Yay! Two chapters in one update! Feel really lucky! That's because I love
you guys! Awwwww. once again, sorry it they're a bit OOC. Sooooooooory! Oh
and also terribly sorry for doing what Missy did to poor Legolas in this.
Sorry Leggy! Ah yes.it is poor Leggy. And I've been reading far too many
stories these days that have Elf abuse in them. It hurts my soul but it has
characters from other things that I love so; so I must tolerate the Elf
abuse. It's so sad! Oh and the hill scene may seem just a little odd.yeah.
Anyways, this chapter is dedicated to Serpent of Light. Thankies for the reviews! Hope you like this chap.
Chapter 22: Uruk-hai Dominoes and Tumbles off the Hill
"Merry! Merry!" Pippin cried to his cousin as the Uruk-hai carrying them ran over the plains of Rohan. However his cousin did not answer as he was unconscious and currently in the middle of a dream involving a very large orange carrot and several really big mushrooms. Or it could be he was dreaming of ways to get rid of that nasty gash over his right eyebrow.
One of the Uruk-hai raised its hand and the group immediately stopped behind him. About halfway down the line it caused a domino effect and within seconds half the Uruk-hai lay sprawled about on each other.
"You idiots!" the Uruk-hai who had spoken before scolded, rolling his eyes. "Can't you do anything right?"
"It's your fault!" someone near the back of the line said and the rest shouted their agreement.
"Quit your whining!" one of the Uruk-hai who fortunately had been near the front snarled and immediately the rest of the Uruks fell silent.
He turned to the one (for the sake of not confusing ourselves let's call him Random Uruk-hai number 455) who'd held up his hand. "What is it? What do you smell?"
"Smelly man-flesh," Random Uruk-hai number 455 replied.
"They've picked up our trail! Let's go!" (For the sake of things he will be known as Random Uruk-hai number 899) replied.
"Aragorn!" Pippin muttered to himself before he caught a whiff of the smelly man-flesh they'd been smelling. He made a face. Aragorn really needed a shampoo and a bath would do wonders.
It took several minutes for the Uruk-hai to get themselves back off the ground but soon they were hurrying along again. Pippin tears off the leaf brooch from his Elven cloak and drops it onto the ground. Luckily the Uruks don't notice it but several of them trampled over it, setting it more firmly into the soil.
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Aragorn was lying with his eyes closed and one ear pressed to the ground.
Several minutes later, Legolas appeared above him. He'd been momentarily held back because he'd had to literally pick up Becky and Missy for they had decided to put back on those ridiculously high platform shoes and was having problems walking several centimeters. But he'd abandoned them about halfway down the hill with Gimli.
He had to make sure he reached back close to Aragorn because that dirty Ranger nearly beat him in the race they were doing to see who could run faster and look better doing it.
Legolas was sure he was winning. He hadn't even broken a sweat yet and he was hundreds of years older than Aragorn.
To once again clarify this fact, he whipped out the mirror Becky had given him and held it up. There was no sweat anyway and every perfect strand of hair was in place.
The Ranger on the other hand, looked like he just crawled out from according to Becky 'a swimming pool full of mud'.
Minutes later, Becky arrived panting and huffing. In one hand she held her six-inch lace-up platforms and in the other she held a bottle of mineral water. Her pink 'ORLANDO BLOOM RULES' T-Shirt was soaked through and through with sweat (this fact made her want to break down into tears and cry but she wasn't sure she had the energy) and her colorful blue jeans was now a second skin.
Seconds later, Missy appeared looking like she'd just had a heart attack. Her white shirt clung to her and her jeans were stained with dirt from the numerous times she'd accidentally tumbled down the mountainside. She was also clutching her platforms and in her right hand, she held a can of one of those Evian face spray-water things and was spraying at her face madly.
Gimli was at her heels panting, puffing and blowing.
"What's wrong with him?" Missy asked Legolas, gesturing at Aragorn.
"I think he's unconscious," Gimli whispered to them.
"He's been like this since I arrived," Legolas reported.
"Is-is-is he alive?!" Missy asked, staring down at the seemingly motionless body of the Ranger.
