A/N Back to normal POV. Enjoy!

Chapter VI: Another Day, Another Scavenging Run


Sunlight shone threw the windows on the far side of the room. It steadily drifted upwards as the morning dragged on, reaching Elsa's eyes. Anna's eyes were covered by Elsa's hair, making her smile at how cute the scene was. She could feel Anna's leg between hers and their arms entangled in eachother when she shifted to get up. "Ugh. Anna.."She said to herself. She laid back down, not wanting to take the comfort away from Anna. She turned on her side, facing her and saw the redheads eyes were just barely open. Elsa ran the tips of her fingers down the side of Anna's face, getting a small smile from her in return. "Morning," she said just above a whisper. "Good morning, beautiful." Elsa replied as she pushed some hair in Anna's face behind her ear. Anna repositioned herself until she was directly on top of Elsa, their bodies perfectly aligned, just the way she liked. She kissed up Elsa's smooth neck and moved up her cheek and onto her lips, holding just a little longer than the others and then laid her head back down on Elsa's shoulder again. "We've gotta get up, hun. There's things we gotta do; people we've gotta help."

"Mmmph.. they can wait a little longer. I wanna spend some time with my girlfriend." Anna said pouting with the last words.

Elsa giggled,"Well, when you look like that, how could i say no."

"What can i say?" Anna smiled,"I'm irresistible."

Elsa laughed, this time sitting up with Anna straddling her and brought her hands around Anna's neck bringing her in for another kiss."I wont argue with that fact." Elsa said smiling wide.

"So, what are these things you were saying we had to do today?" Anna asked.

"Well, there's this airport thats just South of here that the military was using before the infection spread as a forward operating base and i'm sure they left some pretty good stuff when they were pulling out in the rush to the East coast and why are you looking at me like that?"

Anna had narrowed her eyes at Elsa with a smirk."My kisses were supposed to make you forget about what it was.. guess i failed that task."

"Hey, your kisses do alot to me.. You practically fry my brain whenever yo-" Anna surprised her by crashing her lips into Elsa's, sending them both back down onto the mattress. Anna broke away after a few seconds "What were you saying?" Anna asked, looking innocent.

"Huh? Uhm.. i don't remember." Elsa smirked. Anna got up, helping Elsa up with her and looked for her boots that had been taken off the night before. She heard a whistle and turned to see Elsa holding her shoes with a mischievous grin on her face. Anna walked towards her reaching for them, only for Elsa to put them behind her back. "Ah-ah-ah, gotta say the magic words first. Anna grinned back at her, leaning slowly forward. Elsa could feel Anna's breath on her lips as hands went behind her back unnoticed. when Anna pulled away, Elsa whimpered at the teasing trick Anna had pulled. She let it go, sitting down to put her own boots on. A comfortable silence came upon them as they got ready to head home.

"Hey Anna?" Elsa asked.

"Yeah?"

"Did you... have the dream again last night?" She asked tentatively.

After Anna had her last strap in place, she walked over to sit next to Elsa. "Yeah, but don't worry. After I woke up, I saw you so i'm okay now. You hugged me close even though you were asleep, and thats really all i needed to feel better." She smiled at Elsa.

"Seriously, Anna, start waking me up. I don't want you going through that alone.. I want to be there for you."

"But you are here for me, Elsa. You always have been and i will be here for you, just like i promised last night."

Elsa looked at her for a second. "I don't remember that."

"I woke up and saw you were okay and then i promised not to leave you.. ever." Elsa could see the corners of her mouth start to tremble and she came over to sit by Anna, enveloping her in a soft, loving embrace. Anna wrapped an arm around Elsa's stomach, pushing her head into Elsa's shoulder, letting out the tears she was trying so hard to dam. "Shh it's okay, Anna. Im here; you don't have to worry about losing me. Im not gonna go anywhere."

They sat there a few minutes, Anna letting out her tears and Elsa soothing the younger women.

Anna lifted her head. "Sorry about your shirt," she said looking at the wet spot on Elsa's shoulder.

