Hey people…. Yes this is the long awaited sequel to Leaders Never Die… if you haven't read that story yet, I suggest you do so before reading this one… I'm so excited that I am finally getting around to doing this!! YAY!!! Please don't flame me… this is an AU fic so it's not historically accurate. So don't sue me, haha… PLEASE R&R!!!!! On with the sequel…

Leaders Never Die: Part 2

~Chapter 1~

"Legolas… I can't… walk… anymore…" Gasped the blonde elf as he limped along the uneven pathway. The only thing that was keeping him upright was the weight that he was placing on his older brother, he tried supporting himself on one leg but he failed. He fell in a heap on the ground, completely exhausted from dragging his body around for the past day. He let out a whimper of pain as the arrow piercing through his right leg dug deeper into his leg when he fell.

"Durian, you must be strong!" Legolas urged as he tried to lift his brother from the ground. The sound of an arrow whizzing by his head made him realize just how close the enemy really was to them. He turned around and stared into the dark forest, trying to make out the shapes against the rain that was falling. He was horrified to see the danger approaching quickly, and his brother still on the ground.

"LESTAN!?" He called, searching for his friend up ahead.

A blonde head poked its way out of a small gathering of bushes and the rest of the body stood erect in the rain. "What happened?"

"Lestan, have you found shelter? Durian is weak, we cannot force him to walk on his wounded leg. I fear that if we do not heal his leg soon he shall die from lack of blood!" Legolas yelled, trying to overpower the thunder. He crouched down to the ground to try and get his brother to a standing position. Durian moaned as the pressure he put on his leg made it seem as though he were burning alive.

"No, about fifty feet up ahead, the forest ends and turns into an open field. There is no shelter around for miles, we must try to fight off the enemy." Lestan told Legolas.

Legolas cursed silently under his breath, he knew that there was no way that Durian could walk on his own, much less fight. "No, we cannot fight. We have to find a place to hide."

Lestan's forehead burrowed as he lost himself deep in thought. "I have an idea." He said. He ducked just barely in time to escape the flying arrow going towards his head. "Follow me."

He ran up alongside Legolas and helped support Durian from the other side. "What do you have in mind? Do you know of shelter around here?" Legolas asked.

Lestan nodded, "I know of a place where we could stay until the enemy passes by… I do not know if the tunnel is still open, it has not been used for thousands of years. But it's worth testing our luck at the moment."

"What tunnel?" Legolas asked. He reached up and pulled a clump of wet hair from his face, leaving a streak of Durian's blood on his face.

"The tunnel into Earth," Lestan said quietly.

Legolas gasped, "I thought they had been barricaded long ago because of the orcs getting through its passage."

"Yes, but they are easy to get through." Lestan said.

"Where are we going?" Durian asked in a weak voice. He started coughing so violently that he lost his balance and fell backwards. Legolas and Lestan tried to catch his fall but the wet elvish clothing slipped through their fingers and Durian slammed against the ground, and his head right on a rock. Everything went black…

*~*~*~FLASHBACK*~*~*~

Amanda clicked on the web site and waited for it to load. It showed a picture of a little room that belonged to a girl that committed suicide. It said to stare at a little blue bag that was sitting in the back of the room for 30 seconds and her apparition was supposed to slowly appear.

"Sounds interesting," said Durian.

Durian and Amanda sat and stared at the computer seconds, each counting down. When they reached 30 seconds they got disappointed, they didn't see anything. All of a sudden this thing popped out of no where and flew towards the screen.

Amanda and Durian both screamed. Amanda fell backward in her chair which caused the back of the chair to hit a very sensitive part on Durian.

Durian's eyes looked blank for a second, then he moaned and fell to the ground, clutching himself.

"Oh my God!!" Amanda cried laughing. "I'm so sorry! I didn't mean it."

Durian just lied there, not moving for a couple of minutes. But he soon started showing signs of life as he started moving. Durian sat up Indian style and Amanda was kneeling over him now. And after a couple of minutes to recuperate, the elf looked Amanda in the eyes. He looked intently into her eyes, and leaned forward and whispered, "That was `fucking' scary. To use your vocabulary."

Amanda laughed, "Yeah it was." She stood up and held out a hand to help him up. He reached up and took her hand. Unfortunately, Amanda failed to see the smile playing on the elf's lips. When he took her hand, he pulled her down. She yelped as she flopped down on top of him. They lay there not moving for a couple of minutes. He looked into her eyes and put his hand on the back of her neck. He guided her head slowly down towards his. Just as their lips were about to meet the door slammed open.

