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: Don't expect this chapter to be too terribly long.

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Chapter Twelve: The Company's Saviors

A few more hours had passed when Gandalf, Nick, Monique and Elsie had returned to the campsite. They were pretty shocked to see no one there and the fire starting to dim. The four of them dismounted and looked about. When they didn't see anything, Elsie asked, "What do you think happened here?"

"Perhaps they have engaged whatever happened to this farm." Monique suggested, proving a good point. Gandalf nodded as they continued looking, "Perhaps."

"Over here!" Nick shouted, gaining their attention. Gandalf, Elsie and Monique joined him. Nick was currently kneeling over the ground and ran his hand over something. Elsie asked, "What is it?"

"N.I.G.E.L. apparently left some tread marks heading for the woods." Nick said and they looked. They saw that Nick was right about the tread marks and they headed for the woods. Monique looked up and pointed, "Someone is out here."

They looked to see where she was pointing and saw a column of fire rising amongst the tree tops. The French spy then said, "Perhaps we should see if our friends need a bit of rescuing, no?"

"Indeed." Gandalf said and the four moved off to the woods. As they entered the forest and walked past the remaining horses, all four of them could only hope that their friends were all right.

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"Oh! That's hot, that's hot, that's hot!" Nori shouted as Tom dropped some more logs on the fire. The Trolls had created a rotisserie and placed some of the Dwarves and Randy all on the spit, all tied up and being cooked alive. N.I.G.E.L. was currently offline after a whacking from William when the Company first surrendered. The giant rat was currently pacing around the campfire, making sure to keep out of the Trolls' way. The others had been put into sacks and laid to the side. Everyone squirmed, whether to get free or because of the fire underneath them. Tom looked amongst their captives and said, "Don't bother cooking them. Let's just sit on them and squash them into jelly."

"We ain't going to go down that easy, ugly!" Randy shouted from the group in the sacks. Bert disagreed with Tom by saying, "No, no. They should be sauteed and grilled with a sprinkle of sage."

"Ooh." Tom said as it did sound pretty good. Everyone on the spit seemed a bit worried about what they were saying. Tom nodded in agreement, "That does sound quite nice there."

The cook of the trio just huffed as he and William continued to turn the spit. The Dwarves and Men continued to struggle in the sacks, "Untie me, mister. Eat someone your own size."

"Never mind the seasoning. We ain't got all night." William shook his head, feeling that it wasn't worth it. Then he reminded, "Dawn ain't that far away now. So let's get a move on."

From those in the sacks, Bilbo caught on to what the Troll was saying. With a shudder William said, "I don't fancy being turned to stone. No, I don't."

A plan began to form in Bilbo's head and since he were the closest to him, the only human not on a spit noticed this. Mendel whispered to the Hobbit, "If you have a plan, go for it."

"What about the giant rat creature?" Bilbo questioned, feeling nervous about the giant rat Mutation. Mendel then said, "Maybe Gandalf and the others will come to our rescue soon."

"True." Bilbo nodded as he had a good point. Then looking to the Trolls and the giant rat he shouted, "Wait!"

The Trolls and the Company all heard the Hobbit shouting. They all looked to the Hobbit and Bilbo said, "You three are making a terrible mistake."

"You can't reason with the Trolls. They're all half-wits!" Dori shouted as those on the spit continued to be turned. This caused all four of their enemies to growl. Bilbo was able to rise off the ground even though he was stuck in the sack. Bofur then questioned, "Half-wits? What does that make us then?"

"I meant with the seasoning." Bilbo said as he hopped closer to the fire. It got the Trolls to stop turning the spit. Even the Company looked to the Hobbit with questioning looks. Mendel quietly asked himself, "This is part of the plan, right?"

Balin happened to hear what the roboticist had said and he began to think about what was going on. Bert stepped away and kneeled down a little to ask, "What about the seasoning?"

Gesturing to the captive Company he said, "Well, I don't know about the odd golem honestly, but between the Dwarves and the Men, have you smelt them? You're gonna need something much stronger than sage before you plate this lot up."

"Traitor!" Bombur shouted followed by shouts from the others. Even Randy felt betrayed by this, "And to think that you were a good friend!"

