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Haldir paced most of the night. "Please my friend, she is a skilled warrior, she will not fail." Legolas tried to calm Haldir's nerves.
"I know this but some part of me sees has a mere woman who needs protection."
"IS that the part of you that loves her or the part of yoru heart that really does think she can not defend herself?" Legolas asked.
"What?" Haldir snapped.
"You and Lady Kayla have never taken a liking to each other then one day you proclaim ever lasting love."
"I can assure, I love her." Haldir replied "And what is your stake in this Prince Legolas."
"I care for her. I do not want to see anything unfortunate happen." Legolas replied.
"I can also assure you that while she is my wife, nothing unfortunate will happen."
Legolas, although he did not show it was also worried about his former love. He wondered why she would place herself in this task. He decided to find out. He saddled up late in the night and in the cover of darkness he rode out in search of the camp.
Just before dawn he found it. He quietly spied. He found her talking with their leader. He watched for a long time and found that Kayla had, indeed, gained acceptance.
He smiled and scolded himself for doubting her.
He watched her move among the enemy with great ease. He admired her strength and her will. She possessed the grace and skill necessary for this mission, "What do we have here?" someone asked holding a sword to his neck.
"I mean no harm." Legolas replied holding his hands up.
"Oh really? Is that why you are armed? How do we know that you are not a spy for the King of Gondor?" The armed guard asked.
His partner spoke up. "Lets take him to Amara, she will know what to make of this."
They bound Legolas' hands behind him. They took his bow and sword and pushed him along into the camp.
~*~
Kayla laughed with Amara feeling that she started to feel her plan working. The smile fell from her lips as she saw the prisoner be brought before Amara.
"What have you to say?" She asked him. "Who are you?"
"I am prince Legolas of Mirkwood." Legolas replied standing there bound. Kayla kept a stern look, not showing her raging emotions. Fear for his life, anger at his mistrust, her caring for him.
"Prince Legolas? It is a pleasure to make your acquaintance. I feel that I am honored to meet two members of the esteemed Fellowship on the same night. No doubt you two know each other, once fought together and now fight on opposite sides." Amara said.
"What!" Legolas exclaimed, pretending to not know of Kayla's plans. "I thought you had been captured, so you choose to betray your home?"
"NO! My home betrayed me!" Kayla yelled in reply.
"In your heart, surely you do not want to see Gondor fall."
Kayla walked away from him. Going to her tent. The one that Amara had assigned to her while she would be staying with her. She sat on her cot, she put her head in her hands. 'Why did he follow her? Why was he stupid enough to get caught? Why did she care?'
~*~
Amara looked at him. "It looks like you have angered your former lover." Legolas looked at her with some surprise. "I know much about the fellowship and its quest to destroy the one ring. I know much about you and you relationship with the Red Dragon. You loved her once, did you not?" At his silence she continued. "Or maybe you love her still, hence your reasons for following her here."
Legolas glared at her. He came to assure himself and Haldir that she was fine. His relationship with Liz had ended long ago, although she remained living in Mirkwood and the two remained good friends. Lately e had been feeling more that just friendship for Kayla. For the sake of her daughter he kept this to himself.
He was moved to a tent that was heavily guarded. He sat there for most of the night. Unable to break the bonds holding his hands. He wrestled this what was going on in his head over the past few weeks. Suddenly there was a noise outside and Kayla entered.
"Are you stupid?" She asked.
"You're welcome." He replied.
"What do I need to thank you for?'
"Everyone is worried sick. I wanted to make sure you were ok."
"Oh so now I'm incompetent? No one believes I will come back alive?"
"It's not that." He replied standing up. He towered over her. She looked up at him and waited for an explanation. He cleared his throat and continued. "You husband and your daughter are worried. We worry because we love you very much."
"We?" She asked. "You would include yourself in that category?"
"I would." He replied looking down at her. She suddenly felt something she hadn't felt in a long time. It was like a sudden spark, he tightened in her chest and for a moment she wished for him to kiss her right there in the enemy's camp. She snapped herself out of it suddenly.
"What are you going to do? I can not let you go." She said to him taking a step away from him.
"Do not worry. It would serve you well if I was left a captive. I can keep an extra eye on things."
"Very well." Kayla reply turning to leave.
"Kayla." He called her back. She turned and looked at him. He walked up to her and kissed her lightly on the forehead. "Be safe."
"Thank you." She replied walking out.
She looked out over the land. Dawn was breaking and the land looked serene. She walked back to her tent. "Lady Kayla!" Amara called.
Kayla walked over to her. "Yes." She asked.
"I understand if you feel for your lover." Amara replied.
"Prince Legolas was once my lover but he is no such thing now. I admit I did just come from talking to him. I was curious as to why he followed me."
"I understand. You two endured much and I understand if this is a choice that you can not make."
"What choice is that?"
"I feel that having the prince around will be a potential threat. I wish to have his executed. I wish for you to excecute him. Send his body back to the King as a message."
Kayla kept a straight face sensing that the younger girl would be looking for a reaction. "Elves can only be killed in combat."
"That is why I wish for you to engage him. My men will ambush him."
"What you ask is difficult. I bear no ill will towards him. I only wish to ruin the King." Kayla replied trying to squeeze out of this.
"You can die with him if you wish." Amara said suddenly her eyes turning cold.
