Sorry, no changes to this chapter. Didn't need to. But for those who haven't read it, it's all brand new.
Welcome To My World
Kayo
Chapter IV: The Counsel of Chloe
"They…found the orc bodies? Already?" Shawn muttered to no one in particular. An anonymous person? Who could that be? And the feds are already involved? Shit! Shawn moved around uncomfortably in his seat, feeling a slight sense of apprehension. What if they come here? What if they identified me from the camera? Have they seen it yet? So many of Shawn's questioned were left unanswered as a list of what ifs spurred through his mind.
"Hello? Shawn?" Chloe threw a piece of popcorn at his head. It bounced off him and he turned to her. "Now what do we do?" Shawn let his head drop.
"I don't know. They're going to see the school's surveillance camera. They'll see me and Legolas, and how he got here, and how he killed the orcs. And then they'll want to study him, once they figure out he's a real elf. Then they'll arrest me for some reason, because I know they will, cause the government's fucked up…"
"You may be worrying a bit too much. All we have to do is get the tape back."
"What did you say?"
"We just need to get the tape. It's not like they'll be able to trace it back to you if they don't have anything to locate where Legolas went after he killed the orcs." Shawn stared at her in silence. Could it be that easy? Just get the tape back. That was simple. One problem though.
"How are we going to get past all those people at the school! I mean, it has to be swarming with people and news crews. We can't just walk up there and go into the back room and get the tape! What if they already looked at it?"
"What if they didn't? If they've already seen the tape, then we're all screwed. If not, well then, there might be a chance at saving Legolas. And it's a chance worth taking. Even if we're caught, it's better than doing nothing and sitting back and waiting for them to show up at our door."
Shawn thought about it for a while. "Tell Legolas that we need to go back to the school. Tell him there's something there that could possibly reveal him to the world, which would result in his capture and torture. Oh, and he wouldn't be able to get back to Middle Earth ever again." Chloe translated this for Legolas, who was still confused about how everyone knew about him and Haldir; the whole Fellowship for that matter. But he needed to save Merry and Pippin. He was willing to do what it would take to get him back.
Now all they had to do was figure out how they were going to get the tape. They sat down and tried to think of something. Legolas wasn't much help; he didn't know anything about technology or the world he was in. Chloe had tried to explain what exactly they were trying to get, and he was still confused. But he knew what it looked like, after Shawn showed him a video tape of The Little Mermaid (Megan had handed it to him, it being her favorite movie).
For some odd reason, Chloe had started singing, "Kiss me, Sam. Shalalalalala, my oh my, Look like the boy to shy, go on and, kiss him, Sam." Shawn didn't question it. Most likely another fanfic that she had come across on her endless hours of indulging. After Shawn threw a pillow at her head, they went back to trying to figure out how to get in the school.
"Well. The doors will be locked to the school. Guards will be everywhere. And we'll probably need a key to get into the back room. So, what are our options?"
"We take a helicopter, drop you two off on the top of the school, go through the ventilation system, make your way to the back room, retrieve the tape, escape the building, and helicopter you guys out of there!" Chloe clapped her hands together as if she had solved the whole problem. Shawn stared back at her. Was she actually congratulating herself for a plan well thought? That was sad.
Just as Shawn was about to criticize Chloe's obvious lack of intelligence, the phone rang. Tension rang through the air as he slowly went over to pick it up. Please don't be the CIA… or something bad like that. He picked it up and held it to his ear, as the word, "Hello," came out rather squeaky.
"Hey Shawn! It's Nina!" Shawn's heart stopped. Nina? Had Nina seen the news? Was she calling about that?! At least it's not some government agent, thought Shawn.
"Hi...Nina," he stumbled back. A cold sweat was dripping down his forehead. Legolas noticed Shawn looked uncomfortable…speaking with some little kind of box. He really didn't know what was going on. The whole ringing phone had caused him to almost go into a mental meltdown.
"Hey Shawn! Who is it??" shouted Chloe. Shawn waved his arms, trying to tell her to lower her voice.
"Who's that over your house?" asked Nina. Chloe was grasping for the phone in hopes of ripping it away from Shawn. He held it over his head while standing on the couch. Chloe jumped closer, reaching up into the air. Unfortunately, Shawn happened to be quite the short little boy, and Chloe managed to grab the phone and push him backwards. Shawn stumbled over the top of the couch and flipped over it, landing hard on the ground behind the couch.
