The Fellowship heard more goblins were coming and their shadows were seen. "Is there a way out of here?" Leon asked.
"Yes, to the bridge of Khazad-dum," Gandalf spoke as he knew the way and led the group out. The thousands of goblins were popping out all over the place and surrounded the group covering the whole area. Those nasty humanoids leered and snarled on the frightened Fellowship.
"Don't make any move or else they'll butcher us all," said the American and the group did nothing.
The leering and snarling stopped as there was another sound. The sound followed by a bright orange light and the goblins scurried knowing what was coming. "What is this new devilry?" Boromir asked.
"A Balrog, a demon from the ancient world. This foe is beyond any of you, even you Leon," Gandalf spoke as he knew the fear. "Run!"
The wizard led the group to a passageway, "Quickly!"
Boromir went ahead but nearly fell from the stairs and Leon pulled him back.
"Gandalf!" Aragorn spoke as he noticed that his friend was tired.
"Lead them on, Aragorn! The bridge is near!" said the wizard as they group spotted the bridge. "Do as I say! Swords are no more use here!"
The Fellowship descended downstairs on the other side but there was a gap.
"Gandalf, I'll give you …" Leon prepared to toss the wizard seeing his old age.
"Don't worry about me. Even if I'm old, I can still make a jump," the wizard cut him off and jumped ahead.
"Aragorn, go!" the American ordered the ranger to jump joining Gandalf.
An arrow bounced right in front of Boromir, Merry, and Pippin as the goblin archers from the far ledge began shooting at the Fellowship. Aragorn returned the fire with his bow and Leon aimed his pistol carefully at the goblin archers. The American pulled the trigger taking down the goblin archers causing them to fall into the abyss.
"Merry! Pippin!" Boromir yelled as he held onto the two hobbits tightly. As the hobbits held onto the man, Boromir jumped on the second the stairs crumbled then fell. Leon put his pistol aside, "Sam."
The American tossed the corpulent hobbit and Boromir caught him. But Gimli held his hand up, "Nobody tosses a dwarf!"
Gimli jumped by nearly fell, "Not the beard!" as Aragorn grabbed the beard pulling him up.
Leon and Frodo were left however the stairs crumbled, "Hold on!" Leon ordered. He took several steps back joining the young hobbit but their distance from the rest of the group increased slightly. As the Balrog was getting closer, stone structures around the mine collapsed. A boulder destroyed the steps behind Leon and Frodo, "Hang on!" the American ordered holding the young hobbit to his arm.
"Lean forward!" Leon spoke as the stairs was falling. As they leaned forward causing the broken stairs to fall right in front of the rest of the Fellowship. Boromir caught Frodo while Aragorn caught Leon. The Fellowship continued to hurry downstairs but to the point Gandalf ordered, "Over the bridge! Fly!"
The wizard turned to face the flames making up the Balrog that was massive in size having bat-wings, horns, and cloven hooves. The monstrous humanoid roared at the wizard causing the Fellowship to run over to the bridge. Gandalf remain behind to cover the retreat while the others watched.
"YOU CANNOT PASS!" Gandalf shouted angrily at the Balrog that spread its arms bursting into cracking, thundering flame.
"GANDALF!" Frodo shouted in fear.
"I am the servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the flame of Anor," Gandalf had his staff with radiating white light and sword ready. "The dark fire will not avail you, FLAME OF UDUN!"
The demon sank its fire sword on Gandalf but was shattered by the shield the wizard formed with his staff. The monster roared at Gandalf who said strongly clenching his teeth, "Go back to the Shadow!"
The Balrog took several steps closer with his flaming whip lashing menacingly. "YOU … SHALL NOT … PASS!" Gandalf shouted pounded the bridge with his staff and there was a flash. When the Balrog attempted to take on the wizard, the bridge collapsed causing the monster to fall. As the wizard made his move, the Balrog caught Gandalf with its whip.
"Gandaaaalf!" Frodo shouted attempted to help him but Leon grabbed him.
The wizard hung onto the bridge and eyed Frodo sadly, "Fly, you fools." The wizard let go of the stone and fell into the chasm joining the Balrog.
