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"Who should we bring now, Master?" the orc hissed.

"Do not bring any of them. The Dwarf would not fall if a mere man would not. Besides, he is the Elf's friend, they may be different, but the same type of spirit drives them both. Put all of them together, but leave the wizard alone. I shall speak with him last, after the others have had time to converse and fear," the dark lord said.

The orc bowed and was off.
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Gimli was dragged into the room and the door slammed behind him as he looked at his fellow companions. Legolas was curled up in the corner, murmuring and rocking slightly. Sam, Merry, and Pippin were together, but Sam seemed to be isolating himself from them, and there was a gash on his lip. Aragorn was sitting away from them all in another corner, a dark look upon his face.

"What has happened to make such as you cower in the corners? We should be talking of escape, or what has happened," Gimli exclaimed.

Legolas stopped his rocking, and looked up with a broken, sad gaze, "There is no escape from this darkness. It has taken one dear too us, and tis, it may conquer us as well. It is just biding its time," he said softly.

"What foolish talk is this? Elf, you know better then that! Sauron has been defeated once, he can be defeated again, even if the Ring bearer is dead," Gimli said, and a strike of pain came to his heart at the thought, even he had grown fond of the young hobbit.

"It is not Sauron that sits upon that throne in darkness. But Frodo himself! He has fallen to darkness and madness has taken his mind. Oh, my poor Master, my dearest of friends!" Sam wept.

"What news is this?!" Gimli exclaimed.

"Frodo destroyed both Sauron and Saruman, and took their power for himself. He is playing with us, trying to make us join him. He is in control of all in this dark realm," Legolas whispered.

"Nay, not of everything. He needs us for some reason," Aragorn finally spoke up, "I feel he has offered us three, for we are the only ones that seem to know, something. Samwise, what has he offered you?"

"Nothing, except to help him save our world, Mister Aragorn," Sam said.

"Legolas?" Aragorn asked.

The Elf looked at him, sorrow playing across his features, "He showed me what will become of our world. He showed me many things.... I saw you kill my Father...and I saw what I truly was...." Legolas trailed off and continued his rocking and murmuring.

Aragorn looked worriedly at him, but spoke, "He offered me the right of my birth, and he offered me his place in ruling. To save our world, he had said."

"Then it seems that Frodo has seen something in the future that has frightened him into madness, from what you have said, " Merry spoke up.

"Yes, it is a terrible future, a future of blood and death. But I do not think it would be that way if we do not fall to him," Legolas said softly.

"We cannot fall to darkness, but what can we do for it? He will keep trying until we either go mad or break under his will," Aragorn said.

"Then we have only one choice if it comes to it," Legolas said, finally uncurling and looking at them all. His stare unnerved them, even Aragorn and Gimli, though Aragorn had been raised among such as he, and Gimli had become close to the Elf.

One word escaped the cold lips of Legolas, that one word that was almost unknown to Elves except when speaking of mortals and Man, "Death."