Chapter 16
By Crystal
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Warnings: Language and violence.
I felt adrenaline flow through my body once I sliced two heads off their ugly Orc bodies... I glided to my left, barely missing a sword coming my way and turned half a circle around with my sword up, decapitating another Orc. Every few seconds, I would flicker my eyes over to Boromir, who was handling himself pretty well.
Too bad Boromir dies... If only he hadn't be shot by those awfully thick arrows...
I heard Irene's voice as I looked around, seeing if she had been transported here to Middle-Earth too. It took me another moment to figure out it was part of my memory... I glanced at Boromir again. Arrows. Gotta watch out for them.
"I know it's working, run!" I heard the familiar voice of Merry. Seeing Boromir's face, I knew he heard them too. I backed up slowly, not letting a single Orc to attack my back. Aragorn had taught me well.
"Jessica! The little ones!" I looked over at Boromir and nodded, all the while backing towards Merry and Pippin. Boromir was hoping they would not get harmed, but I hoped they wouldn't get kidnapped.
When I got close enough to Boromir, I yelled to him, "Keep moving! Don't stay in one spot! They've got arrows!" I nearly screamed, all the while killing Orcs. I looked over at Boromir again, which was a terrible mistake because the next second, I found myself on the ground with a metallic taste me my mouth. "Fuck!" Wobbling, I stood up quickly and sliced that Orc's arm off and stabbed him right through the chest and pulled my sword out.
I leaned against a tree as I wiped my mouth after I spat out the blood. "Fucking shit." I spat as I looked at the dead corpse, then I heard the horn... I saw Boromir stand in one spot as he fought on, and I saw an Orc holding a huge crossbow aiming for him. "FUCKING HELL BOROMIR! MOVE YOUR FUCKING ASS!" I yelled at him.
He glanced at me with surprise for a single second before he moved out of the targets way. The arrow landed on the ground with a loud thump and my eyes widened at the diameter of the stick. It was frigging thick. "Keep moving, Boromir!"
I fought by myself, always moving, always slicing, and hoping the arrow would not hit me... But it would be better if it hit me instead of Boromir. I was definitely going to save Boromir. I would listen to what my heart told me, just as Gandalf has said.
I moved towards Boromir, knowing full well the Orcs would not harm Merry and Pippin at all, but I hoped they would not kidnapped them. Saving Boromir was the most important thing here though. No way in hell was he going to die. I watched as the Orc with the crossbow came closer and closer, still aiming for Boromir.
A second thump sounded. Hopefully, that asshole did not have more than three arrows or it would take a lot of effort to move away from him. Asshole. I growled as I felt my shoulder connected with cold steel and I winced in pain. I stabbed my sword back, and felt it hit flesh.
I blocked a sword coming my way with my sword and flicked the sword up for a slight second so his sword was not in contact with mine and I cut off the Orc's right arm, and saw a sword go through his body. The Orc's body jerked and went lifeless and I watched the sword remove slowly from the corpse. My eyes widened as I noticed Boromir being the one who helped me. "Thanks." I mumbled. He gave me a nod and began slaughtering the other Orcs all the while moving.
The waves of Orcs seemed never ending as I battled onwards, sweat dripping from my brows and my hand was getting tired holding the sword. I glanced at the Orc with the crossbow as he approached closer and closer to Boromir. I turned around once again as I felt a sword whistle past me and I slashed the Orc's chest before kicked him away from me. A third thump and I whipped my head around to see the arrow stuck to the ground, extremely near where Boromir was stand.
I cursed, "Fucking hell Boromir! I told you to fucking move, so do so unless you want to die!" I screamed at him again. Growling and cursing under my breath, "Stupid worthless piece of shit."
Fighting again, I moved from Orc to Orc, slicing, stabbing, decapitating, slashing, kicking and elbowing all the time. As I reached an Orc, I was about to slash it again until it I heard a thud and the Orc fell down at my feet, lifeless. It was more like he passed out. I glanced over at Pippin and Merry who were throwing rocks and gave them a thumb up.
It was then I felt my left forearm sliced open and I turned around to stop the sword from going any farther as I felt something knocking the wind out of me hard and I felt my back hit a tree. I groaned as everything around me blurred...
"JESSICA!" I heard Boromir's voice yell.
Growling, I stabbed my sword straight ahead blindly, then pulled it out and felt this god damned heavy weight on me. I pushed the weight off and I stood up painfully with the help of the tree. What met my blurry sight was not surprising, because I saw Merry and Pippin get carried off. I saw Boromir fight viciously to get near them and I helped him, except I was getting so weak and so tired.
Boromir, not surprisingly again, had a lot of strength left. But then again, he was a warrior and I was just a woman. Or more like a girl, almost woman. I fought by myself again, my sword lacking the speed and strength it once had, but still killing.
It was then I saw Boromir knock out the crossbow from that Orc's grasp and slashed at him. But the thick armor on that Orc had protected it against it. The Orc kicked him and Boromir flew to the floor, Boromir's eyesight was blurred and hanging on the edge of consciousness, I could tell. The Orc picked up the crossbow and began to aim it at Boromir.
I sliced the Orc right in front of me and grabbed something sticking from the floor, which just happened to be a small dagger and with the best aim I had ever had, I threw it at the disfigured Orc, landing it right on his right foot. A little off mark, but eh. I heard it growl in pain as it dropped the crossbow and tried to pulled the dagger out and I almost winced in pain for him, but I ran towards him anyhow.
While he was occupied with his widdle dagger on his widdle foot, I was swinging my sword to cut his head off when he held up his crossbow... Making me break that in half with my sword. He growled angrily as he looked at the half broken crossbow and grabbed for my neck. I felt myself in hang in midair as I stabbed him with my sword, making a wound that went right through his right kidney, but that apparently did not much harm, because the next second, I felt my grip slide away from the sword and my back and the back of my head hit yet another fucking tree with a crack. I tasted blood in my mouth again.
