Chapter Five: - Finding Ground.
They had managed to clear over Shelob's layer, but problems began. Two other riders, both on separate winged. things. They flew either of the one the prisoners were manning, unfortunately, Kurina was at the reigns, and she felt weak almost instantly. She grabbed all the strength she could before she let go and the beast slide vertically downwards at an amazing speed.
"Or.ooooorrrrrrccccc" Firefly grabbed the reigns and pulled its head up, Frodo threw up all over her brown leather sleeveless jacket. This caused the elf girl to throw up aswell, but since the wraiths were now below them, it landed on one.
The elf clapped her hand to her head. She wailed and screeched, Frodo kept throwing up everywhere. Firefly and her red long sleeved top and no sleeved leather jacket were not impressed at all.
The smell brought Kurina round a bit. "What in the name of mercy" she said dreamily. Firefly hit a hard left and sailed over mountains, getting as close to the ridges as possibly. Kurina watched a sheer rock face appear before her and narrowly miss her nose. There was a small cave on the left hand side of it, set back a bit, Firefly sharply angled the beast to in it and managed to park it by the caves entrance. Kurina swung her leg over the beast's head and landed a bit offly on her feet. Firefly catapulted herself off and landed beautifully, where as Frodo slid to the side and landed pretty much face first on the ground, the elf following with the sliding, but she managed to slither with her face on the beast's side, on to her knees.
Firefly nearly caught Frodo; she pulled him up, "Hello. Erm, can you hear me? Hello?"
"Is it alright?" asked Kurina eyeing Frodo with her legs wide for extra balance.
"I don't know, are you?" her eyes turned suddenly to Kurina's with perfect accuracy. "Never saw anyone take such a dive after coming near one of them"
"It was nothing, it just had. It was the altitude, I get. head aches"
"Head aches?"
Kurina blushed, "Yes head aches"
The claw beast jumped down and began licking the elven girl, who screamed loudly and beat the air and eventually the claw beast, making it fly backwards. and growl. Firefly grabbed its neck fur,
"She didn't mean it"
The girl wiped the thick slobber off her face.
Her light blue eyes were looking at her company with despair- Kurina turned to Firefly and seriously suggested, "Do you recon we should hit her over the head with something?" the girl squeaked nervously and backed into the beast.
"We could," said Firefly in a mock devious voice, the girl squealed violently and the beats began to move about in fear. Kurina grabbed the girl from being wing splatter and held her shoulders, "She was joking. weren't you?" Kurina narrowed her eyes.
Firefly shrugged- another violent squeak. "YES I WAS, OK!"
The girl nodded nervously and fervently then scuttled away to a little corner whilst the two tended to Frodo, Firefly almost forgetting what he left on her coat.
Firefly studied him closely; his eyes were crossing again, "He's some sort of hobbit"
" A What-it?"
"Hobbit"
"Of course" said Kurina as if it was so obvious.
"Will he (she chose her words carefully). live?"
"Hopefully, we better get him in there though" she pointed to the cave.
A while later, a couple of hours, Kurina sent the beast away, which was becoming to like hr she thought, and they had a fire going in the cave, the hobbit was still not to his senses fully, until, out of nowhere he sat up. Kurina almost jumped.
He fell about a bit, "Where am I?"
Firefly poked the fire, "Where does it look like? Can't you recognise a cave when you see one?"
Frodo leant against the caves back wall; the cave was quite shallow and narrow, "Who are you? Where is Sam? I must see him," he said wearily.
Kurina cocked her head and whispered to Firefly, "D'you think he's delusional or something?"
Firefly laughed, "Probably"
Frodo backed away a bit more. The elf, discovered to be called Alakalqua ("That's a bit of a mouthful isn't it"), was waking up, she made him feel a bit easier.
"Why have you captured me?"
"Captured you!" scoffed Kurina, "We saved you" Frodo doubted this. He narrowed his eyes on her, "If you saved me from the tower, who's saving ME from YOU!" he bellowed.
Firefly was attempting patience, she had been stuck in a cell after a roughed up fight too, well since he was battered and bruised, fight was a good option to go for.
Firefly had taken off her red jacket washed it with water from a skin attached to her waist, and was leaving it to dry. She kicked off her large dark brown/ almost black boots that were just above her knees. Sand and stones poured from the slender fitting shoes, she sat cursing "that-damned- prison". Silence proceeded after Firefly had tipped out sand and pebbles on the cold floor. Alakalqua decided to say something, "I. I am hungry, is anyone else?" she said, her light velvety voice echoing. Firefly glared at her, unsure how to take the comment.
"Yes, I am" Kurina watched Firefly closely, "Can you hunt?"
"I manage" smiled the elf, brushing back her long silver hair; the embroidered white shirt and trousers were going grey, as were the long gloves that she pulled off each hand. "Although. " She hesitated looking out the entrance to the barren land, "What exactly could we catch to eat".
Firefly pulled her shoes on and loosened her sword, "Leave that to me. Me and Claw (the aptly named beast) will look. Worse comes to worse we'll eat him" she pointed at Frodo, who backed away.
As she was about to leave she turned back, "Don't worry I wouldn't eat you. Too much hair" The hobbit looked at his feet- what did she mean? Too much?