"Don't worry about it, love." She smiled, alleviating the worry on Anna's face. "Now, come on. You ready for an trip?" she asked as she stood up.

"Well, not yet silly. We still have our date-night clothes on."

"Oh. Right." Elsa said looking down at their apparel, lingering on Anna's longer than she had intended. "So..." Anna said, breaking Elsa from her state with a slight blush creeping onto her cheeks. Anna chuckled as Elsa walked to her, wrapping an arm around her waist and headed for the door.

Both girls got in the jeep and Elsa started it. They headed back in the direction of the Memphis Pyramid, holding hands all the way home. The trip was relatively uneventful, save for the few wandering packs of infected that seemed to patrol an intersection that they had to go through. Elsa had stopped the jeep and turned it off, waiting for them to pass and get a safe distance away before starting it again.

Elsa pulled into the garage, turned off the ignition and left the keys. The door garage door shut behind them and Anna entered through the door that connected the house to it, heading straight for their room. They kept it pretty clean, save for the occasional piece of laundry scattered here and there and maybe a coke can or two laying on the living room table. Elsa stayed back in the garage, taking the tarp off of her "Raptor" looking it over for anything she may need to look for while they were out. Making a list, she noticed all she needed was a tire, a spare if she could also find another one, any weapons, body armor, armor plating for the vehicle, a spare wheel for the jeep, general supplies they could use, any military equipment they could drag back, and anything else really that wasn't junk. Rahja had asked her to look for some Morphine while she was out to restock his med-kit that he had to use. He offered to pay her, but Elsa being, well, Elsa, she rejected his offer, saying she didn't want payment for it.

They were headed for a make-shift airfield about fifty miles outside of the city. The military had set it up as a Forward Operating Base and then abandoned it just weeks after it had become fully operational due to the infected flooding through Saint Louis and into the Eastern half of the United States. Elsa had driven by it once and it looked like nothing had been moved, save for a few bodies on the half complete runway and dirt helipads. Then again, that was a few months ago. Things could have changed since then. Elsa went though the door Anna had gone through and to their bedroom to change into something more fitting for a scavenging run. Coming through the door, she saw Anna's red and black clad butt in the air while she was searching for something in their closet and stood still, eyes wide and mouth slightly opened. "Enjoyin' the view?" she asked as she stood up, pushing it out a little further. Bullet, who was laying in his bed in the corner next to the doorway, laid his head down between his front legs and sighed at the exchange.

Elsa's face got red and she nodded 'yes' to the question. Anna's giggling brought her out of her stupor and back to the present. She walked over to their dresser, taking her clothes off on the way there leaving her dark blue and black underwear. She felt eyes on her the entire time and she smiled when she bent over to pull the bottom drawer out looking for a shirt to wear. "So I guess i should be asking you the same question now, huh?" she said mimicking Anna's actions from earlier. She turned to face Anna whose face mirrored the look that was on Elsa's just seconds earlier. Bullet put a leg over his eyes and whined slightly. Elsa giggled at Bullet's actions and Anna's intensified expression after she had pushed her butt out a little further for the red heads enjoyment. Anna broke her gaze away from Elsa's body and took off her underwear to change into a green pair while Elsa changed into purple underwear and both girls looked at each other afterwards smiling. "You're so beautiful." they said in unison and then laughed at the coincidence.

