(A/N: I do not own any of these characters. Mary Sue is based loosely on all the original and highly improbable characters I have read in fanfics to this point. Any resemblance to your characters is unintentional and probably a figment of your imagination.)
The spider moved closer, its black limbs highlighted in silver with the moonlight and its red eyes gleaming in the dark. "Give me the girl!" it hissed, reaching for her with two long and evil legs. She screamed and hid behind Legolas.
"I say we do it," whispered Gimli to Aragorn, "With any luck it'll choke on her and give us time to escape."
"Not very chivalrous, Gimli." There was a note of mild rebuke in Aragorn's voice.
"Bugger chivalry, she called me cute!" Gimli muttered under his breath.
Aragorn addressed the spider. "Why do you want her?"
The spider smiled evilly, which is hard to do without lips. "My lord Sauron commands. Unfortunately he wants her alive, for she looks quite tasty."
Mary Sue tried to leap into Legolas' arms. He dropped her on the ground
"OW!"
"Will you STAY OFF ME, woman!" Legolas shouted, straightening his tunic.
"Tempting as the offer may be," Aragorn said, ignoring Mary Sue's cry of outrage, "We cannot let you take her."
Gimli muttered rebelliously.
"Well then, let us see how six arms fare against eight, and when you are dead I will still take the girl." The spider said and reached for Aragorn, who drew his sword and chopped off the spider's arm at the elbow.
"Seven to six, now, the odds re beginning to narrow."
"I will destroy you!"
Legolas' arrow took out an eye while Gimli and his axe made short work of two more arms. Meanwhile, Mary Sue screamed continuously in the background.
"Can't someone shut her up?" Legolas asked Gimli.
"Only if we kill her ourselves, and Aragorn won't allow that." Gimli replied
They took out their frustration on the spider, who twitched its remaining legs and rolled over on its back. With its last breath it screamed "Raid!" and died.
The party peered into the forest, afraid the spider may have summoned reinforcements with its dying breath. Nothing else appeared, much to their relief.
"Quickly, we must break camp and move. That carcass will attract scavengers, at the very least." Aragorn addressed the group.
"You, miss, will carry the stew and anything we need that does not fit in the packs. We have saved your life, against my better judgment, and you will make yourself useful." he said to Mary Sue as he cleaned his sword in the grass.
The others quickly set to work, dousing the fire and assembling the packs. Mary Sue pulled a bag out of her bodice, slightly deflating her chest size, so she could have something to use as a pack. Everyone pretended not to notice.
She wept quietly as the group set out, and found herself at the end of the line, next to Gimli, who glared at her. He quickened his pace slightly to put as much distance as possible between them.
*Sniff* "Meanies, why don't they like me? I'm beautiful and have magic, why aren't they interested?" she muttered to herself, loud enough for Gimli to hear.
"Possibly because you're a bloody pain in the arse who has caused no end of trouble since we met you. Lass, we have friends we're trying to rescue and you're in the bloody way. Aragorn feels we are honor bound to protect you, otherwise we'd have let the damned spider back there have you. So shut up, keep up, and if something happens, stay quiet and get the hell out of the way! Our lives are difficult enough already without another person in the group." Gimli grumbled.
Mary Sue gritted her teeth and walked faster.