Chapter 19

Marcus stared down Sol with an unbridled hatred in his eyes. This demon of a man had killed his friends and tried to take Elsa away from him. Marcus looked to see Anna severely beaten, Marcus knew Sol made Elsa do it which only reaffirmed his hatred for the fire lord. His eyes then fell on Elsa, his heart broke at seeing how mangled she was, was that a black eye?

"That sick bastard dare lay his hand on her?" Marcus thought as he clenched his fists.

"So glad you could make it friend." Sol said as he fired his hottest stream of fire he could muster at Marcus. Marcus saw the flame incoming and quickly raised his shield. The force of the blast did push him back a few feet and the intense heat made him sweat but aside from that the blessed shield protected him from the fire. Sol was shocked to see Marcus still standing there.

"Impressive." Sol said walking to his chair. "Unfortunately I have business to attend to, Elsa dear would you please kill him?"

"Of course." Elsa said as ice began forming at her hands. Marcus felt his heart drop, he could never hurt Elsa. What was he going to do? He spent to much time thinking as a blast of ice smashed into him and knocked him to the ground. He slowly got back up and saw Elsa staring down at him. Marcus saw the revealing clothes she was wearing and the massive bite marks on her neck. He felt he was going to vomit.

"Oh Marcus I expected more from a soldier." Elsa said walking up to him. Marcus noted how she emphasized her hip sway. She got up close to him and grabbed his hand and placed it on her breasts. Marcus tried to pull away but she froze his hand there. She seductively ran her tongue and lips across his face and neck. Sol made Elsa try to seduce Marcus as he knew that the armor Marcus was wearing was sacred and that if Marcus gave into lust the armor would lose its blessing and fail "Don't try to resist Marcus, I know you want me."

"Yes I do want you." Marcus admitted. "But not like this!" Sol was surprised to see Marcus resisting the temptation. Elsa immediately unfroze his hand and slapped him in the the face. Despite the hatred in Elsa's eyes, Marcus looked lovingly at her and took her hand in his.

"Elsa? It's me Marcus." Marcus said softly rubbing his fingers along her small hand. "Its okay."

"I'll kill you." She growled as the room began to freeze.

"It wasn't your fault Elsa, he made you do it. You would never hurt Eli, you would never hurt anyone." Marcus said as he stood up to look into her eyes. "I know you are in there, follow my voice, I will take you home and we will be rid of this nightmare."

"N-n-nooo!" Elsa screamed as she knocked him away. "I HATE YOU!" Elsa conjured icicles and fired them at Marcus like javelins. Marcus rolled side to side avoiding the projectiles. Elsa then fell down and clutched her head she shook side to side as if she was fighting against herself. Marcus saw this and slowly walked over to her. He placed his hands on her cheeks and looked into her eyes which were switching from red to blue.

"Look at me Elsa, focus on my voice." Marcus pleaded. He looked into her eyes and once again saw those deep beautiful innocent eyes he had fallen in love with.

"Kill me." Elsa said as she started to cry. Marcus used his fingers to brush away her tears.

"What?" Marcus yelled.

"Please kill me before he makes me hurt you." Elsa whimpered.

"No, I will never leave you." Marcus said embracing her in a tight hug.

"Oh I don't think so." Sol said giving a wave of his hand. Elsa continued to cry as she felt herself losing control again. She felt her body conjuring a small blade of ice.

"Don't you see?" Sol asked. "You are alone here american. No one will save you now!"

"Get away from me!" Elsa yelled as she swung the blade at Marcus which almost took his head off. Marcus ducked and saw the red color had possessed Elsa again. Elsa roared as she unleashed her arctic fury. Temperatures plummeted to below zero as icicles and snow formed everywhere. Anna closed her eyes as she watched Marcus get enveloped in the ice bubble. Marcus felt unnaturally cold temperatures begin to freeze his skin. Marcus shivered as he looked at Elsa who was levitating off the ground as she froze everything. Marcus began slowly walk towards her, his love for her keeping him warm against the inhuman cold.

"I'm coming Elsa!" He called. Elsa raised her hand and fire ice right into his chest. Marcus felt a sharp pain and cold strike his heart. Marcus quickly recovered as he continued towards her. She fired bolt after bolt of ice at him in an attempt to freeze his heart but Marcus kept going. The love Marcus had for Elsa in his heart was so powerful and true it thawed the ice immediately after it struck his heart. Marcus eventually came toe to toe with her. His whole body was rigid cold and he shivered heavily. He raised his hand and placed it on her cheek. Sol could not believe this! She had shot him several times in the heart, he should be frozen solid by now!

"Why is your heart not frozen?" Elsa asked darkly.

