Chapter nine: The Rescue
Beth ran to Kay and helped her bind the crying form of Torak. Katie ran to where all the other women were kept and started undoing latches. Beth and Kay bodily dragged Torak to the toilet pit and shoved him in, after listening for the loud plop they left to help Katie with the other women.
"Katie! We're back." Kay said quietly finding her way into the slave apartments, "where are you? I can hardly see a damn thing."
"I am over her in the corner," said a voice in the darkness, "come here and let me see your dagger." Kay and Beth worked there way over to Katie in the dim room.
"How many latches are there to be undone?" Beth asked taking the dagger from Kayla and picking at the lock.
"Three, I think, they connect chains to all of the slaves ankles." Katie replied. They had noticed that the slaves were oddly quiet.
"What is wrong with you girls?" Kayla asked one of them.
"The guards," One of them replied, "we are trying not to disturb the guards."
"Oh." After listening she could hear stirring below, something was going on. "Beth. Katie. Listen for a second, any ideas to what's going on down there?" They all listened quietly for a moment.
"It sounds as if there is fighting of some sort going on down there." Beth said. Katie agreed. They fighting stopped and it sounded as if someone was marching up the stairs to the slave's apartments.
"Oh, shit." Katie breathed, as they all backed into a corner. The marching continued, down the hallway to right next to the door to where the girls were hiding. The door banged open flooding the room with light. It was....Aragorn? Right behind him came the hobbits and Gandalf, all brandishing weapons. The girls stood up from their hiding spot.
"You're a bit late." Kayla said.
"And you're a bit unappreciative." Gandalf replied.
"Um...." They all looked at Pippin who was turning bright red, "Lovely costumes." He said, his face turning even redder.
"What the heck are you talking about?" Aragorn asked. The men turned to the scantily dressed dryads. They began to blush furiously, so did the girls.
"Well....rm....yes....lets find you some clothes."
"We have other things to take care of first." Beth said.
"Like what?"
"The slaves," Kayla replied, "Gandalf, you can remove the locks, can't you?"
"Yes, but what of Torak?"
"He is in the toilet at the moment."
"What do you mean?"
"Why don't you take a look yourself?"
Beth ran to Kay and helped her bind the crying form of Torak. Katie ran to where all the other women were kept and started undoing latches. Beth and Kay bodily dragged Torak to the toilet pit and shoved him in, after listening for the loud plop they left to help Katie with the other women.
"Katie! We're back." Kay said quietly finding her way into the slave apartments, "where are you? I can hardly see a damn thing."
"I am over her in the corner," said a voice in the darkness, "come here and let me see your dagger." Kay and Beth worked there way over to Katie in the dim room.
"How many latches are there to be undone?" Beth asked taking the dagger from Kayla and picking at the lock.
"Three, I think, they connect chains to all of the slaves ankles." Katie replied. They had noticed that the slaves were oddly quiet.
"What is wrong with you girls?" Kayla asked one of them.
"The guards," One of them replied, "we are trying not to disturb the guards."
"Oh." After listening she could hear stirring below, something was going on. "Beth. Katie. Listen for a second, any ideas to what's going on down there?" They all listened quietly for a moment.
"It sounds as if there is fighting of some sort going on down there." Beth said. Katie agreed. They fighting stopped and it sounded as if someone was marching up the stairs to the slave's apartments.
"Oh, shit." Katie breathed, as they all backed into a corner. The marching continued, down the hallway to right next to the door to where the girls were hiding. The door banged open flooding the room with light. It was....Aragorn? Right behind him came the hobbits and Gandalf, all brandishing weapons. The girls stood up from their hiding spot.
"You're a bit late." Kayla said.
"And you're a bit unappreciative." Gandalf replied.
"Um...." They all looked at Pippin who was turning bright red, "Lovely costumes." He said, his face turning even redder.
"What the heck are you talking about?" Aragorn asked. The men turned to the scantily dressed dryads. They began to blush furiously, so did the girls.
"Well....rm....yes....lets find you some clothes."
"We have other things to take care of first." Beth said.
"Like what?"
"The slaves," Kayla replied, "Gandalf, you can remove the locks, can't you?"
"Yes, but what of Torak?"
"He is in the toilet at the moment."
"What do you mean?"
"Why don't you take a look yourself?"