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Chapter four
Legolas rolled over on the stone floor in his cell; the hallways outside of his bars were getting a little brighter which meant that the sun was beginning to rise. He pressed his ear against the stone floor trying to hear as best he could the stairs beneath him. Faint footsteps told him someone was coming up the stairs. He smiled to himself; he was going to get Arwen out.
The squeaky door at the opposite end of the hall opened and three large men stepped through and made their way to Legolas who was curled up on the floor.
One man pulled out a hoop of rings and fitted it into the lock on the cell. Swinging open the door, he stepped in, sneering at Legolas' back.
He kicked Legolas in the back. "Get up." He demanded.
Legolas began to slowly get up with his back to the men. He smiled through the pain exhorted in his back.
"What's the matter with you?" The man asked getting ready to punch Legolas if he tried anything.
Legolas slowly turned his head toward the men; they were all staring wide eyed at him. He clutched the stick tightly in his hands.
~"Here, you will need this," the old man slid his wooden walking stick through the bars toward Legolas. Turning suddenly he swung the stick like a sword. He smacked the closest man in the side of the head dropping him instantly.~
The other two men ran into the cell but Legolas hit both of them as well in several places. In a minute all of them were in one big heap.
Legolas smiled and clutched his ribs before stepping over the men and leaving through the opened cage. He looked into the old man's cell that was next to his and walked over to it. "I owe you my life." He bowed his head and slid the stick, which had been the man's walking stick, back into the cell of the man.
Legolas turned back to the empty hallway. Eldera would come soon when his guards did not come back with the elf. "Alright Arwen," he whispered and ran down the hall to the door.
~*~
"What do you want?"
Elladan and Elrohir looked at each other then back at the castle guard. "We are searching for two elves," Elladan said.
The man looked at the boys, slowly shifting his feet. "There are no elves here, go away." He spat at the ground in front of were the two elves stood.
Elrohir looked disgusted. "Have you even seen them?" he asked keeping his voice calm.
"No, now go away before I inform the guards." The man narrowed his eyes with a deep hate toward the elves.
"Funny thing about us elves, we always know when someone is lying." Elladan said, glaring at the man.
The man quickly pulled out his sword ready to strike at Elladan, but Elrohir got to the man first and pulled his long knife to his throat.
"That is not very polite," Elrohir said grabbing the man's sword with his free hand and throwing it to the ground.
"Where are they?" Elladan asked pulling out his own sword and pointing it at the man.
The man looked nervously at the two of them and swallowed hard against the knife on his throat.
~*~
Legolas ducked behind a stone column as two men walked by talking under their breath to each other.
He shook his head and looked around. He was in a very large room; hundreds of stone columns reached the high ceiling. There were three doors on the far corner of the room.
Looking around for anyone he ran between columns until he reached the doors. He pressed his ear against the first one- he could hear loud laughing and singing. It had to be full of the army men. The listened at the second door; there was no sound. He quickly opened the door just enough to see through. It was a small library with another door at the end of it. He slipped inside and closed the door behind him.
"The old man said that Arwen was moved into a cell by the King's throne room but I can't find my way there without getting directions." Legolas thought moving towards the door.
He listened intently at the door, and his blood froze. Eldera was in that room, with Arwen by the sound of it.
"Where is he?" Eldera yelled. Legolas felt his face get hot with anger as he listened.
Arwen didn't answer.
Legolas held his breath; he couldn't go in there now- he was unarmed and Eldera would certainly have a dozen guards by him. And worse now that they knew he had escaped.
Eldera began yelling again, ordering people to go and look for the elf. There was a sound of shattering glass indicating that Eldera broke a window.
Legolas looked around; there had to be a way into that room without using the door, a passageway or a window. "Stairs." He whispered noticing spiral stairs that led up to the ceiling, with a small door at the top. He hastily ran to the stairs and began to climb; he could get right over the room and push out a ceiling tile then jump down taking every one by surprise.
He cursed himself. "Legolas you fool, that will never work, just jumping down will kill you if it is a large room." He shook the thought out of his head. Justas long as Arwen was safe; he would jump to his death.
He reached the door and quickly ran into the dark musty room. He cursed himself again. This could have been a room full of guards, and he didn't even listen! It was a good thing this room looked as if it hadn't been used in centuries. He knelt down to the ground and listened into the floor; Eldera was still yelling and Arwen was silent.