"Because I love you." Marcus said as he pulled her in for a deep passionate kiss. There was no lust or desire, only innocent love and passion. Marcus' love poured into her frozen soul and quickly neutralized the evil that Sol had implanted. After parting Marcus embraced her tightly. He didn't care if she killed him right now as long as he was with her. "Please Elsa, I love you so much, my heart cannot beat without you." Marcus said as he began tearing up and began to run his hand through her hair. "Just please come back to me, we will grow old together. We will raise our children together. I will never leave your side ever again, I will leave your heart satisfied and you will never long for love again." Marcus said as placed the cross he gave her around her neck and stood back from her. "If you must kill me then do it." He said as he threw his sword and shield to the side and took off his chest plate. "I will not defend myself, a life without you is not a life at all." Marcus closed his eyes and waited for the feeling of icicles disembowling him. He jumped when he felt a soft hand on his cheek. He opened his eyes to what was the most beautiful sight he had ever seen. Elsa smiling at him, her teeth no longer sharp, her beautiful bright blue eyes shining at him.

"E-elsa?" He asked running his hand through her hair.

"You saved me Marcus." Elsa said as happy tears rolled down her eyes. "I'm here."

"For you, anything." Marcus said as he kissed her again. Sol waved his hand again and again but Elsa did not respond. He realized Marcus had freed her, permenantly.

"NOOOO!" Sol screamed as he ignited the area around him. "YOU WILL BUR-" He began to yell as he felt the stinging of Elsa's powers hitting him.

"You attacked my kingdom, killed my people, and then tried to control me!" Elsa yelled as she continued to fire ice at Sol who was screaming from the pain. Sol began firing blasts of fire randomly in the hope one would hit her. Elsa was so focused on freezing Sol she did not see the bolt of fire coming directly at her. Marcus saw this and instantly ran in front of her. The blast struck Marcus in the face and began to burn his left cheek.

"AAHHHH! Marcus yelled as the fire melted his skin off like the sun melts ice cream. Elsa saw this and quickly shot a weak breeze of ice at him. The flames died instantly as Marcus was on the ground screaming in pain while clutching his face. Elsa crawled over to him and saw that the entire left side of his face had been burned severely. Marcus groaned in pain. Elsa put his head in her lap as she rubbed her hand over his right cheek and created a small graft of ice to ease the burning pain.

"I'm sorry." Elsa said choking up.

"Why?" Marcus asked groaning. "You have done nothing wrong."

"But I raped you, I killed Eli, I just tried to kill y-" Elsa began to say as Marcus brought his finger to her mouth.

"Sol raped me, Sol killed Eli, Sol was the one who just tried to kill me." Marcus said. "Elsa is a sweet, kind, beautiful queen who would never hurt anyone."

"Oh Marcus." Elsa said taking his hand and squeezing it tightly. "Did you mean all of what you said?"

"Every word my love." Marcus said smiling as he reached into his pocket and pulled out a small wooden box. Marcus had secretly picked up the ring as a simple apology gift for her the night he left her but figured since he was about to die he needed to know her answer now. "I know now isn't a good time for this but since I might die this may be my only chance."

"Is that what I think it is?" Elsa thought as Marcus held it up to her.

"Elsa, my beautiful queen." He said opening the box revealing a beautiful sapphire ring. "Will you marry me?" Elsa gasped, they had only met two and a half weeks ago. She then thought back to how Hans proposed very soon but then remembered all Marcus had done for her. He had saved her from the initial attack, was there for her during distress. Showed her attention no other man had. He had literally fought through an entire army and almost gave his life just so she could be safe. Elsa had seen there was love in his heart and she knew within this man was the one who would always love her. Did she want to spend her life with this man?

Yes, yes she did.

"Yes, of course I do!" Elsa kissing him passionately. The two felt their souls intertwining in union as they shared their passion for each other.

"How very sweet." Sol said as he slowly got back up. "I will burn all of you, and then I will burn this world!"

"Elsa?" Marcus said. "I need you to get Anna and leave!"

"No! I won't leave you!" Elsa cried.

"This isn't a suggestion!" Marcus said. "I just fought though hell to save you! I will not lose you! Besides someone needs to get your sister out!"

"Please come back." Elsa said kissing him again. Elsa then ran to get Anna who long since passed out. Elsa's heart broke when she saw her beaten sister but knew Sol made her do it. "It's okay Anna, I got you." Elsa said as she picked her sister up and began to carry her. Elsa was not very strong and struggled but found the strength to eventually leave the room to get Anna to safety. Marcus had grabbed his chestplate, sword, and shield and prepared to kill the demon.

"You know never have I had such a worthy opponent, I almost regret having to kill you." Sol said as he conjured a flaming sword. Marcus was not intimidated.

"I will tell you right now I will have no regrets when I send you back to Hell demon!" Marcus yelled as the two charged at each other.

