Chapter VIII: Trouble on the Homefront


The three girls got out and shut their doors. Madison, doing as Elsa had shown her, clicked her tongue twice and Bullet got out, trotting over to sit by the door and wait. Elsa and Anna went to the back and took off their vests and holsters, setting them on racks that hung on the wall next to the tarp-covered Raptor. Madison waited idly by the door to the house with Bullet, kneeling down to scratch behind his ears. Once Elsa had her jacket off and laying by her vest along with Anna's, she walked over, being followed close behind by the redhead. They reached the door and Madison stood as Elsa grabbed the doorknob. "Are you ready?" Madison shook her head up and down, a cheeky grin on her face. Elsa pushed the door open, giving it a small nudge with her hip as she went. Bullet was the first in, as usual, going in between Elsa and Anna as they went through the doorway. He went over to his small bed in the corner and turned in circles as Madison came into her new home for the first time. As she stepped foot into the home, the smell of strawberries hit her nose, causing her to breath in deeply, her eyes rolling back in delight. She didn't know what it was, but she loved every second of it. "Wow." She said, causing both girls to turn towards her as they unlaced their boots. "Whats that smell? Its so... so sweet."

"Strawberries," Anna said, "My favorite fruit.. and my second favorite smell." She said and looked up smiling at Elsa. She winked at the older woman, casuing her to smile shyly with a blush creeping onto her face.

Elsa chuckled when she saw Madison's reaction to the new scent. "First time smelling it?"

Madison nodded "Mhmm. I never thought something could smell so wonderful." She looked around the half kitchen half dining room, taking it all in. "It's perfect." she smiled and took off her black and white sneakers

"You think this is perfect? Let us show you the rest of the house! There's.. well theres not that much more, but theres still more." Anna smiled walking into a hallway motioning for the other two to follow over her shoulder. She stopped and turned halfway. "Well, don't just stand there, come on!" Elsa started her way and, not long after, so did Madison. Anna stopped at the first room to their left and opened the wooden door to a small bathroom with white walls and wooden floors that had originally been the stadiums floors. "Well, this is pretty self-explanatory. It's a bathroom. You got your sink, your mirror, and then of course your toilet."

"With running water." Elsa added, smirking as the other two turned towards her. Madison couldn't keep the giddy smile that was beaming across her face. "Next!" Anna shouted as she walked past the two with a slight skip in her step going to a white door that was just across the hall with small stencilings of blue snowflakes and lighter blue winds that followed the path of the single flakes. "This is mine and Elsa's room." They walked into a room roughly three or four times larger than the bathroom. She flipped a switch that turned a light on in the center of the ceiling revealing it's painted green walls and shag carpeting. A large king size bed with a white, almost transparent canopy spread over the top stood in the center flanked by a polished wood dresser, a small table with a lamp that Elsa used for reading and a light blue trunk at the foot of it. Clothes were still slung out in every direction, thanks to Anna and Elsa's excitement this morning. "Sorry it's so messy. We kinda just didn't care this morning." A light blush came to her cheeks as she remembered the staring game her and Elsa had played that morning. "That door over there is our bathroom, and i mean literally just a bathroom. The entire thing is just a shower and a bathtub." Elsa said. Madison nodded a small smile still unable to be broken on her face.

They walked out and Elsa closed the door as Anna and Madison rounded the corner in the hallway that led to the living room. They stopped at a white door just before exiting to it, however, and Anna stood in front of it with a smile spreading across her lips."Now this is your room." She turned the handle and went in with Madison in tow and Elsa, who stopped to lean on the doorway and she watched Madison take in the room. It was a little smaller than their room, but still had plenty of excess space that Madison could put more furniture and things of that nature in if she liked. "We've had this room for a while now. We always kept it clean in case we ever ran into someone who needed a place to say. Now, i guess it paid off." Anna said, smiling at the brunette. Anna's expression dropped as Madison's hands went to cover her face and Elsa walked up behind her and wrapped her arm around the girls shoulders. Anna walked forward, enveloping her in a tight, understanding hug. "You can let it all out now if you want." Elsa whispered in her ear.

