Jellicle's Creed
Frozen Memories
Seqeunce 4
Memory 4: Snowflake within a Snowflake part 3
21 May 2051
Kingdom of Arendelle
Whitehall District
Centeral Templar Den
First Floor Main Entrence
Noon
"Okay, so lemme get this straight. You're telling me that Seagulls aren't in this blasted town simply because we're near a port?"
"That's it, skippy."
"I'm calling bullshit on that."
Mark snickered as he passed seamlessly from group to group of people. The Templars had no clue why there were so many damn birds all of a sudden. But he did. Mark always knew about the birds. After all; he's the one who called them!
"Call what you want, but it's true. Seagulls don't normally come this far inland unless there's a storm coming."
"Huh...but the skies are clear."
"That's what's funny about the ocean; it'll screw you over in no time flat."
The Templars continued their conversation as Mark walked right past them without being noticed at all. The front door of the Den was simple enough; regardless of there being six guards; three on either side of the door. Mark sat on a bench and leaned back almost as if he were lounging around as he watched the Templars; their movements, the way they breathed, where there eyes moved while they stood there and then he shrugged.
He stood as a patrol walked right past him, and hid in the crowd directly behind them. Everything was going absolutely fine until the crowd of people he was hiding in decided to turn at the last second, leaving him exposed at the foot of the steps of the front door of the Den.
He rolled his eyes and from his belt he pulled six throwing knives; one for each guard as he screeched like an eagle, birds fluttering from their positions and blinding the guards for a second while the hooded man continued forward, the knives flying from his fingers and into the throats of the guards, who slumped over against the wall as if they were still standing.
And he was in! That was easy enough. Now then, find the Captain. His brown eyes began to glow bronze as he used his Eagle vision to look around, stooping into the shadows and watching everything carefully.
He didn't have his birds in here; he had to be twice as careful. Red highlighted Templars were everywhere on this floor of the building; but nary a Gold fool to be found. So he sat; and he waited.
News of an outside force screwing up plans reached his sensitive ears before he pin-pointed the source; there it was. That fleck of Gold in a sea of Red and grey. Standing, Mark was quick and silent in his movements, weaving in and out and around the people in the crowd, following the Templar Captain to his office, and slipping into the door before it closed.
"Quite the set up you have here." Mark said, startling the Captain enough to make him stumble before drawing his sword, pointing the tip at Mark, who merely smiled as a dart slowly fell from his right hand.
"Too bad it isn't good enough."
Within a blur, the ropedart closed around the Captain's feet, tripped him, and Mark's hidden blade was lodged into his neck, up through the brain-stem for a quick, clean kill. Mark drew his fingers down the Templar's eyes to close them. "Rest in Peace." He whispered before standing and quickly going through the man's desk; pulling up maps, documents on Nobles; orders to detain or kidnap Nobles, or those close to the Queen.
Kai's name came up in the "Detain and Torture" list, and Mark bit his bottom lip, sighing in disappointment. A few other names as well, Jeramiah, Arendelle's Spiritual Leader for the church was on the Kill List, as was Nova; a young girl who was known to help hide some Assassins in times of need. Nova's mother, Gwendolyn, was just under her name.
Mark shook his head and rolled up the papers, stuffing them in his pouch before exiting the office and heading towards the base of the Tower as planned.
Kingdom of Arendelle
Whitehall District
Centeral Templar Den
Fourth Floor; North End
At that same moment
To say her luck never went in her favor after defaulting on her home to the Templars the year before and only hours later rescued and given back her home from the Templars by the Queen, Georgina could have said it was just pure dumb luck if she were ever asked. But it didn't matter at that point, her target was the top floor of the massive building. The glass dove flew past behind her before disappearing in a explosion of energy and ice.
Climbing swiftly in the pretty much empty garden area Georgina cleared the window sill to the room she found herself inside of. An office, that of her target. The door was framed in gold, and there were not two, but two dozen Templars scattered on the floor with her. But she was in the captains office. Because he sat right in front of her and was going over things. She'd have to make this quick!
For a long moment she hung on the windowsil looking in. Listening to the conversation within.
"I sam fairly certain that whatever occured at the Mountain can be overcom with the resources we have." one of the men in the room
"Regardless, outside interfernece ruined the plan, the bandit camp is ruins; best course of action is to aim higher, stake it out and take down the target" said another man.
"No, the objective at this point is to take all the targets alive." Said the third man, apparently the captain Georgina sought. "And if you know what is good for you, you'll do as ordered directly from the Grand Master, am I understood ?" Both men replied with 'yes sir's before told to leave the office. Georgina slipped in without a sound and hid behind the mans chair as he sat down, not bothering to look behind himself
This was too easy!
She waited until she heard the pouring of wine into a glass, the Templar captain sat back in his chair, relaxed. Nothing amiss. The chair reclined a bit, and right onto Georgina's hidden blade, stabbing perfectly directly into the mans heart without a sound. The man died instantly, wine glass caught by Georgina, who drank it down. She recognosed the bottle and growled softly under her breath, the wine came from iher/i wineceller in Roughwater District!
She turned from the bottle to the Templar captain and went through his pockets, withdrawing a letter; She opened the wax seal after recognising the Weselton coat of arms. i'Outside influence or not, I want the target alive, if she is slain or wounded in any manner, it will be your head! ~ The Duke'/i Georgina snickered, quickly pocketing the letter she went to the desk and searched it. Finding a map, a floor layout of the Castle, Elsas bedroom marked in grey the library marked in purple, and finally, Annas room marked in red. Georgina could not make head or tail of it, but she folded the floor layout up and pocketed it as she searched the desk further.
She opened another drawer on the desk, a list of names. She read through it, it was seperated into three parts, the top part was listed as Detain for Torture or questioning, Marie's name was at the top, the daughter of the former now deceased headmaid to Elsa Gerda, along with Hilda the cooks aid, and finally Jukes, the second in command to Captain Freyla and former bodyguard of Elsa.
The second part of the list was Capture, and listed there made her snicker nearly uncontrolled as she read off the names, She herself at the top, followed directly below by Elsa, and Snowfeather further down the list, and at the bottom of that section was listed a woman named Charity, but that name was scribbled out ? That raised an eyebrow. Why was a name crossed out ?
But what made her stop and stare was the last part of the names list, the Kill On Sight list, Mark was at the top, followed directly under his name by Princesss Anna, and also Blackmane, and Matthew. Also listed there was Captain Freyla. Georgina smiled, this was one mission the Templars were going to fail outright! With the desk trashed Georgina stepped quietly up to the door and opened it, the two men standing there never saw her coming as she struck, both men sank to the floor; the cleaners could handle them later
Kingdom of Arendelle
Whitehall District
Centeral Templar Den
Second Floor; South End
At that same moment
Elsa sat on the bench quietly, completely ignored by several patrols. Even in a different dress color she was partly recognisible, and she knew it, which meant she had to explore differnet ways to do things. Among which included getting the Templar Captain down for the count, so to speak.
