Chapter 12 - On the Trail of the Uruk-hai
chris: lol, I love Pippin! It was supposed to be Pip from the beginning, but then my friend came up with the idea of Frodo and Lexi in order to sort of cause a bit of a problem for Lexi and stuff. . .quite confusing. It all got turned into everyone wanting her to end up with Frodo, but I had to keep my story how I originally made it. -_-;; blah
A/N: This is now The Two Towers, just FYI. I'm sure y'all had that figured out by now anyway, but meh.
Warnings: AU, violence, implied rape
Disclaimer: I don't own LotR. Tolkien owns the rights. But I now own the TTT DVD. *does extremely happy dance*
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Three days had past since Lexi's encounter with Frodo in the forest. As soon as he was out of sight, she had done what he had told her and gone to find Pippin. Find him she did, along with Merry and Meridol. The three had been picked up by a band of Uruk-hai and taken. Lexi had not been seen. She had followed them unnoticed. And Boromir was dead.
So for the past three days and night, she had been following the Uruks, making sure to keep out of sight, but always able to see them as she went. It surprised her at first that they had not smelled her, for their senses seemed quite keen. Then she realized that if they did smell a hobbit, they would not stop. After all, they did have three hobbits in their possession.
At night Lexi was able to follow without having to hide behind things to stay hidden, so it was easier for her to keep up. She had yet to spot any of her friends, and she hoped they were alright.
The sun was setting behind her now, and the group of Uruks soon came to the edge of a deep, dark forest. Lexi slipped into the trees to keep out of sight, and soon found that they had stopped for the night. She kept a good distance from them as she saw a bunch of the Uruk-hai venturing to the trees to get wood for a fire. Lexi hid a few yards from them, behind one of the trees, watching them. It was then that she spotted Meridol. She was lying beside another hobbit. 'Merry,' Lexi concluded. So where was Pippin? It was getting difficult to see them, as the Uruk-hai walked around.
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"Merry?" Meridol whispered to the hobbit beside her. She looked him over fearfully. There was a terrible gash over his right eye. She looked up as Pippin crawled over to them. Merry looked wearily at his friend.
"I think we might have made a mistake leaving the Shire, Pippin," he said hoarsely. Pippin and Meridol grinned slightly. Suddenly, a loud sort of creaking noise came from the trees behind them. Pippin peered at Merry warily.
"What's making that noise?" he asked quietly.
Merry sat up, staring at the forest. "It's the trees."
"What?" Pippin and Meridol said in unison.
He looked back down at them, triggered. "Do you remember the Old Forest? On the borders of Buckland? Folk used to say that there was something in the water that made the trees grow tall. . .and come alive."
Meridol's eyes widened. "Alive?"
"Trees that could whisper. . .talk to each other. . .even move." Around them, the Uruk-hai ceased their tree cutting, starting up a camp fire. Ugluk, who seemed to be the leader of the Uruks, was talking quietly with another of the group. Suddenly, he strode over to Pippin and hauled him up by his hair, causing the young hobbit to give a shout of pain.
* * *
A loud screech cut through the silence of the dark where Lexi sat. She started, looking to the Uruk-hai's camping ground. The building of the campfire was completed, and she hurried to get closer to the site. She gasped slightly at what she saw. Pippin had been dragged to his feet by his hair, a large Uruk-hai holding him. The other Uruks and Orcs were now crowding in around them, and Lexi's vision of them was impaired. She could only hear them now.
* * *
Ugluk stared angrily down at Pippin, who averted his eyes to the ground. Suddenly, the Uruk's loud voice came: "Give me the weapon." Pippin looked up at him, confused.
"Weapon?"
"The weapon that Saruman sent us to get from you! Give it to me!"
It clicked in Pippin's mind: he wanted the Ring. "I. . .I don't have it." Tears sprung into the Took's eyes as he was backhanded harshly.
"Do not lie to me!" Ugluk shouted angrily. "Now, I will give you a chance to redeem yourself. You have ten seconds to produce the weapon, or. . ."
"Please, don't kill me!" Pippin cried out as two Orcs drew closer, drawing short swords.
Ugluk let out a harsh laugh that sounded more like a snarl. "Kill you? I think not. I was given strict instructions by Saruman that you be brought to him alive. However, if you fail to do as I say - "
Pippin spun around as Meridol was pulled to her feet by the two Orcs. Another hurried over and held Merry down with his foot when he tried to scramble up to help Meridol. Pippin turned back to Ugluk.
"What are you going to do to her?" he asked shakily.
Ugluk grinned. "That depends on you." Pippin paled as the Uruk continued. "Now, you say you do not have the weapon. If you don't have it then who does? One of these two?" He nodded towards Merry and Meridol. Pippin shook his head. "Then who?"
"I. . .I. . ." Pippin stammered. "I can't say. . .he's gone, he's. . ."
"Where did he go?"
"I can't. . .I don't. . .I don't know, I. . ." Pippin received another strike to the face. A coppery taste flooded his mouth. He coughed into the sleeve of his jacket, noticing speckles of blood when he lifted his head. Ugluk snatched him by the back of his head, drawing him closer.