Legolas swept away dust from the floor to find cracks that he could easily push through but a noise caught his attention.
He stopped and listened. There was a rustling sound over behind a large box.
Legolas moved slowly and quietly over to the box. Without having anything to protect himself with he clenched his fists as hard as he could- just in case.
Peering around the corner of the box what he saw froze his blood again. "Arwen?" he whispered.
Arwen sat against the wall; her hands were bound behind her, and her mouth was gagged. She looked at Legolas and smiled as her eyes filled up with tears.
"Arwen, do not worry I'm here." Legolas grabbed her gently and pulled her into a hug. He then pulled off the cloth that was around her mouth.
"Legolas, I thought you were dead for sure." Arwen cried as Legolas moved to her hands.
"I will not die until you are out of here." Legolas said.
"How did you find me up here?"
"I was trying to get into the room beneath here; I thought that you would be in there. How did you get here?" Legolas untied the first knot.
"It was a trap. They put me in here when they knew you had escaped. If you would have gone through that door a hundred soldiers would have killed you." Arwen couldn't help but smile, being reunited with her best friend.
"There you are." Legolas whispered pulling off the rest of the rope.
Arwen rubbed her sore red wrists before speaking again, "How are we going to get out of here? Surely guards will be every where searching for you."
Legolas shook his head. "As long as they know you are still up here I think you have a pretty likely chance of getting out. I will just cause a diversion, and-"
"I will not leave without you Legolas Greenleaf." Arwen said stubbornly.
"But-"
"Why can't we escape together?"
Legolas looked into Arwen's eyes and then sighed. "Alright, we will escape together." He took her hand and helped her up onto her feet. She stumbled for a moment, but then stood up straight.
"What did they do to you Arwen?" Legolas asked watching her.
"Nothing to be concerned about. but you," She looked at his numerous wounds with a worried expression.
"I can last until we reach Rivendell." Legolas said.
They moved towards the door. Legolas listened before opening the door a crack to see if there was anyone out there. He motioned for Arwen to follow once the coast was clear.
They made their way slowly down the staircase and moved swiftly across the hall.
Reaching the other door, Legolas listened again. "No one is there," he whispered and opened the door.
Eldera stood there waiting for them, an evil grin across his face. "Why good morning." He said.
Legolas moved back to Arwen, shielding her from him. Three guards stood behind Eldera, all looking meaner and bigger than the rest.
"Tell me elf, what were you thinking about doing after you got out into the main hall?" Eldera sneered at the two elves.
Legolas narrowed his eyes at the ugly man. There had to be an escape- he couldn't do this to Arwen once more.
"You have no chance, give up, and I might let you be taken back to your cells unharmed." Eldera let out a small laugh. He snapped his fingers, and his three guards walked past him towards Legolas and Arwen.
This is you last chance, take it! "Wait," Legolas said quickly. The three men stopped and even Eldera looked bewildered.
Arwen touched his shoulder as if to ask what he was thinking but Legolas paid no attention. "Take me and let her leave." He swallowed hard as Arwen let her hand fall from his shoulder.
"Why should I do that?" Eldera asked, he looked as if he was actually considering this idea.
Legolas bit his lip thinking up stories was not that easy, "She would be useless to keep. She will never speak, but if you were to keep me, I would eventually break. She would die before she did that." He could feel Arwen's glare on his back which was burning it worse than the boiling water had.
Eldera thought for a moment. "You could be lying."
Legolas tried to look offended. "I would never."
Arwen mumbled under her breath- Legolas wished she could understand.
"Alright, we will keep you and the girl will go." Eldera smiled.
Legolas looked nervously at Eldera's lips, something wasn't right. "She goes free, right?"
Eldera nodded over to Legolas signaling the guards.
The men walked over to Legolas and grabbed his arms restraining him from moving.
Arwen gasped as Eldera grabbed her arm. "Yes, there is no use for keeping you, though,"
Legolas growled and struggled against the men's grips. "Let her go free." He shouted. One man kicked Legolas hard in his broken ribs. Legolas fell to his knees coughing but still trying to get free.
"If I was to let you leave, you could tell your people and they would start a war. We couldn't have that, now can we?" Eldera sneered.
