Chapter 25: Chained

Shadic looked at the others, still struggling against the chains. "Do something!" He snapped.

Gothmog looked at the Dark Lord. He tried to pull on the chains but they would not come loose. The Balrogs and dragons did also but couldn't. Shadic growled as their efforts were wasted. He pulled on the chains as he whispered. The Dark Lord tried everything but nothing could break the chains surrounding him. He was trapped. After a few minutes, Shadic finally hung in defeat. He couldn't escape, no matter how hard he tried. Eru's magic was too powerful. Shadic sighed and closed his eyes; there was nothing he could do.

"Sorry about this."

Gothmog walked up to him. "It's fine, Shadic. We'll just have to wait it out, I guess."

Shadic looked at the ghost and nodded. He wondered how long it would be until he'd be freed...if he ever was. Shadic sighed as he slumped against the wall. It was a few minutes before he looked at the others again. "Does anyone have any idea how long I'm going to be locked here?"

"Eru said that you would be here forever," Gothmog said.

"Yes, but surely I won't be locked to this wall the entire time."

The Orc shrugged. "Maybe you can ask Melkor; he was also chained here."

Shadic thought hard and called out to Melkor. The Dark Lord's spirit appeared next to Shadic. "I can see that you have met the same fate as I did once," he sneered. "What is it you want?"

"I want to know how you got out," the new Dark Lord said.

Melkor grinned and chuckled. "I was prophesied to return," he said. "That is how I escaped fifteen years ago. Usually, there is no escape from the Void."

Shadic couldn't help but growl at Melkor. The other Dark Lord's sneer was infuriating. "So what am I supposed to do? Just stay here forever? Or somehow return like you did after Eru Iluvatar remakes the world?" Shadic asked.

Melkor looked at Shadic, amusement coming onto his face. "As I said before, I was prophesied to return. You, on the other hand, weren't."

"So how can I escape?"

Melkor shrugged, still sneering at the younger. "Maybe your lover can think of something. You've surrounded yourself with powerful people. I'm sure one of them can come up with something."

Shadow growled in anger at the Dark Lord, struggling on his chains. Melkor's spirit vanished back into Shadic's body, and the new Dark Lord sighed. It was impossible for him to escape.

Shadic looked at Gothmog. "I'm sorry I dragged you into this."

His lover smiled. "It's fine," Gothmog said. "At least I'm near you."

The Dark Lord nodded and sighed. He hung his head and accepted his fate.

Three thousand years had passed, and Shadic was still chained to the wall in the Void. He still tried to get himself out at times, if only to pass the time. The Dark Lord had been trapped for a long time, and was not going to get out anytime soon. Shadic was weak. His power had diminished over the years, due to being chained by light for so long. It had also given him plenty of time to think over what had happened.

He sighed; after spending so much time in the Void, it was starting to bore him. Shadic, along with Gothmog, also became ghosts as the living were not allowed in this place.

"Have you thought of any way to pass the time today?" he asked Gothmog.

His lover looked over at him and shook his head. "If we are going to be here forever, we might as well think of something," Gothmog said. He suddenly had an idea. "You could...transform into a female once again. Maybe this time we could have a kid."

Shadic laughed. "With me chained up like this? Interesting." He concentrated his energy on transforming, remembering how Gothmog had wanted her to look the last time.

The ghost became solid as Shadic finished transforming. She looked at Gothmog and beckoned. Gothmog moved toward her, wondering how exactly this was going to work. The Orc held out a hand towards her but it passed through her body. He frowned and looked at his lover.

Shadic frowned as well.

The Orc ghost sighed and looked up at her. "Is there some way that I can become solid?" He asked.

Shadic thought about it and then remembered the ring on Gothmog's finger. "Use your ring."

Gothmog nodded and concentrated on his ring. He felt himself become solid, and smiled at Shadic. The Orc walked up to her and stroked her face fondly.

Shadic leaned her face into his hand, smiling. If she were allowed, she would have moved forward. Shadic looked at him, gaze returning the love found in his. Gothmog smiled and kissed her, pressing his body against hers. The chains were wrapped around Shadic's body and creaked against Gothmog's weight. Shadic pressed her body against his to the best of her abilities. Her lips moved against his, deepening the kiss. The Orc smirked and put a hand on her hips, straddling against them. She gasped in surprise. Her violet eyes looked up at him. A blush was rising to her cheeks as heat flared through her body.

Gothmog smiled. "You look beautiful in this form," he said. Shadic moaned and kissed him. Shadic tried moving against him, whimpering as he held her in place. "Shh...this will only take a few minutes," the Orc said.

Shadic nodded and continued. Pants interrupted the kisses she persisted in giving him. Gothmog held her as close against him as the chains and position would allow. He pressed against her fully and moved his hands up her body, wrapping her legs around his. Shadic shuddered as she did the same. The rattling of the chains grew louder as Gothmog moved faster. Shadic moved along his body as well. Shadic let her head fall back as she whimpered a little. After so long, it was almost too much for her.

Gothmog noticed this and stopped. "Are you okay?" He asked. "If this is too much for you, we can stop."

"No... I'm fine." Shadic gave him a smile.

The Orc smiled and nodded. After a while, the two stopped and lay against each other. Shadic couldn't move because of the chains and sighed. Gothmog turned transparent again.

"When will you..."

Shadic looked at him and shook her head. "I don't know."

Gothmog sighed. "Well, we'll wait. We aren't really going anywhere."

Shadic sighed and nodded sadly. "I wish we could." Shadic shifted position and looked around.

The Orc nodded also."It gets pretty boring here. Since we're ghosts now...do you think we would be allowed to be in the land of the living?"

"I hope so. It would suck to have us get stuck here because of that after getting rid getting rid of these chains."

"Yeah, it would. Would we be ghosts there?"

Shadic thought about it, then nodded. "Most likely."

Gothmog sighed and floated up to Shadic. He sighed and Shadic closed her eyes to sleep.