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Chapter Three: Muted Amethyst
By SilentBanshee
Getting Beverly out of the tree had been an easy enough task for Legolas to accomplish. What he would have to do afterward, however, took a more considearable amount of effort; not only for him, but also for the rest of what remained of the fellowship.
"How did this happen?" Beverly asked through a gasp after returning o the clearing where they had made camp. Boromir lay on the other side with three black arrows sticking out of his chest.
Aragorn looked at her with a sharp, and decidedly unfriendly, eye before returning to his task of removing the arrows from his fallen friend.
"I hope you don't require an answer for that, young missy." Gimli sounded tired and Beverly noted that the roughness was missing from his baritone.
Beverly advanced further, moving to stand by the Dwarf now tha the Elf had gone to help Arathorn's son prepare the body.
"Aren't you going to bury him?" Beverly asked no one in particular, noticing that no grave had yet been dug out.
"Rauros will provide him with a burial." Beverly flinched at Aragorn's words and, for a brief moment, she thought she saw Gimli and Legolas share in her reaction. Aragorn and Legolas lifted the now arrow-less form of Boromir and carried him to the boats. Gimli and the human woman watched them place the corpse into one of the elven-made canoes and Beverly studied the way death had affected the fair Gondorian soldier that she barely knew. His face had grown pale and the blood that hadn't been spilt could be seen through his skin. Muted amethyst stained the hollow beneath his cheekbones and the place under his jaw. Much of the discoloration--though it was unknown to her--was due more to the poison the enemy had dipped their arrowheads in than the actual process of expiration.
She turned away when the man and the Elf waded out into the river, pushing their friend into the currents. The sun caught the meal of Boromir's swords and danced on it for the short minutes that it took for the funeral vessel to reach the drop.
"The fellowship has failed," Gimli said from the shore and stared at the river.
Aragorn broke his staring contest with the water and looked to his right. "No, Gimli. As long as we stay ture to eachothe, we have not failed." Aragorn turned his back to the water and looked around him in contemplation. "We will not abandon Merry and Pippin to torment and death."
"What of the woman?" Legolas spoke softly to Aragorn, confident that she couldn't hear their discussion.
"What do you mean?" Aragorn followed Legolas' gaze and saw her sitting in the same position that Legolas had found her in a little over an hour ago. "What do you mean? She comes with us."
Legolas turned to look at Aragorn. "She will slow us down."
"Legolas, we travel with a dwarf."
Legolas smiled and breath escaped through his nostrils. "True, but," he grew serious as he looked at her again. "Look at her, she's in naught but a nightgown."
Aragorn sighed. "I know, which is all the more reason why she cannot be left to the uruks." Aragorn left to help their new travelling companion ready herself and answer a few questions that he knew she must be wanting to ask.
Legolas stood there a moment longer to think about Aragorn's words, but his mind kept going back to the serene look on her face when she was in the tree and the fellowship was busy falling apart. With a feeling of dread seeping into his pores, he left his spot and went about retreiving the rest of his arrows from the bodies of his victims. He had spent centuries training as an assassain and had perfected the art of the kill while still saving his arrows from extensive damage, but--despite all of that--three of the Lorien-made arrows were ruined beynd repai and Legolas half-wanted to go back up the river to replace those three. "And leave Beverly there." His voiced thought was spoken much too softly for anyone to have overheard him but still Legolas felt guilt stab him in the side with a shortblade.
"Legolas, we leave!" Legolas' view of Aragorn was blocked by a thick wall of trees, but the voice was hardly muffled and Legolas guessed that at most ten yards seperated the two of them.
Legolas' estimation was off by two yards and he blamed his inaccuracy on the heightened level of stress he was dealing with.
"We travel light," Aragorn announced the moment he sensed Legolas was back.
Beverly stood and looked down at her nightgown. It had been styled in a Victorian fashion and was her favorite but she knew that it would seriously decrease her running speed. "I can't run in this."
Gimli sighed, recognizing that she was about to delay his chance to murder a few orcs while Legolas frowned and again though about leaving her with his Lorien kin.
"Here," Aragorn removed spare clothing from the only remaining boat and mentally scolded himself for sending all hobbit clothing over the falls with Boromir.
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Kyandoru and TheRagingQuiet: Thanks for the reviews and hope you like the update. :-)
P.S.: I'm not too happy with how this turned out so please show mercy in your reviews.
