Chapter 23


I was up, and trying to figure out a way to break free. I was tired of being lugged around like a rag doll, but I couldn't get anywhere with this leg.

Then, at the end of almost three days, I was flung to the ground. I was guessing we were at our destination, because I wasn't picked up again.

I large Orc walked up to me, and kicked my side. " Get up! You should be healed by now!" he bellowed.

So, I got up. And, yes, my leg was healed. Must have been something to do with the yuccy liquid they have been force feeding me.

I was up, and moving my leg. I heard some Orc start fighting, and by the sounds of it, it was gonna end up with some orcs dead. While all the Orcs had their heads turned, I made a run for it.

I found that my leg still hurt a little. I was running as hard as I could, and I heard a scream. Then all the Orcs were following me and gaining fast.

I ran for about a minute, and turned a corner. What I saw was not good for me. There were about 25 more Orcs, and they saw me. I swerved to the left, and then the right, because there were Orcs everywhere.

Finally, I realized that I was cornered.

A Orc roughly grabbed me by the neck and I saw a flash of blond. They had got Megan, and we had the same ideas: escape.

But, she only went about five steps before a large Orc caught her.

A Orc was screaming at me in his language, and I didn't know what half of it, but from the past four days I had learned the meanings of some. He was screaming about how I was something like a dip shit and uh....something else.

The two Orc leaders talked to eachother in their language so me and Megan couldn't understand.
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" I think, we should rebel against master. We hate him as much as these girls do." The Orc leader said.

" Yes...we should....but, we should dispose of the girls and then go after the ass." the other said.

" No...don't dispose of the girls....we should give Master the girls and then watch him get defeated by girls, then us."

" Yes...we can make it even worse if we give them Orc weapons because then Master would think they sided with us, then he walks out to talk to us, and we kill him." the Orc said, grinning. The other nodded, and walked away.

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Megan looked at me, and smiled. When she smiled like that, I knew she had an idea.

One orc grabbed Megan by her hair, and pulled her up. Then we started walking, again.

After about 6 hours of running and walking, we got infront of a rather large cave, with a door. I smelled something, and turned my head.

To my horror, there were 7 dead people to my right, flung out in the forest for the animals to eat. There were a older woman, older man, three young boys, and two young girl. One little girl had a little shovel in her hand, and by the door, I saw a small hole, and a now- dead plant. ' They must have lived here...' I thought my rage building inside me. The Orc pushed me from behind, and I literally exploded.

" You dumb bastard!! What the hell makes you think that you can push me!?! I'm going to rip your head off your shoulders and shove it so far up your assyou will think it grew there!!" I screamed as I lunged for his throat. But, by now,I had attracted the attention of every orc there, and one grabbed me and pulled me down. " Damn you!!!!" I screamed in defiance.

The door was opened by a orc, and we were shoved inside. We went all the way to the end, turned left down a hallway, turned right again, and left, then right, then to the last door and they shoved us it. The whole time it had been getting steadily colder.

They shoved us in and locked the door. I could see my breath, and I started to shiver. So did Megan.

" You know, every time they lock us in the same room, and thats not smart." Megan said.

I didn't reply.

" You know, that wasn't exactly the best idea in the world." Megan muttered.

I turned and smirked. " Shut up, you know you would have done the same thing. Did you see those dead bodies!? They were killed for no reason! And, I would really like to know, WHY THE HELL ARE WE HERE?!?!" I screamed.

Megan pulled out her hands, and backed up a step. " Calm down, yes, I saw them, and yes, they died for no reason. I have no clue why we are he--" she stopped in mid-sentence.

" What?" I asked, looking at her.

" Did you ever check to see if Kim was dead? I mean, dead and still laying there at least?" she asked. I shook my head. I thought for a second, then groaned and sat down.

" We are such friggin idiots!" I said, and looked up.

She nodded, and replied, " Now...I will have to agree to that. At least your not pregnant this time."

" True...true."

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" Jamie? Hey, where are you?" Legolas whispered when he got up and noticed Jamie wasn't there.

He had Shoni in his arms, and heard a sound. He spun around, only to see Strider looking at him. " Hello. Who, or what are you looking for?" he asked, smiling.

" My wife. Help me find her." he said, as Strider nodded, and turned.

After about 10 minutes, he heard Strider call his name. Legolas ran to the spot. There, on the ground, was a dead orc, upside down.

Strider stooped, and a silver glint caught Legolas' eye. " Look, its Jamie's knife!" he said, grabbing it.

Strider was looking at the soft ground." There are many foot prints of orcs, but smaller ones among them. It looks like they surrounded her." he said, standing tall again. He started to walk in the direction that the foot prints lead, and he saw more coming in a different direction. And among them, were another set of smaller feet, not clad of steel. " They have someone else. It looks like your wife tried to make a run for it..." he said, looking in the direction all the feet lead.

They lead to a small prairie type field, where the ground became hard. " This will be harder to track." Strider mumbled more to himself than to anyone else.
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Well, what do you think??? I think this one was pretty good, considering I'm hacking my lungs out here...well, r&r!!!
Cleo