"Now I will ask you once more, Halfling. Where is the weapon and who has it?"
Tears were now streaming down Pippin's cheeks. "I. . .I can't say! I can't! He's gone. . .I don't know where, but he's gone! Please, believe me!"
Ugluk sneered at him. "That was a mistake." He shoved Pippin back to the ground and looked up at the Orcs who held Meridol. "You know what to do." They grinned and nodded, dragging a struggling Meridol into a group of Orcs, who quickly surrounded her.
"Get away from me!" came her cry. "Get away! Leave me alone!" She shrieked loudly then, and was silent.
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It was a few hours later. Lexi was sitting motionless, still in shock from what had happened. When the two Orcs had moved, she had regained her vision of what was going on. She lifted a hand to her face and found that it was shaking. She could not get rid of the sudden fear she had. What had happened to Meridol chilled her to the core, and she could not get rid of that feeling.
She found that she dozed slightly after that, and woke to the sounds of Uruk-hai and Orc's screaming and also of battle. She risked a peek around the tree and saw that sometime while she slept, a band of Men on horseback had invaded the camp and was slaughtering all of the fell creatures. Lexi immediately thought of her friends and scanned the site anxiously for them. And she spotted them, running towards the forest. She made her way to where they were headed, and waited for them.
Pippin and Merry came bursting through the trees, running past before she realized what had happened. They hadn't seen her. Meridol stumbled after them, looking behind for something and going the wrong way. Lexi carefully came up behind her and clasped a hand over her friend's mouth, pulling her behind a tree.
"Meridol, Meridol, it's all right," Lexi hissed as her friend flailed to free herself. "It's me! It's Lexi!"
She released her, and Meridol spun around, staring at her in shock. "Lexi? How did you find us?"
"I've been following you since you were captured," Lexi told her. "Are you all right? I saw what happened." Meridol suddenly embraced her friend, sobbing. Lexi hugged her comfortingly.
"Oh, Lex, I was so scared," she cried softly into Lexi's shoulder. "It was awful. I thought they were going to kill me. I've never felt so humiliated or terrified in my entire life."
Before Lexi could say anything, there came a cry in the distance. "MERRY!" The two girls looked up.
"Pippin. . ." Lexi breathed. They jumped up and ran to where the cry had come from. . .and froze. Standing before them were Pippin and Merry. . .in the hands of a giant, walking tree.
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A/N: Yay for quickly updated stories! Inspiration comes in many forms. In this case, my Two Towers DVD. Ok, well, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. 'Twas extra angsty. Don't forget to review! Merci!
chris: lol, I love Pippin! It was supposed to be Pip from the beginning, but then my friend came up with the idea of Frodo and Lexi in order to sort of cause a bit of a problem for Lexi and stuff. . .quite confusing. It all got turned into everyone wanting her to end up with Frodo, but I had to keep my story how I originally made it. -_-;; blah
A/N: This is now The Two Towers, just FYI. I'm sure y'all had that figured out by now anyway, but meh.
Warnings: AU, violence, implied rape
Disclaimer: I don't own LotR. Tolkien owns the rights. But I now own the TTT DVD. *does extremely happy dance*
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Three days had past since Lexi's encounter with Frodo in the forest. As soon as he was out of sight, she had done what he had told her and gone to find Pippin. Find him she did, along with Merry and Meridol. The three had been picked up by a band of Uruk-hai and taken. Lexi had not been seen. She had followed them unnoticed. And Boromir was dead.
So for the past three days and night, she had been following the Uruks, making sure to keep out of sight, but always able to see them as she went. It surprised her at first that they had not smelled her, for their senses seemed quite keen. Then she realized that if they did smell a hobbit, they would not stop. After all, they did have three hobbits in their possession.
At night Lexi was able to follow without having to hide behind things to stay hidden, so it was easier for her to keep up. She had yet to spot any of her friends, and she hoped they were alright.
The sun was setting behind her now, and the group of Uruks soon came to the edge of a deep, dark forest. Lexi slipped into the trees to keep out of sight, and soon found that they had stopped for the night. She kept a good distance from them as she saw a bunch of the Uruk-hai venturing to the trees to get wood for a fire. Lexi hid a few yards from them, behind one of the trees, watching them. It was then that she spotted Meridol. She was lying beside another hobbit. 'Merry,' Lexi concluded. So where was Pippin? It was getting difficult to see them, as the Uruk-hai walked around.
* * *
"Merry?" Meridol whispered to the hobbit beside her. She looked him over fearfully. There was a terrible gash over his right eye. She looked up as Pippin crawled over to them. Merry looked wearily at his friend.
"I think we might have made a mistake leaving the Shire, Pippin," he said hoarsely. Pippin and Meridol grinned slightly. Suddenly, a loud sort of creaking noise came from the trees behind them. Pippin peered at Merry warily.
"What's making that noise?" he asked quietly.
Merry sat up, staring at the forest. "It's the trees."
"What?" Pippin and Meridol said in unison.
He looked back down at them, triggered. "Do you remember the Old Forest? On the borders of Buckland? Folk used to say that there was something in the water that made the trees grow tall. . .and come alive."
