Chapter 6: - Uuuuurrrggghhh
There was another awkward silence, Kurina still felt sick and was clutching her stomach a bit. Alakalqua was walking about, well trying to, her legs were a bit weak; she hadn't eaten well recently and had rode dangerously on a . . . well a thing.
Frodo felt unsure on how to react, no one seemed to be bothered about him, maybe the orc had been telling the truth. Kurina looked at him, and he glanced back at her. The cut she'd noticed earlier on his head was pouring still, she walked squarely up to him. He jumped a bit when she knelt down and instructed him to keep still.
Tearing with her teeth some off her silver sheet, she dabbed his cut.
Frodo opened his mouth and went to say something;
"If you move you shall only cause more pain for yourself"
He shut it. She wasn't very welcoming but it was a start. Alakalqua noticed what she was holding and took interest, "That's elven, how did you . . ."
"My brother took it off a prisoner"
"I know- it's mine"
Great!
"But you can keep it"
Firefly jumped in rolling onto her back, "MOVE!" she yelled. A giant claw beast launched on top of her. She rolled forward turning the tables. She had a small pole to its neck that the beast was pushing further and further back. Claw joined the fight knocking Firefly off into the wall and wrestling one on one.
"CLAW GET OUT OF THE WAY" The beast didn't budge. She kicked it in the ribs, sending it flying. The beast took a leap for Claw; at the height of this leap Firefly grabbed its neck and punched its jaw- the beast went down lazily.
"Punch them . . . in. . their jaw. It's . . . a weak . . . part. If you . . . ever come across . . . one" she panted collapsing to her knees. Claw jumped on her angrily. She scuffed his fur, "I wasn't going to let him eat you," she said through deep breaths. Claw seemed to understand and guarded "lunch" or "dinner" they couldn't really remember.
Alakalqua grimaced- how could this be the only food available? "Must we really eat (she picked up a limp arm) that?"
"Unless you have any better ideas. I personally have never taken to claw beast meat myself but what else do we have?"
She had a point- unfortunately.
Night had fallen, and one claw beast later they all sat full around the fire. The remains of the claw beast were thrown into a chasm; the smell of food would only attract others.
Kurina moaned, "I just feel worse"
"You ok there?" asked Firefly, not forgetting the vertical drop from earlier on the wraith carrier.
Kurina nodded hazily before swishing and tilting backwards, Firefly dashed for her but Frodo caught her head and let it down softly.
Firefly smiled, "Still convinced you're on the menu?"
"After that . . . Probably"
Kurina tried to focus her fuzzy eyes. Her head felt extremely light, like the rest of her but when she attempted to raise her arm it felt like lead.
The was something wet being dabbed on her face, "Don't try and move just yet. You won't get very far," some one said to her. She could see long brown hair, an unclear face and red.
Firefly turned to Alakalqua, "Can't you heal her? You're an elf, aren't you?"
Alakalqua hardened her face "I could if I knew what was causing her pain. I don't see you suggesting anything about that," she snapped the stress of being in a cave in Mordor, not the most vacation worthy spot, was beginning to get to everyone.
Firefly looked at her patient, why did she have to be right? There was nothing anyone of them could do.
"Maybe it was the food, we should have ate you" she smiled at Frodo trying to lighten the mood a little. Alakalqua clutched her stomach, "Well it was hardly gourmet"
The dim light of the fire touched Kurina's pale face; she was almost a light green. Firefly began pacing the cave, what could she do, this is exactly why she choose her only company to be Claw. Kurina tried to move again to no avail.
"What happened?" she asked quietly above the crackle of the flames. Frodo put her head on his knees and tried to give her a comforting look, Kurina acted badly to this. "What's wrong?" she asked startled.
"Nothing" he replied quickly.
"You don't give someone one of those "looks" the it's-going-to-be-alright looks unless something bad has happened"
"We don't know what's wrong with you. What ever it is . . . It's spreading"
Kurina mouthed "What" before she noticed Claw in the corner whimpering softly. Frodo also looked seriously off colour aswell, but he'd been a mess since they had found him.
"Well this is excellent," exclaimed Alakalqua despairingly. "We have to escape, find some other hobbit called (she thought for a moment) . . . Sam, and we've all got . . . Something"
That was the tall and short of it.
