Faulkner: Sorry it's takin' me so long to update. I'm being drowned in
homework!!
Pinky: Master sends her deepest apologies.
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The drums echoed off the walls in the great mines. The Hobbits drew their swords and prayed for their lives. Aragorn yelled at the Hobbits, "Stay close to Gandalf and Ratchet!"
Boromir went to the doorway and looked around. He jerked his head back just as two arrows sunk into the door where his head was.
"They have a cave troll." he said sarcasticly. Him and Aragorn closed the doors and blocked them with discarded weapons that Legolas handed them. Then they backed up and Aragorn and Legolas pulled out their bows while Boromir got out his sword.
Everyone heard the high-pitched screams of the things that were just behind the door. The orcs pounded on the door relentlessly, until they finally came open.
Aragorn and Legolas shot every orc that they could hit, until they came too close. Gimli had jumped up on the coffin and growled, "Let them come. There is one dwarf in Moria that still draws breath."
The fighting was very confusing and all Ratchet could remember afterwards was the stench and sounds. Maybe an occaisonal face. She thought that she had blocked it out. Hell, anyone would have to be nuts to *want* to remember *that*.
The next thing she knew they were running along the pillars, with a horde of orcs after them. She looked up to pray, but saw *orcs* on the roof. Eventually they were surrounded and Ratchet stood protectivley in front of the Hobbits.
The orcs were making a racket and shaking their weapons at them and baring their teeth. Then a deep growl came from somewhere behind them. "Ohhhh fuck. This is soooooo not good." Ratchet gritted her teeth.
"What is this new devilry?" Boromir asked Gandalf. The thing growled again and all the orcs went back to their hiding spots.
"A Balrog. A demon of the ancient world. This foe is beyond any of you. RUN!" Gandalf yelled out the 'run' and headed for some bridge. They all started running again. They raced past the pillars and into another hallway. Then came out into open space. Boromir nearly ran over the edge, but Legolas grabbed his waist and pulled him back.
Then they went down a set of stairs *WITHOUT* railing. Ratchet was feeling sick to her stomach from the height of the stairs. Her mind was screaming that any minute now she was going to fall to her death.
The Fellowship reached a gap in the stairs, which Legolas jumped easily. 'Stupid elf' Ratchet thought.
"Gandalf!" Legolas called with a wave of his arm. Gandalf jumped to the other side. Boromir grabbed Merry and Pippin and jumped over. Then a bit of the stairs fell away.
Aragorn grabbed Sam and tossed him over, where Legolas caught him. Aragorn went to grab Gimli, but the dwarf stated, "Nobody tosses a dwarf." So he jumped over with a yell. His feet slipped and Legolas caught his beard. "Not the beard, not the beard!" Gimli was pulled up.
Then Ratchet got her nerve to jump. She took a couple of steps forward, then took a leap. Her feet landed on loose steps, and she started to fall backwards. But Boromir ran forward and grabbed her before she could fall.
"Thanks Boromir." Her breath was coming fast from the sudden adrenalin. She turned around and saw that the part of stairs that Frodo and Aragorn were on had broken away and was swaying. She didn't hear what Aragorn said, but saw what he was trying.
When the Hobbit and the Ranger were with the others again they ran for dear life. The Balrog was a helluva lot closer and it felt like he was breathing down their necks. They ran across a bridge and turned around to see that Gandalf had stopped in the middle of the bridge.
Ratchet just noticed that the orcs were raining arrows down on them. The Balrog stopped at the edge of the bridge and roared. Then pulled out a flaming sword.
"You cannot pass! I am servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the Flame of Anor. Dark fire will not avail you Flame of Udun!" Gandalf yelled. The Balrog was like a giant bull with wings, and claws instead of hooves. It's eyes were white and the thing was covered in fire. "Go back to the shadow."
The Balrog brought his sword down on Gandalf, but met a thing of blue, and broke his sword. Then it pulled out a flame whip.
"Gandalf!" Frodo cried out.
"You, shall not, PASS!!" Gandalf yelled out and brought his staff and sword down on the bridge. The Balrog snorted, stepped onto the bridge and raised his whip. But the half the Balrog was standing on broke off and fell, along with the terrifying beast.
Gandalf turned around with a look of relief, so he didn't notice the whip crack back up to grab his ankle.
