"You have to come with me now." Lelyan said urgently grabbing Thorin's arm, not wanting to be away from Fili.
"Whoa, whoa what's wrong?" Thorin asked staying put as Lelyan pulls on his arm.
"Who is it Thorin?" Dis asked coming to the door, "Hi Lelyan, Fili's not here."
"Fee!" An excited yell comes from Kili as he runs to the door "where's Fee?"
"Come on." Lelyan said impatiently as she tugged harder on Thorin's arm, her throat tightening up. She didn't want to talk and she know if she did she would break down, but her brother, her older brother, told her to tell them and that's what she has to do. Even if she doesn't want to, even if she would break down embarrassing herself she has to tell them. So if they ask she would.
"I'm not going anywhere until you tell me why." Thorin said still not budging, wondering what has gotten into her; normally she was shy and respectful around him.
A few minutes past as Lelyan tried to keep her composure, as she tried to hold back a flood of tear.
"It's Fili." Lelyan finally let out her voice cracking as tear, she was trying to hold back, bursts from her eyes and she fell on her knees crying, her legs unable to bear her weight any longer.
"What happened to Fili?" Thorin asked concerned kneeling down to look Lelyan in the eyes, as Dis and Kili look at her in complete shock and horror.
"I found him in the river he was half drowned and he wasn't breathing but then he started coughing up water and then he passed out, but that's not the worst of it there are these deep cuts in his right arm, left leg and abdomen." Lelyan rambled tears streaming down her face; as Dis picked up Kili because he started crying.
"Then what happened?" Thorin asked gently, hoping that she hasn't come to tell them that Fili has died.
"I took him to my brother's house and Dwalin's taking care of him." She stated getting her emotions under control after her little rant "He sent me to get the three of you, probably wanting me out of the way." She said with a little smile though it didn't make it to her eyes. Thorin got his coat and ran to get the ponies. Dis and Kili right behind him. Kili, who stopped crying hearing that his brother was okay, well as okay as someone can be after nearly drowning. Jumped out of his mom's arms and ran after his uncle. Lelyan waited a few seconds then the four of them where speeding to Dwalin and Balin's house.
It was a short ride even with an energetic Kili trying to jump off the pony ever so often to run to his brother's side, even though he doesn't know the way. When they reached the house Lelyan and Thorin jumped off their ponies and ran to the door. Opening the door they ran inside with Dis and Kili a little bit behind them.
"Dwalin." Lelyan shouted as she entered the house hoping that by some miracle that everything was okay.
"In here." Dwalin called from the living room, and the four worried dwarves go into the living room to see Fili wide awake, the answer to all of their prayers. There were white bandages on his leg and abdomen, and he was sitting up so Dwalin could wrap the bandages around his arm easier.
"Fee!" Kili yelled upon seeing Fili, Dis tried to stop him but he ran towards Fili.
"Be careful." But Dwalin's warning came too late, Kili jumped on Fili's lap without a second thought and Fili winced as arms met waist and leg met leg. Fili bent over in pain for a second, then he moved Kili to where he's not in Dwalin's way and to where he doesn't cause him any more pain. Only to have Kili crawl onto and sit on his bad leg and start messing with Dwalin's hands trying to look at his tattoos.
"Fili what happened to you?" Dis asked worried for her oldest as she goes over to the couch to grab her youngest, so he won't be in the way again, with Lelyan right behind her. Dwalin got up shortly after when he was done and went over to Thorin, whispering in his ear. The two of them went to the far wall, Thorin being concerned to leave Fili.
Fili didn't answer his mother strait away, pretending to be in deep thought. Though after a few minutes he knew she was getting agitated and Thorin was staring at him intensely, interested in what his answer will be.
"I fell into the river after…" Fili trailed off still not wanting to talk about it. This just made Thorin even more interested in what happen. He pushed off the wall, him and Dwalin done with their quick word.
"Fili what happened?" Thorin asked worried and anger that he wasn't talking to them "you can tell us anything, we're your family."
Fili sighed "I was ambushed by orcs." dropping his head into his hands in embarrassment. Dis put a hand on Fili's shoulder trying to comfort him. After a moment he looked up to see Thorin looking like he would go and kill every orc in middle earth, Dwalin clinching his fists in anger, Lelyan looking shocked, and Dis and Kili were just plain concerned.
"When?" Thorin asked still looking furious as he came over and laid a hand on Fili's right shoulder gentle so he wouldn't hurt him. Dis was sitting on Fili's left with Kili in her lap, both still looking concerned.
"Yesterday morning, 'bout six." Fili stated looking up to meet Thorin's gaze. His answer was greeted with gasps from Dis, Dwalin, Kili, and Thorin looked like someone just dumped a bucket of freezing cold water on him.
"But that would mean that you were in the river for over a day." Lelyan said seeming to be the only one to not lose her voice.
"No I went into the river around eight today, I think." Fili said shaking his head trying to get rid of the memory of what happen before that.
"So two hours then." Lelyan said that was a lot more sensible.
"What happened before that?" Thorin asked getting his voice back; Fili furrowed his brows, he's not pleased by this, but finally gave in.
"I was walking through the woods trying to find where the river began when I was ambushed by these huge orcs." Fili started explaining, trying to remember through the blur.
"Stop there dwarfling filth." Said this tall buff orc, who jumped in front of Fili, pulling his sword.
"Why?" Fili asked glaring at the orc, pulling his two swords "and how are you going to stop me by yourself." The orc grunted at this and Fili was surrounded by orcs in an instant. Fili knew he was out numbered and out powered so he cleared a path and ran.
"Get back here dwarfling." The same orc yelled and all the orcs gave chase, they tackled Fili to the ground. "Bind him." The orc that Fili finally summarized to be the leader grunted and Fili's hands and feet where bond with tightly tied ruff rope.
He was being drag into the deep of the woods. 'Where the orc were defiantly going to kill him' he thought. He was wrong and glad of it, but he didn't know that being wrong was going to bring him so much pain. The orcs were talking in a language Fili didn't understand, but he knew they were talking about him. The lead orc grunted something and Fili's legs were tied to the sides of one of the trees and his arms tied to another, leaving him completely defenseless. After that all but three orcs left and the ones left wore devilish grins. They each pulled dull, blunt knifes out of their sheaths and they headed towards him laughing evilly. The first one sliced through his leg ever so slowly enjoying his agonizing screams of pain. Then the second stabbed under his elbow and left it until his screams quieted then ripped it down his arm to slightly above his wrist. The third orc cut across his abdomen slow and deep, taking great care to make sure that it was even. Fili screamed in pain for a few moments he could still fell the slow cuts and the fire that still ran through his body even after the orcs were done cutting him. Then after a few agonizing minutes he finally passed out as his blood drained from the wounds soaking his clothes with a thick red liquid. The three orcs thought he was dead so they untied him and chucked him in the river.
"Where I floated down stream to where Lelyan found me." Fili concluded looking from one shocked face to the other. "Hi Balin" he said seeing Balin standing in the doorway, Balin looking as shocked as the others that had heard the story. He entered the room as the shock fades and says "Hi laddie."