It took him a few moments to pull my sword out of his own body and I winced in disgust but widened when he was about to use my sword to stab Boromir. I wanted to yell his name, but it came out croaked and screwed, just as the sword landed, Boromir took his own sword up and blocked it, making me sigh in relief. I tried to grab something I could throw, but it was then that something happened. Aragorn jumped out of nowhere, defending Boromir. The Orc forgot about Boromir and used a sword to defend himself. My sword, may I add.
I watched as Aragorn stabbed the deformed Orc on the right leg and I watched as they struggled and finally, Aragorn cutting his arm off, then his head. Aragorn looked dazed for a moment and limped towards Boromir and I smiled slightly. The Orcs were gone, although they did take Merry and Pippin... They would be safe. Frodo and Sam were nowhere to be seen. I assume they went their own way with the Ring towards Mordor.
I wanted to crawl towards Boromir and Aragorn, but seeing my legs were too weak and I had a pounding headache, not to mention cuts and bruises all over, I gave up the thought quite quickly. The pain on my left forearm finally went away. I knew it was there to warn me of Orcs...
I closed my eyes as I listened to the conversation between Boromir and Aragorn, hoping to have a little rest. I was tired as hell. "They took the little ones... Frodo? Where is Frodo?" I could just imagine Boromir looking around for him.
"I let Frodo go." Aragorn replied.
"Then you did what I could not. I tried to take the ring from him." Boromir said bitterly.
"The Ring is beyond our reach now." Aragorn replied, comforting him.
Silence was there for long moments, until I heard a pair of footsteps coming towards, which I take it, were Legolas and Gimli. Since Legolas had footsteps too light to hear... "Where is Jessica?! The Hobbits?!" Legolas asked.
I snapped opened my eyes to see him looking around desperately, "Here." I croaked. Legolas approached me quickly and I smiled up in pain at him. "I saved him..." I said, barely about to pronounce the words carefully as pain shot up.
Legolas smiled proudly, but worriedly, "Where are you hurt?"
"I have a headache and my back hurts from being throw or pushed into a tree a billion times... Cuts and bruises everywhere, but other than that, I'm fine and dandy." I replied, trying to stand up, only managing to fall down on my bottom. "Ow fuck."
Legolas raised his eyebrow at my language and I apologized quickly as he pulled me up gently to my feet. "You all right?" I asked Boromir, who was already standing up.
"Yeah. You seem to be having the most problems." He said jokingly, looking at my wounds.
I grinned, "Seems like it." I walked towards the dead, deformed, not to mention decapitated Orc corpse and retrieved my sword. "Ugh, I gotta wash that." I sheathed my sword.
With the help of Legolas, I managed to walk all right on my feet and we walked to where our bags were and where Boromir left his shield. While I picked up my stuff, Legolas pushed both boats into the water. I stood there with my stuff, standing still, knowing we would not go follow Frodo.
"Hurry! Frodo and Same have reached the eastern shore!" Legolas said, then turned around and met my gaze steadily, then he looked at Aragorn for a few moments, "You mean not to follow them."
"Frodo's fate no longer rests in our hands." He replied.
"Then it was all in vain. The Fellowship has failed." Gimli said bitterly.
Aragorn looked at Legolas, then I, then Gimli, and finally, his gaze rested on Boromir. "Not as long as we remain true to each other. We will not abandon Merry and Pippin to torment and death. Not while we have strength left. Leave us that can be spared behind, we travel light. Let us hunt some Orc."
I saw Gimli smile at Legolas and Legolas smiling back. I smiled at both Boromir and Aragorn, glad that I had saved Boromir. All I had was necessary, the rose, my journal, some extra clothes and some lamba.
Aragorn went into the trees first, Boromir followed and then Gimli. Legolas looked at me with concern, "Are you going to be all right?"
I smiled, "Aye... Although... I might be a bit slow the first couple of hours, for my back is sore and I have a pounding headache." I winced as I tried to walk.
Legolas approached me and I gave him my right arm, thinking he would help me walk, but instead, he took my arm and wrapped it around his neck, and then gently swooped me up into his arms. "There. I will carry you for now until you feel better."
My eyes widened, "Oh no, Legolas. You are not carrying me... I'm so heavy!" I said, embarrassed at my own weight.
He grinned, "Well, I'm either going to have to carry you or leave you. You're going to slow us down." Then he added as a second thought, "You're not THAT heavy." He said teasingly.
"Fine... Fine... THAT heavy..." I mumbled as I rolled my eyes tiredly. As Aragorn, Boromir and Gimli caught sight of us, they grinned at each other. I growled, "Shadup, will ya? I'm already embarrassed as it is." Sighing, I wrapped both my arms around Legolas' neck and closed my eyes, secure and warm in his embrace, wanting to go sleep.
"Quel este, melamin..." (Rest well, my love...) With that, I relaxed and rested, hoping when I wake up, I would not have that headache.
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Author's Notes: I hope this was early enough for you people... Anyhow, I'm inspired, woohoo! And I CANNOT believe I got 33 reviews for the last chapter. Whoa. Thank you for all the reviewers and the support you've shown me. I also CANNOT believe I have so many old readers still reading my fic. I thank you all of you again. Suggestions, comments or ideas are all welcomed. I hope you enjoyed this chapter and last of all, if you want to be on the mailing list (meaning where I send you an email every time I update a chapter), please add your email onto your review and tell me you want me to email you. Thank you so much! Last thing... YES! Fanfiction.net is up again! Oh, and I watched Pirates of the Caribbean again.
-Crystal