As soon as Thorin's eyes flew open, he jumped up: 'Wake up. We need to get moving.' He woke up the other dwarves and walked out of the tent. Anders shot up and rushed after his uncle.
'Balin, Dwalin, Oin, Gloin. You take south.' Thorin said and the duo immediately took off. 'Bifur, Bofur, Bombur, north.' They nodded and jumped on their ponies. 'Dori, Nori and Ori take east. Me, Fili and Gaia take the west.' Thorin finished and all the dwarves rushed into another direction. 'Let's go.'
Anders held his swords in front of him while looking around hi, trying to find something along the lines of a cave. Gaia was still new to all the sneaky, warrior stuff so she just stayed close to Anders and Thorin. 'How is it possible they can hide here? There is nothing.' Gaia said. 'Keep searching. For all we know they could be hiding in a hole under the ground.' Thorin said, not looking at Gaia or Anders. Gaia turned to Anders. He had this anger and fear in his eyes that scared her. She had never seen him like this and she only feared the worst for Mike and the others.
Mike woke up and shot right up. He rubbed his eyes and checked to see if Kili was still there. Kili was causing some trouble that night, so they had put a cloth in his mouth and tied him up a bit better. Mike sighed in relief when he saw Kili was still there. Kili looked up at Mike, fear in his eyes. Mike started to feel guilty. Gaia was right, he was changing. And not for the better.
He wanted to turn around when he heard voices outside. Kili's head shot up when he recognized the voices. He started screaming, but the screaming was muffed by the cloth. Mike grabbed Kili and pulled him behind a rock. He peaked over it and cursed inside. Anders and his uncle. And Gaia.
Stacey and the others had woken up in the meantime and walked up to Mike. 'Hey, Mike, what- 'Duck! Stay behind this rock. Shit.' Mike cut off Ty and pulled him down. 'What is it?' Axl hissed. Mike pointed over the rock and they looked over it. Anders, Gaia and Thorin were standing there, looking around them. 'Fuck.' Stacey whispered. 'What now? They are looking for us.' Zeb whispered. 'We stay here. Keep Kili close.' Mike whispered. 'Wait for them to leave.'
Kili was forced to listen to them. He knew it wouldn't help a thing if he tried to escape, they tied him up too well. But his uncle and brother were so close, yet so far away. What if they walked away, not knowing he was right behind them? Kili would feel absolutely shattered inside. This was his one chance of freedom. If he could only somehow grab the attention of Thorin and Anders.
'They must be close, I can feel it. They must be!' Anders yelled desperate. Thorin was steaming, he had to find his nephew. As quick as possible. Gaia looked around and spotted the cave. 'There! A cave!' she exclaimed. Thorin and Anders immediately ran to it, Gaia quickly following them.
'Shit, shit, shit. Gaia is such a betrayer.' Stacey hissed and ducked a little deeper. Kili was struggling a lot, he had to break free. Anders was close to him, this was his best shot. 'Stop moving already.' Ty hissed and punched Kili.
Balin, Dwalin, Oin and Gloin happened to be stumbled into the same cave, only they were on the other side of the cave.
'This must be it. There are no other caves in this area.' Balin said, looking behind every rock. They suddenly heard a hand slapping against skin. They sprinted into the direction and saw the gang hiding behind a rock. 'In the name of Durin!' Dwalin yelled. They snapped around and saw the dwarves standing behind them.
Thorin and Anders heard Dwalin's voice and were more than relieved when they saw the other dwarves. Less than a second later, they saw the gang, looking up at them. 'YOU!' Anders screamed furious.
The gang stood up, Mike holding the gagged and tied up Kili. 'I DEMAND YOU TO LET GO OF MY NEPHEW!' Thorin yelled. 'Only if Anders comes with us! If he doesn't, than-' Ty had no chance to finish, Anders had jumped on top of him and started beating him up.
'Anders! Please!' Ty begged. 'NO! YOU FUCKED UP DICK! YOU ARE NOT WORTH A SHIT ANYMORE! NON OF YOU! YOU'VE GONE TOO FAR! KIDNAPPING MY BABY BROTHER, ARE YOU INSANE?!' Anders screamed and kept on punching Ty in his face. Thorin rushed over to the furious Anders and took it over: 'Fili, go to Kili. He needs you more than me now.' he said and gave Ty a punch in the face.
Olaf and Zeb were cornered by Dwalin and Oin. Dwalin was steaming, his head was redder than a tomato and Oin was steaming as well. Olaf and Zeb didn't try talking, it wouldn't help a thing. Dwalin and Oin let out a warrior cry and attacked the two. Zeb tried to rush away, but Dwalin grabbed his arm and punched him right in the face. Oin kicked Olaf right in the shin and between the legs. Olaf sunk to the ground, face grimaced in pain.
Anders stepped furious to Mike, Axl and Stacey. 'Stay right where you are or this boy will die!' Mike yelled, but Anders' eyes showed no emotion but anger. 'You let go of my brother.' He hissed furious between his teeth. 'Never.' Mike said. That just did it. Anders screamed and hit Mike with his sword. Mike screamed and let go of Kili. Anders sprinted forward and Kili stumbled into his arms.
At the second Mike fell to the ground, Gloin and Balin jumped on Stacey and Axl's back and started punching them, Balin even bit Stacey in her shoulder: 'That's for calling me Santa, you bastard.'
