Disclaimer: I do not own the characters of either Godzilla: The Series or The Hobbit, only how the story goes. The characters of Godzilla: The Series belongs to Tristar and The Hobbit belongs to J.R.R. Tolkien and other creators. The only thing that I do own are the OC's of the story. I apologize for any errors in grammar and/or if I was not accurate in reference to something.

A/N: Like in the last story, this chapter is mostly going to focus on Radagast. But he's going to have some unexpected help this time.

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Chapter Ten: Radagast the Brown, Major Antony Hicks and Lieutenant O'Neal

Major Antony Hicks could feel a great deal of pain in his head as laid on the ground. He groaned as he started to rise and clutched his head. He immediately tensed up when he felt with his free hand the touch of grass against his skin. He slowly opened his eyes and was shocked at where he found himself. Major Hicks saw that he was in a forest. And from what he could see is that it stretched out in all directions. Standing up he called out, "Hello?!" He didn't hear anyone and shouted again, "Hello!"

"Major?!" He heard O'Neal shout from a small distance. Putting his hands to his mouth he shouted, "O'Neal! Is that you, soldier?!"

"Yes, sir!" O'Neal responded and Hicks got a sense of where the voice was coming from. Walking in the same direction, he was confused when he didn't see his comrade. He shouted, "O'Neal, where are you?!"

"Up here, sir!" O'Neal's voice said from above. Major Hicks looked up and was surprised to see O'Neal up in the tree. But the odd thing about it was that O'Neal was hanging upside down from his leg. A little worried Hicks asked, "You okay, O'Neal?"

"I'm gonna be honest, Major. I've had worse days." O'Neal shrugged, feeling that it wasn't the worse situation that he was in. Hicks started climbing up in the tree and said, "I'm coming soldier. Just hang on."

"Not like I have much choice." O'Neal commented with a deadpanned look. When he was close to where O'Neal was hanging, Major Hicks held his hand to the upside-down soldier, "Try to give me your hand!"

"Okay." O'Neal said before starting to swing his upper body. When he had enough momentum, he reached out and grabbed Hicks' arm. But it ended up being their undoing as O'Neal fell backwards again and it drug Hicks with him. Both men hollered as they fell from the tree and landed on the ground with a thud.

Both soldiers groaned in slight pain and Hicks was the first to pick himself up. When he was on his feet and didn't feel anything broken, he helped O'Neal onto his feet. Once he was back up on his feet, O'Neal looked to his superior officer and asked, "How did you land here exactly?"

"I found myself on the ground." Hicks said as he looked about the forest. O'Neal huffed and said, "Huh, must have been nice."

"Not really." Hicks shook his head. Glancing back to his comrade he said, "I had one heck of a headache."

"Same." O'Neal agreed as he remembered that as well. Then he asked, "Think that's what Nick and his friends felt if they survived?"

"Probably." Hicks shrugged when they heard rustling from somewhere in the forest. They couldn't see what it was, but heard that it was close. With a motion of his hand he said, "Come on. Let's see if we can't find some locals."

"Yes, sir." O'Neal said and followed Hicks after whatever was making that sound.

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A little to the East a man was quickly running through a forest. He was worried beyond his mind as he could feel as if a sickness was upon the forest. Radagast the brown, a Wizard wearing brown robes, brown fingerless gloves, brown shoes, a trail white bird mess in his hair and a brown hat that was flat on top, ran to a bush. While the majority of the bush looked to be healthy, a few withering stems and dying leaves stood amongst them. Radagast quickly snatched up a few of the dying leaves and examined them with worry. With a shake of his head, he frantically said, "Not good. Not good at all."

Radagast quickly hurried through the forest, passing the oddly dead bodies of a few forest animals, from foxes to rabbits. Radagast came up to some nasty looking mushrooms and plucked one before sniffing it. Smelling a nasty odor coming from it, Radagast took it with him to observe it. He then walked over to a large tree that appeared to have a large gash in it. In the gash looked to be some sickly sap. Carefully placing a finger into the gash, Radagast then felt the texture of the sap but it felt wrong to him and his flicked it off. The whistling of a bird made the Wizard look up. A small brown bird came fluttering down to him and Radagast removed his hat. The bird landed on his head before being joined by another and Radagast quickly placed his hat back on. Radagast looked to his left and gasped when he saw a friend of his lying on the ground and in pain. Radagast ran over to his friend, a hedgehog, and kneeled down, "Oh, no. Sebastian."

The hedgehog whimpered in pain from whatever was ailing him. Picking up the little hedgehog, Radagast held Sebastian close and said, "Good gracious."

