Tauriel cautiously walked past the empty cells. It had too long since she last saw him. She glanced round the corner. An angry dwarf spat at her. Yikes. She really needed to see her special someone.
Kili sat in his cell, flipping his token. He couldn't get that female elf out of his mind. There was just something about her...
Tauriel descended the steps. One cell left to go.
Kili heard approaching foot steps. They were light, like someone was sneaking around. Ah- Tauriel.
Tauriel came up to the cell. She looked the dwarf in the eye.
Kili stared right back at her.
"Dwarvish scum." Tauriel muttered, then continued on her journey to see her loved one. The next cell was his.
Kili suddenly remembered what it was about her that made such an impression on him- it was her exceptionally haughty attitude towards him. What was her problem? Uncle Thorin was right- elves were disgusting.
Tauriel finally reached the right cell. "Darling? Are you there?" She whispered.
A hoarse voice whispered back. "Right here. Have you got the keys?"
"Yes, of course." Tauriel produced a rusty old key out of the folds of her robes.
"Give it here, then, my love" A warty hand slipped out of the dark cell and took the key from her. The hand the unlocked the cell door. The man of Tauriel's dreams stepped out into the light- a scabby, misshapen orc. Tauriel embraced the Orc.
"I'm so sorry the king did this to you. Have you recovered from the interrogation yet?" Tauriel asked, looking at the scars on his chest and feeling the ones on his bony back.
"Doesn't hurt much." He grunted. "I should go."
"No! Why?"
"Can't stay- got to get back to my master."
"But dearest-" Tauriel started to protest, but the Orc put one ugly finger to her lips.
"Hush."
"But if you leave- I'll never see you again..." Tauriel looked up with her almond shaped brown eyes into his watery blue eyes.
"Sorry, elf girl." The Orc gave her a scratchy kiss on the cheek, then scampered into the darkness, still clutching the key- his ticket to freedom.
Tauriel groaned. Men. She was never going to fall in love again.