She had no idea of what her sister was doing, nor did she know Anna had been kidnapped with Olaf by the CIA. So for the moment Elsa sat calmly on the bench, two people on either side. Her vision focused; she spotted several groups of red marked men in sets of four, some of them walking along the halways among the groups of people. Others standing in pairs at various locations. She still stared at the gold door in front of her. listening carefully to what was said within.
"I do not care, outside influence or not we want her alive! You best tell your men that directly before I take over" Came a hauntingly familar voice. Elsa's eyes widened, spotting a vent system she ducked into it and closed the window grate behind her, like a drain system, Now under the floor but above the first floor she listened better through a air vent.
"But Prince Hans, you know exactly what happened, the outside influence came from Oslo, they stole her from the Bandits, they left the firerope! It was never activated" Came the reply, Elsa saw that Hans came up in pale blue, he was not her target, the templar captain came up in gold.
"Either I take over this operation with my men and it goes right, or it goes as planned with you and your men, understand me ?" Hans said
The Templar captain nodded, the two men soon left the office, which let Elsa enter without too much trouble. Easily slipping out of the vent she eased open she stepped into the office and searched the three massive bookcases carefully. She heard a click... The bottom drawer of the desk opened, inside was a single paper.
A names list
Three sections, The top section had names Elsa never really was familar with outside of the castle, it looked like lower ranked nobles. On the second section, the capture section most likely, she found not exact denominations was a single name, Shane, whoeever that was Elsa had no idea, but it was the last name onthe list that was crossed out that got her undevided attention,
The name said Marion, and it was crossed out; Elsa had no idea what it meant, But she slid the names list into her corset and finished searching the office, keeping an ear out carefully for the Templar Captain. When she found nothing else she quickly stepped out of the office and blended into a passing group of people. The gold and blue figures not far away.
Elsa quickly found another bench and sat down, unnoticed by anyone. She easily heard their conversation, and briefly thought she saw Mark heading upwards. Oh boy, this was going to have to be quick and quiet, this was her second liberation in a year! Her first was when she liberated and returned Georgina's home the year before.
"You do understand, if anything goes wrong, I take over and finish the job." Hans said
"I understand fully sir, We have the names list as ordered it has been scrambled and split among myself and two of my compatroits in this endeavor, We want Arendelle in our grasp just as much as you!" Said the Captain.
"Good, have you men been informed of the outside influence and how to deal with them ?" Hans asked, Elsa had to wonder what he meant, but she stared hard at Hans, clearly unhappy that he was even in her kingdom again
"Yes sir, my men reported seeing them in the Roughwater District, along with the Princess as well" Said the Templar Captain, Elsa's eyebrows went up slightly; ok that was problematic for sure! the CIA, in Arendelle, and Anna nearby possibly captured!
Hans nearly choked on his wine, "They what ? Well, take those men out! the outside influences imust/i be eliminated if this plan is to be seen to completion!" he all but yelled at the Templar Captain under his command, Of course the captain needed a change of clothing as his wine, and that of Hans, spilled onto him "Get yourself cleaned up, then see to it that those men are dealt with quietly, preferably not in the open. now get going. I need to get aboard ship within the hour." With that Hans left,
Elsa saw her chance and ducked into a passing group, and then just as quickly she ducked into a wardrobe the Templar was headed for. She got back in it just enough as ther man stepped into view, with a flick of her wrist, she grabbed him in one hand, and in the other, the ice blade struck solidly into his neck, turning the man rapidly into ice. She sat him inside the wardrobe. carefully she searched his body and found only weapons and a set of orders, and quite a bit of coin.
What she heard Hans say however, that made her work quicker, strangely she was unnoticed as she quickly blended into a group of people and stepped towards the stairsd, but ducking into a backway she went up a private staircase to the top floor, labled roof access.
Kingdom of Arendelle
Whitehall District
Centeral Templar Den
Rooftop
Ten minutes later
Georgina waited at the base of the tower; there was a dozen or more dead Templars scattered across the rooftop. Perfect. Georgina saw her at the same time Elsa spotted her friend. The two met up between the main stairway skylight and the tower. It was Georgina that spoke first. "Did you by chance find anything relating to a names list ?"
"You mean this ?" Elsa withdrew the names list she had stolen and hid in her corset, Georgina nodded. Producing her own Elsa compared the names, Apparently the spaces on each list made it easier for each name to line up in proper order. "It looks like they're lining up together, Wait, Why is our names on this list ? Were the Templars planning to take us down or something ?"
"Eliminate us one by one is more likely" Georgina replied, she showed her friend the map "I cleared the rooftop, they never expected me, never saw me coming. No worries now. We're in the clear to take down that tower."
Elsa took in the map as she felt eyes on her as a massive shadow flew overhead, she smiled as Ulnaus made landing on the footop not far away, the massive eagle preened his feathers as if unworried, perfectly so perfectly on a beam overlooking the courtyard not far away.
Elsa spoke up as Mark joined them, "Hans was here, the templar I was tracking was speaking with him, did you get a Names list too ?" She was confused as to why Annas bedroom was circled in red, whereas her own room was cirlced in silver.
Mark nodded to Elsa's question, showing the two the slip of paper as he lightly kicked the base of the tower, looking up at it. "No time to go over it; the faster we light this thing the better." He said, backing away from it before turning, the slip of paper returning to its hiding spot with a swift movement of his hand.
"How are we doing this? We've got three towers to light; and it's best if we light them all at the same time; or close to one another so the Templars know to get out." He didn't seem to care about Hans, that or he did and just wasn't showing it. Truth is, unless the Prince impeded progress, he wasn't any concern at the moment. With annoyed growl Mark waved his hand, and Ulnaus simply screeched back.
"You're gonna get me killed one day, bird." Mark hissed, waving his hand again. "I told you to stay out of sight!"
"Hey-isn't that-? It is! Sound the alarm!" A voice called out from below.
Cursing under his breath in Arabic, Mark screeched loudly, Ulnaus nodded his head and dived towards the Templars, taking out the alarm-runner first before carrying him, screaming like a sissy, away before dropping him to his death. Birds began to swarm around the area as Mark took his sword from its sheath on his back, turning to Georgina and Elsa. "Looks like I've got this tower. Now go! We've little time!" Two bronze Transport Array's appeared on either side of the group, one led to the North-East Tower, the other to the North-West Tower.
Mark was often praised for liberating districts quickly; his no-nonsense attitude made him a favorite for high-priority targets, much to his lazy dismay. Screams oozed from below as Templars were swarmed by birds who pecked and clawed visciously at their skin and eyes. Mark ran towards the Tower wall and within five steps, three forward and two up, was at least eight feet above the roof-top, his iDuradaeden/i claws lodged into the wall, keeping him in place, his body close to the wall to keep his weight focused on more muscle groups so he didn't tire easilly.