"Well let's not send him on a boat down Anduin and over the falls of Rauros before we're sure," Becky managed to wheeze out, voice dripping with sarcasm. "Ya know.. in case he's ALIVE or anything."
After they'd heard the scream at Parth Galen they'd gone back to investigate but quickly discovered that no one was keen on the idea of going down the falls of Rauros in search of Boromir. But it didn't matter anyway because as far as Legolas could see (which was quite far), he did not see any sign of Boromir or the boat. They had all just hoped for the best that Boromir would drift up to some friendly little village and they'd give him candy and take him home to Gondor. Well.Becky and Missy hoped for that at least.
"It's not my fault!" Legolas shot back. "I'm not the wild Ranger who wanders the woods and the wild. You know..the one who should know whether someone's dead or alive."
"And he kissed the man, for the love of Lembas," Legolas went on, a wild look in his blue eyes. "I think Aragorn SHOULD have at least felt or heard Boromir's breathing. LIKE I SAID BEFORE: HE KISSED THE MAN!"
"I've never seen you lose control before!" Missy said, eyes wide mouth agape. "Also before you go any further, he kissed Boromir's FOREHEAD. You know, in case you forgot."
"I love this side of you!" Becky flung her dirty and sweaty self at Legolas in a hug.
"I think he's getting far too hyper on the chocolate," Missy said. She walked up to Legolas and slapped him on the head. "There that should work. Legolas do you feel better?"
Legolas blinked and shook his head, trying to get rid of the dancing arrows. "Yes, yes. I feel quite better actually. Thank you Missy!"
"He still hasn't MOVED," Gimli said, anxiously. "What are we going to do?"
"Aragorn? Aragorn? Aragorn?" Becky called. Absolutely no movement from the Ranger.
"Just a minute," Legolas said. He lifted his boot and prodded Aragorn in the middle of the back. Still no movement.
Legolas caught sight of the bottle of expensive mineral water in Becky's hand and Missy's Evian face sprayer and he got an idea. He quickly grabbed the two from the girls before they had any time to protest.
"What're you doing?" Becky asked, grabbing for her mineral water. "That's expensive stuff, Elfykerns."
"And that's my Evian spray thingie," Missy piped up, also leaping for her Evian. Legolas held the items high over his head and the cousins had no hope of grabbing it unless they strapped back on their platforms which they did NOT want to do.
"This may be our only hope," Legolas said, uncapping the mineral water and Evian face spray-thingie. He held the bottle of water high over his head and he passed the Evian can to Gimli.
"On the count of three," Legolas said. "I want you two to scream as loud as you can. Gimli, you know what to do. Okay?"
"Okay," Becky shrugged. She liked screaming anyhow. It was really interesting. Especially when she got her Nazgûl imitation right.
"One, two," Legolas whispered. "THREE!" The last one was shouted.
Becky and Missy both screamed hysterically and at the top of their lungs. Becky (for once) finally got her Nazgûl imitation correctly and it rang out across the plains of Rohan. At the same time Legolas tilted the bottle and poured it over Aragorn's head. Simultaneously Gimli loosed the Evian spray and Aragorn was doused with a fine mist of the stuff.
The poor Ranger immediately woke and sat up, spluttering. "What in the Middle-Earth?" His ears ached from Becky and Missy's screaming and he immediately stuck his fingers in them.
"Stop! Stop! PLEASE!" Aragorn said, holding up his hands in defeat. "I'm awake! Gimli, stop spraying me!"
Becky and Missy stopped screaming and started giggling. They flung themselves at Aragorn and hugged him.
"We're so glad you're alive, Estel," Legolas said, a smile threatening as he quickly hid Becky's now empty bottle of mineral water.
"Well there's no river and a waterfall to send me down now, is there?" Aragorn replied dryly, wait no more like wetly.
"What happened?" Gimli asked.
"Well I was winning the race--I mean, I was ahead of you--since Legolas had to carry Becky and Missy," Aragorn said and the cousins received a glare from Legolas. "And I was racing up this hill and then all of a sudden, I thought I saw this chocolate bar run across my path. I dove for it but tripped over a rock and fell stomach-first. I was going to get up except for the fact, that my entire body was aching (and still is) and I couldn't quite move. So I waited for someone to come and help me but I probably fell asleep and couldn't wake up."
