At Anna's palace Hans and the men tread cautiously towards the castle.

"We are here to find Princess Anna. Be on guard, but no harm is to come to the princess. Do you understand?" Hans said.

The Duke's thugs exchange a look. Suddenly, a mass of mettle rose from the ground behind Hans. It's Marshmallow, Anna's snow guard.

"Go away!" Marshmallow said and slammed a fist inches from Hans.

Hans deftly dodged out of the way. All of the guards took up arms against Marshmallow, who quickly knocked them over. Then Marshmallow threw down a guard and his horse, who topple over Hans. Marshmallow raised his foot to stomp on Hans, but Hans barrel-rolls himself to safety. He saw his sword, leaps, and grabbed it. Just then, Anna peeked out the front doors. The Duke's two thugs see her.

"The Queen." Duke said with a thug.

The thugs charged up the stairs.

I They guards burst through the ice doors. Elsa flees to the top floor of her palace. The guards pursue. They trap her on the top floor, raise their crossbows.

"No. Please." Anna said scared and one of the thugs shoots an arrow right at her.

At the last moment she creates an ice wall. It stops the arrow, inches from her face. The thugs reposition to take another shot.

"Stay away!" she continued and shot fire at the thugs. They ducked out of the way and continued the attack.

"Get her! Get her!" someone said after a thug.

Anna fought for her life.

Back outside Hans was nearly crushed by Marshmallow. He rolls away. Jumps to his feet. And with agile might, he slices Marshmallow's leg off with his sword. Marshmallow stumbled back, off balance. And fell off over the cliff, but not before striking Hans. Hans goes over the edge. Hans clung to the mettle steps. His men help him up and they rush into the ice palace.

In her palace Anna was surrounded. It was do or die. In two swift moves, Anna trapped one thug in a cage of fire that threatened his neck. The other she pushed back with a wall of mettle...up against the balcony doors...which burst and cracked.

On the balcony doors shattered. The thug is pushed to the edge. He was inches away from falling to his death.

Back inside Hans and his men ran in. And saw the destruction and the thugs near death.

"Queen Anna! Don't be the monster they fear you are." Hans said.

She snapped out of her rage and saw the men, frightened, moments from death. She stopped then Anna looked at Hans, overwhelmed, frightened. The wall retreated from the thug on the balcony. The ice spikes lower from the second thug neck. He took advantage and aimed his crossbow at Anna's back. Seeing it Hans ran and pushed the crossbow up just as the arrow released. The arrow hits the ice chandelier, hanging directly above her.

The chandelier comes CRASHING DOWN. Elsa dives out of the way but she falls in the blast. All we see is ice smashing like glass, and all we hear is the sound of it shattering as it rings out.

Anna's face as her eyes flutter open. She sits up. She's surrounded by stone.

Chapter 8

A few hours later Anna was in the dungeon then looked to the nearby window and she tried to rush to it. But was pulled taut by giant shackles that fit like iron gloves. She's chained to the wall. Anna strained to looked out a window and Arendelle was outside, melting solid and getting further buried under the acid and fire that was falling.

"No...What have I done?" she said.

Then Hans entered and he hung a torch by the door.

"Why did you bring me here?"

"I couldn't just let them kill you." he said.

" But I'm a danger to Arendelle. Get Elsa."

"Princess Elsa has not returned..."

Anna looked at the fire with worry.

"If you would just stop the summer, bring back fall...please." he continued.

Anna met his eyes, desperate.

"Don't you see...I can't."

Hans saw the sincerity in her eyes.

"You have to tell them to let me go." she continued.

Hans walked to the door then took the torch.

"I'll do what I can." he said then opened the door and left.

Anna, distraught, heard cracking. She looked down as her shackles began to melt over. The heat outside picked up.

When Elsa, Kristoff, Sven and Olaf got to Fjord Sven charged down the mountain with Kristoff and Anna on his back. Olaf slides along beside them, penguin-style. Elsa started sweating in Kristoff's arms. She's weakening.

