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She whips around to face the creature. It roars right in front of her and her ears start to ring from it. She raises her sword into a defensive stance right as Legolas, who is to her right, shoots an arrow at the troll hitting it in the shoulder.
"Nice shot, elf," she says stepping closer to the elf just as the troll raises its hammer. He just smirks and knocks another arrow. Just than Sam raises his sword and runs past them toward the troll.
"Sam!" Mírien yells as the Hobbit dives under the troll. The troll swings its hammer down at where the Hobbit had been, making Mírien and Legolas jump back. The troll realizes at this point that its target has moved and looks between its legs to where Sam has slid.
He rips his hammer out of the stone and stalks toward the Hobbit, its chains dragging. It lifts its foot to step on the poor Hobbit but it is pulled back by its chain. Mírien turns to see that Boromir and Aragorn are pulling the chain and she grabs it and starts pulling also.
The troll loses its balance and swings around, almost hitting them with its flailing arms and hammer. When it regains its balance it picks up its chain and swings Boromir into the wall. Mírien ducks under the chain and turns just in time to see Boromir hit the wall with a crack.
Mírien releases the breath she didn't realize she is holding when his head shakes. An orc takes this opportunity to swing at her. She ducks under the blade and swings her sword up and slices open the belly of the Orc. It doubles over and falls to the ground at her feet wailing in pain and clutching its blood pouring wound.
Gimli lets out a war cry and Mírien sees his ax embed itself into the troll's chest. The troll stalks toward him and swings its hammer down on the stone coffin that Gimli had stood on. The dwarf jumps off just in time and lands on his feet. He picks up another ax and dodges the troll's hammer as it swings around catching an Orc or two now and then.
Mírien moves toward Aragorn but sees Legolas launch two more arrows into the troll's chest. Three Orcs surround her and taunt her in their filthy language. "You are all sexist pigs! Just because I am a woman doesn't mean I am helpless!" She yells at them in between swings and jabs of her sword. By now her sword is practically dripping in Orc blood so she "carefully" wiped it all over the armor of one of the slain Orcs.
At this point, Mírien realized, the troll has given up on his hammer and is now swinging his chain around like a whip. He keeps trying to hit Legolas but the elf, finally showing some of his Elvin brains, tricks him and climbs up on the troll shooting an arrow, point-blank, into its head.
The troll takes up his hammer again, this time his target: the Hobbits. He raises his hammer and they scatter. Mírien runs over to where Merry and Pippin are hiding. "Are you okay?" She whispers observing the troll.
"Yes, we are all right but I don't know about Frodo," Pippin replies and Mírien catches a glimpse of the Hobbit behind a chunk of stone that the troll is sniffing around. Aragorn yells something that Mírien can't make out as he furiously tries to battle his way to Frodo.
Mírien swings at an approaching Orc and his head goes flying off, the body slumping to the ground. Mírien's nose wrinkles up in disgust at the blood pouring out on her boots. That is the only thing she didn't like about fighting, all the blood. It almost made the phrase "bloody hell" become a reality. She smiles at the thought.
Only now did she notice that the troll had a yelling Frodo in his hand.
"Help! Help!" He cries, "Aragorn! Aragorn!"
Mírien sees Aragorn look over at the troll when he hears his name. Mírien pulls a knife out of her belt and throws it at the troll hitting his hand that is holding his hammer above a frightened Frodo just as Frodo swipes at the troll's hand with Sting.
Mírien sees Aragorn jump down into the crevice where Frodo has fallen and the troll stands. He had a long spear in his hands that he stabs the troll with. To her right Merry and Pippin were throwing rocks at the creature when it slaps Aragorn to the side.
"Aragorn! Frodo!" Mírien yells as Frodo runs over to Aragorn's side he looks at her for a brief second before noticing the troll raising the long spear, that Aragorn had dropped, at the Hobbit.
He misses and hits the rock. Frodo tries to come to where Mírien and the other Hobbits are standing but the troll blocks his way. He looks at Mírien with a terrified expression and her heart breaks a little. Then he backs into the rock and the troll raises his spear and rams it into Frodo.
"Frodo!" Mírien yells as she runs toward him. Behind her she hears Pippin and Merry yell and jump on the troll with their swords.
"Frodo! Frodo! Look at me Frodo!" Mírien screams at him as his face twists in agony. Sam yells and she hears his battle cries behind her. Frodo slumps to the ground as Mírien reaches him. She falls to her knees next to his small body, tears silently streaming down her face.
There is a massive crash as the cave troll falls down on the ground.
For a moment there is a pause before Aragorn and Gandalf hurry to where Mírien is kneeling by Frodo. Sam approaches right as Aragorn pulls Frodo over on his back. Frodo gasps for air and everyone sighs in relief.