"PROBABLY FELL ASLEEP?" Legolas echoed, eyebrow lifted.
Aragorn chose to ignore that little sarcastic outburst from his friend. "Anyway, while I was down there, I was listening for footsteps."
"You hear footsteps from a rock?" Missy said, incredulously. She turned to Becky and they both started laughing hysterically.
Aragorn also chose to ignore that. "ANYWAY. Their pace quickens, they must have caught our scent. READY SET GO!"
Aragorn took off running immediately even before the words 'GO' had left his mouth.
"I'm going to win again, you nancing Elf!" Aragorn hollered over his shoulder as he bolted away.
"Not if I win, you smelly Ranger!" Legolas shouted, immediately bolting after Aragorn.
"I think they've been reading too many of those fan fictions that you carry around," Missy said to Becky who shrugged.
"Come on Gimli, Becky, Missy," Legolas called over his shoulder as he kept on running swiftly.
"Three days and nights' pursuit.. no food.... no rest.... and no sign of our quarry but what bare rock can tell," Gimli panted, hurrying off after Legolas and Aragorn.
"Did you just understand what he said?" Missy asked Becky.
"DOES ANYONE?"
"Good point," Missy said and with that the two cousins took off running after them. They easily overtook Gimli as their legs were longer than his and they were taller but they could not even dream to catch Legolas or Aragorn.
For a good while, they raced over lots of rocks and plains and lots of grassy things and hills and stuff like that. Sometimes Aragorn was in the lead, with Legolas and Gimli behind. Then Legolas had fought his way to the front, and then Aragorn again, then Legolas, then Aragorn.......
Till Aragorn stopped suddenly and bent down to pick something off the ground.
In Legolas' haste to win the race, he darted right past Aragorn who had obviously stopped and was a good way away before he realized that everyone else had stopped. Grumbling in Elvish, he hurried back to them.
Aragorn held up an leaf-shaped Elven brooch in one hand.
"Not idly do the leaves of Lórien fall," Aragorn commented.
"Ooh. Love that voice!" Missy giggled.
"They may yet be alive," Legolas noted.
"Less than a day ahead of us, come!" Aragorn called and once again took off running like a madman.
"YOU REALLY DIRTY CHEAT! And I mean that literally and figuratively!" Legolas yelled after him. "Come Gimli, Becky, Missy! We are gaining on them." Legolas also took off, legs pumping madly.
"I wish that on cross-country we dwarves were natural sprinters. Very dangerous over short distances," Gimli said, beginning to run again.
"Join the club," Becky rolled her eyes and began jogging after them again. "This whole running thing is really getting boring!"
A good while later, they came over a hill and finally paused.
"Thank goodness!" Becky said, coming up behind them. "I thought you were never gonna stop!" Her eyes half-closed and she slumped to the ground dramatically.
"Someone pick her up," Legolas said, waving his hand unconcernedly at Becky. He turned back around and received a glare from Aragorn. "What? What?"
With a pout, he turned around and scooped Becky off the ground. He handed her over to her cousin who looked ready to faint too.
"Rohan, home of the horse-lords. There's something strange at work here. Some evil gives speed to these creatures. Sets its will against us," Aragorn said, gazing down across the plains. "Legolas! What do your Elf eyes see?"
For Legolas had run down the hill a little further and was staring into the distance. Fortunately Missy had sprayed her cousin with her Evian sprayer and Becky had awoken to see Legolas do that. She giggled and screamed happily.
"The Uruks turn Northeast. They are taking the Hobbits to Isengard," Legolas called, still peering into the distance.
"And I can't see what the heck he's talking about," Becky said, pouting. She leaned forward and stared harder into the distance. "Nope. Noth- aaaaahhhhhhh!"
Becky had leaned forward just a little too much and she was wobbling precariously over the edge. She reached over and grabbed onto Missy's shirt but Missy had just been about to take a sip of water and she was caught off guard so now both cousins were wobbling precariously so Missy reached out to grab something to hold onto.
