Chapter III
The tunnel was lit only by the glow of the Faerie as the entourage traveled further. The path now had leveled itself and was no longer declining, which eased traveling by foot with two unconscious and two badly wounded. They stopped only once to rest after two hours, and then pressed onward. The path started to rise slightly at a slant when the Faerie said they had only an hour of travel left to go down this pathway. They were thankful, to say the least.
Then they were stopped, dead in their tracks, at a hideous sight.
The path had been closed off, and had a large cobweb that completely covered it. Tangled in the web, was a skeleton that had clearly been there for a long while.
Legolas made a jump for Tanah, despite his injuries, but Danel held him back. This couldn't keep the Elf from yelling. "I thought you said…"
"I know what I said!" the sprite shouted back. "I had no idea this had been closed off, or I…"
As the two bickered with Danel trying to get in between them, Gandalf stared intently at the web, ignoring them. He quieted them as he saw a slight movement in the web. He pulled the two Hobbits that stood next to the web away and behind him next to Reicu, who still held Pippin, who was slowly fading as well as Liera, who was held in Gandalf's arm.
Gandalf gently laid Liera onto the stone floor, and turned back to the skeleton, which now seemed to be looking at them. "If we can't get through, the Orcs are sure to get us," he whispered.
The tunnel was lit only by the glow of the Faerie as the entourage traveled further. The path now had leveled itself and was no longer declining, which eased traveling by foot with two unconscious and two badly wounded. They stopped only once to rest after two hours, and then pressed onward. The path started to rise slightly at a slant when the Faerie said they had only an hour of travel left to go down this pathway. They were thankful, to say the least.
Then they were stopped, dead in their tracks, at a hideous sight.
The path had been closed off, and had a large cobweb that completely covered it. Tangled in the web, was a skeleton that had clearly been there for a long while.
Legolas made a jump for Tanah, despite his injuries, but Danel held him back. This couldn't keep the Elf from yelling. "I thought you said…"
"I know what I said!" the sprite shouted back. "I had no idea this had been closed off, or I…"
As the two bickered with Danel trying to get in between them, Gandalf stared intently at the web, ignoring them. He quieted them as he saw a slight movement in the web. He pulled the two Hobbits that stood next to the web away and behind him next to Reicu, who still held Pippin, who was slowly fading as well as Liera, who was held in Gandalf's arm.
Gandalf gently laid Liera onto the stone floor, and turned back to the skeleton, which now seemed to be looking at them. "If we can't get through, the Orcs are sure to get us," he whispered.