An: I've been super busy the last eight days or so, but this one idea just doesn't let me go. So, here I am, writing. This will be about four or five chapters long if I don't come up with some really awesome plot-twists that I could add. :'D
Hurt!Kili
Disclaimer: I do not own Hobbit
Fili couldn't stop himself from glancing at the woman as she stood by the door. Her eyes were the first thing that got his attention - they were the most beautiful shade of blue he had ever seen. Deep but light, like an ocean with sun piercing through the surface. And Fili could tell Kili noticing the lady too by the way he tensed a bit by Fili's side. Kili had always liked blue eyes, Fili remembered and grinned.
"It was a pleasure visiting your market", Kili politely said to the older woman behind the counter, smiling at her. Fili turned his head back to the keeper of the market and nodded. They had gotten a nice discount by being so polite strangers. The younger woman by the door was presumably her daughter.
"Oh, the pleasure is all mine", laughed the shopkeeper with her fruity voice. Kili gave the old lady a quick nod and turned around, walking out of the shop Fili not far behind him.
It was only a mid-day, and sun was high up on the sky. It warmed the air and made it comfortable to walk outside without anything long-sleeved on. Fili enjoyed the warmth as they walked down the quite busy street.
"I saw you", Kili suddenly said, chuckling. Fili raised his eyebrow and exchanged a look with his younger brother.
"Saw me doing what, exactly?"
"Eyeing the younger lady back in the market."
Fili couldn't suffocate his laughter. "Oh, well I didn't exactly try to hide it. She had gorgeous eyes."
"And you are into people now? You know, women, not dwarfish?" Kili questioned his brother, smirking.
Snorting, Fili shook his head. "I never said so. I just simply wondered how she could have eyes that blue. And besides, I felt you looking at her too", Fili mocked a bit, grinning at the younger one. "So don't try to accuse me of something you also did."
Kili fell silent, only letting out a dry laugh and blushing a little.
xXx
The day started to fade away as sun started to set behind the trees and mountains around them. The air began to grow colder as sun no more gave warmth, and Fili soon found himself shivering a little bit.
"We should find the inn we were told about", Kili sighed, glancing at Fili, who nodded.
"I agree. It's beginning to get dark soon, too. And we will need a good rest before we continue our travel tomorrow."
Kili smiled, agreeing as well. They were heading towards the Iron hills where Dáin was. It had been forever since neither of them had seen Dáin, and now it was time to travel to see him and stay with him for a week or so. It had been quite a fight between the two of them and Thorin before the dear uncle of theirs had agreed to let them go by themselves. But it had been worth the fight, because at least Kili was enjoying every moment of their journey.
"Do you remember the name of the inn?" Fili asked, not recalling it himself.
"No... Uhm, wasn't it Yellow.. something?" Kili guessed, grimacing.
"Ah, yes", Fili said, "Yellow apple. Stupid name if you ask me, though."
"I couldn't agree more", Kili laughed, shaking his head. "Anyways. Wasn't it just down the street?"
"I guess so", Fili muttered. "Shall we go, then?"
And so on they went. The streets were now almost empty, the slowly rising darkness driving every sane person away. The shadows that lurked in the corners were scary even though harmless. But luckily the night looked like to turn out beautiful and cloudless.
After a few wrong turns they found the inn. It was big and looked old, a symbol of yellow apple hanging from above the wooden door. Fili pulled the door open and was greeted by stuffy air filled with smoke and the smell of beer.
The room they first came into was big and full of tables and chairs with people on them. Everybody had an ale or some food in front of them and all of them were laughing or drinking or smoking, or doing all the three. And everything was wooden, as you might guess, only the dark windows were made of something else.
Kili eyed the room and then his brother. "Well, this looks nice."
"Yeah, I am thrilled to be here", Fili scoffed, shaking his head. He was exhausted and nothing sounded better than a good night-sleep in a comfortable bed, and if all that loud talking and chatting echoed into their room, Fili would behead someone.
