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"Are you sure about this guy Kristoff? I mean my apartment was better than this place." Elsa said as she and the others walked up to room 27 of the Snuggly Duckling Inn.
It was a very run down establishment, the pool was green, the white stucco walls were cracked revealing the plaster underneath. The metal rails were rusted and the wooden door looked faded. There was even a outline of the original color where the "7" in "27" should be.
"Look Flynn doesn't make a lot of money but he's a good guy and he said he's willing to help us. Just give him a chance you'll like him."
Kristoff took a few knocks on the door, nothing happened, so he made a few louder knocks. Anna flinched as she heard glass break from behind the door, then they heard a voice calling "What? Coming!" Soon after the door flung open, revealing a lean, brunette haired man with a goatee. He wore a light blue button-up T-shirt (which was unbuttoned) and a white undershirt. He looked at Kristoff and let out a relieving smile.
"Kris-Buddy! Hey."
"Hey Flynn. Thanks so much for letting us stay with you for a bit." Kristoff said.
"Oh no worries, I have nothing better to do. Actually you made great timing my ex-girlfriend just moved out so I….Woah." Flynn said noticing Elsa and Joan next to Kristoff, he smiles at them seductively, to the women's revulsion.
"So Kristoff i'm assuming one of these girls is your lady friend and the other is your cousin."
Kristoff grabs Joan by the shoulder "Flynn, this is Joan. My….. my Joan. The girl next to her is her friend Elsa. She's kind of the reason why we're here."
"And I'm Anna. Im Kristoff's cousin." Anna said peeping her head out from behind Kristoff.
"Oh really?" Flynn askes eyeing Anna. "Sorry I don't see the resemblance. Oh well come in-come in."
Flynn steps aside and allows the four of them to ender his room. Inside is a single untidy bed with a stained mattress and tan sheets, across from it is a black TV. Across the room is a space for a tiled sink, probably a shower, and a mini-fridge across from it. On the floor are beer cans and pizza boxes.
"Sorry about the mess. I didn't have time to clean. This is just a temporary position, works been kind of slow, but soon I'll be out of this dump."
"What is it you do exactly Flynn?" Elsa asked.
"Oh, well, I'm working in a pet store right now, along with some other things. But enough about me, what do you do gorgeous?"
Without a second later Anna grabs Elsa by the arm and pulls her close to her body. And Elsa was resisting the urge to scream as Anna's iron-strong hands gripped her flesh.
'Damn belt!' Elsa thought.
"Elsa is an architect." Anna answers. "She was telling me that on our date the other night."
Hearing Anna say this causes Elsa to blush a deep red and turn to Anna surprised. Flynn's confident smile falls into one of shock and he raises his hands defensively.
"Oh. Sorry I didn't…..You know what why don't I clean up a bit. I'm sure you will want a better living space."
Flynn quickly left the two girls alone to start cleaning up the motel room. As he was shuffling pizza boxes ontop of each other Elsa whispers to Anna.
"Anna! Why did you say we were dating?"
"Do you want him flirting with you? Or us?"
"Fair point."
Later that evening, Flynn had left to get some Chinese food he had ordered for his "guests". Specifically an order of pork chow mein, potstickers, Mongolian beef, grilled asparagus, and white rice. No msg where they can, courtesy of Anna. Meanwhile Kristoff, Joan, Anna and Elsa were sitting on Flynn's bed thinking about their next move.
"Ok so…" Kristoff began "We have to get Elsa to Scotland asap. Question is…how are we gonna do that. Given that one of the guys after us is a lunatic that can control the weather I take it a plane is out of the question."
"We could take a boat." Joan suggested.
"No! I am not going on a floating death trap!" Elsa said.
"Well we can't drive to Scotland! So boat it is."
Kristoff's phone rang and he pulled it out. He glared at the screen irritated as it continued to ring.
"Ugh! It's my mom. Again."
"Just hang up." Elsa said, but Kristoff was already standing and walking outside.
"I cant she's called five times already-sigh. Hey mom. What? Oh I'm fine im just with Anna. She said she needed the extra support after everything and…..Wait what? What news story? Channel six?"
Kristoff quickly picked up the remote, turned it on, and pressed the "six" button. When he did there was an image of Kevin lying in the hospital and a anchor woman from Arendelle News taking in front of it.
"Kevin Hanson, son of local realtor owner, has experienced a major accident resulting in his administration to Arendelle General Hospital. Doctors say that Mr. Hanson will recover shortly but the damage done to his cerebellum could last a lifetime."
Hearing this Elsa looked away, wrapping her arms around herself for comfort as tiny snowflakes circles around her. Anna placed her hand on her shoulder.
"It's ok Elsa. It was mostly my fault."
"Why is it your fault Anna?" Kristoff asked.
"Mr. Hanson received his injuries after an incident at a "Olaf's Sandwiches" restaurant. Witnesses say that Mr. Hanson had been thrown out of the establishment by a friend of his ex-girlfriend."
"Well that's sort of right." Anna said. Elsa humphed.
"They don't even mention that he made you cry."
