Orcs at Night
When Lauren awoke she found herself lying on a rough, cold stone floor. She tried not to make a sound, though she wanted to scream at the sight of orcs sitting around a campfire, only about two feet away. Their reek was so foul that she tried holding her breath. Everything else around seemed to be completely dark. She guessed she was in some kind of orc-cave.
"Legolas?" she thought.
"Lauren!!!" Legolas answered. "I thought you were sick, or even worse, DEAD!"
"I'm not dead, but I wish I were," Lauren said.
"Why is that? Where are you? What happened?"
"I don't know where I am, but I WAS in the human village I remember passing out or something after I saw a dead girl...now I'm with ORCS."
"ORCS!" Legolas practically yelled inside Lauren's head. "Kill them! Blow them up with your fire-ball-thing!"
"DUH!" Lauren said, mostly to herself. She reached for her neck, but the amulet was GONE! When she moved, her elbow brushed against the floor and the orcs look over at her. "Legolas, my amulet is gone and now they see that I'm awake!"
"I have to find you! What do you see?"
"Nothing! All I see is a little fire with orcs around it. We could be in a cave?"
Legolas kept on talking, but Lauren couldn't concentrate on what he was saying with the orcs coming closer.
"Human girl is awake, yes! What shall we do with her? Kills her, eat her, I hopes!" said a scrawny orc.
"No!" growled the chief. "If you wish to eat, go get one of the dead girls in the village. One of the ones that YOU ALL killed!"
"Mmmm...no, griffins attacks me, they will!" the little one replied.
One of the chief's large-orc friends growled. "What will you do with her?"
The chief looked at Lauren and smiled. He stood and got close enough to her so that he could grab her chin and look at her eye to eye. Lauren shivered.
He laughed, his foul breath blowing in her face. "I'll keep her. I will tame her myself if I must. She is for my private and personal pleasures, you hear me you black hearted scoundrels?! Whoever doesn't like it..." he jumped up, unsheathed his sword, and beheaded the scrawny orc. "...will answer to me. Now, EAT! We will run when it gets dark outside."
Lauren closed her eyes while the orcs took apart their food piece by piece like wild, starving dogs.
The orcs ate for a while, gnawing every bone till it was practically clean of meat. Lauren sat up cautiously. They all watched her, but didn't show any sign of not wanting her to move, so Lauren took her plain, green dress and ripped the end so it went to her knees. She knew she'd probably have to do a lot of walking. Ugh, if only she could tell Legolas where she was!
"Legolas," she said in her head.
"What happened? Why weren't you answering?! I was having a panic attack!"
"Sorry...well, I found that they probably don't want to kill me. As long as the chief is alive, I think I don't have to worry about dying...but he's scaring me in his own way. He seems to want me for his own 'personal pleasures'. I'm not sure I really want to know what he means, but I think I already do..."
"Uh, no, I AM gonna have a panic attack! I've got to save you. Any sort of landmark you see, tell me."
"I will, Legolas. I'm so glad I can at least talk to you. I don't know what I'd do if I couldn't!"
"I love you."
"I love you too," Lauren answered. "Now I'm about to do something crazy. I'm gonna talk to the orcs."
"WHAT? You can't do that..." Legolas babbled, but Lauren ignored him.
"Um, excuse me?" Lauren murmured.
All eyes turned to her. "The little mouse squeaks, does she?" snapped one. "I suggest you don't talk..."
"NO ONE GIVES ORDERS BUT ME!" yelled the chief, punching the orc. Then he looked at Lauren. "Speak quickly!"
"Uh, what happened to the griffin I was with?"
"He's in the forest, tied up near the human village. But it doesn't matter to you! You'll never see that yellow-bellied bird again. Now don't speak any more tonight! You will speak rarely and not much more than when I ask you something, ya hear?"
"Yes," Lauren answered. She smiled. Though he didn't know it, he had helped her.
"Legolas, get someone to go to the human village. Thorwen is tied to a tree!"
"I'll do that. Just...be careful. And find out where you are!"
Sorry for the shortness of this chapter. I'm buried, but I'll try harder, okay?