"Nooooooooooo!" Frodo shouted in sadness and pain.
"EVERYONE GET OUT OF HERE! NOW!" Leon shouted turning Frodo away from the scene. The goblin archers fired at the escaping Fellowship and the arrows missed. When the remnants of the group got out of Moria, the goblins seemed to give up the chase.
Legolas heard someone talking downstairs and the woman in red heard the same conversation in the language she knew as Spanish. The elf walked slowly and quiet but when he turned to look behind. Suddenly, the village chief grabbed his neck strangling him. The tall man dropped the elf after seeing the elf's red eyes, "You carry the same blood as us, it seems. Nevertheless, you're an outsider. Just remember, if you become unpleasant to our eyes, you will face severe consequences." This left Legolas baffled and he followed the village chief to his bedroom.
The woman in red did a hook shot and she landed onto the roof of the house. At that second Legolas went in with his arrow ready, the village chief charged at him causing the arrow to fly into a portrait. The village chief stepped on him to kill but was shot twice on both of his shoulders. This made the village chief to become aware that Legolas was not alone as the tall man saw the woman in red. The woman in red put away her pistol and pulled the trigger of the grappling hook gun before the village chief jumped out of the window. Legolas wondered who had saved his life. The villagers prevented the woman in red from escaping. Before she could open fire with her pistol, a young villager fired a tranquilizer dart at her from a rifle. The village chief found her and gave orders on what to do with her.
"Legolas, I've been able to get some new info that might help you," Hannigan called the elf.
"Tell me about it."
"Apparently, there's a religious cult group involved. They're called the Los Illuminados."
"Los Illuminados? What can I say? I had an unexpected run-in with the big chief of this village."
"But you're okay right?"
"I'm okay. I was spared because he said that I'm carrying the same blood as them."
"'Carry the same blood …' Hmm … Interesting …"
"I'll the find the answer later."
"You should. Hurry and find that church Legolas."
Legolas encountered another masked killer wielding the same mechanical weapon. Instead of overalls, that individual was similar to those of the elderly village men. The elf knocked him down with an arrow and quickly took down the other villagers including young-looking women. Legolas quickly fired arrows at the killer's head repeatedly until he died.
Legolas returned to the village and figured out a passage to the church. When approaching a graveyard, he heard an intruder call.
"Not old women too," Legolas thought seeing an elderly woman wearing a yellow shirt and green skirt. Like what the elf did to the other villagers, he put her out of her misery. In the area, there were both elderly and younger villagers regardless of the gender. One of the younger looking village women was carrying the explosive weapon; Legolas had to shoot her before she threw the weapon so it could blow the other village men around her.
Despite his attempt to enter the church, the door was lock. Though he told Hannigan that, she responded with, "Didn't they teach you how to pick locks?"
"I don't think so. I think it required something to fit inside."
"Legolas, you have to find some way or something to get inside."
When Legolas hurried to a lake, he saw a pair of village men dumping the remaining man in blue into the water. After the village men left, something big in the lake devoured him. It was like a large reptile different from a dragon. Upon seeing that thing, Legolas knew that he would not cross the lake without a fight. The elf found a boat with no oars to paddle but something on the back. Earlier he noticed a villager in overalls operated the thing on the back of the boat. Legolas looked around the object finding what to use to start the machine and found another handle. He pulled slightly and there was a wire. Legolas pulled it completely and heard the machine operating.
Just as the elf expected, the monster attacked him when he crossed the lake. The anchor embedded into its skin, forcing him to kill it. Legolas found some harpoons he could use and hurled them at the beast. He had to drive the boat to dodge the obstacles and the beast itself. Using the harpoons could help conserve the arrows and ammo.
When the beast was hit with sufficient force, it began sinking but the ropes entangled Legolas' legs. The elf desperately cut the ropes with his knife so that he would not drown. Unfortunately after Legolas reached to the other side of the lake, he began coughing out blood and there was some unusual activity inside his body. The elf began to feel dizzy and lost consciousness upon entering a house.
