And now, for the rescue mission, of sorts…
For a few minutes, we all just sat there, trying to process what just happened. I know Frodo disappeared, but…
Then he suddenly reappeared.
Strider came up behind Frodo and grabbed him.
"You draw far too much attention to yourself, Mr. 'Underhill,'" Strider said.
And then, the two of them both disappeared… up the stairs. Frodo got sort of tossed up them.
"Now what do we do?" I asked.
"What do we do?!" Sam repeated. "We go upstairs and rescue Mr. Frodo!"
Sam, Merry, and I went up there with whatever random weapons we could find. Sam knocked the door in.
"Let him go, or I'll have you, Longshanks!" he yelled.
Strider put away a sword that he'd pulled out before the three of us got up there.
"You have a stout heart, little hobbit, but that will not save you. You can no longer wait for the wizard, Frodo. They're coming."