhelmed by the captain's future actions.
"All right." said Connie as she started to climb the ship's stairs, but stopped to look at Steven. "I'll go first and take care of the captain; you take care of freeing the hostage."
"Got it." Steven said.
BACK TO THE PRESENT
The crew was approaching them quickly and dangerously, but before they could lay a hand on them, a pink dome suddenly formed around them, pushing them all away. Inside the dome you could see Steven with his arms outstretched.
Both the captain and the royal sisters were amazed at this. The dome dissipated to see Steven and Connie taking up position for battle.
"You're the right-hand man and I'm the left." said Connie.
"Sounds good to me." said Steven.
They both jumped in to take care of each enemy side. The captain put his surprise aside to grit his teeth in frustration. "What are you doing?! They're only children! Finish them off!" NeckKiller ordered, sending his crew against the two young people.
Steven summoned his shield, catching most of them by surprise when he threw his shield at them like a frisbee and hit them all. A large pirate tried to hit him with his mace, but Steven quickly summoned another shield and blocked it.
The large pirate smiled, thinking that with his strength he would crush the young man, but he proved to be wrong when he noticed that Steven was blocking his strength easily, as if they had the same strength. With a push, Steven pushed the pirate away from him and then punched him in the face, which knocked him to the ground.
A group of pirates tried to attack him from all sides. When they got close enough, Steven jumped so high that he reached the top of the main mast, leaving everyone with their eyes open. Before they could comment, Steven summoned a pink bubble around him and spikes came out. Then he made the bubble, now turned into a sledgehammer, fall down like a missile, and on impact with the deck, he blew the attacking pirates away and produced some cracks in the ship. After that demonstration of power, Steven defused his mace bubble and summoned his shield, preparing to fight.
Meanwhile, Connie was handling her opponents well. To her, those pirates were easier to handle than Pearl's holograms. With skillful sword moves, she dodged blows from some pirates and then responded by attacking them with her sword or a kick.
Connie was on the defensive when a pirate with two swords began to attack her. The only human of the Crystal Gems continued to defend herself from the pirate's attacks until she found an opening and slid her leg through his, causing him to trip and fall.
Then, Connie was a little surprised when a large, muscular man with a giant axe appeared before her, sporting a sinister victory smile because anyone could see that he was assured of victory. He picked up the axe and lowered it quickly with the intention of cutting it in half, but Connie quickly stepped aside, letting the axe hit the ground, jumped on the gun and began to run up the handle of the gun and down the man's arm. When she got close enough she kicked him in the face, making him drop his weapon, then, in the air, she turned before kicking the pirate's face again, knocking him to the ground.
Meanwhile, in the harbor, Kristoff was walking with Sven, who was pulling a cart loaded with ice blocks, and Olaf, who was sitting on one of the blocks.
"I wonder what Elsa and Anna are doing." said Olaf.
"They're probably having fun around the kingdom before Elsa returns to her royal duties." said Kristoff.
"She sure has her work cut out for her." Olaf said.
"That's what being queen is all about, but I like that she finds time to spend with her sister." said Kristoff.
Sven kept walking until he suddenly stopped, which Kristoff noticed.
"Sven, what's wrong?" asked Kristoff.
The reindeer's ears moved from side to side quickly, as if trying to catch a sound. When he located the sound, he turned his head in the direction of the sea, or rather, a certain ship.
"Oh, you want to play boats?" asked Olaf, not knowing what was happening.
"Is there something wrong with that boat?" asked Kristoff receiving a feeling from the reindeer.
Kristoff trusted his animal friend's instinct and squinted at what was happening on that boat.
"Damn it. It's too far away." said Kristoff in frustration.
"Try this." Olaf said, showing him a spyglass.
"Where did you get it?" asked Kristoff curiously.
"I just found it lying around." said Olaf innocently.
Kristoff shrugged at the snowman's explanation and picked up the spyglass. He pointed the larger lens at the ship and his expression of curiosity was changed to one of concern. Although the ship was far enough away to see it perfectly, he could see that Elsa and Anna were on board and there was a group of pirates fighting against two individuals that he couldn't identify, but one thing was certain, the queen and the princess were in danger.
He quickly put the spyglass aside and ran to remove the ropes that tied Sven to the chariot. "Sven, you must take me to the palace quickly. We must warn the guard." said Kristoff before riding on Sven.
"Why? What's wrong?" asked Olaf before Kristoff grabbed him and placed him in front of him.
"Elsa and Anna are in trouble!" said Kristoff.
Sven didn't need to hear any more before running off to the palace, hoping to get there in time to save the royal sisters.
Speaking of which. Both sisters were stunned and surprised, looking at the fight in front of them. Elsa couldn't believe it. A moment ago, she and her sister had been captured by pirates who wanted to use their powers for evil purposes, but when she refused, they decided to kill Anna, to their great horror, but before that happened, two children appeared who saved her and now they were facing an army of pirates all by themselves.
To say that they were normal children would be a laugh. The boy could somehow create shields and protective bubbles, while the girl was more skilled with a sword than anyone they had ever seen. Who were these boys? Where had they come from? How could the boy do that? Several questions ran through the minds of the two sisters.
Meanwhile, NeckKiller watched the fight in total surprise and fury. An army of pirates, armed and trained to kill, defeated in combat by two meddling brats. He was supposed to use the queen as his own weapon, but those kids had gotten in the way of his plans, ruining everything.
He was even more enraged when the last of his men were knocked down by the meddling duo, who stood side by side with the pirate captain in front of them, both looking at him seriously.
