Chapter 25: Hate
Notes: Once again thank you Sonica for proofreading my chapter
Dain was in the next room over to Cartel's. When he heard Thranduil's shout and scream, he flinched like someone had cut him with a burning sword. He didn't mean to slice her up that bad and to go that far with the torture. But all of his rage told him to continue and he foolishly listened to it. He now lay with five broken ribs, a broken jaw, and he was even struggling to breath as normal as he could. And he deserved every single last ounce of pain that he was enduring. But Dain thought that he deserved to be in even more excruciating pain.
Dwalin was guarding to door to the room for Dain's protection, and to make sure Dain didn't leave, not that he would be moving for awhile. Legolas had made sure of that by nearly killing Dain before and Legolas could easily do it again. Dain nearly killed Cartel and he deserved the same. The elves and most of the dwarfs especially Fili, Kili, and Thorin now hated Dain with all their being. Dain didn't blame them he actually hated himself for what he did to someone as sweet and innocent as Cartel. Dain just wanted to suffer and die as painfully as possible.
The dwarfs were still wondering what to do about Dain. Fili said, "Dain should be put through the exact same pain that he inflicted our beloved Aunt." Kili then added, "Times six!" Bofur replied, "And chop off all of his fingers." Thranduil argued, "No, have Dain go through everything that has harmed Cartel in her life, then chop off all of his fingers one by one, if he should survive the pain." Every single dwarf looked at Thranduil, it seemed a little overboard. But Cartel was raised under him and Dain definitely deserved it if Cartel lives but if Cartel should die Dain would be put to death for murder.
Cartel lived through the night but her head was filled with nightmares and hallucinations of her incident. Thorin was horrified when Cartel woke up screaming every two hours. Her scream was so bloodcurdling. The mightiest warrior would have a fear of it. Kili was now sleeping in the same bed as Fili because it scared him so much. Even brave Dwalin leaped in fear when he first heard it. Thorin would just simply hold her head in his lap and rock it while whispering, "It's okay, I'm here. Shh, shh, I'm here, you're safe now, shh." to calm Cartel down. And Cartel did calm down enough to go back to sleep.
Dain was haunted by these screams. He would start to sob every time he heard Cartel's screams in the night. This screaming lasted for three nights until finally it was all just a little, tiny, and pathetic whimper in the night. And even then Thorin's hate for Dain grew. Thorin had finally thought it was time for Dain's torture. Thranduil's idea for the torture should suit Dain's act perfectly. That night Dain was brought before Legolas, in his hand was a white hot piece of iron. He then commanded Dain to grip it. Dain did as he was told and howled in pain as he gripped the iron. Dain's hand was never bandaged after that stage of punishment.
Legolas' hate for Dain was more immense then Thorin's, Fili's, and Kili's combined. Legolas then had Dain fall out of a tree and land on his feet. That broke both of Dain's legs and Dain seemed to be happy with this punishment. Legolas had allowed Dain to heal slightly. Before having him almost drown in ice cold water, which Legolas so very happily dunked Dain's head in five times over.