Winters Revenge

Chapter Eighty-Four-Whispers Of Trauma.

Nick "What do you mean by asking how he did that to her?"

Elsa "If he loved her so much, then why did he kill her? Ho-how could he do that to someone he loved?" her stomach turned.

Nick "I don't know.... All I know is he wanted revenge.... For the way she stopped loving him..."

Elsa "By killing her! By raping and torching her daughter! And letting his son....my brother do things to me.....I....." She no longer sensed the burning sensation in her throat, unable to complete the thought that had formed in her mind. At that moment, she became acutely aware of her words. Her eyes widened as she crossed her arms, instinctively seeking to withdraw into herself. "Shit." she murmured quietly.

Nick stood gobsmacked while Grace found the urge to cry as she tried her best to hold it in, Elsa had never said anything that had happened out loud and now hearing made it feel real. Of course, she'd seen and talked about some things with her, but Elsa had never honestly said the real words out loud to them.......

Elsa "F-Forget I said a-anything..." she trailed off stuttered at her words as she raised from the floor looking around the room to avoid contact of her shame.

Jack "Its not like we didn't know Elsa....." he said softly.

Nick "Jack's right, you might not have said it but...you didn't need too we all knew what had happened... you don't need to feel ashamed of what happened to you. Like I told you before it's a lot of weight carrying a secret around with no help."

Elsa "Its not that simple..." she turning around again on the spot catching Nicks eyes as hands were still holding her upper arms.

Nick "How is it not?" he questioned.

Elsa "Holding a secret is harder than you'll ever know.... It's not like I want to keep it to myself you know? I wish I could tell you, Anna and everyone but I can't!" she yelled.

Nick "You can tell us; we want to help."

Elsa "No! what don't you get I can't! especially Anna she would be able to handle it."

Jack "And you can?" he asked.

Elsa "You don't even know what were talking about." She said softly.

Jack "Yes I do Elsa.... you're talking about your parents...."

Elsa "Then could you do it? Tell everyone you love including your little sister that you watched your parents brutally murdered by the one of the people who apparently loved them?" Her heart rate accelerated, resulting in palpitations and chest discomfort.

Elsa carefully lent over the worktop of Grace's lab breathing becoming harder by the second as she tried to focus on breathing slower, but her mind had gone to somewhere else.... somewhere darker. Bang!......Bang! Elsa flinched now realising that Grace, Jack and Nick had gotten closer watching as they tried not to interfere too much. Elsa closed her eyes but quickly opened them when her mind heard the gunshot once again, it was almost like it was yesterday she could hear the piercing ringing in her ears. Bang! She clutched her chest feeling it Getting tighter. The loud ringing of an alarm echoed through the Lab and Grace ran over to tap at her tablet.

Elsa "What.... What is.... That.... what's.... W-What's happening?" she asked trying to breath while she spoke.

Grace "It was just letting me know that you're having a panic attack." She said calmly.

Elsa "You...You have me in your system?"

Before Grace could respond further, Nick stepped forward, his tone gentle yet firm. "Elsa, you're not alone in this, okay?" He glanced at Grace, then back at Elsa, trying to bridge the tense air. "We all have profiles in the system. It's annoying, yes, but it's not just you. They're just trying to keep us all safe, not control us."