Chapter X: Unwelcome Guests

All of the council people just sat and watched in silence at the mysterious man. Kai was studying the man to see if he was a threat. By the looks of it, the man was. He was heavily armed and dangerous. His menacing smile added to his antagonizing demeanor. Kai put his hand over the sword strapped to his waist and waited for the man to make a move. Both Kai and Elsa had to be ready for anything.

The man took closer footsteps toward the table. The sounds of his footsteps echoed across the room, and it somehow got louder for each step. When he stopped walking, the loudest step could be heard. The man scanned the room. Kai realized that he wasn't looking at the monarchs or representatives, but he was checking the security of the room. There were no guards protecting the room and that was bad. Kai smacked his head. He knew he should've added some security to the meeting, but he didn't. Stupid, stupid, stupid, he thought to himself.

Kai looked at the pistols strapped to the man's waist. Kai's eyes widened, and the memory of him getting shot replayed in his brain. Elsa looked at Kai's eyes and saw how haunted they were. She looked over at what he was staring at and found the pistols. She knew what Kai was thinking about, and the last thing they needed was for Kai to have a mental breakdown to a memory. She put her hand over his to comfort him, but comfort wasn't helping in their situation.

They studied the man's face to see if they could recognize him, but unfortunately, they've never seen him before. His very presence intimidated everyone in the room. Some feared that if they stood up, they would get knocked down and wouldn't be able to stand up...ever. No one knew what the man wanted, but they knew he wasn't there to ask for cookies. Whatever his goal was, it wasn't good.

"Who are you?" Kai asked the man.

"Wouldn't you like to know?" The man sneered.

"You are interrupting official kingdom business." Elsa said. "Leave immediately or face the consequences."

The man startled to chuckle. His laugh was not maniacal, but it still gave off an evil mood. "I'm so scared!" The man said, sarcastically.

"You should be." Kai threatened.

The man stopped laughing but kept a smile on his face. He walked closer to the table, and found a wide enough space where he could fit. He walked to it and leaned on the table with both of his hands pressing against it.

"The infamous Captain Kai of Arendelle, all talk. You make threats and scare people into believing you'll act upon them, but in reality, you're just a little boy who is scared of the fire that comes out of his hands."

Kai stood up and created a fireball in his hands. The council people gasped and backed away from Kai, fearing that he may hit them with it.

"Believe me," Kai said, "I'm anything but afraid."

The fire shined in the man's eyes and the man smiled. Kai was confused. He thought that the man would have a similar reaction to the others, but he was different. This man was tough and wasn't scared of Kai. Elsa grabbed Kai's arm and he looked down at her. She gave him a look that said much. It said that scaring the council people would help them, and her eyes told him to cut it out. Kai extinguished the flame but still stood up. Elsa stood up next to Kai.

"You're not welcome here." Elsa said. "You are trespassing into a private meeting, and I am going to ask you to leave."

"Didn't you get the message, Elsa." The man said. "I'm not leaving until I get what I want."

"Or..." Kai said. "I could kindly throw you out."

"You'll drop dead two second before you lay a hand on me." The man threatened.

Hans stood up. "Enough!" Hans demanded. "We can resolve this without violence."

"Sorry side burns," the man said, "but I think violence is inevitable at this point."

Kai took a better hold of his sword. The handle was fully in his hand and he was ready to attack. Elsa noticed Kai's hand and took it away. The last thing they needed at a peace council was violence. Elsa wanted a peaceful solution to their current predicament. She didn't want Kai showing his aggressiveness in front of all of those people. It would just prove Hans' statement about them being dangerous correct. But, Elsa couldn't blame Kai. This man had to be kicked out as soon as they could.

"I demand that you find your way out this instant!" Elsa said.

The man shook his head. "That's not how this is going to work." said the man.

"You don't call the shots." Christian said.

The man took out one of his pistols and studied it. "It appears that I do." The man said.

Now, he was threatening everyone. Kai and Elsa needed to stop him, but they had to know more about his motives. They had to determine how much of a threat he really was. They hoped they could do that before he shot a single bullet. They couldn't let him hurt anyone. If he did, that would mean Arendelle would be the target of war. It didn't matter what went down.

"This is a peace council, right?" The man asked. People around the room nodded. "How ironic..." The man said. "It's going to be anything but peaceful."

"What are you implying?" Elsa asked.

"I'm implying that tonight's going to be a rough night for all of you."

"What is it that you're after?" Elsa asked.

The man smirked and looked around at the council people. He could see the fear in some of their faces and it amused him. Now, Kai and Elsa were sure he was bad news.

"I want what you don't." The man answered.

"I don't want many things." Elsa countered.