Arwen tugged at her imprisoned arm. "Legolas!" she yelled.
Eldera pulled out his sword from his belt. "Now watch, young elf, as your loved one dies because of a decision you made."
"No!" Legolas yelled as Eldera brought down his sword at Arwen. He tried to lunge himself at him but couldn't get free. He closed his eyes cursing himself in all the languages he could think of.
Arwen stared up at the blade coming towards her. She screamed knowing this was the end, but the sword never reached her. Another sword was plunged into the air and knocked Eldera's out of his hand and slid across the rotting floor.
Arwen looked over at where the sword had come from. "Elrohir, Elladan!" She cried, tears rolling down her cheeks.
Legolas opened his eyes at the names. He, too, looked at the twins racing into the room, bows held ready with arrows fitted. Behind them dead men scattered the ground with arrows piercing their skins. He let out a smile.
Eldera cursed and threw Arwen to the side and ran to grab his fallen sword.
Elladan let off his arrow which soared through the air and struck the sword and it bounced away just as Eldera reached down to pick it up. The force made the sword slide a little more away from him.
"Do not think about touching that," Elladan dared pointing his already fitted bow at Eldera.
Elrohir pointed his bow in the direction of the three large men holding Legolas. "Let him free or you shall also meet the same fate as your companions behind us."
The three men growled and reluctantly pushed Legolas from them.
"What took you so long?" Legolas sighed in the elvish tongue.
"Sorry. Ada needed to be sure you were gone for good." Elrohir laughed.
Legolas stood up clutching his ribs; he let out a small moan. "What do you plan to do now?" he asked.
Elladan, bow still on Eldera, walked over to the sword on the ground and picked it up, carefully making sure Eldera wasn't planning on doing anything. "We plan on getting out of here."
Arwen also stood up but avoided Legolas when he looked over her way. He Sighed; he knew he deserved it. "How are we going to do that?"
"Kill all of them." Elrohir said in the elvish tongue smirking at Eldera who continued to glare at the elf.
"I need a bow." Legolas said responding in elvish.
"You are in no condition to fight. Let us get going before more come out," Elrohir motioned for Eldera to walk over to the other three men.
He did, reluctantly, and when he passed Elrohir he spit at his feet. Elrohir only smiled at him.
Elladan strung his bow across his back once Elrohir had taken over the guard of the prisoners. He walked over to a window on the far side of the room. Legolas watched with curiosity. Elrohir examined the glass and then elbowed it as hard as he could, braking the window. Shards of glass fell all around him and cutting his elbow as a result.
"You four," Elladan said. "Up those stairs," He nodded towards the large spiral staircase.
Elladan let an arrow fly as one of the large men made to hit him. The arrow pierced the man in the heart, dropping him instantly. He fitted another arrow quickly. "I do not have all of this day. Go!" He demanded.
The remaining three men glared at Elladan and began to climb, Elladan walking behind them.
"This way Arwen, Legolas," Elrohir called from the broken window.
Legolas and Arwen made their way to him.
"It is not too far from the ground- will you be able to jump?" Elrohir asked peering out at the ground below.
Arwen nodded. "Yes, we will be able to." Elrohir nodded back to her.
Elladan made his way back down the stairs having just locked the three men up in the room Arwen had been prisoner in. "Come, we cannot linger here, some one will soon come and see their fallen companions." He slung his bow over him and leaped gracefully through the window and landed down on the ground a few feet below.
"You go next Arwen," Elrohir helped Arwen get out safely and Elladan met her down on the ground and helped her into a saddle.
"You next, Legolas," Elrohir turned and stared at Legolas, "Are you sure you can do this? You could get worse with your injuries."
"I will be fine," Legolas said and pulled himself up to sit on the window sill.
Before Legolas could jump out, though, an arrow soared through the air, stabbing the young elf in the back.
Elrohir pulled out his bow firing arrows at the crowd of soldiers running into the room. "Elladan!" He yelled.
Legolas gasped for breath. He sat dazed for only a moment. The last thing he remembered as he fell out of the window and down to the earth was that everything was suddenly dark.
"Legolas!" Arwen and Elladan screamed in unison. Elladan ran forward and caught the prince in his arms before he could hit the ground.
"Is he all right?" Arwen asked getting off her horse and running to him as well.
