Chapter 17: Removed from the House
Anna really was enjoying cuddling with Elsa. She wasn't even sure what time it was anymore. She knew that when she ran with Elsa to the attic it was getting late. It was just past dinner time, but now after sleeping she might as well have slept all through the next day.
Feeling the urge to go, she detached herself from Elsa carefully and she searched for her clothes in the dim light. Finding her pants and shirt she pulled them on, careful not to make a lot of noise. Elsa generally was a light sleeper, but this time she didn't seem to notice.
She picked her way down the junk path, careful to go around that chair she tripped over coming in. She stared at the sheet covered furniture in the room for a minute before her body reminded her why she actually came down stairs.
She got the feeling Elsa didn't want anyone to know where her secret room was, so she poked her head out looking for any passing by maids. Once she deemed it clear she left the room and strutted down the hall. She whistled some tune and used room in the halls to stretch out her sore wings. She couldn't fully unfurl them, but after laying on them all night, Anna would take any sort of movement.
"Ah. Much better. Not so sore now."
After using the restroom she wandered toward the kitchen. Intending on grabbing something for Elsa to munch on. Cookie put up a fight with her on giving her a tray of food. Soon as she mentioned it was for Elsa, the cook stopped arguing and set up a tray.
Cookie filled it with fruits, some yogurt, some juice and of course a lovely helping of her usual slop. "Thanks for the food Cookie.. I'll bring this to Elsa." With a grin she snagged a few bars of chocolate off the counter and she ignored the angered shout from Cookie.
Anna passed by Kelsey and she waved with a wing since her hands were full. Kelsey smiled and blew a kiss at her and Anna ducked like the dork she was in case you could actually spot that. She would rather have a happy Elsa this morning.
The trek up the dark stairs was easy enough, it was the blind walk through the junk that sucked. Anna had to shuffle her feet and she kept a close eye on the ground. She refused to trip in here. Somehow through a miracle she didn't trip and she smiled when she noticed Elsa still sleeping.
She set the tray down on the ground and it made a small thud and she tensed, staring at Elsa's sleeping form. She didn't even budge, and Anna sighed in relief.
"Perfect." She mumbled and then Elsa decided to wake up. Anna rolled her eyes, of course she would wake up when she whispered but not when she nearly dropped the tray.
Elsa sat up holding the sheet to her chest, sleepily rubbing her eyes, then she blinked a few times. She noticed the tray and she smiled at Anna.
"What is all this?" She gestured to the tray of food, and Anna shrugged.
"I went hunting for my good lady. I had to fight off a wild Cookie and Kelsey for all of this." Anna picked up a strawberry from the fruit pile. She was just going to bite into it, but Elsa that devil, decided she wanted that strawberry too. She snagged Anna's wrist and brought the red fruit to her lips.
"Mine." Elsa said. Anna nodded like Elsa was going to bite her fingers off if she didn't agree.
"Fine. I'll eat this melon." Anna reached for it but Elsa snagged the whole bowl and cuddled the bowl close to her body.
"No no. All mine." She smiled and Anna pouted a moment before turning back to the tray with a huff.
"Hateful creature." She muttered, eyes locking onto the slop and she sighed. Anna felt a arm snake up her side and a pale hand pressed a strawberry to her lips. "Nope. I don't even want it anymore. You can hog all the fruit to yourself."
"But you know you want to eat me." Elsa said in a tiny squeaky voice and Anna laughed. She ate the strawberry including the green leafy bit on top. Elsa made a disgusted noise, "Yuk. Did you eat the leaf part too?"
Anna shrugged and moved to lay next the tray on the floor and she put her head on Elsa's covered lap. She grabbed the cup of yogurt and spoon."Feed me wench. I had to fight off the dreaded Cookie for this." She commanded in a deep voice, and Elsa smacked her on her belly slightly. But she fed Anna none the less and Anna fed her bites of the yogurt.
And somehow feeding each other, turned to into tearing off Anna's clothes, and rolling around the mattress. And they stayed up there most of the day, only leaving when they needed to, because in the back of their minds they both knew Anna had technically assaulted a human. A rich one at that, who already hated her guts.
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Anna poked her head around the corner of the hall way. After a shower and a change of clothes, she decided to get back to work on investigating the mysterious hall. That is if she could actually find it. She was completely confused.
It was down this hall wasn't it? There was nothing that seemed to lead her to that strange painting or the empty hall. She stopped at the end of the particular hall she was in and scratched the back of her head. She looked around the four way intersection in the halls.
