Chapter eight: - Escaping the Snakes grasp.
Firefly had flown so fast past her nose and jumped on what ever it was so quickly, Alakalqua didn't quite understand what had happened.
She stood mouthing "What?" as Firefly wrestled a small creature. Frodo and Kurina managed to get up, they both felt better for sleeping, both of them knew who it was straight away, or more likely what it was in Kurina's opinion.
"Gollum" said Frodo quietly, but everyone heard even over the struggle, the thumps and the rain.
Firefly was doing well trying to keep it still at first, but Alakalqua had to step in and help, they pushed the creature with great force, back first against a wall.
"You should learn to clean up your footprints," growled Firefly.
The thing began to wail- as usual, thought Frodo.
Firefly wasn't quite as sympathetic as Frodo, or even Sam had been.
She punched him.
"Seal it"
The creature looked at her with surprised and scared eyes. People normally pitied him, or grew inpatient- none so far had whacked him.
His mouth remained closed.
"Thought that might quieten you down" said remarked, her fist throbbing. Even though he had a bony face, she put a lot of effort into the knock.
Claw managed to growl creature.
"This Gollum?" she asked over her shoulder. She saw Frodo nod out of the corner of her eye. She tightened her grip, "I don't believe we've had the pleasure"
"I'm Firefly," she growled digging him into the wall.
"Don't hurrrrt usss," whined Gollum with a shaking voice.
"Comply and I won't have to" she spat.
Gollum nodded and they loosened their grips on him. What happened next happened extremely fast, even for Firefly. Gollum balled up his gangly legs and sprung them out, Firefly flew back and hung out of the entrance. The cave was position over a long steep valley; a small lip of land was between her and a bumpy uneven fall. The rock seemed to angle down near vertical at times and it was about the size 24-wraith carriers (they're each about the size of two houses on top of one another) to the bottom. Firefly got up onto her elbow and rubbed her head.
She mumbled before she noticed Gollum dashing at her and pouncing on her. She punched his chin up but he kept kick and squirming. The other three managed to get out, along with Claw as the two fighting rolled out into the torrential rain.
Sides kept switching, one minute it was Firefly doing the pinning next Gollum. Firefly's back was scraped and cut; she was lucky her top was red. She kicked powerfully upwards as she shook her damp hair out of her eyes. Gollum flew back to the cave entrance but came for her again. She rolled her eyes; this one wasn't going to give up easily was he?
She was ready to hit him when he jumped plain over her; she turned and was kicked in the jaw. This was it. She rested her hands on her knives but then changed her mind- this thing was going down by her bare hands.
She ran back and faced Gollum as he ran up to her, making it look like she was going to kick and hiding a hand behind her back, Gollum, feeling quite cocky at this stage leaped and then she let him have it.
Gollum slid to the edge of the caves walkway.
Blood dripped from Firefly's cuts on her back and her fist. She touched a cut on her chin and examined her hand, "Ow" she said in a low angry voice.
Gollum looked wildly about for a way to escape.
"You hit the wrong girl on the wrong day" she growled. Alakalqua watched her rage fire up as she supported the other two, Claw was struggling on his feet and growling.
Gollum saw something on the horizon and regained his confidence. She didn't have time to look and focus before Firefly found herself being taken from her right side and plummeted forward to the tip of the walk way. She was grasping at him her best but he was far too quick for her. He knelt up taking Firefly by the collar with him. She was on her knees and part of her legs were dangling over into the valley. Gollum grappled for her neck and sneered at her.
She looked helplessly over his shoulder, what she saw made her cry out. Gollum turned around and Firefly ducked, because Gollum held on so tight he went up into the air, where Claw jumped on him and pulled him off. Firefly slid down roughly on the stone and then flipped onto her back by the edge. Gollum and Claw were fighting in the air when she saw then go over, the woman tried desperately to look over her shoulder but her sore back and neck wouldn't let her.
She pulled the air in into her chest painfully and forced herself up onto her hands to look over, nothing. Alakalqua dropped Kurina and Frodo and ran to her, grabbing the woman's shoulders to prevent he from toppling over.
Firefly's voice trembled, "Oh . . . no" she breathed. "Not him" Alakalqua's tears pinged on to her red top.
There was a thud.
Firefly, who had turned away looked back with precise accuracy, saw another dark lip of land far beneath and a bit more forward, Gollum rolled out of a hidden cave. Claw, who had a tendency to fight to the bitter end jumped out and growled before slashing at the creature with his sharp claws. Gollum scampered to the right and away out of sight. Claw snarled after him and then keeled to the right.
"CLAW!" yelped Firefly.
Alakalqua nudged her, "Err, Firefly" she turned and looked up, Alakalqua was looking left the caves walkway they were positioned on was only a few a stones throw away from the ultimate top of the chasm.
"That's the least of our worries"
Firefly turned to look up and over to the left. On the edge of the chasm, infront of a steep but walkable shelf of land that led with in jumping distance of their cave, stood an army of orcs.
Firefly looked over at them, not more running!