"He has been shot with a poisoned arrow; we have to get him to Ada." Elladan said pulling out the arrow releasing red blood. "Elrohir, hurry!"
Elladan pushed Legolas up onto his horse and seated himself behind the unconscious prince holding onto him with one hand.
Arwen jumped onto the other horse and waited for Elrohir to come.
Elrohir suddenly appeared in the window and shot one last arrow before he jumped out and ran over to Arwen.
Elladan kicked his horse in the flanks making him run. Elrohir and Arwen soon caught up. "How bad is he?" Elrohir asked.
"We have to get him to Rivendell as soon as possible," He looked down at Legolas. "How many of them were there?" He called.
Elrohir looked behind him. "Two dozen I did not finish them, they would have informed the king by now."
"Then let us not linger here," Elladan said and whispered into his horse's ear. The horse snorted as in agreement and broke into a faster run.
The sky soon filled with arrows. Elladan cursed at them. He turned, "I think they have informed the king." He said sarcastically.
Behind the elves the horizon was filled with dark shapes; the men were coming at a quick pace eager to catch up.
"They will be on us in an hour or two," Elrohir said grinding his teeth together out of frustration.
"What are we going to do?" Arwen asked clutching onto Elrohir's robes.
"Don't worry Arwen," Elladan said holding tighter onto Legolas' limp figure.
~*~
"We can not hold them off any longer, Elladan!" Elrohir shouted letting off one more arrow. "I am out of arrows!"
Elladan cursed. The men were now half a mile off of them and now Elrohir was out of arrows
"Will we stay and fight?" Elrohir asked looking at his brother.
"Do we have any other option?" Elladan said.
"Yes, there is one other option," Arwen smiled pointing in front of them.
Her brothers looked to where she was pointing. A league away, a thousand marching Rivendell and Mirkwood elves marched to their rescue.
Elladan laughed. "We just have to keep going until we reach them, then." He said.
Elrohir ducked a poisoned arrow. "How much time do you give them?" he asked.
"We will be with them in twenty minuets, if we ride faster." Elladan responded looking back behind him, "but they will be on us in ten."
"Ride then!" Arwen shouted.
Chapter four
Legolas rolled over on the stone floor in his cell; the hallways outside of his bars were getting a little brighter which meant that the sun was beginning to rise. He pressed his ear against the stone floor trying to hear as best he could the stairs beneath him. Faint footsteps told him someone was coming up the stairs. He smiled to himself; he was going to get Arwen out.
The squeaky door at the opposite end of the hall opened and three large men stepped through and made their way to Legolas who was curled up on the floor.
One man pulled out a hoop of rings and fitted it into the lock on the cell. Swinging open the door, he stepped in, sneering at Legolas' back.
He kicked Legolas in the back. "Get up." He demanded.
Legolas began to slowly get up with his back to the men. He smiled through the pain exhorted in his back.
"What's the matter with you?" The man asked getting ready to punch Legolas if he tried anything.
Legolas slowly turned his head toward the men; they were all staring wide eyed at him. He clutched the stick tightly in his hands.
~"Here, you will need this," the old man slid his wooden walking stick through the bars toward Legolas. Turning suddenly he swung the stick like a sword. He smacked the closest man in the side of the head dropping him instantly.~
The other two men ran into the cell but Legolas hit both of them as well in several places. In a minute all of them were in one big heap.
Legolas smiled and clutched his ribs before stepping over the men and leaving through the opened cage. He looked into the old man's cell that was next to his and walked over to it. "I owe you my life." He bowed his head and slid the stick, which had been the man's walking stick, back into the cell of the man.
Legolas turned back to the empty hallway. Eldera would come soon when his guards did not come back with the elf. "Alright Arwen," he whispered and ran down the hall to the door.
~*~
"What do you want?"
Elladan and Elrohir looked at each other then back at the castle guard. "We are searching for two elves," Elladan said.
The man looked at the boys, slowly shifting his feet. "There are no elves here, go away." He spat at the ground in front of were the two elves stood.
Elrohir looked disgusted. "Have you even seen them?" he asked keeping his voice calm.
"No, now go away before I inform the guards." The man narrowed his eyes with a deep hate toward the elves.
"Funny thing about us elves, we always know when someone is lying." Elladan said, glaring at the man.
