Neutralizing Assist and Recovery Knight 15: I don't own Frozen or any Characters.

Rating: T

Pairing: Elsanna

Words: 3,006 (Sorry another long one)

Characters: Anna, Elsa, Arendelle.

Summary: Why were Elsa and Anna stopped? What could be happening that would have caused the Alliance Military to stop Elsa midflight? Let's find out.


Elsa ran up onto the flight deck and saw one of the huge Alliance cruisers a few thousand kilometers away and approaching. It was very strange that they had intercept codes for a black level mission. In fact she had never heard of anyone ever being given those codes, which is why she contacted the Castle to make sure.

The Knight Commanders face appeared on her com link "NARK Elsa report."

"Knight Commander I have been stopped on the outer limits of the solar system by a military cruiser. They have the correct code what is going on?" Elsa reported her situation.

"Knight did you complete the mission?" the Knight Commanders face showed not the face of the man that was calm collected person she had seen on the Holo before, but creased with worry and stress.

"Yes sir as my report said I have the device and the target on board, but I can't complete the drop as I have been stopped by a cruiser. Now what is going on sir?" Elsa couldn't help getting annoyed at being given the run around.

"You will get a full mission debrief at landing and confirmation that the device is secure. Have you AI send over the case confirmation," the Knight Commander was still not giving her the facts. That use to not bother her, but now it seemed very annoying.

"Aren send the information they want and a video of me putting the device in the case and the case accepting the device," Elsa did as ordered. The Knight Commander started looking over the information and looked very relieved to see it.

"Captain," the Knight Commander spoke and a second holo activated showing a woman's face. She held the rank of Captain in the Alliance Military. "I have cleared NARK Elsa to Elysium. I want her here in under an hour send out additional boosters to make sure it happens."

"Yes sir," the woman replied with a salute and started barking orders to her crew as the holo faded.

"Elsa I'll see you soon. Have the device and the prisoner ready for transfer," Knight Commander then disappeared and Elsa looked up to see four additional boosters sailing towards Aren.

"What will our arrival time be now Aren?" Elsa asked in a whisper. She thought they had hours left, but with the added speed they will have an hour if not minutes.

"Twenty minutes accept for the installation time," Aren replied obviously thinking the same thing for Elsa.

"Where is she?"

"She is in the cargo bay just walking around the ship to stretch her legs," Aren replied. It was a good place to stretch your legs and work out even if they would have had more time, but it wasn't meant to be. Aren rocked a little as the additional boosters were being attached to the haul. Elsa made her way to the cargo hold to get the device and tell Anna of the update.

When Elsa got to the cargo bay Anna was walking around the main bay that was very open. Aren had room for two vehicles in the bay if they were nearly touching. There was also other work out equipment that if you knew where to look. The ship rocked again and she turned and saw Elsa standing by the door.

Anna walked over and whispered "What's going on?"

"I don't know why we were stopped, but the Castle HQ was scared about something. They want us to return as fast as possible so they are attaching extra boosters to the haul," Elsa answered as she stared into Anna's blue eyes.

"How much faster will we get there," Anna asked looking back intently.

"Twenty minutes after installation," Elsa replied but needed to continue "I am expected to look a certain way at the Castle so I'll have to change. I also need to have the device ready and you will also," Elsa hesitated not wanting to really say what she needed to say. This was harder than anything she had ever done before.

"Need to look like a prisoner," Anna finished for Elsa. "So what does that mean? Black and white stripes?" Anna said with a huge smile obviously trying to make Elsa feel better about the situation.

"No your cloths are fine the way they are but," Elsa walked over to a case that she had prepared on the way from Miranda. She opened it and pulled out a pair of cuffs.

"Those are the strangest handcuffs I have ever seen," Anna replied with a quizzical look on her face.

"These at least won't hurt your wrists they are even padded," Elsa explained as she opened them. The cuffs would cover from Anna's wrists to about mid forearm. "Let me put them on now. They don't have to be connected until we get to Elysium, but if they scan Aren at least they will detect the cuffs on you."

Anna laid her wrists in the cuffs without a single drop of hesitation and Elsa looked down at them sitting in the cuffs. It was the last thing she wanted to do "It's ok Elsa I knew this was a possibility and I'm ready for whatever happens next." Anna's reassurance didn't help much, but it gave Elsa the strength to close the cuffs. The cuffs also covered Anna's half of the mark which was an unexpected bonus.

"I suggest you go eat however much you want, because I don't know how they will treat you. I hope they will treat you well and give you the change to repent, but if not…" Elsa just left the last part hanging.