The youngest pulled her hands away, wrapping them around both waists of the two surrounding her. Elsa, being the one on the outside, enveloped both girls in her arms. "I don't know what i did to deserve this, but whatever it was, damn it, i'm glad i did." Madison said into Anna's shoulder with the last few tears rolling down her cheeks. Elsa kissed the top of the girls head and rubbed small circles in her back as she felt her breath hitch and then her back start shaking again. "Thank you. Both of you. So so much." She said between sobs. "You don't have to thank us. After all, everyone has to work together to make it in this world." Anna said in the middle of the other two. Elsa loosened her grip on the two and let Madison look at the room as she still held Anna, who was loving the embrace to much to leave it. Madison went over to the bed that was covered with a white comforter and a baby blue sheet underneath.

The shag carpet under her feet was the softest thing she had ever touched as she walked over it. She sat on her new bed and looked around, eyes going to a dresser on the other side of the room next to a closed closet and a door that was in the same place as Elsa and Anna's room. Through it, she could see the closed door of a shower and then to the left of the door was a green footlocker that was open for her. "Since you've pretty much seen everything but the living room, go ahead and get comfortable. If you need anything, don't hesitate to ask." Anna said pulling Elsa along by their interlaced fingers.

They went to their rooms door and as soon as Elsa crossed the threshold, Anna threw her up against the wall beside it, crashing their lips together. Elsa's eyes slowly went from wide to sliding closed as her hands found Anna's hips and pulled her closer, moving it up her back. Anna shut the door with her foot and returned her full focus on the sexy woman in front of her. She felt Anna's hands slide down her sides to her butt and squeeze lightly. Elsa wrapped her leg around one of Anna's, drawing her even closer. When she felt her rock her hips forward, Elsa couldn't take it anymore. Her head fell back, her eyes rolling back as she let out a throaty moan. Anna took the opportunity to get at Elsa's exposed neck she loved so much. She kissed down Elsa's jawline and down over her pulse. She ran her tongue slowly over it as it seemed to increase and nibbled at the skin that covered it. One of Elsa's hands came up to behind her head and held her there while she continued to suck and lick at the older woman's neck. While Elsa was occupied with the overwhelming warmth of Anna and the growing tension in her core, she didn't notice Anna's hands working their way under her shirt and up her stomach onto her breasts.

She gasped, half in shock and half in ecstasy when her lover pushed her bra down and took one of her nipples in between her index finger and thumb, tweaking it while Anna's tongue made its way back up Elsa's neck and into her mouth. Their tongues fought for dominance and their breathing got heavier when Anna was the unspoken victor and Elsa had to submit to the younger girl who controlled the entire interaction. Anna pulled her mouth away just a little, only to where Elsa could feel her warm breath ghosting over her lips. When Elsa pushed her face closer to kiss her, Anna followed her movement, moving back just slightly so their lips stayed apart. Elsa made a low growl and pulled on Anna's butt to get her closer, reconnecting their lips and felt Anna's hands go from her breasts to her back as she walked them both over to the bed, falling on top of her. Their lips never lost contact and hands stayed where they were until Elsa broke the kiss, panting to regain her breath along with Anna's. "I love you, Anna" She smiled at the girl beneath her. "I love you more, though." Anna said with a sly grin. Elsa felt hands go from her butt back up her shirt and to her hips. "Nuh uh, no way. Thats impossible." Elsa said, her smile never leaving her face. Anna scooted herself further up on the bed and Elsa followed, straddling her in the process. "It is too possible!"

"No, there's no way." Elsa said pulling the red heads shirt collar up to her, kissing her and following her head back down to the bed. She pulled away, their foreheads touching and eyes locked into eachother's gaze.

"I wish i could just be with you like this every second of the day. I hate not being like this. So close to you, feeling you with me. Or well in this case, on top of me. But i wish it could be like this all the time."

"Me too." Elsa smiled and then the expression fell. "But it can't."

"Why not? I mean, can't we just stay here and be with eachother?" Anna asked a small pout forming.