The man quickly pulled out his sword ready to strike at Elladan, but Elrohir got to the man first and pulled his long knife to his throat.
"That is not very polite," Elrohir said grabbing the man's sword with his free hand and throwing it to the ground.
"Where are they?" Elladan asked pulling out his own sword and pointing it at the man.
The man looked nervously at the two of them and swallowed hard against the knife on his throat.
~*~
Legolas ducked behind a stone column as two men walked by talking under their breath to each other.
He shook his head and looked around. He was in a very large room; hundreds of stone columns reached the high ceiling. There were three doors on the far corner of the room.
Looking around for anyone he ran between columns until he reached the doors. He pressed his ear against the first one- he could hear loud laughing and singing. It had to be full of the army men. The listened at the second door; there was no sound. He quickly opened the door just enough to see through. It was a small library with another door at the end of it. He slipped inside and closed the door behind him.
"The old man said that Arwen was moved into a cell by the King's throne room but I can't find my way there without getting directions." Legolas thought moving towards the door.
He listened intently at the door, and his blood froze. Eldera was in that room, with Arwen by the sound of it.
"Where is he?" Eldera yelled. Legolas felt his face get hot with anger as he listened.
Arwen didn't answer.
Legolas held his breath; he couldn't go in there now- he was unarmed and Eldera would certainly have a dozen guards by him. And worse now that they knew he had escaped.
Eldera began yelling again, ordering people to go and look for the elf. There was a sound of shattering glass indicating that Eldera broke a window.
Legolas looked around; there had to be a way into that room without using the door, a passageway or a window. "Stairs." He whispered noticing spiral stairs that led up to the ceiling, with a small door at the top. He hastily ran to the stairs and began to climb; he could get right over the room and push out a ceiling tile then jump down taking every one by surprise.
He cursed himself. "Legolas you fool, that will never work, just jumping down will kill you if it is a large room." He shook the thought out of his head. Justas long as Arwen was safe; he would jump to his death.
He reached the door and quickly ran into the dark musty room. He cursed himself again. This could have been a room full of guards, and he didn't even listen! It was a good thing this room looked as if it hadn't been used in centuries. He knelt down to the ground and listened into the floor; Eldera was still yelling and Arwen was silent.
Legolas swept away dust from the floor to find cracks that he could easily push through but a noise caught his attention.
He stopped and listened. There was a rustling sound over behind a large box.
Legolas moved slowly and quietly over to the box. Without having anything to protect himself with he clenched his fists as hard as he could- just in case.
Peering around the corner of the box what he saw froze his blood again. "Arwen?" he whispered.
Arwen sat against the wall; her hands were bound behind her, and her mouth was gagged. She looked at Legolas and smiled as her eyes filled up with tears.
"Arwen, do not worry I'm here." Legolas grabbed her gently and pulled her into a hug. He then pulled off the cloth that was around her mouth.
"Legolas, I thought you were dead for sure." Arwen cried as Legolas moved to her hands.
"I will not die until you are out of here." Legolas said.
"How did you find me up here?"
"I was trying to get into the room beneath here; I thought that you would be in there. How did you get here?" Legolas untied the first knot.
"It was a trap. They put me in here when they knew you had escaped. If you would have gone through that door a hundred soldiers would have killed you." Arwen couldn't help but smile, being reunited with her best friend.
"There you are." Legolas whispered pulling off the rest of the rope.
Arwen rubbed her sore red wrists before speaking again, "How are we going to get out of here? Surely guards will be every where searching for you."
Legolas shook his head. "As long as they know you are still up here I think you have a pretty likely chance of getting out. I will just cause a diversion, and-"
"I will not leave without you Legolas Greenleaf." Arwen said stubbornly.
"But-"
"Why can't we escape together?"
Legolas looked into Arwen's eyes and then sighed. "Alright, we will escape together." He took her hand and helped her up onto her feet. She stumbled for a moment, but then stood up straight.
"What did they do to you Arwen?" Legolas asked watching her.
"Nothing to be concerned about. but you," She looked at his numerous wounds with a worried expression.
"I can last until we reach Rivendell." Legolas said.
They moved towards the door. Legolas listened before opening the door a crack to see if there was anyone out there. He motioned for Arwen to follow once the coast was clear.