"What do you now about cooking Dwarves or Men?" William questioned as he continued to turn the spit. Bilbo tried to think of something to say, but Bert growled at him, "Just shut up, William." Then turning back to the Hobbit he said, "Let, uh," He tried to remember the name, "the flurgaburburhobbit talk."

"Uh, the secret to cook them would be, um…" Bilbo stopped as he tried to think of the reason. Bert nodded and said, "Yes? Come on."

"It's uh…" Bilbo tried to think, but had a hard time coming up with something. But Bert cut him off by saying, "Go on and tell us the secret."

"Ye-Yes, I'm telling you. The secret is…" Bilbo started to say. Mendel and Balin happened to notice that the dawn was approaching. The Hobbit glanced at the captive Company, but knew that he couldn't stall this way forever. The Dwarves and Men were a little worried about what he would say. Bilbo then said, "To skin them first."

"What? Skin us?" Nori questioned while the others started shouting in rage. But Bert seemed to be intrigued by the method and said, "Tom, go and get me filleting knife."

"I'll skin you, you little-!" Gloin shouted from those in the sacks. From the spit, Dwalin shouted, "I won't forget that! I won't forget it!"

"Not cool, Bilbo!" Rnady shouted as he struggled to break out.

"It's a load of rubbish." William agreed with him. Then he said, "I've eaten plenty of Dwarves and Men with their skins still on." With a nod he said, "Scarf them, I say, boots, clothing and all."

Bilbo and Mendel all looked out into woods and saw Gandalf run past a rock before disappearing again. They knew that Monique wasn't too far behind him. Bilbo turned his attention back to the Trolls and the giant rat to avoid causing suspicion. Tom walked around and then agreed with the two, "William's right."

Those aware of the plan began to grow nervous when Tom picked up Bombur while saying, "Nothing wrong with a bit of raw Dwarf." Bombur dangled and screamed in fear as Tom prepared to start eating him, "Nice and crunchy."

The others in the Company shouted for him to leave Bombur alone. Bilbo came to the Dwarf's rescue by saying, "Oh, not that one. He's infected."

"Huh?" Tom asked and looked to the Hobbit. Once again, all movement stopped to what he said. William then asked, "You what?"

It even seemed to make the giant rat curious to know what was going on. Bilbo then quickly said, "Yeah, he's got worms in his…" He took a moment to figure out what to say, "tubes."

"Eww!" Tom screamed before dropping Bombur back down amongst the others in the sacks. The Dwarves all groaned when Bombur crashed into them. Bilbo looked about the four and said, "In fact, they're all infected. Man and Dwarf alike. They're infested with parasites."

"Say, what?!" Randy questioned as he found it ludicrous. Bilbo shook his head, acting as if it wasn't worth it, "It's a terrible business with them. I wouldn't risk it. I really wouldn't."

While Tom and Bert seemed to be thinking about what the Hobbit was saying, William didn't seem to be believing it. Even the Dwarves and Randy seemed to be furious by the Hobbit's words. Oin questioned to a flabbergasted Kili, "Parasites? Did he just say 'parasites'?"

"We don't have parasites. You have parasites!" Kili shouted in anger while most of the others agreed with him. Only Thorin, Mendel and N.I.G.E.L. didn't join in on the shouting. Bilbo rolled his eyes in annoyance to the Dwarves fighting against his attempts to save them. Thorin was shouting as he was thinking of what the Hobbit was doing and remembered what the Troll had said earlier. Oin shouted at Bilbo, "What are you talking about, laddie?!"

With a swift kick to Kili, even though he was still trapped in a sack, Thorin was able to make them all stop shouting. Everyone, Dwarf and Man all looked to Thorin as he gave them all a look to tell them to play along. Oin then said, "I've got parasites as big as my arm."

"Mine are the biggest parasites! I've got huge parasites!" Kili added. Everyone started saying that they all had parasites. Even Randy shouted, "You don't want to take any chances, guys."

Bilbo nodded before turning back to the towering monsters. The Trolls weren't certain about what was going on while the Company all said, "We're riddled. Very riddled."