"We have to try our best to help people, Anna. I wish we could stay here every single day for the rest of our lives, but until there's no suffering here, we can't." Anna sighed at her words. "But i'll spend every moment of that with you and the days that we aren't out there, I wouldn't rather be anywhere else than here in your arms."

Anna gave a small smile and pecked Elsa's lips, pushing her nose into the crook of her neck. "I don't wanna go to sleep tonight." She mumbled into Elsa's skin. Elsa rolled off her and moved up to rest her head on the pillows.

"Come here." she said holding her arms out to Anna.

She crawled up and into the embrace, repositioning back to Elsa's warm neck. She brought her right leg over both of Elsa's in a lazy straddle and moved her left arm under the older girl while the other went to Elsa's opposite shoulder. "You don't have to. We don't have anything to do tomorrow anyways." Elsa said, bringing the hand that was under Anna over her back and up to her head, lightly running her nails across her scalp. "You're my everything. You know that, right?" Elsa asked more as a statement than anything else. She felt Anna's head bob back and forth.

"You're my everything, too, ya know. And you always have been. I don't want you to ever think different." she kissed Elsa's neck. They stayed like that for another hour, neither woman speaking but only enjoying the other's embrace.


Madison had gone through the room, looking at the space she'd be calling her's for the foreseeable future. She looked in the dresser, surprised to see it filled with clothes her size. She also looked into the closet and ran her hand along the coats and jackets that hung there. She pulled out a white sweater on the end and put it on to combat the slight chill the unused room had and then exited her room to turn down the short length of hall that was between her room and the living room. She turned the corner, spying a long couch that was in the middle of the room, adjacent to the front door and a safe distance from a fireplace. It ended at the wall on the opposite side of the room and her eyes followed the wall and went over a large pane window that looked out over the market. She moved from the window and marveled at the wall of bookshelves that was lighted dimly by the light from the window. Hundreds of books covered them, ranging from large hardback books to small children's. Even a geography textbook could be found in the mix. She ran her index finger over the spines reading the various titles. There was no wall on this side to be seen. All there was was books and a fireplace to hide the white wooden barrier that separated them from the outside.

She stopped when she came to the last spine that was the closest to the window. She got down to her knees and looked out over the market and several shelters that were built into the seat sections of the stadium. Her head came down to rest on top of her arms as she watched the bustling of people below. She saw a woman in a seat that was near a small house who held a baby wrapped in a white blanket. The women rocked the baby back and forth gently and slowly, taking great care in how she handled the infant. Madison smiled at the all too rare scene. So this is home now, She thought. Thunder could be heard above them through the metal and concrete roof, even though it was only a light, distant rumble, it still showed the storm had no intentions of stopping soon. A noise behind made her jump. A large mahogany grandfather clock dong-ed at the time; ten o'clock. Madison had been taught to use the light for telling time, but seeing a machine do it made it another worry to check off her mental list.

It was getting late and she got up to go tell the others goodnight when she heard a loud snapping sound coming from the window. She stepped up to the window and looked out over the market. The people were moving into shelters some brandishing weapons and taking cover behind buildings. Her eyes flicked up to the entrance where she saw flashes of yellow light and more snaps and bangs came. She saw a man with a rifle that was hauling another man that looked like he was shot in one of his legs by one shoulder. He dropped him behind a cement barrier and took aim down the corridor that led outside. More men came and joined him, one of them she recognized as Isaac, the one who greeted them earlier. He was followed by a young blonde man and they both took cover behind a wooden shelf that lined the wall near the entrance. Madison tore her eyes away from the scene and ran to Elsa and Anna's room, knocking frantically and before they had the chance to open it, there was a knocking at the front door, too. The door in front of her swung open and Anna sped past her followed by Elsa who stopped in the doorway, rubbing her eyes. "What's goin on?" she asked Madison as they heard the front door open.

"There's something going on down there. I-I don't know what, but people are getting hurt," she said, remembering the wounded man. Elsa looked at her for a second and over her shoulder to the living room and then started down the hall towards the back, following the corner to the dining room and to the garage door. Before opening it, she turned back to Madison who was looking back at her with an expression of fear.

