Author's Note- ok, I realized that my thing was set to only accept authorized reviewers- sorry to anyone unauthorized who tried to review, but was unable to! I fixed it, so if you wanna review now, go for it! (PLEASE!) Any ways, here's chapter three for ya, and this is where it gets interesting! Elf + 2003= chaos! MUAHAHA!….sorry lol!
Chapter Three- When Two Worlds Collide
Just when he thought the endless whirling darkness would never end, it suddenly did. Legolas landed hard on his stomach and the wind was knocked right out of him. He lay there for a while, trying to catch his breath and slow his mind, which seemed to have continued spinning, even after he had stopped. When he stopped having to force himself to breath and the ringing in his ears had quieted, he slowly pushed himself into a sitting position. His acute elfish senses where quickly thrown into gear and he tried to discover where he was. His first thought was that he had landed amidst another earthquake but he did not feel the earth move, so he ruled out that possibility. He listened to the rumbling and howling around him and wondered what being could make such a sound?
He slowly rose to his feet and readied himself for battle. If Saruman had intended to send him here, it must be a truly terrible place. He saw stone dwellings all around him and seemed to be standing on stone ground of some kind. It was night, but that did not bother him- elf eyes could see in any type of light. What was really disturbing him was that an unnatural light was coming from some place beyond the buildings. He slowly walked forward, all his senses on high alert, towards the light. As he passed between the buildings a putrid odor hit him. It seemed to be coming from a large metal box. This confused him even more. What was this place of metal, stone and stench? He was still pondering this when he stepped out onto a street and was suddenly bathed in the unnatural light he was seeking. He shielded his eyes briefly, allowing himself to adjust to the sudden brightness and then looked around.
The light was coming from large words that seemed to be written in the Common Tongue. The words were mounted on the buildings and people in strange dress walked in and out of the buildings, as if directed by the words. Legolas looked about him in amazement and walked slowly forward. He had never seen anything like this before. The rumbling had gotten louder when he had stepped onto the street and it seemed to be coming from the animals that were speeding up and down the street. A particularly large one caught his eye. It was illuminated from the inside and- to his shock and surprise- there were people inside! He stepped onto the street hoping to get closer and try and save the poor souls in the belly of that great beast. He was distracted by a loud honking sound and turned to see one of the beasts bearing down on him. His instincts worked faster then his thoughts and he jumped into the air and landed softly onto the front of the beast, which halted with a screech below him.
She breathed a sigh of relief as she pushed open the heavy door of The Rock Shop- the music store where she worked, unwillingly. It would have been the perfect job to satisfy her love of music, but she hated the storeowner, who's roving eyes seemed to undress her throughout the day, and her co worker, who shamelessly hit on every male who came into the store- no matter how old, young or disgusting. She took another deep breath, glad to be free of them, for tonight at least. She was about to head home when the screech of car brakes caught her attention. To her amazement, the man illuminated briefly by the car's headlights leapt agilely onto the car instead of being run down- as was the case most of the time. She squinted to get a better look at the figure standing atop the car's hood when she was suddenly grabbed from behind. She struggled and kicked but the person holding her was too strong. A man stepped out of the shadows and pointed a gun at her
"Give us all your money, sweetheart, and we won't hurt you…" he snarled in low, sarcastic tones. She felt sick. Could this day get any worse?
Legolas stood on the beast and looked in confusion at the man that sat inside of it, who was shaking a fist at him and yelling in a language he had never heard before. He couldn't figure out why he was so mad at him when he had just been eaten! He forgot about the man inside the beast when he heard a woman's scream. He looked quickly over at the other side of the street and saw people running away from two men who seemed to be assaulting a woman with a knife. In an instant an arrow was pulled from his quiver, set in his bow and sent flying across the street. He was not aiming to kill and the arrow pierced the one man's forearm, causing him to yelp in pain and drop the knife. He clutched his arm and ran down the street screaming, the arrow's shaft visibly sticking out.
She chose this time of distraction to elbow the man holding her hard in the stomach. He grunted and let go of her. She sprung free and tried to run away. He growled and grabbed her, throwing her hard into the brick wall next to them. She slid to ground and covered her head and prepared herself for another attack, but Legolas was already there, standing in between the girl and the beefy looking man.
The mugger was surprised for about two seconds and then launched himself at the elf. Legolas stopped him short with a swift uppercut, followed by a kick that landed squarely in the middle of the man's chest. The man staggered, bent over and tried to catch his breath. He looked at Legolas, who stared back coolly, daring the man to make another move. He drew another arrow from his quiver and aimed it at the man. Deciding that this was a fight he would not win, the man backed away with a muttered
"Freak…" and then ran down the street. Legolas turned his attention to the woman, and seeing that she was a human spoke softly in the Common Tongue.
"Are you injured milady?" She slowly raised her head and stared in disbelief at the person in front of her.
"Oh my God"
Well that's chapter three, hopefully soon followed by another. Sorry if this one kinda sucked, I'm really tired! If you didn't really like it tell me and I'll revise. Please review! I want to know if anyone out there is actually enjoying this story!