When Lauren awoke she found herself lying on a rough, cold stone floor. She tried not to make a sound, though she wanted to scream at the sight of orcs sitting around a campfire, only about two feet away. Their reek was so foul that she tried holding her breath. Everything else around seemed to be completely dark. She guessed she was in some kind of orc-cave.
"Legolas?" she thought.
"Lauren!!!" Legolas answered. "I thought you were sick, or even worse, DEAD!"
"I'm not dead, but I wish I were," Lauren said.
"Why is that? Where are you? What happened?"
"I don't know where I am, but I WAS in the human village I remember passing out or something after I saw a dead girl...now I'm with ORCS."
"ORCS!" Legolas practically yelled inside Lauren's head. "Kill them! Blow them up with your fire-ball-thing!"
"DUH!" Lauren said, mostly to herself. She reached for her neck, but the amulet was GONE! When she moved, her elbow brushed against the floor and the orcs look over at her. "Legolas, my amulet is gone and now they see that I'm awake!"
"I have to find you! What do you see?"
"Nothing! All I see is a little fire with orcs around it. We could be in a cave?"
Legolas kept on talking, but Lauren couldn't concentrate on what he was saying with the orcs coming closer.
"Human girl is awake, yes! What shall we do with her? Kills her, eat her, I hopes!" said a scrawny orc.
"No!" growled the chief. "If you wish to eat, go get one of the dead girls in the village. One of the ones that YOU ALL killed!"
"Mmmm...no, griffins attacks me, they will!" the little one replied.
One of the chief's large-orc friends growled. "What will you do with her?"
The chief looked at Lauren and smiled. He stood and got close enough to her so that he could grab her chin and look at her eye to eye. Lauren shivered.
He laughed, his foul breath blowing in her face. "I'll keep her. I will tame her myself if I must. She is for my private and personal pleasures, you hear me you black hearted scoundrels?! Whoever doesn't like it..." he jumped up, unsheathed his sword, and beheaded the scrawny orc. "...will answer to me. Now, EAT! We will run when it gets dark outside."
Lauren closed her eyes while the orcs took apart their food piece by piece like wild, starving dogs.
The orcs ate for a while, gnawing every bone till it was practically clean of meat. Lauren sat up cautiously. They all watched her, but didn't show any sign of not wanting her to move, so Lauren took her plain, green dress and ripped the end so it went to her knees. She knew she'd probably have to do a lot of walking. Ugh, if only she could tell Legolas where she was!
"Legolas," she said in her head.
"What happened? Why weren't you answering?! I was having a panic attack!"
"Sorry...well, I found that they probably don't want to kill me. As long as the chief is alive, I think I don't have to worry about dying...but he's scaring me in his own way. He seems to want me for his own 'personal pleasures'. I'm not sure I really want to know what he means, but I think I already do..."
"Uh, no, I AM gonna have a panic attack! I've got to save you. Any sort of landmark you see, tell me."
"I will, Legolas. I'm so glad I can at least talk to you. I don't know what I'd do if I couldn't!"
"I love you."
"I love you too," Lauren answered. "Now I'm about to do something crazy. I'm gonna talk to the orcs."
"WHAT? You can't do that..." Legolas babbled, but Lauren ignored him.
"Um, excuse me?" Lauren murmured.
All eyes turned to her. "The little mouse squeaks, does she?" snapped one. "I suggest you don't talk..."
"NO ONE GIVES ORDERS BUT ME!" yelled the chief, punching the orc. Then he looked at Lauren. "Speak quickly!"
"Uh, what happened to the griffin I was with?"
"He's in the forest, tied up near the human village. But it doesn't matter to you! You'll never see that yellow-bellied bird again. Now don't speak any more tonight! You will speak rarely and not much more than when I ask you something, ya hear?"
"Yes," Lauren answered. She smiled. Though he didn't know it, he had helped her.
"Legolas, get someone to go to the human village. Thorwen is tied to a tree!"
"I'll do that. Just...be careful. And find out where you are!"
Sorry for the shortness of this chapter. I'm buried, but I'll try harder, okay?