Judgement Chapter Five
Gabby laid on the cold, unforgiving ground angrily. He could be so unrelentless. Charlie however, was a cute jerk, just like Gabby herself. They were perfect for each other in that manner. They both liked to be funny and sarcastic. Then she got the offer to write and star in a T.V. series on a European channel in England. She took it and ran, never thinking about Charlie. He was hurt by this, but she didn't care, she was in Middle-Earth. She was going to live forever and she was going to be alone if she could help it.
It was Chris's fault. If he never played her the way he did, she would've been more open to love. Throw it out the window and forget about it. Gabby did always say she knew nothing about love. Dear Abby, reversed. She wasn't an all out feminist, but she did think most men were pigs. All the ones she had dated, that is.
"Leave me alone." she stammered to the shadow creeping in a quiet manner. The shadow sighed heftily and moved into the light. "MOLLY?" Gabby cried.
"I am so lost, I am seeing my cousins or something." the short blonde said. Molly was Gabby's younger cousin. One of them anyway. She was a little short for her age, long blonde hair, and freckles. Bright blue eyes burned dully out of her head as she swayed. She looked terrible, starving and delirious at the moment. Gabby rushed up to her cousin and caught her as she collapsed.
"Somebody, help me! Please!" she cried shrilly into the woods trying to locate a person to help her drag Molly's unconsious body back to Diamond's hole. Legolas heard her call and sprang into action. Her words had troubled him, and he needed to figure out what needed to be done. He sprinted towards her voice to find Gabby hunched over a pale body on the ground.
"Who is that?" he asked. She threw him a glare that would've "skewered a wild boar" had it not been an emergency and she needed his help.
"Shut up and carry her!" Gabby sobbed. Legolas obeyed the she-elf without question. ~Ask her later, don't bother her, she's mad at you. Don't be offensive!~ his mind yelled in his head as he lifted Molly to his shoulder. Once they reached the hole Virginia began to sob hysterically at the sight of the unconscious body. Diamond and Pippin both ran off to get the Gaffer to help. He would save her if anyone in the Shire could.
"All right, all right! I'm here, let's see her." the Gaffer yelled over the sobs and babble. He felt her forehead and wrist before clucking his tongue. He then reached inside a black bag at his side and lifted a clear bottle with an amber liquid in it. "Careful now, real slow." he muttered to himself as he maneuvered the bottle to her lips. He tipped it quickly and forcefully allowing a liberal amount of liquid into her throat. Molly moaned and coughed. Her eyes fluttered open wearily. She sat up like she had been slapped.
Several short people, two cousins of hers, and one very tall blonde haired guy staring at her curiously. "Holy shit." she commented. Gabby let out a relieved sigh.
"Whew. Thought we'd lost you there. Don't do that again, please." she pleaded. Her eyes shone concern, her hands wringing in worry.
"Sure, I promise. Who are they?" she pointed to the short people in general. She glared at the one propping her head up and holding the bottle that contained the nasty tasting medicine. She scrambled away from him and clutched onto her cousins' arms.
"You remember Lisa right?" Virginia asked. She pointed to Lisa who smiled and waved at Molly. Molly's eyes bugged out as she realized they were all hobbits.
"Where are we?" Molly asked, her voice shaking. Gabby sighed in a resigned way before telling Molly the whole story. "Ah. That makes sense." Molly offered sarcastically. "A time warp pulled me from my seat in an airplane because of mental signals I was sending to who knows what or who." she shook her head. "No way am I believing this, I'm going home." she stood up.
"Enjoy it while you can." snarled Gabby. "You're not going anywhere sister, we're stuck here, forever. And ever." she added as an afterthought glaincing at Virginia.
"Here." Virginia said sadly. She roved the floor of the hole with her eyes, not wanting to see the realization that Gabby was telling the truth on Molly's face. She passed the Aarondiel shard to Molly slowly. Gabby nearly killed Virginia. She didn't want everyone there to realize that they had run away for two weeks to find the crystal shards.
"Where did you get those?" Legolas asked in wonderment. He looked at the chain on her neck with a gleam of lust in his eyes.
"Somewhere over the rainbow." was all she offered him. She kept doing it to him, pushing him away without a care.
~Flashback~
Chris looked at her uninterestedly as she spoke. He listened, but didn't absorb a word she said. Gabby looked at him curiously as she spoke. Poor girl, probably loved him. He didn't want her anymore, she was a thing of the past now. Dead to him he sighed an irritated sigh. That's when it hit her, he wasn't into her anymore. She felt tears coming on.
"You are such a jerk." she muttered. He nodded.