Meridol's eyes widened. "Alive?"
"Trees that could whisper. . .talk to each other. . .even move." Around them, the Uruk-hai ceased their tree cutting, starting up a camp fire. Ugluk, who seemed to be the leader of the Uruks, was talking quietly with another of the group. Suddenly, he strode over to Pippin and hauled him up by his hair, causing the young hobbit to give a shout of pain.
* * *
A loud screech cut through the silence of the dark where Lexi sat. She started, looking to the Uruk-hai's camping ground. The building of the campfire was completed, and she hurried to get closer to the site. She gasped slightly at what she saw. Pippin had been dragged to his feet by his hair, a large Uruk-hai holding him. The other Uruks and Orcs were now crowding in around them, and Lexi's vision of them was impaired. She could only hear them now.
* * *
Ugluk stared angrily down at Pippin, who averted his eyes to the ground. Suddenly, the Uruk's loud voice came: "Give me the weapon." Pippin looked up at him, confused.
"Weapon?"
"The weapon that Saruman sent us to get from you! Give it to me!"
It clicked in Pippin's mind: he wanted the Ring. "I. . .I don't have it." Tears sprung into the Took's eyes as he was backhanded harshly.
"Do not lie to me!" Ugluk shouted angrily. "Now, I will give you a chance to redeem yourself. You have ten seconds to produce the weapon, or. . ."
"Please, don't kill me!" Pippin cried out as two Orcs drew closer, drawing short swords.
Ugluk let out a harsh laugh that sounded more like a snarl. "Kill you? I think not. I was given strict instructions by Saruman that you be brought to him alive. However, if you fail to do as I say - "
Pippin spun around as Meridol was pulled to her feet by the two Orcs. Another hurried over and held Merry down with his foot when he tried to scramble up to help Meridol. Pippin turned back to Ugluk.
"What are you going to do to her?" he asked shakily.
Ugluk grinned. "That depends on you." Pippin paled as the Uruk continued. "Now, you say you do not have the weapon. If you don't have it then who does? One of these two?" He nodded towards Merry and Meridol. Pippin shook his head. "Then who?"
"I. . .I. . ." Pippin stammered. "I can't say. . .he's gone, he's. . ."
"Where did he go?"
"I can't. . .I don't. . .I don't know, I. . ." Pippin received another strike to the face. A coppery taste flooded his mouth. He coughed into the sleeve of his jacket, noticing speckles of blood when he lifted his head. Ugluk snatched him by the back of his head, drawing him closer.
"Now I will ask you once more, Halfling. Where is the weapon and who has it?"
Tears were now streaming down Pippin's cheeks. "I. . .I can't say! I can't! He's gone. . .I don't know where, but he's gone! Please, believe me!"
Ugluk sneered at him. "That was a mistake." He shoved Pippin back to the ground and looked up at the Orcs who held Meridol. "You know what to do." They grinned and nodded, dragging a struggling Meridol into a group of Orcs, who quickly surrounded her.
"Get away from me!" came her cry. "Get away! Leave me alone!" She shrieked loudly then, and was silent.
* * *
It was a few hours later. Lexi was sitting motionless, still in shock from what had happened. When the two Orcs had moved, she had regained her vision of what was going on. She lifted a hand to her face and found that it was shaking. She could not get rid of the sudden fear she had. What had happened to Meridol chilled her to the core, and she could not get rid of that feeling.
She found that she dozed slightly after that, and woke to the sounds of Uruk-hai and Orc's screaming and also of battle. She risked a peek around the tree and saw that sometime while she slept, a band of Men on horseback had invaded the camp and was slaughtering all of the fell creatures. Lexi immediately thought of her friends and scanned the site anxiously for them. And she spotted them, running towards the forest. She made her way to where they were headed, and waited for them.
Pippin and Merry came bursting through the trees, running past before she realized what had happened. They hadn't seen her. Meridol stumbled after them, looking behind for something and going the wrong way. Lexi carefully came up behind her and clasped a hand over her friend's mouth, pulling her behind a tree.
"Meridol, Meridol, it's all right," Lexi hissed as her friend flailed to free herself. "It's me! It's Lexi!"
She released her, and Meridol spun around, staring at her in shock. "Lexi? How did you find us?"
"I've been following you since you were captured," Lexi told her. "Are you all right? I saw what happened." Meridol suddenly embraced her friend, sobbing. Lexi hugged her comfortingly.
"Oh, Lex, I was so scared," she cried softly into Lexi's shoulder. "It was awful. I thought they were going to kill me. I've never felt so humiliated or terrified in my entire life."
Before Lexi could say anything, there came a cry in the distance. "MERRY!" The two girls looked up.
"Pippin. . ." Lexi breathed. They jumped up and ran to where the cry had come from. . .and froze. Standing before them were Pippin and Merry. . .in the hands of a giant, walking tree.
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A/N: Yay for quickly updated stories! Inspiration comes in many forms. In this case, my Two Towers DVD. Ok, well, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. 'Twas extra angsty. Don't forget to review! Merci!