That something turned out to be a large clump of Aragorn's dirty hair. Missy gave it a mighty pull so both she and Becky could remain upright but the tired Ranger swayed and came towards them. By now Becky could hold on no longer and she tumbled down the hill, Missy and Aragorn right behind her, rolling right into Legolas, causing the poor Elf to come crashing down with the three of them. They rolled down the hill for a few minutes until they tumbled into a large rock and finally stopped.
A few seconds later, Gimli arrived at the top of the hill and he stood gazing down at the four of them, lying in a heap halfway down the hill.
The Dwarf paused for a moment to catch his breath and then burst into hysterical laughter.
"Oh shut up!" Four cross voices yelled up the hill at him. This only caused Gimli to chuckle ever harder.
"You look so funny!" Gimli said, still laughing heartily. "What happened?"
For the moment, poor Gimli was ignored as the quartet obviously had some issues of their own.
"Aragorn, your foot is in my face!" that was Legolas.
"Yeah well Legolas, your knee is in my stomach!" Aragorn shot back.
"Missy! You're sitting on my hand!" Becky shrieked.
"And your foot is on my foot!" Missy said.
"And the two of you are on my back!" Aragorn cut in.
"And you are on my legs with them on your back!" that was Legolas' hysterical retort.
Gimli began making his way, down the hill still chuckling at the quartet who were now yelling about who was heavier and whose foot was on whose and who was smelling the worst. He was laughing so hard, tears were coming to his eyes and he couldn't see where he was going and he tripped over his own feet.
He ended up rolling halfway down the hill, stopping when he crashed into Becky, Missy, Aragorn and Legolas. Becky and Missy were now climbing off Aragorn's back, Aragorn had crawled off of Legolas' legs (hehe) and Legolas had been getting to his feet.
Now this was clearly impossible now because poor Legolas once again ended up at the very bottom of the heap, on his stomach. Aragorn was sprawled on his back, on Legolas' back. Missy was sprawled horizontally across poor Aragorn's stomach, one of her feet in his face. Becky was sprawled horizontally across Missy's stomach and her feet were in Legolas' face. On top of both Becky and Missy lay Gimli.
The three Humans and Elf glared at the Dwarf.
"Well, hehehe. Nasty little spot we've found ourselves in," was all Gimli could say with a wide smile.
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Chapter 22: Uruk-hai Dominoes and Tumbles off the Hill
"Merry! Merry!" Pippin cried to his cousin as the Uruk-hai carrying them ran over the plains of Rohan. However his cousin did not answer as he was unconscious and currently in the middle of a dream involving a very large orange carrot and several really big mushrooms. Or it could be he was dreaming of ways to get rid of that nasty gash over his right eyebrow.
One of the Uruk-hai raised its hand and the group immediately stopped behind him. About halfway down the line it caused a domino effect and within seconds half the Uruk-hai lay sprawled about on each other.
"You idiots!" the Uruk-hai who had spoken before scolded, rolling his eyes. "Can't you do anything right?"
"It's your fault!" someone near the back of the line said and the rest shouted their agreement.
"Quit your whining!" one of the Uruk-hai who fortunately had been near the front snarled and immediately the rest of the Uruks fell silent.
He turned to the one (for the sake of not confusing ourselves let's call him Random Uruk-hai number 455) who'd held up his hand. "What is it? What do you smell?"
"Smelly man-flesh," Random Uruk-hai number 455 replied.
"They've picked up our trail! Let's go!" (For the sake of things he will be known as Random Uruk-hai number 899) replied.
"Aragorn!" Pippin muttered to himself before he caught a whiff of the smelly man-flesh they'd been smelling. He made a face. Aragorn really needed a shampoo and a bath would do wonders.
It took several minutes for the Uruk-hai to get themselves back off the ground but soon they were hurrying along again. Pippin tears off the leaf brooch from his Elven cloak and drops it onto the ground. Luckily the Uruks don't notice it but several of them trampled over it, setting it more firmly into the soil.
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Aragorn was lying with his eyes closed and one ear pressed to the ground.
Several minutes later, Legolas appeared above him. He'd been momentarily held back because he'd had to literally pick up Becky and Missy for they had decided to put back on those ridiculously high platform shoes and was having problems walking several centimeters. But he'd abandoned them about halfway down the hill with Gimli.