"That I am. You really should go now, Nikki is going to be home soon." he said with a twisted grin.
"N-N-Nikki?" Gabby stammered. She felt raw fury build inside her. She felt like she had just eaten something that wasn't quite done enjoying life yet.
"Yep, now scat. I don't feel like being Mr. Sensitive anymore. I'm shallow and a jerk, but I'm cute." he slammed the door and laughed.
~End of Flashback~
"Gabby?" a hand waved in front of her face. "Hola? Como estas?" the same voice as before whispered in her ear. She glanced up from the floor. Molly and Virginia grinned at her cheekily while an English man she didn't remember meeting before was trying to capture her attention.
"Muy infeliz. Very miserable." she muttered to the stranger. He frowned at her as if she wasn't acting normal.
"Seriously, you okay? You aren't acting like yourself all of the sudden." he prodded.
"Tell you what, okay? You hop on an airplane, wake up in another place, turn into an elf, have your best friend marry a hobbit, and find out your family is appearing all over the place and tell me how you feel when you wake up to find you're in some crummy bar, talking to a guy you don't remember meeting before!!" she screeched at him. He blinked and gulped some beer. Gabby sighed and stormed out of the bar, thoughts a blazin'.
She needed back to Middle-Earth, now. She grinned at her reflection in a window shop as she walked away from the bar. ~Maybe I could get really drunk and pass out.~ she tried hopelessly in her head. Then she thought of a better idea.
~Flashback, again!~
The bus driver coughed and bent to pick up his coffee cup when a pick-up truck swerved off their side of the road and nailed them. They skidded for about three seconds before rolling into the ditch. Gabby sobbed and pulled herself out of her seat, some kid crying and trying to get up. A cut above her eye made it hard to see but what she could, she wished she could forget; blood and moaning kids all over. One of her friends, Erin, was slumped over the seat, her eyes open and staring, her neck bent at an impossible angle. Another sob echoed out of her throat as she gathered Erin into her arms and limped out of the roof escape. She laid Erin down in the snow and closed the body's eyes. Then she lurched back inside and began to help the others out. Three dead, nineteen injured, every February first, they remember Erin, Brooke, and Tucker.
~End of Flashback~
"Gabriel! Stop!" Legolas screamed frantically. She was shaking violently and sobbing into his arms.
End of Chapter Five
Gabby laid on the cold, unforgiving ground angrily. He could be so unrelentless. Charlie however, was a cute jerk, just like Gabby herself. They were perfect for each other in that manner. They both liked to be funny and sarcastic. Then she got the offer to write and star in a T.V. series on a European channel in England. She took it and ran, never thinking about Charlie. He was hurt by this, but she didn't care, she was in Middle-Earth. She was going to live forever and she was going to be alone if she could help it.
It was Chris's fault. If he never played her the way he did, she would've been more open to love. Throw it out the window and forget about it. Gabby did always say she knew nothing about love. Dear Abby, reversed. She wasn't an all out feminist, but she did think most men were pigs. All the ones she had dated, that is.
"Leave me alone." she stammered to the shadow creeping in a quiet manner. The shadow sighed heftily and moved into the light. "MOLLY?" Gabby cried.
"I am so lost, I am seeing my cousins or something." the short blonde said. Molly was Gabby's younger cousin. One of them anyway. She was a little short for her age, long blonde hair, and freckles. Bright blue eyes burned dully out of her head as she swayed. She looked terrible, starving and delirious at the moment. Gabby rushed up to her cousin and caught her as she collapsed.
"Somebody, help me! Please!" she cried shrilly into the woods trying to locate a person to help her drag Molly's unconsious body back to Diamond's hole. Legolas heard her call and sprang into action. Her words had troubled him, and he needed to figure out what needed to be done. He sprinted towards her voice to find Gabby hunched over a pale body on the ground.
"Who is that?" he asked. She threw him a glare that would've "skewered a wild boar" had it not been an emergency and she needed his help.
"Shut up and carry her!" Gabby sobbed. Legolas obeyed the she-elf without question. ~Ask her later, don't bother her, she's mad at you. Don't be offensive!~ his mind yelled in his head as he lifted Molly to his shoulder. Once they reached the hole Virginia began to sob hysterically at the sight of the unconscious body. Diamond and Pippin both ran off to get the Gaffer to help. He would save her if anyone in the Shire could.
"All right, all right! I'm here, let's see her." the Gaffer yelled over the sobs and babble. He felt her forehead and wrist before clucking his tongue. He then reached inside a black bag at his side and lifted a clear bottle with an amber liquid in it. "Careful now, real slow." he muttered to himself as he maneuvered the bottle to her lips. He tipped it quickly and forcefully allowing a liberal amount of liquid into her throat. Molly moaned and coughed. Her eyes fluttered open wearily. She sat up like she had been slapped.
