Good-Samaritans

Liz sipped a few drops of water and looked up at this man above her. "I d-don't know wh-hoo you are, b-but thank you." She managed to slur and whisper. Immediately she turned from his person and vomited on the ground next to them. He brought the water to her lips once more so she could wash out her mouth. After she drank a few more drops he took it from her.

"What is your name?" Legolas asked, "I am Legolas of the woodland realm"

"Legooolasss?" She slurred sounding as if she were intoxicated. He nodded with a short smile. "I ammmmm… Lii.. Lllllliiizzzzzz." She accomplished. She looked up and noticed it seemed to be halfway through the morning, sun made its way through foliage; she wondered how long she was out. She also noticed a forest above her, and she was terribly confused. Was she dead? If she was dead and in some sort of afterlife, was it then hell because she had disabilities from her ordeal? Her eyes began to move around in a very fast fashion until Legolas called for her attention once more.

"Liz? Simple, yet beautiful." He responded. He slowly moved her to a higher incline than she was for fear that she might be sick again, he didn't want her to aspirate. When he moved her the sun hit her face and he could see such evidence of torment and violence, it made his heart break for her.

"Lll-lleg-" she tried to speak but suddenly the sun hit her cornea in such a way that caused her severe pain. She tried to put one of her hands to her head, but they were still zip-tied behind her. Legolas saw her struggle and quickly cut the plastic which bonded her. She hurriedly put her hand to her head and felt the strangest sensation, something she had never felt before; she began to see flashing bright lights and then blackness. He body began to uncontrollably shake.

Legolas had never seen anything like it, the race of elves was not afflicted by many illnesses that men were. Legolas panicked and set her down flat on the ground. He noticed she was foaming at the mouth and quickly turned her to her side and held her that way in another attempt to avoid aspiration. "GALDOR! MAEDON! SEEK AID IMMEDIATELY!" Legolas shouted at two of his companions. Echadir and Maedon ran in the direction of their horses while his other companion, Nolof jumped to Legolas and Liz's side wanting to aid them in any way possible. The seizure lasted only about two minutes, but it seemed like a lifetime to Legolas. He didn't want this young woman to lose her life having fought so hard to keep it. Her limbs shook violently, and he noticed along with foam, a small amount of blood started to leave her mouth. He reasoned that since everything in her body was shaking, so was her jaw which was probably biting her own tongue. He grabbed a twig from near-by and shoved it in her mouth while being cautious of her tongue. He kept inspecting her body until the seizure stopped, he noticed that she became wet near her bottom therefore had lost continence of her bladder. He was embarrassed for her, but it didn't bother him, he still held on to her until the seizure stopped. Her shaking subsided and she began to look around and breathe heavily.

"Wwuuut juust h-happened?" she slowly muttered in between breaths.

"Liz, you began to shake violently, I don't know what it was." Legolas answered breathing heavily out of panic. Both of the elves moved so she could move in her slow pace.

Liz began to sob at the realization that she wet herself. " I p-p-pissssssed m-mmyself? Th-this mmmmust be hell, I d-died and n-n-now Immmm in hellllllll" she spurted out. "I d-don't unddderstannnnnd wwwwhhy I'mmmm ssssuuroundded by aanngellls, though. Iiisss thiss p-p-puurrrgetorrry?" she questioned the two elves. They both looked at her with confused and concerned looks on their faces. She took a few breaths and tried to control her speech. "W-what isss th-this p-place?" she questioned as she tried to get on her knees.

"This is Mirkwood, not hell." Legolas answered slowly only seeing a confused face look back at him.

"I'm g-gonna b-be sick" she said as she turned away from her rescuers and clutched the ground with her frail fists as she vomited again, Nolof placed his hand on her back and held her hair back from her face. She looked up at him after she was done with grateful eyes. "D-did I h-have a s-s-seeee-" she took a breath, "S-seizure?" they both nodded. "Oh…" She said as her eyes rolled back into her head and her body collapsed. Nolof and Legolas both lessened her fall.

"Sir," Nolof looked at Legolas.

"This cannot be good," Legolas said, fearing she would not wake. "Liz!" Legolas shouted at her slightly slapping her face to rouse her from sleep. She slowly began to open her eyes again, and then slowly they began to roll back into her skull. "no, no no no no," Legolas said grabbing her face, "Don't sleep, keep your eyes open." He raised his voice to her till she slowly opened her eyes again. "Stay awake, Liz" he said, very concerned. She nodded and tried to get up. "no, no no," Legolas said, "slowly, let me help you." He said gently to her. "I don't want you to lose consciousness again." He grabbed the water that he set down before her seizure and brought it to her lips again. "Drink" he said.

"Th-thank you," She slowly said looking at the two of them. "Y-you would n-not be here if th-this were hell." She slowly said and smiled after she sipped some water. "I-I didn't m-mess on y-you did I?" she looked concerned at the two gentlemen.

They both shook their heads. "Do not concern yourself with that." Nolof replied. She began to softly cry a bit as Nolof took her hand, and Legolas set his hand on her shoulder.

"Do you think you-re up for a small journey to our village?" Legolas inquired of her. She slowly nodded as Legolas lifted her and walked with her and Nolof to their horses. Nolof took her as Legolas mounted his horse, then Nolof gently lifted her up to Legolas. Once she was secure in Legolas' arms Nolof went to mount his horse. They slowly made their way to the village, their horses were only in a slow trot. Legolas looked down at Liz and noticed pain in her eyes. "What is it?"

"M-my head." She answered as her nostrils flared and eyes winced. "Th-the ssun." She added. Legolas thought back to the sun earlier, he realized the sun's bright rays most-likely brought on the seizure. He took one hand to hold the bridle and the other to visor her eyes from the sun. They trotted along for a short while until they heard hoofs coming in their direction; it was Echadir with a wagon and a healer from their village. Echadir dismounted as Nolof and Legolas stopped. Nolof dismounted and drew closer to Legolas and Liz, he held his arms out for Liz and gently took her and set her on the wagon.

"Galdor, take charge of my horse." Legolas commanded as he jumped down and slowly climbed on the wagon where Liz was sitting slightly and Elagessil, the healer, was inspecting her. Legolas gently sat next to Liz and held her hand while Elegessil did her work as they slowly rode to the elven city.