Chapter 20

Marcus awoke to see a bright light. He looked and saw he was no longer in Sol's castle. He wasn't wearing his armor. He looked around and brought his arm up to shield his eye from the light.

"Am I dead?" He asked. He looked around for some indicator. He saw was laying on a large bed and was covered in bandages. He tried to sit up and felt a nasty pain run up his stomach. "OOH definitely not dead!"

"You shouldn't move too much, you took quite a beating back there." Marcus turned and his eyes adjusted to the light. There he saw Grant sitting by the window taking a puff of his pipe. "Concussion, seven broken ribs, broken nose, strained muscles, bruised kidney, three broken fingers, and half your face burned. Other than that you look fantastic."

"Sir!" Marcus said. "I dont- How did I escape? I saw the fire surround me!"

"Luckily for you Elsa was able to freeze the magma long enough to pull you out."

Three weeks earlier.

"GET OUT OF HERE MOVE!" Johanssen yelled as the volcano erupted spraying hot lava and ash throughout the landscape. The earth shook as the might of the mountain unleashed its fury. Black smoke now dominated the sky as chunks of rocks were blown everywhere. Everyone frantically ran to the ships to escape before molten rock covered the entire island. Elsa watched in horror as lava covered what was left of Sol's castle.

"NO!" She yelled as she began to run towards the edge of the boat but was stopped by two Arendelle soldiers.

"He's gone your highness!" Johanssen yelled.

"How can you say that?" Elsa cried. "We have to help him!"

"There is no way he survive that! The lava has taken him!" Johanssen yelled. "I know you cared for him but we need you! There has been enough tragedy, we cannot afford to lose our queen!"

"He risked his life to save me!" Elsa cried as her hands glowed white with ice. "I will do the same!"

"YOUR MAJESTY!" Johanssen yelled as Elsa ran to the side of the ship and jumped over. "SOMEONE GET HERE!" Elsa would not lose Marcus. She concentrated on getting to him and zoned everything else out. Her leg began to burn in pain as she remembered it was broken. She cried as she fired out a thick cast of ice around her leg to keep it straight. It severely restricted her movement but she was able to walk. She could already feel the heat of the fire burning down on her. For the first time in her life she actually began to sweat. Once she made it to shore she raised her hands and unleashed her powers. Ice shot from her hand towards the lava which turned to stone as it made contact with the ice. Elsa used her ice to create a path through the fire. It was exhausting but she would not lose the man she loved. After fighting the fire for what seemed like hours she came to a hill overlooking what was once the field in front of the castle was now a fiery lake of lava. Elsa knew she would never be able to cross this. She closed her eyes and raised her hands above her head. She concentrated as she created a storm of ice and snow. Clouds began to form as thick sleet of snow and ice poured down on the magma. She conjured a very cold arctic breeze which combined with the sleet cooled the lave down significantly. She then raised her arms and fired blasts of ice to create a path she could walk on. She broke out into a sprint fearing for Marcus' life. Her body was exhausted from strenuous use of her powers. She arrived at the castle after a long sprint, the ice storm had killed off most of the fire. She entered in though a broken door and frantically began searching for her fiance.

"MARCUS!" She cried as she ran from room to room. "MARCUS!" She ran into almost every room but there was no sign of him. Elsa collapsed to her knees as the realization sunk in. He was gone, taken by the fire.

"Oh Marcus." Elsa said as she grabbed the cross he gave her tightly. She closed her eyes tightly as tears squeezed out. This was a whole new level of pain. Her heart literally breaking in half as she let out whimpering moans for her beloved. She couldn't live without him, how could she ever continue on without him? Why did every person she get close to die? Out of the corner of her teary eye she saw a shine of light in a pile of rubble. She rubbed the tears from her eyes and looked again. She saw a piece of metal armor sticking out from a pile of rocks. Maybe just maybe. She ran over and tried with all her might to pull some of the rocks off. Alas, she was not very strong and it took tremendous effort to move them. She heaved and moaned as she finally pulled the rock off. She then removed the smaller rocks and brushed away dust and pebbles to the best sight she had seen all day.

