Chaos
Friends yelling
Horses neighing
My brother's dark hair tangled across his face
Holding onto a rough rock like a life line
While his arm is mine
.
.
I can't see
All I hear is yelling and water
I feel a tug
I look where I think is up
I see my brother's desperate dark orbs
He says something
All I hear is a mumble
But I can understand this
They can't get us out together
.
.
I know Kili isn't asking me to do this
He would never ask me to do this
But I will do this
I will let go
.
.
He must see it in my eyes
He vainly shakes his head
His eyes plead me not to
His grip tightens on my arm
.
.
But I let go
.
.
I free fall in the water
The yelling turns into distraught screams
I don't care
Kili is safe
.
.
I collided into a rock
Pain goes through my chest
A rib gives out
I gasp to scream
Only to have water forced into my mouth
.
.
The river pins my against the rock
I'm deaf
I'm blind
But everything hurts
Breath
Pain
Exhale
Pain
Try to move
Agony
.
.
I stay still
I'm the rock
Suddenly I'm not
Suddenly I'm free
Suddenly I'm in torture
I wail
.
.
"I'm sorry, lad. I'm sorry"
Why
You'll only be sorry if Kili isn't OK
I feel the ground under my back
The summer grass tickling my ears and neck
I open my eyes for the first time in ages
I see the bald head of Dwalin
He looks scared
He never looks scared
.
.
He moves out of my field of view
Thorin comes into it
His large hands take my face
"Kee" I can't say any more
The torture in my lungs is too much
"He's alright," Thorin says
"Rest"
I take the offer with open arms
.
.
Rest
Please review