"Where do you think your going?"
Asked Bofur as he stood up.
"Back to Rivendel.."
"No, you can't turn back now, you're part of the company. You're one of us."
Bilbo shook his head. "I'm not though, am I? Thorin said I should never have come and he was right. I'm not a Took, I'm a Baggins. I don't know what I was thinking."
At this point Thorin hoped that Katie was sound asleep so she didn't hear what Bilbo had just said and smack her husband up side the head for it. She didn't like how he treated Bilbo, he was a bit teritorial of her after Bilbo tried to ask for courtship, in Bilbo's defence it wasn't his fault, he didn't know that Katie happened to be married to Thorin.
"I should have never run out my door."
"You're home sick, I understand."
Nodded Bofur trying to get him to stay as Bilbo turned around again.
"No, you don't. You don't understand, none of you do. You're Dwarves. You're used to this life. To living on the road, never settling in one place, not belonging anythere!"
Bilbo stopped when he realized how harsh his words were. He had forgotten that they were on a journey to take back a homeland.
"I-I'm sorry, I didn't..."
He looked down and cleared his throat as he felt ashamed of himself. Bofur nodded.
"No, you're right..."
He said as he looked around the small cave at his kin and friends.
"We don't belong anywhere."
Thunder rumbled outside as Bofur said goodbye to Bilbo. Bofur gave an odd look at Bilbo's sward as it began to glow.
"What's that?"
Bilbo looked down at his sward. Thorin lifted his head slighly as the floor began to move.
"WAKE UP!" WAKE UP!"
He shouted. Katie sat strait up seeing what was going on and grabbed ahold of her husband as the floor oppened up and they fell throuh. Thorin held her close to him as they slid down a tunnle, hitting walls and bumping into other members of the company as they shouted. They were shot out of a tunnel and onto a porely made wood platform almost like a patio. Thorin grunted as Katie landed on Thorin's chest, she wasn't heavy it was just a surprise. She got up quickly as she saw the goblins running towards them.
"Look out! Look out!" Shouted Dori as he franically got to his feet. The goblins stomed in croweding them and grabbed at them. One grabbed Katie and pulled her away from Thorin.
"No!"
Shouted Thorin as he despreatly reached for her, he was grabbed as well and they were ushered to their leader. At this time no one had noticed Bilbo escape.
"Get off of me!"
Shouted Katie as a goblin grabbed her.
"Oi, its a female. Hehehe...The King will enjoy you."
This made her blood run cold. They were dragged over the wooden bridge to, what was probably the throne room, where the goblin king sat. The Goblin king was huge,
taller than gandalf himself, ugly, fat, boils and warts everywhere and a goiter that hung from under his chin like a beard.
"Get your hands off of me!" She screamed trying to pull away and get to Thorin.
"Who would be so bold as to come armed into my kingdom."
Asked the great goblin king as he stood from his throne.
"Dwarves your greatness."
"Dwarves?!" He shouted surprised.
"Yes and they have a female."
The great goblin king gave a nasty smirk and instantly recognized her as he reached over and picked her up.
"Well, well, well. If it isnt the wife of Thorin Oakenshield."
"LET HER GO!"
Yelled Thorin, he was now terified and tried to lunge at him but Dwalin held him back.
"Put me down.."
"That isn't a very polite way of asking, Lady Kathrine Warg Tamer."
He laughed as he said her name, she spat at him.
"Not a lady at all your highness."
Said one of the goblins.
"Certainly not. But she will do just fine." He smirked and continue. "And where did they come from?"
"We found them on the front porch sir."
"Well dont just stand there! Search them! Every crack!"
They did as their king ordered. He smirked at Katie.
"What are you doing in these parts?"
No one answered.
"Well if they wont talk, then we'll make them talk! Bring up the bone breaker! We'll start with the youngest..."
He smirked and looked at Ori, the blood had drained from the poor lad's face.
"Oh! I had almost forgotten! No land, no title, no home. What are you then? You're not a king now are you? That must make you...A no body."
The goblins laugh. The Goblin king looked over Katie.
"And what do you think of your no body husband?"
She just galred at him.
"Put me down... Please...Let us go..."
"But you just got here! Why not stay a while? Have a little fun?"
"Please.."
She begged. He laughed as the torture devices were brought up. Thorin and Katie both knew what goblins did to women, it wasn't anything plesent. The king then looked at Thorin.
"I know someone who would pay a pretty price for your head. Oh just a head, nothing attached."
He laughed as the paraid of torture devices made their way up to the King. One of the goblins got curious about the weapons that Thorin and the company had been carrying. He picked up a sward and began to unshieth it and screamed. The goblin king dropped Katie as he coward in fear.
"I know that sword! It is the goblin-cleaver!"
Katie got up quickly and ran to Thorin and fell to her knees exausted, he knelt over her and sheileded her as a goblin began to whip him.
"Kill them! Kill them all!"
Shouted the goblin kin. Just as Katie was being torn away from Thorin a bright light appeared that seemed to send the goblins flying. A figure appeard from the smoke and dust. It was Gandlaf.
"Take up arms! Fight! FIGHT!"
And so they did. Katie drew her katana and fought with grace and skill cutting down goblins like they were grass. Thorin was amazed by her but paied attention to task at hand.