"GANDALF!" Ratchet cried out and ran to grab him.
Gandalf grabbed the edge of the broken bridge and said with wide eyes, "Fly, you fools!" Then he fell into darkness.
"NOOOOOO!!" Frodo cried out in horror. Boromir grabbed him and held him back. Legolas, the other Hobbits, and Gimli turned and ran to the hallway that led to sweet freedom. Aragorn just stood where he was.
"Aragorn!" Boromir called to bring the ranger to his senses. Then the man of Gondor disapeared into the hallway. Aragorn looked around and saw Ratchet in a crouching position. He pulled her up and they ran for the exit.
When they got outside, everyone was in different states of shock and grief. Merry was holding Pippin who was crying. Sam was sitting on the ground and crying. Frodo was walking around aimlessly. Boromir was consoling Gimli, Legolas was standing and looking at nothing, while Aragorn wiped his sword clean of orc blood.
So no one noticed when Ratchet pulled out an orc arrow from her calf and quickly bandaged it. She had a slight limp, and hoped that no one noticed.
"Legolas. Get them up." Aragorn said. Legolas just turned and stared at him.
"Give them a moment, for pity's sake!" Boromir argued.
"By nightfall these hills will be swarming with orcs!" Aragorn said as he walked over to Sam and got him up. Legolas got Merry and Pippin to their feet, while Boromir looked around for Ratchet. He found her and walked over and put a hand on her shoulder. She just looked up at him with blank eyes.
"It will be all right." he said.
She stared at him with no emotion. "Why do people always say lies like that in bad times?" she asked him. Then shrugged off his hand and walked over to Merry and Pippin, who latched onto her and buried their faces into her stomach. She put a hand on their shoulders and let them cry.
"Where to next, o fearless leader?" She called out to Aragorn who was walking back to the group with Frodo.
"To the Woods of Lothlorien." he answered.
They walked on down the foothills to the forest in silence. The Hobbits were stuck to Ratchet like a fly to poop. She tried to calm them down with a little song/farewell to Gandalf.
"Inexspressible thoughts
Shall I tell them only to the fading stars
Alone I shall tread
The path I believe in
It is not a thing so light
As to be a dream
Even if I die
I shall not regret it
The song of the wind rocks my heart
Now I close my eyes
And try to forget time
The dark sky hints of flames
Everything burns
And returns to peace."
Ratchet's voice was low and tired. But she kept on singing because the Hobbits seemed to be relaxing a bit. She had to go on for them. But her calf was burning from the arrow wound.
"Nameless flowers
Surrounded by red fire
Anytime there is only one justice
The one in the hands of the victor
It is not a thing so pretty
As that of searching for the future
Even if I make someone weep
I will not lose my way
The song of the wind consoles my heart
Just recall
The smiles someday
The stardust shining in the dark sky
Are those who sometime vanished
The fighters of legends past."
Her leg felt like jelly and she was limping more noticebly. They had just entered the forest. The tree's were huge and beautiful. Everything smelled clean and fresh. There was no scent of blood or sweat. Ratchet tripped, but kept going.
"The song of the wind rocks my heart
Now I close my eyes
And try to forget time
The sky hints of flame
Everything burns
And returns to peace."
Ratchet breathed out peace as she fell to the ground. Her leg ached horribly and she was feeling hot.
"Strider!" one of the Hobbits called out. The Fellowship stopped as Strider pulled Ratchet to her feet. She shook her head and looked up at the concerned faces. She was feeling hot and slightly light-headed.
"Are you all right? Can you go on?" Aragorn asked her.
Ratchet shook her head again and answered, "Yeah. I'm fine. I just tripped, that's all. Come on." She took a step forward with her injured leg and cried out in pain as she started to fall.
Aragorn caught her and leaned her against a tree. He looked at her leg and saw a blood-stained cloth wrapped around her calf. Why hadn't one of the Hobbits noticed?
"You're injured. Legolas, help me." Legolas held Ratchet up as Aragorn unwrapped the bandage and was met with a deep hole in her calf. "An orc arrow hit you?" It was more of a statement than a question.
"I'm fine. I pulled it out." she insisted.
