I'm left alone, whoever she is she thinks I'm still asleep. That's good for me, I have time to understand what's going on, where I am and how my situation is. I can't see, but I can hear something. I think I'm somewhere in a basement maybe, I believe it's empty and there are only a few stuffs, because when that woman was speaking on the phone there was the same echo there's in an empty (or at least almost empty) room. I lay on the ground and there's nothing under my body, only the floor, I wish I could see or move but I can't. My wrists and my ankles are tied. I feel the pain in the back of my head, I'd like to know if I'm losing blood, because I feel a bit dizzy.
I try to reach my pocket, I need to know if I still have my phone with me. I hope I'm lucky enough.. shit. I don't feel it! She must have taken it from me. How am I supposed to ask for help now!? I don't know what she wants to do to me, she wants to kill me? She said "out of the picture for good", to me it's like a metaphor for death.
Wait. Is Anna safe? Damn, I hope she isn't in danger! I need to release myself, if only I could.. I hear a noise coming from the outside, someone is exited or entered in the building. No I think someone is going away, because there's the noise of the start of a car. I don't know if now I'm alone or not, I think that woman is bringing my car keys to someone. I want to know who these people are.
I try to sit, my arms are behind my back so I can't take off this bag on my head. I feel something behind me, I'm not sure if it's the wall or a furniture. I search with my body something sharp in order to cut the rope. For now I don' find anything.
I feel my head heavy, I know I can't see nothing, but I look up, as soon as I move I feel some wetness on the back of my head. Yes, I'm losing blood. I think the collar of my shirt is wet. That's bad, it's my favorite shirt. I knew I shouldn't wear it today. Well, I don't think I'll have the problem to wash it.
I keep my research of something sharp. I don't know how much time is passed, I know that I'm feeling always weaker and weaker. I really hope Anna, Meg and Herk are okay, I can trust Herk on protecting Meg. But as far as I know she's never been in danger. If my parents had known about this, would they have helped me? I don't know how their life is going. Are they happy without me in their life? I can't believe that they sent me away and never called me for once. At my mother's birthday I tried to call them, but they didn't answer the phone. I don't even know if they're alive or not. Well, if something bad happens to them I will know from the media. The Arendelle family is well known in the country because it owns a high-technologic company, my parents always wanted me to be the next CEO of their company, but I didn't want to have anything to do with them, so I decided my future alone. They're still upset to me about that, but now they have another reason: their only daughter is a lesbian. Their daughter, who has been kidnapped and probably is going to die. Well, at least they won't have to face the homosexuality problem anymore. I feel my force leaving me and then everything is black once again.
Soon enough that woman walks in the basement and wakes me up kicking my ribs. I grunt at the suddenly pain raising on my chest. The woman walks near to me to take off the bag. Slowly I open my eyes and I start seeing the female figure in front of me. I can't believe that she is behind all of this! But it makes sense, she's always around in the office, but how she knew about the pub and the park?
I'm about to speak when she punches me on my face.
"Don't say a word, bitch." Ariel kicks me one more time, this time on my waist. She grabs a chair and makes me sit on it. She ties me in the chair with a rope passing around my waist and chest. While she's doing that, I look at the room. It's darker than I thought, but there's a little lamp, and I can see that there are a few furniture. Nothing that can be helpful to me. The place is big, as I was thinking earlier. There's a smell of.. fish? I don't know if this is a house or a factory or I'm near a dock.
"Now, while we're waiting for my partner to come, we'll have some fun." She grabs a knife from her pocket and with its tip she's touching slightly my skin. Her eyes are dark, it's like she's not even human. Where is her soul? I look in her eyes and I see nothing. They're empty, there's nothing in there.
The tip of the knife now is touching me deeper, and I can feel my skin burning a little, and I see that blood is start to come behind the knife. I bit my lower lip to suppress a cry. She's damned slow with that weapon and she's enjoying herself. After a while she stops, puts her knife in the pocket and looks at me.
"What does Anna see in you?" my eyes are focused on hers. I don't understand what's going on, this is so surreal. What the hell have I done to deserve this? Why the hell am I in a basement? Why the hell does Ariel want to kill me? But more importantly, what does she wants from Anna?
