For weeks Legolas remained in the same state and the lords of Rivendell grew more worried. Finally Legolas came back into consciousness.
Elrond rushed over to his bed and cared for him. " Welcome back to the light, you gave us all a fright Legolas." He said as he propped Legolas against the pillows.
Legolas began coughing violently and gasped for breath. He took in a half breath before he began coughing again.
Elrond frowned deeply and gave Legolas a tea with special herbs in it to clear his congested chest. " Legolas what is it that falls upon you in Mirkwood? Who is it that has done this to you?" Elrond asked in elven.
Legolas did not answer the question. For a moment he took in deep breaths into his lungs. Once they filled with air once more he looked upon Elrond and sighed. " It matters little what is being done back.. home.. to who, and me it is that is doing it." Legolas said in a barely audible voice, and even the mighty healers keen ears had to strain to hear his reply.
" Legolas this is serious your life could be in danger. Your father and the rest of us are concerned about your well being. You need to tell us so we can help you."
Legolas looked down at the floor of the room. " I won't because I can't." He answers simply.
" Why can't you?" Elrond presses.
Legolas closes his eyes for a brief moment to hide the anguish and pain in his eyes. He opened his eyes once again and looked back at Elrond. " Please... He made me swear.. I can't say anything about it." Legolas pleads and tried to explain his dilemma as much as he could.
Elrond's face darkens at the words and the piteous tone in which Legolas's voice held. " Be at peace my friend you are in peace for now. Rest my sons will be here shortly. Call me if you need me." Elrond told him as he left the room to write a letter.
Elladan and Elrohir entered Legolas's room and at once both of them asked. " How are you feeling?"
" I'm fine." Legolas gave his automatic response, but weather or not it was the truth was a different story. " What?" He asked the two of them upon noticing the look on their faces.
The twins looked at one another and sighed as they returned their gazes to Legolas who was trying to get out of bed. Elladan gently but firmly pushed him back into the bed.
" I'll be back I must speak with Ada." Came the voice of Elrohir as he left the room and headed towards his father's study.
Elladan nodded and sat down in the chair next to Legolas's bedside. " You must rest you went through a lot."
' You have no Idea.' Legolas thought bitterly as he sighed. He glared at Elladan. " I am fine you needn't treat me like a child." He said indignantly. He time spent in Rivendell is the most he has ever talked in a long while. Legolas closed his eyes, which for an elf hinted something was very wrong, and soon he was asleep.
Elladan left the room quietly and joined his brother in his father's study.
"... Don't you find that odd that he never talks of his brother?" Elrohir asked as he finished relating the story of what happened at the stream to his father.
' of course the look he gave us before he entered the pond' Elladan thought.
" That must be the answer to this riddle. Elladan, Elrohir I want the two of you to bring this letter to the king at once. I must go speak with Legolas." Elrond told the two of his sons. He then turned and went into Legolas's room only to find it empty.
Legolas had left as soon as Elladan left the room and took off at a dead run back towards Mirkwood forcing his tired body onwards.
Elrohir took off at once and Elladan followed behind him. Elrond took off after them.
A few days later the three lord of Rivendell made their way into the king's throne room and explained the situation and their conclusions to what has been happening to Legolas.
Thranduil's eyes light up in anger and he left the throne room at once in search of Valin and Legolas.
Legolas was completely clothe less and chained tightly to the wall by his hands and feet making resistance impossible. The room was dark and in the lower reaches of the palace of Mirkwood directly under the throne room.
Valin was furious at the fact that Legolas was so careless that what had been happening had been revealed. Valin used Legolas against his will for a source of pleasure, and did various other things to his brother's body.
Hours later after the endless worse torture and pain Legolas endured before they found the two of them. Thranduil at once called guards to escort Valin off the premises once they found them.
They then rushed back to Legolas to aid him. Legolas's body was mauled and mutilated in only those few hours past recognition. Thranduil and Elrond both used all their abilities and fought to keep Legolas alive.
" Return to us my son... please come back into the light." Thranduil spoke softly to Legolas in elven.
Almost a month and a half passed and they started to give up hope when Legolas finally woke up gasping for breath. Finally able to breathe again he looked wildly around the room and pulled the covers tightly around himself.
" Be at peace my son you are safe he is gone." Thranduil said softly.
It would be a long while before he trusted anyone again, but for now he went to sleep and for once in many years Legolas slept peacefully.
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Preview:
" Arwen... we must get her back." Elladan said.
Elrond stood and paced the room in a shocked silence. His face was grim and dark. He stared into the wall as if trying to see through it. Finding out she never made it to Lorien was ill news indeed. " Yes we must get her back..."
" At the price.." Elladan started.
" We know what he shall do if he finds out." Elrohir continued.
" He will go in order to free her." Elladan finished his brother's statement.
" Then we do not let him know. We have a week to come up with a plan." Concluded Elrond.
Unknown to all of them Legolas had managed to sneak out of his room and was listening in the shadows just outside the room.
