Disclaimer just in case LOTR belongs to Tolkien and his heirs. However like in Cassia and Sio not-so-little but wonderful universe, Aragorn was raised in the house of Elrond, and it means he considered him his father and Elladan and Elrohir his siblings.

Note- Ah-ah, finally getting to the real duo here ! As much as I love Arwen, I did put the story a Legolas/Aragorn one. So enjoy ! I may do some math errors and cannon errors, if so point it out please. A bit a language here, but I did put it in the pg-13 section. Sorry I haven't written in a good while, thank you to you all for your feedbacks !!! Means a lot !

Chapter 10

"Don't let it get away"

Legolas paced in the room, his eyes always flickering to the window, he drove like a madman to find a place that allowed privacy. He expected Aragorn to yell, after all the years he spend in the company of men he discovered that they liked to scream, especially the women. For Legolas, it was quite annoying but it wasn't the human fault for not having the same hearing as elves.

Estel was tied up in the middle of the warehouse Legolas found, in an old chair and lots of rope. He knew the human would have marks from the cords but it was better then the alternative of loosing him again. There was no security alarm in the building and it looked abandoned for the season, but Legolas had long learned the value of prudence. A blue and violet mark coloured Aragorn's face, but there was no other choices, Legolas winced every time his eyes flickered on it, noticing the length it grew.

Estel started to move his head, at that Legolas let out a sigh of happiness and relief he was fearing that he hit Aragorn a bit too hard for his head. He watched with anticipation his movement, amazed to recognize every and each of the ranger's movement. It was like watching a sacred ritual, unfortunately since his hands was tied up, the moment was cut short. Aragorn raised his head so fast and harsh that a snap was echoed in the empty room. He looked right and left before his eyes met Legolas and then he jerked away even if Legolas had not even moved from his spot.

-"What.who are you? What do you want from me?" The voice was tired and rough as if his throat was dry as a desert.

-"Shhh.do not struggle, mellon-nin. It will only hurt more." Legolas said taking a step forward.

-"What the f.who the hell are you?" Aragorn's voice rose higher in octave, Legolas winced a little, but nodded once keeping his voice smooth and melodic.

-"My name is Legolas, we are friends. Do you remember, do you remember my name?" Legolas said keeping eye contact which the man held for a long time. Legolas held his breath as he saw something flicker in the ranger's grey eyes. The spell was broken when Aragorn shifted in his seat and he cursed at the sharp pain. Legolas was starting to regret tying him up so tight, it would not help gain is trust.

-"No, what do you want from me? Why did you attack me in the parking lot?" Aragorn said angrily

-"What's your name?" Legolas asked firmly, raising a bit his voice above normal tone slowly sitting on his heels and rocking slightly, he was a few feet away from Aragorn, crouching to his level.

-"What? I.Why do you want to know that ?" Legolas watched carefully his friend's reaction, Aragorn didn't remember his name and seemed confused by the change of tone and direction of the conversation, Legolas used an old technique to calm horse he learned ages ago. He knew Estel would give him hell for using that particular tactic but the ranger looked like a wild hunted animal right now.

-"Do you know what amnesia is?" Asked Legolas using the same tone, he continued to rock on his heels like a cat preparing to jump on a mouse. Aragorn looked warily at him.

-"Of course I know what it is!" Answered Aragorn full on his American accent, after all it was how he spoke barely a week before.

-"Then you know you have it." Said Legolas as if solving an easy puzzle.

-"What ? What the fuck are you talking about?" Aragorn asked shaking his head a bit, from what Legolas could see, the Edan's pupils were not normal, he was probably suffering form a concussion, which did not worry him as much since the man was already amnesiac. What more could happen to his brain after all? He was probably feeling dizzy, his skin was white with red colouring his checks and blue colouring his temple.

-"My name is Legolas, your name is Estel. We are friends. You had an accident. You lost your memory. I have been searching for you. And then I found you." Explained Legolas using very short sentences as if Aragorn was 5 years old.

-"You attacked me? I'm currently tied up ! What kind of friend are you ?" Screamed Aragorn struggling against the ropes and trying to move the wooden chair. The word hit Legolas quite cruelly, he couldn't come off and say to the amnesiac edan how much he was wrong. "I'm the best kind of friend that exist, mellon-nin and so were you and so will you be." Thought Legolas biting his lower lips to keep from saying it out loud. Talking was perhaps not the best way to go around, Legolas rose to his feet and walked to the window where sat two bottles of water he found in Aragorn's car.