"Touché." The man said. "I'll tell you what I want. I want to see all of you nobles on your knees, begging for mercy from me. Begging from those who aren't as lucky. I want you all to feel the pain I felt. The pain of being shunned and pushed around. I want you all to suffer before us before we show you the mercy of death."

Whispers broke among the council people. Their eyes were wide open. The threats this man was making scared all of them.

The man continued to speak. "I want war."

That was all it took for Kai. The anger that grew inside of him could no longer be contained. Kai couldn't just stand there letting this man hurt them with words. The weapons in the man's hand already indicated that he was the enemy. They didn't know what he was going to do, but Kai had to stop him before he did anything else.

Kai shot a fireball at the man, and he sidestepped it. All of the politicians near the coming fireball jumped out of their seat and to the side. Kai's fireball hit the wall and it left a large hole in it. Fortunately, the fire didn't spread and it dismissed itself instantly. The guests gasped as they looked at what Kai had done. The man have Kai a smile.

"Well..." The man said, "I finally got to your head, huh?"

Kai clenchee his fist. He was getting sick and tired of this man' remarks. Now, Kai knew more about his enemy. The man had the impressive power of side stepping.

Elsa looked at Kai in shock. She couldn't believe that he had just lost his cool. She thought Kai was able to refrain himself from attacking, but apparently that's not the case. But, she couldn't deny the fact that the man deserved it. He was practically asking to get fireballed at and he got his wish.

"Don't be rude to your guest, Kai." The man said. "Because, they might just bite back!"

The man took out three knives at threw it at the standing Kai and Elsa. The couple barely had time to react. Kai jumped to the side while Elsa sidestepped it. Unfortunately, Elsa didn't sidestep far enough. One of the knives was to cut through her clothed arm, leaving a huge cut on her left arm. Elsa yelped grabbed her arm in pain. When she took her hand off, blood was all over her hand. The council people just stood and watched their skirmish.

Kai looked at Elsa's arm in anger. He looked back at the man with fire in his eyes. He couldn't let this man get away, not after what he did to Elsa. How dare he hurt her?!, Kai thought. Now, Kai was even more determined to take him down.

Kai studied the room. He noticed that the man would only have two choices of escape; the outside balcony or the door out of the room. The balcony would be a dangerous escape route. There was always the probability that the man would fall to his doom. The door out would be a safer route, but unfortunately for the man, Kai was close to the door. Kai liked the odds on catching the man.

The man aimed his pistol at Kai, and Kai froze. The image of a pistol being pointed at him gave him the same terrible memory. The man smirked. Kai couldn't move which made him an easier target. He put his finger over the trigger, but Elsa grabbed Kai and dropped to the floor with him. She knew that Kai would have trouble evading the bullet so she had to do something about.

The man looked at the open door and took his finger off the trigger. That was his chance to get out. The man rushed to the door and ran out. When Kai saw the man run out, he immediately jumped to his feet followed by Elsa.

"You're not getting away that easy!" Kai yelled.

Kai ran out the door to chase the man. When Kai got out of the door, he found the man sprinting down the corridor. Kai ran after him, and as he was running, Kai turned around to see Elsa running alongside him.

"You should stay with the others." Kai said.

"No way." Elsa said. "You'll need my help taking this guy down."

Kai didn't protest. He had a feeling that she would be a great help. With that, the two ran after the man in the halls of Arendelle Castle.

Back in the meeting room, the council people were shocked. Things escalated quicker than they'd had imagined.

"What do we do now?" asked one of the Westerguards.

"Now," Christian said,"we'll wait."

"Why?" Hans asked. "It's obvious this meeting took a different turn. We should just go."

"The meeting has not been finished." Christian said. "No executive decision has been made. We will stay until Queen Elsa and Captain Kai return."

"How sure are you that they'll come back?" Hans asked, bitterly.

"I'm positive." Christian said. "That man was a thug. I'm sure the Queen and Captain will have no trouble dealing with a thug."

"That's not a very nice thing to call someone, is it?" said a female voice coming from the balcony.

Everyone turned to see who it was. A woman stood on the balcony. She had to daggers strapped to one side of her waist and one pistol strapped to the other. Her dark red hair went down to her shoulders, and her light brown eyes showed intimidation.

"Not another one..." whispered one of the guests.

"Who are you?" asked Christian.

The woman stepped into the room and off the balcony. "Unlike my man back there, I'm a bit more... sociable. My name is Lilith and you are my prisoners."

"What are you talking about?!" asked the King of Corona.

Lilith smiled and snapped her fingers. Two men jumped onto the balcony from above and ran into the room, followed by another pair of men. The pattern kept repeating until there was one man for every monarch or representative. All of the men dressed differently, but they were all obviously from the same organization. They all carried a weapon with them and some of those weapons were stained.