"Mr. Hanson had re-entered the establishment through the back doorway, going through the women's bathroom right when it exploded with ice. Videos and photos received by witnesses of the event show a young woman identified as Elsa Snow fleeing from the scene."
As soon as her name was spoken, an image of Elsa came up or her with inside the Frozen bathroom. Now Elsa was paling.
"Here we have Kevin's sister Marcy who claims to know about the woman in question." Then appeared Marcy, sitting on her living room couch with a box of tissues next to her. Her eyes were teary and her make-up was smudged across her face.
"Ms. Hanson why don't you tell us of your connection to Elsa Snow."
"Well, um. I'm not proud to say this but-sob-back when me and Kevin were kids, really young kids, we used to play around with her. We just meant to have fun but I think she misinterpreted it as bullying. She left the school about a year later and we didn't see her after that. But lately my deer friend Anna had been talking to her…."
"Oh don't you dare!" Anna said, now she was angry.
"We told her to stay away from her. I mean she seemed like a really messed up girl…"
"Bitch!" Kristoff said under his breath.
"But I think she was still mad at my brother for breaking up with her and she said that we were never friends."
"Wait what!? She said that I SAID we weren't friends! That evil little…."
"Anna calm down!" Elsa said. Now it was her grabbing Anna's shoulder.
"I even tried confronting her to make sure she wouldn't be a bad influence on my friend but she attacked me. The same way she attacked my brother. I don't even know what she did all I knew was that there was ice everywhere!"
Then the anchor woman appeared again, this time with a caption reading "The Snow Queen"
"Forensics are still trying to determine how Elsa Snow, or as some are calling her "The Snow Queen" was capable of performing her ice related acts of terrorism. One theory is that she is using some kind of nitrogen based ice-bombs."
"Nitrogen related ice bombs? That's the most ridiculous thing i've heard of!" Elsa said exasperated.
"Witnesses also show a tall blonde woman leaving with Snow and a male and female both between 18 and 25, one of which is the friend of Marcy Hanson, daughter of councilman Frederick Summers, following the perpetrators. This footage from a local diner shows the four of them conversing. Question is, who is The Snow Queen? A monster, or a poor child that finally snapped. Im Vicky Valentine and this is Arendelle News!"
All four of them were looking at the television is disbelief. Some of them were surprised that people were stupid enough to believe in an ice-based bomb. Others so furious at Marcy they wanted to rip her head off. But they were all moping over the fact that they had to deal with the cops now. Kristoff lowered his head and sighed.
"Mom it's not what you think…Listen Elsa was defending Anna from Kevin. I don't know the whole story myself but I don't think elsa would ever hurt anyone purposely….well we can't go to the police….trust me we just cant….ok, thank you mom. I love you too, goodbye. My mom said she wouldn't say anything to the cops but I don't think we can count on uncle Fred. I also don't see us getting on a boat or a plane with the cops after us."
"I could try contacting some of my friends up above." Joan said pulling out a small hand-held golden mirror. "Maybe see if they could loan me some teleporting items, or maybe invisibility rings."
"Oh who are you gonna get them from? Frodo?" Kristoff said sarcastically. Joan snarled at him.
"Joan Asgard wants to KILL Elsa. You wanna talk to someone up there?" Anna asked.
"I'm tight with some of the other Einherjar, a couple of Valkyries too. Plus Asgard is already looking for us so the worst thing that can happen is they say no."
"Or track us." Elsa said.
"It's our best shot. I'm going to go into the bathroom so they don't know where I am." Joan said making her way to the back. But before she left their sight completely she turned around to face the trio.
"Oh by the way you two should throw away your phones they can track us with them you know."
"The Asgardians?"
"Everyone else." Joan said flatly before completely leaving the three alone. Now Elsa, Anna and Kristoff were left on the bed looking nervously at each other. Elsa then takes out her cell phone, it starts to ice over, but then she lets out a sigh.
"Look. If you two go to the police and tell them I made you come along then you might stay out of trouble."
"What? Elsa no! Were not leaving you!" Anna cried.
"Look Anna. I know that you don't wanna leave Elsa." Kristoff said trying to reason with his cousin. "But this is getting out of hand. I mean the cops are after us. My parents are probably worried sick!"
"Ok fine. You can go home then Im staying!"
"Anna I think you should go with Kristoff." Elsa said. Anna looked at her like she just said 'go to hell.'
"Joan said I should come along!"
"Oh and like I'm supposed to believe Joan now!?" Elsa retorted.
"Yes because she is your best friend!"
"Anna. Look I get that you want to make up for picking on me when we were younger but your life is in danger here! Your entire future could be damaged if we survive." Elsa pleaded but Anna was as stubborn as ever.
"Elsa…I have to tell you something. A part of me does want to leave. I mean we're dealing with gods for crying out loud and honestly I am screaming on the inside at this moment because of it!"
"Then why aren't you!?" Elsa asked "I mean you saw what I can do! I could have killed you back in that restroom. You could have died fighting Thor! I now that you have that belt now but It's too dangerous for you."
