Chapter 12: Unhealed wounds.

"Elvira? Elvira, wake up. Kristoff will be arriving shortly." Anna said as she knocked at her sister's door. She still didn't want to see her and she was still very upset with her… but she needed her. Elsa needed her, and so she had to fetch her to see Kristoff, even if she really didn't want to.

"Go away." A muffled voice sounded from inside the room.

"I can't do that. You were the one who called Kristoff, and this is your plan, so get your ass out here now!" Anna demanded exasperatedly. She really hated when Elvira decided to stay in bed all day.

"What's the point? You hate me. I bet you don't even want to see me. You go and talk to Kristoff, let him help you and forget about me."

"Is this all about what I say yesterday? Because I'm not going to apologize." Anna could already feel her anger rising. She wanted to yell at her sister and hurt her even more than the previous day, even if she knew that wasn't a good idea and that she'd probably regret it later.

"No, I just want to be alone. I don't want to help you anymore, so fuck off." Elvira was obviously trying to sound angry and menacing, but to Anna she just sounded half-asleep.

"Is she ready yet?" Elsa startled Anna as she appeared behind her, having already dressed herself. She looked at the redhead with concern, since last night she hadn't told her anything about her "date" with Elvira, and had just cried her eyes out in her arms. Elsa had wanted to strangle the black-haired girl as soon as she found a cold and wet Anna at the doorframe, but she assured her it wasn't completely Elvira's fault, and so she'd let her live. For now.

"She won't come out." Anna sighed, glaring at the door. "I honestly should just barge in and slap her out of bed."

"That's probably not a bad idea. I'll help you with the slapping part." Elsa smirked, and though she said it like a joke, she actually meant it. She really hated that girl. Anna, however, just laughed and shook her head.

"I don't think I can just crash down her door."

"It's worth a shot though, right?" Elsa half joked.

"Okay… here we go." Anna apparently had taken Elsa's words a little too seriously, and so, before the blonde could stop her, was throwing herself against the piece of wood with all her strength… and it actually budged in a little. But just when she was going to throw herself at it again, a voice was heard from inside.

"Wait! I'm coming, geez!" At this Anna smirked and looked at Elsa, giving her a wink, which told her the redhead had probably planned for this all along.

There was a sound like Elvira had stumbled and cursed, then some ruffling, probably from her putting on some clothes, and then finally the door opened. Elvira stood there with her black hair terribly messed up, dark circles under her eyes and skin paler than usual, wearing a simple black t-shirt and baggy grey pants. Her clothes were wrinkled and covered with food stains. She looked terrible, and in other circumstances Anna would've probably worried about her, but she reminded herself that she was mad at her sister, and so didn't comment on her appearance.

"I'm going to take a bath." Elvira said with annoyance. "Don't bother me until I'm finished."

"But Kristoff is going to arrive soon and you haven't even had breakfast."

"Not hungry." Elvira shrugged and turned to close the door, but as she did so Elsa noticed she supported the majority of her body weight with her arms. She was tightly clutching the doorknob, and her right leg was slightly lifted up from the ground as she walked… like she was hurt.

"Wait!" She called her, startling both girls. "What happened to your leg?"

"Nothing." Elvira glared at her, clearly upset that she'd noticed, trying to cover up her injury.

"Then can you show us?" Elsa countered.

"I'm not showing you my leg." She practically snarled and tried to close the door, but Anna stopped her.

"Why? Are you hiding something?" She asked, narrowing her eyes, obviously having noticed the subtle clues Elsa had seen.

"N-No… I just don't want to waste time with this." She said, trying to appear angry, but obviously afraid they would find the truth.

"Really?" Anna raised an eyebrow as she pushed the door open, making Elvira let go of it and fall as her injured leg wouldn't support her.

"Fuck!" She cursed, trembling as she carefully brought her hands to the damaged limb, pulling it close in a futile attempt to ease the pain.

"Nothing, huh?" Anna crossed her arms as she eyed her lying in the ground, but Elvira just glared at her.

"Be more careful, you idiot!" She snapped, the pain making her even more aggressive than usual.

"Why? I thought your leg was just fine." Anna said, playing innocent, but in that moment she felt Elsa's hand of her shoulder and turned to her.

"Anna…" She chastised, not wanting to antagonize the girl any more in case she decided not to continue helping them.

"Fine." She rolled her eyes before going and helping Elvira up (even if the girl protested a little, saying she didn't need help) before placing her on the bed and, before she could utter a word, pulling down her pants, revealing… both girls gasped at the sight: it was a deep wound, not quite closed but clearly not recent, and the skin around it was purple-ish. It didn't look good at all. It appeared to be infected.

"W-what happened to you?!" Elsa almost screamed, obviously horrified by the sight.

"Got in a fight." Elvira shrugged and looked to the side, avoiding her sister's angry stare.

"You what?!" Anna shrieked, not because she hadn't been expecting that answer, but because she didn't like when Elvira put herself in danger like that. "Why didn't you go to the doctor?!" The older girl rolled her eyes at the question; it was quite obvious.

"I didn't want our parents to find out."