He had to make sure he reached back close to Aragorn because that dirty Ranger nearly beat him in the race they were doing to see who could run faster and look better doing it.
Legolas was sure he was winning. He hadn't even broken a sweat yet and he was hundreds of years older than Aragorn.
To once again clarify this fact, he whipped out the mirror Becky had given him and held it up. There was no sweat anyway and every perfect strand of hair was in place.
The Ranger on the other hand, looked like he just crawled out from according to Becky 'a swimming pool full of mud'.
Minutes later, Becky arrived panting and huffing. In one hand she held her six-inch lace-up platforms and in the other she held a bottle of mineral water. Her pink 'ORLANDO BLOOM RULES' T-Shirt was soaked through and through with sweat (this fact made her want to break down into tears and cry but she wasn't sure she had the energy) and her colorful blue jeans was now a second skin.
Seconds later, Missy appeared looking like she'd just had a heart attack. Her white shirt clung to her and her jeans were stained with dirt from the numerous times she'd accidentally tumbled down the mountainside. She was also clutching her platforms and in her right hand, she held a can of one of those Evian face spray-water things and was spraying at her face madly.
Gimli was at her heels panting, puffing and blowing.
"What's wrong with him?" Missy asked Legolas, gesturing at Aragorn.
"I think he's unconscious," Gimli whispered to them.
"He's been like this since I arrived," Legolas reported.
"Is-is-is he alive?!" Missy asked, staring down at the seemingly motionless body of the Ranger.
"Well let's not send him on a boat down Anduin and over the falls of Rauros before we're sure," Becky managed to wheeze out, voice dripping with sarcasm. "Ya know.. in case he's ALIVE or anything."
After they'd heard the scream at Parth Galen they'd gone back to investigate but quickly discovered that no one was keen on the idea of going down the falls of Rauros in search of Boromir. But it didn't matter anyway because as far as Legolas could see (which was quite far), he did not see any sign of Boromir or the boat. They had all just hoped for the best that Boromir would drift up to some friendly little village and they'd give him candy and take him home to Gondor. Well.Becky and Missy hoped for that at least.
"It's not my fault!" Legolas shot back. "I'm not the wild Ranger who wanders the woods and the wild. You know..the one who should know whether someone's dead or alive."
"And he kissed the man, for the love of Lembas," Legolas went on, a wild look in his blue eyes. "I think Aragorn SHOULD have at least felt or heard Boromir's breathing. LIKE I SAID BEFORE: HE KISSED THE MAN!"
"I've never seen you lose control before!" Missy said, eyes wide mouth agape. "Also before you go any further, he kissed Boromir's FOREHEAD. You know, in case you forgot."
"I love this side of you!" Becky flung her dirty and sweaty self at Legolas in a hug.
"I think he's getting far too hyper on the chocolate," Missy said. She walked up to Legolas and slapped him on the head. "There that should work. Legolas do you feel better?"
Legolas blinked and shook his head, trying to get rid of the dancing arrows. "Yes, yes. I feel quite better actually. Thank you Missy!"
"He still hasn't MOVED," Gimli said, anxiously. "What are we going to do?"
"Aragorn? Aragorn? Aragorn?" Becky called. Absolutely no movement from the Ranger.
"Just a minute," Legolas said. He lifted his boot and prodded Aragorn in the middle of the back. Still no movement.
Legolas caught sight of the bottle of expensive mineral water in Becky's hand and Missy's Evian face sprayer and he got an idea. He quickly grabbed the two from the girls before they had any time to protest.
"What're you doing?" Becky asked, grabbing for her mineral water. "That's expensive stuff, Elfykerns."
"And that's my Evian spray thingie," Missy piped up, also leaping for her Evian. Legolas held the items high over his head and the cousins had no hope of grabbing it unless they strapped back on their platforms which they did NOT want to do.
"This may be our only hope," Legolas said, uncapping the mineral water and Evian face spray-thingie. He held the bottle of water high over his head and he passed the Evian can to Gimli.
"On the count of three," Legolas said. "I want you two to scream as loud as you can. Gimli, you know what to do. Okay?"