They made their way slowly down the staircase and moved swiftly across the hall.
Reaching the other door, Legolas listened again. "No one is there," he whispered and opened the door.
Eldera stood there waiting for them, an evil grin across his face. "Why good morning." He said.
Legolas moved back to Arwen, shielding her from him. Three guards stood behind Eldera, all looking meaner and bigger than the rest.
"Tell me elf, what were you thinking about doing after you got out into the main hall?" Eldera sneered at the two elves.
Legolas narrowed his eyes at the ugly man. There had to be an escape- he couldn't do this to Arwen once more.
"You have no chance, give up, and I might let you be taken back to your cells unharmed." Eldera let out a small laugh. He snapped his fingers, and his three guards walked past him towards Legolas and Arwen.
This is you last chance, take it! "Wait," Legolas said quickly. The three men stopped and even Eldera looked bewildered.
Arwen touched his shoulder as if to ask what he was thinking but Legolas paid no attention. "Take me and let her leave." He swallowed hard as Arwen let her hand fall from his shoulder.
"Why should I do that?" Eldera asked, he looked as if he was actually considering this idea.
Legolas bit his lip thinking up stories was not that easy, "She would be useless to keep. She will never speak, but if you were to keep me, I would eventually break. She would die before she did that." He could feel Arwen's glare on his back which was burning it worse than the boiling water had.
Eldera thought for a moment. "You could be lying."
Legolas tried to look offended. "I would never."
Arwen mumbled under her breath- Legolas wished she could understand.
"Alright, we will keep you and the girl will go." Eldera smiled.
Legolas looked nervously at Eldera's lips, something wasn't right. "She goes free, right?"
Eldera nodded over to Legolas signaling the guards.
The men walked over to Legolas and grabbed his arms restraining him from moving.
Arwen gasped as Eldera grabbed her arm. "Yes, there is no use for keeping you, though,"
Legolas growled and struggled against the men's grips. "Let her go free." He shouted. One man kicked Legolas hard in his broken ribs. Legolas fell to his knees coughing but still trying to get free.
"If I was to let you leave, you could tell your people and they would start a war. We couldn't have that, now can we?" Eldera sneered.
Arwen tugged at her imprisoned arm. "Legolas!" she yelled.
Eldera pulled out his sword from his belt. "Now watch, young elf, as your loved one dies because of a decision you made."
"No!" Legolas yelled as Eldera brought down his sword at Arwen. He tried to lunge himself at him but couldn't get free. He closed his eyes cursing himself in all the languages he could think of.
Arwen stared up at the blade coming towards her. She screamed knowing this was the end, but the sword never reached her. Another sword was plunged into the air and knocked Eldera's out of his hand and slid across the rotting floor.
Arwen looked over at where the sword had come from. "Elrohir, Elladan!" She cried, tears rolling down her cheeks.
Legolas opened his eyes at the names. He, too, looked at the twins racing into the room, bows held ready with arrows fitted. Behind them dead men scattered the ground with arrows piercing their skins. He let out a smile.
Eldera cursed and threw Arwen to the side and ran to grab his fallen sword.
Elladan let off his arrow which soared through the air and struck the sword and it bounced away just as Eldera reached down to pick it up. The force made the sword slide a little more away from him.
"Do not think about touching that," Elladan dared pointing his already fitted bow at Eldera.
Elrohir pointed his bow in the direction of the three large men holding Legolas. "Let him free or you shall also meet the same fate as your companions behind us."
The three men growled and reluctantly pushed Legolas from them.
"What took you so long?" Legolas sighed in the elvish tongue.
"Sorry. Ada needed to be sure you were gone for good." Elrohir laughed.
Legolas stood up clutching his ribs; he let out a small moan. "What do you plan to do now?" he asked.
Elladan, bow still on Eldera, walked over to the sword on the ground and picked it up, carefully making sure Eldera wasn't planning on doing anything. "We plan on getting out of here."
Arwen also stood up but avoided Legolas when he looked over her way. He Sighed; he knew he deserved it. "How are we going to do that?"
"Kill all of them." Elrohir said in the elvish tongue smirking at Eldera who continued to glare at the elf.
"I need a bow." Legolas said responding in elvish.
"You are in no condition to fight. Let us get going before more come out," Elrohir motioned for Eldera to walk over to the other three men.