Sam falls to his knees next to Mírien, "He's alive," he says in a relieved tone.
Frodo sits up quickly panting for breath as Mírien pulls him into a tight hug, "You scared us for a moment, little one."
"I'm alright. I'm not hurt," he says pulling away from her embrace to look at the others.
"You should be dead. That spear would have skewered a wild boar!" Aragorn breathes and Mírien nods, "Tis true, you should be dead… yet you are not."
"I think there is more to this Hobbit than meets the eye," says Gandalf stepping out of the shadows where he had observed the scene. Frodo pulls back his shirt revealing a shining mithril chain mail.
"Mithril," Gimli whispers and Mírien turns her head to look at him. He looks at her in disbelief before returning his attention to the Hobbit.
Suddenly Mírien hears screeching and she can see the shadows of Orcs on the far wall. Gandalf looks around furiously before he whispers, "To the bridge of Khazad-dum!"
Gandalf takes off running and everyone follows. Aragorn and Mírien help Frodo up before taking off after Gandalf too.
"You know for an old wizard he sure moves fast," Mírien half yells to Legolas whom she had caught up with. Legolas just laughs under his breath and keeps running.
There is horrible screeching and yelling behind them and Mírien and the others risk looking back to see that hundreds of Orcs are running after them. They pull every ounce of energy they have into running for their lives. All around and above them Orcs pour out of holes and high places toward them and soon filthy Orcs have surrounded them.
Mírien's nose wrinkles up in disgust as they form a circle with their backs facing inwards toward one another.
"If we die now I just want you to know that for an elf you're not so bad," she says to Legolas half serious, half-joking.
"Do not worry, my friend, we will be alright," he replies knocking an arrow in his bowstring.
Suddenly there is a loud growl and Mírien sees something in the light that appears in a tunnel ahead of them. The noise causes the Orcs to look around in fright and scurry away to wherever they came from. Legolas trains his knocked arrow at the light and the growls as everyone turns to look at it.
"What is this new devilry?" Boromir asks quietly.
"It's probably a…" Mírien starts.
"A Balrog, a demon of the ancient world," Gandalf says, more like growls.
Mírien just sighs quietly, resting her forehead in her hand whilst Aragorn just smirks shaking his head slightly.
"This foe is beyond any of you. Run!" Gandalf continues and they take off toward a tunnel to the left of the Balrog.
Boromir assumes the lead when Gandalf stops to look back at the Balrog, but almost falls off into an underground waterway. Luckily Legolas rushes and grabs him around the torso but his torch is lost to the water.
Behind Mírien she hears Gandalf speak.
"Lead them on, Aragorn!" The Bridge is near! Do as I say! Swords are of no more use here!" He says pushing past Mírien to pull the Hobbits away from the ledge's edge.
Mírien turns to Aragorn and looks at him. His eyes are full of duty, hope, fear, and exhaustion. Mírien offers him a small smile before hurrying off after a running Gandalf.
Once they reach the bottom of the very long staircases Gandalf stops and points toward the bridge with his sword, "Over the bridge! Fly!"
They fly past him toward the bridge running mostly on adrenaline. Mírien hears a mighty growl and turns to see the Balrog raise its fiery head and roar. She starts running again, ushering the Hobbits along, when the Balrog starts moving toward them.
They keep running even across the narrow bridge. When she reaches the other side Mírien stands next to Frodo who is watching something. Following his gaze she sees Gandalf still on the bridge facing the Balrog.
"You shall not pass!" He bellows at the demon.
"Gandalf!" Frodo practically screams.
"I am the servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the Flame of Anor. The dark fire will not avail you! Flame of Udun!" Gandalf yells as the Balrog raises a fiery sword and brings it down with a crash on Gandalf's glowing aura.
Mírien places a hand on Frodo's shoulder for when he decides to bolt over to Gandalf. To her right Aragorn is moving closer to the bridge.
"Aragorn!" She yells but her voice is drowned out when the Balrog roars again.
Gandalf yells at it once again, "Go back to the Shadow!"
The Balrog replaces it's sword for a fiery whip.
"You shall not pass!" Gandalf screams at the Balrog as he stabs his sword and staff into the bridge.
The Balrog tries to take a step forward but the bridge crumbles and the Balrog falls but its whip catches Gandalf by his foot and pulls him down. He grabs at the ledge and Frodo bolts toward him.
"Frodo!" Mírien yells and hurries after him. Boromir, hearing her cry, catches Frodo before he can run to the bridge.
"Gandalf!" He yells as Gandalf scrambles to hold on.
Then he looks right at Mírien and says, "Fly you fools!" Before letting go and falling into the dark pit with the fiery beast.
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