Marcus, bloodied and bruised but still alive. Atleast she hoped.

"It's okay Marcus, I have you." Elsa cried as she wrapped her arms around his neck and brought his head up to rest on her chest. "No matter what I won't leave you." She heard the sound of footsteps as twenty soldiers entered the room led by Johanssen.

"Your highness what were you thin-" Johanssen began to scold till he saw Marcus' injured body. "GET HIM OUT OF HERE!" Several soldiers ran to pull the rubble off Marcus and was taken back to the ship.

Present Day

Grant puffed on his pipe creating a plume of smoke. "You know how to pick em captain."

"Is she okay? Is Sol dead?" Marcus asked.

"Sol is dead, his army defeated, and his fortress destroyed. Elsa and Anna are fine, Elsa has a broken leg though so she will be out for a few months." Grant said as he reached into a box. "Captain after serious consideration I believe you have earned this."

"No way." Marcus said as Grant pulled out a medal from the box.

"Captain Marcus Samson, I hereby award to you the congressional Medal of Honor for your services." Grant said placing america's highest honor around Marcus' neck. Marcus looked at the medal bewildered.

"Sir I can't accept this!" Marcus said.

"You are too humble for your own good. You saved Arendelle, America, and possibly the entire world. You went up against two super humans with control of fire and ice and almost lost your life to bring down a crazed superbeing." Grant said. "I think thats criteria enough."

"Well it does look nice." Marcus said chuckling as Grant joined in on the laughter. Marcus looked in the mirror at his face. The side that had burned had mostly recovered, skin had grown back but there was a lot of scar tissue. "How long have I been out?"

"Three weeks." Grant said. "Doctors say you will make a full recovery." The door opened and in came Anna and Kristoff.

"Marcus!" Anna cried as she ran over to him and gave him a tight hug. The bruising on Anna's face has mostly healed. Anna wrapped her arms around his broken ribs.

"Ah! Careful!" Marcus moaned as he put his hand to his stomach.

"Sorry!" Anna said.

"Glad to see you made it out." Kristoff said. "Thank you for saving them.

"It was an honor." Marcus said. "Where is-" He began to say as he looked to the door. He saw what he thought to be an angel. Her hair flowing back and wearing a bright blue dress. Marcus' jaw dropped at seeing Elsa. She looked so perfect.

"Elsa?" He said as a large smile crawled onto his face. Elsa laughed as she hopped over to him and wrapped her arms around him. Elsa cried into his shoulder, she couldn't believe one man would do so much for her. Ever since she met him all he did was take care of her. Even after the whole ordeal with Sol he still stood by her side. Kristoff put his arm around Anna and smiled as Marcus and Elsa embraced each other.

"I love you." Elsa whispered into his ears. Marcus felt his heart rise as she spoke those simple three words.

"I love you too." Marcus said.

"We will give you two some privacy." Grant said exiting the room. Kristoff and Anna followed suit and quickly left leaving Marcus and Elsa together. Marcus turned to kiss Elsa but he saw her crying, the sad look on her face breaking his heart.

"Whats wrong?" He asked grazing his hand on her cheek.

"I hurt so many people." Elsa cried as she shut her eyes and looked away.

"Elsa don't you dare blame yourself, he was controlling you! You cannot seriously think its your fault." Marcus said.

"But I killed your best friend, how can you not hate me? I beat my own sister to near death! I tried to kill you!" Elsa said nearly screaming.

"I have forgiven you, Anna has forgiven you, Eli knows you weren't in control and I'm sure he has forgiven you." Marcus said. This wasn't the only thing bothering Elsa though.

"I gave myself to him, I feel so dirty, used, I feel like a whore." Elsa said. She felt horrible and disgusted as she recalled all the things Sol did to her. All the perverted ways he had violated her. He had taken her innocence. "I can't give myself to you now."

"A whore is someone who gets paid to sleep around with people. Elsa like I said, you had no control. Besides, I don't care what man you were with before as long as I am the last." Marcus said. Elsa felt her heart give up all defenses to this man as she her soul melted.

"Thank you." Elsa said gratefully.

