The ride down the dark hole was not at all thrilling. The company was sliding down too fast for any of them to get a sturdy enough grip on anything to prevent them from falling down even further until they shot out of a hole one by one and landed on one another in a rotten looking cage. Bella lucky, was one of the ones to land on top of the group. The young woman was knocked off the struggling pile of dwarves, onto the bottom of the rotted-out cage and before she could even pull out her sword, over a dozen filthy creatures came charging at them. Bella screamed as the goblins climbed all over her, disarming her in a matter of seconds and yanking her by her clothing and hair away from the others. The dwarves fought with all their might to keep the nasty beings off of them, but their was too many of them and soon enough all of them were weaponless and being dragged across the wooden bridge.

They had no idea how long the goblins had been dragging the dwarves through the darkness but it felt like hours. For the longest time the only thing in front of them they saw was the shadows flickering on the walls from the torches the odd horrid creature carried. For awhile the half-breed struggled against the firm grasp of the two goblins that had her and despite their smallness, these beast were quite stronger then her and she found it no use to waste her strength. The darkness finally came to an end as they came around the corner to massive cavern, lit up with numerous torches and hundreds of goblins that covered every inch of the walls, cackling and cheering as they saw the prisoners their brothers had captured. The woman froze at the sight of them all. 'How were they supposed to escape this lot?' she wondered to herself. She nearly lost her footing when she shoved by a goblin behind her to keep going. The company continued to be forest across the wobble bridge towards a giant platform. A raspy voice begun to sing a vile song about what treatment their unexpected intruders shall receive during their time here.

The dwarves and the young woman were shoved together in front of the biggest, hideous goblin they had ever seen. The beast finally came to the end of his horrendous tune and smirked at some of the disgusted and even some of the fearful looks he got from the younger dwarves before returning to sit on his throne. " Who dares to enter my domain?" The goblin king thundered from his chair, waving his staff in the air as he glared at his audience.

"Dwarves your malevolence." A goblin answered, looking at his master.

"Dwarves?" The king hissed as he heaved himself off his chair, crushing a few of his people that didn't get out of his way in time. The company was forced to back a few paces so they wouldn't be crushed. Fili and Kili stood in front of Bella so she wouldn't be discovered by the monster. They could only imagine the things, the king would do to her, if he were to find out they had a woman traveling with them and just the thought of it made them sick. "Well what are you all waiting for! Search them you fools! Every crack! Every crevice!" He shouted at his men, waving his staff around at them. His people wasted no time in following their master's command and swarmed the company. Thorin fought against them the hardest, making sure they would not discover the key or the map. Without those, they would never get into the mountain if they should escape this terrible place. The goblins tossed anything they found in a pile to the side and the king continued to speak when he saw the dwarves were no longer a threat. " What are you doing in these parts?"

Not wanting to risk the goblin king unleashing his wrath upon his men or the woman. Thorin was about to step forward and reveal everything when Oin stopped him and stepped forward instead. " Don't worry lads. I'll handle this." The old dwarf stated. Bella raised an eyebrow at that thought.

"Now, no tricks eh? I want the truth. Warts and all." The king hissed, giving the medic a suspiciously look as he waited for him to continue.

"You're going to have to speak up. Your boys flattened my trumpet." The dwarf complained, holding his instrument up for the king to see.

The goblin king's mood instantly went to infuriated and he climbed off his throne, smashing everything in his patch as he came to tower over the company. " I'll flatten more than your trumpet!" He roared with a promise. Another dwarf quickly stepped forward and held up his hands, insisting he did not wish to anger their host any further.

" Wait. Wait! If it's more information you want, then I'll tell ye what you want to know." Bofur quickly replied. The goblin slowly lowered his weapon and muttered under his breath for the dwarf to speak quickly, before he decided to kill them sooner. "We were on the road. Well, it's not so much a road as a path. Actually, it's not even that, come to think of it. It's more like a track. Anyway, the point is, we were on this road, like a path, like a track. And then we weren't, which is a problem, because we were supposed to be...in Dunland last week."

"Visiting distant relations," another spoke up.

"Some inbred's on my mother's side." Bofur added.

"Shut up!" The goblin king bellowed over them. He had heard enough. If these dwarves didn't want to tell the truth. He would get it another way and he knew exactly how to get it. " I've heard enough! If they will not talk! We'll make them squawk! Bring the woman to me!" He commanded as he pointed his mace right at Bella. Thorin went tense. Had he seen her this entire time? Bella stumbled backwards into the dwarves when the kings people came charging at her. Fili and Kili tried to fight them off to keep them from getting to the half-breed but with no weapons they were no match for these filth's and they dragged Bella, screaming through the crowd by her hair and clothing before their king. Seeing the reaction from the dwarves at this turn of event's he chuckled. " You didn't think I notice this one, did ya?"

Bella was on her knees and forced to look up at monster that was now towering over her, looking at her with an evil grin. " Now! I suggest you answer my questions, if you wish to see no harm come to this pretty little pet of yours. Fail to and I know my people will quite enjoy her." The king taunted them with a smirk as he saw the infuriated looks the dwarves gave him. The woman looked over at them all, Thorin in particular, shaking her head slightly for them not to give in for her. Noticing the dwarves remained silent. The goblin decided to take matters further and now had the pointy end of his staff just touching Bella's neck and she gasped. " Speak now! Or I'll bleed this poor girl!" He threatened, even causing his two minions that were holding the woman down to back away and he waited again impatiently for one of them to speak.

Thorin had to swallow the pit in his throat he suddenly felt as he continued to watch the beast utter threats to harm the young woman, if they would not speak. The dwarf prince looked over and saw Bella had closed her eyes waiting to endure her fate that she was promised, surprised she would actually end her own life to protect there's when she had no reason too and he shoved his way through his men and the goblins. "WAIT!"

The goblin stopped in mid movement, looking to see who had spoken up. Bella eyes shot open at the voice that had suddenly spoken up and she even had to look twice to be sure that it was him. She expected Thorin to be the last person to defend her.

"Well, well, well, look who it is! Thorin, son of Thrain, son of Thror; King under the Mountain!" The goblin sneered, removing his staff away from the woman and giving an exaggerated bow as he mocked him. " But I'm forgetting, you don't have a mountain, and you're not a king, which makes you nobody really." Thorin was livid but hoped the goblin would keep his attention on him now, instead of the woman so she could crawl back into the group. "Where do you think you're going!" The goblin sneered seeing the woman right away inching her way back towards the others. The king yanked her back by her hair, causing her to scream. Thorin glanced at her quickly and then looked back at the goblin that was now smirking. "This pretty thing belong to you?"

"Let her go." Thorin hissed.

"Or you'll do what?" The goblin challenged as he yanked her by the hair tighter, making her whimper in pain to anger the dwarf.

"She has nothing to do with this!" Thorin growled.

"I think she'll say differently once i've had my fun torturing her." The king retorted. Thorin continued to look at this creature in disgust. "I know someone who would pay a pretty price for your head. Just a head, nothing attached. Perhaps you know of whom I speak. An old enemy of yours." Thorin slowly raised his head at this, not having the slightest clue what he was talking about. " A pale orc, astride a white warg."

"Azog the Defiler was destroyed." Thorin hissed. " He was slain in battle long ago."

"So you think his defiling days are over, do you?" He snickered back, making the prince wonder indeed if the pale orc survive all these years after the battle of Moria.

"You're lying." Thorin declared through clenched teeth, hearing the doubt in his own voice.

"Am I now." The goblin king snorted and lumbered over to a minion on some kind of pulley system, dragging the half-breed with him. "Send word to the pale orc. Tell him I have found his prize."