"Everything's gonna be okay. Lock the front door. if anyone tries breaking in, there's a shotgun in a corner of our room," She opened the door,"All you have to do is pump it once and you're good to go." Elsa turned to go and just before the door closed she looked back over her shoulder. "Stay here." and with that, the door shut.

She heard a commotion behind her and saw Anna sliding on the wooden floor as she came around the hallway corner. She sped past her to the garage door where Elsa went. She turned halfway and smirked. "Don't worry, we got this." she said as the door shut.

Madison turned around and went to their room, finding the shotgun and coming out with it. She remembered Elsa's instructions and grabbed the grip that was attached to the pump and pulled it back and then pushed it forward again. She went to the window and watched as she saw Anna and Elsa running toward the fray that was now entering the stadium. The militiamen from earlier had pulled back quite a ways, allowing the raiders to come through the entrance into a crossfire. She looked down at the market where several shop owners and civilians had weapons of their own and were waiting for the raiders to break through. Elsa and Anna reached them and spoke to a small, darker skinned man in front of a shop and then started running again up the stairs toward the militiamen. As they ran up, Anna stopped, turned and raised her rifle in the air. seconds later the civilians were flowing up the stairs behind her. Elsa was already at the top and instructing a women who had ammunition boxes to distribute the ammo amongst the men if the stadium was sieged.A man who was following Anna had a large machine gun over his shoulder and, when he got to a concrete barrier that the militia were using, he dropped it onto a bipod and poured hot lead down the corridor.

Madison didn't like missing out. She got frustrated quickly that she wasn't helping any and decided to join the fight in any way she could. She got up from the window and went to the door, opening it, locking it and shutting it behind her. Running along the upper walkway, she could hear the gunfire getting louder and louder as she approached. She passed a boarded up entrance and stopped when she heard an engine revving near by. Walking back to see what it was, she saw light coming from behind the boards and knew that it had to be the attackers. She ran as fast as she could to the nearest two militia that were taking cover in an old Pizza Hut booth. "Hey! They're coming through over there!" She pointed back. "What!?" the gunfire was too loud for them to hear her. "The-" A large diesel truck cut her off plowing through the wood that sealed off the entrance and crashed into the concrete that separated the stands from the walkway. The two men got up and she followed them as they moved to take cover behind two pillars while Madison brought her back to a bathrooms concrete doorway. The two men shot the driver who was getting out, his body flopping to the ground and several others came in behind the truck, stepping through the wooden shards. The first few were cut down by the militiamen, but when they reloaded, four or five had gotten through and were headed their way.

Madison stepped out, bringing the shotgun up and firing a shot from the hip. the shot spread far enough to catch two of them, sending them off their feet and to the ground. She pulled the pump back, sliding another shell in, and pushed it forward. One of the people who had come through was coming up on the closest militiaman with an axe and she pulled the trigger. The buckshot struck him across his chest and sent him against the wall, blood following him as he slid down. The man she had saved turned around the pillar and aimed at the dead body with his now reloaded weapon. He went back behind and took cover, nodding to her in thanks. The last one was a bit smarter. Madison went back into cover, still looking for him. The two men had reloaded by now and then more of the raiders came through. A large man in army fatigues stopped next to her, lifting an M240B light machine gun and pulling the trigger, releasing a hail of bullets at the raiders that were advancing on their position. His beard stretched along with a smile that graced his face.

The two militiamen and Madison got out of cover and fired at them, too. They advanced under the machine gun's covering fire behind them. The shooting stopped abruptly, signaling the soldiers reload and the raiders attack resumed in full force. Madison was now behind a large stack of cinder blocks that had been meant to replace the wood blocking the entryway for a more stable and reliable barrier, but it had come too late. Now it only served as cover from the tirade of bullets that came her way. She saw another raider moving up who was trying to flank them and she lifted the shotgun, but only receiving a disheartening click when she pulled the trigger. "Hey!" One of the militiamen taking cover near her yelled. She looked up, fear evident in her facial features. He pulled out a Glock and held it up, signaling he was going to throw it to her. She held out her hands to catch it as it flew through the air, but pulled back when a bullet struck the cinder blocks next to her, sending bits into her left arm and side. She brushed off the dust and pieces and looked to the pistol that lay only a few feet in front of her. She peeked around the edge of her cover to see that the raiders were gaining ground on them.

