CHAPTER 17
THE RESCUE
He lifted up his hand and started caressing her cheek with the back of his cold, pale fingers; Arwen writhed at the contact and turned her face away form it. Sauron hesitated for a moment before pressing his stolen body against hers, and running his tongue against her turned cheek. She winced, disgusted by his actions, "Don't touch me!" But her pleas for him to stop only served to further arouse him. He pressed even harder against her already sore body and traced her collarbone with his fingers before descending towards her breasts. Arwen felt sickened.
"STOP!!!"
But he only laughed at her and grabbed one of her breasts with his hand, pressing roughly at the delicate skin. She let out a desperate moan of pain as he clutched harder at the sensitive mound, digging his nails even thru the silky fabric of her dress.
"What are you going to do? How are you going to stop me? Scream Arwen, scream for me!"
She looked at him defiantly and bit her lip to resist the pain; she wasn't going to give him that satisfaction. He pulled away from her enraged and picked up a metal tipped, three lashed whip from the ground.
"So you don't want to scream for me eh? I am sure that you will, I happen to be very persuasive when it comes to satisfy my demands."
He lifted his arm and whipped her with all of his strength; the unmerciful and brutal lash landed on the front her left thigh, opening a huge wound with the metal tips. She let out a loud cry of pain and would have stumbled to the ground if it wasn't for the ropes holding her to the wall.
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Legolas had followed the trails until he found the strange mountain in the middle of the plain, he stopped at the sight of it and a heart wrenching feeling overwhelmed him as he examined the gloomy peak; something was very wrong about this place and he knew it; but he also knew that Arwen was in there and so he advanced towards the bottom of the mountain.
Slowly and silently he got close to the cave's entrance and saw three Uruks guarding it. He got even closer, hidden by the bushes around the entrance until he was only ten feet away from the Uruks without being noticed, and crouched like a feline, ready to attack the guards. He knew that he had to finish them silently if he wanted to take advantage of the element of surprise, so he calculated his moves very carefully.
He tensed his muscles and got all his senses in full alert; then, he launched forward like a shadow closing the distance between him and the closest guard; quick as a breeze he swung his sword and cut the Uruk's head clean off his shoulders, almost at once he stepped forward and grabbed the next one by the neck with his arm and twisted hard while he threw a dagger towards the third guard's throat. He had succeeded; they were all death without a sound or a word being uttered.
Quickly and silently he plucked the dagger out of the Uruk's throat and sheathed it back in his boot; then he entered the cave.
It was pitch black inside and he took some time to get his eyes used to the darkness; he focused in the sounds coming from deep inside the cave and with his highly sensitive hearing he located some Uruks about a hundred feet from where he was. He clenched his sword in his fist and came closer to the cave's wall until his back was leant against it; then he carefully walked towards his enemies, this time there were too many of them to take them by surprise and so he prepared for the battle.
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Aroused by Arwen's cries of pain Sauron leant towards her and started licking her neck. Arwen once again tried to resist him "NO!!!STOP!!" but to no avail, he grabbed her by the collar of her dress and started tugging at the fabric, trying to reveal more of her skin. Arwen started moving her head from side to side trying to avoid his touch but that only fired up his rage and lust; he pressed his body against hers once again and continued the torture. This time he wasn't licking her neck but scraping it with his teeth and biting her hard, until blood came out of the small cuts he left all over her neck and cleavage. The taste of her blood aroused to the limits of his sick lust and he started moaning in pleasure as he sucked the wounds he was infringing.
Enraged by his moans Arwen gathered all the strength she had on her body and lifted up her leg, kicking his groin with her knee. Sauron fell back gasping in pain and stayed on the ground for a few minutes, trying to recover from the unexpected attack. Arwen looked at him with despise and spit on him, she knew that this demonstration would only cause her more suffering and pain, but he deserved it; besides she obtained some satisfaction from seeing him hauling on the ground like a wounded animal.
Finally he gathered himself and stood up, a new flame of rage shinning in his eyes. "You shall pay for this bitch!!! I am going to slice you in pieces and burn you while you are still alive!!!!"
He walked towards her and punched her in the stomach with all of his strength, causing her to gasp for air. She coughed painfully and opened her eyes in time to see him walking to a near wall and grabbing an axe. She screamed in pain and despair as he approached her with the huge blade raised and ready to strike.
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Legolas was now very close to the Uruk Hai group and was ready to strike when he heard a loud cry of pain; he immediately recognized Arwen's voice and so he cried back out loud.
"ARWEN!!!"
This off course got the Uruk Hai's attention to him and they yelled and attacked him. Blind and desperate he fought back killing all on his reach while calling for Arwen.
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The heavy axe was about to hit the target when Legolas's powerful voice was heard all over the cave.
"ARWEN!!!"
Sauron froze and dropped the axe to the ground; his face got even paler as he started yelling to the Uruk soldiers.
"GUARDS, GUARDS!!!! FIND HIM!!!KILL HIM!!!"
He stepped back and started pacing back and forth in front of Arwen, unable to think of something to do. Arwen, who had heard Legolas's voice, was unable to utter words and so she searched for the connection in her mind and called out to him.
"Legolas!!"
He immediately responded to her in his mind.
"Arwen! I am here, hang on"Sauron knew that they were communicating, but now he was confused and couldn't interfere in their connection, he couldn't understand what they were sharing now for it was pure, beautiful and beyond his power. He approached Arwen and slapped her face. "STOP IT BITCH!!"
Since they were sharing the same mind at that moment Legolas could physically feel the slap on Arwen's face; this enraged him beyond limits and even though dozens of Uruks were attacking him he was like force of nature for them and they just couldn't stop his advance. He dodged, kicked and destroyed everything sent his way, leaving a path of corpses as he got deeper into the cave.
A loud rumble could be heard inside Sauron's chamber from the fierce battle taking place along the cave. He stepped away from Arwen and could no longer hide his concern as the rumble quieted down, indicating the end of the battle.
Arwen lifted up her head and concentrated trying to capture any sound, but at that moment everything went silent, she could only hear her own breathing and the fast pounding of her heart.
After a silence that seemed to last an eternity, she heard light, fast footsteps and Legolas appeared running and stopped at the entrance of the chamber; he was panting from exhaustion and covered with black blood from the Uruks he had slaughtered, and he didn't even bother to look around but immediately fixed his gaze upon her with a relieved, loving and assuring look in his eyes. Then he turned to her flagellator and his eyes shone with rage. He didn't know who this elf was, but he didn't care, he was going to make him pay far what he had done.
Sauron, however was not going down without a fight and was already brandishing a sword and ready for the battle. Legolas pointed his sword towards him in a menacing signal and first walked towards where Arwen was held captive and without taking his eyes off his enemy he cut the ropes on her wrists, setting her free. "Are you all right?" Arwen placed her hand on his shoulder and replied "I will be, now that you are here; please, be very careful" Legolas's heart leaped at the sound of her soft voice saying such kind words, but the feeling was quickly replaced as the strange elf in front of him launched towards him with the tip of the sword aiming to his heart. Legolas got into battle mode and he too launched forward while speaking "Get cover Arwen!".
Limping from the wound on her leg she slowly motioned to a side of the chamber and hoped for the best as a loud metallic sound came from sword hitting sword and both her greatest fear and her only hope engaged in singular, fierce battle.
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