With a grunt, Mark used his sword, held in a reverse grip to stab into the wall, and pull himself up another five feet before slamming his claws again into the wall. He climbed the fire-rope littered tower quickly in this manner, leaving minimal, hardly visible damage to the wall on which he climbed. He reached a ledge and gritted his teeth, sheathing his sword before letting out another screech, letting go of the wall and willingly falling before Ulnaus swooped in and caught him, flapping his massive wings hard to lift Mark up to the top of the Tower, where three crossbow wielding guards awaited him, firing at the Massive bird, whose feathers were thick enough to stop the bolts before they reached his body.
Mark dropped onto the ledge, ducking another bolt while grabbing one guard by the shirt with his clawed hand, slamming him into the wall before throwing him off the tower while spinning. During the spin, Mark's right hand grabbed two throwing knives, releasing them to another guard, each knife lodging itself within the chest of their target, who stumbled backwards, also off the side of the tower. Mark then rolled foward to dodge another bolt from a now half-rageful, half-scared-shitless Templar who was screaming at him.
The Templar lunged, aiming to use his crossbow to slam over Mark's head, but the Assassin merely raised his gauntleted arm, the metal taking the impact while from the right hand dropped a rope-dart, which was quickly flung around the neck of the raging Templar. In a few quick steps, Mark was behind him, back to back, and pulled hard on the ropedart in his hand; squeezing the life from the Templar quickly and painfully.
All of this left Mark panting, but smirking at the same time. He loved every second of combat; relished in it, even, but this was no time to bask in glory. Not yet. Mark grabbed one of the torches from its holder and tossed it into the beacon. He then searched the Templar at his feet, finding a cigarette lighter. He smiled, lighting it and dropping it on the torch before stepping onto the ledge with a fire raging behind him, and finding the Hay-cart below.
Mark then took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and leapt.
Kingdom of Arendelle
Whitehall District
North-East Templar Den
At that same moment
Elsa nodded, turning to her left she took the east way array. Diving into it she rammed headlong into a Templar on the other side, she knew in her heart she'd never get used to the instantanious travel that transport arrays provided! After pretty much bodyslamming the templar into a wall Elsa backtracked quickly and cast her ice sword. Then with sword and ice dagger she fought off a wave of Templars.
She knew she didn't have much time, but these templars had different rank badges and none of them had the rings on their fingers. She searched them carefully and then hid the bodies in a snowdrift that soon melted. She snuck up to a templar, whom she was able to see was the captain of that den and easily struck from behind, the mans body turning instantly ice blue in color as the life left him. As she laid him on the ground she searched his pockets, Sometimes templars had a key she could use.
However, not only did she find a key, she also found another names list. One that nearly made her choke on the memories of her mother. It was a "Seek and Destroy" list, and of those names, was her mother at the top, crossed out of course, Her parents had passed away at sea, their ship completely wrecked. But directly under it was two names not crossed out. Nathan Wolfe, and Marcus Wolfe... Wolfe... Isn't that Marks last name ? Elsa wondered, She heard voices and ducked into the Templar den quickly, it was empty on the inside, perfect, there was however a stairs leading up. She darted upwards after casting a Snowflake Lock on the door. Sliding the new names list into her corset she took the steps two at a time.
Carefully lifting up the trapdoor at the top she looked around, listening carefully she heard nothing but there was a lit torch not far off on a pillar. Perfect! Scampering up she took in the view. Wow was all she could think. About a mile to the southwest was a signal tower alight, She smiled, Mark at work! Perfect, she could just barely make out his leap of faith. Without further thought she grabbed the torch and tossed it on the signal light. Purple smoke poured fourth, signaling that the second tower was now in their control
She had done a leap of faith only once before, when she saved Georgina. But now, why not again ? She dove cleanly off the rooftop, the doves guiding her path perfectly into a neatly stacked pile of hay with a soft 'flufsh' sound. For a long moment she relaxed calm. She heard fighting in the streets nearby. Well this would be fun for sure!
It was then that Elsa took out the new names list and scanned it carefully, of the twenty or so names on it, not including her mothers own name, only two names were not crossed out. A woman named Sarah, and anothoer named Serenity, whatever that meant, it had to be a nickname. But she stared for a long moment at her mothers crossed out name.
Why was she on this list ?
Kingdom of Arendelle
Whitehall District
North-West Templar Den
At that same moment
Her luck had run out, Georgina knew it, even with her added arsenal of weapons, the smoke bombs prooved useful only so far, So she threw a datura or two before taking to the rooftops after dropping in on a pair of templar patrols. Eight guys against one woman, well, the odds were never really in her favor most of the time to begin with anyhow. It was pure dumb luck, she knew that now, that she had chosen the office window of a Templar Captain to enter on the fourth floor of the place too!
But this was rotten luck! Eight guys quickly turned into twelve, which quickly turned into twenty six, and even then they seemed to be never ending. But the first guy she killed, all on accident too, was the Den Captain. Perfect! To the rooftops! Georgina threw another smock bomb and scampered up a wall without so much as a "see ya!" She easily yanked a man off the rooftop and to the group below.
Snapping out a ropedart she grabbed a long rod of metal with it and tangled the ropedart around it, Using it as a long ranged weapon she used it more akin to a whip. She threw a few poison darts, and even a berzerk dart or two, but primarily she took down every templar with the ropedart tangled metal rod before finally aiming it to the air and locking onto the tower above. Then she easily scampered up the tower as if she were rockclimbing. Easily yanking the only Templar up there not even noticing the the ruckus down below him she pulled him off the tower to his doom and climbed up. Grabbing up a torch as she looked around, taking in the kingdom. This was the third time she had done such a thing since joining the Assassins with the Queens help. But at this moment she wanted to take it all in, all around her she saw everything. She even spotted some Arendelle soldiers, those loyal to Elsa, arriving on the ground.
Perfect
She walked out onto the beam and untangled the ropedart, quickly winding it up she grabbed up a torch and threw it into the tower, explosions went off, apparently the Templars hid gunpowder in it. Their flags shriveled into nothing as Georgina swan dove cleanly off the tower into the river below with a perfect dive. She swam quickly to the nearby bridge and pulled herself up out of the water. It was time to meet back up with the others
But first
She went back to the scene of battle, man was it a mess, she went through each slain Templars pockets, finding mostly money, some ammunitions of various sorts. But no orders or names lists. She hid the bodies in a nearby haystack. She had no idea how to explain it, the bodies tended to disappear. She tried not to think about it. It took her about an hour to hide all the bodies, but she managed.
Kingdom of Arendelle
Roughwater District Assassin Den
One hour later
Snowfeather sat within the den at the dining room table. she was going over contracts in the area. in fact she had just finished one her self, but there was more pressing matters to attend to. The CIA had Anna. And Matthew was trying to find out where they had taken her. and what they wanted. Snowfeather however remained at the den in Roughwater in order to debrief those on the liberation mission. So she waited at the table. Absently fingering a jade stone her daughter had made. Normally it locked onto her sword hilt. but at the moment, Snowfeather held it in her hands, cleaning it actually.
