Chapter 15: With friends like these...

Anna was sitting at the passenger side of her sister's car, bored out of her mind. She passed the time by looking out of the window as they drove to whatever place Elvira was going to take her. She didn't like this; she'd prefer to be with Elsa, cuddled up on the sofa and drinking some hot chocolate. They'd talk about silly things for hours before finally retiring upstairs, where Anna could make sweet love to her until they fell asleep in each other's arms. But no, she had to be going somewhere unknown, with Elvira.

At least it was for only one week.

"Where are we going?" Anna tried asking again, but Elvira's answer was the same as it was five minutes earlier.

"It's a surprise." She said, smiling mischievously.

"This better not be one of those hell-holes you call clubs." She warned.

"I'd never take you there." Elvira answered honestly, which gave Anna pause. She seemed so serious, and determined, but also… there was another emotion Anna couldn't quite identify. Excited? Maybe, but not quite….perhaps nervous? She almost snorted at the thought. Of course not! Elvira was never nervous… well, except when talking to Maleficent, but damnit was that woman scary! Thinking about that terrifying woman made her wonder how long it would be until they got access to the clone lab. She really hoped to hear from Maleficent soon; after all, how long could it take to run a freaking DNA test?

"We're here." Elvira suddenly said as she started parking the car. Anna looked at the building they were in front of and read the sign hanging from it: BOWLING, but the 'I' was a pin. She knew that place. She had followed Elvira there once when she escaped… and then when the older girl had discovered Anna was there she'd basically kicked her out, saying she didn't want her to embarrass her in front of her friends.

"Seriously?!" Anna exclaimed, angry at Elvira for making her remember such a painful event.

"What? You don't like bowling? Or are you afraid you're gonna lose?" She said raising an eyebrow and smirking confidently, clearly challenging her. Anna wanted to stay mad at her, to demand to go anywhere else, but… then she'd think she really was afraid of losing and she wasn't going to give her that satisfaction.

"Of course not! You'll see, I'm gonna kick your ass!" Anna said before jumping out of the car and running towards the entrance. Elvira just smiled, glad that her plan had worked, and followed her.


After Elvira payed for both their entrances, they went to get their bowling shoes. Anna shoved her shoes on and ran towards the bowling area, Elivra lingering at the entrance as she took her time to tie the laces properly. Finally they got to their assigned alley and prepared themselves to bowl.

"You'll see, I'm gonna win." Anna said confidently as she stretched her arms and rotated them in circles.

"Have you even been bowling before?" Elvira raised an eyebrow as she took a pretty heavy black ball.

"No…" Anna admitted. "But how hard can it be?" She shrugged before choosing a white ball, a little bit larger than her sister's. "Just watch. I'm about to get my first strike." Saying this, she went to position herself at the front of the alley (with a bit of difficulty because of the heavy ball), and ungracefully used all the strength she had to launch the ball at the pins… only for it to bounce a couple of times and end up in the gutter, not even coming close to touching one of the pins. Anna's expression instantly fell. Her second shot went just as badly.

"This is not about strength or how heavy the ball is." Elvira explained, and Anna turned around, blushing in embarrassment. That had been exactly what she was thinking about when she chose a ball. "This is about patience and skill. Watch."

Anna stepped back to give her sister some space to throw, watching her movements carefully the whole time. Elvira positioned herself at the left edge of the lane, then moved the ball behind her in a careful and controlled movement. She walked forward gracefully, and let the ball fly just as she got to the front of the lane, right before she crossed the line. The ball landed in the aisle in a much smoother way than Anna's and then ran down towards the pins… only to deviate and end up knocking down only two of them.

"You were saying?" Anna chuckled, raising an eyebrow.

"S-shut up." Elvira said, blushing in embarrassment. "I haven't come here in a while." She tried to justify. "Plus, at least I hit the pins." Without another word Elvira retrieved her ball and took her second try, approaching and releasing in the same controlled manner. This time she managed to knock down six pins, easily putting her ahead of Anna's non-existent score of zero.

"Not bad." Anna said, before she went to take another ball, this one much smaller. "But this time I'll do it better." She was about to go bowl again when her sister put an arm in front of her, blocking her path. Anna looked up at her questioningly.

"I think I should explain it to you before you cause an accident here, or hurt yourself somehow." She said. "First, the ball. You have to put your middle and ring fingers inside these holes." Saying this, she took Anna's fingers and placed them at the entrance of said holes. Anna felt a little weird about being touched gently by her sister for the first time in what felt like forever. But she didn't say anything, nor did she protest because the sensation wasn't necessarily unpleasant.