"Well this was pointless." She stuffed her hands in her pockets, rocking on the balls of her feet. She rolled her shoulders then she whistled walking down the hall. Elsa was busy talking to her mother and Anna wondered if she was done yet.
At first Anna was worried her mother might get physical but Elsa reassured her that she would bolt at the first sign of being hit. As much as Anna wanted to stay and watch over her, she remembered her duty to the Guardians.
A man walked out of a room a couple doors away. Dread crept up her spine and she got a bad feeling about this guy. He wore all black even his hair was black cut long so it hung past his jawline, and he even had on a mask that covered the bottom half of his face. His cold grey eyes stared her down, she knew that look. She was about to be hunted. In one hand he held leather straps and Anna recognized them immediately.
Wing straps. They did just as they sounded, made to hold wings against a fliers body forcefully. They wound around the wing and around the body to help keep them in place. They didn't have to be super strong straps, because once the pressure was on the wings, it was near impossible to use your wings and force them off, and the buckles were on the back so a flier wouldn't be able to just take it off.
The other hand held a metal mask, a muzzle of sorts. It had small horizontal slits near the nose and mouth of the mask. The mask looked like it wrapped around the bottom of her jaw and probably buckled somewhere in the back. The metal gleamed against the light in the room and she shuddered.
"Scary stuff you got there.. I think I took a wrong turn. So I am going to go back. You stay there-" She yelped when her back hit a hard body. She bit her lip and looked up. The man behind her had black hair, dark skin, and was a scrawny a giant of a man. He had on the same dark mask on his face as the other guy.
His eyes crinkled and curled into half moons and she knew he was probably grinning down at her. They had a stare down and then she acted. She shoved her fist into his throat and he choked, grabbing at his neck. Doubled over he was easy to climb over and she barely made it four steps when she felt hands on her arms.
There was a third and fourth men in black and they slammed her against the wall. The hit knocked the wind out of her, and for a moment all she could do was claw at the wall. She felt rough hands caress her wings. She tried to unfurl her wings to smack them away since her arms were pinned and that earned her another smack against the wall roughly.
"Beautiful wings eh boss?" The voice came from her right and she heard an answering grunt. More hands and she felt the leather being slid into place on her wings. She whimpered when they tightened the straps, forcing her wings to curl in tightly to her body. It was one thing to curl them in herself, but they had positioned her right wing wrong and she could already feel the cramp.
Another pair of hands ran from her hips up, a little too close to her breasts and she growled in warning. There was a laugh and someone smacked her on the ass. "Boss this one is so weird. Looks like a lady, but I hear it really has guy parts. Fun combination right?"
The sound of a slap and a grumble from behind her. Then an angered whisper. "Turn it around already, stop fucking around Johnson."
The one they must have called Johnson turned her around and this man had brown hair, and his eyes were green. His cheeks were rounded from his grin, hidden behind the mask. Johnson's hands held her shoulders and she attempted to kick out at the black haired man who held the muzzle. He had to be the one they called Boss. In total there was four men, all dressed near the same.
She snarled when the muzzled was near her mouth, and she turned her head away. She struggled against the hold on her. Johnson punched her in the stomach and she doubled over puking up the little food she had consumed. Well damn. That was fun to consume and now it was on the ground. For a moment she stared at the food sadly, trying to will away the pain in her belly.
No... I ate some of those off Elsa's body. Such a waste. Not sure why i'm sad about that. Maybe because those fruit and yogurt represent good times. Yep. This is some omen or shit like that. I'm going to die. Well at least I didn't die a virgin. Or maybe because I'm not one that's why this is happening. Damn it Kristoff! What were the rules to horror moments?
While she questioned her knowledge on horror movies, Boss gripped her head and shoved the mask onto her face, and he locked it in the back. She panicked when the mask not only covered her mouth but her nose as well. She knew she was hyperventilating, and that she should relax, but she couldn't. What if she died from lack of oxygen?
"Hey Kyle look, she's freaking out." Johnson said, slapping his knee in his amusement. Kyle was a dirty blonde with blue eyes, and he laughed a little. Johnson continued, "Stop panicking you dumb bitch. There is holes for you to breath." Johnson tapped her mask where the small slits were to let her breath.
Boss held his hand out and the fourth man, the one Anna punched in the throat, passed a metal looking tube. Boss grabbed one of her hands and he shoved it down one end of the tube. There was a click and then pressure was on her wrist. He put her other hand in the other end, the same click and pressure on the other arm.
