Everyone looked except Sydney who was more concerned about the sharp elven blade at her throat. Elladan and Elrohir jumped to their feet at the new arrival and bowed deeply. Elrohir glared at Legolas who stood behind the other elf with a slight smirk.

            "I ask again: what is going on?"

            "Greetings Lord Glorfindel, it is a pleasure to see you again," Elladan said to the elf-lord as he tried to cover his smile.

            Elrond looked from Glorfindel down to Sydney as she remained under his foot; he could feel her pulse throbbing under his blade as her gaze watched him.

            "Lle lava?" he asked calmly.

            "Amin lava," she replied and grimaced as his blade scraped her throat.

            Elrond released her hand and stepped away from her before turning to Glorfindel. Glorfindel cocked an eyebrow at Elrond and skimmed his eyes over the visible wounds.

            "How do you fare elf?" he asked as the looked down at the elf on the ground.

            "Just leave me here for a while. I'll be fine," the figure replied without moving.

            Glorfindel was mildly shocked when he heard the female vice. He looked to Elrond and then to the twins who were trying to hide their grins. With a slight smirk upon his lips, Glorfindel looked back to Elrond.

            "It would be best to get your partner and yourself patched up Lord Elrond. And then I would very much like to meet this she-elf that you deemed worthy to spar with."

            Glorfindel turned and walked out of the sparring room as Elrond offered his hand to Sydney. She slowly pushed herself up and grasped his hand before rising to her feet. Testing the strength of her wounded leg, she picked up her blades and limped to the table. Putting away her blades, Sydney turned and bowed to the lord.

            "Thank you very much for the session my lord. It was most entertaining," she said before picking up her weapons and limping towards the exit.

            "Lady Sydney, you forget that we both have need to visit the healers. And you, Prince Legolas, should be resting," Elrond said pointedly as he looked to Legolas.

            "When I awoke and found myself alone, I assumed that I was free to move about," he replied and glanced over to the twins. "I meet with Lord Glorfindel in the hallway while he was looking for you and I decided to follow. I was not expecting a display of skills."

            "And blood," Sydney muttered as she limped down the hallway as everyone followed.

            "Sydney, you need help walking. Lean on me," Elladan said as he wrapped an arm around her waist.

            "Elladan I am fine. I can walk to the healing rooms under my own power."

            "You would still say that if you trailed blood from one end of Rivendell to the other end."

            "Reminds me of one human we know," Elrohir smirked as he thought of Estel.

            "And a certain elf prince," Elrond said as he glanced over at Legolas.

            Everyone knew how it always worked with Legolas and Aragorn. It always seemed that when those two were together, neither could make it into Imladris under their own power. One was always dragging or carrying the other, suffering from a grievous injury. Sometimes Elladan and Elrohir would make bets on who would be carrying who and what kind of mess they got themselves into.

            "I have no notion of whom you speak of Lord Elrond," Legolas replied, feigning innocence.

            "I am sure you would not," Elrohir said as he pushed open the door to the healing rooms and held it open for all of them.

            Upon seeing their lord bloody, all the healers immediately froze for a moment in shock. Before hysterics broke out, Elrond calmly explained everything and selected two well-trained healers before dismissing the others. Elrond and Sydney sat and let the healers work as Elladan and Elrohir talked about the sparring session to Legolas.

            "And then father spun around and lashed out with his pole and-"

            "-she just bent backwards just as it zinged past her face-"

            "-but then she fell."

            "Yeah, but then she flipped Ada over her and pinned him."

            "But then the blades were amazing Legolas. By Valar, I thought one of them was going to kill the other eventually."

            Sydney flinched as one of the healers cleaned the slash across her lower back before she looked over the Elrond.

            "You do realize that by tonight I'm going to be known as the she-elf that tried to kill the lord of Rivendell? At the rate these two are going, it may only take an hour or two," she said and waved her hand towards Elladan and Elrohir.

            "It will pass in a few days. The worst you may get are some bad looks," he replied as he lifted his arm out of the way for the healer. "That was a good move."

            Sydney looked at him in confusion as he motioned towards the slash under his ribs. Realizing what he meant, she snorted quietly as she leaned back a bit for the healer.

            "The one along my thigh was a good one. Did not expect that."

            "I still have some tricks up my sleeve that I pull out occasionally," he replied with a slight smile.

            Sydney shook her head ruefully, amazed that the elf in front of her making jokes was the same elf-lord that could seem so stoic and calm. A sharp pain at her thing caused her to gasp and jerk slightly before glaring at the healer.

            "Tanya awra!" she snapped at the healer.

            The healer apologized and went back to cleaning the wounds as Sydney looked to the twins who were quiet after her outburst.

            "I can not believe you actually fought Ada, Sydney. He could have killed you!" Elrohir said as the healer wrapped Sydney's thigh.

            "And she could have very well killed me Elrohir. We both knew what we were doing when we started," Elrond pointed out as the healer bandaged his upper back.

            "I know father. It was just overwhelming," the youngest of the twin muttered.

            "Overwhelming? I thought it was amazing. Sydney, you have to show me that move that you keep doing on Legolas," Elladan said and ignored the glare that Legolas gave him.

            "It is not a move of any sort. It is one of many pressure points on the body. Some can temporarily paralyze the victim, render them unconscious, or kill if enough pressure is applied. I studied physiology while I was in Charleston and that was some of what I learned. The one under the collar bone is a common one," she said and slowly moved off the bed once the healer was done.

            "Interesting. Legolas, come here please," Elrohir said as he looked to the blonde elf.

            "Nay Elrohir," Legolas replied as he shied away from the smiling Elrohir.

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Tanya awar!-That hurt!

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Okay everyone here is the new chapter. Hope everyone enjoys is. Most of you have probably noticed that I usually update this story every week around the end of the week, beginning of the weekend. Hate to say it but that might have to change a bit. You see, I haven't worked on this story a lot so I don't have a lot written and this is the last chapter that I have typed out. So please forgive me. I'll try to work on it during the week but it may be hard because I'm flying home on the 15th and I'm sure I'm going to be busy at home with family but I will desperately try to work on it on the plane. So everyone please R/R for me and I'll give all of you a big bear hug! Peace.

Tara-Yup they are in very deep trouble but I won't make it too bad.

Blahblah-Well my laptop is a brand new one and it's great but just sometimes it decides to be a pain after I've worked on it for a few hours. It doesn't like to be overused. And I don't really smack it…I just thump it a few times. I thought the Elrond idea was very good and I had fun writing it. Please don't kill me. I've already been called a murderer from one of my other stories and she's about to kill me for that so I don't need two of you coming after me. And I'm updating Saturday, close enough to Friday. Take care.

Norie Ape-You have got to tell me where you came up with your name, which is hilarious. Let's see now, you found out who finds them. It's everyone's favorite elf: Glorfindel (well second favorite but oh well). Leggy is in the sick room because of his broken leg. Yes we will find out what happened between Elrond and Sydney but that's not coming for several more chapters. (If I can ever get it written) Take care.