Samwise heard Gollum hissing before he saw him. He had awaken because of a frightened dream and he lay still when he heard that loathsome hiss.

"Where did massster go preciousss? Did she get him after all? Gollum, Gollum! Nassty susssspicioussssss hobbit all alone in barren land. We wonders why precious, yesss, we wondersss." Gollum hissed as he came closer to where Sam was lying.

Sam's mind exploded with rage, but he kept his head, and very slowly loosened sting from its sheath. He heard Gollum creeping closer and just as Gollum was about to touch him, he flipped over pulling Sting from it's sheath and holding it to Gollum's throat while he held on to him by the arm. Gollum immediately went limp.

"Don't hurts us," he begged, "Don't hurts us with nassssty cruel steal. Gollum, Gollum! We is only wondering where masssster has gone."

"You should know you filthy Stinker. You're the one who sold him to the enemy!" Sam pressed Sting harder against Gollum's throat, "You're the reason he's gone!!" Sam was in such a fury he pressed the knife even harder against his throat, drawing a drop of blood. Gollum shrieked and tried to get loose, but Sam was so angry that a snake wouldn't have been able to have twisted out of his grip. "Stop moving!" Sam hollered in command. Gollum stopped and cringed under Sam's glare. While still holding on to Gollum, Sam lowered Sting and dug through his pack and found his rope. At the sight of it, Gollum began to twist and shriek.

"Hold still!" Sam hissed dangerously.

Gollum began to sob, but he slowed his movements to just flinching. Sam wound his rope around Gollum's ankle. Gollum writhed around and continued to sob pathetically.

"Cruel, nasty hobbit!" he hissed, "gets the nasssty rope off of us!"

"I won't! And if you don't stop your noise I'll gag you!" Sam whispered dangerously.

Gullom went silent, except for his whimpering and sobbing.

"Now, we are going to Mount Doom. If you give me any trouble, I'll bind you hand and foot and leave you to the orcs," Sam said letting go of Gullom's arm and pulling him along by the rope on his ankle.

Gullom whimpered and followed Sam's lead through the barren land.

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Seltaeb watched pictures flash through the crystal The Mouth of Sauron was using to search the land of Mordor for a certain Hobbit.

"There," he said, and the picture stopped. A small cloaked figure was dragging a thin creature behind him, who seemed to be trying to resist to move. "That is him. He has the Ring."

"Master, what should we do?" The lieutenant asked and waited silently for an answer. Then he looked back at Seltab. "My master wants you to go get him."

"Of course," he answered.

"And you are to go in your old form," the lieutenant continued.

"I do not mean to question my master, but my old form? My old form is weak and powerless," Selteab said.

"But your old form has a strong hold on the Halfling."

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