In unison they took the last few steps to the counter, and behind it stood an older woman. She noticed the brothers and for a second something flickered in her eyes, but both of the brothers missed it. "How may I be of service?" asked the woman behind the counter, smiling heartily at Fili and Kili.
"We'd like to book a room", Kili said, giving the woman a quick grin. "If that is possible."
"Oh it is", the woman replied and nodded, handing the brothers a notebook and a pen. "Could I just get your signature on the line at the bottom of the page? Only one signature is enough."
Kili and Fili exchanged a questioning look again - wondering who should sing the notebook - and Kili nodded, grabbing the book. "Yes, sure."
Fili waited calmly as Kili paid for the room and gave back the notebook and the pen. "Thank you, mister Kili", she said, looking at the signature. "I can lead you to your room now, if that is alright, of course."
"That would be great", Fili hurried to answer and flashed the woman a smile. The woman did not return it, which was slightly odd to Fili, but the dwarf just shook it off, thinking that the lady had probably just had a long day.
Walking behind the woman, Fili eyed his brother, noticing how tired Kili looked. Well, soon they would both be deep asleep. But first they intended to drop their bags into their room and order some food, eat and then sleep. What a great plan for Fili it was.
After they had climbed up some stairs and turned right, the woman opened a door to one of the many rooms. "So, here it is. Feel free to explore the inn as much as you want but do not disturb the sleeping guests. Restaurant is open until three but the front door is closed at twelve", the lady explained with a calm voice and flashed the boys a smile, not showing any emotion though. The brothers stepped in to their room.
"Thank you", Kili replied unsurely, glancing at Fili. Fili gave Kili a reassuring nod as the younger of them looked a bit concerned - Fili couldn't exactly say why, but he also felt a bit uncomfortable for some reason - and the woman spoke again.
"So, if you need me, you know where to find me", she said, leaving the room and closing the door behind her.
Kili stood there silent for a heartbeat before turning to his brother. "Something is off with that woman", he silently said, not wanting the woman to hear if she still was somewhere near.
Fili couldn't disagree with his brother. "I think so too", he sighed, shaking his head. "But we shouldn't worry over that now. What we should do is-"
Sound of keys jingling against each other cut Fili off. The sound wasn't too loud but it was audible, as if it was coming just from the other side of the door. "What..?"
As Fili spun around and was just reaching for the doorknob when the doorknob turned and made a clicking noise. "No", Fili breathed out as he tried to twist the doorknob with all his strength, finding it locked.
"Is it-"
"Locked, yes", Fili interrupted his brother and turned to face him, not releasing the door handle.
"Did the woman lock us in here? What for?" Kili continued his asking, growing more and more worried with each passing second.
"Seems like it", Fili said in a low voice and shook the handle. "I'd give anything to know why, but that's not our main concern right now. How are we going to get out?"
Without any further word, Kili walked over to the window in the room and tried to lift it up, realizing it was jammed shut. "Ah, crap", Kili silently cursed as he tried to yank it open. "It's not opening as far as I can tell", he groaned as nothing seemed to make the window open. Only breaking the glass would help, but on the other hand, it would be risky to jump down. The fall was long and they would definitely break some bones when they'd land.
"So what are we going to do?" Kili asked, not giving Fili time to reply to his earlier comment. He was hoping his dear older brother had an idea like he always had - alright, Kili usually got the ideas, but they weren't the smartest kind of ideas. So he would rather trust Fili in this situation, just to be sure they'd continue their travel without any injuries.
"There is pretty much nothing we can do right now", Fili admitted, lowering his gaze a bit. His feet were sore and his eyes barely stayed open, not even mentioning the hunger. He couldn't help the hunger, but he could rest a bit and try to come up with a plan when he was not this tired. "So I say we just go to sleep and see what comes next. She'll have to let us out eventually."
