Yes. Legolas can be incredibly dense sometimes! He is this emotional bomb that waits to explode!!
P/s ; Thanks for the info about Ned Kelly and Calcium Kid.
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"Legolas, don't! I might harm you if the demon overcome me!" the elder prince pleaded, completely free of his bonds now. Legolas ignored it and grabbed his brother's wrist, dragging him off the bed.
"Legolas, stop!!" Keldarion planted his feet to the floor. But for once, Legolas was stronger than him and Keldarion's muscles were protesting for moving so abruptly after being tied up to the bed for days. Legolas kept dragging his brother out of the chamber, so overcame with emotion that he wasn't thinking clearly.
Thranduil, who was pacing anxiously in the front hall, looked up when he heard the sound of his sons' footsteps. "What the…!" He stared in disbelief. "Legolas, are you out of your mind?"
"I'm still sane, father! I'm taking Kel away so you can't kill him. Now, move! Get out of my way!" Legolas waved the golden dagger in his hand furiously.
"I'm not letting you go," Thranduil said, standing right in front of his sons. "This is madness, Legolas! Don't do anything brash!"
Celeborn who was nearby ordered his warriors, "Secure the doors! Don't let them out!"
The Lothlorien elves rushed to do their lord's bidding, keeping guard at the palace every door and window.
Keldarion suddenly spoke, "You won't let me out?"
Hearing the change in his brother's voice, Legolas started to turn around but Keldarion was faster than him. Legolas cried out when his arm was twisted roughly behind him and the dagger was then snatched away from his grasp. Keldarion pulled Legolas against him, placing the sharp dagger against his brother's neck.
Legolas gasped when he felt the cold blade on his skin. "Kel…"
"Shut up, stupid boy!" Jakarran in Keldarion's body growled. "Oh, by the way, thank you for releasing me! That was not a smart thing to do!"
"Release him, Jakarran!" Thranduil shouted, knowing that he was no longer speaking to his eldest son. "Don't you dare hurt him!"
"Cut the crap, Thranduil! You can do nothing from there!"
"Jakarran, release the lad. And I mean both of them!" Celeborn said in steady voice even though his heart was beating rapidly. He was dismayed that things were getting out of his hand too far and too fast.
Legolas cringed when Jakarran laughed in Keldarion's voice. "Keep going. Plead with me. I love it when you do that, Celeborn! Remember when I pleaded with you thousands of years ago? I've pleaded with you not to cut me down! You didn't even listen!"
"This is between you and me, Jakarran! Release them both! They have nothing to do with this! They are innocent!"
"What do I care if they are innocent or not?!" Jakarran shouted. He then roughly turned Legolas to face him and slammed the younger prince against the wall, the blade still pressed firmly against Legolas's throat. "By the way, an innocent's blood is much sweeter and tempting. I've craved to taste it for so long." Staring lustfully at the drops of blood on Legolas's skin, Jakarran licked his own lips as he pressed the dagger more deeply.
Cringing, Legolas also saw from the corner of his eyes the way the Lothlorien warriors were targeting their arrows on Keldarion's back, ready to shoot at Celeborn's or Thranduil's command.
"Kel, I love you," he said softly.
Jakarran visibly flinched. "Shut up, whelp!"
"And I trust you," Legolas added, staring deeply into Keldarion's lovely cobalt blue eyes, somehow trying to reach his brother inside. "I trust you, Kel. I always will."
"I said shut up!" Jakarran screamed, choking Legolas's throat with his other hand.
"Trust…you…" Legolas gasped. "Kill…me…if you think…it's…the right…choice…But I still trust you…all the way…"
Thranduil, Celeborn and the others looked on with growing horror at the scene. Celeborn was ready to shout his orders to his warriors to shoot. Thranduil was clearly torn and overwrought. "Valar, help us…" he whispered.
"I trust you…return…to me, Kel…return…to me…" Legolas still gasped, getting very lightheaded.
Keldarion was fighting mightily against the evil power that controlled him. He had heard his brother's anguished voice. The words stabbed his heart and tormented his soul. It played in his mind repeatedly, getting stronger and louder with every second. Love you…trust you…
I can't kill him! he was screaming inside. You can't make me, Jakarran! I won't kill my brother!
"No," Keldarion said finally. With all the willpower he possessed, he released Legolas and took a step back. "No, Jakarran. You can't make me."
Jakarran's restless soul inside Keldarion's body began to scream angrily. "Kill him, you weakling! KILL HIM NOW!!"
"I can't kill him," Keldarion said softly, lifting the golden dagger to stare at it with full interest. "But I can kill you!"
Suddenly, Keldarion jerked and stabbed the blade through his left breast…right into his own heart.
In that instant, Jakarran's agonizing scream filled out the hall as his red misty soul came out through Keldarion's nose in a fast dash.
"NO!!" Legolas howled when his brother collapsed. He caught Keldarion and cradled him on his lap. Keldarion's eyes were tightly closed. He was not moving.
"Kel, That was stupid!" Ignoring the wailing of the demon soul that was slowly fading into thin air above him, Legolas quickly pulled the blade out of Keldarion's chest, praying that he was still alive. "Hang on, brother. I'm not losing you!"
Unaware that his father and Celeborn had dropped down to their knees around him, Legolas reached down to place his palm over his brother's bleeding chest and forced out all the healing energy he could give.
The others watched apprehensively, hoping that Legolas's effort was not too late.
TBC…Go ahead. Yell and scream. I know you all hate this cliffie! But I just couldn't help it! LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
