I was feeling ambitious, so I decided to write you all another chapter!

DISCLAIMER: as much as I would enjoy owning Lord of the Rings, I don't and most likely never will. I do own Gwen, though. It is actually quite strange to have a character all to myself. I have never owned one before. Hmmm well, on with the story!

Pain was ripping through Gwen's lungs. She was already tired from the fighting. The only thing that drove her onwards were the hundreds of orcs that were right on her tail!!! She looked up to see orcs crawling out of a hole in the ceiling. I have never seen orcs do that before! They look like a bunch of bugs, she thought. She looked ahead to see orcs coming at them.

" We are going to be trapped!" she yelled. She was right. The orcs were all around them, trapping them in a circle.

" If we are going to go down, then we will go down fighting!" she yelled, drawing her sword. One of the orcs with huge bulbous eyes hissed at her.

" That will be the first one I kill," she said, pointing at the creature in disgust. The entire Fellowship stood ready, swords drawn, waiting for the orcs to attack. The attack never came. Instead, a loud gurgling roar came from the end of the hall, and orange light flooded in. All the orcs began screaming louder and swarming back up the columns.

" Ha!" laughed Gimli, as if he had scared them all away. Gwen felt fear squeeze her heart. She stood, unable to run. The light continued moving down the hall.

" What is this new devilry?" asked Boromir.

" A Balrog," answered Gandalf. Gwen drew her breath in, her eyes wide in fear. She had never seen a Balrog, but she had heard tales of them. Glancing up at Legolas, she could see that he, too, was afraid.

" A demon of the ancient world," continued Gandalf, " swords cannot stop this foe! Run!!"

Gwen's formerly immobile legs surged with new energy. The Fellowship ran towards a stairway. Boromir began to descend it, only to find that it stopped! He stood on the brink of a chasm, trying to regain his balance.

" Legolas, grab him!" yelled Gwen. Legolas did so, pulling Boromir out of danger. Gwen led the way down another stairway. She almost fell when Legolas swung down in front of her. Up ahead, she saw a gap in the stairway. They stopped at the edge of it. Without hesitation, Legolas leapt across the gap and landed upon the other side.

" Gandalf!" he cried, motioning Gandalf downwards. Gandalf jumped and landed safely on the other side.

" Quick Boromir! Take Merry and Pippin with you!" commanded Gwen. Boromir grabbed the two hobbits and jumped. He landed safely, but caused large chunks of stair to fall away on the other side.

" Go, Gwen!" yelled Aragorn.

" No, I'll help you push the others!" she yelled back at him. Rather than argue, he let her stay.

" Come on, Sam. You next!" commanded Aragorn. Both he and Gwen heaved the hobbit out from the stair and into the arms of Legolas. Without hesitation, Gwen reached for Gimli. He stopped her.

" Nobody tosses a dwarf," he said with great dignity. Gwen looked at Aragorn is disbelief as Gimli attempted to heave his bulk across the chasm. He landed on the very edge of the other stair. Legolas grabbed the only thing he could.

" Ah! Not the beard!" yelled Gimli, much to Gwen's amusement.

" If you had allowed us to throw you, that wouldn't have happened, so it serves you right!" she yelled at him.

" Gwen, now!" yelled Aragorn. Gwen readied herself to jump, but she was to late. The rock below her gave way and she gasped as she tumbled down into the abyss!

The rock continued to crumble and give way. Another large boulder fell from the ceiling, blocking Aragorn and Frodo from going back. The entire stair began to wobble.

" Lean forward!" Aragorn yelled at Frodo. In doing so, they caused the two stairs to temporarily join, enabling Frodo and Aragorn to step onto the one holding the others. Aragorn turned back to see the entire stair fall. He began running to the edge, but Gandalf stopped him.

" Come, Aragorn, we can do nothing to help her. You must lead the others!"

Reluctantly, Aragorn turned and ran to the bridge.

This chapter is short, but if I had added what is going to happen on with it, it would have been to long. Besides, I love keeping you all in suspense! MUWAHAHAHA!!!!! Ahem, sorry =)