WARNING: Character Death!
Chapter 10: Rescue & Death
Olivia leads the men to the third floor hearing high pitched screaming, she steps aside as Edward breaks the door down to reveal a particular redhead on fire.
"HANS!" Edward yells as they all converge on him, one man throwing a blanket over him to douse the fire, the others ready to keep him from getting very far; they had expected the screams to be Anna but it thankfully wasn't.
"Everyone spread out and search the house!" Edward commands as he orders two men to stay with him, "Ma'am we need bandages?"
"Name is Olivia, I will get them" She runs out to go to the medicine room Hans always had fully stocked.
"Whatever you did to the Princess, I am sure you earned this, brother." Edward spat as they led him to a chair and slowly began to peel off half burnt clothing revealing oozing bubbling skin, which flowed with blood.
"Ed-edward?" Hans rasps out as he struggles to breathe, "What are you doing here?"
"We are here to rescue Princess Anna, where is she?" Edward demanded of his brother as Olivia brings the supplies, taking them Edward sets it out and begins to slowly treat his brother's wounds, "Where is Anna, Hans?"
"That bitch set me on fire and ran!" Hans growls, "I don't know where she is." He winces as his brother dabs a bit harder than he should on the wounds; he didn't want to know what he looked like now.
Edward motions for a man to come close, "Find the Queen, tell her we have Hans and that Anna escaped, she is somewhere on the island. GO NOW!"
The man runs out of the house, in search of the Queen.
"Now brother, you are under arrest and now under my charge until we see Queen Elsa." He keeps administering treatment as his brother protests.
~In a Nearby Forest~
Anna had run till she couldn't breathe, collapsing against a tree feeling her side where he landed a few kicks and punches; wincing and knowing she had at least a cracked rib.
She sees a flicker of light, grunting she stands up and makes her way toward and sees a campfire "Hello anyone here?"
Looking around she sees a bedroll and what seemed to be a pot on the fire cooking, she heard a twig snap and turned that direction to see a hooded figure come out of the forest.
"Welcome to my campfire Princess Anna." The person states as they sit down, "Need something?"
"Well, who are you?" Anna asks not moving from the edge of the campsite.
"My name is not relevant but you can call me, Ken." The figure pulls back their hood revealing a pretty woman's face that had a scar over her right eye, and a scar over her left cheek, "Would you like some help?"
Anna nods and slowly walks closer, "Could you maybe take these off?" She holds up her wrists with the annoying cuffs on them.
'Come closer and I will Highness" Ken states as the redhead steps closer holding out her arms, she easily slides the cuffs off, "May I keep these?"
"You can have them, they are only a burden to me" Anna states sitting down, "How do you know me?"
"The order knows about everyone, Highness it's what we do." Ken replies grabbing a jug, "Drink?"
"Thank you, the order….you are an Assassin!" Anna yelps as she stumbles back only to hit a log and fall over.
"Yes, but I am not here to harm anyone, we do not just kill princess" Ken grabs two bowls and serves up some stew, "It's not breakfast but its food" she puts one bowl near Anna and begins to eat the other.
"Thank you, sorry I uh freaked." Anna moves back and takes a drink from the jug then begins to eat, wincing as her side tweaks.
"Your fiancé is here looking for you" the statement was simple but it brought a huge smile to Anna's face.
"I take it this is all the help is all I am going to get?" the redhead states between bites of food and drinking.
"Yes, this is all I am allowed to do, but I can say head north further into the woods" the woman says as she finishes her bowl and stands.
"Thank you again for this, and taking those off." Anna says standing and smiling, "If you personally ever need anything please let me know."
"Goodbye Princess and be strong" Ken says with a hint of a smile.
Nodding Anna turns going north back into the forest.
~Queen's Entourage~
Elsa was sitting against a tree, looking up to the sky when one of her men runs up to her, "Your Majesty!" he yells and then pants catching his breath.
"What is it?" She gets up quickly and moves towards him, "Do you have anything to report?"
"Yes, the princess escaped Hans, and is somewhere on the island." He takes a deep breath, and takes a water jug another man offers him.
"Thank you" She turns to her men, "Princess Anna is on her own on this island, go search now don't worry about me!"
They all paired off and went different direction, their Queen with hope in her eyes had a feeling she needed to move towards the forest; so she does.
