Neutralizing Assist and Recovery Knight 22: I don't own Frozen or any Characters.
Rating: T
Pairing: Elsanna
Words: 2,866
Characters: Anna, Elsa, Arendelle.
Summary: The pair has a ship they are chasing down that might have the device on it, but it might not?
Elsa just barely finished getting dressed in her tactical gear when Aren announced "The ship we are looking for just dropped out of hyperspace."
"Aren signal them that we are Alliance Knighthood and to prepare to be boarded," Elsa answered as she put the strap of her rifle over her shoulder so it would hang at her hip. She then moved to the flight deck.
"They are not responding and moving away towards one of the planets," Aren announced just as Elsa got on the deck. Anna was already on the deck behind her usual four holo's looking like she was ready to work. She smiled a huge smile at Elsa and she couldn't help smiling back. The smile made her cheeks hurt again and she hard to rub them with her hand.
"Someone hack into their system and shut them down please. Aren pull up next to them and perform a scan if you can for the device's elements," she answered as she walked over and looked out of the front windows while still rubbing her cheeks. She wished they would stop hurting for random reasons.
"I am in there system and am restarting there engine core," Anna declared with a smile and fist pump. Elsa could see the ship getting closer as Aren navigated near the port side door that they could forcibly enter.
"I now have control of their computer system," Aren declared in an almost smug way. It was like a competition between the two. "I will be able to open their docking door as soon as we have a hard seal. I can detect the material's used to create the device and two life forms, but I can't pin point the exact location of any of the three."
"That's fine. I'll make a sweep and after I neutralize the life forms I will get into the computer. Let's see if I can't find the item with having to go through every box on that ship," Elsa answered as she moved to the docking door of Aren.
"I have you on com link Elsa," Aren spoke in her ear instead of over the ship intercom.
"I'm here too," Anna declared through the com link as well. Elsa smiled again as she leaned against the hull of the ship waiting for the starboard docking door to open. She wouldn't just stare at the door because the other people could be waiting with weapons ready. It would have been a good way to get shot so instead she was off to the right of the door and waited. She had her rifle up and ready to turn the corner after a few quick glances through to the other ship.
The door opened and she waited a full ten count before looking the first time. She got a quick glance and saw that no one was at the door. There were no blockades or anything to stop her from entering the ship.
"Any word from the others on the ship?" she asked as she made a second glance and still saw nothing.
"Radio silence from them," Aren declared and Elsa glanced a third time. This time she moved her whole body and had her rifle at the ready. She slowly stalked her way into the other ship.
"What will she clear first?" Anna couldn't help asking as she watched Elsa's com link move onto the other ship.
"She will start by clearing her way to the flight deck. Then move to the engine room and finally the cargo hold," Aren listed as her VI appeared to be watching the same holo that Anna was watching. It was funny that Aren does stuff like that because the holo is from her, but she has seamlessly transitioned into the VI body and face that Anna had programed for her.
The other holo flashed showing it was done and Anna brought it front and center and started looking through the captains logs. "What are you looking at?" Aren asked.
"I piggy backed on to their ship and hacked the captains log or diary as I like to call them. It will hopefully give us some insight to where they store there smuggled stuff," Anna answered as she started looking through the logs.
"The bunks are all empty and the flight deck has been sealed off," Elsa's voice came over the com link, "next I am moving to the engine room. I set up a trap outside the flight deck in case they try and get around behind me." Anna figured that Aren would confirm the transition as Anna continued to look through the logs. Then she read the day that they figured either Jane or James boarded the ship.
Passenger is settled in their assigned bunk and their item stowed in the engine room smugglers hold. I would have never though such a pretty little thing would be transporting something as dangerous as her friends say.
"Elsa the ship has a female passenger and the item is in the engine room somewhere. The log says something about a smugglers hold," Anna reported and hoped this was the correct ship and the passenger was Jane with one of the two devices.
"Copy that," Elsa replied. This ship had a full cargo hold in the bottom of the ship, but there looked like there could be a lot of little hiding spots that you could stash anything in.
It didn't take Elsa very long in the engine room before she announced "Found the device. I think. It looks exactly like the last one, but I'll bring it on board and let's hope it's the real one this time." Perfect they have the device and hopefully this would all end with very little effort. Finding the other half would be difficult, but without this part it was useless.
