Sorry it took so long to get this up, I'm literally bombarded with
homework! Anyway, It will probably be awhile until I get the next book up,
but be on your toes!
The song today is 'Bring me to Life' by Evanescence (pray I spelt that right!)
@ Vicki Turner – YOUR Lego?
@ Estelisminegoaway – Whaddya mean 'allowed'? Anyone is allowed to die... especially Legolas!
@ pirate-queen-of-sixteen – Apparently it was a good cliffie, eh?
Chapter 30
Legolas stared down in shock at the sword in his chest. He looked up to the gang member, who smiled at him.
~How can you see into my eyes,~
~Like open doors?~
His vision began to swim before him, all edges blurring and sounds dimming.
'NO!' the cry seemed to come from everywhere. Gang members looked around in shock as an explosion suddenly erupted from the ceiling. The stone roof fell in the room, rising a cloud of smoke and dust. Ropes fell down and swords were unsheathed. Legolas struggled to focus on the sudden chaos that erupted before him but found it impossible.
Down from the stairs, the roof and from other places the gang members never thought attack from, Rohan men came out. They carried weapons, shields and large stones and torches. Landing at the bottom of the stairs with a slight groan was Redd.
~Leading you down into my core,~
~Where I've become so numb.~
After three days in a healer's home he had recovered some. When he went outside for the first time since Legolas rescued him, there was an army of men saying that they would help him go after Legolas. After days of preparations and more healing, Redd and the men finally left on their search. They found it earlier that day and spent the evening invading silently so that they may attack at all sides. Redd plunged his knife into many enemies, searching for Legolas. He could barely hear the screams of the men around him over the rushing water that was beginning to flood the cavern from a river that ran above.
Water was soon up to his knees and he was barely in the cavern. Tunnels started to get filled up and men evacuating. Where is he? he thought. Where is Legolas?
~Without a soul,~
~My spirit sleeping somewhere cold.~
The battle raged on and the water continued to rise. Bodies were floating all around and making movement more and more difficult. It was like swimming in an ocean of blood. Redd finally made it to the other end of the cavern where he met a general that had a group of his men searching for Legolas.
'Have you found him yet?' he yelled over the noise around him.
'No, but I've gotten signals from the men on that side!' the general pointed Redd into the direction of several flaming arrows firing up into the air.
'Thank you!' he called over his shoulder as he headed back into the crowd. He started to swim now towards the falls where one last arrow was fired. People were beginning to grab onto debris and continue fighting. Redd couldn't help but smile after seeing his men were winning.
~Until you find it there and lead it back...~
Redd froze as he saw something in the water. A golden head still and held down as though tied. He barely recognized the face before the water slid over it.
'Legolas!' he cried.
~Home.~
Redd swam over and unsheathed a small knife. He dove down into the water and cut the ropes around Legolas's arms. He had to go up for breath. Another man joined him but was followed by a gang member. Redd stared as the gang member's knife plunged into the back of the man. Blood spurted out and stained the front of his shirt. He touched it gingerly as the man sank into the water and gang member eyes him.
Redd barely blocked the attack and parried another. He kicked the man but only ended up further away from Legolas. The man cried out as he lunged at Redd. He was taller so he could still stand in the water. He was very tall, but moved slowly as if weighed down by a heavy piece of clothing.
He let out a hair-curling scream and his eyes popped out of his head. He fell into the water with a few inches of an arrow protruding from his back. He sighed with relief and returned to Legolas. He could no longer touch the bottom so he had to completely dive down into the water to cut the rest of the ropes. Redd froze when he saw a sword sticking out of Legolas's chest.
~Wake me up inside,~
~Wake me up inside,~
~Call my name and save me from the dark.~
~Bid my blood to run,~
~Before I come undone,~
~Save me from the nothing I've become.~
Redd pulled the sword out of Legolas who's eyes shot open. Blood began to create a wall in between them. Redd cut the final ropes around his neck and pulled him to the surface. Redd gulped in air and started swimming towards the staircase.
His men were starting to leave now, not taking any notice to the two swimming forms in the sea of bodies. Redd felt the weight of Legolas pulling him down. He gasped for air as he was under the bloody water again. He struggled to keep Legolas afloat as he kept swimming. Finally, he feet touched bottom again and he resurfaced. He carried Legolas over his shoulder and began to bolt up the stairs. Finally, a single man noticed and called others to come back down. Cries of success suddenly erupted through the cave, but died out at the sight of Legolas's body.
