"Did you hear that?" Legolas stopped in mid-sentence, "It sounded
frightened, or troubled."
"I'm sure you're just imagining things, Legolas. At the most, it was an orc, which shows just how close they are. We need to keep moving," Aragorn just brushed off the comment.
Legolas sighed, "I'm sure you're right. Now, where was I?"
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Cailiosa, Pippin, and Gimli looked nervously at the orcs, which vastly outnumbered them, the three looking small and insignificant in comparison to the hundreds of orc warriors. They drew their weapons, even though they all felt it futile.
"Any suggestion, O Powerful She-Warrior?" Gimli muttered to Cailiosa.
"Running sounds good to me. You're not above running from sheer death, are you?"
Gimli glanced at the slowly approaching orcs, and found an opening that had not yet been closed in. "Not at all. That's very possibly the best thing I've heard all day."
Cailiosa followed his eyes, and on his nod, they both reared their horses toward the opening. Pippin hid as best he could in Cailiosa's cloak.
The horses galloped steadily through the opening, just barely making it out before the orcs closed in. Arrows exploded into the air around them. They just barely missed each time, and were getting quickly closer as the orcan archers began to get their aim.
The horse that Pippin and Cailiosa were riding, which was only a little behind the dwarf's stallion, took an arrow in the flank, and reared up in fright. The elf maiden held on to the reins as best she could, trying to calm the wounded horse, but her and the Hobbit were both thrown to the ground, and the horse galloped away.
"Run!" she yelled to Pippin, who got shakily to his feet and started to run after Gimli. Cailiosa grabbed her bow and took down a few of the orcs while she climbed to her feet. She knew the orcs were too close now to run from, and stood her ground in front of the hoard of hideous creatures.
"What are you doing?!" Gimli yelled.
"Go meet up with the others! I'll catch up!"
"I'm sure you're just imagining things, Legolas. At the most, it was an orc, which shows just how close they are. We need to keep moving," Aragorn just brushed off the comment.
Legolas sighed, "I'm sure you're right. Now, where was I?"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Cailiosa, Pippin, and Gimli looked nervously at the orcs, which vastly outnumbered them, the three looking small and insignificant in comparison to the hundreds of orc warriors. They drew their weapons, even though they all felt it futile.
"Any suggestion, O Powerful She-Warrior?" Gimli muttered to Cailiosa.
"Running sounds good to me. You're not above running from sheer death, are you?"
Gimli glanced at the slowly approaching orcs, and found an opening that had not yet been closed in. "Not at all. That's very possibly the best thing I've heard all day."
Cailiosa followed his eyes, and on his nod, they both reared their horses toward the opening. Pippin hid as best he could in Cailiosa's cloak.
The horses galloped steadily through the opening, just barely making it out before the orcs closed in. Arrows exploded into the air around them. They just barely missed each time, and were getting quickly closer as the orcan archers began to get their aim.
The horse that Pippin and Cailiosa were riding, which was only a little behind the dwarf's stallion, took an arrow in the flank, and reared up in fright. The elf maiden held on to the reins as best she could, trying to calm the wounded horse, but her and the Hobbit were both thrown to the ground, and the horse galloped away.
"Run!" she yelled to Pippin, who got shakily to his feet and started to run after Gimli. Cailiosa grabbed her bow and took down a few of the orcs while she climbed to her feet. She knew the orcs were too close now to run from, and stood her ground in front of the hoard of hideous creatures.
"What are you doing?!" Gimli yelled.
"Go meet up with the others! I'll catch up!"