Elsa heard the pattering of a set of small feet, accompanied by a small sing-songy voice.
"Olaf," Elsa whispered through the barred window of the door.
"Elsa!" Olaf said. "What are you doing in there?"
"Von Schwicke put me in here," Elsa said, peering down to the small snowman. "Is Anna okay?"
"Right now she is, but Von Schwicke put her in the large cage with his new creation," Olaf said, pointing with his right stick arm to the city.
"Dear God," Elsa said.
Suddenly, the sound of heavy boots thundering up the gangplank reached Elsa's ears.
"Olaf, go hide," Elsa said. "When the men leave, go and try to find any files that are in Von Schwicke's office."
The small snowman nodded, and dashed off.
Once the snowman rounded the corner, the door to Elsa's room opened to reveal three men, two large and one average-sized.
"Queen Elsa," a large man said. "Mister Von Schwicke would like to see you." Elsa nodded and followed the men to the town square. Approaching a small structure with a locked door, Elsa wondered what Von Schwicke had done to her sister. The man technically had all of the authority in the kingdom now that the queen had surrendered.
Elsa watched as the average-sized man unlocked the door with a skeleton key. The door opened, revealing Anna, when Elsa was roughly shoved inside the small building and re-enveloped in darkness.
"Elsa?" Anna said as she groped through the darkness.
"I'm here," the elder sister said, feeling Anna's hand touch her leg when the two pulled each other into a squeezing hug.
"Elsa, what's going to happen to us?" Anna said, clearly scared.
Elsa was completely honest. "I do not know."
"I'll tell you what's going to happen to us," Owen's voice said through the darkness. "Von Schwicke is going to feed us to his new dinosaur. But, I know him. He likes things to be in the form of a game. He will let us out, and we'll essentially be gladiators, fighting his monsterosity." They heard Kristoff groan.
"This is what we were essentially planning on doing in the first place," Barry said.
Almost as if it was a cue, a set of double doors opened, flooding the interior of the room with light.
The group walked out, looking around. They were inside a large paddock. A very large set of doors with a wooden bar across them were facing the harbor.
"Welcome, Queen Elsa," Von Schwicke said from atop a platform along the top of the fence, with Vic Hoskins at his side. "I'm glad you could join us."
"What do you want?" Elsa spat. "You have Arendelle."
"I have decided to give you all a fighting chance," Von Schwicke said. "I release this beast, and you all fight it. You win, I leave. It wins... well, you get the idea."
Elsa glared up at the man. Taking into account the sharpshooters positioned along the top of the fence, she didn't think it was all that wise to shoot a blast of ice at the leader.
"Release!" Von Schwicke shouted. The large bar was raised and the large, ebony beast stomped out. It stared at its sacrificial prey, waiting for the signal to attack.
"You see, Owen," Hoskins said, leaning over the railing. "Progress is inevitable. War is part of nature. Everything on this planet is trying to murder the other. It's Mother Nature's way of testing her creations; refining the pecking order. Without war, you end up with places like this, a so-called 'safe haven' where people live out their pitiful lives in the illusion of peace and harmony."
"Do you hear yourself when you talk?" Owen asked. Anna snorted in amusement.
"You have as long as it takes," Von Schwicke said dismissively. He raised his right hand to head level, and snapped his fingers.
The black dinosaur roared and strode forward menacingly. Elsa readied her powers. Owen's hands tensed on his gun. Kristoff cocked his crossbow.
The dinosaur snapped down at its hapless prey. Elsa dodged out of the way and shot out a blast of ice. The dinosaur was knocked down on its side with a short roar.
It was easy. Almost too easy...
The dinosaur rose up, and snarled at its assailant.
"You should know, Queen Elsa," Von Schwicke called down from his platform. "The Carcharodontosaurus Maximus is immune to magical attacks. Only physical forms of attack can injure it."
The monstrosity swiped at Anna with a deadly clawed hand, sending the princess flying through the air. Elsa quickly conjured a pile of snow to cushion her sister's landing. Blue shrieked dangerously at the Carcharodontosaurus, stomping her clawed foot, her sisters following suit. The quartet of human-sized predators stalked forward, waiting for their signal.
Seeing that they were all at the ready, Owen pursed his lips.