It was dense and hot but she managed to maneuver pretty well, her thoughts going to her fiancé and how she will just be happy to have her back.
~Back at the Mansion~
Edward yells at his men, "We need to catch him!" He yells running into the forest after his brother, the man had slipped past Edward when he requested to go to the bathroom and jumped out of the window.
He wasn't sure where in the forest he went, but he was determined to find him.
About a mile ahead, Hans was grinning even though he was in pain; he had his sword but had to get away from his brother.
That's when he saw a flash of red hair running through the tree and knew who it was, he begins to follow her with a sinister smile.
Unbeknownst to Anna, she kept running north; it seemed like ages and then she saw her and with every muscle screaming she ran faster.
"ELSA!" Anna screams as she sees the blond up ahead on a cliff, smiling as the woman turns to see who yelled at her.
The smile that spread on Elsa's face was a sight for sore eyes, but then it quickly turned into a panicked look, "ANNA DROP!"
Anna drops immediately as Elsa shot a stream of snow over her, hitting Hans in the chest and pushing him backwards.
Looking behind her, Anna growls and moves to the side springing up and running to her lover; quickly adding her fire to the snow; they both had to look away when the fire/snow mixture hit the man and he screams.
The stop the flow of their powers and Elsa catches Anna as she slumps into her, "Anna…oh Anna" She peppers the younger woman in kisses, happy to see she was Alive.
"Elsa, I knew you would come for me" the redhead smiles, but was suddenly thrown to the side, she looks up to see a much disfigured Hans now standing against Elsa.
Elsa growls, but has to make an ice sword at the last second, biting her lip when his sword cut her into her cheek, she pushes him off and slashes at him.
He was slower than usual but he didn't care, anger fueled him and if he couldn't have Elsa, well then no one could.
He pushed the attack on the woman, dancing a dangerous dance that edged closer to the cliff with every strike and parry each made.
Anna looks up to see her fiancé again locked in battle with the man she has become to hate so much, she stretches a hand out and sends a stream of fire that lands at his feet making him jump back.
She gets up and keeps the stream going as she forces him back more, "You fucking bastard, you are really getting on my last nerve!"
She forms a sword in her left hand, and suddenly both women were on the offensive, as he tries to parry and block attacks from both women.
They work in unison even without training together in the sword, it was like instinct, a beautiful dance against their foe.
Hans growled his body weak from the burns the redhead gave him, and now from the melting snow now seeping into his wounds; he gets distracted for just a moment.
The Queen and Princess see this and both kick sending Hans down the hill-part of the cliff rolling, winning their fight.
Both weapons each women wielded disappears, as they look at one another; embracing tightly but when Anna's coughs Elsa loosens her grip; making sure they didn't fall over the cliff edge they were standing near.
"I thought I lost you…" Elsa states sadly, looking at the beaten and bruised face of her fiancé, running a thumb gently over Anna's lip.
Kissing the thumb the redhead smiles, "You'll never lose me, baby."
What they didn't realize was that Hans was running back up the slope, "You are mine bitch!" He screams as he tackles Elsa and they both go over the cliff.
"ELSA!" Anna screams and tries to hang onto her lovers hand but the force of his tackle was too much and her hand slid out of her, "ELSA NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
Anna crawls to the edge looking down, "ELSA!" she squints trying to see what was down there but it was too far to see anything; hearing footsteps she conjures her fire sword and points it at the intruder.
However she lowers it seeing Prince Edward, "Princess!" He yells running up to her, "Are you alright?"
She shakes her head as the sword melts into the sky, "NO…Hans tackled Elsa and they both went over the cliff!" She looks back over, "We need to get down there!"
Edward pulls Anna away from the edge, "We need to get you back, I will send my men to find her." He motions for his men to go down there and look for the Queen right away.
"I need to go too" Anna says but she was exhausted and in too much pain; she passes out in Edward's arms.
~Next Day at the King & Queen's Castle~
Anna wakes up and shoots up in bed, looking around she noticed she was not familiar with the room; until she remembers what happened.
She falls back into the pillows around her and sobs, her fiancé was gone and it was Hans' fault; she began to think why Hans was even loose.
She growls in her chest as she thinks about how Elsa's parents brought Hans back here, how he was supposed to be punished but instead it looked like he just went home.
Her eyes flashed with anger as she got out of bed wincing at the pain in her side but ignores it; she moves to the wash basin and cleans up when the door opens.
