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Chapter Six
Fili and Kili had been slowly making their way through the mines and were halfway to the market place. Each boy's health was rapidly declining, it had been two days with no food or water and they were feeling the effects. Hunger pains, dizziness, weakness, headaches and their nerves were going crazy. They were jumping at every noise, but worst of all was how scared they both were. The brothers had come across two small groups of goblins so far on their journey, but had been able to hide behind something to avoid being spotted. Fili had thought about heading back to the tunnel after encountering the first group of goblins, but heard a much larger group back the way they came, so they continued on carefully.
Suddenly the young dwarves heard the laughter of goblins heading their way again. Fili quickly and quietly grabbed his brother and lead him to a large boulder so they could hide. Both boys crouched down and steadied their breathing to remain as quiet as possible until the goblins moved on.
The group of goblins was the largest Fili and Kili had encountered so far with a count of six. The goblins entered the passageway the boys were hiding in and started talking in cackling voices.
"Ha did you see the look on his face when Carrek stuck him with that axe!" the largest goblin in the group said.
A small goblin with one eye shrieked with laughter and replied, "He squealed like one of the female dwarf scum!"
"Quiet you too! Carrek did not send us out here to gaggle." The goblin leading the group snapped as he turned to glare at the rest.
"Apologies Dorug, we meant only to boast about our gloriously wicked leader." The smallest one said with a bow to the leading goblin.
Dorug stalked quickly to the small one that dare speak to him and clamped his hand around its throat. Pulling the goblin in close so their faces were nearly touching Dorug spoke in a low dangerous tone, "I don't believe I asked you to speak on their actions Tarr."
After a few tense moments the leader of the group of goblins released Tarr and he scampered back with his head dropped low. "I am sorry Dorug, I spoke out of turn."
Dorug looked at the sniveling wretch and kick him forcefully to the ground. "Search the area!" he roared, his voice echo off the walls.
"Fili!" Kili whispered in horror as he clung to his brother's shirt and curled in closer to his chest. Both young dwarves had their eye shut tightly, when suddenly Fili was being ripped from his brother's hands. Kili's screams were masked by his brother's as the largest goblin pulled Fili out of their hiding spot by his hair, failing to notice the little dwarf still on the ground.
Fili started to struggle and fight, but was quickly overpowered by the large goblin when it grabbed both of his wrists forcefully in one hand and Fili's hair in the other. The large goblin yanked Fili over to Dorug as he announced his victory.
"Look what I've got."
"Oh look it's a dwarf babe." The goblin with one eye sneered, moving in close to Fili.
Dorug abandoned the jewel he had been looking at and stalked over to his new captive. "Well look at this. Carrek will be pleased to see what we found."
Fili began to struggle again and kicked the goblin missing an eye with enough force that it fell to the ground.
Dorug menacingly stepped over the fallen goblin and grabbed Fili's chin, forcing him to look into his eyes. "It looks like he has some fight in him, should be fun to play with." A sickening smile appeared on Dorug's face. Fili was staring into the hideous creature's eyes when suddenly the goblin flew to the side and landed heavily on the ground. He was quickly followed by the goblin holding Fili. In a daze Fili looked around to see what happened, only to find his little brother Kili standing not far away holding a fist size rock in his small hands.
"Leave my brother alone!" Kili shouted as he took aim and threw the rock at the goblin with one eye, knocking him again to the ground. Fili ran as quickly as his legs would allow to his brother's side. When he reached him they both turned swiftly and raced down one of the passageways. As they turned the corner they heard a loud murderous yell echoing off the walls from behind them.
They were running as fast as they could, but out of nowhere a goblin grabbed Kili around the middle and lifted him into his arms. Kili screamed and started kicking his legs trying to get free. Hearing his brother's screams Fili quickly snapped his head to face the struggle. Without thinking Fili ran at the goblin holding his brother and rammed into him head first. Caught off guard by the attack the goblin dropped Kili to the ground. Fili kicked the goblin swiftly in the leg, bringing him down to his knees, where a powerful punch to the face finished the job. Fili pulled Kili back to his feet and the brothers set off running again.
They turned down another corner and were faced with four more goblins. Shuffling forward the four goblins tried to wrangle the dwarflings. Kili ducked down low and slipped under the largest goblin's legs as Fili tripped the goblin reaching for him and they sped past their foes. The boys continued to run in the direction of the market place, but Kili started to slow, the weakness from not eating and lack of water getting to him.
Out of breath Kili wheezed out, "Fili wait I can't run anymore!" Then Kili started to cough violently. Fili quickly picked his brother up and slipped down a small dark tunnel to their right. Fili traveled down the tunnel for only a few moments before they ran into a dead-end. Placing Kili carefully on the ground Fili then sat in front of his brother, who was still trying to catch his breath. Right after Fili had settled on the ground the boys heard some of the goblins run past their hiding spot.
Once it was quiet again Fili relaxed slightly. "It's okay Kili just rest for a moment."
Before Kili even fully caught his breath he was talking, "Are you hurt Fili?"
"No Kili I am not hurt." Fili smiled widely, "Thanks to you little brother. You have great aim."
Kili looked to Fili with wide eyes, "Really?"
"Yes Kili you just saved my life."
Kili leaped into his brothers arms and squeezed tightly. "I'm so glad you're okay Fili."
There was an unexpected noise that startled the dwarflings, it sounded like faint voices. Crawling closer to the entrance of the tunnel Fili and Kili were able to make out the words that were echoing off the walls.
"No, no, no how many times do I have to tell you? We do not have time to eat! We have to help get fifty more dwarves ready for the fight! Plus you've had enough already."
Fili and Kili looked at each other with hopeful expressions on their faces. "Kili I think that voice is coming from the market place, we must be close!" Fili whispered urgently.
Kili nodded his head in agreement, "Fili that sounds like Master Bofur from the toy stand!"
"What do you two think your doin?"
Fili jumped up to his feet, "That's Master Gloin Kili! We have to hurry! Can you run a little farther?"
Kili moved to stand on unsteady feet, but gave his brother a firm nod. "Yes I can."
"Okay come on, we need to get to the market quickly."
Fili and Kili slipped silently around the corner and started running towards the familiar voices. "Kili look, the market place!" Fili pointed to a spot not from where they were. In the distance they could see three dwarf outlines, but were still too far away to see them clearly.
It looked like the brothers might make it to the market place that was just within their reach. As they were about to scream for help large hands clamped over their mouths and strong arms lifted them up, pulling them away from salvation and back into the darkness. They struggled to no avail as Dorug came into their line of sight. He now had dark black blood running down the side of his head where Kili's rock had struck him.
Dorug walk over to stand in front of Kili and started to pet his head. "Do not cry little one. We are going to have so much fun." He then grabbed a fist full of Kili's hair making him muffle out a cry of pain. "I am going to make you regret throwing those rocks."
Fili started shouting at the goblin that had the nerve to hurt his brother, but the shouts came out muffled because of the filthy hand still clamped firmly over his mouth. Dorug laugh and turned his head to look at Fili. When he was sure he had his attention he pulled on Kili's hair again, extracting the same responds from both dwarves. Dorug's smile widened farther at the obvious pain he was inflicting on the young dwarf brothers.
"Let's get them back to camp. I want to introduce Carrek to our new little friends."
Cliffhanger! I hope you guys had as much fun reading this chapter as I had writing it! Let me know what you think. Thank you for reading and have a great day!