She punches me in the abdomen, she takes a board and hits my ribs one more time, I start coughing. It's like my throat is burning. I fight to keep back tears, I don't want her to be proud of managing to make me cry. She keeps with the strokes, I want her to stop, but I know that it's useless.
Suddenly she stops, and walks away leaving me alone without saying a word. I try to breath, but every time I take some air in, my ribs ache.
"Look who we have here." I recognize the voice. Oh come on, are you kidding me? If someone thinks that this is something funny I'm the Queen of some important Kingdom.
"You." My eyes are burning with anger as soon as they meet that face.
"Happy to see me, Ice Queen?" No, I'm not happy at all. I want to kill you, to choke you.
"What do you want from me, Hans?" He smiles at me, he's enjoying the view of me, unable to move, losing blood from almost everywhere now.
"I've told you. I want you to stay away from Anna." I try to make a smile.
"Well, now I'm away." He laughs.
"Oh yes, you are. And you're going to stay away for a long time. My dear Ariel and I will make sure you won't come back to Anna. Ever." Dear Ariel? What the..? I look at the woman, and she.. oh God. She's kissing him, I can see their tongues. That is something I didn't want to see, it's disgusting. I don't know if it's more painful see Hans making out with someone or the injuries I currently have. Well, I guess that now I know a bit more about what's going on.
"You want to kill me, isn't it? Tell me, why?" Hans looks at me, ending their kiss. Thanks God. He slaps Ariel's butt and she smirks at him, licking his ear. I'm feeling sick.
"Well, you've interfered with our plan. And I don't like who don't mind their own business."
"Your plan? You want to take Anna's company, I already know that. I know that the marriage is a farce."
"Oh well, since you're going to die, I can tell you that. I'll marry Anna, I'll take my share of the company, then I'll kill Anna and I'll be the CEO. After that I'll marry my love, Ariel. You were destroying everything. Anna's feelings for you are back, I don't even know if they ever disappeared. I know she wants to call off the wedding. I can't let that happen. But now, you'll disappear, she'll think you run away and she'll resign herself to think that you didn't love her for real. She'll marry me, and everything will be okay." I look at him, what's wrong whit those people!? What kind of plan is that? I'm going to die for that reason? Really? He comes near to me, his fingers on my chin.
"You know, I'd like to know what Anna see in you." He kisses me. His lips are on my own and I'm not liking this. He ends quickly the kiss, thanks God again. His eyes are locked on me. "I don't think it's because you're a good kisser." Ariel chuckles at his words and says.
"Love, you kiss better than anyone, Anna doesn't appreciate it, and well, I prefer this way. I don't want to kill her before the wedding and ruin the plan." He nods to her and lets go my chin, the he walks away heading toward Ariel.
"I know, darling. Believe me when I say that I don't like to kiss her, the only one I want is you, and you know that, right?" she kisses him again, oh God, I'm going to throw up.
"I know. Now, when we'll kill her?" Oh nice, they discuss my murder in front of me.
"Soon, I have to find a way to dispose of her once she'll be dead. It happens everything so suddenly. But don't worry, love. Soon you'll be able to kill her. If you want you can play with her, but don't go too far, okay?"
"All right. I'll keep her alive until you give me the go-ahead." She smiles at him and they leave me alone.
All right. One thing is clear: they're insane. I need to run away, I have to find a way to release myself from these damn ropes. I can't let them doing what they've just told me. I can't believe Anna's going to die because of that psycho. I've always known that he wasn't okay. I think I understand that they don't know that Anna is aware of the messages. She knows that I should be at work by now. I want to know what time it is. She would have noticed my absence from work, she knows that I don't skip work. Yesterday I told her that I would have came later. She knows that this morning I was with Meg. I can't do anything from here, I can't call for help, I need to go upstairs and find a phone. I guess Meg will notice my absence too, hoping she's not too focused on her fiancée. They're my only hope for now. I wish my phone is in the house. I'm lucky enough that I'm not going to die soon, I have time to escape. Yeah.. well, I hope at least.
I keep moving my wrists trying to loosen the grip of the ropes, I know this isn't going to end well for my wrists, the rope could cut my flesh but I don't care. I grit my teeth, I can feel a bit of pain. I need to go to Anna, to Phil and let him put these two in jail.
Suddenly the door opens and walks in Ariel with a grin on her face. She has brass knuckles. No, not again please.
"Let's have some fun."