"We are getting killed out here!" Grant yelled as he fired his pistol. Over half the brigades had been killed or wounded. The remaining troops had fallen back to the front of the field where the enemy soldiers prepared for the final assault. Grant, Lee, and Johanssen looked at each other and nodded a gesture of respect to each other. Just as the enemy aimed their muskets to fire, a sound of cannon salvos was heard in the distance. The ranks of enemies screamed as hell rained down upon them, the cannons leveled the entire area and killed hundreds.

"That didn't come from our fleet!" Lee said as Grant pulled out his scope and looked into it. On the west side of the island he saw the second wave of american ships bombarding the shore.

"Now we have a fight!" Johanssen yelled drawing his sword as he charged forward. The remaining american brigade followed suit as the second fleet offloaded troops who came in from the sides to surround the enemy. Elsa found her way to the castle doors, she ran as fast as she could with Anna on her back.

"E-elsa?" Anna asked weakly.

"It's okay Anna." Elsa replied sweetly. "I got you."

"I knew you could do it." Anna said happily. Elsa smiled as she ran out the door to see Sol's army being slaughtered by american and arendelle troops Elsa screamed as a cannonfire struck the wall behind her. A rock fell and smashed into her leg causing a loud snapping sound. Elsa screamed in pain as her leg broke. Her scream drew the attention of nearby Arendelle soldier who ran over. They came and saw her and Anna on the ground.

"Its me! I'm not under his control!" Elsa cried putting her hands up. "Please get my sister to a doctor!" The soldier obeyed and pulled Anna out and carried her away.

"ELSA!" Johanssen yelled as he ran over and wrapped her in a tight hug. "Thank God!"

"Uncle Erik." Elsa said happily as she hugged Johanssen tight. Several troops came to her aid as they lifted the rocks off of her leg. Elsa winced in pain as her leg moved.

"I think its broken." Elsa said painfully. A medic came over and took out a cast made of metal and placed it around her leg. The stabilization eased the pain as Johanssen helped her up.

"Get her out of here and tell the fleet to level this whole island." Johanssen said.

"Uncle no! Marcus is still in there!" Elsa cried. Johanssen turned to the castle where he heard screams inside. Grant and Lee smiled as the remaining enemy troops quickly surrendered. The battle had been won!

"VICTORY!" Grant yelled. "WE HAVE VICTORY!"

"Ulysses! We must help Marcus!" Johanssen yelled as he ran to the open gate. Grant and Lee followed suit with twenty men who all made their way to the gates. They were stopped when cannonfire struck the gate and brought down rubble blocking their only way in.

"Tell those damn ships to stop firing!" Lee ordered as the dust cleared.

"Start clearing this rubble!" Grant yelled as he started pulling off rocks while his troops followed suit. Kristoff had made his way back up covered in enemy blood. He was devastated at losing Anna. He began to cry till he saw two familiar people being carried his way.

"Anna?" He said as he realized it was her. "ANNA!" He cried breaking out into a sprint. He ran up to her and saw her bloodied face. Kristoff ached at seeing her like this.

"Who did this to her?" He asked rubbing his hand through her hair. He saw the pained look on Elsa's face. "It wasn't your fault."

'I should have been stronger." Elsa said sadly. Kristoff wrapped her in a hug.

"I am just glad you two are okay." He said gratefully. "Where is Marcus.

"He is fighting Sol as we speak." Elsa said. "Please help him Kristoff!"

"I will do what I can!" Kristoff said as he kissed Anna on the forehead. "Make sure she is safe!" He said as he made his way to the castle.

Sol could not believe it! This damned boy was actually keeping up with him! Sol swung his firesword with all his might only for Marcus to block it. The two exchanged blows for what seemed like hours before Marcus tripped over rubble and fell to his back.

"You ruined all my plans!" Sol yelled swinging his sword down on Marcus who brought his forearm up to block the blade. Marcus felt his pectoral muscles contracting with all their might as Sol pushed the blade into him. Marcus roared as he pushed Sol off with all his strength. Marcus ran up and tackled the firelord to the ground and delivered punches. Sol brought his arm up to stab Marcus but Marcus slapped his face down and held his arm down while Marcus pulled out a dagger and stabbed it through Sol's hand.

"AAHHH!" Sol cried as the dagger went clean through his hand. He could not remember the last time someone made him bleed. He saw Marcus coming up to him with his sword but was blown back as cannonfire blew a hole in the wall. The force blew Marcus back as he struck his head hard against the rock. He heard a high pitched whine as his vision went white. He felt an awful throbbing pain in his head as he began to spill blood. He tried to get up but was very dazed from the blast. Sol saw this as an opportunity and ran up to Marcus and kicked him square in the face. Marcus fell back but caught himself as Sol came up for another rolled out of the way as Marcus returned a kick of his own. Sol caught the kick and threw Marcus to the ground. Sol brought his foot up and smashed onto Marcus' face. Marcus felt his nose break and several teeth come lose. Sol lifted his foot to see Marcus' face literally covered in blood. Marcus grabbed Sol's foot and twisted it at the ankle making Sol lose balance. Sol got back up and fired bolt after bolt of fire at Marcus but the bolts either deflected off of his armor or missed. Marcus ran around the room and picked up a loose brick and smashed into Sol's face.