They had managed to clear over Shelob's layer, but problems began. Two other riders, both on separate winged. things. They flew either of the one the prisoners were manning, unfortunately, Kurina was at the reigns, and she felt weak almost instantly. She grabbed all the strength she could before she let go and the beast slide vertically downwards at an amazing speed.
"Or.ooooorrrrrrccccc" Firefly grabbed the reigns and pulled its head up, Frodo threw up all over her brown leather sleeveless jacket. This caused the elf girl to throw up aswell, but since the wraiths were now below them, it landed on one.
The elf clapped her hand to her head. She wailed and screeched, Frodo kept throwing up everywhere. Firefly and her red long sleeved top and no sleeved leather jacket were not impressed at all.
The smell brought Kurina round a bit. "What in the name of mercy" she said dreamily. Firefly hit a hard left and sailed over mountains, getting as close to the ridges as possibly. Kurina watched a sheer rock face appear before her and narrowly miss her nose. There was a small cave on the left hand side of it, set back a bit, Firefly sharply angled the beast to in it and managed to park it by the caves entrance. Kurina swung her leg over the beast's head and landed a bit offly on her feet. Firefly catapulted herself off and landed beautifully, where as Frodo slid to the side and landed pretty much face first on the ground, the elf following with the sliding, but she managed to slither with her face on the beast's side, on to her knees.
Firefly nearly caught Frodo; she pulled him up, "Hello. Erm, can you hear me? Hello?"
"Is it alright?" asked Kurina eyeing Frodo with her legs wide for extra balance.
"I don't know, are you?" her eyes turned suddenly to Kurina's with perfect accuracy. "Never saw anyone take such a dive after coming near one of them"
"It was nothing, it just had. It was the altitude, I get. head aches"
"Head aches?"
Kurina blushed, "Yes head aches"
The claw beast jumped down and began licking the elven girl, who screamed loudly and beat the air and eventually the claw beast, making it fly backwards. and growl. Firefly grabbed its neck fur,
"She didn't mean it"
The girl wiped the thick slobber off her face.
Her light blue eyes were looking at her company with despair- Kurina turned to Firefly and seriously suggested, "Do you recon we should hit her over the head with something?" the girl squeaked nervously and backed into the beast.
"We could," said Firefly in a mock devious voice, the girl squealed violently and the beats began to move about in fear. Kurina grabbed the girl from being wing splatter and held her shoulders, "She was joking. weren't you?" Kurina narrowed her eyes.
Firefly shrugged- another violent squeak. "YES I WAS, OK!"
The girl nodded nervously and fervently then scuttled away to a little corner whilst the two tended to Frodo, Firefly almost forgetting what he left on her coat.
Firefly studied him closely; his eyes were crossing again, "He's some sort of hobbit"
" A What-it?"
"Hobbit"
"Of course" said Kurina as if it was so obvious.
"Will he (she chose her words carefully). live?"
"Hopefully, we better get him in there though" she pointed to the cave.
A while later, a couple of hours, Kurina sent the beast away, which was becoming to like hr she thought, and they had a fire going in the cave, the hobbit was still not to his senses fully, until, out of nowhere he sat up. Kurina almost jumped.
He fell about a bit, "Where am I?"
Firefly poked the fire, "Where does it look like? Can't you recognise a cave when you see one?"
Frodo leant against the caves back wall; the cave was quite shallow and narrow, "Who are you? Where is Sam? I must see him," he said wearily.
Kurina cocked her head and whispered to Firefly, "D'you think he's delusional or something?"
Firefly laughed, "Probably"
Frodo backed away a bit more. The elf, discovered to be called Alakalqua ("That's a bit of a mouthful isn't it"), was waking up, she made him feel a bit easier.
"Why have you captured me?"
"Captured you!" scoffed Kurina, "We saved you" Frodo doubted this. He narrowed his eyes on her, "If you saved me from the tower, who's saving ME from YOU!" he bellowed.
Firefly was attempting patience, she had been stuck in a cell after a roughed up fight too, well since he was battered and bruised, fight was a good option to go for.
Firefly had taken off her red jacket washed it with water from a skin attached to her waist, and was leaving it to dry. She kicked off her large dark brown/ almost black boots that were just above her knees. Sand and stones poured from the slender fitting shoes, she sat cursing "that-damned- prison". Silence proceeded after Firefly had tipped out sand and pebbles on the cold floor. Alakalqua decided to say something, "I. I am hungry, is anyone else?" she said, her light velvety voice echoing. Firefly glared at her, unsure how to take the comment.
"Yes, I am" Kurina watched Firefly closely, "Can you hunt?"
"I manage" smiled the elf, brushing back her long silver hair; the embroidered white shirt and trousers were going grey, as were the long gloves that she pulled off each hand. "Although. " She hesitated looking out the entrance to the barren land, "What exactly could we catch to eat".
Firefly pulled her shoes on and loosened her sword, "Leave that to me. Me and Claw (the aptly named beast) will look. Worse comes to worse we'll eat him" she pointed at Frodo, who backed away.
As she was about to leave she turned back, "Don't worry I wouldn't eat you. Too much hair" The hobbit looked at his feet- what did she mean? Too much?