Kayla felt her dagger at her back. She tried to resist pulling it out against Amara. She did not know what to do. It was her life or Legolas's
~*~
Haldir paced most of the night. "Please my friend, she is a skilled warrior, she will not fail." Legolas tried to calm Haldir's nerves.
"I know this but some part of me sees has a mere woman who needs protection."
"IS that the part of you that loves her or the part of yoru heart that really does think she can not defend herself?" Legolas asked.
"What?" Haldir snapped.
"You and Lady Kayla have never taken a liking to each other then one day you proclaim ever lasting love."
"I can assure, I love her." Haldir replied "And what is your stake in this Prince Legolas."
"I care for her. I do not want to see anything unfortunate happen." Legolas replied.
"I can also assure you that while she is my wife, nothing unfortunate will happen."
Legolas, although he did not show it was also worried about his former love. He wondered why she would place herself in this task. He decided to find out. He saddled up late in the night and in the cover of darkness he rode out in search of the camp.
Just before dawn he found it. He quietly spied. He found her talking with their leader. He watched for a long time and found that Kayla had, indeed, gained acceptance.
He smiled and scolded himself for doubting her.
He watched her move among the enemy with great ease. He admired her strength and her will. She possessed the grace and skill necessary for this mission, "What do we have here?" someone asked holding a sword to his neck.
"I mean no harm." Legolas replied holding his hands up.
"Oh really? Is that why you are armed? How do we know that you are not a spy for the King of Gondor?" The armed guard asked.
His partner spoke up. "Lets take him to Amara, she will know what to make of this."
They bound Legolas' hands behind him. They took his bow and sword and pushed him along into the camp.
~*~
Kayla laughed with Amara feeling that she started to feel her plan working. The smile fell from her lips as she saw the prisoner be brought before Amara.
"What have you to say?" She asked him. "Who are you?"
"I am prince Legolas of Mirkwood." Legolas replied standing there bound. Kayla kept a stern look, not showing her raging emotions. Fear for his life, anger at his mistrust, her caring for him.
"Prince Legolas? It is a pleasure to make your acquaintance. I feel that I am honored to meet two members of the esteemed Fellowship on the same night. No doubt you two know each other, once fought together and now fight on opposite sides." Amara said.
"What!" Legolas exclaimed, pretending to not know of Kayla's plans. "I thought you had been captured, so you choose to betray your home?"
"NO! My home betrayed me!" Kayla yelled in reply.
"In your heart, surely you do not want to see Gondor fall."
Kayla walked away from him. Going to her tent. The one that Amara had assigned to her while she would be staying with her. She sat on her cot, she put her head in her hands. 'Why did he follow her? Why was he stupid enough to get caught? Why did she care?'
~*~
Amara looked at him. "It looks like you have angered your former lover." Legolas looked at her with some surprise. "I know much about the fellowship and its quest to destroy the one ring. I know much about you and you relationship with the Red Dragon. You loved her once, did you not?" At his silence she continued. "Or maybe you love her still, hence your reasons for following her here."
Legolas glared at her. He came to assure himself and Haldir that she was fine. His relationship with Liz had ended long ago, although she remained living in Mirkwood and the two remained good friends. Lately e had been feeling more that just friendship for Kayla. For the sake of her daughter he kept this to himself.
He was moved to a tent that was heavily guarded. He sat there for most of the night. Unable to break the bonds holding his hands. He wrestled this what was going on in his head over the past few weeks. Suddenly there was a noise outside and Kayla entered.
"Are you stupid?" She asked.
"You're welcome." He replied.
"What do I need to thank you for?'
"Everyone is worried sick. I wanted to make sure you were ok."
"Oh so now I'm incompetent? No one believes I will come back alive?"
"It's not that." He replied standing up. He towered over her. She looked up at him and waited for an explanation. He cleared his throat and continued. "You husband and your daughter are worried. We worry because we love you very much."
"We?" She asked. "You would include yourself in that category?"
"I would." He replied looking down at her. She suddenly felt something she hadn't felt in a long time. It was like a sudden spark, he tightened in her chest and for a moment she wished for him to kiss her right there in the enemy's camp. She snapped herself out of it suddenly.
"What are you going to do? I can not let you go." She said to him taking a step away from him.
"Do not worry. It would serve you well if I was left a captive. I can keep an extra eye on things."
"Very well." Kayla reply turning to leave.
"Kayla." He called her back. She turned and looked at him. He walked up to her and kissed her lightly on the forehead. "Be safe."
"Thank you." She replied walking out.
She looked out over the land. Dawn was breaking and the land looked serene. She walked back to her tent. "Lady Kayla!" Amara called.
Kayla walked over to her. "Yes." She asked.
"I understand if you feel for your lover." Amara replied.
"Prince Legolas was once my lover but he is no such thing now. I admit I did just come from talking to him. I was curious as to why he followed me."
"I understand. You two endured much and I understand if this is a choice that you can not make."
"What choice is that?"
"I feel that having the prince around will be a potential threat. I wish to have his executed. I wish for you to excecute him. Send his body back to the King as a message."
Kayla kept a straight face sensing that the younger girl would be looking for a reaction. "Elves can only be killed in combat."
"That is why I wish for you to engage him. My men will ambush him."
"What you ask is difficult. I bear no ill will towards him. I only wish to ruin the King." Kayla replied trying to squeeze out of this.
"You can die with him if you wish." Amara said suddenly her eyes turning cold.
Kayla felt her dagger at her back. She tried to resist pulling it out against Amara. She did not know what to do. It was her life or Legolas's