"Now, gentlemen..." Lilith said. "We're going to take a little trip outside."

Kai and Elsa rushed after the mysterious man throughout the walls of Arendelle. This guy was fast. Faster than anybody Kai had ever faced. Kai was in no position to be entering combat or be committing straining physical activities, but Kai still ran on. Kai ran as fast as he could in his state, but that was still slower than the mystique man. Kai had to struggle to keep his eyes on the man and Elsa had to struggle keeping up with Kai.

Kai and Elsa found themselves chasing the man only through corridors. The man kept to the halls for some reason. He would make random turns while running, and he'd enter another corridor. There were no guards patrolling the castle that night. The corridors were clear. The one night security was low was the one night they were attacked.

Elsa wanted to freeze the floor to make it harder for the man to run, but she knew that it would also make it harder for Kai. Kai wasn't necessarily the best at ice skating, and Elsa didn't want taking this man down a challenge for Kai. She feared that it would be hurting them more than it would hurt their assailant.

Kai shot a fireball at the man, and without looking, the man slid on the ground and watched as the fireball flew over his face. Kai now learned another thing about their enemy; he had quick and flawless reactions. The man kicked himself up and continued running. While the man was on the floor, Kai and Elsa were able to get closer to the man but there was still a fair distance between them.

As they were chasing him through a corridor, a perfect idea came up in Elsa's mind. She could easily trap him. Elsa raised her arms up and a icy wall formed in front of the running man, and he was about to crash into it. But, the man wouldn't be taken down that easily. The man stopped right before he hit the wall and took out his sword. At the speed of light, the man struck at the ice wall. He kicked it down and it shattered immediately. The man looked over his shoulder and started to sprint ahead when he saw Elsa and Kai near him.

They were in awe. Never before have they seen someone with such skill. Kai couldn't imagine how this man's sword fighting skills were. He was the most impressive enemy they've ever seen.

The man stopped running, looked to his left, and saw a window. He looked back at Kai and Elsa who were covering the distance between them. The man kicked the window and the glass shattered. The man jumped out right when Kai and Elsa got to his position. Kai looked out the window and looked down. He saw that the man was running on the lower level's roof that extended out.

"He's good." Elsa said.

"I'm better." Kai said.

Kai jumped out the window and landed on the roof. He then started to sprint at the man while shooting fireballs, but the man dodged every single one of them. He was getting tired of getting fireballs shot at him, so he stopped running and turned around to face Kai.

The man pulled out four knives and held them all in the same hand. With his other hand, he took a knife and threw it at Kai. Kai shot a blast of fire at the knife, sending it off course and away from Kai. The man threw another knife and Kai shot it down as it flew towards him. The third knife came right towards Kai's face and he moved his head to the side, making the knife miss it's target. The fourth knife would be useful to Kai. Kai grabbed the blade as it flew towards his chest and held the knife in his hand. Kai threw the knife back to the man, but the man kicked it away when it got close enough.

The man turned around to continued running, but he found Elsa standing behind him, holding an ice sword in her hands. The man didn't know where Elsa came from, but when he looked up, he saw an open window above where she stood. The man took a step back, but he felt the tip of a sword on the back of his neck. He moved his head to find Kai holding a sword behind him.

The man took his sword, stabbed it on the surface below them, and held the handle with his hands.

"You got me." The man told Elsa. He then turned around to look at Kai. "Just kidding." The man said.

"Why?" Elsa asked.

The man turned toward Elsa in the opposite direction of where he turned toward Kai. The man smiled as the wood below them creaked. The man then fell down through the roof with a hole below him. When Kai and Elsa weren't noticing, the man cut a hole below him with his sword and he used that to his advantage. The man fell into the empty ballroom below them.

Kai and Elsa looked down thought the hole to see where the man was, and they saw him standing there, smiling. Kai jumped through the hole, followed by Elsa. A new thing about the enemy; he was cunning and knew many things about escaping.

Their assailant entered a battle stance with his sword and so did Kai. Elsa tried to mimic Kai's position as best she could. She was no fighter, but she knew how to handle a sword. Kai taught and practiced with her many months ago. Elsa hoped that those skills would prove useful in what was to come. Elsa and Kai liked their chances. Two powered people versus one skilled fighter.

They stood in the empty ballroom. The entire area was clear and perfect for fighting. Kai slowly circled around the man, but the man didn't move. He turned his head so that he could see both Kai and Elsa. The sword felt heavy in Kai's hands and it hurt his shoulder. He tried to conceal the pain. During his bandit days, Kai learned that if one showed pain or fear before a battle, they had already lost.