~Now that I know what I'm without,~
~You can't just leave me.~
Once they were at higher ground, people began to realize he wasn't breathing. He was set down on the stairs and several men began to try to revive him.
~Breathe into me and make me real,~
~Bring me to life.~
Redd emerged again from the crowd, pushing people out of his way.
'Is he all right?' he cried. 'Will he live?' The man who was trying to revive him looked at Redd with sad eyes before continuing to save the elf.
~Wake me up inside,~
~Wake me up inside,~
~Call my name and save me from the dark.~
~Bid my blood to run,~
~Before I come undone,~
~Save me from the nothing I've become.~
Suddenly, Legolas was coughing violently. Water and blood spurted from his mouth and his eyes opened. He rolled onto his sighed and clutched his chest.
'Oh, thank Valar!' sighed Redd, kneeling down beside his friend.
'Elenest?' Legolas asked weakly, barely opening his eyes.
~Frozen inside without your touch,~
~Without your love, darling.~
~Only you're the life,~
~Among the dead.~
Legolas found himself home again. Elenest in the garden and his child running to him. Legolas picked him up and embraced him. Elenest approached, smiling at him. He felt her warm lips on his cheek.
~All this time, I can't believe I couldn't see,~
~Kept in the dark, but you were there in front of me.~
~I've been sleeping a thousand years it seems,~
~Got to open my eyes to everything!~
~Without a thought,~
~Without a voice,~
~Without a soul,~
~Don't let me die here.~
~There must be something more,~
~Bring,~
Legolas suddenly focused on Redd.
~Me,~
'You saved my life....'
~To life!'~
*
Soon, the survivors were outside in the gully. They all climbed the slightly forested wall and came to a small camp of tents. Legolas was taken into one of the tents and set down on a small cot. Redd and several healers tended to his wounds. Finally, when they were going to sew closed the sword wound, the healers asked Redd to leave. He waited outside with his arms crossed in frustration over his chance.
~Wake me up inside,~
~Wake me up inside,~
~Call my name and save me from undone.~
~Bid my blood to run,~
~Before I come undone,~
~Save me from the nothing I've become.~
One of the healers came outside after ten minutes, wiping his hands on a bloody cloth. He cast a sad glance at Redd.
'Well?' he asked. The healer simply shook his head and walked away. Redd stood there, transfixed. He glanced inside the tent at Legolas, lying immobile on the cot.
~Bring me to Life...~
The song today is 'Bring me to Life' by Evanescence (pray I spelt that right!)
@ Vicki Turner – YOUR Lego?
@ Estelisminegoaway – Whaddya mean 'allowed'? Anyone is allowed to die... especially Legolas!
@ pirate-queen-of-sixteen – Apparently it was a good cliffie, eh?
Chapter 30
Legolas stared down in shock at the sword in his chest. He looked up to the gang member, who smiled at him.
~How can you see into my eyes,~
~Like open doors?~
His vision began to swim before him, all edges blurring and sounds dimming.
'NO!' the cry seemed to come from everywhere. Gang members looked around in shock as an explosion suddenly erupted from the ceiling. The stone roof fell in the room, rising a cloud of smoke and dust. Ropes fell down and swords were unsheathed. Legolas struggled to focus on the sudden chaos that erupted before him but found it impossible.
Down from the stairs, the roof and from other places the gang members never thought attack from, Rohan men came out. They carried weapons, shields and large stones and torches. Landing at the bottom of the stairs with a slight groan was Redd.
~Leading you down into my core,~
~Where I've become so numb.~
After three days in a healer's home he had recovered some. When he went outside for the first time since Legolas rescued him, there was an army of men saying that they would help him go after Legolas. After days of preparations and more healing, Redd and the men finally left on their search. They found it earlier that day and spent the evening invading silently so that they may attack at all sides. Redd plunged his knife into many enemies, searching for Legolas. He could barely hear the screams of the men around him over the rushing water that was beginning to flood the cavern from a river that ran above.
Water was soon up to his knees and he was barely in the cavern. Tunnels started to get filled up and men evacuating. Where is he? he thought. Where is Legolas?
~Without a soul,~
~My spirit sleeping somewhere cold.~
The battle raged on and the water continued to rise. Bodies were floating all around and making movement more and more difficult. It was like swimming in an ocean of blood. Redd finally made it to the other end of the cavern where he met a general that had a group of his men searching for Legolas.
'Have you found him yet?' he yelled over the noise around him.
'No, but I've gotten signals from the men on that side!' the general pointed Redd into the direction of several flaming arrows firing up into the air.