He immediately got up and went after Chloe. Is she mad?! "Legolas, catch!" she yelled and threw the phone at him just as Shawn was about to tackle her down. Knowing that Chloe wanted him to catch the falling object, he quickly let Megan out of his lap and went after it. Sure! Give the elf the phone! Especially when there's a major fangirl on the other end!!!
Legolas held the little black box in his hand. Shawn and Chloe were wrestling on the couch. Chloe was keeping Shawn from getting the phone, claiming that this was Nina's once in a lifetime opportunity to converse with an elf. There was major screaming, major shoving and kicking, and over all chaos. Megan was holding onto Legolas' pant leg again. She was scared of Chloe sometimes. Legolas yelled over the madness,
"Man mi Elbereth wanyale no?!" (What in Elbereth is going on?!)
"Legolas?" he heard coming from the strange box. He looked at it as if there was some little person trapped inside that needed to be freed. He put it up to his ear, as Shawn had done, and said to the little trapped one,
"Ai?" (Hello?)
Shawn cried out, "NOOOO!!" Finding renewed strength from the possibility of girlfriend loss due to hot celebrities/elves, he threw off Chloe and grabbed the phone from Legolas. He quickly made a cover up story.
"Guess what?! I'm watching The Lord of the Rings with Chloe! She forced it upon me, I swear!" Nina, figuring that it must have been the movie in the background and Chloe being all happy because she must have seen Haldir, responded to Shawn,
"I thought I heard Chloe. I'm impressed she got you to watch it. Tell her I give her props. Anyway, I was calling to ask you if you printed out my fanfic? You know, Crouching Aragorn, Hidden Legolas? Oh, and to ask if we're still on for tonight at the football game."
Two things ran through Shawn's mind: first, she didn't know about Legolas because she didn't know the football game was cancelled due to the orc bodies. Second, he was dead.
"Umm…ya…I could only get out fifty five because the wench librarian almost kicked me out. And four hundred pages? Are you crazy?!? Not to mention that the only thing I read was about Legolas and Aragorn getting it on, or some crazy shit like that." Nina giggled.
"Can't help it! Gotta love the slash! Oh, and no prob with the print out. My dad won't be home this weekend. I'll be able to waste the company ink on his computer. But back to the football game, you going?" Shawn had to think of a way to phrase this gently, without letting her know too much.
"I think the football game was cancelled. Some murder was done after school? I dunno. I was flipping the channels before we started watching Lord of the Rings."
"Oh, shite." Nina sounded disappointed. When she started saying Scottish lingo, she was in either an extremely happy mood, or the life sucks mood. "Well, I have to go finish some things. Guess I'll talk to ya tomorrow. Bye!"
"Bye!" Shawn said before hanging up. He let out a long sigh before turning to Chloe and Legolas. Both stared in complete silence (well, Legolas because he didn't understand what had just transpired, and Chloe because Shawn had actually been able to make up a good lie).
"Whew! That was a close call," he said and sat down on the couch. "Now who's up for some breaking and entering?"
tbc…
Responses to Reviews:
AraelMoonchild: Even though you're review was for last chapter, I'll include you this time. I have most of this written out. I just need to revise later chapters cos this was deleted (cos before I killed Orlando and you can't do that!). So now I just have to not be lazy and rewrite a couple chapters.
tamara: ^_^ Now I know why I put this in the humor section. People still find it funny! Ahh, its all good! ^_~
Josh: I LOVE YOU JOSH! Lol, you're a true fan, along with dreamstrifer! Ya, but I bet you're upset I didn't change anything this chapter. Don't worry. Next chapter definitely. Look, I'm off to write it now! (actually, I'm writing the sequel right now cos it's been bothering me and I need to get it out!)
Dreamstrifer: Sorry I haven't talked to you in a while. Been busy! How's Bye Bye Birdie going? Good I hope! I think I'm going to draw Morris and Fluffy tonight. And my 5 personalities! WOOHOO! Everyone loves Joey, Angel, Amelia, Dmitri, and Luci. ^_~ Don't ask.