"You should go change," Anna answered

"Installation complete. Ready to jump to hyperspace Elsa," Aren announced and Elsa opened her mouth several times to say something, but nothing came out.

"Go ahead and make the jump Aren," Anna said as she pulled Elsa into a hug. Elsa couldn't find her voice and didn't know whatever was happening. "You don't have to worry about me. At least I got to meet you and truly know what it feels like to love."

Elsa pulled away. "Love?" she couldn't help asking as she had heard about love, she had read about love, but love was never something she thought she would ever feel.

"Yes love. I can honestly say that our bond is love of the highest degree. I love you Elsa Ward of the State," Anna smiled again and the kindness in her eyes stabbed at Elsa's heart like the sharpest knives.

"I love you too and I don't want you to go," Elsa said and she laid her head down on Anna's shoulder.


Anna couldn't believe the events that brought her to this moment. First being horrified at the Alliance and fighting against it. Then being captured by a strange person that should have been scary. Lastly falling in love with her capture as they must have been meant for each other from birth and the marks only prove it.

Now she was standing next to the love of her life looking like a photograph of a woman in the military. Everything crisply pressed in place perfectly. She stood tall, shoulders back and she radiated perfection. Anna knew she should look more down and dejected, but couldn't she was almost happy to be here. Her life might end soon, but at least she lived to meet her soul mate.

The ramp lowered and she could see there was a large welcome committee waiting for them. Anna could see several members were Wards of the States and one was probably a high ranking official in the Knighthood. There was also a gray haired older man with a long white lab coat on and then several what looked like security guards. They were probably here for her.

They started to move down the ramp and the guards moved up towards Anna. "She isn't dangerous. Put your guns away," Elsa declared in her hollow emotionless voice. The guards stopped and looked at the man that Anna assumed was a high ranking member of the Knighthood. He nodded his head and the guards put the weapons away. One of the guards then reached out for the device that controlled Anna's handcuffs. Anna looked over at Elsa and she returned the look before handing the device over without looking away from Anna.

"NARK Elsa this is doctor Z he is here to confirm that you have the device," the high ranking member said as he gestured to the man that Anna thought was probably a doctor. Then she started to feel a tug on the cuffs as the guards started to pull her away. They weren't even looking at her as she had no choice to follow the device that was linked to her cuffs. Her heart rate sky rocketed and all her courage started to melt away. She reluctantly took a step forward and stayed staring at Elsa. Hoping to memorize her face before Anna would never see it again, but Elsa stepped forward stopping blocking the way to the guards.

"Here Knight commander," she handed the case over to the doctor. The pull of the cuff's wasn't something Anna could resist and she took another step forward into Elsa. "Excuse me guards can you pay a little attention," she yelled at the guards who jumped and started fumbling about. They then started looking around the landing pad. Although spacious in one area it all bottle necked into one path into the Castle. Anna could also see that she was completely blocked in by a Knight Commander, a doctor of some sort and NARK Elsa. Both guards stood there dumb founded for a minute before sighing and leaning against a rail in order to wait it out.

Elsa had a little smile on her face as she must have known that the guards wouldn't ask for someone to move out of a prisoner's way. So for at least another minute or two they would be together. With nothing else to do Anna watched as the doctor started to open the case. It was an impressive lock and the doctor had to put in a twenty digit code.

"Knight Commander, why was I stopped at the edge of the solar system by a military cruiser?" Elsa asked and Anna looked away from the doctor as he opened the case. It was interesting that the military was stopping all ships entering the system.

"The other half of this device has gone missing and we were afraid that if the Children of Aria had the full device they would smuggle it to Elysium to use it against the Alliance," the Knight Commander replied. "Since you have recovered this half and destroyed the group we will just have to find the other half. Which is no longer a Knighthood issue and more of a Military or Allied Command issue."

Anna had been so distracted with everything that had gone on that she totally forgot that she had sent James and Jane to get the other half of the device. It wasn't dangerous without the trigger, but still James must have the device hidden somewhere.

"We have a problem," Dr. Z said suddenly. Everyone looked at him and he had the device broken down into three pieces.

"What Doctor?" the Knight Commander asked.

"This isn't the real Trigger. It is a very elaborate copy, but it is missing the most important part. It was also the only piece that wasn't actually listed in the original specifications," the Dr. explained. "It is the core of the device that makes it activate the weapon that is missing. Also this device never held the core because there are no traces of the material in the housing. This is a fake."