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Firefly had flown so fast past her nose and jumped on what ever it was so quickly, Alakalqua didn't quite understand what had happened.
She stood mouthing "What?" as Firefly wrestled a small creature. Frodo and Kurina managed to get up, they both felt better for sleeping, both of them knew who it was straight away, or more likely what it was in Kurina's opinion.
"Gollum" said Frodo quietly, but everyone heard even over the struggle, the thumps and the rain.
Firefly was doing well trying to keep it still at first, but Alakalqua had to step in and help, they pushed the creature with great force, back first against a wall.
"You should learn to clean up your footprints," growled Firefly.
The thing began to wail- as usual, thought Frodo.
Firefly wasn't quite as sympathetic as Frodo, or even Sam had been.
She punched him.
"Seal it"
The creature looked at her with surprised and scared eyes. People normally pitied him, or grew inpatient- none so far had whacked him.
His mouth remained closed.
"Thought that might quieten you down" said remarked, her fist throbbing. Even though he had a bony face, she put a lot of effort into the knock.
Claw managed to growl creature.
"This Gollum?" she asked over her shoulder. She saw Frodo nod out of the corner of her eye. She tightened her grip, "I don't believe we've had the pleasure"
"I'm Firefly," she growled digging him into the wall.
"Don't hurrrrt usss," whined Gollum with a shaking voice.
"Comply and I won't have to" she spat.
Gollum nodded and they loosened their grips on him. What happened next happened extremely fast, even for Firefly. Gollum balled up his gangly legs and sprung them out, Firefly flew back and hung out of the entrance. The cave was position over a long steep valley; a small lip of land was between her and a bumpy uneven fall. The rock seemed to angle down near vertical at times and it was about the size 24-wraith carriers (they're each about the size of two houses on top of one another) to the bottom. Firefly got up onto her elbow and rubbed her head.
She mumbled before she noticed Gollum dashing at her and pouncing on her. She punched his chin up but he kept kick and squirming. The other three managed to get out, along with Claw as the two fighting rolled out into the torrential rain.
Sides kept switching, one minute it was Firefly doing the pinning next Gollum. Firefly's back was scraped and cut; she was lucky her top was red. She kicked powerfully upwards as she shook her damp hair out of her eyes. Gollum flew back to the cave entrance but came for her again. She rolled her eyes; this one wasn't going to give up easily was he?
She was ready to hit him when he jumped plain over her; she turned and was kicked in the jaw. This was it. She rested her hands on her knives but then changed her mind- this thing was going down by her bare hands.
She ran back and faced Gollum as he ran up to her, making it look like she was going to kick and hiding a hand behind her back, Gollum, feeling quite cocky at this stage leaped and then she let him have it.
Gollum slid to the edge of the caves walkway.
Blood dripped from Firefly's cuts on her back and her fist. She touched a cut on her chin and examined her hand, "Ow" she said in a low angry voice.
Gollum looked wildly about for a way to escape.
"You hit the wrong girl on the wrong day" she growled. Alakalqua watched her rage fire up as she supported the other two, Claw was struggling on his feet and growling.
Gollum saw something on the horizon and regained his confidence. She didn't have time to look and focus before Firefly found herself being taken from her right side and plummeted forward to the tip of the walk way. She was grasping at him her best but he was far too quick for her. He knelt up taking Firefly by the collar with him. She was on her knees and part of her legs were dangling over into the valley. Gollum grappled for her neck and sneered at her.
She looked helplessly over his shoulder, what she saw made her cry out. Gollum turned around and Firefly ducked, because Gollum held on so tight he went up into the air, where Claw jumped on him and pulled him off. Firefly slid down roughly on the stone and then flipped onto her back by the edge. Gollum and Claw were fighting in the air when she saw then go over, the woman tried desperately to look over her shoulder but her sore back and neck wouldn't let her.
She pulled the air in into her chest painfully and forced herself up onto her hands to look over, nothing. Alakalqua dropped Kurina and Frodo and ran to her, grabbing the woman's shoulders to prevent he from toppling over.
Firefly's voice trembled, "Oh . . . no" she breathed. "Not him" Alakalqua's tears pinged on to her red top.
There was a thud.
Firefly, who had turned away looked back with precise accuracy, saw another dark lip of land far beneath and a bit more forward, Gollum rolled out of a hidden cave. Claw, who had a tendency to fight to the bitter end jumped out and growled before slashing at the creature with his sharp claws. Gollum scampered to the right and away out of sight. Claw snarled after him and then keeled to the right.
"CLAW!" yelped Firefly.
Alakalqua nudged her, "Err, Firefly" she turned and looked up, Alakalqua was looking left the caves walkway they were positioned on was only a few a stones throw away from the ultimate top of the chasm.
"That's the least of our worries"
Firefly turned to look up and over to the left. On the edge of the chasm, infront of a steep but walkable shelf of land that led with in jumping distance of their cave, stood an army of orcs.
Firefly looked over at them, not more running!
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A/N: - Don't forget to leave a donation in the feed back box and thanks to Gina for taking the time to do so! Come on anyone else, I'm going for ten.