"We just can't go to bed when we're being hostages or something!" Kili argued, not believing he could sleep in a situation like this where he was locked in a small room with no clue how to get out or when he'd get out.
Fili gave Kili a reassuring smile, not wanting to start a fight when it would do them no good. "Listen to me just this once, okay? We'll go to sleep and try to figure out how to escape tomorrow morning. We can't do anything when we are practically walking corpses."
Kili had to give in, because even though he still wanted to leave as soon as possible, Fili's words made sense. "First thing we do tomorrow is that we plan our escape, okay?"
"Okay", Fili chuckled. "Now go to bed."
xXx
Morning came quickly. Fili didn't even feel like he had slept, only closed his eyes for a second and then it was already a morning. But he felt a lot alert now when it was a morning, even though the hunger he felt made his stomach ache.
Kili was still sleeping and snoring soundly. Not wanting to wake up his little brother, Fili silently got up and walked over to the window, peeking down. It really was quite a drop if they jumped. It was more than three times his height, and the thought of falling all that distance didn't really interest Fili.
He had been up for no more than twenty minutes when he heard the sound of the keys again, and in one instant he stood beside his brother, shaking him almost violently.
"Wha- lemme sleep, Fili", Kili groaned half-asleep.
"No! I think someone is coming, so wake up", Fili hissed and Kili's eyes shot open.
"If she is not here to let us out I will hurt someone.." Kili muttered as he quickly got up, just in time to see the door opening. But it was not the woman who came in, but a strange man neither of them had seen before.
"Well, who do we got here?" the man said, stepping inside and closing the door behind him. "Who is this Kili who signed the paper?"
Slowly Kili raised his gaze to meet the man's eyes. "I am Kili. Who are you and what are you doing here?"
"That is no concern of yours, yet", the man replied coldly. "If you are Kili, what is the name of your companion?" he asked, looking at Fili now.
"I am Fili, son of Dís. And my brother here asked you some questions, it would be impolite not to answer them."
The man eyed Fili for a good few seconds before snorting. "Yeah, right. You dwarves don't need to know anything, just that you are under arrest now."
Kili's eyes widened. "What! You have no right to do that! We haven't done anything wrong."
"That's right", Fili joined his brother, shifting on his feet and crossing his arms on his chest.
"Oh, I heard otherwise", the man shook his head. "The lady downstairs told me you stole a family jewel from her, which he got to snap back from you and in result she locked you in here. To wait for me to arrive."
Fili couldn't believe his ears. The woman did this? "I haven't got the slightest clue of what you are talking about", he replied stubbornly. "We paid for the room and she helped us to find this room before locking us in for no reason at all!"
"Why should I believe a thief?" the man asked mockingly, eyeing both of the brothers.
"Because we aren't thieves!" Kili almost yelled, sounding frustrated. And well, Fili could relate to him.
"Keep your voice down, dwarf", the man snapped at Kili. "One more sound from either of you and you will regret it deeply."
Kili felt like hitting the man but controlled himself. "Do not talk to us in that way, because we are as innocent as the birds on the sky. Why can't you believe us already!"
The younger brother had no time to brace himself as the man already slapped him across the face, sending Kili to the floor. Kili stayed down as Fili started yelling at the man, who roughly pulled the older one closer and forced the rope around his wrists, despite the fight Fili put up.
"You stay there", the man hissed as he pushed Fili further and secured the other side of the rope to the doorknob so Fili had maybe two feet space to move, unable to reach his brother.
"If you touch Kili again, I will make you regret ever meeting us!" Fili threatened as the man approached Kili, who lifted up his face to look at his brother and the man, still on the floor.
"I will have to touch him, but if he cooperates there will be no need for violence", the man sighed and yanked Kili up, making him wince quietly in pain. "So will you do as I say or will I have to make you do as I say?"
Kili spat on the man's face. "We'll see about that", the younger dwarf angrily replied.
A yell rose from Fili's throat as the man hit Kili again.
TBC
