Hey, this is the second chapter… wow, I'm really pumping this biznich out… what the hell kind of word is that? Haha… oh well... I hope you all like my quick updating!!! And I'm glad you're happy that I finally wrote a sequel Lady of Legolas, heh… Special thankies to my beta Tiffany!!!! :-D storytime…
Leaders Never Die: Part 2
~ Chapter 2 ~
CRACK!!
Amanda looked down at the balls rolling around the table and tried to refrain from laughing as the noticed the white que ball roll into the left pocket. "Wow Tiffany… that was… a great break... looks like you lost."
"Shut up," Tiffany growled as she threw the rack at Amanda. "For that lovely comment, you get to re-rack the balls whore."
"Grrr… feisty, just the way I like it." Amanda said with a wink. They laughed together as they began to gather the balls back up and put them into the rack so that they can begin another game of pool.
Just as Tiffany placed the last ball into the rack, she sighed and looked around. "Do you remember the first time we came here? Way back in our freshmen year? God… that seems so long ago."
"That's because it was so long ago. That was over 3 years ago! We're free now Tiffany! No more parents to hold us back! No more 'No Driving' bullshit holding us back! We're 18! Our lives are just starting!! Well… only one of us is 18." Amanda laughed, and patted Tiffany on her back.
Tiffany laughed sarcastically along with Amanda, "I'll be 18 soon… I'm going to cherish my last couple months of childhood."
"You do that Terf… are we ready to play again?" Amanda asked.
"Yea, you break this time though." Said Tiffany, she waited as Amanda bent down, tucked a piece of blonde hair behind her ear and lined up the que ball with the point of the pyramid.
CRACK!
The balls rolled around the table and one of the stripes went in and luckily the que ball didn't. "Beautiful," Amanda commented to herself. She aimed at another stripe and got that one also.
"Bitch," Tiffany joked. "You used to suck at pool."
"The keywords there would be 'used to'," Amanda said. She was about to shoot another ball when screaming behind her distracted her. She stood up and turned around, "What the hell?"
Tiffany walked up beside her and observed what was going on. She noticed some people up ahead screaming over something, "Oh my God… what's he doing here?"
"What?" Amanda asked, "You know those people?"
"Yea…" Tiffany mumbled as she started walking towards the commotion.
"Yo Tiff! Wait up!" Amanda called.
"You mutherfucker!!! I asked for $500 dollars worth, not a fucking $100!! I expect to not get cheated out of my money!!" One of the guys screamed at a guy with a baseball hat on.
"Yea, you asked for $500 dollars worth of shit, but where's the fucking money?!? If I don't get paid, then you don't get your shit!" The other one yelled back.
"Oh that's it…!" The guy who started the argument reached into his coat pocket and pulled out a gun and aimed it at the man with the hat.
Tiffany ran up beside the guy with a gun and pulled his arm down. "Gaby! What the fuck do you think you're doing?! You're going to get in trouble. Stop this shit!"
Gaby pointed his gun at the man again and said, "This little shit cheated me, he deserves to die!"
Amanda walked up beside Tiffany and looked at Gaby, he was two years younger than her, she never knew that he was into drugs. "Tiffany… stay out of this."
"No! He's my brother's friend… I can't stay out of this."
The man with the hat on watched the three fighting teens, they were completely oblivious to the gun that he was pulling out of his coat also. He took a couple of steps back and aimed it right at Gaby's head.
Gaby's friend Andy noticed this, "Gab! Watch out!" He screamed. Just as the guy was about to fire, Andy tackled him, everyone froze when the gunshot was heard.
Andy grabbed the gun out of the guys hand and looked around, looking for the bullet damage.
Tiffany and Amanda stood there in shock. Amanda started shaking as fire swam through her left arm. Her breathing became raspy as she looked down at her blood-soaked tank top and the small black hole in her shoulder.
"Oh my God! Amanda!" Tiffany screamed as she caught her falling friend. She sat on the ground with Amanda in her lap. She gasped when she saw the bullet hole going straight through Amanda's shoulder, right below her collarbone. Tears formed in her eyes as she screamed, "Somebody call 911!!!"
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Legolas and Lestan trudged through the slippery tunnel trying to support Durian. They were nearing Earth now, they had been walking for a couple of hours already and night was falling upon the human civilization.
"Legolas…" Lestan said. "When we arrive, we cannot try to locate Amanda. I feel it would be hazardous for her if memories of her death would return. Do you catch my meaning?"
Legolas nodded, "Aye. Earth is very large… much larger than Middle-Earth. I don't think we would be able to find her anyhow. This portal through our worlds, where will it lead us to?"
"I don't know," Lestan replied. "We had been traveling for a very long time whilst in Middle-Earth, I do not know where we were. It could be anywhere in the world, the Americas, Europe, the Middle East… anywhere."
All these names were foreign to Legolas, he had never heard of them before. "Which did Amanda hail from?"
"She comes from a section of Northern America called Ohio… I do not remember the exact name of the city she is from, it has been too long ago to remember." Lestan told him. "But I do know that there is a portal that leads us right to her city."
"Could this be it?" Legolas asked.
Lestan got a look of annoyance on his face, "Did I not just tell you that I do not know?"
Legolas looked down at the ground, "I am sorry."
"You have no reason to apologize to me Your Highness…" Lestan answered. They continued walking in silence, with only the occasional cough coming from Durian. "Ah… here we are." Lestan said as the portal opening came within ten feet of them.
Legolas gave a sigh of relief as they neared the opening. He looked out through it and noticed the moonlight and starlight shining off water. As they reached the fresh air (A/N: There's a definite oxymoron), they looked around and gathered in their surroundings. "By the Valar…" Legolas breathed out. Never before had he seen anything like this.
"Legolas, this is Earth." Lestan said, gesturing out towards the open with his hand.
"Durian! Oh, you have to look at this!" Legolas marveled. "This is wonderful!" He stood in shock staring at the buildings around him, the odd shape of the white building they were next to astonished him, then the circular gray building that was to their right was breath taking to him also.
Durian moaned as he opened his blue eyes, the tired look in them vanished when he saw where he was, "Where are we?"
"We are on Earth," Lestan answered.
"No! No, I do not want to go to Earth! I have heard stories, I have heard how horrible of a place it is," Durian argued.
"Too bad, we're staying," Legolas grumbled to himself. "Well… shall we begin our search for the healers?" Lestan nodded, and they continued on with their journey. They walked in the direction of the odd shaped white building.
"You know what's quite ironic?" Lestan asked. Legolas gave him a sign to continue. "I have a strange feeling that I have seen this white building before, a long time ago…" They walked up to the front of the building and stared at it.
"There's writing on the ground," Durian pointed out to his companions. They took a couple of steps back and read what it said on the ground, "The Cleveland Rock and Roll Hall of Fame." Durian read.
Lestan gasped, his eyes reading the word Cleveland over and over again. "Legolas… this is Amanda's city."
"What?" Durian asked.
"Are you serious?" Legolas asked, a hopeful look in his eyes. His eyes scanned over the large buildings in the distance, the huge objects that stood hundreds of feet above the ground. "Where do we start…?"
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Hey, that's the end of the second chapter, heh… hope ya'll enjoyed… if you don't understand what the hell is going on, then you obviously haven't read the first part, haha. PLEASE R&R!!!