-"Water?" Legolas asked opening one bottle, the plastic breaking off clearly in the room.

-"No." Said Aragorn who stopped struggling and looked more like he was sulking.

-"Why?" Countered Legolas who knew just from his voice that the ranger was in great need of water.

-"You'll drug me." Answered Aragorn. At that Legolas's clear laughter rang out in the room never minding Aragorn's furious look.

-"You are funny. It's your water mellon-nin, you bought it yourself. I took it from your car." Legolas said with a smile, it seemed the ranger even if out of his forest was as paranoiac as ever.

-"Do you want a ransom, is that what you want?" Asked Aragorn "Because I can give you money, or I think I can."

-"I don't want money! I am tired, I just want it to end." Said Legolas bitterly, his thoughts lingering at the current date, how long did it took to be in this situation ? Far too long and it was not how it was supposed to happen. Over the centuries, he imagined so many scenarios, but never like this.

-"Wait, hold on. You're not going to a murder-suicide thing, are you?" The panic in Aragorn's voice and face was almost funny if it was wasn't for his words.

-"No, I'm not." Legolas said simply before taking a bit of water, he offered the bottle in Aragorn's direction but he shook his head warily.

A silence grew between them as Legolas started to look through the windows at any sign of danger. Legolas started to plunged in an internal dialogue at his next course of action that he was surprised that Aragorn spoke.

-"What was my name again ?"

-"It's not simple." Legolas replied thinking back at the numbers of name his friend accumulated over his life. Not even taking in account all of his past aliases.

-"How come? A name is just a name." Aragorn said, Legolas knew that his the edan's hands were free he would scratch his eyebrow at that point.

-"So you don't remember your name, do you?" Legolas asked knowing the answer.

-"Well, I remember you hitting me so it's probably causing some of my memory loss."

-"You have a thick head. Well, my friend you were quite known for collecting names over the years." Legolas answered knowing he had to be as truthful as he could.

-"Gee how long did I live?" The sarcastic reply was typical of this era, and it didn't suit the man who was king.

-"More than 260 years old." Legolas said testing the waters.

-"Huh-huh." Aragorn replied tugging on his binds.

-"You don't believe me." Legolas asked, after all it was about the amount of time Estel had lived.

-"When did we meet?" Asked Aragorn, who decided to play along.

-"Around the age of 20" Answered Legolas thinking back at his first meeting with the dunedan.

-"20 me or 20 you ?" Asked Aragorn, that question surprised Legolas, but he did not know why.

-"20 you, I was around 3000 then." Legolas said expecting a surprised look but Strider's face was blank when he replied.

-"Oh it's really young." The tone was barely sarcastic, it sounded more nonchalant.

-"Yes, well I was born in the third age" Legolas agreed, feeling as if Aragorn was remembering something of his past persona.

-"I was kidding." Exclaimed Aragorn angrily.

-"I was not." Legolas stated flatly.

-"So what's my names." Asked Aragorn grudged.

-"You were born Aragorn II, son of Arathorn. You were adopted by Elrond and you were given the name Estel, which means hope. I gave you the name Strider and you were dubbed Longshanks. The Rohirim called you Thorongil, the Lorien Elves gave you Elf-Stone. Eomer, a friend, named you Wingfoot. You were called Elessar Telcontar as your king's name. Sometimes you were called Ranger or Dunedan which means Man from the North."

-"You know I absolutely have no idea what you're speaking about." Aragorn said truthfully.

-"I know it sounds ridicule but it's the truth. You'll remember eventually." Legolas said trying to sound comforting.

-"You know.Legolas, these ropes are really hurting me, could you take them off." Aragorn asked trying to sound friendly.

-"If I take them off, you will run. I know it. I have search too long to let you go like that. It would be stupid." Legolas said shaking his head.

-"Why?" Asked Aragorn, surprised.

-"Why what? Asked Legolas, his turn being confused.

-"I believe you when you say you've been searching for me for a long time, but why?" Asked Aragorn.

At that Legolas just stared at him, as if the thought never occurred to him before, he opened his mouth twice, but no sounds came. How to explain the intricate details and reasons for their friendship, how to put in words emotions that were foreign to the one person who was supposed to know exactly why. Legolas just stepped back and then sat silently on the floor, his legs crossed as if meditating in the humans' form of yoga.

