Hello everyone! Thank you all for the nice reviews, they keep me writing.  I'm sorry for the time between updates, it's been a very busy week. Well here is the next chapter, hope you enjoy!

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Frodo and Merry had been running, but heard no more yells; they were beginning to think that they made up the sound up in their minds.

"I can't hear it anymore" Frodo stopped to catch his breath.

"I know, but we have to keep looking for Pippin!" Merry yelled, but got no answer. "Pippin!"

This time he heard a shout back, and Merry about jumped five feet in the air with joy. "Pippin! Keep talking, and we'll come and get you!"

"Help, Merry! I'm stuck in the water, and I can't get out!" Pippin shouted.

"Don't worry, we're going to you!" Merry tried to keep his cousin calm.

He and Frodo ran through a clearing, and there in the middle they saw Pippin clinging to the rock, and looking like a drowned rat. The water was rising, and was now up to his waist.

"Help, Merry." Pippin looked at Merry pitifully.

"Don't worry Pip, we're coming to get you now," Merry stepped into the freezing water, and Frodo got in besides him. They walked over to Pippin.

"Now then, what's wrong?" Merry asked.

"My ankle is caught around a wire, and I can't get it off. It hurts, Merry, it's cutting into my skin." Pippin's teeth chattered, and Merry could tell that there were hints of blue around his lips.

"Frodo, can you try and get that from around his leg?" Merry asked, holding on to Pippin to try and comfort him.

Frodo nodded and bent down to try and find the wire, but the darkness of the night was making this a hard task. Frodo found the wire and tried to untangle it but he was unable to get it, and the more he tried the more it was hurting Pippin. He felt guilty for the tears that were in the boy's eyes but he knew that if they were going to get it off, it might hurt.

"I can't get it," Frodo huffed, and stood back up trying to warm his hands. "It does just not want to budge, and the rust is not helping any."

"Here, hold onto Pip for a minute, and let me try." Merry let go of Pippin, and tried to get the wire loose to see where the end of it was but it seemed to be stuck under something that he couldn't lift. "I can't get it, either." Merry looked at Pippin, and could see the fear in his eyes. They were going to have to do something, and quick, for the water was still rising, if they didn't, Pippin would be drowned.

"Do you think you could run back home and get somebody out here, and tell them to bring something to cut the wire and to bring blankets?" Merry asked Frodo. "I'll stay here with Pippin and make sure nothing will happen."

"All right, but just be careful." Frodo waded up to the bank and Merry saw him disappear into the dark forest. He turned back to Pippin.

"Merry, I'm scared. I don't wanna die." Pippin's eyes were filling up with tears again.

"Shh," Merry soothed, "don't say such things; everything is going to be all right."

"It's very cold," Pippin shivered, "I can't feel my legs or hands anymore."

"Let me see your hands." Merry took Pippin's hands and rubbed them trying to bring warmth back into them, "Is that better?" Pippin nodded and lay his head on Merry's shoulder.

A/N: Well, that's another chapter. I ask you to please review and tell me what you thought of it.