"Anna we have an intruder," Aren announced from her VI form. Anna looked over and Aren pointed at the wall next to the co-pilots chair. There was a panel there that had a pull hook. She pulled it open and there was a gun inside. Anna picked up the gun and moved towards the starboard docking door. She didn't have much experience with firing guns, but she knew the general idea. "Elsa is on her way back and the intruder is near the bedrooms," Aren was reporting through her ear piece, "they are headed towards you. If you hide next to the food storage area you will be able to get the drop on the person. Elsa is on her way quickly."
Anna followed Aren's instructions and ducked into the alcove that they got the food pouches from. "Around the corner in three," Aren was giving her a count down. Anna raised the gun and then a person peeked around the corner at her. The person was Jane and she had a gun pointed at Anna.
"Anna what are you doing here," Jane asked without lowering her gun.
"I'm making sure James doesn't set that thing off on another planet," Anna said without lowering her gun. Jane and her barely interacted as Jane was usually very busy getting goods moved around and establishing different friendships.
"They killed David and everyone. They have to pay," Jane stated as her eyes narrowed. This wasn't going to end well and Anna knew it.
"Those people on that planet didn't do anything to you. There are innocent women and children on that planet," Anna stated, but then Jane did the unexpected and lunged. Anna wasn't able to fire the gun before it was knocked out of her hands. Jane then tried to back away and point her gun at Anna, but she didn't want to give her the chance to fire it. Anna lunged and drove her shoulder square in Jane's chest.
Their momentum pushed her back into the wall behind her. Anna grabbed the gun and pointed the barrel towards the ceiling. It meant that it wasn't going to accidently fire and hit her, but Jane started to pull it back down. They both grabbed the gun with two hands each, but Jane was stronger. The gun started to point down towards Anna so she did something she never expected to do. She brought her head back and slammed her forehead into Jane's face.
The action was unexpected as Jane cried out in pain and Anna was able to push the gun to the side. BOOM! A loud shot rang out and Anna looked down the hall to see where the shot went. Then she froze as standing just down the hall was Elsa. She was looking down at her chest and Anna saw that there was a hole next to Elsa's tactical vest. Jane suddenly pushed Anna away and it all seemed to be in slow motion. Anna stumbled back and Jane started moving her gun towards Anna. Then just as the gun was pointed at her Anna expected the shot to come Jane was hit by something.
She then turned and Anna saw Jane's shirt suddenly be riddled with holes. She dropped the gun as she fell to her knees and then fall to the side. Anna stopped thinking about Jane as she looked over at Elsa and saw that she was standing there with one arm holding her rifle out. She had somehow fired it one handed.
Anna ran over "Elsa are you ok?"
"Aren prep the medical ward and close the starboard door. Don't let anyone else on," Elsa stated as she dropped the rifle and started unclipping her vest. Anna helped her as doing it one handed was nearly impossible. "The shot must have hit something because my arm is frozen," Elsa stated just as Anna pushed the vest off. She then saw that Elsa was bleeding through the hole and she then placed her other hand on the hole. "Aren I am bleeding so it wasn't an energy weapon," she stated as she started to walk towards the cargo hold.
Anna followed as she didn't even realize that there was a medical ward on the ship until they turned the corner just before the cargo hold. There normally is a wall there that she didn't even give a second thought to, but it was actually a door.
"Scanning," Aren stated as several holo's came out of the wall and above one floated her VI person. "Elsa the round is still inside you. The vest slowed it and diverted it, but it is next to your shoulder blade. Removing the round will be difficult as you could hit an artery or lung in the process," Aren announced and Elsa sat on a table that came out of the wall.
"Anna scissors behind you," Elsa started, "You need to cut my shirt and bra strap to get to the wound." Anna grabbed the scissors and followed Elsa's commands. Elsa only let go of the wound for a split second so they could pull off her clothing. Next she lay down on the table "Aren show me a holo image of it."
An image appeared above her and it zoomed into the shoulder. Anna could see the round was sitting right next to her shoulder blade and Aren highlighted the path that would need to be taken to get the round without hitting anything. It would be impossible for Elsa to do it herself and she knew it as she looked over at Anna. She simply nodded "What do I need to do?"