"No you're not. Don't be so stubborn. You're going to need a healer. This wound is too deep for you to walk on it. You'll have to be carried." Ratchet knew what he meant. They needed to hurry and she would be too slow and hold them back.
"I'll take her." Boromir volunteered.
"All right." Aragorn pulled out a clean bandage from somewhere and wrapped it around the wound, which had started to bleed again.
"I'm fine." Ratchet said weakly as she was hauled onto Boromirs back. But her leg was throbbing, and her head was reeling. She struggled a little before she gave into the pain. She dimly remembered wrapping her arms around his neck and laying her head on his shoulder before everything just went blank.
She went in and out of conciousness for a while. The first real waking up was slow and short.
When Ratchet opened her eyes, she was still on Boromir's back with her head in his neck. She groaned and turned her head so she could get a better look around. They were still in the forest.
The Hobbits were behind her with Gimli, because she could hear their voices from the back. Aragorn was up front and Legolas was to her left. Her vision was a little blurry, but cleared after she blinked a couple of times.
Boromir suddenly stopped as an arrow was pointed only inches from his face. Ratchet wasn't even fazed as she stared at the elves with their blond hair and arrows pointed at the Fellowship. She recognised Aragorn talking to someone in Elvish.
She felt Boromir tense up under her. Then she felt hands on her injured leg and instinctively kicked out. She smiled as she heard an "ooomph!" Ratchet rested her head on Boromir's other shoulder so she could see who she had kicked in the stomach.
An elf was being helped up by its fellows as he rubbed his stomach and glared at her. He spoke harshly to her in Elvish. She could feel Boromir sniggering by the way he was slightly shaking. Aragorn came into her range of vision and whispered in her ear. "The elf you just kicked is Haldir. He is trying to look at your wound."
Haldir spoke in english this time. "Her leg seems fine if she can kick like that."
"Do not be fooled Haldir of Lorien. She has a strong spirit and merely reacted to what she thought was a threat." Legolas replied for her. Ratchet was regretting her kicking the elf a little.
Her leg was throbbing again and it hurt so bad that her eyes started to water. She clenched her eyes shut to hide her weakness and bit back her little groans as best she could. God, it hurt *A LOT*.
Haldir walked up to her and gently touched her leg, wary of another kick. Ratchet opened her eyes and looked into Haldir's piercing blue eyes. His indignant look softened as he saw her eyes shining with unshed tears and pain. 'She is trying to stay strong' he thought to himself. 'She does not want to appear weak.'
He gently unwrapped the bloodstained bandage and looked at her calf. It was caked in blood and the edges around the wound were an unhealthy shade of red. The arrow must have been poisoned. He asked Aragorn how long it had been since the arrow hit her and cursed at the reply.
He laid the back of his hand to her forhead and felt the heat radiating off her skin before he touched her. She closed her eyes and leaned into his cool hand and sighed. He removed his hand after a few seconds and said something to everyone else.
She didn't care though. All she wanted was to get cool again and for her leg to stop throbbing. Ratchet buried her face into Boromirs neck and sighed again as her skin cooled down a few degrees.
"The arrow that hit her was poisoned. We must hurry to Caras Galadhon if she is to live. She is already burning with fever." Haldir quickly explained to Aragorn. The Hobbits eyes widened at the elfs words.
Ratchet might die??? Even Boromir was a little shooken up, because he could feel her hot skin and shallow breaths against his neck.
The Fellowship followed the elves fast pace without complaint. They all wanted Ratchet to live. Sure, she was a little cold towards them at times. But everyone had their personality quirks.
Haldir suddenly stopped and went over to Ratchet and shook her. "What are you doing?" Pippin cried out.
"If we do not keep her awake, she might not ever wake up." he explained hurriedly. He barked at some elves in Elvish and they disappeared into the tree's. They returned a few minutes later with a crude stretcher made out of cloaks and treelimbs.
Ratchet was awake and was gently set down on the stretcher. 'How are we going to keep her awake' Haldir thought to himself. But the halflings seemed to have read his mind and started talking to her. They set off again, the elves carrying the stretcher with the Hobbits walking next to it, keeping Ratchet awake.
Whenever their voices didn't work, they pinched her. But they were tired and they couldn't keep it up.
Legolas was the one who came up with the singing idea.
"Ratchet, sing us a song. Please, for the Hobbits." he urged her.
