Here's the next chapter--We're getting close to the end. Hey-Can I have one hundred reviews--Please?! Or my plot bunnies will go on strike!!! ( And So Will I ) ~_ ^
Chapter 39--Desperate Battle
The stairs was a bad place to have to fight. Only Aragorn and Arwen could fight, of course the zombie Orcs had the same handicap, but they were hard to kill and there was fifteen of them. Slowly the Orcs were overwhelming Aragorn and Arwen by sheer numbers.
Legolas shot one of the Orcs between the eyes but it had no effect at all. It didn't even react or slow down. "Damn it all!!" Legolas snarled.
Sandi stumbled back a pace as Aragorn bumped into her while avoiding a strike. Legolas steadied her before she could fall. "Can you do something?" he asked.
"I will try," Sandi said. She began to chant under her breath in that strange language.
Legolas felt a strange tingling feeling on his skin and shivered slightly.
"Everyone cover your eyes!!!" Sandi cried. She brought her hand palm up and toward the Orcs. "Incinerate!!!" A fireball shot from her hand into the Orcs and exploded.
A wave of heat and fire washed over them, but no one suffered the slightest injury. "What was that?" Jaisia asked, obviously shaken. The stench of burning flesh was almost intolerable.
"Protection from fire and fireburst. Come on, the protection spell will not last to long," Sandi said. They made their way over the charred corpses and continued up the stairs.
Finally they were out of the stairway, much to everyone's relief. They stood in a long hallway lined with doors on both sides.
"Which door is it?" Jaisia asked.
"I am not sure, the conjuring room moves around because of a magic spell. We will have to open doors until we find it. Most of these will have monsters or traps inside," Sandi said.
"Oh wonderful," Legolas muttered. "Hey Aragorn! You can pick the first one to lead by example!"
Aragorn snorted. "That is not funny," he retorted.
Jaisia giggled. "Do not worry, sugar. We will be right behind you," she said.
"I am sure you will be," Aragorn grumped. He went to the first door on the left, took a deep breath and drew Audruil. He looked at Legolas who had notched an arrow and aimed at the door.
"Go ahead, Aragorn, I am ready," Legolas said.
Aragorn nodded and opened the door. He saw a huge troll. "Damn!" he exclaimed and slammed it shut again before Legolas could fire. "Wrong door," he said.
Boom, Boom, Boom!!! Came from the door and it shuddered in its frame. "Get ready! It's trying to get out!!" Aragorn yelled and backed away from the door.
The door was smashed to kindling and the troll emerged into the hallway, snarling and drooling. It's clawed hands slashed at the air.
"Jaisia, you know what trolls eat?" Legolas asked.
"No, I have never seen one," Jaisia replied.
"Just as well," Legolas said. He raised his bow and fired. The arrow struck it in the shoulder.
The troll bellowed more in rage then pain and started towards Legolas, but Aragorn and Arwen attacked it with their swords, distracting it.
The fight went on for awhile with no gain on either side then it happened. Arwen didn't dodge one of the troll's punches in time and she was flung heavily into the wall. She slid to the floor and didn't move.
"Arwen!! No!!" Aragorn shouted and flung himself at the troll, screaming in rage…….
Not home tomorrow so I thought I'd get this up while I had time…You like? R/R please.