"But… it could get infected! What if you lose your leg?!" Anna chastised, clearly worried about her.

"Why do you even care?" Elvira spat, now more defensive than Elsa had ever seen her.

"Because I'm your sister! And sisters care for each other!" Anna yelled, angry and hurt. It was obvious this wound caused her more pain than it did Elvira, just not physical pain. It hurt her seeing her sister being so reckless, purposely putting herself in dangerous situations, probably because of the thrill of it. It made Elsa hate her even more, especially since she was putting her wonderful girlfriend through a lot of stress… but unfortunately she didn't have a chance to give her a piece of her mind, since in that moment the doorbell rang.

"Fuck! It must be Kristoff." Anna cursed. "Now I'll have to tell him to leave."

"No." Elsa stopped her as something occurred to her. "He's a med student. Maybe he can help Elvira?"

"I think it's better if we take her to a hospital." Anna protested.

"I prefer Kristoff, if you don't mind." Elvira said, just as Elsa thought she would, and Anna just sighed in defeat.

"Alright… I guess I can't change your mind, and I'm not going to drag you all the way to the hospital so… I'm gonna fetch Kristoff. Elsa, can you stay here and see that she doesn't hurt herself? Thanks." That said, Anna ran to answer the door, even if she knew the butler had probably opened already, leaving Elsa alone with her sister. That was perfect; she'd been wanting to ask a few questions.

"Elvira… what did you do to Anna yesterday?" Elsa asked as soon as Anna was out of the room, a stern expression clear on her face.

"Nothing." Elvira rolled her eyes. "She just overreacted, really."

"She came home soaking wet and crying, and she wouldn't talk about what happened. I spent hours hugging her and assuring her everything was alright before she fell asleep, so don't tell me it was nothing." She warned her, narrowing her eyes in a threatening way and crossing her arms over her chest. In that moment, she noticed Elvira's guilty expression.

"I didn't mean to upset her." She sighed, lowering her gaze, pretending to be examining her wound.

"But you did." Elsa chastised her. "And I warn you, if you make her cry again, I won't let you come near us ever again."

"You can't do that. She's my sister!" She protested.

"Yes, and she cares about you; she'd be miserable without you in her life. That's the only reason I'm not trying to kill you right now."

"You don't have the guts to kill." Elvira mumbled, her eyes darkening for a second, giving Elsa chills.

"And you do?" Elsa asked despite her brain telling her not to. Elvira's lack of answer just made it worse, and she considered for a moment just asking Anna to run away with her, if only to get away from the Clone Center without having to deal with her psychopath sister. But she knew she couldn't ask Anna to give up on her family for her… a family that unfortunately included Elvira. She was obviously a difficult person, and probably had some mental issues and an astounding capacity to get herself in trouble, but Anna wouldn't be so distressed if she didn't love her. Not romantically, Elsa was almost sure about that, but Anna did love her in a sisterly way, and that made this all worse for all of them.

She remembered how Anna was always remembering all the things she'd done with her sister in the week she'd spent with her. How worried she was about her getting in trouble and hurting herself, and how upset she was when she found out about her incestuous feelings. So upset in fact that she'd ranted about how unfair it was of her to ignore her for so many years and then come out with something like this expecting her to just date her like nothing were wrong. She'd only calmed down when Elsa had started kissing her, but even then Elsa knew she was still upset.

Her suppositions had only been confirmed when Anna had came home at night and practically threw herself in her arms, crying desperately, mumbling something about Elvira being an idiot. She was hurt, and sad, and probably angry, and she said she hated her sister, but both of them knew that wasn't true. It was all wrong and complicated, but none of them could see a way around it… and Anna was the most affected by it, if her hostile attitude towards Elvira earlier was any indication. Elsa just hoped that by the end of the week it all would be sorted out.

Five minutes after getting out of the room and leaving Elsa and Elvira in uncomfortable silence, Anna returned with a confused Kristoff behind her. He had expected to see Elvira after all, not her little sister, but when she'd said Elvira needed help, he hadn't hesitated a moment before rushing upstairs to see her.

They entered to find Elsa sitting on a chair with an expression of total discomfort and Elvira still lying on the bed without pants, just looking at the ceiling. And Kristoff didn't know what he wanted to do most; keep ogling at Elvira's legs, go hug the clone and ask her what was she doing there, or rush to inspect Elvira's wound. Fortunately he didn't have to decide.

"Kristoff!" Elsa exclaimed as she got up and rushed to hug him, and action he promptly reciprocated, remembering the last time he'd hugged her.

"H-hey… what are you doing here? I mean… I'm happy to see you alive… but how?" He asked, breaking the hug to be able to look her in the eye and confirm she was indeed who he thought she was.

"It's a long story." Elsa said, still smiling, happy to have re-encountered her old friend.

"And we don't have time for it." Elvira's grumpy voice interrupted the happy reunion, making them all turn to look at her. "I'm wounded, remember?" She pointed to her leg, but before Kristoff could go and see it up-close, Anna stopped him.

