Author's Notes: Sorry, but school starts for me tomorrow. I'll try to update as much as I can on the weekends, though. And I just wanted to thank everyone for the reviews! I really like to know what you think about my writing. Disclaimer: I do not own the lyrics to the song "Teenagers" by My Chemical Romance. I am only using them in my story.
Chapter 21:
I am SO glad that I'm wearing a shirt and leggings. I think I would have died if I were wearing a tunic.
I hate running. We start early in the morning, and run until late afternoon. Then we rest for a little while, and start again. I like running at night better. I don't feel so vulnerable. We do stop to sleep at some point during the night. But I haven't slept in days.
There are some times when I blackout while I'm running. Most of the time when this happens, I fall over. But Boromir is always there to help me up.
Boromir seems just as pained as I am about Merry and Pippin. I can't even imagine what they're going through.
But now that Pippin isn't here to occupy my thoughts, I notice that Boromir is always watching me. He reminds me just about everyday that I saved his life, he's really grateful, and all that other shit. It's kinda annoying, actually.
Days seem to pass like minutes. We hardly ever talk. We're all determined to catch up to the Uruk-hai.
Finally, I couldn't take it anymore. I had to find something to say. I decided that a song would be good. But what to sing?
"They're gonna clean up your looks,
"With all the lies in the books,
"To make a citizen out of you." I started to sing.
"Because they sleep with a gun,
"And keep an eye on you, sun,
"So they can watch all the things you do."
"What?" Boromir said, turning to look at me.
"I'm singing," I said. "And you're interrupting." He gave me a weird look, but I continued anyway.
"Because the drugs never work,
"They gonna give you a smirk,
"Cause they got methods of keep'n you clean.
"They're gonna rip up your heads,
"Your aspiration to shreds,
"Another cog in the murder machine."
"What is she doing?" I heard Aragorn ask Legolas. He sounded annoyed.
"Singing some sort of crude song," Legolas said. "Sounds vaguely interesting."
"Well, tell her to shut up," Aragorn snapped.
Me? Shut up? No, I just sang louder.
"They said all,
"Teenagers scare the living shit out of me.
"They could care less,
"As long as someone'll bleed.
"So darken your clothes,
"Or strike a violent pose.
"Maybe they'll leave you alone,
"But not me!"
"Shut up!" Aragorn growled.
"The boys and girls in the clique,
"The awful names that they stick,
"You're never gonna fit in much, kid.
"But if you're troubled and hurt,
"What you got under your shirt,
"Will make them pay for the things that they did!"
Aragorn let out another exasperated growl. But that only kept me going.
"Teenagers scare the living shit out of me!
"They could care less!
"As long as someone'll bleed!
"So darken your clothes!
"Or strike a violent pose!
"Maybe they'll leave you alone!
"But not me!"
"That's it!" he said. Aragorn stopped running, and grabbed my shoulders. "Shut up! Shut up, shut up, shut up!" He started shaking me as he spoke.
"Aragorn! Let her go!" Gimli barked.
He did. "Not more singing," he said, then he walked away. "We'll camp her for the night."
"Good job," Boromir said sarcastically to me.
I glared at him, then started unrolling my blankets.
Again, I couldn't sleep that night. I sat up for hours, staring out at the empty blackness.
Wait. Did something just move? I blinked, and stared at the spot. Yep, something was out there.
I looked around our small camp. The others were asleep. The fire was still going. That was good. I would be able to find my way back.
I got up as quietly as I could, and started walking in the direction of the moving figure.
Now, most people in this situation would be smart, and stay where they were until they knew what was moving. But not me. Nope, I have to be stupid, and walk right at it.
And where does it get me?
In the same fucking camp of Mary-Sues I stumbled upon so many weeks ago.
"Oh, shit," I said. And, being me, I just stood there in plain view.
"Then I heard someone scream, "There she is!" I turned to see Blondie. The bitch flying at me, eyes blazing with hate.
I managed to jump out of the way, but not before she scratched my cheek.
"Bitch!" I said. She lunged again, but I tripped her. She screamed as she fell to the ground.
"Get her, girls!" she screeched.
Before I could even move, I was surrounded my Mary-Sues.
Gulp.
Blondie picked herself up off the ground. She was breathing hard. "Well, well," she said. "Look who came to visit."
She started pacing in circles around me. "I almost didn't recognize you. What happened to your hair?" Her voice was icy, but coated with sugar and honey. "Why did you cut it off? What, Legolas didn't want to sleep with you?" She laughed.
"Why don't you shove it up your ass, bitch," I said coolly.
She scowled at me. "Come, now, there must be some reason for your return. Did the fellowship reject you? Is that why you came running back to us?" She stepped in close to me, and ran a finger down the cut on my cheek. I could see blood on her finger. She threw me a look of disgust, and wiped it on my shirt.
"Didn't your mother ever tell you not to play with your food?" I asked sarcastically.
Oh, boy. That did it. She backhanded me across the face.
"I should be there, not you," she said, her voice full of venom now.
"Well, you ain't," I said. "You wouldn't have done anything. You wouldn't have saved Boromir. All you want is power."
She sneered at me. "You're right. I do want power. And I will get power." She paused. "Well, because I'm going to kill you, it won't hurt to tell you how I'm going to achieve this."
"Oh, really?" I said.
"Yes. I will save Rohan. The people will love me so much, they will beg me to be their queen. And then I will gain so much power, that I will be queen of Middle Earth."
I looked at her for a second, then burst out laughing. "Yeah, right!" She slapped me again, but I kept laughing.
"Bring me my dagger!" she screamed. One of the Sues broke the circle to get it.
Only when Blondie brought the dagger up to my throat, did I realize that she was serious. She was really going to kill me.
You know how most people say they see their life flashing before their eyes? Not happening. The only thought going through my mind was Pippin.
"Goodbye, bitch," Blondie said, giving me an evil smile.
She was just about to start cutting my throat, when the rest of the Sues suddenly started screaming. Blondie whirled around. Some of their stuff was on fire.
Suddenly, I was being jerked backwards. I turned to see a girl pulling me away from Blondie.
"Come on!" she whispered.
I didn't know if I could trust her or not. But, hey, if she was getting me away from Blondie, she must not be all Sue, right?
We ran as fast as we could away from the camp. I could hear Blondie's screams of, "Where'd she go? Somebody find her!" from behind me. But I didn't stop to turn. We just kept running.
Finally, when we were far enough away, we stopped to catch out breath.
"Thanks," I panted, looking at the girl.
"No problem," she said, smiling at me. "I've been looking for a chance to get away for weeks. But I couldn't do it at night because that---" she cursed Blondie so badly, "has got boarder patrols out."
"Pretty nice," I said, smiling at her choice of language. "Now, we have to get out of here."
"Yeah," she said. "Where are you camped?"
"Just over there," I said. "But we have to hurry. They'll be coming after us shortly."
We started running again. When we reached the camp, I started to wake the others.
"Aragorn, get up," I said sharply. "We have to leave." He didn't move. I kicked him in the side.
"Ow, damnit," he groaned. "What's happening?" He didn't seem to be totally awake yet.
"We have to go, and now!" I yelled.
"What's this?" Boromir was sitting up, rubbing his eyes.
"We're leaving," I said.
"Why?"
"Because we're going to be attacked by an angry mob of girls who want to kill me in a second."
"Oh."
When I got the four of them up, and got their gear packed, we started running. And you can bet we ran like hell.