"Okay," Becky shrugged. She liked screaming anyhow. It was really interesting. Especially when she got her Nazgûl imitation right.
"One, two," Legolas whispered. "THREE!" The last one was shouted.
Becky and Missy both screamed hysterically and at the top of their lungs. Becky (for once) finally got her Nazgûl imitation correctly and it rang out across the plains of Rohan. At the same time Legolas tilted the bottle and poured it over Aragorn's head. Simultaneously Gimli loosed the Evian spray and Aragorn was doused with a fine mist of the stuff.
The poor Ranger immediately woke and sat up, spluttering. "What in the Middle-Earth?" His ears ached from Becky and Missy's screaming and he immediately stuck his fingers in them.
"Stop! Stop! PLEASE!" Aragorn said, holding up his hands in defeat. "I'm awake! Gimli, stop spraying me!"
Becky and Missy stopped screaming and started giggling. They flung themselves at Aragorn and hugged him.
"We're so glad you're alive, Estel," Legolas said, a smile threatening as he quickly hid Becky's now empty bottle of mineral water.
"Well there's no river and a waterfall to send me down now, is there?" Aragorn replied dryly, wait no more like wetly.
"What happened?" Gimli asked.
"Well I was winning the race--I mean, I was ahead of you--since Legolas had to carry Becky and Missy," Aragorn said and the cousins received a glare from Legolas. "And I was racing up this hill and then all of a sudden, I thought I saw this chocolate bar run across my path. I dove for it but tripped over a rock and fell stomach-first. I was going to get up except for the fact, that my entire body was aching (and still is) and I couldn't quite move. So I waited for someone to come and help me but I probably fell asleep and couldn't wake up."
"PROBABLY FELL ASLEEP?" Legolas echoed, eyebrow lifted.
Aragorn chose to ignore that little sarcastic outburst from his friend. "Anyway, while I was down there, I was listening for footsteps."
"You hear footsteps from a rock?" Missy said, incredulously. She turned to Becky and they both started laughing hysterically.
Aragorn also chose to ignore that. "ANYWAY. Their pace quickens, they must have caught our scent. READY SET GO!"
Aragorn took off running immediately even before the words 'GO' had left his mouth.
"I'm going to win again, you nancing Elf!" Aragorn hollered over his shoulder as he bolted away.
"Not if I win, you smelly Ranger!" Legolas shouted, immediately bolting after Aragorn.
"I think they've been reading too many of those fan fictions that you carry around," Missy said to Becky who shrugged.
"Come on Gimli, Becky, Missy," Legolas called over his shoulder as he kept on running swiftly.
"Three days and nights' pursuit.. no food.... no rest.... and no sign of our quarry but what bare rock can tell," Gimli panted, hurrying off after Legolas and Aragorn.
"Did you just understand what he said?" Missy asked Becky.
"DOES ANYONE?"
"Good point," Missy said and with that the two cousins took off running after them. They easily overtook Gimli as their legs were longer than his and they were taller but they could not even dream to catch Legolas or Aragorn.
For a good while, they raced over lots of rocks and plains and lots of grassy things and hills and stuff like that. Sometimes Aragorn was in the lead, with Legolas and Gimli behind. Then Legolas had fought his way to the front, and then Aragorn again, then Legolas, then Aragorn.......
Till Aragorn stopped suddenly and bent down to pick something off the ground.
In Legolas' haste to win the race, he darted right past Aragorn who had obviously stopped and was a good way away before he realized that everyone else had stopped. Grumbling in Elvish, he hurried back to them.
Aragorn held up an leaf-shaped Elven brooch in one hand.
"Not idly do the leaves of Lórien fall," Aragorn commented.
"Ooh. Love that voice!" Missy giggled.
"They may yet be alive," Legolas noted.
"Less than a day ahead of us, come!" Aragorn called and once again took off running like a madman.
"YOU REALLY DIRTY CHEAT! And I mean that literally and figuratively!" Legolas yelled after him. "Come Gimli, Becky, Missy! We are gaining on them." Legolas also took off, legs pumping madly.
"I wish that on cross-country we dwarves were natural sprinters. Very dangerous over short distances," Gimli said, beginning to run again.
