Chapter Two: - Having a Slime of a Time.
Kurina watched, squinting in the darkness, luckily Orcs have brilliant night vision, they may not be able to see in the dark completely but they got by.
Shelob beckoned Kurina to her with a long hairy leg, Kurina edged nervously forward. Shelob got up on her legs and began smelling her before she sprang back, "I know I smell of Elves, OK. It's. it's from a prisoner" snapped Kurina shortly, pushing her hair over her shoulders. Her hair was a nutty brown that contrasted with her greenish bluish skin on her limbs which were ridged now at her sides, itching to grab the dagger tucked in her trousers and claim some glory off the men for a change, all of a sudden a screech ran out through the cave, Shelob back to a wall and covered her ears. were ever they were. or what ever she used to hear. she had her hands clamped on her head and that was clear enough. The sound was the Morgul horn, an intruder had been spotted, and Kurina wasted no time running to the front exit.
The orangey glow of the outside hurt her eyes for a while as she desperately scanned the horizon. Troops were filing out to look and some of the wraiths where swooping in the air on the newest mode of transportation from Mordor.
Tying her hair back and with great agility, Kurina drifted to a near by ledge and swung down, her brothers had something's scent that was for sure- finally glory, some shadow of glory was going to be hers!
Jumping rock after rock she looked high and low for anyone else that was sneaking in- what she found she didn't like.
A bony creature crawled past her head, but she could hear it easily and she whirled to face it hands first. It squirmed under her grip, its clammy little body wriggled under her tight grip. It beat the rocks and bit her suddenly forcing her to loose grip; it then retreated to the higher rocks.
The commotion below seemed to have stopped also, the men were running around now, necks craning into every hollow, no stone unturned, soon they would be found. Caught up in the action of looking two, something grabbed her and pulled her neck first onto a large black creature, she got her bearings high in the air. The freezing chill running down her spin and the armoured hands clued her into what had taken her and was now driving her to the highest balcony on Morgul Tower. "You shhhhould have stttay withhh Sheeeelob, Kurina," the beastly thing growled before spitting her name. Kurina felt herself begin to swoon and her stomach was doing somersaults; this was because, for her safety she was not only infront and leaning on the wraith, it had an arm around her waist. "Well I know where I'm going now" she replied weakly grasping at all her energy. The wraith dipped about 100 metres in a nosedive to the vale and swooped back up again to the high level of the balcony on the tower, Kurina was swirling about in the saddle.
Her brothers watched from below holding their own stomach as their sister was thrown around like seawater in a storm. "SHE'S OF NO USE TO YOU! DROP HER" yelled one.
The wraith grabbed her neck again, pulling her off the saddle and holding her loosely in the air, some strength returned and she grappled at the armoured hand holding her. "Funny" she said with a struggle, "I didn't know you winged wraiths had a sense of humour". It flung her wildly on the saddle and dropped her on to the balcony content.
Kurina slumped to the floor out of the arms of the orcs who tried to catch her. Her dark blue eyes were blinking up at the skies and her limbs shook in the hush as the wraith flew past again.
It took seconds for her to regain her strength and punch off the orcs restraining her. She jumped to the balcony watching the chase of the two little beings she gulped as they entered Shelob's lair.
"Great, now I shall never know who they were"
The three guards joined her, laughing, "Ha, they don't know what they're in for"
"They'll be fine," she growled as she swung herself off the large semi- circular balcony into the red passage way and down the stairs to the lower level, but as she reached the stairs she heard crying. Clenching her fists and grinding her teeth she put a foot on a step, it was still going. Angrily she swarmed to the cell it was coming from and battered the door open.
A girl looked up at her from her bed with a hopeless sort of look that said "Get me out of here"
She stopped immediately.
Kurina's heart skipped a beat in joy- another girl. The girl stood up and stumbled back to her knees, which had her bent over the bed. "I'm ever so sorry" she apologised in a timid voice.
"NO!" screamed Kurina turning away and shutting the door, and hurtling down the stairs. THE ONLY OTHER GIRL WHO WASN'T SHELOB FOR MILES WAS SOME WEAK LITTLE ELVEN GIRL!
She heard another female voice yell to the sobs, "Be quiet!"
Kurina jumped in the air, it was like torture day (the day when all prisoners are released into the tower in a game of brutal hide and seek) had come again!
But she didn't have time to worry about that; she was going to have to save the prisoners from being Shelobs food so she could claim capture. She continued to run down the stairs.