"For what?" Marcus asked.

"Everything." Elsa said. "You looked past my powers, you were there for me, you forgave me, you saved my life."

"For you I would do anything." Marcus said smiling showing the huge gap in his front row of teeth causing Elsa to giggle. "What?"

"Oh I'm sorry for laughing!" Elsa said a little guilty. "Here." She said as she grabbed him a mirror. Marcus looked in the mirror and saw his front four teeth were gone.

"That son of a bitch." Marcus said cursing Sol as he ran his fingers across his missing teeth.

"Here let me try something." Elsa said using her magic. Marcus felt a slightly cold sensation on his gums. He put his finger back up to feel and saw that Elsa had created four teeth out of ice. "I made them so they won't melt."

"Have I ever told you how amazing you are?" Marcus said as the two locked lips for what seemed like eternity. Elsa looked into his eyes with deep love before hugging him again.

"Come on, lets go outside." Elsa said.

"Alright, I might be a little weak though." Marcus said as he tried to stand up. He felt a sharp pain in his ribs and his muscles were very tight from three weeks of inactivity. "Something you can make for the ribs?""

"I'll try." Elsa said conjuring an ice cast around the injured ribs. The cast greatly decreased his flexibility but the pressure helped ease the pain. Marcus slowly stood up with Elsa's help and came to his feet. Elsa put her arm around him to help him stand up. Considering she too was on crutches it wasn't much help. His legs were extremely weak and he had trouble walking. Elsa saw this and conjured a set of ice crutches for him to use. Marcus used the crutches to help support his weak legs. Marcus pushed as hard as he could to move but looked up to see he had only moved four feet.

"This is gonna take a while." Marcus said sighing.

"Take as long as you need, I will be right here next to you." Elsa said smiling.

"You got more important things to do." Marcus said.

"NO!" Elsa cried. "You never left my side though this whole ordeal! I will not leave you here."

"Elsa really its okay. You are a queen and you have duties to attend to." Marcus replied.

"Yes and one of my duties is to see that the man who saved not only my life but all of Arendelle is properly taken care of." Elsa said. "Besides, I love you."

"Love you too, always will." Marcus said as the two rubbed their noses together. Elsa spent the next ten minutes helping Marcus out the room and eventually to the door. Marcus was very sore from the walking but he sucked it up for Elsa.

"Ready?" She asked placing a hand on the door.

"Yes." Marcus said. Elsa flung the door open and instantly Marcus was blinded by the bright light of the rising sun. He saw hundreds of civilians and soldiers lined up applauding him.

"Hail Marcus of America!" A young man screamed as the crowd tossed flowers towards him. Marcus looked at Elsa and smiled as he walked forward shaking hands and hugging children. Though Marcus was never one for the spotlight he had to admit it was nice receiving such a warm welcome here. He enjoyed the spring breeze blowing through his hair. Marcus saw Anna and Kristoff standing with Olaf and Sven down the road. Anna walked up to her sister and hugged her tightly before noticing the shine on Elsa's finger.

"Elsa?" Anna said shocked. "Is that a wedding ring?"

"Oh this?" Elsa said looking at the sapphire ring on her finger. "Yes it is."

"Really? You bust me for getting engaged right away and then you do the same?" Anna said playfully.

"I knew Marcus longer than you knew Hans!" Elsa countered.

"Yeah by like two weeks." Anna joked. "Wow I can't believe it! You are getting married!"

"You mean you approve?" Elsa asked happily.

"Are you serious Elsa?" Anna asked like she was dumb. "This guy literally fought an entire army to get to you, I think he is in the clear!"

"Thank you!" Elsa said hugging her sister.

"So when is the wedding?" Anna asked.

"Well, since both our legs are shot maybe a few months." Marcus said. "Which leaves us plenty of time to plan this whole thing out.

"Oh I'm so excited!" Anna yelled picking up Olaf and swinging him around. "First off, what kind of cake should we have?"

"Chocolate!" Elsa and Anna said together resulting in a roar of laughter.

Sorry bout the long wait, just got back to school this week and it was a real shit show.

R&R!