The door opened, and in walked Mark, who lowered his hood as he nodded in greeting to Snowfeather. His hands came together, using a cloth on his clawed gauntlet; there was blood on the claws; fresh blood. Templar blood, no doubt. He sat across from Snowfeather, and leaned back, taking another few silent seconds to clean the gauntlet before looking at it to inspect the clean. He nodded, and with a bronze flash of his eyes, the Metal digitized away bit by bit as he leaned forward, his eyes on the Jade in his Mentor's hands. With a sigh Mark took the slips of paper from their pouches, placing them on the table. "I found these on the captain I killed. Lists. The girls found some too; dunno what they were; didn't pay attention to it." He said calmly before his eyes returned to the Jade stone.
"I have always found that stone beautiful...just thought you should know while we wait for Georgina and the Queen to return." he said calmly. Ulnaus sat on a perch above the door to the Roughwater Den, talons and beak dripping with blood as he preened his feathers, the crossbow bolts falling out harmlessly as he did so.
"I should know" Snowfeather replied softly as she cleaned the gem carefully. "I had found it many a time in your bedroom." She breathed on the stone gently and with a delicate touch she gently laid the gem where it belonged on her swords hilt. With a satisfying CLICK the gem locked into place. "The templars had stolen it... the sword and gem. Thinking it a Piece. It isn't. So they kept it in their vault. Until one of them was stupid and tried to use it against me" She started cleaning the blade itself as there was blood on it.
"The CIA are in the kingdom. They have Anna. And Olaf the snowman. But not all of him apparently." On the table was a twitching stick with three fingers and a thumb. "Matthew found his arm in a alleypath not far from the Inn where we had some events happen recently. Matthew is currently trying to find out where and when Anna was taken. Olaf was with her. When Matthew returns we will plan on how to get her back."
As she spoke the door opened and in walked Elsa, followed quickly by Georgina, Elsa did not look happy one bit. Matthew behind them both. Elsa went right to the table and leaned on it. "Matthew said the CIA are in kingdom, Hans was also in the kingdom, but he was leaving, as he said he was taking ship home." Matthew nodded as Elsa looked around confused. "Where is Anna ?"
"What did you find on the liberation ?" Snowfeather asked, getting right to the point, Elsa gave her a look, but lete it go for the moment. Weithout a word she withdrew from her corset a stack of several papers, the names list and some other orders. Also a supply list. Georgina did the same, but she had maps, one of which of the Castle, which had Elsas room circled in silver, and Annas in red.
But it was the names list that was the greatest importance.
With the names list provided by the girls Snowfeather stacked the tracing paper on itself, to get a better look at it. "There are names missing." She said confused. there were gaps where names were to be listed. She cast a glance to Mark, "Did you find anything ?" She didn't have to ask as she spotted the pwpers on the table, picking up the two lists of names she stacked the tracing paper once again.
Her heart hammered as she read it.
Five names she recognised instantly, two of them were very important to her, the other three, important to Mark. None of the other names aside from Kai, and the Bishop, and also Marei and Nova did she recognise. For a long moment there was silence, she slowly set the names list down and stood up, looking out the window of the dining room to the river and fjord beyond
Mark waited for Snowfeather to put down the papers, his eyebrows furrowed at her expression. Curious, he picked up the pieces of paper, and read off the names, whispering them out to himself as he skimmed them. Then he got to the ones close to him. "Nathan...Marcus...Charity..." Mark visibly choked up, swallowing hard as his breath went absolutely silent.
Five agonizing seconds he was silent and still.
Finally he simply stood, set the papers down, and turned, but not before a single tear fell onto the paper with a soft i'plip'/i. After turning Mark walked to the door, opening and slamming it shut so hard the walls shook and Ulnaus screeched, startled as he flew off. Wolfe...Wolfe...Why Wolfe? Why?! Mark couldn't describe the emotion he felt; but he knew it lied somewhere between agony and rage.
He headed towards the Docks, his gauntlet appearing as he raised his hood.
Elsa turned to Mark confused as he choked up about something, this was possibly the first time she had ever seen him sad about something, almost all the time she saw him he was always humorful or deadly serious. So what was this ? Elsa couldn't explain it, when she went to speak Matthew held up an arm and shook his head. Elsa watched Mark leave, completely confused as the door slammed and the walls shook.
So focused on Marks leaving none of them saw Snowfeather take flight herself out the opened dining room window. With the cry of an eagle, matching with Ulnaus screeching Snowfeather took off. She knew the pain that Mark was feeling. Perching a few dozen meters off on a smokestack she withdrew from a sleeve a letter, it had a M on it, Snowfeather knew who sent such letters. Sliding the letter away from whence it came she once more took flight. Unobserved she headed for the Docks.
She followed Marks trail and twice tangled with Ulnaus until the massive Eagle understood her intent. Mark most likely needed her, and she needed him. They both felt the same about those they loved dearly.
Kingdom of Arendelle
Docks District
A few minutes later
After Ulnaus finally understood Snowfeather's intent, he practically guided her to Mark, landing on a post at the far end of the dock, intimidating all who came near to give them privacy. Around Mark was simply a mess; blood once again leaked from his claws, dead or dying fish from destroyed barrels and baskets lay strewn around him as did the wrecks of wood and even metal.
Mark's head was down, and he just stood with his back to Snowfeather, silent, except for the ragged rise and fall of his shoulders. Crying. Mark was crying- no, sobbing. He was sobbing his eyes out quietly; the air around him was dark, lonely, sad, angry, and at least a hundred other emotions, none of them positive, all of them leaving him a wreck.
After a minute he turned, gauntlet vanishing again as he simply pulled Snowfeather into quite possibly the tightest hug of her life, sobbing into her shoulder as he had done all those years ago while she raised him. The last time Mark did this, he wasn't even 7 years old. The last time Mark did this, he latched on to Snowfeather for a week; never leaving her side, or even letting go of her jacket; forcing her to stay within the Den and watch and comfort him; though...it wasn't really forced.
For how long they hugged each other neither knew. For long moments she said nothing, Nothing need to be said right off the bat. "When you requested kittens this morning. Do you know why I gave you that look ?" Snowfeather said softly as she gently distasngled Marks hair. the ribbon Elsas had made had held it well, but some hair had came loose. "It is because I thought of my own children." She pulled Mark to arms length and looked him over carefully. "Until this kingdom is clean and run in peace through our work, There is not much we can do. My own girls are on that names list."
Snowfeather lifted a gently hand to Marks face and gently cleaned away the tears. "This is for you. Rest assured, we did what we could. But for those we lost long ago, I am sorry." She meant his uncle, and his father. Snowfeather withdrew a letter, signed with a M upon it. Mark had gotten many a letter, and this was the most recent, nearly a week old at that.