The shrill tone sent the Velociraptors into a frenzy, Blue and Charlie charging at their opponent, while Delta and Echo dashed around each side of the giant predator. Blue and Charlie leapt up onto the sides of the predator, clawing and biting. Owen unleashed three shots from his gun. Kristoff let a bolt fly from his crossbow. The black monster roared furiously, snapping its large jaws at Echo, who jumped out of the way. Reaching back to grab one of the little pests on its back, the Carcharodontosaurus grabbed Charlie, and chucked her at Elsa. The queen saw the oncoming body, and made a pile of soft snow. Landing, Charlie hopped back up onto her feet, and rushed back into the battle.
Delta snarled, and took Charlie's place on their attacker's back, biting angrily.
Echo, latched her teeth onto the thick, pitch-colored tail, and was promptly swung around, hanging onto dear life, clenching her jaws fiercely.
Blue hung on, leaping out of the way of the monster's jaws as they snapped close to her as she slammed her sickle-claws into the hide of the beast. The beast roared in fury and snapped its jaws at Blue with an audibly-thick snap.
Anna watched as the ebony hellion flung its tail, sending Echo through the fencing, making a clean hole in the bars. Echo shook her head, clearing lights from her vision before charging back into the fight.
A wall of ice appeared in front of Anna, sending her stumbling back. She watched as a black mass swiped through the air, smashing the icy shield.
Owen fired two more shots at the monster, his gaze firm.
Anna watched in terror as Delta was wrenched from the beast's back, and hurled out of the paddock. A crash that followed indicated that she had crashed into a house. Two moments later, She catapulted herself over the fence, and continued to attack.
Indi heard the loud roar of a dangerous predator coming up from the city. Rotating his head, he looked down. Snarling, he roared to his pack. The four predators came to him, and followed him to the trolls.
Grand Pabbie was waiting for him there.
"Indi," the elder troll said as the white carnivore shrank down to his human form. "Come." Indi kneeled, humbling himself to the wise one who had seen much. "You are in the midst of a great battle. One that will decide the fate of everyone. Your mother believed in you. Now you must believe in yourself. I have looked down into Arendelle, and have seen a great threat. It endangers all you care for." Indi suddenly knew that the 'threat' was what he heard. "You feel that the predatory side of you will destroy you if it shows. You need to stop this thinking, and realize that it is in fact, your greatest strength. The main feeling you need to keep in mind is courage." the troll reached up and pat Indi's shoulder. "Don't force it. Guide it."
Indi furrowed his brow in contemplation.
"Go," the troll said. "Destiny awaits." Grand pabbie rolled back into a rock. Indi rose and turned to the city, knowing that he had a meeting to attend. Transforming, he walked off, Lapsus and the raptors following.
Looking over the valley, Indi felt the troubling emotions from the town. He felt fear, worry, pain, and many others. He charged down the slope, the anger in him boiling. He had caught the very faint scent of George von Schwicke.
The predatory side of him bubbled, the overwhelming hunger inside him rising up. No, he thought. Stay down. Then he remembered Grand Pabbie's words.
"Don't control it. Guide it."
Alright, he thought. Come out, but do as I say.
As he continued to charge down the mountain, he unleashed an anger-filled roar that shook everything around him.
The princess watched in terror as the raptors(who were being guided by Barry), Owen, Elsa, and Kristoff all attacked the Carcharodontosaurus. Anna felt that she was just in the way, for she was near-constantly dodging things that came at her.
As the black tail swung past her, Anna felt the ground vibrate. And she was certain that it wasn't the massive creature before her.
Then, a sound, almost a whisper, reached her ears. It was distinct, characteristic, even. Another small tremor shook the ground between the larger tremors that the Carcharodontosaurus made with its footsteps.
Turning to where the sound came from, Anna ran towards the hole in the fence made by Echo. Looking back, she watched as the tail whooshed over she head, brushing her hair as it passed.
Elsa watched, stunned, as her beloved sister ran right through a major battle to the hole in the fence.
Go Elsa thought to her sister as another blast of ice was released. Get out of here and to somewhere safe.
The black Carcharodontosaurus snapped at her, and ended up with a blue-grey raptor on its face digging its claws in. It roared in frustration, attempting to pry the little morsel off. Owen used this opportunity to shoot at the obsidian beast, hence enraging it even more.
The dinosaur let out a sound so loud and high that it sounded reminiscent of a woman's scream of sheer terror.
The fighters of Arendelle fell back to regroup. They all stared up at the ebony foe with dread. They couldn't keep this up for much longer. Sooner or later, someone had to give.
Anna ran as fast as she could, past Brynn, who ran with Anna after seeing the princess dash by.
"Anna?"
"Stay with the children!" Anna said as she ran, her arms pumping. "Things are going to get very rough in a real hurry!" And she ran away, leaving Brynn behind.