Kurina watched, squinting in the darkness, luckily Orcs have brilliant night vision, they may not be able to see in the dark completely but they got by.
Shelob beckoned Kurina to her with a long hairy leg, Kurina edged nervously forward. Shelob got up on her legs and began smelling her before she sprang back, "I know I smell of Elves, OK. It's. it's from a prisoner" snapped Kurina shortly, pushing her hair over her shoulders. Her hair was a nutty brown that contrasted with her greenish bluish skin on her limbs which were ridged now at her sides, itching to grab the dagger tucked in her trousers and claim some glory off the men for a change, all of a sudden a screech ran out through the cave, Shelob back to a wall and covered her ears. were ever they were. or what ever she used to hear. she had her hands clamped on her head and that was clear enough. The sound was the Morgul horn, an intruder had been spotted, and Kurina wasted no time running to the front exit.
The orangey glow of the outside hurt her eyes for a while as she desperately scanned the horizon. Troops were filing out to look and some of the wraiths where swooping in the air on the newest mode of transportation from Mordor.
Tying her hair back and with great agility, Kurina drifted to a near by ledge and swung down, her brothers had something's scent that was for sure- finally glory, some shadow of glory was going to be hers!
Jumping rock after rock she looked high and low for anyone else that was sneaking in- what she found she didn't like.
A bony creature crawled past her head, but she could hear it easily and she whirled to face it hands first. It squirmed under her grip, its clammy little body wriggled under her tight grip. It beat the rocks and bit her suddenly forcing her to loose grip; it then retreated to the higher rocks.
The commotion below seemed to have stopped also, the men were running around now, necks craning into every hollow, no stone unturned, soon they would be found. Caught up in the action of looking two, something grabbed her and pulled her neck first onto a large black creature, she got her bearings high in the air. The freezing chill running down her spin and the armoured hands clued her into what had taken her and was now driving her to the highest balcony on Morgul Tower. "You shhhhould have stttay withhh Sheeeelob, Kurina," the beastly thing growled before spitting her name. Kurina felt herself begin to swoon and her stomach was doing somersaults; this was because, for her safety she was not only infront and leaning on the wraith, it had an arm around her waist. "Well I know where I'm going now" she replied weakly grasping at all her energy. The wraith dipped about 100 metres in a nosedive to the vale and swooped back up again to the high level of the balcony on the tower, Kurina was swirling about in the saddle.
Her brothers watched from below holding their own stomach as their sister was thrown around like seawater in a storm. "SHE'S OF NO USE TO YOU! DROP HER" yelled one.
The wraith grabbed her neck again, pulling her off the saddle and holding her loosely in the air, some strength returned and she grappled at the armoured hand holding her. "Funny" she said with a struggle, "I didn't know you winged wraiths had a sense of humour". It flung her wildly on the saddle and dropped her on to the balcony content.
Kurina slumped to the floor out of the arms of the orcs who tried to catch her. Her dark blue eyes were blinking up at the skies and her limbs shook in the hush as the wraith flew past again.
It took seconds for her to regain her strength and punch off the orcs restraining her. She jumped to the balcony watching the chase of the two little beings she gulped as they entered Shelob's lair.
"Great, now I shall never know who they were"
The three guards joined her, laughing, "Ha, they don't know what they're in for"
"They'll be fine," she growled as she swung herself off the large semi- circular balcony into the red passage way and down the stairs to the lower level, but as she reached the stairs she heard crying. Clenching her fists and grinding her teeth she put a foot on a step, it was still going. Angrily she swarmed to the cell it was coming from and battered the door open.
A girl looked up at her from her bed with a hopeless sort of look that said "Get me out of here"
She stopped immediately.
Kurina's heart skipped a beat in joy- another girl. The girl stood up and stumbled back to her knees, which had her bent over the bed. "I'm ever so sorry" she apologised in a timid voice.
"NO!" screamed Kurina turning away and shutting the door, and hurtling down the stairs. THE ONLY OTHER GIRL WHO WASN'T SHELOB FOR MILES WAS SOME WEAK LITTLE ELVEN GIRL!
She heard another female voice yell to the sobs, "Be quiet!"
Kurina jumped in the air, it was like torture day (the day when all prisoners are released into the tower in a game of brutal hide and seek) had come again!
But she didn't have time to worry about that; she was going to have to save the prisoners from being Shelobs food so she could claim capture. She continued to run down the stairs.