I then spent an hour commanding about twenty of Theoden's men on how to close the gap on the wall, filling it with rocks and wet gravel, once dried the gravel would tighten the rocks. The hours passed and I had to convince Theoden to not force the young boys to fight, he tried to argue but my arguments were better, when I returned to the guys Legolas was having an argument with Aragorn, the blond left a bit angry and I raised an eyebrow, Boromir and Aragorn then continued to pick up weapons as I turned to follow Legolas.
"What the hell is wrong with you?" I asked once I reached him, he turned to face me.
"We stand no chance against the orcs Alex" he said coldly, I crossed my arms.
"A few days ago someone told me that I had to have faith in me, in us, that same guy told me that he was going to have enough faith for both of us, we made it out of moria and there was a troll, goblins, orcs and a balrog, this is bulshit compared to that Legolas and you know it, besides you know that this is not the first time that you've faced a giant orc army, so stop with your complaining and lets kick some orc ass" I said leaving him no chance but to agree with me, he cracked a smile.
"You're right, I'm sorry I despaired" he apologized; I smiled taking his hands in mine.
"It is not me that you should apologize to" I winked at him and steered him back towards the others, Legolas walked up to Aragorn and apologized, Gimli then came wearing a vest that was a bit too long, Boromir and Aragorn where battle ready.
We heard a horn, Legolas turned around, I smiled, the cavalry had arrived. We ran outside to meet them by the gates, Haldir was already talking to Theoden when we arrived, Aragorn was the first to reach him pulling him into a hug, me not far behind hugging him too. Legolas and I stood next too him and our kin as Haldir finished explaining to Theoden why there were here. Then the real preparations started and I was decided to keep as many elves alive as I could, I rounded them all with the aid of Haldir and stood tall enough so they could all see and hear me.
"Listen up, I cannot be grateful enough that you are here tonight with us, to show my gratefulness I shall give you a few pointers about how this might go down. We will be fighting a humungous amount of orcs, their armor will be weak at the neck and under the arms, they shall have archers too so beware, the less of you that die or become injured the best for us, they will try to bomb the wall, we reinforced it this afternoon and closed the gaps so it should be secure, they will likely have stairs too, beware of those, if you can throw those down perfect, if you can't then fight, if you have to duck, don't hesitate to do so, mind your footing as water makes this type of floor very slippery, blood makes it double slippery, in general try not to die, and please use the buddy system, if your buddy is injured, get your buddy out of the field, get him to a safe corner or to the nearest buddy helper, I will designate ten of you as buddy helpers, again the less of us who die the better, understood?" the elves all nodded some of them confused.
I explained shortly how the buddy system worked, Legolas and Gimli were buddies and so were Aragorn and Boromir. Haldir was my buddy as I was against him dying. The rest of the elves buddied rapidly and I picked the ten buddy helpers who were to stand in the sidelines to help the injured, I smiled and hoped this worked. Once everyone was stationed and I was pleased with it I walked back to Haldir who was waiting for me with an amused expression on his face.
"The buddy system?" he asked, a small smile on his lips, I nodded.
"It works, trust me" he hummed and I rolled my eyes, honestly, elves.
We stood there firmly waiting for the orcs to arrive. The night darkened with big stormy clouds, I swore under my breath when I saw the orc army, my faith wavering a little. I was scared, suddenly these were not the few goblins of moria, or the few Uruks who had attacked us near the river, no. This was a fucking army; I gripped my sword tightly in my hands and looked at Haldir, whose face was too serene for my liking. I took a deep breath.
"Haldir, I'm scared," I murmured, low enough so only he could hear me; he looked at me with a resigned expression on his face.
"Sometimes I forget how young you are Alex, no one will look at you strange if you decide to join the women and children of rohan" he said, I scoffed.
"And leave you here alone? Not a chance buddy" I said, he was not dying tonight, not on my watch.
"I am a skilled warrior Alex" he said, I rolled my eyes.
"And I am extremely lucky, now close your mouth and pay attention, they've stopped walking"
We both turned to observe the orc formation, a straight line, making lots of noise. Raindrops started falling until a full on rain descended on us, Haldir and the other archers stood ready to shoot, all waiting for a signal, couldn't we settle this over some tea and cookies? I stood straighter and saw in horror as the first arrow flew. This was war. The next half an hour or so was hazy, swords clanked, arrows flew and we tried our best to hold on, thankfully the orcs could not explode the wall and bring it down like in the movie, so keeping them at bay had been easier, Haldir fought with practiced ease and for a moment it made me imagine how would Glorfindel look in a fight.
"Alexandra!" shouted Haldir; I turned just in time to slice up an orc, my eyes widened because of the shock.
"Sorry" I muttered, Haldir sighed.
"You have to focus, they will keep coming" he said, I nodded and tightened the grip on my sword again.
"Lets kill some bitches" I said before charging again.
By the time the sun peaked we were tired but still holding, many elves had been escorted out of the fight, apparently the buddy system had worked because we had injured victims and zero elven casualties, I had regrouped the ones that were still fighting and charged again, the uruk had destroyed the wooden doors but the Theoden's guards had held them enough for us to regroup and attack. I stood to stare at the sun, at any moment now Gandalf was going to arrive with Eomer and the rohirrim. I took a deep breath as the sun illuminated the helm completely, I could hear Theoden's horses galloping inside the fortress. It was almost over. The elves made way for the horses to pass and Theoden and his men charged at the uruk with renewed glee, we had survived the night and our numbers hadn't dwindled, the horn resounded in the deep, Haldir came to stand next to me.
"You've fought valiantly Alex, you father would be proud" he said with a smile.
"Thanks" I answered softly still looking the horizon as Eomer and Gandalf arrived, we had won and prevented a total massacre.
A few hours later could find us tending to the wounded, Gandalf was also preparing a small party to reach Isengard, Haldir was regrouping his people so he could lead them back to lothlorien. I tried to stay out of everybody's way, but eventually Legolas found me, he offered me a smile.
"Are you coming to Isengard with us?" he asked, I stood from the rock where I was sitting and smiled at him.
"I think I will" I said, he led me towards Aragorn, Boromir and Gimli.
Before leaving to Isengard, I said my goodbyes to Haldir and his elves, I hugged him tight before he left and he promised that we were to meet once again, perhaps after this was all over, with him I also sent a message to Elrond, so he could stop the Elves from departing as I was sure that once this was all over the elves could have a few more years in middle earth.
Isengard was not far from the deep; I led my horse carefully around the watery mess that were the plains of Isengard. I smiled when I saw Merry and Pippin eating like they didn't had a care in the world. We stayed there until Legolas shot Saruman dead. The corpse fell from the tower straight into a pointy wooden stick. I turned my head not wanting to see it.
The travel back to Edoras was done in silence, but once there the king ordered a feast. I tried to keep out of everyone's way eventually leaving the party early; I had much to think about. Once in the privacy of my room I analyzed my next move carefully, we were moving towards a certain closure, Frodo was almost close to deliver the ring to Mordor and if I remembered correctly I was already by the third movie.
Another thing that made me a bit cautious was Boromir, while I was happy that he was alive, he should've been dead and I didn't knew if it was going to cause trouble.