Anna ran to the wall, staring up at it. It was hard to believe they had built it to protect the people of Arendelle against the very things that they now needed for protection. A motion to her left caught her attention. Three large, burly men approached her.
"Where do you think you are going, Your Highness?" One said.
Before Anna could respond, a taller figure came out of the shadows and revealed a plank of wood. Before any of the men could move, the plank went to the sides of the men's head in one sweep, knocking them out cold.
"Your Highness," the figure said, bowing deeply his voice gruff.
"Lorenzo?"
"Aye," the man said. "I have come to help."
"We need..." Anna began.
"I know what you need," Lorenzo said. He tossed her a torch, which Anna caught nimbly. "When he chases you...run." Anna watched as the man whom she thought was an enemy light her torch and grabbed a lever on the side of the wall. Anna stared straight ahead, watching as a heavy gate rolled up.
Through the darkness, peering through the gloom, reflecting the light of her torch, Anna saw two large, glowing, eyes twenty feet up, on a telltale face that was covered in white scales approaching her, not sixty feet away.
As the new warrior treaded heavily through the gate, the ground shook. Anna turned to her left, raising the the torch above her head, she ran as fast as she could back to the battle site.
Taking three steps through the wall, Indi lowered his head and roared fiercely, following the glowing flame and the person carrying it.
Brynn heard the distinct roar blast through the city. Turning to the north, she saw Princess Anna, charging through the town with a flaming torch, with a large white carnivore following her.
Charging through the city, Anna heard the cheering. Everything seemed to slow down to a crawl. Her footsteps clipping on the cobblestones, the clapping and cheers of the crowds. Still she kept running.
Rounding the corner, Anna saw the paddock come into view.
The only sounds she truly heard were the thuds of Indi's footsteps echoing in her ears and her own heartbeat, the two of which were in sync with one another.
Elsa dodged another tail-swipe from the Carcharodontosaurus, and shot a blast of ice at the ground, creating spears of icicles that pointed towards the creature, which were promptly smashed.
A motion from the hole in the fence caught everybody's attention. Turning her head, Elsa saw Anna run through the hole, holding a flaming torch.
What is..?
Anna threw the torch at the black Carcharodontosaurus, getting its attention, before diving out of the way.
Before Elsa could form another thought in her head, she glimpsed a white mass manifest behind the fencing to the paddock.
Before Anna hit the ground, a scaly, white head with large, dagger-sized teeth and goldenrod eyes burst through the fence, followed by the rest of the fifty-foot body, wooden fragments scattering. His right foot hit the ground heavily, taking all of his weight. Then, his left foot came down.
Indi roared viciously at the Carcharodontosaurus, a hellish scream from some primordial, alien world echoing through the town. Covering her ears, Elsa barely heard the shattering of many windows over the sheer volume of the blare.
Indi stepped forward, raising his head up menacingly, jaws working. His left foot came down right next to Anna, who was lying on the ground, staring up at the bleached beast. He turned his head down to look at the princess, and stared into her eyes. Emitting a low, stuttering growl, he told Anna to do one thing.
Run.
Anna scrambled to her feet and rushed to her sister.
"Elsa!" she yelled as she rushed into her sister's arms. They quickly embraced, then Anna grabbed the queen's arm, and pulled her towards the large, white creature, who was snarling at the black beast in front of him.
"RUN!" Owen yelled as he stormed by, followed by Barry and the raptors. Kristoff took Anna's left hand, and pulled Anna and Elsa along with him. Elsa looked back, watching as the Carcharodontosaurus rushed at Indi. Her friend grabbed the beast by its neck with his jaws, disrupting its trajectory. Indi swung his head back and forth, ripping at the black skin. The ebony monster tore free, now enraged. It snapped its jaws together with a thick snap, then rushed Indi once again, its jaws gaping.
Elsa rushed out of the paddock, and looked back. To her horror, both large carnivores came out of the pen, snapping and roaring at each other. Indi bit down hard on the Carcharodontosaurus' neck, making his opponent scream. The beast broke free, and sank its fangs into Indi's torso. The white gladiator screamed, his shriek deafening.
Elsa could not just stand there and let her friend get slaughtered. She started forward, only to feel a restraining arm around her middle.
"No, Queen Elsa," Owen said. "This is Indi's fight."
The two turned to watch the battle.
Indi, using his arms, pried the jaws off him, and fell back momentarily. Regrouping, he rushed his opponent, snapping his jaws around the muzzle, and clamped down. The beast pulled back, Indi's teeth tearing off black skin.
