Roac was back in New York following closely instructions his father gave him. The tour was officially over and Smaug decided to spend some time with Thranduil on his yacht in Italy, while Galion and Lindir decided to hit sunny Ibiza. Carc had a different idea, slowly out of the whispers and conversations in Thranduil's house, he decided he couldn't take the shit anymore. And there was only one way to stop the insane life both men were leading. He easily found the address of Durin's company Erebor in New York, and he appointed a meeting with Thorin Durin himself. Roac knew his father was right, and he knew that if any of the real facts about Smaug came out the band would be ruined.

"I believe we haven't met." Thorin Durin greeted him coldly.

"Indeed we haven't, but I've recently acquainted your husband and your children." Roac was confident in what he was doing. "You're the head of the Durin Folk, and although my blood is not pure Durin Folk, it is said that one of my great grandfathers was probably of your people." The Native American glared at the head of the clan. "His name was Dain Luin, and he was the first cousin of Dain Ironfoot."

"Perhaps." Thorin was unfazed. "Somehow I get the feeling this meeting is not about family at all."

"Quite the contrary this meeting is everything about family, your family to be precise." Roac looked at the man with confidence. "Recently you made two very powerful and influential enemies, and I must add you could use a friend."

"You speak in riddles." Thorin noticed glaring at the man.

"Mirkwood and Smaug." Roac made it clear who me meant. "Smaug met your family at the airport in London and he's become very interested in both your spouse and your boys." Roac glanced at the man. "Although the media have yet not found proof of what he is doing, or has done, but as a band member I know exactly how far into dangerous activities he has emerged. If I could find and contact you this easily, he will try to reach out using both fame and money, and the outcome might be tragic for your boys."

"What about Mirkwood?" Thorin crossed his brows, not sure if he could trust this person.

"Mirkwood is a league all to himself. He's the most sex driven person I have ever met, and this summer you ruined his plans connected with his children. Of course he'll never say it out loud, but he's very irritated, he's a person not used to bending his will for no one." Roac explained.

"Why should I trust you?" Thorin looked at the man calmly.

"We have common goal, I want my band without a huge scandal, and you want your family safe." Roac explained, but he couldn't read the person sitting in front of him.

"What do you want?" Thorin glared at him still unwilling to show how much this visit surprised him.

"We have a plan." Roac smiled and began explained what Carc had instructed him to say.

"What do you mean we're flying to Italy for a few days?" Bilbo spoke in a dreary tone. "To meet Legolas's father nonetheless."

"We need to confront him." Thorin spoke bitterly. "Gloin is gathering information, we're not going alone, the kids are coming with us, and so is Dwalin and my security crew."

"Dwalin, the boy's coach?" Bilbo was surprised.

"He served as a marine for five years." Thorin told him. "I can only trust our boys to someone with his abilities."

"Whose fucked up plan is this?" Bilbo spat out.

"Roac and Carc." Thorin finally told him.

"Those two native Americans from that sick band?" Bilbo's voice reached a high peak.

"The same you met at Heathrow." Thorin confirmed.

"What are we going to tell the kids about this trip?" Bilbo asked feeling defeated.

"The truth." Thorin told him bluntly. "They need to know what we're facing. We're taking our lawyers, and from my understanding Roac will organize the whole bank and their manager to be there."

"A true confrontation." Bilbo gasped. "Do you think the kids will manage with the tension and stress?"

Legolas was pale when Thorin told him the plan, but Tauriel was holding his hand from one side and Fili the other.

"We're not going to leave you alone, not even for one minute." Fili assured him.

"What if he uses his authority as our legal guardian?" Tauriel was a bit worried.

"Bilbo owns an airline, we'll smuggle you out." Kili notice with a grin.

"He won't." Thorin assured him. "If we play this right, you'll be free from him."

"Legolas we need to talk to you in private." Bilbo told the boy.

But Legolas grabbed Fili's hand firmly and refused to let go.

"I can take it." Fili told them bluntly. "But Kili should leave, and Tauriel."

"I've been witness to all this shit, you're not cutting me out. I might be able to answer some question he won't." Tauriel noticed bluntly.

"I can take it." Kili spoke surely.

Bilbo gazed at Thorin with worried eyes.

"Are you sure?" Thorin asked the teens.

"We're sure." Tauriel confirmed in a grim voice. "Ask away."

"Fine." Thorin made the call. "Tell me about when it all began."

And so Legolas began talking, he told about how his father began spending more time with him. He would keep him at home and pretend to be interested in him. He slowly told them about the touching and suggestions he would hear.

"Was he involved with Smaug at that time?" Thorin slowly asked.

"I think so, yes." Legolas replied. "Although he would never introduce us. But I've heard them talk on the phone."

"What were those conversations like?" Bilbo gently asked.

"They would fight all the time." Tauriel interrupted. "Usually on the phone. Dad kept yelling that he could do whatever he wanted..."

"That certainly does fit the theory..." Bilbo gasped.

"Anyway, have you two ever met him?" Thorin asked cautiously.

"Never." Tauriel confirmed and her brother nodded.

"What I'm going to ask from all of you is going to be difficult, but if we get this done correctly, I might end up with legal rights to both of you." Thorin told them seriously.

"What do you want from us?" Tauriel asked taking initiative.

"We're going to confront him." Thorin told them. "And you my darling are going to have to pretend you're madly in love with Fili."

"What?" Kili gasped.

"Listen me out." Thorin demanded. "We're going to play the joining two fortunes card. From what my source told me, your father was planning to give you to Smaug as a present. The moment we made this real, he'll see more profit in binding you with our family than with his lover."

"Fili?" Bilbo gently asked seeing the teen all tense. "Will you be able to do it?"

Fili gazed at Tauriel. "I'll do whatever is needed." He confirmed gazing back to his trembling brother.

"Now you two." Thorin gazed at the two boys. "Kili we want you be provoking and daring. Be pissed off, and show it to the world. While you Legolas pretend to be scared of him."

"You want to suggest Kili has found a pet in Legolas?" Fili added the two facts.

"Precisely." Thorin gazed at them. "And you both should be spiteful enough to play the part."

"What then?" Tauriel gazed at the two men not grasping the plan.

"Then we'll make a deal with your dad." Thorin smirked. "A deal he won't be able to refuse."

"Will it work?" Legolas looked at him warily.

"It will." Thorin smiled. "I have something he wants, and I have enough to bring him to justice. Almost everything in this world has a price tag, and it so happens I have found the right one for your dad."

"We rented a house in Italy where the meeting will take place." Bilbo told them. "The house is going to be full of staff and security." He assured the teens. "I'll keep an eye on you all the time."

"You'll get bedrooms right next to each other." Thorin told them. "And I was actually thinking of making it official double bedroom, to strengthen the suggestion." He told the kids.

"Let's do it." Legolas finally told them. "It's not like anything worse can happen to me now."

"You'll be safe." Bilbo assured him.