"Get em Katie! Wooo!"
Shouted Fili as he fought.
"Show us how it's done lassie!"
Shouted Balin as he skillfully took goblin after goblin out. They soon escaped the tunnels, it was daylight. Thorin hugged Katie tight and whispered softly to her,
"I've got you...I'll never let you out of my sight again..You're alright, you're alright."
He stroked her cheek as she looked up into his blue eyes, she nodded and just leaned her forehead against his chest exausted.
"Where's Bilbo?"
Asked Gandlaf looking about.
"Where is our Hobbit?"
This got everyone except for Thorin and Dwalin looking.
"He's lost. Curse him!"
Shouted Dwalin.
"Where did you last see him?"
"I think I saw him slip away."
Answered Nori.
"What happened exactly? Tell me!"
"I'll tell you what happened."
Thorin spoke up as he gently sat katie against a tree, she hugged her knees to her chest.
"Master Baggins saw his chance and he took it."
Katie looked up hearing this.
"He has thought of nothing but his soft bed and his warm hearth...Even my wife, a woman is braver and tougher than he."
Katie shook her head at this.
"We will not be seeing our Hobbit is long gone.."
Thorin looked over at Katie and got nothing but a cold, hard stare. She didn't like how he talked about Bilbo, it wasn't fair nor right. He knew he'd get a talk about it later.
"No. He isnt."
"Bilbo!" Katie shouted in surprise and went over and hugged him. Thorin just huffed quietly.
"I have never been so glad to see anyone in all my life."
Said Gandalf happily. Bilbo hugged Katie back.
"How did you get passed the goblins?"
She asked curiously.
"How indeed." Stated Dwalin standing next to Thorin.
Bilbo had no answer. Katie knew something was up and shared a look with Gandalf.
"Well what does it matter? He's back!"
She said happily, drawing attention away from the question. She then realized that they could have died. "Thorin...I-I have to tell you something." He looked at her curously. "What is it? What's wrong?"
Just then a figure appeared and growling was heard, his attention drawn away from Katie.
"Out of the frying pan..."
Stated Thorin.
"And into the dire. Run! RUN!"
Shouted Gandalf and they did just that, they came to the cliffs edge and began to climb the trees. Thorin with ease lifted katie upto one of the brnches and Dwalin grabbed her pulling her up further as Thorin climbed up. Gandlaf looked his left and found a butterfly, whispered and sent it on its way.
"Azog..."
Thorin was shocked to see him alive.
"It cannot be..."
Azog gave the order to attack. The wargs ran at the trees attempting to climb up them and knocked one tree into another. Thorin kept a tight hold on Katie. He heart was pounding. Gandalf grabbed a pine cone and set it on fire and threw it at the wargs, he set more of them ablaze and tossed them to Fili and Kili and they did the same, soon the wargs were surrounded by fire. The dwarves cheered and laughed untill the tree began to uproot and tip over the edge. Thorin made eyecontact with Azog,
stood up, drew his sward and walked tward his sworn enemy.
"Thorin!"
Katie shouted. Thorin raised his sward and shield and ran at Azog. The Orc raised his own weapon and hit Thorin with it sending him flyin in the air and landing on the ground.
"NO! THORIN!"
Katie tried to go to him but was held back by Dwalin. Tears streamed down her face as Thoin stood back up and was again by Azogs weapon, he was down. The warg then picked Thorin up in his mouth and clamped down hard causing Thorin to scream in pain. The warg shook him like a rag doll and threw him to the side. Another Orc was ordered to kill Thorun. He raused his weapon but was cut down by Bilbo saving Thorins life. Bilbo stood over Thorin standing face to face with Azog. Yelling was heard as the dwarves rushed in and attacked the Orcs and wargs. Katie went strait to Thorin.
"Thorin...Oh Mahal...Thorin.."
He opened his eyes slightly and looked at her.
"Katie..."
Just then the egals swooped in fanning the fires, picking up wargs and throwing them off the cliffs. One picked up Thorin and another picked up Katie, dropping her on the back of another egal with Fili and Kili. They were flown to safty and left on a rock. Thorin was gntly laid down, Katie rushed to his side.
"Thorin...Thorin please...w-wake up."
She sobbed as she looked at his wounds.
"Thorin!"
Shouted Gandalf as he rushed over.
"Thorin.."
He knelt down and began whispering something. Thorin opened his eyes.
"Katie..."
"I'm right here...I'm alright."
She held his hand to her cheek. He slowly sat up and softly kissed her and then stood and looked at Bilbo.
"You...What were you doing? You nearly got yoursled killed."
He was angry. Katie shook her head at this.
"Did I not say that you would be a burden? That you would not survive the wild? That you had no place amongst us?"
Bilbo looked down sad just as Thorin hugged him.
"I have never been so wrong, in all my life."
Katie slowly smiled at this. Throin and Bilbo parted from their hug and Bilbo saw something tall in the distance.
"I that...what I think it is?"
Thorin smiled seeing it too. Katie stood by his side.
"Aye...Bilbo..That's Erebor."
Thorin wrapped his arm around Katie. "Our Home." They watched as a thrush flew towars Erebor. A good omen.
((Authers note: I hoped you like this chapter. I did my best to improvise. R&R!))