Arendella

Meanwhile, with the royals...

Benjamin was trying to maintain his balance among the rubble of it all. He could barely stand after what just happened. This was supposed to be a normal day. In fact, this was actually supposed to be a family day, mostly for Ivan and Karovsky to reconnect with one another. But the sight of dust and varying amounts of debris made Benjamin question it all. "I shouldn't have become Tsar," he muttered with a trembling, shaky voice, seemingly on the verge of tears, "My whole existence causes my family and my people to be at constant danger, at any minute, any hour. I've failed as a ruler-" Before he could continue with his somber speech, Anna patted his shoulder, a smile coming across her face. "Don't be silly, Benji," Anna chuckled, "If our father was here today, he'd be extremely proud of the man that has grown over the years. Plus, you've helped protect Nikolaias and Lexxon, countless times, actually. The last time I remember contributing something to 'save the world' was when Comet Lhari hit. Whatever. The point is, never doubt yourself, big bro. Don't be sad about your failures - be glad of them. And try to improve for the better." With a thankful smile, Benjamin elbowed her, responding with, "No wonder why you're Irene and Luke's favourite aunt." "I'm their only direct aunt, really," she said in a tone that could be described as friendly and sarcastic at the same time. After their little conversation, Benjamin and Anna started looking around the area that they were currently in. Survivors coughing among the various areas that dust prevailed, firetrucks finally arriving to resolve the crackling fire, and various police cars circling around the scene. Benjamin turned to his left, where he saw something that he'd never expected to see.

Timothy was kneeling, facing towards Ivan, so was laying on the floor. "Is he okay, Tim!?" Benjamin frantically screamed, catching the attention of Anna, "Answer me now, Ivan! Enough of these pranks!" Before Benjamin could do anything, Timothy shook his head, and responded, "It's alright, I checked his pulse and it's still there. He just passed out due to the large exposure of dust and debris at the scene. I didn't even know he passed out in times like this, but now we know, I guess." Ambulance sirens were heard all over St. Alexis, and news stations had sent our their reporters to report on the scene. Benjamin knew the headline story was probably going to be a long the lines of, "IMPERIAL ROYAL FAMILY FOUND AT ROMANOV INN DISASTER", or, "TERRIFIED ROYALS TARGETED AT THE SCENE OF INN ACCIDENT", but Benjamin didn't necessarily care about it at the moment. Maybe it was better for the public to find out about the scrumptious tea, after this whole ordeal was finished. "Tim, Anna," Benjamin directed, "Grab Ivan and take him home. Find shelter with Karovsky and the kids." "What about you!?" screamed Timothy, "We're not going to leave you here, alone!" "Relax, Tim," Benjamin said in a chill tone, "I wasn't trained to defend myself for nothing. Father always made me take martial arts classes, y'know? Plus, these people need help, and with my strength, I could, y'know... help them?" Timothy looked at Anna with a disbelieving look in his eyes, but they later faced Benjamin and nodded. Tim and Anna held Ivan on their backs, and started jogging away to the Imperial Palace. Benjamin, on the other hand, started looking for survivors.

It looks like the paramedics and the stretcher-bearers haven't found any survivors yet, thought Benjamin. Seeing this opportunity, he noticed a group of women, coughing in the distance. In an instance, he held the survivors on his bare back and began running towards the nearest ambulance. "Woah," Benjamin could hear one of the survivors say, "Is that the Tsar? He's mighty handsome... and strong, too..." "Elise!" whispered another, "He's already married! And has two kids! And he could hear us!" "Oh, right, sorry." Benjamin spotted an ambulance, not far from where he was standing, and raced towards the machine. One of the paramedics noticed him, and asked, "Wait... are you...?" "No time to explain!" he shouted, "Get these women on stretchers as fast as you can! Don't hesitate, and that's an order directly from His Imperial Majesty himself!" The paramedic quickly nodded and did an awkward salute, which made Benjamin chuckle for a bit. He directed a group of stretcher-bearers and paramedics to areas where other survivors were at. They all varied in everything, from old to young, male to female, ethnicity to ethnicity. Ken Alans targeted everybody, Benjamin thought with a disgusted face, "No matter their age, identity, ideology... he just targeted ANYONE that was either Nikolaiasan or Lexxonian, huh? As he was directing the group to another batch of survivors, he saw the woman that had helped the royals build a harness to save the remaining survivors. She was not severely injured, but she did suffer minor cuts and bruises from the ordeal. Benjamin, and anyone, really, knew that Ivan had taken a liking to this one woman. Without hesitation, Benjamin spoke to her, "Hey, so, uhm... I know my brother can be awkward sometimes. He's never really had a relationship before. But, I can tell you, he's a great guy. Loyal and smart. Y'know, I didn't catch your name. What was it?" "My name?" the woman responded, rubbing her head, "Well it's-"

Her response was interrupted by the abrupt alarm that came from Benjamin's phone. He took the device from his pocket, and looked at the screen to see his caller. It was Anna Karovsky. "What could she possibly want in a situation like this?" Benjamin muttered to himself, but he answered the call anyways, "Hello? Karovsky? Are you there?" "Oh, my Benji!" said an elderly voice on the other side of the line, "You're alive and well! God bless!" "Thank you, Karovsky," said Benjamin in a gentle tone, "But what do you want to talk about? Are Ivan, Anna and Timothy doing alright?" "They're doing quite fine, yes," Karovsky replied, "Timothy is fanning Ivan right now." "What about the children?" Benjamin questioned. Karovsky responded, "They're doing quite excellent! Actually, I think they became acquainted with one another. They started sharing their food, toys, you name it! Right now, Anna is reading a book to them." Benjamin sighed out of relief and said, "That's great, Karovsky, thank you so much! I might have to give you another title other than 'Grand Duchess Anna Karovsky' after this!" "I'm fine with just Grand Duchess, though I do thank you for your offer, Benji," Karovsky answered, "But we have more serious problems to discuss. Tim just got a phone call from Siv Thorne from the International Space Agency, correct? According to Tim, he's got a lead on that Ken Alans guy, and he wants you and the Lexxonian leaders to solve the case around the Alans guy. Immediately."