"It's over! Surrender!" said Connie pointing her sword at him.
"Never! I'll never surrender to children!" said the captain in rage.
"Uncle, haven't you noticed? We've shot down your whole crew. Do you really think you can defeat us?" asked Steven questioning the captain's reason.
Instead of responding, the captain shouted in anger and launched into the attack. His first move was to try to harm Connie with his sword, but Steven stood in front of him with a summoned shield and blocked the attack.
Connie jumped on him to confront the captain. The blades clashed with each other every second that passed. Connie was able to handle it well because the captain was getting carried away with anger and that made his attacks predictable and every time the captain intended to strike, Steven would appear to block him with his shield.
Elsa and Anna were quite surprised at the coordination they had. They acted and fought as if they had been in fights before, which must have been very hard to make these young people so good at fighting. That made them have more questions in their minds.
With one push, Steven pulled the captain away from them after blocking another of their attacks. Determined to end this, they both jumped up and punched the captain's face with their fists (Steven the left and Connie the right). The combined blow was so strong that the captain fell back to the ground with his eyes rolled back as a sign that he was unconscious.
Steven's serious expression changed dramatically to one of joy and youth. "Yes! We won! Who has beaten the evil pirates?" asked Steven, raising his hand high.
"We beaten the evil pirates." replied Connie, high fiving him.
"Nobody move!" The two young people were startled when an unknown voice spoke.
They turned around and saw a group of soldiers get on the boat and point their crossbows in all directions, but relaxed when they looked confused that all the pirates present were unconscious.
"Hey... what happened?" asked one of the soldiers.
The soldier in front looked around at the downed pirates wondering what had happened there, but that question went away when he saw the queen and the princess still surprised by what had happened in the fight.
"Your majesties, are you all right?" asked the soldier.
"Your majesties?" asked Steven and Connie, looking at each other with an arched eyebrow.
Elsa quickly shook off thoughts of the two of them before concentrating on the soldier's question. "Yes. We're fine." Elsa said.
"What happened here? It looks like there was a fight." said the soldier.
"What makes you say that?" Connie asked quietly in a sarcastic manner, causing Steven to laugh very slightly.
"That doesn't matter now. I need you to arrest these men and take them to the dungeons." said Elsa.
The soldier did not question the queen's words and stood up straight in front of her. "Yes, Your Highness," said the soldier before he and the other soldiers began loading the pirates into the boats.
Steven and Connie stood by, watching the guards take care of the pirates, until only they and the royal sisters were left, who approached them.
The two young people became nervous. They had gone there to save them, but they never expected the two of them to be related to royalty. They didn't know what to do or what to say, after all, the last royalty they came in contact with were the Diamonds of the Homeworld and they weren't very nice, to say the least. They got even more nervous when they were confronted with them.
"Please follow us." Elsa said before she walked with her sister without saying another word.
Steven and Connie decided to follow them to a boat where a couple of soldiers were taking care of the oars.
During the course of the trip, there was an uncomfortable silence among the four of them.
"Should we ask them?" Anna asked her sister in a very low voice so no one would hear.
"I think not now. We'd better wait until we get to the castle to do it." whispered Elsa.
"I can't wait to find out who they are." whispered Anna with a touch of emotion, as she found what they did incredible.
"The truth. Neither can I." whispered Elsa with a small smile as she was grateful for what they did, but she was also curious about what they did.
Unbeknownst to them, the young members of the Crystal Gems had their own private conversation.
"What do you think they will do to us?" Steven asked in a very low voice.
"I don't think anything bad. We just saved them." whispered Connie.
"Then why didn't you thank us earlier on the ship?" asked Steven.
"I guess it would be the first time you see a boy pulling a shield out of thin air and a girl swordsman. I bet they'll ask us questions about it." whispered Connie.
"Should we tell them the truth?" asked Steven.
"For now, let's wait a little and then see if it's necessary." whispered Connie.
When they arrived at the port, the soldiers took the unconscious pirates to their cells. As they walked, Kristoff passed between them quickly.
"Anna!" cried Kristoff, drawing the princess's attention.
"Kristoff!" shouted Anna before the couple gave each other a hug.
Kristoff broke away from the embrace and put his hands on the shoulders of his girlfriend. "It's a good thing I warned the guards in time. I was so worried." said Kristoff.
"Take it easy. I'm all right. We're fine." Anna said with a smile.
"By the way, what happened there?" asked Kristoff. "I saw that two people were facing the pirates, but I didn't get a good look at it." said Kristoff.
"Oh. It was them." said Elsa, stepping aside to introduce Steven and Connie.
"Them? But they're just kids." said Kristoff, confused by it.
"They may look it, but you should have seen them. They were 'bam', 'bang' and the pirates were 'oh', 'ah'," said Anna quite excited as she gestured to hit and be hurt for emphasis.
Steven and Connie started to relax when they saw the princess' imitations, it reminded them quite a bit of Amethyst. Maybe they're not such bad people after all.
"Did they really do that?" Kristoff asked, still not believing it.
"We'd better talk about it later in the castle." said Elsa, smiling at her sister's performance. The royal sisters and the ice master started to walk towards the castle, but Elsa stopped for a moment and turned her head to see that Steven and Connie were still standing. "Don't just stand there. You can come with us." said Elsa with a sincere smile.
Both young people smiled at how kind the queen was to them, even though they had only just met, even though the fact that they saved her from pirates had something to do with it.
The two ran a little closer to each other and together, walked to the castle, where they would get answers to their many questions.