"Yes, we are, badly." Dori agreed. William stopped turning the spit and walked up to the Hobbit while Bert took over. The Troll then questioned, "What would you have us do, then? Let them all go?"

"Well…" Bilbo said as he started to think. He was cut off when William bent down to his level.

"You're right there, mate." William growled. Then jabbing Bilbo with a finger he said, "You think I don't know what you're up to? You think that we're too dim to not see through your deceptions."

"Uh…" Bilbo said as the others in the Company began to grow nervous. William returned to the spit and said, "This little ferret and his friends are taking us for fools."

"Ferret?" Bilbo questioned, feeling really insulted. William looked to the Hobbit and said while he turned the spit, "Fools?"

"The dawn will take you three for sure!" Gandalf's voice said from behind Tom. They all looked to see Gandalf climb on top of a rock and raised his staff high. William then questioned, "Who's that there?"

"No idea." Bert shook his head. Tom then asked, "Can we eat him too?"

Gandalf brought his staff down on the rock and was about to bring it down hard. But he was stopped when the giant rat shrieked and came charging towards the rock. The large Mutation came at the Wizard and leapt at him. Gandalf gasped but was luckily saved when Monique started shooting. Everyone cringed from the loud shots, even the giant rat Mutation. Some of the shots scratched the creature's hide. That caused the giant rat to shriek and back away. Nick and Elsie came running up with some of the Dwarves weapons and started whacking it with either swords or a hammer. The Trolls moved to stop them, but a few more shots from Monique stopped them.

Nick ended the giant rat by plunging the Dwarven sword he had into the rat's eye. The giant rat gave one final screech before dropping to the ground dead. Bert, William and Tom all cried out in anguish due to their dead pet.

With nothing else to stop him, Gandalf quickly brought his staff down on the rock and created a crack down the middle. The Wizard all moved back when one half of the rock fell away and let the sunlight shine over the whole group. While the Company and H.E.A.T. all winced from the bright light, the Trolls all groaned from the bright light and began to stiffen as they turned to stone. They tried to fight it as the process over took them and they turned to stone, no longer moving.

When they were sure it was over, everyone in the Company looked to each other with grins and laughed at the victory. Everyone became glad that the current danger was over. Even N.I.G.E.L. started back up again and rose back on his treads. Everyone had grins on their faces. Well, almost, as Dwalin was feeling some discomfort, "Oh! Get your foot out of my back!"

Gandalf and the three humans then all moved to help free the rest of the Company.

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Elsewhere…

Godzilla had crossed over some more country after dealing with those odd creatures. And though while he didn't feel a great deal of pain from the blows that he received from the fight, some spots that were struck did feel a bit sore. But as he continued on his way, he suddenly felt a presence nearby. It wasn't anything familiar to him, it didn't feel threatening either.

Godzilla moved to take a closer look and found one of the most odd sights. A woman with golden hair and wearing a white dress was walking through the countryside. Godzilla tilted his head as he became curious and took a step towards her. He was caught off guard when he heard her say, "Greetings, my large, reptilian friend."

The woman turned to him and she looked to Godzilla. With a single finger she calmly beckoned him forward. He didn't know why, but the giant behemoth stepped forward. Not even Godzilla's mighty footsteps frightened the woman as she just stood there. When he was before her he lowered his head down.

The woman gently ran her hand across Godzilla's snout and looked as if she were looking for something. With a kind smile she said, "You have been through a good deal in your time here no matter how brief.

"But I feel as if your journey is far from over." She said and leaned forward. She planted her lips against Godzilla's snout and his eyes closed for a moment when he felt something come over him.

After a moment more, Godzilla opened his eyes again and the woman backed away. Standing at his full height again, Godzilla suddenly noticed that he was no longer feeling sore from the battle from earlier. The woman looked to the mutated lizard and said, "Now, go. I know not why you are here, but I do know that you have a long journey ahead of you."

Godzilla gave a small growl before walking past the woman. She turned and watched him go until he was gone. The woman chuckled and she said, "Hopefully, Middle-earth will be ready for whatever comes next with a hero like you."

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Author's Note: In the next chapter, the group is going to see something that will make their jaws drop. Plus, they'll be seeing some unexpected faces before having a run through the countryside. 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.