Sam and Tosh were resting in the ruins while Vorazun was on watch. Frodo was fidgeting with the Ring until Gollum arrived. "Wake up! Wake up! Wake up, sleepies," the creature said to the spectre and hobbit. "We must go, yes. We must go at once."

"Haven't you had any sleep, Mr. Frodo?" Sam asked and Frodo shook his head. "I've gone and had too much. Must be getting late."

"No. It isn't. It isn't midday yet. The days are growing darker."

"Come on!" said Gollum as the ground was shaking. "Must go! No time!"

"The sooner the better," Vorazun muttered.

"Not before Mr. Frodo and Tosh had something to eat," said Sam.

"No time to lose, silly," Gollum argued.

"Here," Sam passed the elvish bread to Frodo and Tosh.

"What about you?" Frodo asked.

"Oh, no, I'm not hungry. Leastways, not for lembas bread," Sam replied.

"Sam."

"All right. We don't have that much left. We have to be careful or we're going to run out. You go ahead and eat that, Mr. Frodo. I've rationed it. There should be enough," said Sam as Frodo ate the bread.

"For what?"

"The journey home."

"You can have half of mine," said Tosh.

"No thanks, Tosh," said Sam.

"Come, everyone," Gollum continued leading the way. "Very close now. Very close to Mordor. No safe places here. Hurry."

They proceeded until nightfall when the spectre and hobbits rested while the Dark Templar was on night's watch.

"Too risky. Too risky. Thieves. They stole it from us. Kill them. Kill them. Kill them all. Quiet! Mustn't wake them. Mustn't ruin it now. But they knows. They knows. They suspects us," Gollum talked to himself but was not aware that Vorazun was listening. It walked to a shallow body of water and talked to its reflection, "What's it saying, my precious, my love? Is Smeagol losing his nerve? No. Not. Never. Smeagol hates nasty Hobbitses. Smeagol does not likes the strangerses. Smeagol wants to see them dead. And we will. Smeagol did it once. He can do it again. It's ours! Ours! We must get the precious. We must get it back. Patience! Patience, my love. First we must lead them to her. We lead them to the Winding Stair. Yes, the stairs. And then? Up, up, up, up, up the stairs we go until we come to the tunnel. And when they go in, there's no coming out. She's always hungry. She always needs to feed. She must eat. All she gets is filthy Orcses. And they doesn't taste very nice, does they, precious? No. Not very nice at all, my love. She hungers for sweeter meats. Hobbit meat. Man meat." Sam and Tosh woke up then listened, "And when she throws away the bones and the empty clothes then we will find it. And take it for me! For us. Yes. We meant 'for us.' Gollum. Gollum. The precious will be ours once the Hobbitses and the strangerses are dead!"

"We should've known," it was Vorazun readying her psionic scythe.

Gollum screamed waking Frodo and it crawled in its supine position. "No, Vorazun! Leave him alone!" the hobbit shouted.

"We heard what he was saying. He's trying to lead us to a trap," the protoss stated the fact.

"Never! Smeagol wouldn't hurt a fly. She's a horrid … who hates Smeagol and who makes up nasty lies," Gollum tried to sound innocent.

"It is you who makes up nasty lies," Vorazun prepared to land a blow.

"Vorazun!" Frodo stood between them. "You scare him off, we're lost!"

"It would be better that we're on our own than having a guide who is trying to trap us to get that Ring."

"I'm not sending him away."

"You're just like your uncle Bilbo."

"We can't do this by ourselves, Vorazun. Not without a guide. I need you, Tosh, and Sam on my side."

"We're on your side, Mr. Frodo," said Sam.

"I know, Sam. I know. Trust me," Frodo turned to his friend. "Come, Smeagol," this caused Gollum walked to towards him and Frodo held its hand. Tosh, Sam, and Vorazun noticed Gollum's nasty smirk.

The small group continued progressing with Gollum leading them. "It must be getting near teatime. Leastways, it would be in decent places where there is still teatime," Sam muttered.

"We're not in decent places," said Gollum.

"Mr. Frodo?" Sam asked his friend. "What is it?"

"It's just a feeling. I don't think I'll be coming back," Frodo replied sadly.

"Yes, you will. Of course you will. That's just morbid thinking. We're going there and back again just like Mr. Bilbo. You'll see."

The group resumed their road and came across a statue. "I think these lands were once part of the kingdom of Gondor. Long ago, when there was a king," Frodo muttered.

"I wonder what's going on in Gondor," Tosh thought.

"Mr. Frodo, look," Sam spoke as something got his attention. "The king has got a crown again," this caused Frodo, Tosh, and Vorazun to see a statue's head with a crown made of flowers when the sunlight was shining on it.

"Come on, everyone! Mustn't stop now. This way," Gollum reminded everyone and the small group continued following the creature.

Author's Note

The next chapter will be on Aragorn's group.