Several short people, two cousins of hers, and one very tall blonde haired guy staring at her curiously. "Holy shit." she commented. Gabby let out a relieved sigh.
"Whew. Thought we'd lost you there. Don't do that again, please." she pleaded. Her eyes shone concern, her hands wringing in worry.
"Sure, I promise. Who are they?" she pointed to the short people in general. She glared at the one propping her head up and holding the bottle that contained the nasty tasting medicine. She scrambled away from him and clutched onto her cousins' arms.
"You remember Lisa right?" Virginia asked. She pointed to Lisa who smiled and waved at Molly. Molly's eyes bugged out as she realized they were all hobbits.
"Where are we?" Molly asked, her voice shaking. Gabby sighed in a resigned way before telling Molly the whole story. "Ah. That makes sense." Molly offered sarcastically. "A time warp pulled me from my seat in an airplane because of mental signals I was sending to who knows what or who." she shook her head. "No way am I believing this, I'm going home." she stood up.
"Enjoy it while you can." snarled Gabby. "You're not going anywhere sister, we're stuck here, forever. And ever." she added as an afterthought glaincing at Virginia.
"Here." Virginia said sadly. She roved the floor of the hole with her eyes, not wanting to see the realization that Gabby was telling the truth on Molly's face. She passed the Aarondiel shard to Molly slowly. Gabby nearly killed Virginia. She didn't want everyone there to realize that they had run away for two weeks to find the crystal shards.
"Where did you get those?" Legolas asked in wonderment. He looked at the chain on her neck with a gleam of lust in his eyes.
"Somewhere over the rainbow." was all she offered him. She kept doing it to him, pushing him away without a care.
~Flashback~
Chris looked at her uninterestedly as she spoke. He listened, but didn't absorb a word she said. Gabby looked at him curiously as she spoke. Poor girl, probably loved him. He didn't want her anymore, she was a thing of the past now. Dead to him he sighed an irritated sigh. That's when it hit her, he wasn't into her anymore. She felt tears coming on.
"You are such a jerk." she muttered. He nodded.
"That I am. You really should go now, Nikki is going to be home soon." he said with a twisted grin.
"N-N-Nikki?" Gabby stammered. She felt raw fury build inside her. She felt like she had just eaten something that wasn't quite done enjoying life yet.
"Yep, now scat. I don't feel like being Mr. Sensitive anymore. I'm shallow and a jerk, but I'm cute." he slammed the door and laughed.
~End of Flashback~
"Gabby?" a hand waved in front of her face. "Hola? Como estas?" the same voice as before whispered in her ear. She glanced up from the floor. Molly and Virginia grinned at her cheekily while an English man she didn't remember meeting before was trying to capture her attention.
"Muy infeliz. Very miserable." she muttered to the stranger. He frowned at her as if she wasn't acting normal.
"Seriously, you okay? You aren't acting like yourself all of the sudden." he prodded.
"Tell you what, okay? You hop on an airplane, wake up in another place, turn into an elf, have your best friend marry a hobbit, and find out your family is appearing all over the place and tell me how you feel when you wake up to find you're in some crummy bar, talking to a guy you don't remember meeting before!!" she screeched at him. He blinked and gulped some beer. Gabby sighed and stormed out of the bar, thoughts a blazin'.
She needed back to Middle-Earth, now. She grinned at her reflection in a window shop as she walked away from the bar. ~Maybe I could get really drunk and pass out.~ she tried hopelessly in her head. Then she thought of a better idea.
~Flashback, again!~
The bus driver coughed and bent to pick up his coffee cup when a pick-up truck swerved off their side of the road and nailed them. They skidded for about three seconds before rolling into the ditch. Gabby sobbed and pulled herself out of her seat, some kid crying and trying to get up. A cut above her eye made it hard to see but what she could, she wished she could forget; blood and moaning kids all over. One of her friends, Erin, was slumped over the seat, her eyes open and staring, her neck bent at an impossible angle. Another sob echoed out of her throat as she gathered Erin into her arms and limped out of the roof escape. She laid Erin down in the snow and closed the body's eyes. Then she lurched back inside and began to help the others out. Three dead, nineteen injured, every February first, they remember Erin, Brooke, and Tucker.
~End of Flashback~
"Gabriel! Stop!" Legolas screamed frantically. She was shaking violently and sobbing into his arms.
End of Chapter Five