"What happened!! Oh my God!!" Screamed Legolas when he opened the door and saw Amanda laying down on top of his younger brother. "What are you doing?!"

"Oh geeze, look, "she said, getting up from her comfortable position on top of Durian, "it's not what it looks like."

"Oh I know what it looked like," said Legolas. "Durian, can I talk to you now?"

Durian sighed, "Great timing brother. I'll see you in the morning my lady."

"Good Night Durian," replied Amanda.

*~*~*~END FLASHBACK*~*~*~

Durian groaned as the memory that had long been forgotten, came back to him suddenly. He began to regain consciousness and one name came through his lips, "Amanda…"

Legolas looked up from his digging through the dirt. The tunnel had caved in slightly at the opening and he and Lestan were digging furiously trying to find the opening. But the name that Durian gasped in his state startled him, "Amanda?" he asked Lestan.

"Who is Amanda?" Lestan asked.

"Don't you remember that mortal child that you picked up from Earth over 15,000 years ago? The odd girl that knew all the occurrences of the fellowship?" Legolas asked, astonished that he had completely forgotten about her until that moment.

"By the Valar… I DO remember her now… what in the world could have made him think of her." Lestan wondered.

"Do you think she could help us?" Legolas asked hopefully. "Instead of trying to heal Durian ourselves, we could ask her for her Earth healing abilities!"

Lestan shook his head, "No, that would not be a good idea Legolas. We do not even know if the child is still alive."

"But it has only been a couple of years on Earth since she was last here. She would be the same as she was then!" Legolas pleaded. "Please Lestan, it could help Durian."

"Yes, she would be the same as she was then, with the small problem of her not remembering us at all. Do you remember that Legolas? She died when she was here… so she returned to Earth without any memory of her time in Middle-Earth at all. We are not going." Lestan growled. The sweat on his face was mixing with the rain, causing his eyes to sting as the rain fell down his face and into his eyes. He began digging again and felt his hand reach open air on the other side.

Legolas noticed this and started pulling clumps of dirt away from the ground. Soon they had created a hole large enough for the nimble elves to slide though and into the cave. "Hold onto Durian," Legolas said as he began lowering himself into the hole.

Once he was in, he squinted in the darkness and saw the light of Earth far ahead of him. He then motioned for Lestan to drop Durian down to him, Legolas caught the light elf and laid him on the ground so that he could help Lestan down also.

Just as Lestan was lowering himself in, the sounds of Orcs came barreling through the air. Lestan dropped himself into the hole and rushed Legolas and Durian to hide in the darkness. The sounds of Orc feet pounding on the ground overhead them caused small pellets of dirt to fall from the roof of the tunnel.

As soon as the orcs had passed over them, they began to unpack their healing supplies and set up camp for the night.

Legolas knelt down and blotted Durian's face with a wet cloth, trying to cool the elf off. "Legolas, I need water." Durian mumbled.

Legolas nodded, he stood up and started to walk over to his canteen until a deep groaning sound stopped him dead in his tracks. His eyes traveled over to Lestan to see if he had noticed the sound too. He found Lestan looking at him with the same confused eyes.

"What was that?" Lestan asked, but he was silenced with a small wave of Legolas' hand.

"Shh…" Legolas said. He looked up at the ceiling of the cave, where the groan had come from. He noticed the dirt lightly falling. Another loud groan and larger quantities of dirt falling from the ceiling made him realize what was going on.

"Lestan! Get over here, the tunnel is going to cave in!" He cried. He grabbed one of Durian's arms and dragged him across the floor away from the falling dirt.

Lestan grabbed their packs and ran with Legolas, helping him drag Durian to safety. They barely managed to travel deeper into the tunnel to escape the falling dirt as the tunnel caved in.

Soon after the flying dirt ceased a little bit, the realization finally hit them. Legolas and Lestan exchanged worried glances, "That was definitely our way out." Lestan exclaimed.

Legolas sighed and looked in the opposite direction of Middle-Earth, and towards the sunlight that was barely visible. "I guess we only have one choice…let us hope Amanda is still there…"

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Hey people… wow it felt good writing about Legolas, Lestan and Durian again… phew… I'm sorry it took me so long to get this up… heh ::blushes:: I hope you all enjoyed the first chapter… PLEASE R&R!!!