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Chapter 6: Poisoned
Jack felt Elsa go cold and numb as she had collapsed in his arms. He could feel her shaking in his arms. He felt to see if she had a pulse and was relieved to find one. He gently laid her on the ground before he check on Erik who was also still alive. It seemed as if only a few people, North, Jack and the mayor included, had managed to avoid the poisoning. The first thought that was going through Jack's head was who could have done this? Who could have wanted to poison a whole group of people? Was there just one target and the others were accidental or were there many targets?
The mayor was going hysterical. He was checking in on everyone and making sure that they were alright. The mayor kept shaking his head. Jack wondered how many were dead and how many were still alive. Jack turned to Elsa and Erik. So far they were both holding on and Jack wanted to keep it that way. The servant who had gone for the ambulance said it was coming soon which the mayor was grateful for.
"This is a disaster," the mayor was muttering with a white stricken face. "What on Earth happened?"
"That's what we want to know," North muttered to Jack who nodded.
North bent down next to Jack to help check on Elsa and Erik. Jack was checking them every five seconds. He was going to keep them with him no matter what was going to happen. They weren't dying on his watch.
"That's three dead including the ambassador," the mayor said after his inspection.
Jack then got struck by a thought. Whenever Elsa drank from a glass, she would only take small sips at a time especially when it came to alcohol. She didn't like drinking a lot and fast as she liked to keep her wits about her. Maybe Elsa only ingested a small about of whatever poison was used to poison the lot of them. Jack was sure the same could be said about Erik as well. This would explain why Elsa and Erik were in better shape than some of the people at the table.
Jack could hear in the distance sirens going off in the distance and he knew that was the ambulance coming to save them.
"Hold on," he said to the unconscious form of Elsa. "Help is coming."
He could hear the sirens getting closer and closer. Jack willed them to come faster. Help needed to come and it needed to come minutes ago. He had noticed that Elsa was no longer shaking but had gone quite rigid. Jack didn't know if that was a good thing but he could feel Elsa's heart rate go right down. That wasn't a good sign.
Soon he could hear paramedics bursting through the door and then come into the dining room. They didn't even pause at the scene to take in what had happened. They quickly raced to the people who needed help. They declared the ambassador and two other people dead at the scene but the rest were loaded into ambulances. Two paramedics gave Elsa and Erik oxygen and started what looked like some kind of antidote in an IV drip. They loaded Elsa and Erik onto gurneys and wheeled them out into the night and then loaded them into the ambulances. Jack never left Elsa's side the entire time. He asked if he could ride along to the hospital and the paramedic agreed. North told Jack he would meet him at the hospital. Jack nodded before climbing into the ambulance and as soon as he had sat down, the ambulance took off at a great speed.
Jack looked down at Elsa. She was still very pale and twitching slightly and according to the paramedics her stats were way down low. Jack begged whatever was out there to give them enough time to get to the hospital so the doctors can do their thing and fix Elsa before the poison took over. A glowing red cross of a hospital could be seen in the distance and Jack knew that they were getting close. He looked at Elsa and it didn't look like she was getting any better. The paramedic who was looking after Elsa told the driver to put his foot down which he did.
The hospital quickly came into view and the ambulance came to a stop outside the door which led into the ER. Jack hopped out with the paramedic who had pulled the gurney which contained Elsa out. Several doctors raced towards them and the paramedic reeled off what was wrong with Elsa as they burst into the ER. Jack noticed that some of them were other people who had been at the dinner. The doctor who had grabbed Elsa's chart had her put in a bed which happened to be next to Erik who must have arrived just seconds before Elsa and Jack had.
The doctor hung different bags over Elsa and attached them to her IV. Jack wondered what medication they were giving her but as long as she was going to be alright, he didn't care. Jack continued to gaze down at the pale Elsa. She still looked just as bad as she did in the ambulance.
"What's her name?" said a voice.
Jack then suddenly realised that the doctor who was looking after Elsa was speaking to him. Jack quickly found his voice.
"Elsa," Jack said. "Elsa Winters."
The doctor nodded and scribbled this down on Elsa's chart.
"And you are?" the doctor continued.
"Oh Jack Frost."
"Friend? Family member?"
"Boyfriend."
The doctor nodded before going back to check on Elsa. Jack just hoped that they had got to her in time. More people were coming in and Jack realised that they were the last of the people who had been at the dinner. The doctors were in full panic mode as they had a dozen poisonings to deal with. It was going to be a long night for them as well as Jack. North suddenly burst through the doors and went straight to Jack.
"Is she going to be okay?" North asked.
"I don't know," Jack whispered.
"She will be," North said gazing at Elsa. "She has to be."
"I know," Jack said in a husky voice.
"Maybe you should call her family?" suggest North. "Didn't you mention she has a sister?"
"Oh right," Jack said.