Anna returned to the closet, and Elsa back tot the dresser, taking out black cargo pants and a plain grey t-shirt. Anna walked over to the dresser and got out the same thing except she had a green v-neck she liked wearing. Elsa put on her black hiking boots on and Anna did the same, strapping them tight while tucking the ends of their pant legs into them. Elsa braided her long hair into a single thick braid over her shoulder while Anna took hers out of the pigtails and brushed it out, trying but failing at getting the slight wave her hair now had, so she put them back into pigtails, resting them on her chest Elsa went to the garage and retrieved their new vests that they had scavenged and strapped them on over themselves, Anna having to clip a few pouches on and Elsa helped in putting grenades and advising in the placement of the different rifle and pistol magazines she carried. She followed what Elsa's looked like as an example putting most of the rifle mags up front and the pistol mags going to the sides. Grenades went on the top shoulders and in a couple pouches along the bottom. She put it on, Elsa tightening the straps where it was needed and it fit snugly with her form. Elsa put her's on and grabbed her leather bomber jacket out of the closet, grabbing a red scarf for Anna, and a light blue shemagh for herself. Anna put on a olive green parka and took the scarf wrapping it around her neck and proceeded to help Elsa with her shemagh, wrapping it like she had many times before and using it to pull Elsa in for a short, but tender kiss. "Should we eat some breakfast first? Its only about," she pulled her watch up from between them,"10:30."

"I don't mi-" Anna's stomach growled loudly at the thought.

"Its settled then. Eat first, then we go." Elsa said, Anna nodding in agreement. they went into their dining room/kitchen and Elsa reached on top of the fridge bringing down two boxes. "Cocoa Pebbles or Cinnamon Toast Crunch?" she asked raising the boxes a little higher as she said the names. "Hmm.. Well lets see," she said slowly walking over to Elsa. "Do i want sweet and tangy.." She stopped just in front of Elsa,"or do i want chocolate?"

"Chocolate?" Elsa said timidly waiting for Anna to do something. She makes combat gear look so sexy.. how the hell did she manage to do that!? Elsa thought to herself

"You, my lovely girlfriend, are correct, and here's your prize." Anna said leaning forward and pressing a kiss to Elsa's lips while swiping the cereal box out of Elsa's hand.

Elsa broke the kiss. "Little sneak." she narrowed her eyes and smirked at the redhead.

Anna poured some of the cereal into two bowls and Elsa got the milk, also pouring it into the two bowls. They stood in the kitchen, both leaning against the counter enjoying the cereal when a knock came at the front door. Bullet barked at the sudden noise. "Shh, Bullet." Elsa said making a stop motion with her hand. Both girls sat their finished bowls in the sink and walked to the door, Anna trying to trip Elsa and beat the older girl to it, but Elsa saw it just in time and left Anna having a light embarrassed blush gracing her cheeks. Elsa opened the door to the young guard they had encountered yesterday before heading out. He had an Army parka on over a black shirt and brown pants; His black wool cap being twisted nervously in his hand.

"Joseph, right?" Elsa asked.

"Yes ma'am. uh, Im not interrupting am I? You two look like you're pretty busy." He said, his grey-blue eyes going back and forth between the two women.

"Oh no, we were just about to head out and pick up some things. Was there something you needed?" she asked

"I just wanted to apologize," he bowed his head, "for my behavior last night. As a militiaman of Memphis, my focus should be on the well being of the colony. If there's anything you need, just ask me and i'll be happy to help."

"I take it Isaac has been talking to you about us since last night?" Anna asked.

"Yes ma'am. He told me all you both have done here and for everyone, and i just felt like i had to apologize. How'd you know?" he asked, looking genuinely perplexed.

"He does that to all the new recruits," Elsa said, "though, you're the first one to apologize to us.. much less come forward to us again." She smiled at the man, which he returned with a semblance of pride."What's your full name, Joseph? I haven't seen you around much."

"Bjorgman, Kristoff Joseph Bjorgman." He reached forward and Elsa shook his hand and then turned to Anna who did the same. "Everyone calls me Joseph, though. I got tired of getting my first name confused with Christopher. I just settled in here maybe three weeks ago?" he chuckled.

Both girls giggled."Well i think Kristoff suits you better." Anna said. "Would you mind if we called you that?"

"Its fine by me." he smiled.

"It's nice to meet you, Kristoff." Elsa chuckled at the man's cheeks turning a light shade of pink. "We were just about to head out to an airport a little ways East of here. Is there anything you need us to look for? I've gotta list here of things we need; i can add anything you would like." she said

"Oh, no ma'am. I couldn't ask that much of you."

