Anders is up to absolutely no good this chapter. The darkness truly is upon us now. Massive trigger warning for pretty much the entire chapter.
"Anna!" Elsa seemed to have been abruptly awoken, and she immediately started screaming for her sister. Anna was so relieved to hear it really was her sister who was dragged into the house. "ANNA! Are you okay?! Honey, can you hear me?! You let her go, you let my sister go!"
"Fine," Anders said calmly. Anna heard a metallic click.
"Is that how you want me to let her go? Because that's the only way I will."
Anna could tell Elsa was crying.
"No, no, please don't kill her, please, I'll do anything."
"That's exactly what I was counting on."
Anna could feel something tugging on the back of her head, and she struggled against whatever it was. Suddenly she was blinded by a brilliant light and an intense pain in her mouth.
Anders had removed the bag from her head but had immediately shoved the gag back into her mouth and tied her head back to the post. Anna immediately looked at her sister, tears spilling down her face. Elsa had a bloody gash on the side of her head which was still trickling blood. Each of her limbs was chained spread eagle to a metal frame on the outer wall of the dilapidated house they were in, completely immobilizing her.
"Anna!" she sobbed, "Anna, don't worry, I'll get you out of here, okay? I'll get you out." Anna tried shaking her head or pleading with her sister with her eyes, but she could hardly move at all - but she didn't want her sister dying for her.
"The only way you'll do that is by doing what I say," Anders said calmly.
"This means war on Weselton, I hope you know," Elsa said.
"Not your call anymore. Although I suppose I don't care if you do. Weselton means nothing to me."
"What do you want?" Elsa demanded through gritted teeth.
Anders said simply, "You."
"What does that mean? Why did you take my sister?"
"All in good time," he grinned. "First things first."
He took a knife out of its sheath on his side and quickly cut Anna on the outside of her arm. She let out a muffled scream while Elsa let out a real one.
"No! No! Stop it!" Elsa yelled.
Anders merely held the knife to Anna's throat which made Elsa stop pleading immediately. "First things first. You disobey me, I don't hurt you - I hurt Anna. Got it?"
Elsa nodded.
He cut Anna again.
"Yes!" Elsa sobbed. "I understand!"
Anders grinned. "Good. Second, you do exactly as I say, and I'll let Anna go after this is all over. You don't make it out of here alive though. But you have a chance to save your sister."
Elsa simply nodded. All she cared about was Anna. Anna, however, started shaking violently and crying, trying to plead with her sister to not do this just by looking at her. But she knew Elsa would save her over herself every time.
"Excellent," Anders continued. "First thing I need you to do is tell the other spirits not to intervene."
Elsa stared at him, mouth ajar for a moment. How did he know that? Anna thought. Very few people outside of the Northuldra knew that Elsa was a spirit, let alone in communication with others.
"Now." He held the knife up to Anna's throat again.
"Ah... uh... okay, um, I need you to let Gale - I mean the wind spirit, into the house."
"You or Gale try anything funny and it does not end well for Anna." He pulled his gun back out of its holster, pointed it at Anna, and moved towards the front door.
Elsa nodded.
When Anders opened the door, Gale came in with a fury. But Elsa immediately commanded, "Gale, calm down. We have to do what this man wants or he'll hurt Anna. Please listen to me."
Gale calmed and became just a gentle breeze.
With tears in her eyes, Elsa said, "I need you to tell the other spirits not to intervene with what I'm doing here. I'm trying to save Anna's life, and I need you to trust me, okay?"
Gale gave a little chirp.
Anders added, "And it needs to not tell the others or anyone else what's going on or where we are."
Elsa repeated what he said to Gale. Gale chirped again and left. Anders closed the door and went back to standing by Anna.
"Great. Now I need you to tell me how to disable the other spirits."
"No!" Elsa cried instinctively.
Anders immediately pistol-whipped Anna, who almost lost consciousness.
"No! I'm sorry, please, I just mean I don't know how!"
"That's unfortunate," Anders said. He took another clump of cloth out of his pocket and violently shoved it into Elsa's mouth, tying a piece of rope around her head to keep it in place, as well. Elsa's eyes got wide as she realized he meant to hurt Anna even more for something she didn't even know anything about.
Anna merely stared at her sister, feeling almost nothing inside at this point. She didn't know how this evil man planned to hurt her, but she knew it would be worse than anything Hans had ever done. And whatever this man did to her would hurt her sister just as much, if not more.
Anders walked over to Anna while Elsa was screaming through the gag as loud as she could, tears falling from her eyes, and released her gag saying, "Talk or try anything funny, and I'll cut off your ear." Anna knew he would. Whatever it was, she would just have to bear it.
But she never expected what he was doing now. She almost felt her heart stop when she saw him methodically undoing his trousers, taking them off, folding them neatly, and letting his hard cock flop around in the cold air.
"Suck until I tell you to stop," were his only words. Anna could hear Elsa screaming through her gag but had resigned herself to her fate. She knew deep down neither of them was making this out of it alive if he stayed in charge. They'd have to survive long enough for someone to find them. So she let him shove his cock into her mouth, choking her over and over again, grabbing her hair hard enough to pull strands out from her scalp, all while holding a knife to her ear which made small cuts in it every time he came back into the back of her mouth again.
Anna couldn't even cry through all of it. She was completely numb at this point. Her hands and feet had lost circulation, and her mind was in pure survival mode. Even in the moment though, she knew if they ever made it out of this, they'd never be the same.
He finally came in the back of her mouth, forcing her to swallow everything. Afterward, he calmly tied the gag back into her mouth without letting her say a word and put his trousers back on.
Turning back to Elsa he said, "You'd better hope you know the answers to my requests from here on out."
I warned you...
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