The militiaman that had thrown her the pistol went down when a bullet struck his shoulder and then another in the center of his chest. A third struck him lower, around the kidneys. He was on his back staring up at the ceiling, then he blinked a couple times, raising his rifle just enough to fire back at them. He got off two shots before his head snapped back hard onto the ground; a bullet hole just above his right eye. Madison's eyes started to well with tears at the sight of the dead man only a few years older than her. Her eyes quickly moved to the pistol still out in the open. The attacking group was only down to about a third of their original count and the radio calls she could hear them making were telling the remaining ones to fall back. She looked to see if they had gotten the message, and sure enough, they were moving back, laying down fire as they went. They were only shooting back enough to suppress them, not really hitting anything.

She ran out, ducking as she went and grabbed the gun and then moved up to where the dead soldier was. Seeing him laying there didn't make her sad anymore. Only anger and hate remained. She stole a peek over the counter. The raiders were nearly back to the entrance when the machine gunner behind them started firing again. They would be too bogged down to move until his magazine went empty, so she took the opportunity to her advantage. She went back to the cinder blocks and around the other side. A dip in the walkway's floor that had allowed the people walking to see the games that were played there allowed her to sneak along undetected. She followed it to the truck that had wrecked and went around to the other side and waited for the storm of bullets to stop and their retreat. When the first came into sight, she put the sights on his head and fired two shots, the first missing and the second striking him on the bridge of his nose.

The next two targets came into view, still unaware of her. She didn't aim anymore and only guessed as she pulled the trigger twice, then three times, then a fourth. The first bullet hit the first raider, a man with a patchy beard, in the knee and made a line up his body, the next hitting him in the left hip and then the next around where his heart was. The next one hit a woman who was firing at the militia in the stomach and she fell to the ground. She waited for more to come, but none did so she looked over the bed of the truck and waved when she saw the coast was clear.

The soldier who was one of the first two to come help her got up and jogged to her position, looking through the now broken boards of the entrances barriers. The machine gunner also moved up next to her. He kicked a few of the bodies making sure they were dead. He found one that was still alive who held his hands up in surrender. The soldier would have none of it as he raised the rather large gun and let out a burst of rounds into the raiders body. She heard a groaning behind her and looked to see the woman she had shot was still alive. She didn't move when Madison spotted her. Her eyes were wide and visibly, tears started coming down her face. Whether it was guilt or pain or fear, Madison didn't know. The soldier who was at the entrance walked to her and lifted one of her arms over his shoulder, raising her off the floor. "What are you gonna do with her?" Madison asked him.

"We gotta find out where these people came from. I doubt we wanna have this happen again." His gaze went over her shoulder to his dead comrade who lay on the ground."We've already lost enough, dontcha think?" He returned his eyes to hers, giving her an expression that spoke soundless words. Madison gave him a small, knowing nod. He walked off with the woman and didn't look back.

Madison turned back to the deceased militiaman and walked over to him. She didn't know why she was standing over his body, but she knelt down anyways, taking his hand in hers. A teardrop fell that she didn't know had escaped and landed on his 82nd Airborne patch on his jacket. "Thank you," she whispering seemingly to herself.


A/N I made it! I was hoping i could get this out today. Anywho, Is the changing POV okay? is it confusing any of you guys? I was just wondering since the way i'm doing the POV is a bit different than how i've read most other stories so i wanted to make sure it was alright with you guys. I want to announce that i'm writing another Elsanna story that will be filled with smut and more angst that is set in the movies setting, so that will be out within the next month. I'm still trying to get motivation for a plot with that. Eh, it'll come to me in time. Also, I'll be putting out two chapters this upcoming week. The first will be out by Wednesday and the other will be out by Saturday. As usual, follow if you wanna get notified when i update, favorite if you enjoyed it so far, and leave a review telling me what you thought, what you liked, disliked, errors, suggestions, etc.. They mean alot to me with this story and, honestly, are what keep me going, along with the favs and follows. Thanks guys!