Knowing that he needed help, Radagast quickly made his way through the forest again. His running scared off a few birds but he didn't pay them much attention. Radagast leapt over a log and around a few trees before passing by a few plants were a dead bird laid. Radagast ran all the way back to his home. A hut built around a tree. The Wizard ran through the open door and shut it behind him.

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Running through the forest, both soldiers were having an odd feeling about the forest that they were in. Major Hicks and O'Neal could hear the sounds of someone speaking to themselves and heard them cry out, "Oh, no. Sebastian!"

The two started running faster to catch up with the person. As O'Neal looked about and said, "Major, look."

Hicks stopped running and looked to where O'Neal was pointing. He saw a few animals lying dead on the ground. And they ranged from prey and predator, though there were no signs of a struggle. Looking to his comrade he said, "We'll figure that out later, soldier."

Both men continued to run through the forest when they saw something coming up. They stopped when they saw a run-down looking house with a tree growing through it. O'Neal looked to Hicks and asked, "What kind of place is this?"

"It's not Oz, that's for sure." Hicks said and was about to walk up to the house. But O'Neal stopped him and said, "Look."

What Hicks saw made his eyes widen and reached for the only weapons that he and O'Neal had on them; their pistols.

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Laying a whimpering Sebastian down, Radagast went to work to help him. He got a little medicine in a spoon and tried to feed it to Sebastian while trying to calm him. Sebastian sniffed at what was in the spoon, but didn't take to it. A frustrated Radagast threw the spoon away before going to make another concoction. He scrambled to gather the right ingredients, "Come on!"

He glanced back to Sebastian but saw that a few other hedgehogs were getting to close. The Wizard shouted to them, "Move back! Give him some air, for goodness sake."

The other hedgehogs complied with the Wizard's wishes and backed away. Sebastian continued to whimper as Radagast came over with a new treatment. Once again, Sebastian didn't take to it. Radagast made another in a bowl and tapped it with a spoon, but it didn't seem to do much better. Thinking that maybe a different approach might be necessary, Radagast trying blowing a smoke-based remedy over the hedgehog. Deciding something else, Radagast removed a vial from his window and put some on his fingers, "There. There, Sebastian."

But once again, Sebastian would take to it. This truly confused Radagast as he flicked the substance off his fingers while saying, "I don't understand why it's not working."

The Wizard turned away and shook off the possibility, "It's not as if it's witchcraft."

But his words seemed to be the answer as Radagast put it together in his mind. Witchcraft was the only explanation that came to him, and he fearfully said, "Witchcraft?

He slowly turned to Sebastian, putting the pieces of the puzzle of his friend and the puzzle of the dying forest together. Only one thing could cause such chaos and death, "Oh but it is. A dark and powerful magic."

The sound of chittering came from the Wizard's left and he fearfully looked to the direction of his windows. He could see eight legged shapes moving about outside. The shapes moved all around Radagast's home and the Wizard was truly frightened. When he looked to the door, he could see giant spiders climbing over the doors and windows of his home. Radagast picked up a chair and moved it in front of the door to block the spiders from getting in that way.

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Crawling all over the house were large spiders. Hicks thought they were like the spiders from the island mission that H.E.A.T. had helped to take down, but he saw that they were vastly different. For one, these didn't look like the mutated spiders since they were mostly brown. The two soldiers whipped out their pistols and took aim.

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Back inside the house, the sound of whimpering makes the Wizard look back to Sebastian as the hedgehog took one last breath with a shudder. Radagast felt saddened by his friend's suffering and even more sad when Sebastian released the breath and didn't move anymore. Radagast could feel as if his heart was breaking from the sight of his friend dying. He looked about as the giant spiders continued moving about his home. Knowing that there was still something he could do, Radagast moved to where his staff was and removed the crystal from the top. He looked about when the squeaking of mice came to his ears and could see the small creatures scurrying about in fear. They ran over the Wizard's body as he picked Sebastian up and placed himself into a chair. Then placing the tip of the crystal to Sebastian's lips, Radagast began chanting something in a foreign language.

Some of the giant spiders were able to punch a hole through the foliage that made up the Wizard's roof. But the Wizard kept chanting as his body seemed to relax and his eyes looked upwards in a trance like stare. And while the Wizard was chanting, he didn't break out of his trance like state when he heard loud noises coming from outside.

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Outside, Hicks and O'Neal opened fire on the giant spiders and hit a few. The bullets were able to penetrate the spiders' bodies and they screeched as they fell to the ground. When they ran out of ammunition, they unclipped the clip before placing a new one in.

