Shadow and Flame
Disclaimer: Ummmm.the Orcs say I have to do this and.**an Orc pokes her with a pike** Ouch! I don't own LOTR or the Orcs.they want me to tell you that they'll hunt you down and skin you if you don't review **The Orc pokes her again and cries of 'No we didn't! Come from the background.**
A/N: My brain is working double time.who ever says brains can't feel lied! Cause mine sure as Valar can!
Chapter Eight, Motivation.
Shade awoke, she was on a soft bed and her back did not feel as bad. Her face was healed. She knew it was scarred because she could feel the grove in her face and she did not feel at all dirty.
**Wait my arms and legs were free. Maybe the others have found me!** She sat up and opened her eyes and looked around hoping to see Boromir or Aragorn.
She was in a large room on a canopy bed, in a place she had never seen before.
"How the hell did I get here?" She rubbed her head. She noticed she was wearing a new shirt and trousers.
She looked into a dark corner at the far side of the room. There was a old man sitting there arms folded leaning back in his chair.
"So you're awake I expected you to stay out for a week not a few hours."
"Yeah well, my da' always told me to takes life's beatings and ask for more." Shade shrugged. Her back really had stopped hurting.
"Wise words, I've healed you and now you will answer my questions." He walked over and put his hand on her arm. He looked into her eyes as if trying to read her soul.
Shade's skin glowed a little. "Why doesn't my fire skin charm work on you?" She asked looking back at him in general curiosity.
"Why my dear, I thought you would have realized by now. I am Saruman. It won't work on someone of my power."
"Oh, I haven't ever tried my magic on a.what was it 'someone of your power'. Just Orcs and the occasional goblin. Why have you done all this?" She said and gestured around the room. "I won't help you. And you know that Merry and Pippin don't have the ring. So why am I still alive and, healed for that matter?"
" I was aware of that." Saruman sighed. " But you my girl are a curiosity. A ball of mystery I plan to unravel." He tore into her mind, searching for the information he waned, a feet Shade could have learned along with telepathy. But never did, never wanted to. She thought it was one of the most disgusting things a person could do, your mind was the only thing you can retreat to, be truly safe in, to go into it a take that away, was the worst thing someone could do.
Shade fought him; sweat began to gather on her forehead. These were her memories not his. He did not belong in her mind. He fought against her, but her will was greater, she could not let him find out about Frodo or the others. She could not let him learn of her weaknesses, he would use them against her, and she knew that. But he was powerful Gandalf had not lied about that. Will or no, he did manage to grab snatches of her memory, during the time of her greatest emotions. They fought for a nearly a full minute, it felt like an eternity. In the end she won, but not by much if he tried it again she would lose and she knew it.
"I see you are as stubborn as Uglùk said you were." Saruman said wiping his forehead.
"I wouldn't have this if I wasn't." She traced the scar with her finger.
"I must leave I have more pressing matters to attend to, food will be brought up for you. And I suggest you eat it, you haven't eaten in three days am I right? Yes I thought as much, you didn't eat any of the food the Orcs gave you. I'll be back to question you later." He turned to leave.
Shade laid backed, folded her arms behind her head, closed her eyes and laughed. "Why not kill me now, Sa-ru-man?" She hissed his name pronouncing it with a flourish. "You know I'll never tell you anything, so why bother at all?"
"Well, with the proper motivation, I think you'll tell me what I want to know." He raised his hand out and conjured a picture of a man. Shade leaned forward and looked closer, it was Boromir.
"You wouldn't want the man you love to die, do you? I command thousands of Orcs all I have to do is give the order, and." In the picture became bigger and it change. In this new one Boromir was fighting Orcs, whenever he killed one there were ten more to take its place. He was cut apart, torn to ribbons she heard him scream out. "Shade I died because of you. You can still save me if you try."
Shade fell to her knees and put her face in her hands. She looked up a few strands of hair fell across her face. "You monster!" She snarled. "Boromir would never say that, even if I killed him myself!"
"Oh, really what makes you so sure? And what about the others, don't you care about them?" The old wizard turned to look at him, his eyes told her what he was thinking. I have here now, I found her weakness. That must be what he is thinking.
"Yes, I do. But I don't know were the ring is. Frodo left the company, and I don't now were he is, your Orcs captured me before I could find out."
"What?" Saruman asked totally confused.
"You heard me. You've just done yourself in you fool! Because of your Orcs no one knows where he is! He left us and didn't tell us where he was going!" Shade began to laugh, again at the irony of it all. "Because you tried to find the ring you lost it! If you had just let the matter be, every thing would have gone your way. Though if you had never joined Sauron in the first place none of this would of this would have happened."
"Silence!" He used his staff to throw her backed against the wall. Shade hit the wall with a thud, fell to the floor in a heap, then got back to her feet, and brushed herself off.
"I knew it! You know I'm right."
"I don't have time for this, the Ents are on thew move, so if you'll excuse me lady." Saruman turned around his robes billowing behind him as he did and he left, slamming the door behind him. Shade her the lock click.
Shade glared back at the door the started to shout. "SARUMAN WEARS A DRESS! SARUMAN WEARS A DRESS!" She knew from the cry of outrage that he had heard her.