"Anna listen to Elsa!" Kristoff said in a stern tone. "Look I know that you have a crush on Elsa…"
"KRISTOFF!" Anna screamed in embarrassment. Elsa herself blushed.
"But you barely know her. You can meet someone else who isn't putting your life at risk and…"
"It isn't just about Elsa! It's also about me…." Anna said sadly, catching both of their attention. Anna takes a deep breath, closes her eyes, turns to Elsa and opens them. Looking straight into hers. "Elsa. I have been a coward, my entire life. When I realized that my friends weren't real friends I was too scared to leave them because I was afraid they would pick on me. When they finally left I was so scared of being alone that I begged them to come back even though they made me miserable. After I kissed Liz and my father became ashamed of me I made myself be with Kevin, let him touch and fuck me even though I was a lesbian! Just to avoid my father's disappointment! And I didn't even have the guts to leave until I had Sven. Well Elsa, whether or not it's a crush, I do care about you. You are one of the only few real friends I have ever had, and I will not let you face hell without me. So you can push me away, put me in an ice cage, even turn me to ice and leave me on some stranger's doorstep but I will find you." Anna then pulled out her cell phone and placed it in elsa's hand along with hers. "And that is my choice! Just please…let me help."
Elsa stared at Anna in disbelief. She was honestly expecting Anna to run away screaming at any moment before. Now here she was willing to stand by her no matter what. Elsa still wanted Anna to leave, for her own sake. But as much as she didn't want to admit it Joan was right. She had these dreams for a reason and maybe they are supposed to stay together. Besides, Anna seems very stubborn, Elsa doubted that there was anything she could do to make her change her mind.
'Especially with her new strength.' Thought Elsa with a smirk
"Well it looks like I don't have a choice." Elsa said as she covered both devices in a layer of frost. A creek was heard and both shattered into snow particles. Then Anna nudged Kristoff to do the same thing. He just looked at her with regret.
"Anna. I-I can't do this. Please just come home."
"Im sorry Kristoff I can't. I have to do this. For Elsa. For me."
"I…..I need to talk to Joan."
Kristoff got up and walked to the shower room. There he saw Joan sitting on the toilet (seat down) looking impatiently at her mirror. She looked up and saw Kristoff.
"Oh hey. Waiting for connection. Dang thing is old, doesn't work like it used too."
"Joan. I need to know what your plan was." Kristoff said. Joan looked up giving him her full attention.
"Well I was supposed to find Elsa. But then I decided to keep her hidden….."
"No I mean about us."
"What do you mean?" Joan asked confused.
"Joan…I really liked you. And I thin you liked me too. But I don't see how we could have had a real relationship. I mean look at you, you're over a hundred and you look my age. Years from now when I would be forty you would still look like this. Fifty you would still be this. And when I am old and dying, you would still be like this. So what was your plan?"
Joan looked at Kristoff sadly, She got up so she could talk to him face to face and did her best to explain.
"Well, with all honesty I really tried not to think about that. All I really knew is that I liked you and I figured that if we really wanted to stay with each other for that long then we would have made it work. I mean I have been with other immortals before and they were kind of borning. You were fun! I just thought that if I loved you enough it wouldn't matter to me if you were old and come on, isn't having a woman that stays hot forever every guys dream!?"
"My dream is growing up with someone special Joan!" Kristoff said, raising his voice slightly. His tone filled with sadness and anger. "Having kids. Raising a family. Living our lives then growing old with one another. I dunno maybe in a home out in the country. With a reindeer farm or something. Just us old together."
"Well….with all honesty Kristoff I don't really wanna be a mother. So if that is what you really want then. I'm sorry I can't give it to you."
The two blondes look at each other longingly. Like their world has been split in two by time and broken dreams. One an immortal that doesn't want to change, one that is human and wants to grow. Their paths had already diverged long before they even met, and it took just now for them to realize it. Kristoff looked at his former love sadly, and he spoke.
"Don't worry. I won't tell anyone anything. But I can't stay."
"I know." Joan said gazing up at his face. A single tear rolling down hers. This had to be the first time she cried in a long, long time. She leans into the larger man for a hug, he puts his arms around her, then they break. "You're a great guy and I will remember you until ragnarok."
"Same here." Kristoff said sadly before he turned his back and made his way to the door.
Walking across the room he ignores the please of Anna for him to stay. Just as he is about to open the door Flynn comes bursting through it with armfuls of Chinese food boxes.
"Oh Kris, how about you give me a hand buddy?"
"Hey Flynn. I hate to do this to you but I gotta go."
Flynn looked at him in confusion. "What?"
"Just keep them on the downlow for a few days and they will leave on their own. Until then…here." Kristoff said reaching into his pocket, he pulls out what is left in his wallet and places it on the counter next to the motel door. Flynn looks back at him.
"Dude I can't accept this."
"Just do it for me ok. I'll make it up to you I promise." Then Kristoff turns to the girls. "I don't want him getting in trouble. So stay for as long as you need but get out soon. And you two!" Kristoff said looking at Elsa and Joan specifically. "Make sure Anna stays safe."
Both women nod as Kristoff leaves the room.
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