Jack had completely forgotten about Anna. His mind was too focused on making sure that Elsa to even think about anything else. Jack dug around in his pockets and managed to find his phone. He quickly scrolled through his contacts and managed to find Anna's name listed as one of them. He quickly dialled her number and waited as the phone rang.
"Anna who are you texting?" Tiana said.
Anna, Tiana and Kristoff were about to enjoy a movie together. Anna and Tiana had both changed into their pyjamas whereas Kristoff was still in the outfit he had come in. Tiana and Kristoff were on the couch waiting for Anna to join them. Anna was standing by the kitchen table with her phone in her hand.
"Aurora," answered Anna who was busy finishing off a text to her.
"Why?"
"She and Phillip have gotten into a slight disagreement and it's funny to hear about it," Anna said giving a small giggle.
"Well turn off your phone so you're not tempted. I want to see this movie and not be disturbed by your phone going off every five minutes," moaned Tiana.
"Alright, alright," Anna said quickly finishing her text before turning her phone off. "See? It's off."
"Good," Kristoff said. "Now come and sit next to me," he gestured towards the empty seat next to him.
Anna smiled and quickly raced over to him and snuggled into Kristoff's comfortable chest.
"Put the movie on Tiana!" Anna said.
Tiana happily obliged. They had blackmailed Kristoff into watching a chick flick with them and they just happened to be watching Just Like Heaven. Kristoff had wanted to watch something like X-Men or Batman but he was outvoted and Kristoff couldn't say no to Anna anyway. Tiana slide the DVD into the DVD player and turned on the TV. The TV quickly flickered to the DVD menu and Anna managed to navigate to the title screen of the movie using the remote before she hit 'play'. Slowly the opening sequence of the movie started and Anna snuggled back into Kristoff feeling the soothing sounds of his heartbeat.
Jack kept ringing Anna's number but she wasn't answering. It kept going to voicemail and Jack figured that she must have it on silence or the phone was turned off or it was potentially out of battery. Jack was getting anxious. He needed Anna to know what had happened but he guessed for the time being, he would have to try again later.
He saw Elsa being moved up to a room as she was being admitted to the hospital. Jack followed her. He wasn't going to leave her side. He cast a last look at Erik who looked like he was improving. The doctors around him looked positive when they were looking at his stats. He followed the doctors up to a room where they put Elsa onto a bed. She was still hooked up to several bags and oxygen. The doctors told Jack that Elsa didn't ingest a large amount of poison but it was still highly toxic and she got help just in time. They told Jack that if Elsa's stats improve over the next couple of days, she should be alright. The word that Jack didn't like was 'should'. It sounded like there was a chance that she wouldn't be okay. Jack asked after Erik and the doctor said that she will go and check on him for Jack which made Jack feel a little better.
Jack took a seat next to Elsa and continued to gaze at him. He was desperately hoping with every fibre of his being that she would be alright. He didn't know what they had been poisoned with and quite frankly he didn't care but what he did care about was that apparently it didn't take a lot of it to have someone down on the ground and fighting for their life.
The doctor came back with news about Erik. He had been placed in the room next to Elsa's and looked like he was going to make a full recovery. According to the doctor Elsa had ingested nearly twice the amount of poison that Erik had ingested which accounted for the fact that Elsa was in a much more fragile state than Erik was. Jack thanked the doctor and she left the room. Jack quickly got up and headed into Erik's room. He was still out of it but he did look okay. Erik seemed to be muttering in his sleep, stuff that Jack couldn't make out. Jack then headed back into Elsa's room. She was still quite still but luckily she was still alive. Jack took out his cell phone once again and rang Anna hoping that this time she would pick up. His luck ended there. Anna was still not answering. Jack was starting to get annoyed. What kind of person didn't keep their phone on? This was an emergency. Jack just hoped that Anna had a decent reason like it was dead and was on the charger.
Jack put away his phone and looked back at Elsa. He would try again later but until then he would continue to gaze at Elsa and hope for the best.
Anna yawned as the movie came to an end. She had grown quite sleepy just sitting there and snuggling into Kristoff. Anna continued to snuggle into Kristoff. She wanted nothing more than to sleep right there. Tiana quickly switched to see what was on. She soon stopped on the news. Anna wasn't really paying attention. It was some politician talking about some crisis with the economy and Anna was too comfortable to pay any attention.
Suddenly something caught her eye. It was a news article about a mass poisoning of prominent members of society in the town of Burgess which apparently just happened and the news team were just getting reports in that very second.
"Burgess?' Kristoff repeated. "Isn't that where Elsa and Jack are?"
"Yes," Anna felt her mouth go a little dry.
The news article informed them that three people, including an ambassador was dead. Other members that were poisoned included a couple of well influential members of society, Prince Nathanial of Sweden and…Queen Elsa of Arendelle.
Anna felt her heart sink.
A/N: So is Elsa and Erik going to be alright? I hope that everyone enjoyed this chapter. Please review =)
