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Time: Swish Swish Clang Clang (I couldn't think of a good title.)



Rachel fought hard. She had never felt this strong and powerful. Never this alive. Pulling a dagger from her belt loop, she threw it into a particularly ugly orc's forehead. Legolas stopped and looked back at her after shooting an orc in the heart. Rachel shrugged and ran forward to Legolas' side.

"What are you doing?" he asked over the battle cries. Rachel drew her bow and set up an arrow almost quicker than Legolas himself.

"It's been a while…" She shot an orc at close range and it when clean through, skewering another behind it. "But I think I've still got my edge."

Legolas stared at her, almost forgetting about the swords swinging around him. He was still dazed when Rachel knocked him over. When he snapped to, Rachel was laying on top of him and a shower of arrows whizzed over their heads. Without saying a word, Rachel rolled off him and unhooked a gun. A resounding boomed as she shot an orc in the gut. All fighting stopped momentarily and she held her hand out to Legolas' who was stunned.

"Get up, damnit!" she yelled at him. He let her help him up and grabbed his bow in the process. Again, the battle raged. With every step, Rachel seemed to be stronger. It was an amazing feeling.

"There are too many of them! We must retreat!" Gimli yelled, hacking an orc's skull open. Rachel nodded her head and the three of them ran for it. As they drew the Uruk-hai up the hillside, Legolas' came up beside Rachel. She side-glanced at him.

"I owe you my life," he said, panting. Rachel shook her head.

"Fight now, talk later!"

With that, she pushed forward into a sprint. Even Legolas had a hard time keeping up with her. Gimli was far behind them, but still ahead of the super-orcs.

As she ran, Rachel could feel Legolas' eyes on her back. It made her stomach fly.

As she ran, Legolas' watched her in amazement. This woman was consuming him…from the inside out.