Ratchet rolled her eyes to look at Legolas. She licked her pale lips and dimly thought about a song. She sang the first one that came to mind.
"So am I, still waiting
For this world to stop hating
Can't find a good reason
Can't find hope to believe in
Drop dead, a bullet to my head
Your words are like a gun in hand
You can't change the state of the nation
We just need some motivation
These eyes have seen no conviction
Just lies and more contradiction
So tell me, what would you say?
I'd say it's time too late
So am I, still waiting
For this world to stop hating
Can't find a good reason
Can't find hope to believe in."
The elves easily heard the words that the sick girl sang. They listened in interest at the lyrics that the girl sang. Then wondered if she had actually seen all that which she sang of.
"Ignorance and understanding
We're the first ones to jump in line
Out of step for what we believe in
But who's left to stop the bleeding
How far will we take this
It's not hard to see through the fakeness
So tell me what would you say?
I'd say it's time too late
So am I, still waiting
For this world to stop hating
Can't find a good reason
Can't find hope to believe in."
Boromir listened with sorrow at her song. All her songs seemed to be tainted with pain and grief. Why was this? How could one so young have seen so much? It was mind boggling. He looked to Aragorn and saw that his thoughts were the same.
"This can't last forever
Time won't make things better
I feel so alone
Can't help myself
And no one knows if this is worthless
Tell me (tell me)
What have we done
With a war that can't be won
This can't be real
Cause I don't know what to feel
So am I, still waiting
For this world to stop hating
Can't find a good reason
Can't find hope to believe in
So am I still waiting
For this world to stop hating
Can't find a good reason
Can't find hope to believe in...."
Ratchet's voice trailed off as she saw the beautiful elven homes, and even a few elves. She then gave a scream of pain as blood-red filled her vision. The last thing she saw was Boromir and Haldir yelling at her. But she couldn't hear them. Then screamed again as white-hot pain shot through her system and made her body convulse.
Then she blacked out.
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Faulkner: Okey dokey! The first song is Soldiers Stardust from Gundam Wing. The second one is Still Waiting from Sum 41.
CrystalMeth: Gotta love Gundam Wing and Sum 41!
Pinky: Master sends her deepest apologies.
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The drums echoed off the walls in the great mines. The Hobbits drew their swords and prayed for their lives. Aragorn yelled at the Hobbits, "Stay close to Gandalf and Ratchet!"
Boromir went to the doorway and looked around. He jerked his head back just as two arrows sunk into the door where his head was.
"They have a cave troll." he said sarcasticly. Him and Aragorn closed the doors and blocked them with discarded weapons that Legolas handed them. Then they backed up and Aragorn and Legolas pulled out their bows while Boromir got out his sword.
Everyone heard the high-pitched screams of the things that were just behind the door. The orcs pounded on the door relentlessly, until they finally came open.
Aragorn and Legolas shot every orc that they could hit, until they came too close. Gimli had jumped up on the coffin and growled, "Let them come. There is one dwarf in Moria that still draws breath."
The fighting was very confusing and all Ratchet could remember afterwards was the stench and sounds. Maybe an occaisonal face. She thought that she had blocked it out. Hell, anyone would have to be nuts to *want* to remember *that*.
The next thing she knew they were running along the pillars, with a horde of orcs after them. She looked up to pray, but saw *orcs* on the roof. Eventually they were surrounded and Ratchet stood protectivley in front of the Hobbits.
The orcs were making a racket and shaking their weapons at them and baring their teeth. Then a deep growl came from somewhere behind them. "Ohhhh fuck. This is soooooo not good." Ratchet gritted her teeth.
"What is this new devilry?" Boromir asked Gandalf. The thing growled again and all the orcs went back to their hiding spots.
"A Balrog. A demon of the ancient world. This foe is beyond any of you. RUN!" Gandalf yelled out the 'run' and headed for some bridge. They all started running again. They raced past the pillars and into another hallway. Then came out into open space. Boromir nearly ran over the edge, but Legolas grabbed his waist and pulled him back.
Then they went down a set of stairs *WITHOUT* railing. Ratchet was feeling sick to her stomach from the height of the stairs. Her mind was screaming that any minute now she was going to fall to her death.