"Awe, come on. We've got nothing else to do! Besides, we'd be happy to. You're a militiaman.. they don't get out to much unless the commander orders it, and he hasn't really been doing a whole lot lately." Bullet pushed his nose between the two woman, seeming interested in the man at the front door; his ears perked up and mouth shut and his eyes looking the him up and down

"Well, I have been looking for a new pistol for a while now. they went out of stock down at Rahja's last week and then the new shop they've got set up in the market hasn't gotten off its feet just yet so i don't really have anywhere to get one."

"Okay. We'll look into into it." Elsa smiled. "Any preference?"

"What?" he asked.

"Ya know, Beretta, Sig Sauer, Colt.. What kind do you prefer?"

He seemed caught off guard by the question. "Uhm," he reached back and rubbed the back of his neck,"Anything you can find honestly." he chuckled.

"Okay," Elsa took a small note pad out of her inner jacket pocket and scribbled down kristoff's name and a line under it, writing Sidearm: No preference.

"Thank you. Both of you!" he said pulling them both into a hug. They both reciprocated, though it took Elsa a second longer, due to not being used to such closeness other than Anna.

"You're welcome!" Anna said, looking over at Elsa.

"Do you need a hand out there?" he asked pulling away from the girls.

"No, we can handle ourselves. If things get too hairy, we'll call back here and let you know." Elsa said smiling at him.

"I should get back to my post before the Captain gets back from his route. Thank you both, again so much!"

Elsa giggled and Anna grabbed her hand,"Bye, Kristoff!" the two said as he trotted off down the walkway.

"Well, that was.. different." Elsa said closing the door and bent down to pet Bullet behind the ears just the way he liked, while Anna went to the door leading to the garage. "Yeah, he seemed alright though. A little feely but, alright nonetheless. Shall we?" she motioned to the door, smiling.

"We shall," Elsa said, smiling back at the redhead. She clicked her tongue,"Come on, Bullet, let's go." she said moving toward the door.

They went into the garage and checked their weapons. Elsa's M4 was full and so was Anna's SCAR-H. Instead of putting them back on top of the rack, Anna suggested that they put them inside, between the middle console and their seats. Elsa grabbed her Colt 1911 off the dash and and slid the mag out. Seven in the mag and one in the chamber. She slif the mag back in, locking it and put it in her hip holster and made sure the combat knife she had was sheathed in a holder that was upside down so she could reach it in a tough situation. She also checked a smaller M&P Shield that was in her chest holster, just above her Rifle magazines. Anna got her M9 out of the glove box and put it in her own holster, sliding a short tactical knife into her boot sheath. She clicked her tongue twice and a second later, Bullet hopped in through Elsa's rear opened door. They made sure everything was in place; the back was empty, their weapons loaded, knives sheathed, and Bullet comfy, so they shut the doors and Elsa started the ignition. Anna pressed the button on her visor, opening the garage door. Elsa drove out of the loading dock and onto the cluttered highway, weaving in and out of stalled, wrecked, and burned out vehicles at a steady thirty miles per hour. They went NorthEast on Interstate 40 past a wildlife reserve and stopped at an off-ramp where a large chunk of it was blown away. A car teetered on the edge, not moving, but it wouldn't take much to get it to go over the edge. Elsa pulled the jeep up to just behind it and both women got out, Elsa pulling out her 1911 just to be safe. They've had their fair share of surprises on over-crowded roads like this.

As they reached the rear bumper, they stopped and waited for any sounds to come. Birds chirped, the leaves on nearby trees ruffled in the wind, distant thunder rumbled, but no human sounds came other than the breathing from the two women. "You ready?" Elsa asked.

"As Ill ever be." Anna winked at her.

She holstered her pistol and both of them gripped under the partially rusted bumper, lifting up. They grunted as its rear wheels finally slid off the edge, making a crashing sound as it tumbled down a small slope from the foundation of the highway. They stood momentarily, assessing the area for any changes in motion. When none were spotted, they moved back to the jeep, got in, and went around the hole. The feeling returned to Elsa like it had a couple days ago at the plane. A tingling feeling down her spine. She felt- no, knew that they were being watched. The jeep skidded to a stop.