She turns to see Lucy and Kai, smiling "Hey…glad to see you two." She says then goes back to washing up.
"How are you feeling Princess?" Lucy asks, as she walks up to her and pats her back gently.
"I am actually quite angry would you two please outside?" Anna states as gently as possible, see them nod and leave she looks in the mirror.
She conjures a flaming fire outfit, pants that were snug against her legs and hips that were orange red, boots that were black with flames on them that reached the knee and the shirt she wore was a collared fully sleeved blouse, with a slit that went right to the top of her cleavage.
The next thing she did (similar to Elsa) was make a fire sabre that rested on her left hip and a dagger on her right hip, to complete the look she conjures a black trench coat with flames on the trim, sleeve ends and lapels.
She walks out of the room to be greeted by her four most loyal friends; Kai, Lucy, Kristoff and Edward.
She looks to Edward, "Did they find her?"
He shakes his head sadly "No your Highness they did not find her"
"Alright, I need to see the king and queen right now." Anna states with authority that the others were shocked. "I said NOW!"
They quickly show her to the throne room doors where a guard stops them.
"Apologies your Highness but they are in court." He states respectfully.
Again Anna's eyes flash, she didn't care "I could care less what they are doing" waving her hand a gush of hot air hit the guard against the wall knocking him out.
She stands back, "You all keep everyone off me, I need to talk to the king and queen and I don't want interruptions."
They all nod and step beside her, Kristoff and Edward drawing daggers to parry any weapons they may meet.
Anna takes a breath and conjures a large fireball and slams it into the doors, throwing them wide open and blackening the doors before the flames went out.
"WHAT IS THIS!?" The King yells standing up.
The King's court scattered to the sides as Anna marches in a fireball in each hand, daring anyone to stop her.
A few guards run at them but Prince Edward and Kristoff disable them by knocking them out and laying them on the floor; then move back to flank the princess.
"You were supposed to take care of Hans when you brought him back here!" She yells throwing a fireball at the king's feet, "You were supposed to ensure he wouldn't hurt us again!"
She throws another fireball at the man who was not trying to get away from her, "How is it that Hans was able to come back to Arendelle, kidnap me and cause so much trouble?"
The Queen, who had moved out of the way, realized what Anna meant "Dear, you told me Hans was in the dungeons"
The king pales at the statement his wife just spoke and saw fury in the princess's eyes, "He…was"
"He was alive and walking around a free man, and your wife thought he was locked up!?" The princess looks up and throws a ball of fire at the chandelier demolishing it completely, "You did this didn't you? You did this and hoped to Hans would take all the blame and we wouldn't be all the wiser!"
The room grew completely quiet except the crackle of the fire that Anna held in her hands. "It was all a scheme, give a note that had your seal but defend yourself against it, but to let what Elsa search for me and hope she doesn't find me, so that when she comes to you broken you would finally care about her!?"
Now the king being outed growls out, "She should be WITH A MAN!" He steps down off his throne approaching the princess, "Not with you!"
Anna was about to slam her fist into the man's face when…
"STOP!" Everyone looks to the throne room doors, there stood Queen Elsa, dirty bloody and limping as she pulls an ice rope that was dragging a body behind her.
Anna gasps seeing her fiancé alive, she wanted to run up to her and carry her away but knew that she shouldn't do anything right at that moment.
Elsa's eyes lock with Anna's, a faint smile on her lips; that is until she saw her father the smile turned into a snarl.
The King's wife was now sitting on her throne not knowing what to do, she had no idea that her husband had done this.
Elsa made her way down the aisle and deposited Hans' dead body at the feet of her father, "He tried to kill me and Anna, and he almost succeeded in killing me when he tackled me off a cliff, but he landed dying on impact, made my landing slightly less horrible."
Anna growls at the man, "How could you do this to your own daughter, all over because you don't agree with who she loves?"
The king swallows and tries to think how to get out of this mess, until his wife spoke making him turn to her with hopeful eyes that died quickly.
"Our daughter deserved our love, but we shoved her aside in another country, we should be rejoicing in her Queen-dom, and that she is getting married, yet you cannot see that she is happy and in love."
She rises from her seat, "As Queen I am placing you under arrest for the plotting against the Queen of Arendelle and the Crown Princess, as well as for their attempted murders."