"You've been wounded for god-knows how long. A few more minutes won't kill you." She said, and Elvira was about to protest again when she started narrating all what had happened with Elsa ever since she'd found her at the hospital (omitting certain intimate moments, of course, even if she was tempted to mention them just to upset Elvira). Elsa just let her talk, only interrupting here and there to add some details, but talking really wasn't her thing.

Once she'd finished, requesting his help to bring down the Clone Center, he looked at them awkwardly. When he'd agreed to have lunch with the hot girl he'd met the other night he never expected to end up discovering that she was the person Elsa had been made of, nor to find out the real reason Elsa wasn't like the other clones (they'd only told him that there was an error while genetically modifying her), or to be expected to help them find proof. But then again, Elsa was her friend, and this could impress Elvira enough to accept to go out with him someday, so he really had nothing to lose, right? Oh wait, yes, his part-time job at the Center! Which, even if it wasn't well paid, it would help him to get a better job once he'd finished his career. But he had to risk it. If not to get a date, at least for his friend and all the other innocent clones that were like her. It was for the greater good.

"Alright." He sighed. "I'll help you."

"Yay!" Anna exclaimed excitedly and Elsa chuckled at this.

"But I have to warn you, I don't have access to all the archives of the company, so getting what you want will be difficult."

"Oh, don't worry about it. Whatever you can do will be helpful." Anna assured him with a smile, and he found himself liking Elvira's younger sister more than he expected (he usually found loud people annoying).

"Yes, like tending to my leg." Elvira's annoyed voice interrupted them.

"Oh, of course! Sorry." He said, quickly rushing to kneel at her side and looking at her wound… which was very difficult given she had pretty amazing legs. He had to resist the urge to run his hands through them, and blushed at the thought.

While he examined Elvira's wound, carefully touching it and cleaning it with water, Elsa noticed how he blushed, and instantly knew the boy was infatuated with Anna's sister. That wasn't good at all. She'd have to warn him later before he got his heart broken.

For now though, she and Anna decided to leave them alone, given he'd need some time to clean the wound, inject the antibiotic and stich it shut so it wouldn't open again.

So they decided to go to the living room and watch a movie while eating chocolate (Anna actually wanted to take her to the cinema, but Elvira argued that was a bad idea given the Clone Center was searching for her, and Elsa had to agree).

Anna had her head resting on Elsa's shoulder and her arms wrapped around her waist, her breath tickling her neck in the most pleasant way. It almost made Elsa forget all that had happened with Elvira. Almost. She was still worried about how easily she could make Anna angry or sad, but she just hoped she could somehow compensate for it and put her in a good mood.

At least she seemed more relaxed now.

"You're thinking." Anna pointed out suddenly, and Elsa looked down at her to see she was pouting.

"I-I'm not." She tried to lie, wanting to keep Anna happy.

"Yes, you're frowning. What's bothering you?"

"I-I…" Elsa sighed, knowing she had been discovered. "I'm worried about Elvira's influence on you. You always seem to be in a bad mood when she's around."

"Well, what were you expecting? She freaking asked me out and she's my sister!" Anna answered, obviously distressed and angry. "And she hasn't talked to me in years. I don't want anything to do with her and yet she's my only hope of saving you, did you think I'd be all happy about it?!" Elsa cringed at her outburst. This is why she didn't want to bring up the subject.

"Well… no, but… maybe you shouldn't antagonize her so much?" She said despite herself. After all, she didn't want Anna to start liking Elvira or something, but… she didn't think it was good for either of them if the redhead just exploded any time she saw her sister.

"I can't help it." Anna sighed. "I've always been a little feisty."

"But Anna, if we want her to help us then…"

"I know, I know. I shouldn't be so hostile with her." She rolled her eyes. "I'll try to at least treat her civilly, okay?" Elsa nodded, glad that the redhead had agreed. "Good, now less talking and more kissing, yeah?" She asked hopefully, but before the blonde could answer, she was pressing her lips against her and pushing her to lay on the couch beneath her, connecting their bodies intimately. Elsa was surprised at her advances, obviously, but she reciprocated gladly, wrapping her arms around her waist and hugging her close, wanting to gain even more contact.

"Anna…" She moaned as the redhead started kissing her neck, leaving little love bites on her way. She was enjoying herself very much. So much, in fact, that she forgot all about Elvira and Kristoff and the Center, and was able to concentrate solely on Anna's touch, just as the younger girl had intended. However, when a hand slipped under her shirt, she realized something, interrupting her little heated season.

"Wait… let's go to your room."

"But… we're alone." Anna protested as she kissed her jaw, not wanting to stop now that she was so turned on.

"What if someone sees us?" Elsa countered.

"Okay. Fine." Anna sighed after a brief pause, knowing Elsa wouldn't relent in this. "You're not fun." She complained, getting up as she took Elsa hand and running to her room at record speed.

A/N: Sorry for the delay, I was busy with my other fics and the Elsanna week, but now that I only have two fics, updates should come sooner (I don't promise anything though, because I was having writer's block :P).

Anyways, I hope you liked this chapter. Thanks to my beta reader moonwatcher13 :)