"What's wrong?" Anna asked, worried.

"I dont know.. stay here, okay?" Elsa said getting out and grabbing the binoculars where she had left them. She scanned the tree line in the distance that seemed to flank both sides of the small back road they were on. The trees were a couple hundred yards away, giving them some time to make a run for it. Elsa thought she saw something, not being sure if it was the trees swaying just right or if it was human.. or infected. The world still had things, abominations, that Elsa and Anna had yet to see. She was scanning when a face crossed her vision. it was small and she could barely make it out from the distance, but its eyes were black. Darker than shadows, darker than the night sky. Its mouth was twisted into a smile that stretched inhumanly large across its face. her mouth went dry and she got a chill again and ran back to the jeep slamming the door and cranking it into drive, hammering the gas peddle. They sped up to about seventy miles an hour before Elsa realized it and let off the gas slightly, letting the meter drift back down to forty five.

"Elsa?" Anna looked at her and knew something was wrong.

"I dont know what it was, Anna, but i know something was watching us. I saw it." she said trembling.

"Hey," Elsa looked at her, "Its gonna be okay. Im sure we lost it after the five or so minutes you were going, like, a hundred. Theres no way anything out here could run that fast."

"Yeah, i guess you're right." Elsa allowed herself to relax.

"I mean cheetahs couldn't even run that fast from you've told me about them. I wish i could've been born a little earlier so i could go to the zoo or something to see them. Oh! and i really want to see the lions, too. They sound like they're a pretty interesting animal. Tigers, too! Well, i guess any big cat really. Wait, have you ever told me about wild house cats or anything like that? Are there wild house cats? Are there even cats in general? Oh, can we look for-" Anna rambled on about cats, the notion that cats had a hierarchy, cats that were native to the US before the infection hit and so on and Elsa was happy to hear it, laughing as Anna went on. She loved that Anna could make a stressful time into a comfortable one just by being herself.

"I mean, what if they used cats to-"

"I love you, Anna." Elsa interrupted her, beaming at the younger woman.

Anna caught her breath for a second. "I love you too, Elsa." she said, smiling back.

They pulled up to a chain link gate topped with concertina wire and chained shut. The lock didn't look very sturdy so Elsa pulled back a little and pressed the gas to the floor. The wheels turned in the gravel and then gained traction sending both occupants back in their seats. The gate slammed open and Elsa pulled to the right and stopped, looking down the length of an unfinished runway, half paved and half flat dirt, flanked on both sides by planes, helicopters, and closer to them, a convoy of several trucks and military vehicles on a dirt road. Anna saw it first, and then Elsa just mili-seconds later. A flash of a shadow in the distance; several shadows now that they looked a little closer, ran across the dirt half from behind a plane to a hanger. Elsa turned the key off and got out; Anna followed in unison, both grabbing their weapons as they exited the vehicle. Elsa locked the doors and gave Bullet a treat that would keep him gnawing at it for at least a couple hours. The two women met in front of the jeep, Anna pulling a black watch cap on and handing Elsa a navy blue one to put on. The thundering they had heard on the off ramp was closer now and the wind blew harder, whistling in between and around the two as they walked towards the abandoned convoy.

Elsa looked up at the dark storm clouds, feeling a rain drop hit her nose. She looked at Anna who was mirroring her. It started raining heavily, obscuring their vision of what lay ahead. They reached the first vehicle, a humvee that was likely the forward guard, when they noticed that this convoy wasn't abandoned.

It was ambushed.


A/N So what'd you guys think? Do you guys like this length of chapter (around 2000 words) or would you like something longer(5000 and up). Also, i know i got pretty descriptive with the gear and stuff, and i was wanting to ask if that was a little to much? i didn't know if i should or not, considering this isn't your average Elsanna fic. But i decided to to see how you guys would react, so let me know what you guys would like to see more or less of with a review. They help me tremendously. Thanks!