DISCLAIMERS: ALL CHARACTERS CREATED BY J.R.R.TOLKIEN.
I HAVE NOT CREATED ANY OF THEM.
THIS STORY TAKES PLACE IN THE MINES OF MORIA (THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING.)



SHADOW AND FLAMES

Boom. Boom.

We had no other choice. We had to use this way. This place is now the grave of many dwarfs.
The orcs are coming and we don´t have the power to stop them all.

Drums. Drums in the deep. Can you hear them?

I can fight them. I can use special spells to give us more time.
There´s a cave troll out there but...

I´m so tired.

Boom. Boom.

I see Aragorn fighting with those monsters, he cuts their heads, he hits them hard.
He is afraid. He does not want to die. But that fear does not stop him.
He fights to the end.

Drums. Drums in the deep.

Boom. Boom.

Look at Gimli. The good dwarf was so sad when he found out Balin was dead.
Now he´s laughing with each blow he gives. He laughs every time an orc comes to him,
snarling and drooling.
Sometimes I think Gimli does not know fear.

The orcs keep coming. I hear the drums.

My good Hobbits. They are different now. They are such friendly creatures.
Now they fight with the fierce of lions. They´re scared. Very scared.
Still they will not die today.

Boom. Boom.

Can you hear them?

When I read that diary I knew this would happen. This stinking place is full with orcs.
But out there there´s something more. I cannot see exactly what that is.
But it´s big and it´s counterspell could destroy me.

Boromir fights side by side with Aragorn. He´s a man. A man with a strong body but with weak emotions.
He is afraid. He does not want to die but he´s thinking of his people.
His love for them will save him at the end.

And Legolas! Without him this fight would be very different. This elf´s arrows have given us the advantage to escape.

Boom. Boom.

Can you hear them?

So we run. We hear the laughs. We hear the snarls. They are coming after us.
I see the bridge before us, so I tell them to cross as fast as they can.

Then I feel it.

Behind us.

Behind me.

There.

Shadow behind the orcs and cave trolls.
Flames that rise higher and burn in our faces.
Fear and darkness.
Sword and whip.

Shadow and flame.

The orcs are afraid. Durin made a mistake digging in these mines.
The dwarfs awoke something they could not control.

I hear Leogolas say "A Balrog has come..."

He´s right. A Balrog. And I´m so tired.

Shadow and flames. It jumps and lands on the bridge. It comes to me and It growls.
The others are on the other side. But I must stop this demon.

The creature fire grows higher and now I can understand why Morgoth used
this monsters in his army. They are really powerful. They are killers.

"You cannot pass!" I shout at it. It hesitates but then attacks again.
A whip full of flames on it´s hands. Our death in it´s eyes.

"Go back to the pit you came, flame of Udûn!". And it strikes with it´s sword.

I hear them calling me on the other side of the bridge.

Boom. Boom.

Drums in the dark.

"YOU CANNOT PASS!" and I hit the bridge with my stick.

My enemy falls and the bridge too. I´ve defeated it.
Suddenly, I´m falling too. Before I go down I can see them looking at me.
Afraid. Scared. Vulnerable. They must go.

"Run, fools!"

And then I fall with my enemy. Together.
Shadow and flames.
Falling. In the darkness.

Boom. Boom. Drums in the dark.

Boom. Boom.

And I can´t hear them anymore.