UNPLUGGED
Chapter Three: Muted Amethyst
By SilentBanshee
Getting Beverly out of the tree had been an easy enough task for Legolas to accomplish. What he would have to do afterward, however, took a more considearable amount of effort; not only for him, but also for the rest of what remained of the fellowship.
"How did this happen?" Beverly asked through a gasp after returning o the clearing where they had made camp. Boromir lay on the other side with three black arrows sticking out of his chest.
Aragorn looked at her with a sharp, and decidedly unfriendly, eye before returning to his task of removing the arrows from his fallen friend.
"I hope you don't require an answer for that, young missy." Gimli sounded tired and Beverly noted that the roughness was missing from his baritone.
Beverly advanced further, moving to stand by the Dwarf now tha the Elf had gone to help Arathorn's son prepare the body.
"Aren't you going to bury him?" Beverly asked no one in particular, noticing that no grave had yet been dug out.
"Rauros will provide him with a burial." Beverly flinched at Aragorn's words and, for a brief moment, she thought she saw Gimli and Legolas share in her reaction. Aragorn and Legolas lifted the now arrow-less form of Boromir and carried him to the boats. Gimli and the human woman watched them place the corpse into one of the elven-made canoes and Beverly studied the way death had affected the fair Gondorian soldier that she barely knew. His face had grown pale and the blood that hadn't been spilt could be seen through his skin. Muted amethyst stained the hollow beneath his cheekbones and the place under his jaw. Much of the discoloration--though it was unknown to her--was due more to the poison the enemy had dipped their arrowheads in than the actual process of expiration.
She turned away when the man and the Elf waded out into the river, pushing their friend into the currents. The sun caught the meal of Boromir's swords and danced on it for the short minutes that it took for the funeral vessel to reach the drop.
"The fellowship has failed," Gimli said from the shore and stared at the river.
Aragorn broke his staring contest with the water and looked to his right. "No, Gimli. As long as we stay ture to eachothe, we have not failed." Aragorn turned his back to the water and looked around him in contemplation. "We will not abandon Merry and Pippin to torment and death."
"What of the woman?" Legolas spoke softly to Aragorn, confident that she couldn't hear their discussion.
"What do you mean?" Aragorn followed Legolas' gaze and saw her sitting in the same position that Legolas had found her in a little over an hour ago. "What do you mean? She comes with us."
Legolas turned to look at Aragorn. "She will slow us down."
"Legolas, we travel with a dwarf."
Legolas smiled and breath escaped through his nostrils. "True, but," he grew serious as he looked at her again. "Look at her, she's in naught but a nightgown."
Aragorn sighed. "I know, which is all the more reason why she cannot be left to the uruks." Aragorn left to help their new travelling companion ready herself and answer a few questions that he knew she must be wanting to ask.
Legolas stood there a moment longer to think about Aragorn's words, but his mind kept going back to the serene look on her face when she was in the tree and the fellowship was busy falling apart. With a feeling of dread seeping into his pores, he left his spot and went about retreiving the rest of his arrows from the bodies of his victims. He had spent centuries training as an assassain and had perfected the art of the kill while still saving his arrows from extensive damage, but--despite all of that--three of the Lorien-made arrows were ruined beynd repai and Legolas half-wanted to go back up the river to replace those three. "And leave Beverly there." His voiced thought was spoken much too softly for anyone to have overheard him but still Legolas felt guilt stab him in the side with a shortblade.
"Legolas, we leave!" Legolas' view of Aragorn was blocked by a thick wall of trees, but the voice was hardly muffled and Legolas guessed that at most ten yards seperated the two of them.
Legolas' estimation was off by two yards and he blamed his inaccuracy on the heightened level of stress he was dealing with.
"We travel light," Aragorn announced the moment he sensed Legolas was back.
Beverly stood and looked down at her nightgown. It had been styled in a Victorian fashion and was her favorite but she knew that it would seriously decrease her running speed. "I can't run in this."
Gimli sighed, recognizing that she was about to delay his chance to murder a few orcs while Legolas frowned and again though about leaving her with his Lorien kin.
"Here," Aragorn removed spare clothing from the only remaining boat and mentally scolded himself for sending all hobbit clothing over the falls with Boromir.
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Kyandoru and TheRagingQuiet: Thanks for the reviews and hope you like the update. :-)