A/N: Tum tu tum tum tums! Weeeellll what do you think?? It getting any good? I am sorry that it is short, the next one'll be longer I promise! I couldn't resist that last part. Sorry to all who are into to serious stuff. But I is not a serious person. ^_^
Disclaimer: Ummmm.the Orcs say I have to do this and.**an Orc pokes her with a pike** Ouch! I don't own LOTR or the Orcs.they want me to tell you that they'll hunt you down and skin you if you don't review **The Orc pokes her again and cries of 'No we didn't! Come from the background.**
A/N: My brain is working double time.who ever says brains can't feel lied! Cause mine sure as Valar can!
Chapter Eight, Motivation.
Shade awoke, she was on a soft bed and her back did not feel as bad. Her face was healed. She knew it was scarred because she could feel the grove in her face and she did not feel at all dirty.
**Wait my arms and legs were free. Maybe the others have found me!** She sat up and opened her eyes and looked around hoping to see Boromir or Aragorn.
She was in a large room on a canopy bed, in a place she had never seen before.
"How the hell did I get here?" She rubbed her head. She noticed she was wearing a new shirt and trousers.
She looked into a dark corner at the far side of the room. There was a old man sitting there arms folded leaning back in his chair.
"So you're awake I expected you to stay out for a week not a few hours."
"Yeah well, my da' always told me to takes life's beatings and ask for more." Shade shrugged. Her back really had stopped hurting.
"Wise words, I've healed you and now you will answer my questions." He walked over and put his hand on her arm. He looked into her eyes as if trying to read her soul.
Shade's skin glowed a little. "Why doesn't my fire skin charm work on you?" She asked looking back at him in general curiosity.
"Why my dear, I thought you would have realized by now. I am Saruman. It won't work on someone of my power."
"Oh, I haven't ever tried my magic on a.what was it 'someone of your power'. Just Orcs and the occasional goblin. Why have you done all this?" She said and gestured around the room. "I won't help you. And you know that Merry and Pippin don't have the ring. So why am I still alive and, healed for that matter?"
" I was aware of that." Saruman sighed. " But you my girl are a curiosity. A ball of mystery I plan to unravel." He tore into her mind, searching for the information he waned, a feet Shade could have learned along with telepathy. But never did, never wanted to. She thought it was one of the most disgusting things a person could do, your mind was the only thing you can retreat to, be truly safe in, to go into it a take that away, was the worst thing someone could do.
Shade fought him; sweat began to gather on her forehead. These were her memories not his. He did not belong in her mind. He fought against her, but her will was greater, she could not let him find out about Frodo or the others. She could not let him learn of her weaknesses, he would use them against her, and she knew that. But he was powerful Gandalf had not lied about that. Will or no, he did manage to grab snatches of her memory, during the time of her greatest emotions. They fought for a nearly a full minute, it felt like an eternity. In the end she won, but not by much if he tried it again she would lose and she knew it.
"I see you are as stubborn as Uglùk said you were." Saruman said wiping his forehead.
"I wouldn't have this if I wasn't." She traced the scar with her finger.
"I must leave I have more pressing matters to attend to, food will be brought up for you. And I suggest you eat it, you haven't eaten in three days am I right? Yes I thought as much, you didn't eat any of the food the Orcs gave you. I'll be back to question you later." He turned to leave.
Shade laid backed, folded her arms behind her head, closed her eyes and laughed. "Why not kill me now, Sa-ru-man?" She hissed his name pronouncing it with a flourish. "You know I'll never tell you anything, so why bother at all?"
"Well, with the proper motivation, I think you'll tell me what I want to know." He raised his hand out and conjured a picture of a man. Shade leaned forward and looked closer, it was Boromir.
"You wouldn't want the man you love to die, do you? I command thousands of Orcs all I have to do is give the order, and." In the picture became bigger and it change. In this new one Boromir was fighting Orcs, whenever he killed one there were ten more to take its place. He was cut apart, torn to ribbons she heard him scream out. "Shade I died because of you. You can still save me if you try."
Shade fell to her knees and put her face in her hands. She looked up a few strands of hair fell across her face. "You monster!" She snarled. "Boromir would never say that, even if I killed him myself!"
"Oh, really what makes you so sure? And what about the others, don't you care about them?" The old wizard turned to look at him, his eyes told her what he was thinking. I have here now, I found her weakness. That must be what he is thinking.
"Yes, I do. But I don't know were the ring is. Frodo left the company, and I don't now were he is, your Orcs captured me before I could find out."
"What?" Saruman asked totally confused.
"You heard me. You've just done yourself in you fool! Because of your Orcs no one knows where he is! He left us and didn't tell us where he was going!" Shade began to laugh, again at the irony of it all. "Because you tried to find the ring you lost it! If you had just let the matter be, every thing would have gone your way. Though if you had never joined Sauron in the first place none of this would of this would have happened."
"Silence!" He used his staff to throw her backed against the wall. Shade hit the wall with a thud, fell to the floor in a heap, then got back to her feet, and brushed herself off.
"I knew it! You know I'm right."
"I don't have time for this, the Ents are on thew move, so if you'll excuse me lady." Saruman turned around his robes billowing behind him as he did and he left, slamming the door behind him. Shade her the lock click.
Shade glared back at the door the started to shout. "SARUMAN WEARS A DRESS! SARUMAN WEARS A DRESS!" She knew from the cry of outrage that he had heard her.
A/N: Tum tu tum tum tums! Weeeellll what do you think?? It getting any good? I am sorry that it is short, the next one'll be longer I promise! I couldn't resist that last part. Sorry to all who are into to serious stuff. But I is not a serious person. ^_^