Gaia did nothing to stop the dwarves. Nothing at all, she just watched. She didn't think at all that the dwarves were too harmful. They may be her friends, but what they did to Anders was unforgivable. This was just the dwarves' pay back. She did get some glances for the gang, asking, begging her for help. She ignored them. She only stuck out her middle finger at each of them, mouthing swearing words at them.
'Kili! Kili, Kili, Kili! You're alright, I've got you. I've got you.' Anders whispered in his ear and untied Kili. He removed the cloth and Kili wrapped his arms around Anders: 'Fili, I'm so happy you're here. I'm so glad to see you.' Anders lay one hand on the back of Kili's head and wrapped one arm around him.
Thorin was done with Ty and hold him up. Dwalin, Oin, Balin and Gloin had captured the others in the meantime. 'Anders, hear- 'NO! NO MORE HEARING OUT! YOU'RE A DISAPPOINTMENT OF LIFE!' Anders yelled. 'Take them. I won't risk another dwarf.' Thorin demanded and ran over to Kili and wrapped his arms tightly around him. 'I won't let them touch you again.' Thorin whispered and took Kili outside. The gang shared terrified glances and were roughly pushed out of the cave.
'I'm scared, Mike. I'm so scared.' Axl whispered while being pushed to walk further. Mike said nothing. He was just as scared as Axl. Anders was walking in front of them, arm protectively wrapped around Kili while whispering comforting words to him. Thorin walked on the other side of Kili, constantly checking on his youngest nephew. 'Anders,' Mike said. Dwalin wrapped his arms around Anders, stopping him from attacking Mike. 'You don't talk. Keep walking.' Gloin hissed at them.
'KILI!' All the dwarves exclaimed as soon as they saw the young dwarf safely tucked under Anders' arm. They all rushed forward to check on Kili. 'Why did you bring them here?' Dori asked pissed when he saw the gang. 'I couldn't let them walk free like nothing had happened. They have to get punished for what they did to us. To Fili. To Kili.' Thorin said. 'What are you going to do to us?' Zeb asked scared. 'Tie them up on that tree. Make sure they can't move.' Thorin demanded and Dwalin, Dori and Gloin grabbed the gang and dragged them with them.
The night had fallen and Anders sat outside, sharpening his sword. The gang looked at him, not knowing what to say or do. 'Anders..' 'You think you can talk to me? You think you can?' Anders turned around and stood up, with his sword.
'Please.' 'No please. No, how dare you thinking you can still talk to me?' Anders asked in a sharp voice. He got close to them: 'You come close to Kili again, ever again, I will end you. Slow and painful. Did you understand that? I'm not trying to be funny.' he hissed, letting his sword run down Axl's cheek. 'C-can't we do this differently?' Axl stuttered.
'Different? Different?! DIFFERENT? YOU FUCKING KIDNAPPED MY BABY BROTHER! YOU INTERFERED WITH MY LIFE! YOU RUINED IT ALL! NO, WE CAN'T DO THIS DIFFERENTLY!' Anders outburst made Kili come outside. 'KILI! Go back inside.' Anders exclaimed. Kili didn't listen and walked up to him. Anders held his arm in front of Kili, in order to protect him.
'You really don't have to do that.' Ty hissed. 'Don't I? Oh, that's right, it's not like you kidnapped him or anything.' Anders shot them a deadly and furious glance and took Kili back inside the tent. 'Great, now Anders isn't even considering talking or looking at us.' Mike muttered and looked down. 'They are going to kill us. I know that.' Olaf sighed. 'If Olaf says it, than it must be true.' Ty said terrified. They all stayed silent. Trying to find words to comfort each other. Trying to find words that didn't exist.
'We have gone too far. Gaia was right. We have changed.' Mike whispered. Everyone looked at Mike. 'All these actions. They have pushed Anders away from us.' 'Mike, don't say that.' Olaf tried. 'We could have been nicer. Friendlier. We ruined it. By everything we did.' Mike continued.
'Mike, for god's sake. Maybe Anders really doesn't want to leave. Maybe if we were nicer, he still wouldn't have listened.' Stacey said. 'We fucked it up. It all could have been different. We had looked for him. Two months. We finally find him and act like this. Push him to come with us, didn't give him time to consider it. We punched him, we told him things we shouldn't have said to him. We fucking kidnapped his now little brother. How could we be so cruel?! Since when let we jealousy led our lives?' Mike turned to the gang, who were all looking at the ground.
'It's official. We have lost our brother. He has a new family. A new brother. An uncle.' 'Mike, he is still part of our family. Just because they say he belongs to them, doesn't change the fact he is still family of ours.' Olaf said. 'No, he isn't. He wasn't even born in our world. Not officially. He was born here, amongst those people. He belongs here. I give up.' Mike said.
It was silent. 'I just want him to be happy. And I only made it worse for him. He doesn't even know that's what I want because I keep on acting like an asshole towards him and his family.' Axl looked at his older brother. He had never seen him like that. So, defeated. Mike was always the strong one, fearless and powerful. Now, he was lost.
'Anders, he is happy now, isn't he? Maybe we should stop pushing and let him choose. And I believe he already made his decision.' Olaf said, being the ever so the wise one. Mike looked up at the stars: 'If this makes him happy, than, we should respect that.' Everybody sighed and looked into another direction. The only thing that was left to hear, were the dwarves in the tent, talking to each other.