The Fellowship reached a gap in the stairs, which Legolas jumped easily. 'Stupid elf' Ratchet thought.
"Gandalf!" Legolas called with a wave of his arm. Gandalf jumped to the other side. Boromir grabbed Merry and Pippin and jumped over. Then a bit of the stairs fell away.
Aragorn grabbed Sam and tossed him over, where Legolas caught him. Aragorn went to grab Gimli, but the dwarf stated, "Nobody tosses a dwarf." So he jumped over with a yell. His feet slipped and Legolas caught his beard. "Not the beard, not the beard!" Gimli was pulled up.
Then Ratchet got her nerve to jump. She took a couple of steps forward, then took a leap. Her feet landed on loose steps, and she started to fall backwards. But Boromir ran forward and grabbed her before she could fall.
"Thanks Boromir." Her breath was coming fast from the sudden adrenalin. She turned around and saw that the part of stairs that Frodo and Aragorn were on had broken away and was swaying. She didn't hear what Aragorn said, but saw what he was trying.
When the Hobbit and the Ranger were with the others again they ran for dear life. The Balrog was a helluva lot closer and it felt like he was breathing down their necks. They ran across a bridge and turned around to see that Gandalf had stopped in the middle of the bridge.
Ratchet just noticed that the orcs were raining arrows down on them. The Balrog stopped at the edge of the bridge and roared. Then pulled out a flaming sword.
"You cannot pass! I am servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the Flame of Anor. Dark fire will not avail you Flame of Udun!" Gandalf yelled. The Balrog was like a giant bull with wings, and claws instead of hooves. It's eyes were white and the thing was covered in fire. "Go back to the shadow."
The Balrog brought his sword down on Gandalf, but met a thing of blue, and broke his sword. Then it pulled out a flame whip.
"Gandalf!" Frodo cried out.
"You, shall not, PASS!!" Gandalf yelled out and brought his staff and sword down on the bridge. The Balrog snorted, stepped onto the bridge and raised his whip. But the half the Balrog was standing on broke off and fell, along with the terrifying beast.
Gandalf turned around with a look of relief, so he didn't notice the whip crack back up to grab his ankle.
"GANDALF!" Ratchet cried out and ran to grab him.
Gandalf grabbed the edge of the broken bridge and said with wide eyes, "Fly, you fools!" Then he fell into darkness.
"NOOOOOO!!" Frodo cried out in horror. Boromir grabbed him and held him back. Legolas, the other Hobbits, and Gimli turned and ran to the hallway that led to sweet freedom. Aragorn just stood where he was.
"Aragorn!" Boromir called to bring the ranger to his senses. Then the man of Gondor disapeared into the hallway. Aragorn looked around and saw Ratchet in a crouching position. He pulled her up and they ran for the exit.
When they got outside, everyone was in different states of shock and grief. Merry was holding Pippin who was crying. Sam was sitting on the ground and crying. Frodo was walking around aimlessly. Boromir was consoling Gimli, Legolas was standing and looking at nothing, while Aragorn wiped his sword clean of orc blood.
So no one noticed when Ratchet pulled out an orc arrow from her calf and quickly bandaged it. She had a slight limp, and hoped that no one noticed.
"Legolas. Get them up." Aragorn said. Legolas just turned and stared at him.
"Give them a moment, for pity's sake!" Boromir argued.
"By nightfall these hills will be swarming with orcs!" Aragorn said as he walked over to Sam and got him up. Legolas got Merry and Pippin to their feet, while Boromir looked around for Ratchet. He found her and walked over and put a hand on her shoulder. She just looked up at him with blank eyes.
"It will be all right." he said.
She stared at him with no emotion. "Why do people always say lies like that in bad times?" she asked him. Then shrugged off his hand and walked over to Merry and Pippin, who latched onto her and buried their faces into her stomach. She put a hand on their shoulders and let them cry.
"Where to next, o fearless leader?" She called out to Aragorn who was walking back to the group with Frodo.
"To the Woods of Lothlorien." he answered.
They walked on down the foothills to the forest in silence. The Hobbits were stuck to Ratchet like a fly to poop. She tried to calm them down with a little song/farewell to Gandalf.