She stepped back then. Mark seemed much calmer then. "you will be in for dinner tonight, wont you ? Shall I ask Elsa to save something ? Or do you want to meet up when we go after the CIA to get Anna back safely ?" She knew that Mark worked with the CIA briefly, after all it was through her and Blackmane that he got the job, basically.
Finally she smiled. "Take all the time you need. You'll know where to find me." She really meant to send Ulnaus to find her, the massive bird was basically a homing beacon
Mark was silent the entire time she talked, taking the letter in a shaky hand he took in a deep breath before nodding, pocketing it for a few minutes later. Finally he shook his head in response to her question. "I'll...meet when we go after the CIA." he said softly. As she smiled, so did he, and he hugged her again, lightly connecting his forehead with hers for a second, his eyes closed before breaking away and blinking a few times and taking another deep breath in, flexing his shoulders a few times.
"I'll...I'll see you soon, Snow..." He said calmly, his voice low, deep, oddly soothing. "I'm sure you'll know where to find me." He said calmly in response to her before stepping back into a Transport Array; landing in a chair at the Arendelle Library, and opening the letter.
Dearest Brother,
Mother and I are still safe here, so you can relax there. We each work at a local coffee shop; I serve and she cooks. It's not fun, but it keeps us safe from Them.
Listen...we miss you; try to come and see us soon. Momma wants to know if she has any Grandchildren yet! She still can't thank Snowfeather and Blackmane for their help enough, so be sure to give them a hug for her.
With undying love,
~ Your loving sister, Marion.
Mark wiped another few tears from his cheeks and folded the letter up again, placing it in the internal breast pocket of his coat above his heart, putting a bit of pressure on it for a few seconds before sighing, slowly rising from the chair and checking how quickly his hidden Blade could deploy, his eye not flinching from the extremely quick, smooth action.
Kingdom of Arendelle
Roughwater District Assassin Den
A few minutes later
It did not take long before Matthew had come up with a plan, with Snowfeather and Mark out on some personal business, Matthew had no idea what, he had managed to get in touch with the CIA in that were in the kingdom somewhere. Or rather they had gotten in touch with him. Their ioffer/i was more of a outright demand, or trade. Him for Anna and the snowman. No questions asked.
But Elsa did not want him to go. He was her teacher. They could think of another way to get Anna back. Georgina even wanted to get another crack at the CIA for kidnapping Anna, and also kidnapping Olaf. Leaving one of the poor guys arms in the alley was not a smart thing to do, the arm was pretty much dancing on the table at that moment!
What to do ?
It was then that Elsa noticed the absence of Snowfeather when Mark was gone and Ulnaus screeched. Turning back to the table, the window was open, but there was no sign of Snowfeather whatsoever "Where's Snowfeather ? Wasn't she by the window ?" Elsa stepped around the table to the window and looked out, never seeing Snowfeather take off from a chimney pipe two dozen meters away to the southwest and head for the docks.
"Dont know" Georgina replied "What do we do ? Go after Snowfeather or go after the CIA ?"
"The CIA wants me, this much is sure, they tried to get into your dreams to learn more of me." Matthew said
"So where is the CIA now ?" Elsa asked "They wont be expecting me to show up out of nowhere to get my sister back." Georgina smiled, Elsa on the warpath to save Anna, the CIA were in deep shit right then for sure.
"The CIA want me, and the last place your sister was, isn't far from here. We can find Snowfeather on the way and fill her in. Come on" Matthew said. then he lead the way out. Directly to the last place Anna and Olaf were, Ela of course had grabbed Olaf's twitching dancing arm. She had no idea what Matthew was planning, but somehow she knew she wouldn't like it
CIA Rented Room
Roughwater Inn
At that same moment
"Is she up yet ?" Marcus asked, the two room 'apartment' of the inn they had rented through a friend and a favor acted more like a small prison with a barred up window and the outer room connected to the hall allowing only one way in or out.
"Dunno, how long that sleeper worked for ?" Barnabas asked
"Four hours, and that was two maybe three hours ago" Marcus replied, he Nodded to the door "Check on her, if she's up, let me know" He turned to the others in the room as Barnabas turned to the second door. He pointed out the men in pairs. "You two, get down to the lobby, that commons room as they called it will be a hotbed of activity soon I want you to keep watch, report in every ten minutes with updates. Even if a guy sneezes. You two, outside, I want this area watched, if that woman is out there I want to know where she is, and how close she is, and who is with her. Get going. You," He pointed ot the last man, "you're messenger between us here and those in the lobby. If their radios go down I want you to be midway between us and them. Now get going."
Barnabas went to the door and put his ear to it, opening it he stepped into the room and turned on the light, this kingdom, as odd as it was, actually did have eletrical power. So light switches were a good thing. Anna was on the bed, either awake, or asleep, or faking asleep, Barnabas couldn't tell.
As soon as the door to the inner room closed Marcus stood from the sofa and went to the door, locking it, then checking the hall briefly and locking that door as well. He had five or so minutes. He paced briefly, his orders in hand. The orders he was given by an old friend. "Ensure their Safety" Whatever it meant Marcus did not know. All he knew is that those same orders lead him directly to Arendelle.
A place he thought he'd never see in his life again. He read through the orders carefully, finally he burned them away once they were comitted to memory. The only man on this mission that he knew he could trust was in the other room with the young woman they had captured. But the snowman was getting annoying. the closet door rattled and fell open, and out fell Olaf, in pieces, his face and head stuck in the lock due to his nose, and his lower body with one arm, was wandering off. Seeing Marcus Olaf shouted out "Hey you!" His arm on his body pointed at Marcus "Grab my butt will ya ? I'm getting away again!" The arm waved and the lower part of Olaf took off running
Marcus rubbed his temple, this was going to be a long day
Outside the Inn
A few minutes later
The two CIA agents assigned to watch outside stood calmly a few feet from eachother, scanning the area with their eyes to look for anything out of the ordinary. Their arms were crossed, hands next to their holstered pistols in case they needed them at a moments notice. "Man...why the hell do we keep doing this shit? Don't Command Know that those hooded guys are gonna stop us?"
"Keep talkin' like that and the Boss'll kill you himself. Hell, he'll probably give you to the leader of those guys; or to the other guys if he feels like it." The other said. "Listen I don't like this either; but you do what your told, everything'll be fine."
"I hope your right."
"Of course I'm right, have I ever been wrong before?"
"I don't think so, no."
"Then shut up and trust me."
At the Mouth of an Alley
At the same time
Mark dropped from the roof-tops into the Alley below where the group was waiting to go after the CIA, taking a moment to straighten his back and shoulders before looking up to everyone there, looking each of them dead in the eye with a steely cold expression. "What's the plan?" He asked softly, voice low, and eerily still; not a hint of wavering, or even real emotion as he stared at everyone. He wasn't in the mood to talk, and now wasn't the time anyway.