"You will pay!" Sol yelled using his strength to pick up Marcus and throw him across the room. Marcus spread his arms to break his fall as he hit the ground with a hard thud. He felt stabbing pain in his back. He moaned as Sol went to kick him but Marcus caught and used his leg to sweep Sol off his foot causing the firelord to strike the ground. Marcus quickly grabbed his sword and plunged it into Sol's chest. Marcus smiled in triumph as he expected to hear Sol screaming but what Marcus heard made his blood chill.

Sol was laughing.

"Ignorant fool!" Sol yelled as he stood up and shoved Marcus off of him. "I have no heart!" He yelled pulling the sword out of his chest. "Now you all shall know my fury!" Sol screamed as Marcus felt the earth rumble. Fire shot from Sol's arms as the mountain began to shake. Outside, the american troops had almost removed the rubble when they heard a loud explosion. Lee looked up and saw the volcano was erupting.

"FALL BACK!" He yelled as fireballs and magma sprayed the area burning several soldiers to death.

"We can't leave Marcus in there!" Kristoff yelled.

"We will die if we stay here!" Grant yelled. "You think I wanna leave him there? We have to fall back now!"

"NOO!" Kristoff yelled as everyone began to run away from the incoming lava. Two soldiers grabbed Kristoff who was kicking and screaming and dragged him away. Elsa saw the volcano erupt from the ship she was on and gasped.

"Marcus!" She cried. Marcus realized Sol had just erupted the volcano. He saw an open window that he could escape from. No, he had to stop Sol here. He would make sure he never hurt Elsa or Anna ever again. Marcus felt a new power rise in him as he stood off alone against Sol. He would not let him escape.

"Do you see fool? What power do you have against hellfire?" Sol asked. Sol's burst of fire caused a massive explosion on the volcano as the top went flying off and crashing down onto the fortress.

"The Power of God." Marcus yelled as ran at Sol with his fist raised and struck Sol in the face. "That was for Obi!"

"Damn you!" Sol screamed as he tried to shoot fire at Marcus. Marcus blocked it with his forearm guard and elbowed Sol in the jaw.

"That was for Jonah!" Marcus screamed as he ran and kicked Sol in the gut. "That was for Eli!"

"I'll kill you!" Sol yelled as he shot fire so hot Marcus could see the walls starting to melt.

"And this is for everything you did to Elsa!" Marcus roared as he ran at the firelord with his sword. Sol prepared to dodge but was too blinded by fury. Marcus ran in fast and swung his sword with all his might. Sol could not move his arm in time but was surprised that he did not feel the pain on his arm, in fact, he couldn't feel his arm at all. Sol looked in horror to see Marcus had just cut his right arm off. Blood spurting from the wound.

"And now for everyone who has suffered and died under your name!" Marcus yelled pulling out the cloth containing the Blood of Christ. Marcus shoved the cloth onto Sol's face who began to scream in the worst pain he had ever felt. Sol could not remember what the pain of burning felt like. Sol screamed as his eyes went blind and his mouth melted from the holy relic. Marcus pulled the cloth off and saw Sol's half melted face. Sol continued to melt however as he ran around frantically trying to stop the process. Sol's skin literally melted like chocolate on a hot summer day. His skin continued to melt till all that was left was charred dried bones. Sol fell to the ground wheezing where he saw a demon open its mouth to take him.

"NO! NOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Sol screamed as the demon dragged his damned soul to eternal suffering and damnation. Marcus fell to the ground as his adrenaline wore off. His heavily exhausted muscles burning from overuse. His head began to throb again. Marcus literally was too weak to move at this point. His muscles frozen in place from excessive use. His body broken in so many places. He saw the magma from the volcano starting to find its way into the room. He could feel the heat as his skin began to burn. He realized he was going to die here, he was going to burn to death. Part of him was satisfied with it though, he had saved Elsa and kept his promise. Marcus began to laugh as he realized he would see his friends again.

"Father." Marcus said weakly to the sky. "Before You claim my soul, please forgive all of my sins so that I may enter Your house and gaze upon Your holy face." Marcus felt a peace overcome him as the flames got closer and closer. He closed his eyes as he prepared for death. Marcus reflected on his life, his early childhood on the farm, enlisting in the army. Meeting Eli, Jonah, and Obi. Coming to Arendelle, meeting Elsa, the ball where they all danced, his date with Elsa, their first kiss. As his life flashed before his eyes, he was content to know his life was worth watching.

His only regret was that he could not stay alive for his beloved Elsa.

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