"And now the finishing touches." Boss pulled a pink collar out of his pocket, lifting it to show her the heart shaped tag that hung from it. There was even a little bell that jingled when he shook it. "Look it even has your name. Anna." He lifted it to her neck and in one last attempt to keep him away, she slammed her head hard against his chin.
Boss let out a shout of pain, stumbling back holding his chin. "Feisty bitch." Boss stopped Kyle from hitting her and her relief was short lived. Boss decided to hit her himself. A terrible ringing in her ears made her whimper and she saw spots. In her dazed state, he put the pink collar on her neck. "Brian. Where is the leash?"
Brian, the scrawny, one pulled a leash from his pocket and he passed it to Boss. A final click. Johnson and Kyle let her go and her legs turned to jello. She dropped to her knees and Boss yanked hard on the leash. She fell forward, landing on the metal around her hands, her wrists screamed in protest.
Johnson straddled her like a horse, grabbing her hair and he put his hand in the air. "Giddy up pony bitch!" Boss shoved him off and he yanked hard on the leash.
"Get up flier. We're going for walk. Keep your hands to yourself Johnson." She scrambled to her feet, feeling off balance with her wings curled painfully in. Not to mention her hands were locked together. She followed, eyeing them cautiously.
Who the hell are this guys? What will they do with me? If I get stuck with these freaks, please please don't leave me with Johnson.
"Where are we going?" Her voice sounded strange from behind the mask and Boss looked over his shoulder at her. He yanked on the leash and she nearly fell over again.
"Dogs don't talk. We're going for a walk, so just relax and enjoy it. We will that's for sure."
There was a round of chuckled from the men and she shivered. What was going on?
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Elsa was on the edge of her seat, watching her mothers every move. Mrs. Roe had invited Elsa in for tea and Elsa noticed the wrap on her mothers wrist. She winced, great Anna must have done something to her wrist.
"So glad you took time from your schedule to sit with me Elsa. I can't imagine how time consuming laying with an animal is." Mrs. Roe held her saucer with the teacup on it. Eyeing Elsa while she stirred in some sugar with a spoon.
"Hardly time consuming." Elsa put two lumps of sugar into her tea, gently stirring the sugar in with a spoon, much like her mother.
"I don't wish to dwell on the past right now. As we all know in three days your birthday ball is coming. Very exciting." Her mother didn't sound very excited. "And the day before your birthday ball Mr. Carter is coming down to visit with us on business. And I want you on your very best behavior while he is here. Mr. Carter is giving us another chance."
Elsa nodded, feeling her gut twist. Of course her birthday was just in three days. All the hullabaloo made her forget. How silly. At least she would have Anna there. Maybe she could have a masquerade ball? The mention of Mr. Carter brought her out of her thoughts.
"I will be on my best behavior mother. I promise. I'll make sure Anna is dressed nice, or if prefered, I will keep her away from Mr. Carter so you can do business." Elsa tried to smile at her mother, but it came out as a grimace.
Mrs. Roe took a drink of her tea and then she laughed. Elsa wondered what had her laughing, and she raised the cup to her lips while she waited.
"Were doing business together. This is a family run company. You will work with Mr. Carter as well. Your flier though? We won't have to worry." Her mother took another drink from her tea and Elsa nearly spit out her tea.
"Why won't we have to worry?" Elsa felt like someone was twisting her intestines around. She squirmed and waited impatiently for her mother to finish sipping off her drink.
"I guess I forgot to mention. So very silly of me. I'm having Anna removed from the house for a bit. I don't want her getting in the way." Mrs. Roe smiled at Elsa and the blonde slammed her cup onto the small saucer.
"Removed? How long is a bit mother?" Elsa's hands started shaking and the teacup rattled against its little plate.
"Just until after your birthday I suppose. Mr. Carter should be showing up the day before your birthday. And then there is your birthday itself so I guess total of four days." Mrs. Roe shrugged like it was nothing serious.
"Four days? But… she.. you.. Why?" Elsa put her tea down and started to stand but her mother raised her hand.
"Ah.. She's should already be gone. While we were having tea, I had Vick's boys remove her. She's in very good hands. The best pet sitters out there. No need to worry. Oh look there is one now." Her mother gestured to the door and a man wearing all black walked into the room. He pulled down his black mask and ran his hand through his long black hair.
Elsa could hear a ruckus of other men outside the closed door. Then the man spoke to her mother.