"We just have to move quicker than expected. We can't go anywhere today but we make for the borders tomorrow night," this was the best Firefly could come up with. "Until then we're living on hope and prayers"
There was another awkward silence, Kurina still felt sick and was clutching her stomach a bit. Alakalqua was walking about, well trying to, her legs were a bit weak; she hadn't eaten well recently and had rode dangerously on a . . . well a thing.
Frodo felt unsure on how to react, no one seemed to be bothered about him, maybe the orc had been telling the truth. Kurina looked at him, and he glanced back at her. The cut she'd noticed earlier on his head was pouring still, she walked squarely up to him. He jumped a bit when she knelt down and instructed him to keep still.
Tearing with her teeth some off her silver sheet, she dabbed his cut.
Frodo opened his mouth and went to say something;
"If you move you shall only cause more pain for yourself"
He shut it. She wasn't very welcoming but it was a start. Alakalqua noticed what she was holding and took interest, "That's elven, how did you . . ."
"My brother took it off a prisoner"
"I know- it's mine"
Great!
"But you can keep it"
Firefly jumped in rolling onto her back, "MOVE!" she yelled. A giant claw beast launched on top of her. She rolled forward turning the tables. She had a small pole to its neck that the beast was pushing further and further back. Claw joined the fight knocking Firefly off into the wall and wrestling one on one.
"CLAW GET OUT OF THE WAY" The beast didn't budge. She kicked it in the ribs, sending it flying. The beast took a leap for Claw; at the height of this leap Firefly grabbed its neck and punched its jaw- the beast went down lazily.
"Punch them . . . in. . their jaw. It's . . . a weak . . . part. If you . . . ever come across . . . one" she panted collapsing to her knees. Claw jumped on her angrily. She scuffed his fur, "I wasn't going to let him eat you," she said through deep breaths. Claw seemed to understand and guarded "lunch" or "dinner" they couldn't really remember.
Alakalqua grimaced- how could this be the only food available? "Must we really eat (she picked up a limp arm) that?"
"Unless you have any better ideas. I personally have never taken to claw beast meat myself but what else do we have?"
She had a point- unfortunately.
Night had fallen, and one claw beast later they all sat full around the fire. The remains of the claw beast were thrown into a chasm; the smell of food would only attract others.
Kurina moaned, "I just feel worse"
"You ok there?" asked Firefly, not forgetting the vertical drop from earlier on the wraith carrier.
Kurina nodded hazily before swishing and tilting backwards, Firefly dashed for her but Frodo caught her head and let it down softly.
Firefly smiled, "Still convinced you're on the menu?"
"After that . . . Probably"
Kurina tried to focus her fuzzy eyes. Her head felt extremely light, like the rest of her but when she attempted to raise her arm it felt like lead.
The was something wet being dabbed on her face, "Don't try and move just yet. You won't get very far," some one said to her. She could see long brown hair, an unclear face and red.
Firefly turned to Alakalqua, "Can't you heal her? You're an elf, aren't you?"
Alakalqua hardened her face "I could if I knew what was causing her pain. I don't see you suggesting anything about that," she snapped the stress of being in a cave in Mordor, not the most vacation worthy spot, was beginning to get to everyone.
Firefly looked at her patient, why did she have to be right? There was nothing anyone of them could do.
"Maybe it was the food, we should have ate you" she smiled at Frodo trying to lighten the mood a little. Alakalqua clutched her stomach, "Well it was hardly gourmet"
The dim light of the fire touched Kurina's pale face; she was almost a light green. Firefly began pacing the cave, what could she do, this is exactly why she choose her only company to be Claw. Kurina tried to move again to no avail.
"What happened?" she asked quietly above the crackle of the flames. Frodo put her head on his knees and tried to give her a comforting look, Kurina acted badly to this. "What's wrong?" she asked startled.
"Nothing" he replied quickly.
"You don't give someone one of those "looks" the it's-going-to-be-alright looks unless something bad has happened"
"We don't know what's wrong with you. What ever it is . . . It's spreading"
Kurina mouthed "What" before she noticed Claw in the corner whimpering softly. Frodo also looked seriously off colour aswell, but he'd been a mess since they had found him.
"Well this is excellent," exclaimed Alakalqua despairingly. "We have to escape, find some other hobbit called (she thought for a moment) . . . Sam, and we've all got . . . Something"
That was the tall and short of it.
"We just have to move quicker than expected. We can't go anywhere today but we make for the borders tomorrow night," this was the best Firefly could come up with. "Until then we're living on hope and prayers"