"Just hang in there." he said and looked at Sven. "Come on, buddy, faster!"

Then they arrived at the walls of Arendelle. Olaf slid past them, out of control.

"I'll meet you guys at the castle!" Olaf said.

"Stay out of sight, Olaf!" Kristoff said.

"I will!" Kristoff said then disappeared into the village streets.

" Hello!"

"Ah! It's still alive!" a townsman said.

At the castle Guards saw Kristoff and Elsa approaching.

"It's Princess Elsa!" a guard said.

Then Sven skid to a stop outside the gates. Kristoff slides off, holding Anna, and carries her to the gate.

"I've got you.

Elsa looked up at him, gratefully.

"...Are you g-gonna be okay?"

"Don't worry about me." Kristoff said touched and reassuring.

Just then the castle gates opened. Gerda, Kai, and a handmaid reasshoring to help Elsa.

"Princess Elsa! Oh, you had us worried sick." Gerda continued.

"My Lady. You are warm." said.

"You poor girl, you're sweating. Let's get you inside." Gerda said.

"Get her some ice and water and find Prince Hans, or someone she might love immediately." Kristoff said worried.

"We will. Thank you." Kai said.

Elsa was swept away from Kristoff and into the palace grounds.

"Make sure she's safe!" Kristoff said as he was shut out as the castle gates close on him.

Kristoff stood there with Sven for a beat, staring with worry at the closed gates. Finally, he sighs, turns and walks off. Sven reluctantly follows.

In the library Hans stood there with the dignitaries and guards.

"I'm going back out to look for Queen Elsa." Hans said.

"You cannot risk going out there again." a French dignitary said.

"If anything happens to her-" Hans said.

"If anything happens to the Princess, you are all Arendelle has left." Spanish Dignitary said.

Hans hesitated, realizing how much this kingdom has come to depend on him. Is he really all they have left? Just then the door opens and Gerda and Kai brought in Elsa.

"He's in here. Prince Hans." Kai said.

"Princess Elsa." Hans said and rushed to Elsa.

She fell into his arms.

"You're so hot." he said.

"We'll give you two some privacy." Gerda said.

Everyone shuffled out, leaving Hans and Elsa alone.

"What happened out there?" Hans asked.

"Anna struck me with her powers before I could bloke her with mine."

"You said she'd never hurt you." he said.

"I was wrong." she said then crumbled, weak.

Hans carries her to a couch, sets her down.

"She froze my heart and only an act of true love can save me.

A true love's kiss." he said understanding.

Then he took her chin in his hand and gave her a tender smile then leaned in slowly and gently.

"Oh, Elsa. If only there was someone out there who loved you."

"What?" she said while Hans got up, leaving her there.

Then he got to the window and opened the curtains.

"As thirteenth in line in my own kingdom, I didn't stand a chance. I knew I'd have to marry into the throne somewhere-"

"What are you talking about?" she asked.

"As heir, your sister was preferable, of course. But no one was getting anywhere with her. But you-" he started lighting the candles.

"Hans?"

He crossed the room, grabbed a lighter from a table and went to the fireplace.

"I figured, after I married Anna, I'd have to stage a little accident for you." he said and lit the fireplace.

Elsa tried to stop him but fell to the floor, weak.

"Hans. No, stop."

"But then she doomed herself, and you were dumb enough to go after her."

"Please."

He chuckled.

"All that's left now is to kill Anna and bring back fall." he said and approached Elsa.

"You're no match for Anna. If I hadn't gotten into that accident you would be no match for me either."

He bent down, took her chin in his hand, not so gently.

"No, you're no match for Anna. I, on the other hand, am the hero who is going to save Arendelle from destruction." he said while she wrenched her face out of his hands.

"You won't get away with this." she said angry.

Hans raised and crossed to the door.

"Oh, I already have." he said, left and shut her in, locking the door.

Elsa struggled to the door then yanked on the locked handle.

"Please, somebody help." she said hoarse and weak.

Then the rest of her hair turned red and she crumbles to the floor.