What was I running from?

I have been in hiding for years now but it's different.

I'm not running from the same people anymore. You can't even call what I've been running from people!

They were some kind of monsters. Their blood was black and their teeth yellow and sharp.

I looked down at my hands and I could see the black blood of the…things I killed. I had never seen anything like them before.

I shook myself out of my thoughts and looked at the water clearing I had found in the forest. I looked around and listened to make sure I would not run into those…whatever they were. I listened to the wind and the leaves that swayed from the tree branches, they reassured me that no danger was near by; I limped my way towards the water and stripped myself of my equipment, guns, and clothes.

I jumped into the lake and welcomed the cold rush. It had been weeks since I had bathed and I immediately felt clean as the water washed away the blood and pain I always carried in my mind. I stayed close to my weapons making sure I could retrieve a gun if I needed to.

My mind kept replaying the images of those monsters that I had been fighting these past months. Had the government released them? Were they the new weaponry projects they have been working on? This place doesn't even look like anywhere I've been to and I couldn't find an underground citadel and the problem was my ammo was starting to run low. If I kept running into those little government fucks this would become a potential fatal factor for my life.

I immersed myself under the water in hopes that it would help relax my mind but after that did not work I got out and started to clean my wounds.

Legolas' POV

I watched as she contemplated her thoughts in front of the water clearing, she was a strange sight to behold she carried odd…weaponry, they looked like nothing I had ever seen and she dressed immodestly. She wore breeches and a tunic that cut off at the shoulders and only went down to her hips.

She was definitely injured that was obvious as she limped towards the water, I could see blood run down her leg, she winced each time she put weight on her leg. I was about to go to her aid but I saw her beginning to undress and I hid myself behind a nearby tree.

I had no idea what to do I felt wrong violating her, even if she was unaware of my presence, but as soon as I heard the splash of the water I returned my gaze back on her. She was beautiful her dark hair hugged her fair skin that seemed to glow with the water's reflection. I could not take my eyes off her, it almost seemed as if she was dancing in the water rather than swimming. She had me in a trance, I could not even tear my eyes from her when she came out the water shone on her skin and with each glistening drop a ray of light seemed to escape her body. It was so tempting. Before I could register what I was doing I had started making my way towards her.

I quickly changed into cleaner clothes and put my weapons back on my body, as I finished tying my boots on, I heard tumbling of rocks not far off. I turned to the noises direction and saw the rocks stumble down the hill. I grabbed my magnum 44, pointing it out in front of me and started to make my way towards the trees, listening for any sound of breathing, but soon the wind picked up and I could hear the shrieks of the monsters I had fought earlier.

I ran back to get my gear and started to run in the opposite direction of the screams.

Legolas' POV

As I got closer to her I saw that she was an elleth. She was like no elleth I had ever seen before, yes she had the beauty and grace of the elves but she was quite small in stature compared to most elves and her demeanor was one of anger and pain. It was unnerving but intriguing, I slowly crept closer, but I had lost my footing and as soon as the rocks beneath my feet moved she turned in my direction. She definitely was an elleth with her hearing, but I had hid behind the closest tree, not knowing whether she was an enemy. I could hear her making her way towards me but the loud shrieking of orcs had caught my attention and hers as well, because as soon as I turned to face her, she was already running.

I kept running, not wanting to run into those cannibal motherfuckers. But as I started running I could hear distant footsteps following me. My hand went straight to the hilt of my knife on my hip. I had to find out who or what was following me.

I climbed up the tree next to the path I had been running and crouched down in a perfect spot where I could see and jump my stalker. All I had to do was wait for the right moment. That was what my whole life was, waiting. Waiting for the opportune moment.

I could hear the footsteps getting closer. Soon my stalker was right underneath me. I let myself breathe, relieved that it was a man and not one of the monsters. He had long silky blonde hair that reached down to his waist and he seemed to be armed with a…bow and arrow? That would definitely not be my choice of weapon. He seemed to be concentrating very hard on something, he quickly looked up at my spot and as soon as his eyes landed on me I jumped down on top of him and pulled my knife under his chin. I mentally cursed myself for letting myself get distracted with my thoughts.

He made no attempt to break free from my grip, but I kept him pinned down and left the blade of my knife on his neck. I watched as his eyes studied my face and I saw him stop at my left ear.

Legolas' POV

I could not see her and I did not hear her footsteps, she must be hiding somewhere. I began to concentrate on listening for anything that might give her hiding spot away. I could hear her slowly breathing, I looked up the tree to where I heard her and as soon as our eyes met she jumped, catching me off guard she easily pinned me down beneath her and I could feel the pressure of her blade on my neck.

I did not try to break free; I was more intrigued in what I saw. She was tragically beautiful. She had the darkest eyes and they were filled with curiosity and pain. But what really caught my attention was her left ear. She was an elleth her ears were the hard evidence but the tip of her left ear had been nipped.

I was taken out of my thoughts when she put more pressure on the blade and asked, "Who are you and why have you been following me?"

She didn't really ask the question, she demanded the answer.

"I am sorry if I have frightened you, milady. My name is Legolas Greenleaf, I hail from Mirkwood." She loosened her grip on me but she still had me pinned down. Her gaze went to my ears and as quick as her eyes landed on them, she got off me.

I could hear her whispering to herself, she seemed to be very confused and baffled at seeing me. I had so many questions but before I could even ask anything, about 10 orcs had encircled us.

'How could this be? I'm the last of my kind?' I had so many questions that I wanted to ask this Legolas guy, but before I could even turn to ask him, those government monster things had surrounded us. There was about 20 of them.

I pulled off my staff from my backstrap and made sure the blades were tightened on both ends. I glanced over at Legolas and I saw him holding a sword ready to battle. He looked back at me and gave me a confused look.

The monster to my right ran at me and in one swift move of my arm I had decapitated it. At seeing this all the creatures began attacking.

All the monsters seemed to be going after me, but the government had been after me since I was a little girl what else could I expect. As I was fighting the two in front of me I felt a blade cut through my left side. The sword had cut deep into my body, I gritted my teeth and I pulled my knife from my hip into the little fucker's eye, making him scream.

It was not an easy fight but finally we had beaten them. I kept fighting through the pain, I would not let myself feel any pain. I had to survive after all that was all I could hope for with my life. The wound on leg had reopened and the cut on my side was throbbing but I had to keep going.

I turned to look at the man that had brought so many questions in my mind up. He was staring at me, I pulled my gun out and pointed the gun.

Legolas' POV

It was strange to see that most of the orcs were going for the woman. All of them seemed intent on killing her. It seemed as though I was just an obstacle for them to get through, but I would not let them harm her, I felt as though I had to protect her. But watching her fight even with a badly wounded leg, she was very skilled and seemed well trained. Which just made her seem more queer to me.

Finally we had beaten the orcs, I would not have been able to defeat all of them had she not been here to fight beside me. I stared at her as she turned to face me, I was surprised to see that she was pointing some object at me. I tried to piece what she was pointing at me but her hand pulled what looked like a trigger and a loud bang came out of it and I lowered my head being startled by the alarming noise.

I turned to look at what she was aiming for and saw and orc fall out of the tree behind me, when I turned back to thank her I found her laying on the ground. I lifted her arm to see the bleeding gash on her side, she needed to be healed now or else she would be lost.