Indi and the Carcharodontosaurus circled each other counterclockwise, snapping and growling. Indi made the first move, lunging for the left leg, for it was the closest thing to him. When his teeth were inches away from his target, Indi felt a horrible pain in the back of his neck. He was pulled away from his target, his fangs clamping down on air. His eyes shut in agony, trying to wrench away from his attacker.
He felt himself get thrown, his clawed feet scraping along the cobblestone-covered ground. His massive bulk slammed into a shop, the wall crashing down, covering the reptilian form in rubble.
"Indi!" Elsa screamed. The voice caught the monster's senses, drawing its to them. Elsa readied her abilities, Owen reloaded his gun, and the Velociraptors snarled threateningly.
The Carcharodontosaurus Maximus was nearly upon them, bearing down like death itself.
Elsa saw the jaws open, teeth lining the rim like a cavern. It lunged at her, when the teeth closed right in front of her nose. The jaws snapped again, closing just in front of her. But death did not come.
The beast was yanked backwards, its startled squeak a little pathetic. Indi roared viciously as he clamped down, pulling back. The Carcharodontosaurus tore free, and swung its claws at Indi. Indi stepped back, lowering his head before rushing the foe. He slightly misjudged the position his jaws needed to go, and missed the targeted area. The black creature raised his clawed hands, and slammed them downward.
"NO!" Elsa screamed as talons entered Indi's skin. Indi roared in pain and anguish, trying to escape the painful attack. The black dinosaur tore its claws out of Indi's scaly back, the wounds gushing out blood, the scarlet liquid splashing on the ground. Indi staggered away, growling in pain.
Indi shook his head, and looked back at the people cowering behind him.
He snarled angrily, and surged forward with a vicious roar. He slashed at the Carcharodontosaurus with his claws, angrily ripping flesh.
Fed up, the black hellion rammed its teeth into Indi's side, and bit down. Elsa heard the sickening crunch of bones, Indi's chest horribly malformed. Indi snarled in torment, his eyes closed, his breath ragged and labored. The Carcharodontosaurus raised itself up in dominance, rushed forward, and slammed its claws into Indi's chest from below. The angry scream emanating from Indi's throat echoed around the city as he was re-thrown across the ground.
Indi lay on the ground, his eyes glazed over. He stared up lifelessly at the dark form above him.
As the Carcharodontosaurus pressed its heavy hands down onto the head of Arendelle's supreme warrior, Indi gave one last struggle, to no avail. It bent down, its jaws opening, teeth nearing its target.
A loud bellowing roar stopped the death from coming. The Carcharodontosaurus paused to look up, and saw a large, brown predator with scares along its chest striding quickly forward, its mouth open, six-inch teeth bared.
Brynn grabbed the black beast by its neck and threw it away from Indi. She roared deeply, stepping protectively over her friend, and growled darkly as the dark monster regained its footing. It charged her, only to receive a set of teeth in its face. Brynn snapped angrily, crunching down on air, asserting her dominance and power. When the beast rushed her once again, it felt another set of teeth enter its back, causing it to arch its back in pain.
Indi snarled, red liquid covering his face. He slashed the beast's side with his hand claws, its blood raining down on the ground, mixing with his. Brynn sank her teeth into the Carcharodontosaurus' neck, biting down with nearly 12,800 pounds of force.
Yet, somehow, the Carcharodontosaurus still fought on. The two Arendellian predators worked together, shoving their adversary around, biting, clawing, ripping.
Soon, nearly exhausted, Indi looked at Brynn, her face covered in blood, several wounds adding to the scars she had already. He knocked her aside, and ran forward. The Carcharodontosaurus roared, its mouth opening as wide as it would go. Indi ran forward, and quickly transformed into his human form. He misjudged slightly, and his momentum was so great, he flew directly into the mouth of the beast. The jaws shut with a great snap, Anna would have sworn she heard the sound of crunching bones.
"INDI!" Elsa screamed. Brynn roared in defiance. The Carcharodontosaurus Maximus roared. The raptors shrieked, darting forward, giving Brynn backup.
Suddenly, the Carcharodontosaurus exploded mid-roar, blood and guts spewing everywhere. The head flew directly at the royal sisters, only landing a few feet away from them. And there, standing in the middle of all the carnage, was Indi, breathing heavily, skin white and scaly. Well, red and scaly.
Elsa cautiously strode over to her friend. "Indi?"
Indi growled weakly, before falling over with a great thud. The people of Arendelle gathered in the town square to honor the fallen warrior.