Guards move in on the king, retraining him even with his loud protests, "How can you do this to me I am your husband!" He scream as they drag him, and Hans's body away.
"Everyone but those of Arendelle, leave us!" the Queen demands, she waits until the room is empty minus the small group, then slumps against her thrown from the emotional stress.
"Mother?" Elsa asks, who was now leaning on Anna for support, she had sustained quite a few injuries from the fall but adrenaline had her get here as soon as she could.
Liza looks into her daughter's eyes, "I am so sorry, I had no idea that…that your father would do such a thing."
"Neither did we," Anna states as she pulls Elsa gently closer.
"Mother what I am about to say will be with a very heavy heart, but we are leaving and never coming back." Elsa says, sadness in her voice and tears in her eyes and breathing raggedly.
Her mother walks down the steps to them, "I understand, I am so sorry Elsa…these events have me thinking, and I love your father but I cannot be with that man. I will be leaving him and giving the throne to someone who is worthy." She looks at Prince Edward with a soft smile.
"You are going to leave?" Anna asks wondering why the woman would do that.
"Yes, won't be for a bit…but I am hoping in time for your wedding, that is if I am still invited." The queen states as she looks at the two strong women in front of her.
Elsa nods, "Yes you are, and if all is settled here by then perhaps we can talk about you coming to live with us…"
"Yes, but right now I want to get Elsa home" Anna interrupts, "I'm sorry but I really want to get out of here."
Liza nods, "The guards will help you with whatever you need Princess, and thank you for being so good to my daughter."
Anna smiles, then with strength she didn't know she had, she picks up Elsa bridle style and walks out of the throne room, through the halls and out of the castle; she was determined not to stop till she got to their ship.
Elsa smiles and snuggles into the redhead, falling asleep almost instantly as she is carried, with various men following behind them.
~Hours later~
Elsa was sleeping in their bed in the royal cabin while Anna was making out a report, "Now I see why these are so annoying" she grumbles as she looks it over once more before putting it in the top desk drawer.
Looking behind her she smiles seeing her lover resting peacefully, rising she walks over and sits on the edge of the bed beside the blond; gently running her fingers over the back of the woman's hand.
"I almost lost you…" Anna chokes up, shaking her head of the memories on that cliff; she knew those images would stay with her forever but she also knew the future was whatever they wanted it to be.
She begins to rise from the bed when a cool hand weakly grasps her wrist, "Don't leave…"
She turns and smiles seeing those beautiful blue eyes, sitting back down she takes Elsa's hand and kisses the back, then kisses the tip of each finger then moves to each knuckle, "I love you Elsa, so much and I am so happy we are together again"
Smiling the blond enjoys the touches of Anna's lips, "I'm tougher than I look babe"
Chuckling the redhead nods, "You proved that earlier today, I was so relieved to see you…how are your ribs doing and your leg?"
When Elsa fell she actually broke four ribs, and her left leg but the adrenaline had her going so much she didn't know till Anna took her to their ship.
"Feeling better" Elsa states as she slowly sits up, a hand moving to her face feeling where the gash was patched up on her cheek and on the spots around her eye, the doctor had said both were going to scar.
Anna reaches out smiling sadly and gently traces next to both wounds, "You are going to have sexy scars"
"Sexy? Maybe not sexy but I won't be ashamed of them, got them protecting you" the queen states as she finally gets comfortable with a few pillows.
"We protected each other love, and I will have my own scars too" Anna states, touching the cut right by her lip and the one on the side of her head right in front of her left ear, "It proves we are not pushovers"
Chuckling Elsa pulls Anna closer, kissing the black eye, the cut on by the lip and on the side of her head and then gently kisses Anna's bruised lips, "No one can say we never get our hands dirty when it comes to doing what is right."
Anna hums happily and nods, "No they can't, now enough talk about this crap" She strips and climbs in bed as slowly as possible to not jostle Elsa too much and pulls the covers up, "It's late, I'm tired and I just wanna cuddle"
Laughing then wincing Elsa smiles, "Alright love, I am just happy to have you back" She gives Anna one more kiss then carefully lays next to her and pulls the redhead close.
"Me too Elsa, me too" Anna mumbles as sleep takes them both.
TBC
Ok so wow what a ride! Let me know what ya think! Hope you enjoyed it…soon we have a wedding!