"Inexspressible thoughts
Shall I tell them only to the fading stars
Alone I shall tread
The path I believe in
It is not a thing so light
As to be a dream
Even if I die
I shall not regret it
The song of the wind rocks my heart
Now I close my eyes
And try to forget time
The dark sky hints of flames
Everything burns
And returns to peace."
Ratchet's voice was low and tired. But she kept on singing because the Hobbits seemed to be relaxing a bit. She had to go on for them. But her calf was burning from the arrow wound.
"Nameless flowers
Surrounded by red fire
Anytime there is only one justice
The one in the hands of the victor
It is not a thing so pretty
As that of searching for the future
Even if I make someone weep
I will not lose my way
The song of the wind consoles my heart
Just recall
The smiles someday
The stardust shining in the dark sky
Are those who sometime vanished
The fighters of legends past."
Her leg felt like jelly and she was limping more noticebly. They had just entered the forest. The tree's were huge and beautiful. Everything smelled clean and fresh. There was no scent of blood or sweat. Ratchet tripped, but kept going.
"The song of the wind rocks my heart
Now I close my eyes
And try to forget time
The sky hints of flame
Everything burns
And returns to peace."
Ratchet breathed out peace as she fell to the ground. Her leg ached horribly and she was feeling hot.
"Strider!" one of the Hobbits called out. The Fellowship stopped as Strider pulled Ratchet to her feet. She shook her head and looked up at the concerned faces. She was feeling hot and slightly light-headed.
"Are you all right? Can you go on?" Aragorn asked her.
Ratchet shook her head again and answered, "Yeah. I'm fine. I just tripped, that's all. Come on." She took a step forward with her injured leg and cried out in pain as she started to fall.
Aragorn caught her and leaned her against a tree. He looked at her leg and saw a blood-stained cloth wrapped around her calf. Why hadn't one of the Hobbits noticed?
"You're injured. Legolas, help me." Legolas held Ratchet up as Aragorn unwrapped the bandage and was met with a deep hole in her calf. "An orc arrow hit you?" It was more of a statement than a question.
"I'm fine. I pulled it out." she insisted.
"No you're not. Don't be so stubborn. You're going to need a healer. This wound is too deep for you to walk on it. You'll have to be carried." Ratchet knew what he meant. They needed to hurry and she would be too slow and hold them back.
"I'll take her." Boromir volunteered.
"All right." Aragorn pulled out a clean bandage from somewhere and wrapped it around the wound, which had started to bleed again.
"I'm fine." Ratchet said weakly as she was hauled onto Boromirs back. But her leg was throbbing, and her head was reeling. She struggled a little before she gave into the pain. She dimly remembered wrapping her arms around his neck and laying her head on his shoulder before everything just went blank.
She went in and out of conciousness for a while. The first real waking up was slow and short.
When Ratchet opened her eyes, she was still on Boromir's back with her head in his neck. She groaned and turned her head so she could get a better look around. They were still in the forest.
The Hobbits were behind her with Gimli, because she could hear their voices from the back. Aragorn was up front and Legolas was to her left. Her vision was a little blurry, but cleared after she blinked a couple of times.
Boromir suddenly stopped as an arrow was pointed only inches from his face. Ratchet wasn't even fazed as she stared at the elves with their blond hair and arrows pointed at the Fellowship. She recognised Aragorn talking to someone in Elvish.
She felt Boromir tense up under her. Then she felt hands on her injured leg and instinctively kicked out. She smiled as she heard an "ooomph!" Ratchet rested her head on Boromir's other shoulder so she could see who she had kicked in the stomach.
An elf was being helped up by its fellows as he rubbed his stomach and glared at her. He spoke harshly to her in Elvish. She could feel Boromir sniggering by the way he was slightly shaking. Aragorn came into her range of vision and whispered in her ear. "The elf you just kicked is Haldir. He is trying to look at your wound."
Haldir spoke in english this time. "Her leg seems fine if she can kick like that."
"Do not be fooled Haldir of Lorien. She has a strong spirit and merely reacted to what she thought was a threat." Legolas replied for her. Ratchet was regretting her kicking the elf a little.
Her leg was throbbing again and it hurt so bad that her eyes started to water. She clenched her eyes shut to hide her weakness and bit back her little groans as best she could. God, it hurt *A LOT*.