"First the pain killers in the box behind you," Elsa said, but couldn't point as she was stopping the bleeding. Anna turned around and suddenly the holo nearest the box blinked on. Aren pointed at the correct one. "Grab the one labeled morphine, but also grab the three that have different colored hearts on them," Elsa instructed and Anna followed direction. "Next follow Aren to blood packs and iv kits," Elsa continued and Anna just followed directions.
Very quickly she had done things that she never thought she would or could do, but Elsa had a bag of blood flowing into her. There was a beep beep of the monitors of her heart beat and a whole sterile tray set up in next to her. She had a shot of painkillers and now Anna was about to place a mask over Elsa's face to make her go unconscious.
"I know you can do this. I trust you and I have never said that to anyone before," she said with an encouraging smile. Anna bent over and kissed Elsa before covering her face with the breathing mask. They just stared into each other's eyes for a minute or two, before her eyes closed. Anna put gloves on and picked up the pliers that she was supposed to get the round out with.
Then she saw the three shots with hearts on them. "Crap what am I supposed to do with these. She didn't tell me," Anna said out loud.
"I will tell you if you need to use those," Aren answered as she floated above Elsa.
"What are they for?" Anna asked as she positioned the pliers over the whole.
"If her heart stops beating," Aren answered mournfully and Anna looked up at Aren, she shrugged slightly. Anna kept looking at the holo as she slowly moved the pliers towards the round. Sweat was dripping from her forehead as she watched the holo show her progress. She was able to avoid all the critical things down and she was able to feel the round. Anna grabbed it and then looked over at Aren's VI. "Now you have to be even more careful removing the round. Sometimes it's the removal that does the damage," Aren answered and Anna just nodded.
She wiped the sweat from her face before she started the slow process of removing the round. She started the painstakingly slow process of pulling the round out. She watched the holo as she moved, but it felt like the round snagged on every little thing as she withdrew it.
She was past the artery and was almost in the clear when suddenly Elsa's shoulder moved under her. Instinctively she pulled her hands away to keep from getting hit, but in the process completely removed the round from Elsa. "She is convulsing. Try and hold her down," Aren declared in a panic and Anna dropped the pliers in order to drape herself over Elsa. She was incredibly strong and it took almost Anna's entire body weight in order to hold Elsa on the table. Just as soon as she started thrashing it suddenly stopped, but then a dreaded sound penetrated the air. There was no beeping but a constant low whine.
"Quick the red heart shot to the thigh and start pushing on her chest," the sound of Aren's voice caused Anna to move as quickly as possible. She grabbed the red shot and jammed it hard into the thigh before she tried to push on Elsa's chest. The table was too high, but thankfully Aren lowered it and Anna just started pounding on Elsa's chest. "Stand back I'm going to shock her," Aren announced and the tears started to roll down Anna's face.
Watching Elsa's body contract as she was shocked was terrifying. "Quick the blue heart, center chest and after you push the button move away from her fast," Aren stated as she sounded like it was a last ditch effort.
Anna grabbed the shot and placed it center chest. "Why do I have to move?" Anna asked as she pushed the button and felt the shot go into Elsa's body. Anna moved into the corner when suddenly Elsa moved her arms around and sat up. She then rolled off the table and bent down into a crouch. Her eyes were wide open and breathing was heavy as she looked around.
"That's why," Aren answered and Elsa looked at the VI. She visibly relaxed slightly and stood up shaking her head. "Catch her quick," Aren announced after Anna started to move seeing that Elsa was going to collapse. Anna was able to catch Elsa and was able to gently lower her to the floor. The table moved down and next to them. Anna pulled Elsa back onto the table and the welcoming sound of beeping sounded through the air.
"Did I do any damage taking out the round?" Anna asked and a scan started to pass over.
"It seems that you were able to avoid most of the serious things. You need to fill the wound with medi gel and we will have to wait for her to wake up," Aren's final words weren't nearly as hopeful as Anna wanted them to be. She packed the wound with the gel, bandaged the wound and then put the wounded arm in a sling. It was all done and she went to sit down when "Anna you need to move the body to my cargo hold. There is a cold storage that you can place a dead body in." She let her head drop back as this was the last thing she wanted to do, but knew it need to be done.
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