He did, reluctantly, and when he passed Elrohir he spit at his feet. Elrohir only smiled at him.
Elladan strung his bow across his back once Elrohir had taken over the guard of the prisoners. He walked over to a window on the far side of the room. Legolas watched with curiosity. Elrohir examined the glass and then elbowed it as hard as he could, braking the window. Shards of glass fell all around him and cutting his elbow as a result.
"You four," Elladan said. "Up those stairs," He nodded towards the large spiral staircase.
Elladan let an arrow fly as one of the large men made to hit him. The arrow pierced the man in the heart, dropping him instantly. He fitted another arrow quickly. "I do not have all of this day. Go!" He demanded.
The remaining three men glared at Elladan and began to climb, Elladan walking behind them.
"This way Arwen, Legolas," Elrohir called from the broken window.
Legolas and Arwen made their way to him.
"It is not too far from the ground- will you be able to jump?" Elrohir asked peering out at the ground below.
Arwen nodded. "Yes, we will be able to." Elrohir nodded back to her.
Elladan made his way back down the stairs having just locked the three men up in the room Arwen had been prisoner in. "Come, we cannot linger here, some one will soon come and see their fallen companions." He slung his bow over him and leaped gracefully through the window and landed down on the ground a few feet below.
"You go next Arwen," Elrohir helped Arwen get out safely and Elladan met her down on the ground and helped her into a saddle.
"You next, Legolas," Elrohir turned and stared at Legolas, "Are you sure you can do this? You could get worse with your injuries."
"I will be fine," Legolas said and pulled himself up to sit on the window sill.
Before Legolas could jump out, though, an arrow soared through the air, stabbing the young elf in the back.
Elrohir pulled out his bow firing arrows at the crowd of soldiers running into the room. "Elladan!" He yelled.
Legolas gasped for breath. He sat dazed for only a moment. The last thing he remembered as he fell out of the window and down to the earth was that everything was suddenly dark.
"Legolas!" Arwen and Elladan screamed in unison. Elladan ran forward and caught the prince in his arms before he could hit the ground.
"Is he all right?" Arwen asked getting off her horse and running to him as well.
"He has been shot with a poisoned arrow; we have to get him to Ada." Elladan said pulling out the arrow releasing red blood. "Elrohir, hurry!"
Elladan pushed Legolas up onto his horse and seated himself behind the unconscious prince holding onto him with one hand.
Arwen jumped onto the other horse and waited for Elrohir to come.
Elrohir suddenly appeared in the window and shot one last arrow before he jumped out and ran over to Arwen.
Elladan kicked his horse in the flanks making him run. Elrohir and Arwen soon caught up. "How bad is he?" Elrohir asked.
"We have to get him to Rivendell as soon as possible," He looked down at Legolas. "How many of them were there?" He called.
Elrohir looked behind him. "Two dozen I did not finish them, they would have informed the king by now."
"Then let us not linger here," Elladan said and whispered into his horse's ear. The horse snorted as in agreement and broke into a faster run.
The sky soon filled with arrows. Elladan cursed at them. He turned, "I think they have informed the king." He said sarcastically.
Behind the elves the horizon was filled with dark shapes; the men were coming at a quick pace eager to catch up.
"They will be on us in an hour or two," Elrohir said grinding his teeth together out of frustration.
"What are we going to do?" Arwen asked clutching onto Elrohir's robes.
"Don't worry Arwen," Elladan said holding tighter onto Legolas' limp figure.
~*~
"We can not hold them off any longer, Elladan!" Elrohir shouted letting off one more arrow. "I am out of arrows!"
Elladan cursed. The men were now half a mile off of them and now Elrohir was out of arrows
"Will we stay and fight?" Elrohir asked looking at his brother.
"Do we have any other option?" Elladan said.
"Yes, there is one other option," Arwen smiled pointing in front of them.
Her brothers looked to where she was pointing. A league away, a thousand marching Rivendell and Mirkwood elves marched to their rescue.
Elladan laughed. "We just have to keep going until we reach them, then." He said.
Elrohir ducked a poisoned arrow. "How much time do you give them?" he asked.
"We will be with them in twenty minuets, if we ride faster." Elladan responded looking back behind him, "but they will be on us in ten."
"Ride then!" Arwen shouted.
