A/N: I have made some changes to Part 1. If you read Part 1 before 17/3/02, please go back and read it again – Gandalf was not with the fellowship, that is important! PART 2

Legolas turned and shot the orc, before joining Aragorn at Frodo's side. Frodo had been shot in the head with the orc's arrow. He was unconscious, and his head was bleeding heavily.

Aragorn gripped the end of the arrow, and slowly pulled it from Frodo's head, trying not to make the damage any worse. He managed to get the arrow out, but that had made Frodo's head bleed even more.

'Legolas, medical pack.' Aragorn ordered, taking off his cloak and pressing it against the wound in Frodo's head. Legolas got the medical pack, and gave Aragorn a large bandage, which he wrapped around Frodo's forehead and eyes.

'Is he dead?' Sam asked.

'He's not dead, only unconscious.' Aragorn replied. 'What the extent of the damage is, I don't know. He could be fine… or he could have serious brain damage, internal bleeding, or he could have been blinded.' Sam, Merry, and Pippin exchanged worried glances.

'If only I'd moved when he told me to.' Merry said. 'Then we wouldn't be in this mess.'

'It's not your fault, Merry.' Legolas said, as Aragorn picked up Frodo.

'We must move away from here.' Aragorn said, and they moved away from Moria.

***

They carried on for about a fortnight with their being little or no change in Frodo. Sometimes he started to mumble things, and they thought he waking up. But by the time they had laid him on the ground, he was completely unconscious again.

They had crossed the Caradhras, and were on the last stretch of their journey back to Rivendell, when Frodo finally came round. He still had the bandages around his head, so no one noticed his eyes opening.

The first person to notice anything was Sam. They had stopped for the evening, and Sam was sitting at Frodo's side, when he felt a hand on his.

'Mr. Frodo?' Sam asked, looking to see his hand being firmly held by Frodo. Frodo was obviously trying to say something, but all that came out was some random mumbling. Something was obviously distressing him.

'Strider! Frodo's awake!' Sam called, and everyone came over.

'Frodo? Talk to me, Frodo.' Aragorn said, kneeling at Frodo's side. Frodo continued to mumble, becoming increasingly distressed.

'Frodo, calm down.' Aragorn continued. 'Calm down, and tell me what's wrong.'

Frodo was quiet for a minute or two, before he said. 'I can't see… I can't see anything!'

'Don't worry, you've got bandages around your eyes, you were shot in the head by an orc, remember?'

Frodo nodded.

'What's the last thing you remember, Frodo?' Aragorn asked.

'Seeing that orc, at Moria. I remember realising that Merry was about to be shot, and I pushed him out the way. Then there was this searing pain in my head, then I'm here.' Merry looked away guiltily.

'Good. You haven't lost your memory; you don't seem to have brain damage. You're going to be fine.'

With that, Aragorn began to remove the bandages from around Frodo's head. The wound from the arrow had healed up fine; Frodo just had a scar by his ear.

What Frodo said next proved Aragorn's 'you're going to be fine' theory wrong. 'Strider?' Frodo asked.

'Yes?'

'Can you take the bandages off, I don't like not being able to see anything.' Everyone exchanged worrying looks.

'They are off, Frodo. There is nothing covering your eyes.'

Frodo blinked a few times, and felt his face to make sure there was nothing in front of his eyes.

'Strider?' Frodo asked again, panic in his voice. 'I can't see!'