Above them came the cry of an Eagle as Elsa stepped up to Mark, a concered look on her face yet confusion in her tone "What happened ?" She saw him read the name list, then get all... deadfaced. "You looked like you saw a ghost when you read the names list!"
"The CIA have Anna, all we got is Olaf's arm... LET GO OF ME... OW" Georgina hissed as Olaf's bodiless arm just held on onto her side, This was going to take some getting used to. "OK fine, hang onto that... stop twitching" Yeah she could work with that. Sadly Olafs arm stuck out like a sore thumb.
"At this moment there's only one thing we can do" Matthew spoke up as Snowfeather was spotted not far off, close to a pair of men and mingling with a crowd of people headed for the Roughwater Inn, Captain Freyla's old stomping grounds until Elsa appointed him her new Captain of the Guard. "Trust me" Matthew said at Elsas confused look.
She knew what that meant. "No! Dont do it. Even if you give your self up, they might have Anna hooked up to the same thing they had me!"
"Its the only thing that can be done at this point. Trust me, Elsa. I made a promise to your father, to protect you and Anna to the best of my ability, I have done so, until now. You have Snowfeather, Blackmane, Georgina, even Mark to protect you, and you have come a long way since I returned." Matthew said "Do you trust me ?"
Elsa stared at Matthew, he made a promise to her father ? She slowly nodded as Matthew continued "You must trust me. As soon as you hear loud noises, Get Anna, and get to safety. I will provide cover for you. Mark. Stay with her, keep them safe. As soon as the gunfire begins and you have Anna with you, get to safety as quickly as you can. Dont wait up for me." Matthew said softly in Hebrew to the younger Assassin. Matthew had seen how close the two were, Assassin and Queen, killer and ruler. Protector and friend. It was hard to not see it.
Mark's eyes darted to Elsa, shaking his head in return to her question. Now wasn' the time; and that wasn't a good subject, Queen or not, to bring up around Mark; especially after a breakdown like that. The look in his eyes was borderline deadly as he shook his head before his eyes softened and he looked away towards Matthew as he spoke up.
"Do you trust me?" Mark nodded calmly. As Matthew relayed Instructions to him in Hebrew, Mark nodded eyes flashing Bronze breifly as a sort of salute, a non-erbal way of saying "I understand" before he himself spoke Hebrew in return. i"I understand, and I wish you luck, Mentor."/i he said calmly, the words flowing from his mouth as smoothly as Hebrew could.
Meanwhile...
"Hey, what the hell is that?" One of the Agents asked, pointing towards Snowfeather. That pure white hair and black outfit was hard to miss in a crowd, no matter how dense it was.
"That's the bitch who tased that the boss, ain't it?"
"She tased him?"
"Yea, heard about it a while back. What do we do?"
"Tell the boss, obviously."
"Good point."
One of them lifted a finger to his ear, actvating the com channel between them and Marcus; "Boss, we're pretty sure that bitch who tased you on the RV is here, we're lookin' right at her. How do we proceed?"
"What ?" Marcus thundered over the comms. If the girl was here, Michaels was too! "What does she want ? Where is she going ? Has she noticed you ?" Marcus rattled off a list of questions as he unlocked the doors in the room. Anna had started to wake up, "The packages are awake, not yet active. We're going to have to make this quiet as possible, do you see the primary target MM ?" MM meant Matthew Michaels. Ukrainian madhouse escapee. "If you see him, observe only, do not engage, there are to many innocents around, the last thing we want is a international crisis on our hands" He meant a really pissed off woman with strange abilities. In this case Elsa
Snowfeather acted as id she didn't see those she sought right away, Acting instead as if she wanted to get a room at the Inn, stepping right behind the two angets and into the Inn, heading right for the counter clerk for a room key.
"She just walked past us...Not sure what she wants" the agent responded softly. "I think she might be after the girl and...thing that we picked up earlier." he added.
At that same moment in the alleyway
Elsa poked her gaze around the corner of the alley mouth, watching as Matthew walked towards the Inn, She remembered it from the fight the year before. so why were they there ? Was that where the CIA were hiding ? The most obvious roughest Inn in Arendelle ? Remembering what Snowfeather and Mark said Elsa focused her eyes and took in the building carefully, every window she could see was wide open views. All but one. And it was looking directly above them. She poked Mark and motioned upwards. "I think Anna is up there, that's the only window that is closed on the inside and covered and there is one man in the hallway I can't figure out" His outline did not show up in old, blue or red, just plain grey
"Target spotted, repeat, MM spotted." The agent called out softly, but loud enough over the coms. "Following orders and simply watching..." He added.
Mark looked up to the building, eyes flashing bronze for a few seconds before he nodded. "Alright...wait for Matthew's signal." He said, deepening his stance so he could take off in a dead sprint right away. Ulnaus perched on the building above, to do as needed, which was dive through the wall. Yes, i through/i it. Enhanced by Mark's Magic, Ulnaus could briefly become a flying tank, and wreck just about anything he wanted within reason.
Mark closed his eyes, focusing his magic around Ulnaus's head, back, and chest and wings, a bronze-colored set of plated armor wisping into view as the bird shook and screeched softly, scaring off a group of pidgeons.
"Alright stay on him, let me know his movements every five" Marcus said, he keyed the next channel "Lobby team, we got us a possible hostile in the building, white hair black clothing. Do you see her ? Primary target is in sight of outside team. Keep an eye on the bitch and let me know her movements, copy ?" Marcus got off the comm as Barnabas returned "How is she ?"
"Mouthy as ever" Barnabas said, "Are you sure we didn't have to tie her up ?" He rubbed his chin where Anna had slugged him dead in the face before he was able to tase her out
"She's got an arm I'll say that. According to our sources, she had knocked cold a man pretty much twice her size about seven years ago." Marcus said. He then nodded towards the scampering about snowman body "Grab that will ya ? Stuff it back in the closet" Marcus had given up on trying to catch the runaway Headless Snowman
Outside the Inn in the alley Elsa watched as Ulnaus seemed to grow armor. She smiled thoughtfully. "Is he our way out ?" Wait... "Signal ? What signal ?" All she heard was chatter on the street. Nobody had noticed her yet, or really outright recognised her. More of a red hue to her dress then her normal teal or ice blue.
"Copy that; Target is simply moving towards us." the Agent said, watching Matthew carefully.
The Lobby team looked to Snowfeather and both nodded to eachother. "Affirmative, Boss. We see her, will keep you posted." one said softly, almost silently.
Mark shook his head. "He's our way in." he nodded to Ulnaus as the Armor went from a misty form to solid, and the massive bird stretched out his body and shook a little bit, the armor clanking together softly, and smoothly Mark's eyes opened, now blazing a bright bronze. "Once inside, set a Transport array for the roof where Ulnaus is perched, Ulnaus will guide Anna to you once his armor disappates and I'll check who that Grey person is." Mark said to Elsa; speaking not as her protector or friend, but as one of her mentors. Rarely did he do this, but when he did, you could bet your ass it was important.