Haldir walked up to her and gently touched her leg, wary of another kick. Ratchet opened her eyes and looked into Haldir's piercing blue eyes. His indignant look softened as he saw her eyes shining with unshed tears and pain. 'She is trying to stay strong' he thought to himself. 'She does not want to appear weak.'
He gently unwrapped the bloodstained bandage and looked at her calf. It was caked in blood and the edges around the wound were an unhealthy shade of red. The arrow must have been poisoned. He asked Aragorn how long it had been since the arrow hit her and cursed at the reply.
He laid the back of his hand to her forhead and felt the heat radiating off her skin before he touched her. She closed her eyes and leaned into his cool hand and sighed. He removed his hand after a few seconds and said something to everyone else.
She didn't care though. All she wanted was to get cool again and for her leg to stop throbbing. Ratchet buried her face into Boromirs neck and sighed again as her skin cooled down a few degrees.
"The arrow that hit her was poisoned. We must hurry to Caras Galadhon if she is to live. She is already burning with fever." Haldir quickly explained to Aragorn. The Hobbits eyes widened at the elfs words.
Ratchet might die??? Even Boromir was a little shooken up, because he could feel her hot skin and shallow breaths against his neck.
The Fellowship followed the elves fast pace without complaint. They all wanted Ratchet to live. Sure, she was a little cold towards them at times. But everyone had their personality quirks.
Haldir suddenly stopped and went over to Ratchet and shook her. "What are you doing?" Pippin cried out.
"If we do not keep her awake, she might not ever wake up." he explained hurriedly. He barked at some elves in Elvish and they disappeared into the tree's. They returned a few minutes later with a crude stretcher made out of cloaks and treelimbs.
Ratchet was awake and was gently set down on the stretcher. 'How are we going to keep her awake' Haldir thought to himself. But the halflings seemed to have read his mind and started talking to her. They set off again, the elves carrying the stretcher with the Hobbits walking next to it, keeping Ratchet awake.
Whenever their voices didn't work, they pinched her. But they were tired and they couldn't keep it up.
Legolas was the one who came up with the singing idea.
"Ratchet, sing us a song. Please, for the Hobbits." he urged her.
Ratchet rolled her eyes to look at Legolas. She licked her pale lips and dimly thought about a song. She sang the first one that came to mind.
"So am I, still waiting
For this world to stop hating
Can't find a good reason
Can't find hope to believe in
Drop dead, a bullet to my head
Your words are like a gun in hand
You can't change the state of the nation
We just need some motivation
These eyes have seen no conviction
Just lies and more contradiction
So tell me, what would you say?
I'd say it's time too late
So am I, still waiting
For this world to stop hating
Can't find a good reason
Can't find hope to believe in."
The elves easily heard the words that the sick girl sang. They listened in interest at the lyrics that the girl sang. Then wondered if she had actually seen all that which she sang of.
"Ignorance and understanding
We're the first ones to jump in line
Out of step for what we believe in
But who's left to stop the bleeding
How far will we take this
It's not hard to see through the fakeness
So tell me what would you say?
I'd say it's time too late
So am I, still waiting
For this world to stop hating
Can't find a good reason
Can't find hope to believe in."
Boromir listened with sorrow at her song. All her songs seemed to be tainted with pain and grief. Why was this? How could one so young have seen so much? It was mind boggling. He looked to Aragorn and saw that his thoughts were the same.
"This can't last forever
Time won't make things better
I feel so alone
Can't help myself
And no one knows if this is worthless
Tell me (tell me)
What have we done
With a war that can't be won
This can't be real
Cause I don't know what to feel
So am I, still waiting
For this world to stop hating
Can't find a good reason
Can't find hope to believe in
So am I still waiting
For this world to stop hating
Can't find a good reason
Can't find hope to believe in...."
Ratchet's voice trailed off as she saw the beautiful elven homes, and even a few elves. She then gave a scream of pain as blood-red filled her vision. The last thing she saw was Boromir and Haldir yelling at her. But she couldn't hear them. Then screamed again as white-hot pain shot through her system and made her body convulse.
Then she blacked out.
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Faulkner: Okey dokey! The first song is Soldiers Stardust from Gundam Wing. The second one is Still Waiting from Sum 41.
CrystalMeth: Gotta love Gundam Wing and Sum 41!