"Mrs. Roe, I am here to send my best wishes to your daughter on her birthday. We won't be here for the massive ball this year." He bowed to Mrs. Roe who grinned in return, he turned to Elsa. "Miss Roe, I wish you a happy early birthday. We have your flier, she is in good hands." Elsa froze at the tone he said the last part, and she watched him leave the room.
He opened the door and Elsa could hear voices grumbling to one another. "What the hell did you do Johnson? Brian give me that."
She heard a thump then Anna's muffled voice. She sounded terrified. "Elsa don't let them take me!" Then the door closed and she couldn't hear anymore.
Elsa felt blood rush to her ears, and she ran to the door, stumbling over her dress once before she ripped the door open. Already turning the corner, four men shoved Anna around. Anna was looking back, eyes wide and she struggled all the more when she caught a tiny glimpse of platinum blonde hair. "Elsa!"
"Anna! Hey wait! You can't just take her!" Elsa grabbed the bottom of her dress and lifted it as she ran down the hall, sliding a little around the corner. She went face to chest with a tall brunette man. He put his hands on her shoulders and she leaned over to see past him.
"Whoa there Miss Roe. Don't worry, your flier will be just fine. In four days it's all yours." Elsa made a feeble attempt to shove him away, but he wouldn't budge. After a moment she gave up and she slammed her knee into his groin. With a groan he cupped himself and fell to the ground.
She smiled and stepped over him. Anna was already down the long hall, going through the front doors. By the time Elsa made it to the doors, Anna was being shoved into the back of a white van. Hubert was holding the door open for the men, but when he noticed Elsa he wrapped his arms around her waist holding her back.
"Miss Roe please calm down. It's only for a few days. Your mother says this is for a reason." Hubert murmured. Elsa watched them slam the back doors shut and they hopped into the van. The brunette she kneed earlier, limp-ran out the door. He opened a sliding side door and he hopped in.
Anna tapped the metal on the metal pieces that covered the window. She wished she could smile to reassure Elsa. But she couldn't and she did her best to wave her bonded hands at her. The van's engine revved slightly and they left.
Anna watched Elsa's struggling form grow smaller until the van turned down the road and all she could see was the trees.
"Bye Elsa. See you in a bit."
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Elsa stormed into the house, finding her mother exactly where she left her. "Why? Why would you send her away? There is no other reason for this. My birthday is in three days. How am I supposed to celebrate it without her there?"
Mrs. Roe raised a brow, drinking her tea, seeming to enjoy this moment. "It's becoming less of a secret in this house about your infatuation with that animal. If Mr. Carter were to catch on, we would be history. Our company and reputation would drop. I refuse to let all that go, over your schoolgirl crush. You also have survived nineteen birthdays without that thing in my house, I am quite sure you will be fine this year." Her mother took a breath and she put her teacup down.
"I had her taken away for her actions. A punishment if you will for cracking my wrist. Since I can't teach you a lesson, I will teach your flier one. I also can't have you whimpering like a wounded dog while Mr. Carter is here either. And I don't want that animal near him. It's a win win for me. You will still be on your very best behavior this week." She got up and patted Elsa on the cheek.
She was so gentle about it Elsa flinched. She nodded and ducked her head, giving up because Anna was already gone. "I will be good mother. Will those men hurt Anna?" She started to wring her hands at the thought.
Mrs. Roe chuckled like it was a ridiculous of Elsa to ask her that. "Of course they will. Nothing will be broken but I paid them handsomely to have fun with her. Perhaps they can beat the will out of her and then all my problems will be solved." Mrs. Roe stepped around Elsa mumbling. "Almost all my problems. Still have you to fix. Oh well. One thing at a time." As she headed for the door she said a final command. " It's late. Go to bed Elsa."
And Elsa did just that, hoping that when she woke up from her nightmare, she would be right next to Anna on the mattress in the attic.
AN: Yay! Anna gets to hang out with the four weirdos and is missing out on Elsa's birthday. No? Ok.
Hope everyone knows I had to dunk myself in Holy water after writing the last chapter. Except i'm the spawn of Satan so it burned like a bitch.
And I am stoked to see that I beat my own record in views in a day. I got around 2.15k views compared to my plain 2k views. (not too big of a difference, but still fun to see it surpass the other one.) I just thought it was nice to see. Well enjoy this chapter. I may or may not have another chapter way later today. So keep an eye out for it as well.
I will SEE you in the NEXT CHAPTER. See ya!