"And your thumb goes in this other hole." She kept saying, oblivious of Anna's thoughts. "Now, you have to start your shot at the beginning of the lane. First you bring the ball back, take a few steps and let it go when you extend your arm. Like this." Anna tensed, thinking Elvira was going to take advantage of the situation and put her arms around her, guiding her movements… but to her surprise, she took another ball, prepared herself and the threw it down the lane, like she'd told Anna to do. This time, she knocked down five pins. "See?" She asked, turning back at her.

"Yeah… kind of." Anna said, still unsure she could do it, especially after her first disastrous experience just a few minutes prior.

"Just relax. You'll get it eventually." She tried to reassure her. "But by then it'll be too late because I will have already won." She smirked teasingly.

"Ha! I'd like to see that." Anna answered smiling. No one could defeat the great Anna Summers! Oh no, she wouldn't allow it. She loved challenges.

And so, she prepared herself and threw her third ball of the evening.


By the end of the game, Anna got like forty points… total. But she did manage to get one strike, just on someone else's lane. Elvira, on the other hand, got seventy points, which wasn't great, but was still better than Anna.

But none of that mattered, because surprisingly enough, they ended up having a pretty good time, laughing at each other's errors and at their own too, and celebrating what little pins they managed to knock down. Anna couldn't remember being so happy with her sister since before they were little girls. And even then it wasn't like this, because this time they weren't with their parents. She felt happier, freer. She didn't have to pretend that she was perfect, she could just be herself, and so did Elvira.

They were laughing, reminiscing of the time Anna had slipped and almost slid all the way to the pins, as they excited the building and walked towards Elvira's car, however, just as the car came into view, the older girl's laughter died and her smile fell as she stared intently at the automobile.

Anna, noticing this strange change, went to look at the same direction of her sister and… she saw Elvira's gang. At least part of it. Two gorilla-like men and a huge girl that looked like a body builder, all with scowls on their faces and looking pretty scary. Anna unconsciously got closer to Elvira, who had stopped just a few feet away from her car and was looking at them with an angry expression.

"What do you want?" She spat, in a way Anna wouldn't expect anyone to treat their supposed friends.

"Well, that's rude." The girl said, crossing her arms over her chest. "We were passing by, saw your car and decided to pay you a visit."

"Like I'm going to believe that." Elvira rolled her eyes. "What are you really doing here?"

"Well, we were hoping to recruit you for a job, but I see you're occupied." She eyed Anna, who gulped in fear and practically hid herself behind her sister.

"Yes, I am, so please leave." Elvira said curtly.

"Believe me, that's what I want. However, given you haven't paid your debt yet, and this job is really important, I think you don't really have an option." She insisted, smirking when Elvira tensed up.

"And what if I don't want to?" She said defiantly.

"Well, another thing you could do is lend us your friend for a couple of hours. I know some porn sites that would pay good money for a video of such a pretty girl." Elvira just wanted to jump over her and beat her to a bloody pulp after she made such comment, but she knew she couldn't put Anna in danger, and so she restrained herself.

"I think…" Elvira started, as she took Anna's hand in her own. In other circumstances the redhead would have probably protested, but right now she knew she needed to trust her sister. "I'd rather die." She snarled, before she turned around and started running like the devil himself was chasing them, dragging Anna with her. She did her best to keep up with Elvira's pace, but she was going too fast, and so she tripped a couple of times. Fortunately, their chasers weren't able to catch them. Yet.

Elvira made some sharp turns in a couple of alleys, trying to confuse them, but it didn't work, and Anna was getting tired, a fact made evident by how heavy was her breathing now. They wouldn't be able to keep this pace for long, and if that happened then those thugs would catch them, and probably do terrible things to the both of them. That wasn't an option, but what could she do?

In that moment, Elvira turned another corner and saw an opened dumpster, and didn't even pause to think for a second before picking Anna up in her arms, throwing her inside there and shutting the lid, telling her to stay hidden as she kept running. Soon, their chasers entered the alley, and Elvira turned to see if they had noticed Anna was inside the dumpster. Apparently they hadn't, since they kept running, but Elvira wasn't looking where she was going. Halfway out she tripped over an abandoned box and fell to the ground.

She quickly tried to get up and keep running, but before she could do that a hand grabbed her collar and pulled her up, slamming her against the wall as it tightened around her neck. When she focused enough to see her attacker's face, she noticed it was one of the gorillas. Great. He was too much for her, but she still tried to struggle.

"Well, well, Elvira. That wasn't so nice, was it? Running off like that." The enormous woman came into her field of view. "And if was pretty foolish of you to think you could escape from us."

