Chapter 10

Glorfindel was hanging on the vine for about four hours. As the fifth our dawned, his arm began to ache and he felt as if he might crack from the never-ending horror of this. The horror and the terrible fact was that no one was coming for him.

He rejoiced in this, then frowned. How would he get out? He only had one arm, that would be impossible to climb up with one arm.

Shouts of victory rang from above and the howls began to die down as the wolves were slaughtered one by one. It seemed that their Alfa wolf had been killed sometime earlier in the battle and without their leader, the still living wolves were frightened out of their tiny minds.

The balrog-slayer realized, with alarming swiftness, was that the only was out of this was to call for help.

Growling, hatred and pain flowing through his veins, he called loudly, hoping his voice would reign over the voices that chattered above.

"Someone! Help me!" he cried in common then switched to elvish. "Come you filthy dogs!!!!!"

All noises above the hole ceased. The only sign that anyone had heard his cry was the fact that, very slowly, footsteps were walked across the bloodied earth, towards the hole.

The golden haired elf's breath steadied, he would not let anybody less than a balrog frighten him! Not now! Not after he had lived so long, he had to be strong; for Vasa!

A face peeked over the lip of the hole and the person smiled. "Hello, elf, nice to see you haven't died yet. That means we can still have some fun!"

He sneered at Saroniel, his grip tightening on the vine that held him.

"Come on men, help me!" he cried as he grabbed the vine and heaved backwards, trying his hardest to pull Glorfindel out of the dank hole.

Saroniel was surprised as he could nearly pull the elf out himself, even though the Vanya was taller than himself.

The earth scraped at the balrog-slayers, already, dirty and bruised skin. The elf cringed as small pieces of dirt fell into his wounds and burned in him injuries.

A pale hand reached down and grabbed him by his arm, unfortunately, it was his broken arm.

He cried out and thrashed against the hand that held his injured limb tightly.

"Be still!" the voice growled as the being hauled him to the firm earth.

All at once Glorfindel was greeted with many wickedly smiling faces, among those was Harlome. The dark elf was holding his broken arm, he twisted it maliciously which sent the Vanyar into a glassy world of pain.

He groaned as Harlome let his arm go, he pulled it back to his chest and rolled onto his side, heaving for breath.

"Oh, Eru-" he moaned as the men parted to let their leader through, he turned his head up see Saroniel clutching someone to him. For a moment, he did not recognize the child, until she sobbed and cried out his name.

"Glorfie!"

Something inside his once broken eyes snapped and he clenched his working fist into a ball, his knuckles about going white and veins showing through. An angry fire lit in his eyes and for once, out of the corner of his deep blue eyes, he saw Harlome cringe.

"I see you have a bond with my little girl." Saroniel scoffed, letting one of his soldiers grab the child by the arms so that he could squat down and look into the balrog-slayer's fierce eyes.

He smiled, no care for his child shining in the depths of his wicked eyes, the evil man took Glorfindel strong jaw in his hand and pinched tight. "Well then I think you will be sad to see me punish the child," he rose up and stroked his hand through her dark locks. "So young, but, a father must show his authority." Saroniel's eyes snapped back to Glorfindel and he chuckled.

"Leave her alone." The Vanya snarled, rolling onto his feet and breathing in hard, as if he might charge the first thing that touched Vasa.

"As her father, I should be able to punish my daughter when she needs punished. Do you not agree, Harlome?"

The dark haired elf nodded, but showed little interest in his younger relative's excitement. "Most definitely."

Without another word, the soldier began to drag Vasa over to a tree, he held ropes in his hands and for the first time, Glorfindel could see the long leather lash that Saroniel had produced from his belt.

Seeing the man's wicked intentions, Glorfindel ran forward, pushing through the armed, yet frightened, men and stopping between Saroniel and Vasa, his eyes alight like never before.

"You will lay no hand or lash upon this child's back!" he swept his unbroken arm out and growled.

"Oh, really. And what have you got to trade her punishment, elf?!"

Vasa turned her eyes up to the powerful elf above her, his shadow falling over her entire body and his lithe form steady against the fury that Saroniel was pushing out in his own voice.

Turning around, he knelt and began to untie the young girl; her worried tears falling on his hand. "Glorfie, no." she whispered as he pushed her away and got down on his knees himself.

"Is this what you trade, Glorfindel?" The man asked as he sauntered forward. "You trade one small girl's already marred back for your own smooth and strong one."

Leaning forward as the soldier tied his hands, the blonde elf turned his eyes upon the small girl's scarred face.

"There be no love greater than when one will lay down their own life for a friend." he said coolly, as if he were not afraid at all. And for once in his life, during all the times and things he had been through: The fight with the balrog, Tuilin's death, the almost death of Adenen, the time when Aragorn had been lost over the cliffs, when Aragorn and Legolas had been lost to the dwarven village beneath the mountains of Mirkwood, for once he was not at all afraid!

As the first strike came, the Vanya did not let a sound out. Nothing came from beyond his lips, he scrunched his face and waited as the next blow came up to his shoulders, soaking his blonde hair with crimson blood; his blood.

From the side her heard Vasa, her sobs easily heard among the silence.

"I'm sorry, Glorfie." she whispered over and over. "I am so sorry."

TBC

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