Elsa nodded, She listened carefully as Mark spoke, Gerogina went to the mouth of the alley and looked towards the entry to the Inn as Matthew came within sight of two men keeping watch, which Georgina recognised as potential hostiles. Matthew went right past the two men and went inside, but apparently he did not go all the way in as he ducked into a side curtain and waited a minute for the two outside to follow him in.
Elsa looked up the wall for handholds. thgere was no firerope here. this was going to be easy. She hoped. a flick of the wrist and she had a ice ladder made. "Georgina, quick, up!" The walls were smooth with no footholds until two thirds up, in this case the window in question. As soon as Ulnaus smashed through she'd create the transport array to safety. It was possible they had to also figure out some traps. turning to Mark she said softly "How much damage are you planning on paying Freyla for this time ?" The last 'party' was about fifty gold pieces
Snowfeather took her key and turned towards the lobby doors briefly seeing Matthew enter, she barely nodded, just barely seen by the other man and turned towards the stairs heading up to the top floor, the same floor that held Anna and Olaf. Stepping onto the top step Snowfeather ducked behind a curtain and then lashed out at the only CIA man on the floor in the open. Dragging his limp body into a dark spot to hide him. Mentally noting not to kill, only to knock out.
It was then that a gunshot fired.
Inside the room however Barnabas still rubbing his chin asked thoughtfully, "Do you hear a screeching sound ?"
"I'm willing to cover the wall that I'm about to destroy. Twenty Gold Minimum." Mark replied to Elsa calmly, lowering his stance, heels already dug into a groove between the bricks that made up the ground to provide him with leverage to bolt whenever the signal was given.
BANG!
If that isn't the signal, Mark didn't know what was. He screeched loudly, taking off as fast as he could through the crowd as Ulnaus took off, flapping his wings hard while also screeching as he flew towards the wall and window, slamming hard into it, and destroying it, after tucking in his wings, leaving a large enough hole for a fully grown man to stand in without a problem.
Mark was two steps behind, well, five. Two steps on the ground, and three steps up the wall of the Inn before slamming his claw into the wall, and using his momentum to pull himself up further to grab the bottom of the hole Ulnaus so generously provided, and with a grunt he heaved himself up, landing on the edge with his feet as Ulnaus crashed into the room, flapping his wings wildly while screeching. He looked to Anna, and turned his head towards the hole in the wall, using his massive twelve foot wing-span to cover her escape since it was still covered in Armor while Mark slid underneath and stopped against the wall, his Eagle Vision spotted two figures in the next room, one grey, one red; an enemy and unknown. Undoubtedly one of them would enter the room to figure out what the hell was going on.
That's when Mark would strike. Smacking the gun from Barnabus's hand with his gauntleted hand before moving it to his neck, closing his fingers around the man's throat while also spinning, slamming him against the wall while pinning his free hand agaisnt the wall as well.
"Start talking, or I'll tear out your throat and feed it to my bird. Why are you Arendelle; what do you want with the Queen's family?" Mark growled, his glowing eyes staring into Barnabus's very soul it seemed from the sheer intensity of the moment.
"The fuck's going on in there ?" Marcus grumbled as he picked up the sound of gunfire. to Barnabas he said "Check her, make sure the package is secure" He then got on the comm "This is Gray, someone give me a sitrep, stat!" He said as Marcus rolled his eyes and made sure his pistol was loaded, turning bacvk to the door he unlocked it and pulled it open, only to get yanked in, the door suddenly closed behind him as he spotted the girl, with another girl "You!" he said seeing Elsa, who gave him a very dirty look. Barnabas took all of one step before he was grabbed by a clawed hand and held against the wall, his pistol clattered to the floor as georgina picked it up.
Elsa went right to her sisters side "Anna, are you OK ?" With Ulnaus providing cover from the door view from the guy in the other room, Besides, the force which the door was locked, her own snowflakes, it would be a bit before the other man could get in. Anna was shivering. Georgina threw something, which was easily recognisible as Olaf's missing arm.
On the other side of the door as the arm got stuck under it Olaf was heard saying "Hey, let go of my arm... Oh hey, I didnt know I could bend that way... this just got a whole lot harder" His nose was then stuck in the lock, frozen solid, "Dont you hate it when your boogers freeze ?" Marcus just stared at the snowman, This had to be a weird dream, Since when could snowmen talk ?
As Barnabas was held against the wall by the throat he stared at Mark in fear briefly at the mention of getting killed, what did they want ? Simple, if it meant surviving, then hey why not tell. "We came for the insanity ward escapee Matthew Michaels. We've got orders from the up and up in America. they want him alive." When Mark mentioned feeding his throat to the massive bird only feet away Barnabas started sweating.. "Orders were orders, we figured to get someone close to him and propose a trade, Nobody harmed nobody killed, nothing damaged. That was the plan. All we want is Michaels. Nobody else."
"Is that why you took me ?" Elsa asked out of the blue, Barnabas tried to look at her, but he was unable to recognise her due to the coloration of her dress, and the fact she was clean and dry. And really pissed off.
"Uhhh... Took you ? When did we take you ?" The only other person he could recall taking was a girl, drenching wet, from a cabin.
"That was her, you fool." Mark growled, his grip tightening slightly around the man's throat. "Get Anna out of here now! I'll deal with him." Mark barked out in Arabic to Elsa without turning his head. Mark then took a half step closer, his claws dangerously close to drawing blood from Barnabus's throat as Mark's tone darkened, and his voice deepened.
"Now then. You're going to tell me why you took the Queen of Arendelle in order to get one man. Then I'm gonna give you a choice; you forget you saw me and tell the CIA to leave lest there be war, or I can kill you, and have even more War; either way, the CIA is leaving Arendelle." Mark's voice was mostly a growl towards the end. Ulnaus turned his head, those Gold, predatory eyes staring at Barnabus from beneath the armor plated helmet Mark had conjured up.
Elsa smirked as Barnabas stared at her, she nodded at Marks words and pulled her sister to one shoulder. Quickly casting a transport array behind Ulnaus to safety, pulling Anna into it they disappeared from the room.
Barnabas snapped his gaze from Elsa to the man holding his neck, then briefly to the bird in armor. "I told you. We were doing as ordered, the woman, we didn't know who she was. We grabbed her, hooked her up as ordered, and then went into the dreams. Nexct thing I know, that bird rams into the rig, and I'm out!" Barnabas knew this was not going to end well for him at all.
"What is going on, talk to me!" Marcus was all but screaming into the comms at that point before going to the door and opening it, looking into an empty hallway. Great, when you want something done right... Marcus stormed from the room, pulling out his pistol, but getting tased as he neared the hallway corner. Hitting the ground his weapon was unloaded and Snowfeather darted back downstairs. Two down, four to go!