Kai was the first to make a move. He took his sword and struck it down on the man, but the man blocked the attack. Elsa had the perfect opportunity to attack. The man had let his guard down on Elsa, making it easy for her to take him down. But, Elsa couldn't attack him with her ice sword. She couldn't bring herself to possibly kill the man. Kai noticed her hesitation and let his guard down.

The man kicked Kai's gut and Kai let their sword locking go. Kai put his hand over his stomach and slouched over. Never had he been kicked that hard ever before. Kai looked up just in time before the man's sword met Kai's head. Kai jumped back and avoided his death. Kai then swung his sword at the man but he blocked it. The man pushed Kai's sword away with his own and made his own strike which Kai blocked.

The man took his sword up, and hit Kai's head with the hilt of it. Kai fell to the floor in pain, and the man raised his sword for the finishing blow. But, before the blade could touch Kai, Elsa's ice sword blocked the strike. Elsa stood next to Kai's body, blocking the man's attack.

The assailant backed away from Elsa and entered his battle stance, and Elsa entered hers.

"You can't expect to beat me." The man said.

"I don't, but I can try." Elsa said.

Elsa swung her blade at the man's head, knowing what would happen if she did touch him. She would attack, with no intention to kill, but the probability of killing. It reminded her of Kai. Kai would always attack with lethal weapons, yet he had never killed. Death never came upon Kai's hands. Elsa didn't know how he did it, but she knew that he would expect deaths when he fought, but no deaths ever came. It was strange for sure, but Kai was okay with not taking lives.

The man quickly slashed his blade upward to meet hers, and Elsa's sword shattered when the blades met. Her sword was too weak compared to the attacker's. The man swung his sword, ready to kill Elsa, but stopped it right before it touched her neck. She is not to be killed, the man thought. Elsa, without hesitating, aimed her hands at the man and froze him.

Elsa smiled. "Got you." She said.

Elsa walked to Kai and helped him up. He had his hand over his nose bridge.

"Are you okay?" Elsa asked.

Kai removed his hand, showing the cut on his nose and around the cut was a big bruise.

"This wasn't necessarily the best night of my life." Kai joked.

Elsa created an ice cube in her hands and gave it to Kai. Kai out the cube over his nose and thanked Elsa. Kai looked past Elsa's shoulder and found the frozen man shaking. Elsa heard the rattling ice and turned around to see what was happening. Miraculously, the ice around the man shattered, and he stood there unfrozen. He took a frosty breath and frosts covered his clothes.

"Chilly." The man said.

When Kai took a step closer to the man, he ran off immediately. He bolted towards the door that led to the main hall. Kai followed him, but due to his injury, was too slow to catch up. The man opened and closed the door behind him. That was odd defensive strategy. Kai certainly didn't expect him to close the door in order to get away.

Kai ran to the door and opened it, expecting the man to be running ahead of him. When Kai opened the door, a barrel of a pistol met his face. Kai's eyes widened just as the man was to pull the trigger. But, Elsa was able to intervene in time. She held out her arms and created an ice wall in between the two men where the door should be. They heard the gunshot on the other side of the wall, and Kai saw the bullet on the ice. Cracks grew around the bullet.

Kai saw the silhouette of the man on the other side of the ice.

"See you around." The man said. Then, the silhouette disappeared, meaning the man had just escaped.

Kai clenched his fists and turned back toward Elsa. "I had him!" Kai yelled. "You let him get away!"

"What? No thank you?" Elsa said.

"I could've beat him!" Kai said.

"You would've died if I didn't do that!" Elsa countered.

That was true. Kai was paralyzed at the site of the pistol. He couldn't have dodged it in time. Elsa did what she could to save him. This would be the first time in their relationship where Kai ever got angry at Elsa. In reality, Kai wasn't mad at Elsa, but he was mad at himself because he lost the fight. Kai didn't like to lose.

"I'm sorry..." Kai said.

Elsa looked down at her feet. Kai's apology didn't matter to her right now. She was too busy wondering what was the whole point of all of this. What had the man accomplished? The man intends to ruin the peace council, but he just attacks the two and runs away. What did he expect to do? Unless...

"We have to get back to the meeting." Elsa said.

Kai nodded. Elsa ran up next to Kai and in front of the ice wall. She turned the wall into snowflakes, making it disappear. Then, they ran into the main hall, up the stairs, and into a corridor. They made their way to the room that the meeting was being held. It was pretty much empty. No one was there except for an unconscious Hans, whose upper body was on the table.

There was no way that the people evacuated through the corridor. They were no where to be seen throughout the castle, and outside. Where they had gone was a mystery.

"This isn't good..." Kai said.

Then, they ran towards Hans to find out what happened.

Author's Note: I hate to make you guys wait for a chapter, but summer is almost here, and when it comes, no need to wait long (unless I'm on vacation). If you want, ship Kai and Elsa in the reviews/comments!