-"Were we like.lovers or something ?" Estel asked after a while, choking a bit on the words, but when Legolas looked up into the steel grey eyes he saw they had something empathic in them.

-"No!" Legolas protested, they weren't lovers nor mates nor merely friends, they were soulmates, as if the Valar had separated one soul in half that they both carried, they were two side of the same coin. Alike is so many ways, but unfortunately fundamentally different, for years they believed their bonds were to be server one day. The joy Legolas felt when he learned that Aragorn was permitted to enter in Valinor was un-descriptive.

-"Well, could have been. You sure you're not in love with me?" Aragorn asked cocking his eyebrow with a strange smile on his face.

-"You are married." Legolas firmly said, feeling a strange deja-vu in this situation.

-"You didn't answer my question. But.hey wait, who am I married to?" Aragorn shrugged off the first part of his answer but Legolas watched him smile and remembered when he saw that face before. It was, however, a different son of Elrond that carried it, Ellandan had teased Legolas to be in love with Estel when the prince confided to the eldest of Elrond's his concern about Aragorn and Arwen.

Legolas cut the teasing short when he declared his love for Aragorn, that their bond, was the same that Ellandan shared with his twin, Elrohir. But this man in front of him, now, did not know his own name nor remembered his foster brothers that analogy would be lost on him.

-"Her name is Arwen." Legolas supplied when Aragorn started to cluck his tongue as an attempt to annoy him.

-"Arwen? It sounds foreign or something. Say she isn't a mail order bride, right ?"

-"It sounds Welsh actually. And that language is the one that sounds the most like our mother tongue. I don't actually understand what you mean with that last comment but I don't appreciate you saying negative thing about my sister." Legolas said coldly, he was trying hard to remember when he heard that expression but didn't like the tone Estel used.

-"So you're my brother in law ? Did I do something wrong to her? Is that why you're hunting me?" Aragorn asked as if hopeful this theory was the most logical.

-"No, I am not." Legolas said, suddenly raising to his feet. He felt an alarm clicking in his head. His sight was set upon the horizon searching for the cause of his stress.

-"You're not what ? My brother-in-law or hunting me?" Aragorn was a bit confused at that.

-"I consider Arwen my sister, I have since we met when we were children. But it does not make us brothers-in law. You already have brothers in law. However you are right I am hunting you. I plan to bring you back to her." Legolas vowed, turning his head to glance at his amnesiac comrade. He turned his eyes to the little faraway road and winced when he saw a white car with hints of blue, a police car would only bring trouble to this point. Especially so close to the end, they finally found each other, Legolas wasn't about to let Aragorn go without a fight.

-"What's wrong?" Asked Aragorn leaning forward and stretching his neck in a futile attempt to look through the window.

-"The police is coming, we might have alerted someone of our presence. We cannot stay." Legolas went to Aragorn and took his long knife to cut the binds in one long strike. Aragorn stayed still as he watched the ropes fall on the floor.

Legolas moved back to the window staring at the moving car when he felt a pain behind his head and back. He fell to his knee, one hand supporting his weight, the other went to his head as if the contact would lessen his pain, from the corner of his eye he saw Aragorn turn and heard the door open. Legolas picking himself up, the broken pieces of the chair at his feet, but when he reached the door, there was no Aragorn in sight only the police car stopping with two officers springing from the vehicule.

-"Estel!" Legolas screamed ignored the pleas of the officers for his to lean over the police car. Legolas scanned the surrounding but there was no trace of the former Ranger. He stepped outside the building, his feet walking on the grass and the sand.

-"ESTEL!!" Legolas screamed even if the sound sounded un-Elf like for him, the sound originated from deep inside, it made the police step back.. It seemed that with the scream, went also Legolas' ability to breathe. His vision dimmed and he looked helplessly to the two police officers as he sank to his knees.

-"It wasn't supposed to be this long, it wasn't supposed to take so long. It wasn't supposed to be this long, it wasn't supposed to be this long." Legolas muttered as if offering an explanation to the cops staring at him. He felt the energy leave his body, the ground spun as he crashed on the dirt.

-"It wasn't supposed to be this hard." Was the last of his mantra before Legolas lost count of his surroundings.

Tbc.