Once Elsa and Anna were gone, Ulnaus closed his wings, folding them against his body again as he turned, talons clicking against the hardwood floor as Mark once more tightened his grip around Barnabus's throat. "Am I understood or not? The CIA Can leave peacefully; or I can kill you, and have the Royal Guard hunt you down and force you out."
Mark was done, and if he didn't have his answer soon, he would kill Barnabus; hell, he wanted to kill something; anything! Mark's claws were itching...so to speak. "You've got five seconds to answer me." he said calmly. "Or it's bye bye throat." he added, a small trickle of blood coming from Barnabus' neck where each claw was pressing into it.
"We'll go" No they weren't, but his words rang true, Barnabas himself wanted out of that city back to Clevland! So yes, he was going, he wasn't coming back either! As soon as Mark let up on the grip, Barnabas was packing!
Snowfeather went right back to the lobby, two of the agents inside she easily spotted. They had their guns out, and everyone else was ducking for cover. Well this was going to be fun! The agent in the hallway started to wake up again, which allowed Snowfeather to clout him dead in the face as she scampered for the stairs, her knee connecting solidly with his nose, knocking him clean out
Mark smirked at the simple answer. "Thank you." He replied calmly, pulling Barnabus off the wall before slamming the back of his head into it and releasing his neck; effectively knocking him out with a resounding Thunk! from the wall. For a few seconds Mark stood there, staring at the motionless man at his feet. He could kill him...but no. He got his answer; time to uphold his word. There are plenty of Templars to kill, and a Kingdom to keep safe. Killing Barnabus would likely incur the wrath of the United States Military; and that was something that Arendelle did not need, Queen with Ice powers or not.
Mark let out a deep breath and turned, sending Ulnaus away. The bird nodded as his armor disapated like mist while he flew away out of the hole in the wall. The massive bird then landed on the rooftop next to Elsa and Anna, his beak clicking a few times in greeting as his wings folded nicely at his sides. Mark meanwhile opened the door, and went out to the hallway, nearly running face-first into Snowfeather on his way out of the room and down the hallway.
"What's it looking like out there?" He asked quietly in Arabic.
"Absolute warzone, This is nothing like that botched Mtazo contract in Ukraine." Snowfeather replied looking down to the floor below, unnoticed by those down below. She spotted Matthew stepping into view, all four remaining awake agents had their guns on him. i"What the hell is he doing ?/i" Apparently Snowfeather missed the part where Matthew said what his plan was.
Thing was Matthew never told anyone his plan!
Thankfully it turned from a standoff, into a full on bar brawl within two seconds. One of the local soldiers off duty, Who Snowfeather could see was one of Freyla's own core command men. Grabbed one of the Agents by the arm and pointed the weapon up "Oy! That's our Queens teacher you're shooting at!" The gun went off once again, this time taking out the overhead light with a sudden POP.
Snowfeather snickered, "That's our cue, aim to disable, not kill. Come on!" Easily over the rail she swandove towards the other agent in the sparking light of the lobby commons room.
"Got it!" Mark agreed, following his teacher over the railing, landing into a forward roll as he charged one of the Agents, who in turn turned to shoot at him; but Mark merely raised his gauntlet, the bullets bouncing off the metal without any harm; not even scratching the glass-like finish of the metal as Mark then slammed into the man like a horse, throwing him off of his feet and over a table and then onto the ground, where he would lay unconscoius while Mark turned to charge another agent, dodging and ducking and weaving behind and around tables before picking up a chair and throwing it at the man, making him duck long enough for Mark to close the distance.
Firsts flew, as did feet as Mark stayed close to the man, never going more than arm's length away from him lest he try and use his gun again. The man threw a wild hook punch, which Mark blocked with the armor of his gauntlet, causing the man to shatter his own forearm before Mark quickly went for three swift pressure points, overloading the Agent's pain sensors in his brain and making him drop within seconds. Two down, what about the other two?
Sadly the CIA had backup this time around as Georgina came in, fists flying, quickly diving at the nearest CIA agent in full SWAT armor she started an all out brawl, first the mans arm armor went, then his chest, and finally his helmet was broken apart by use of the ropedarts. She kicked a chair at another agent, who was aiming at Mark, and then knocked over a third with the beaten agent thrown at him before diving for another.
Snowfeather saw the new group arrive and made for them, quickly breaking a lock she shouted something in Norse "Everyone unarmed, quickly out the back!" It was going to get really messy! She shouted something and wove her way to the new group, within seconds it was once more an all out brawl. Furniture was broken, chairs and tables were thrown.
Another gunshot rang out. Matthew stood in the middle of the room, the two agents from outside had come in and one of them had fired.
Everything stopped.
Matthew stood there smiling. Within seconds snowflakes started flaking off his body as he smiled seeing Mark "Keep the girls safe. I wont be long" Matthews' plan was to make the CIA think he was long dead. When in truth, he was hiding. Little did any of them know, it was going to be nine years before they'd see him again. Seconds later Mattew fell backwards, his body falling into snowflakes that flickered briefly before seemingly melting.
Two seconds later and the fight was on once agaIn.
On the rooftop outside the busted room
At that same moment
"Anna, Anna come on wake up. Wake up Anna, please" Elsa shook Anna lightly, her sister had been knocked out, captured, heck where was Olaf ? Elsa focused on Anna, who slowly woke up
"Elsa ?" Anna asked softly looking to her sister with tired eyes. Elsa smiled and couldn't help but laugh at her sisters question "When did you start wearing red ?"
"Come on, lets get you home, Ulnaus, can you carry two ?" Elsa said helping Anna to her feet.
"Wait, what ? We're flying ? Where are we anyhow ?" Anna asked confused.
"Roughwater District, Matthew gave himself up so we could get to you." Elsa explained, she turned back to Ulnaus
Ulnaus clicked his beak and spread his wings, lowering himself so that the ladies could climb onto his back with ease. Once aboard, he screeched loudly and flapped down hard, lifting up and away from the scene towards the Castle, powerful wings easilly keeping him and the sisters upon his back safe in the air before he began to circle slowly, diving at a slight angle to land in the Ice Courtyard, lowering himself again so they could get off of him, his talons having dug into the ice.
The flight was quicker then expected, yet to be expected it was safer then using a fast cast transport array, on top of that, her experience in using them was low and she was warned briefly on not using them too much in one go. Slidding off of Ulnaus' strong back she helped Anna to the ground, getting a gentle brush of the beathers on Ulnaus wing in thanks she called to Kai to help Anna. Olaf wandered in moments later his body all haphazard
"Man am I out of shape!" Olaf complained, one leg and his nose was his feet, his arms was his hair, and his stomach was his head with one of his legs as his arm and his hair as the other arm. he quickly put himself back together the way he should be. "Ah, that's much better."
A few minutes later and Elsa had Anna in bed resting in safety.
MEMORY SYNCED SEQEUNCE 4 COMPLETE