The Knight Commander looked at Elsa his eyes were almost on fire with rage. She then turned and looked at Anna with a shocked slightly betrayed look, but she was just as shocked to hear that it was a fake.

"Elsa I swear that is the device we stole from the lab. I didn't bring you a copy," Anna said in her defense.

"What happened to the device after you took it from the lab?" Elsa asked.

"We put it in that secure case and locked it up until we had the rest of the device," Anna explained not thinking who they were talking in front of.

"What were you going to do when you had the rest of the device?" Elsa asked again with a confused look on her face.

"Expose that it was the Alliance that used the device on Aria to end the war. Aria didn't do it to themselves, but the Alliance wiped out an entire planet," Anna explained as she had read in the document that detailed the end of the war.

"Enough," the Knight Commander declared, "take this prisoner to be executed immediately." The Knight Commander moved so that the guards could move Anna. Her heart felt like it would explode and she looked towards Elsa. All the courage and joy had melted and only fear remained. Anna didn't want to die yet, but she couldn't stop as the guards started to move her down the path to the Castle.

"Wait," Elsa demanded and the guards hesitated. "I just remembered that two people left the compound before I escaped. Where did they go?"

"They went to get the rest of the device. It was on the planet that we had our second base on," Anna answered and realized that she was just digging her own grave.

"NARK I thought you had eliminated the entire group?" the Knight Commanders anger was palpable.

"I was in a prison cell and my ship told me that two members left. I forgot about those members leaving after escaping with the device and prisoner. I leveled the building and returned to here," Elsa explained as it was probably reasonable that she had forgotten. It was a stressful situation to be in Anna remembered. "Knight Commander release the prisoner into my custody again so that I can finish the mission. I will eliminate the rest of the group and find both halves of the device and return them here," Elsa declared with conviction and more emotion then she had had since stepping off the ship.

"No we will give you alternative drop off points for both parts of the device. Also the prisoner will be executed immediately for crimes against the Alliance," the Knight Commander declared.

"I need her to find the other two members. This group was nothing until she came into play," Elsa explained and Anna's guards started to move her away again. She wanted to call out to Elsa, but fear had gripped her throat.

"Alright guards take her to interrogation until the mission is completed," the Knight Commander then looked directly at her, "You have received a reprieve for now. Your actions from this point forward may save your life."

"Sir I can't wait for an interstellar communication if I need something from her in order to find these guys, especially if this device could wipe out Elysium. Let me complete the mission and return her here," Elsa's request wasn't that unusual as it sometimes took minutes to hours for a completed communication.

The Knight Commander stood there silent for a while and the guards had conflicting orders so they waited and Anna just stood there holding her breath as her life laid in the balance. Elsa also stood silent and emotionless, but staring intently at the Knight Commander. "I expect a fully completed mission and expect a detailed mission report about this incident. This mission just went from black level five to level six and the entire Alliance could hang in the balance," the Knight Commander turned to the guards. "Give the prisoner back to NARK Elsa and everything you heard here is level five classified." The Knight Commander and Dr. started walking back towards the Castle. The Commander turned and looked back towards her "You know what happens if she escapes?" Anna wasn't sure what that meant and looked towards Elsa.

The guards returned the device controlling Anna's cuffs to Elsa. She took the device and put it in her pocket. "Yes sir," she replied before turning towards the guards "Tell the ground crew I need to be resupplied and extra for the prisoner," Elsa ordered the guards before she turned and moved towards the ship. Anna had no choice but to follow.

"Thank you," Anna said quietly and Elsa didn't say anything as they walked on the ship. Anna expected to be taken back to the room next to Elsa's, but they walked right past it. Elsa led her into the cargo bay and there was a door that Anna had saw when she was here last, but had no idea what was behind it. Elsa opened the door and Anna saw that it was a small room that had a bed attached to a wall and a bucket. There was a single light that glowed very dimly and nothing else. It was so small that if you were taller than the average person that you wouldn't be able to stretch out on the bed at all.

She looked at Elsa very confused. "In," Elsa's voice was emotionless still as she reached in her pocket and hit a button on the device. Anna's cuff's unlinked so that her wrists were no longer together, but she still didn't understand what had happened that she had to go in there. Elsa nodded towards the room and Anna hesitantly took a step in and turned to look back at Elsa. She was standing there void of all emotion and she looked at Anna.

She wanted to ask what happened or what she did wrong, but the only thing that came out was "Why?" Elsa said nothing as she turned away and closed the door. The last that Anna could see was Elsa's backside.


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