"Join the club," Becky rolled her eyes and began jogging after them again. "This whole running thing is really getting boring!"
A good while later, they came over a hill and finally paused.
"Thank goodness!" Becky said, coming up behind them. "I thought you were never gonna stop!" Her eyes half-closed and she slumped to the ground dramatically.
"Someone pick her up," Legolas said, waving his hand unconcernedly at Becky. He turned back around and received a glare from Aragorn. "What? What?"
With a pout, he turned around and scooped Becky off the ground. He handed her over to her cousin who looked ready to faint too.
"Rohan, home of the horse-lords. There's something strange at work here. Some evil gives speed to these creatures. Sets its will against us," Aragorn said, gazing down across the plains. "Legolas! What do your Elf eyes see?"
For Legolas had run down the hill a little further and was staring into the distance. Fortunately Missy had sprayed her cousin with her Evian sprayer and Becky had awoken to see Legolas do that. She giggled and screamed happily.
"The Uruks turn Northeast. They are taking the Hobbits to Isengard," Legolas called, still peering into the distance.
"And I can't see what the heck he's talking about," Becky said, pouting. She leaned forward and stared harder into the distance. "Nope. Noth- aaaaahhhhhhh!"
Becky had leaned forward just a little too much and she was wobbling precariously over the edge. She reached over and grabbed onto Missy's shirt but Missy had just been about to take a sip of water and she was caught off guard so now both cousins were wobbling precariously so Missy reached out to grab something to hold onto.
That something turned out to be a large clump of Aragorn's dirty hair. Missy gave it a mighty pull so both she and Becky could remain upright but the tired Ranger swayed and came towards them. By now Becky could hold on no longer and she tumbled down the hill, Missy and Aragorn right behind her, rolling right into Legolas, causing the poor Elf to come crashing down with the three of them. They rolled down the hill for a few minutes until they tumbled into a large rock and finally stopped.
A few seconds later, Gimli arrived at the top of the hill and he stood gazing down at the four of them, lying in a heap halfway down the hill.
The Dwarf paused for a moment to catch his breath and then burst into hysterical laughter.
"Oh shut up!" Four cross voices yelled up the hill at him. This only caused Gimli to chuckle ever harder.
"You look so funny!" Gimli said, still laughing heartily. "What happened?"
For the moment, poor Gimli was ignored as the quartet obviously had some issues of their own.
"Aragorn, your foot is in my face!" that was Legolas.
"Yeah well Legolas, your knee is in my stomach!" Aragorn shot back.
"Missy! You're sitting on my hand!" Becky shrieked.
"And your foot is on my foot!" Missy said.
"And the two of you are on my back!" Aragorn cut in.
"And you are on my legs with them on your back!" that was Legolas' hysterical retort.
Gimli began making his way, down the hill still chuckling at the quartet who were now yelling about who was heavier and whose foot was on whose and who was smelling the worst. He was laughing so hard, tears were coming to his eyes and he couldn't see where he was going and he tripped over his own feet.
He ended up rolling halfway down the hill, stopping when he crashed into Becky, Missy, Aragorn and Legolas. Becky and Missy were now climbing off Aragorn's back, Aragorn had crawled off of Legolas' legs (hehe) and Legolas had been getting to his feet.
Now this was clearly impossible now because poor Legolas once again ended up at the very bottom of the heap, on his stomach. Aragorn was sprawled on his back, on Legolas' back. Missy was sprawled horizontally across poor Aragorn's stomach, one of her feet in his face. Becky was sprawled horizontally across Missy's stomach and her feet were in Legolas' face. On top of both Becky and Missy lay Gimli.
The three Humans and Elf glared at the Dwarf.
"Well, hehehe. Nasty little spot we've found ourselves in," was all Gimli could say with a wide smile.
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There ends Chapter 22 everyone! Please read and review! Tell me what you liked and what you didn't like in this chapter and in the previous Chapter 21:D ALSO, I have a poll for you guys. I'm starting from now. Should Haldir die or shouldn't he? Please tell me in your review. Thanks everybody for reading and reviewing! Also I wanna see 60 reviews before I update again. Hmm.Hint hint hint!
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