"I had to try." Elvira was barely able to say, using the little air she was being able to inhale.

"And where is that hot friend of yours?"

"Far." Elvira smiled, satisficed now that she was sure they truly hadn't seen her hiding Anna.

"It's a shame. I mean, we could rape you instead, but you're of more use to us in other ways." She sighed. "Plus, you probably have more STD's than a cheap prostitute." At this, the other two brutes laughed.

"Har di har har." Elvira mock-laughed. "Very funny, they should give you an award for your sense of humor."

"Shut up!" She yelled, angrily at Elvira's reckless attitude. "I think you still don't understand your situation. You need a little reminder." At this, she nodded at the man that has holding her, who smirked as he punched her in the stomach. The blow forced the air from her lungs. She tried not to make a sound, but still, a little whine escaped her lips.

"Not so cocky now, are you?" The woman mocked her before another fist landed on her face, hitting her so hard she tasted blood in her mouth.

It didn't matter, she was used to it, and so she just glared at her attackers with all the hate she could muster, hoping to look at least a little bit intimidating.

"Oh, drop the act." The woman spoke again. "You're coming with us no matter what." When Elvira just kept looking at her with anger, she sighed and smacker her. Hard enough to knock her head back so it collided with the wall and her nose to feel like it was now inside her skull. For a moment, there was a ringing on her head that made everything else feel dull.

"Was that enough or will you keep resisting?" Knowing she didn't really have a choice, not while being in such a state anyways, Elvira was about to nod in defeat when she heard a loud 'clank' and saw the other man fall.

"What the…?" The one that was holding her began to ask, but Elvira used the distraction to kick him in the balls and free herself from his grasp. She dropped to the ground, only to see Anna holding a metal bar and standing over the body of the other gorilla. She would have yelled at her for being a fool, but really, this wasn't the time to start arguing.

Seeing the woman was about to attack Anna, Elvira quickly jumped over her and put her arm around her neck, squeezing as tightly as she could and holding her until she felt her body go limp. Satisficed, she dropped her to the ground and turned to the guy she had left with his balls in his throat… only to see him struggling to take the metal bar out of Anna's hands. Soon enough, he got the improvised weapon from her and rose it over his head to strike Anna with it, but Elvira was faster.

Without thinking twice about it, she ran and pushed Anna to the ground, receiving the impact on her shoulder instead. At first it didn't hurt, but she would be feeling it in seconds, so she dropped to the ground and kicked his knees strongly, knocking him off balance before getting up and punching him right in the chin, knocking him to the ground.

Breathing heavily, Elvira wiped the sweat off her face… but then noticed her hand came away red; she was bleeding, but not alarmingly so, so it could wait.

"Anna? Are you alright?" She asked, turning to the redheaded girl, who was still lying in the ground, appearing in shock.

"I-I… what…? I mean…" She tried to articulate, but sensing she couldn't, she shook her head to clear her mind and focused on the most important thing. "You're bleeding!"

"It's nothing." Elvira tried to shrug, but when she moved her arm, her shoulder hurt like it was being stabbed again and again with a red hot knife. She clutched it tightly and tried to suppress a cry of pain.

"We need to go to the hospital. Now." Anna said, panicking as she got up and went to assist her sister.

"I'm fine." She insisted through clenched teeth, not wanting their parents to find out she'd endangered their precious daughter.

"If you're worried about being punished, I promise I'll tell our parents we were attacked by a bunch of criminals and you saved me. Please, you can't just go home like this!" She pleaded desperately, fearing for her sister's well-being.

"Fine." She reluctantly agreed, letting Anna lead her out of the alley. However, as they were passing beside the gang leader's body, she noticed a piece of paper lying on the ground next to her and picked it up before Anna could protest. It had just a few words written with horrible handwriting.

Arendelle University. Laboratory of Genetics. Sabotage DNA test.

Elvira felt a chill run down her spine. She wasn't sure this was connected in any way to their visit to Maleficent's laboratory earlier, but it was too much of a coincidence. Which meant… someone already knew about Elsa.


A/N: So… I wasn't planning on posting this chapter until Saturday, but today it's Mexico's Independence day! Well, actually it's tomorrow but we celebrate it today because the fifteen of September was Mexico's most hated dictator's birthday… which it's kind of weird, but that's how it is XD

Anyways, I hope you liked this chapter, even though it was a bit short and Elsa didn't appeared, and if you did please leave a review! I love to read what you think of this fic :)

Thanks to my beta reader moonwatcher13.