Some of the spiders began to come down from the house and made their way to the soldiers. Putting his pistol away, Hicks was quick to pick up a large stick off the ground and started swatting at the spiders while keeping away from O'Neal as he fired shot after shot at the large arachnids.

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Back in the house, a black mist left Sebastian's body and into the crystal as Radagast continued. The chanting seemed to slow down while the giant spiders kept trying to get in. The chanting ended when the black mist completely left Sebastian's body and he took in some fresh air. It seemed to bring Radagast out of his trance and he looked to his little friend and Sebastian grunted. The little hedgehog seemed to look as if he would be fine.

Radagast heard another shot go off and both he and Sebastian jumped a little. Radagast then looked to the windows and noticed at the spiders were starting to climb back down and away from his home. When they seemed to be gone, he saw two shapes appear in the glass of his window before going to the door. He heard a knock and heard someone ask, "Hello? Is anyone in there?"

"Just a minute." Radagast said as he got up and walked to the door. When he opened it, Radagast was very surprised to see two men in odd uniforms standing outside of his door. Looking between them Radagast asked, "Can I help you? Men dressed in clothing."

"Uh, maybe." One of the men said as he looked to his friend. Then turning back to the Wizard he introduced them both, "My name is Antony Hicks." Then gesturing to the man beside him he said, "And this here is O'Neal."

"Forgive me for being blunt, but those are some odd names." Radagast said. O'Neal shrugged and said, "Well, what's your name?"

"I am known as Radagast." The Wizard introduced himself. Hicks then said, "Well, it seems like you just had a monster infestation of giant spiders."

"Ah, yes, the spiders." Radagast said as he looked about. Placing Sebastian down on the ground, Radagast quickly exited from his home and ran to see where the spiders had gone. Major Hicks and O'Neal followed after the Wizard. He followed a small bird around his house and then could see the last of them starting to move through the trees. He bewildered and asked himself, "Where on this good earth did those foul creatures come from."

"That's a good question." O'Neal agreed. Hicks then suggested, "Maybe if we follow them, they'll lead us to a nest."

Another bird suddenly flapped in front of them and started chirping something to Radagast. Since he was a Wizard and a friend to the animals, Radagast could speak with them. He was shocked when he learned, "The old fortress?"

The bird gave a chirp that meant yes. Radagast then asked, "Please, show me."

"Did he just talk to a bird?" O'Neal asked in bewilderment. Hicks then asked Radagast, "Um, how'd you know what that bird was saying."

"Well, being one of the five Istari, it's not that difficult." Radagast explained as he turned back to them. This didn't really clarify anything for them and O'Neal asked, "What's an Istari?"

"A perfect other word for it would actually be the term 'Wizard' so to speak." Radagast explained. Hicks gave him a skeptical look and asked, "A wizard?"

"Yes. And I would explain, but…" Radagast said and turned back to direction the fleeing spiders were taking. Keeping a grip on his staff he said, "I need to investigate what is going on."

"Is it between the spiders and the forest?" O'Neal asked as he looked about. Radagast looked to the soldiers and asked, "You feel it too?"

"What do you mean, feel?" Hicks asked as they all looked about. Radagast explained, "There is something amiss with this forest. It's like the very air is starting to feel toxic, draining the life from the forest." He looked back in the direction of the spiders, "And I feel as if the spiders are just one piece of the puzzle. So I must go."

"Let us go with you." Major Hicks offered. Radagast stopped in his tracks and said, "I thank you for your offer, but I can't let you endanger yourselves with this."

"We put ourselves in dangerous situations all the time." Hicks argued. Then he pointed out, "Plus, you'll never know what kind of trouble that you'll get yourself into."

"I do suppose you have a point." Radagast nodded. But then he added, "But I ask that you remain on your toes. Where we're going is not pleasant."

"Kind of figured on that." O'Neal commented. But Radagast thought of something and said, "But the three of us will never fit on my sled."

"Sled? Who are you, Santa Claus?" O'Neal commented before Hicks shushed him. Radagast snapped his fingers when he thought of something, "But I do have a horse or two that you can ride."

"Sounds good to us." Hicks agreed. Radagast started walking and gestured for the two soldiers to follow after him.

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Author's Note: I think this is a good stopping point. We'll be rejoining the Company and H.E.A.T. in the next chapter. And I'll be adding a little something for the G-Man as well. I will be using something that a supporter of this story has provided, but with some altercations to it. Thanks Ricardo. I look forward to reading your reviews. Be sure to leave a comment either about if I've done something wrong or if you want something specifically to happen. See you next time.