'Thank you!' he called over his shoulder as he headed back into the crowd. He started to swim now towards the falls where one last arrow was fired. People were beginning to grab onto debris and continue fighting. Redd couldn't help but smile after seeing his men were winning.
~Until you find it there and lead it back...~
Redd froze as he saw something in the water. A golden head still and held down as though tied. He barely recognized the face before the water slid over it.
'Legolas!' he cried.
~Home.~
Redd swam over and unsheathed a small knife. He dove down into the water and cut the ropes around Legolas's arms. He had to go up for breath. Another man joined him but was followed by a gang member. Redd stared as the gang member's knife plunged into the back of the man. Blood spurted out and stained the front of his shirt. He touched it gingerly as the man sank into the water and gang member eyes him.
Redd barely blocked the attack and parried another. He kicked the man but only ended up further away from Legolas. The man cried out as he lunged at Redd. He was taller so he could still stand in the water. He was very tall, but moved slowly as if weighed down by a heavy piece of clothing.
He let out a hair-curling scream and his eyes popped out of his head. He fell into the water with a few inches of an arrow protruding from his back. He sighed with relief and returned to Legolas. He could no longer touch the bottom so he had to completely dive down into the water to cut the rest of the ropes. Redd froze when he saw a sword sticking out of Legolas's chest.
~Wake me up inside,~
~Wake me up inside,~
~Call my name and save me from the dark.~
~Bid my blood to run,~
~Before I come undone,~
~Save me from the nothing I've become.~
Redd pulled the sword out of Legolas who's eyes shot open. Blood began to create a wall in between them. Redd cut the final ropes around his neck and pulled him to the surface. Redd gulped in air and started swimming towards the staircase.
His men were starting to leave now, not taking any notice to the two swimming forms in the sea of bodies. Redd felt the weight of Legolas pulling him down. He gasped for air as he was under the bloody water again. He struggled to keep Legolas afloat as he kept swimming. Finally, he feet touched bottom again and he resurfaced. He carried Legolas over his shoulder and began to bolt up the stairs. Finally, a single man noticed and called others to come back down. Cries of success suddenly erupted through the cave, but died out at the sight of Legolas's body.
~Now that I know what I'm without,~
~You can't just leave me.~
Once they were at higher ground, people began to realize he wasn't breathing. He was set down on the stairs and several men began to try to revive him.
~Breathe into me and make me real,~
~Bring me to life.~
Redd emerged again from the crowd, pushing people out of his way.
'Is he all right?' he cried. 'Will he live?' The man who was trying to revive him looked at Redd with sad eyes before continuing to save the elf.
~Wake me up inside,~
~Wake me up inside,~
~Call my name and save me from the dark.~
~Bid my blood to run,~
~Before I come undone,~
~Save me from the nothing I've become.~
Suddenly, Legolas was coughing violently. Water and blood spurted from his mouth and his eyes opened. He rolled onto his sighed and clutched his chest.
'Oh, thank Valar!' sighed Redd, kneeling down beside his friend.
'Elenest?' Legolas asked weakly, barely opening his eyes.
~Frozen inside without your touch,~
~Without your love, darling.~
~Only you're the life,~
~Among the dead.~
Legolas found himself home again. Elenest in the garden and his child running to him. Legolas picked him up and embraced him. Elenest approached, smiling at him. He felt her warm lips on his cheek.
~All this time, I can't believe I couldn't see,~
~Kept in the dark, but you were there in front of me.~
~I've been sleeping a thousand years it seems,~
~Got to open my eyes to everything!~
~Without a thought,~
~Without a voice,~
~Without a soul,~
~Don't let me die here.~
~There must be something more,~
~Bring,~
Legolas suddenly focused on Redd.
~Me,~
'You saved my life....'
~To life!'~
*
Soon, the survivors were outside in the gully. They all climbed the slightly forested wall and came to a small camp of tents. Legolas was taken into one of the tents and set down on a small cot. Redd and several healers tended to his wounds. Finally, when they were going to sew closed the sword wound, the healers asked Redd to leave. He waited outside with his arms crossed in frustration over his chance.
~Wake me up inside,~
~Wake me up inside,~
~Call my name and save me from undone.~
~Bid my blood to run,~
~Before I come undone,~
~Save me from the nothing I've become.~
One of the healers came outside after ten minutes, wiping his hands on a bloody cloth. He cast a sad glance at Redd.
'Well?' he asked. The healer simply shook his head and walked away. Redd stood there, transfixed. He glanced inside the tent at Legolas, lying immobile on the cot.
~Bring me to Life...~
