Disclaimer- I placed a spell over the world and now everyone thinks I own Tolkien's works. Mwahahahaha (random lawyer clears throat)...erm, sorry, don't own it and never will.
A/N- We are quickly coming to the end of this story but fear not my brave readers. A sequel is in the works. See, this is going to be a trilogy. That means three stories...see how smart I am.
Chapter 14- Good-byes are so hard to do on the run.
The plate glass windows in the front of the bar shattered, spraying glass everywhere. Nothing ran in. I felt a hand on my shoulder squeezing it so hard that it was beginning to hurt. I looked over and saw Jacob was the one trying to break my collar bone. He opened his mouth to say something but blood streamed down his chin instead. That's when I saw the black arrow lodged in his neck. Another one flew through the broken window and struck his chest. Everyone in the bar was going nuts just trying to find a way out of the bar. I watched as the few who ran out of the front doors were cut down by orcs and even bigger looking orcs. The inhuman scream cut through the air again. I looked back to Jacob as he began to fall to the ground. I supported him as best as I could. "Run," he whispered before closing his eyes.
"Don't worry, J, I'll get you outta here," I yelled.
He was starting to get heavy and I was loosing my grip on him. I wouldn't leave him behind and if that meant that I was going to get killed then so be it. There's a hospital only five minutes away. We could make that in no time. Another hand grabbed my wrist and I turned my head to see Haldir ",Come on, Tina. Leave him. We have to find shelter."
"No, I won't leave him. Just go."
"Grab her, Haldir," Aragorn yelled as he pushed everyone out of the back door.
Haldir pulled me towards him and I lost my grip on Jacob. Haldir threw me over his shoulder and I screamed ",No, I can't leave him. Let me go." The orcs were streaming into the bar now, cutting down anyone in their path. Haldir took off running for the back door that Aragorn had just pushed everyone through. "I'll come back for you, J. Just hold on. I'll come back."
Haldir stopped in the alley where the others had waited for us. He sat me down on my feet but kept a hand on my back to steady me just in case. "Which way do we go to reach your rooms," Aragorn asked Mandy.
"We can take the alley all the way back. We go that way," she whispered, pointing over her shoulder.
I looked up then. I needed to do a head count. I had to do something or I would begin laughing like a raving lunatic and proceed to bang my head on the wall. Nienna, yep, Jonothan, yep, Faber, yep, Joel, yep, the ring people, yep, Mandy and Matt, yep, O.C., yep. Where's Betsy and Steven ? Where's the rest of O.C.'s band ? The others began running down the alley in the general direction of our dorm. I couldn't move. I told my legs to run but they wouldn't respond. I felt the hand on my back move to grip my arm and force me to move. I looked up to see Haldir, his features looked grim. He didn't think we would make it out of this. At least that's what I thought. He continued pulling me along beside him until we reached my room and the three people who luckily chose not to join us: Elrond, Celeborn, and Gandalf. Legolas looked back to my friends ",Pack what you need. Make it light. We don't have much time before the orcs and uruk-hai find their way here."
I still couldn't move. Haldir gently moved me further into the room before speaking ",Aragorn, she will not move or talk. I do not know what to do."
Aragorn was in front of me then along with Lord Elrond. They were speaking but I couldn't hear anything they were saying. It was like they were talking in slow motion. My hands were covered in something slick. I held them up in front of my face to see they were covered in blood. Jacob's blood. My stomach made its way to my throat and I pushed through everyone running into the bathroom. I lost the contents of my stomach in one of the stalls. Someone had come in behind me. The stall door swung open and I could see Haldir's feet. He pulled me from the stall and led me over to the sinks where he washed my hands for me. "Will you say something, Tina. Anything, just speak."
"You should've left me. I coulda protected J if you would've just left me."
"You would be dead right now if we had."
I pulled my hands away from his and looked up at him ",I will be dead in a few days thanks to your Lord Celeborn." I walked away from him and out of the bathroom making direct eye contact with Aragorn ",We head for Mississippi. I won't say that we need to go farther because our goal right now is just to make it over the border."
I grabbed a backpack and stuffed as much clothing into it that I could. I pulled my dad's pistols out of my closet and packed them in along with what little ammo I had left. Then I remembered I needed my toothbrush and toothpaste. If I was going to die I was most certainly not going to die with stinky breath. I packed those items along with my cell phone. The phone probably no longer had service but it was worth a shot. I took Nienna's shotgun from her and quickly loaded a round into its chamber. I looked back to the men of the group ",We walk out together with the hobbits and Nienna in the middle. Take out anything that comes near us. Then we get into our cars and high tail it outta here. Am I clear ?"
Aragorn cleared his throat ",Tina, perhaps another plan of action is called for."
"What other plan do you have, Aragorn ? Wait here and be killed. I could've and would've done that at the bar if El Snobbo hadn't of grabbed me when you told him to. Now lets go."
Everyone having met back up at my room all did as I said not wanting to get into a fight with me at the moment knowing I would probably shoot them if they did. But the plan was for nothing seeing as the only thing we had to fight was a scream above us who wouldn't came down close enough for us to fight it. "What is that thing," Faber yelled over it.
"Dark Riders," Aragorn answered. "I thought we would have more time than this before they made their presence known."
Mandy and I exchanged looks as I began pushing Pippin ahead of me. "That means that they're on the Fell Beasts," Mandy whimpered.
"Nazgul," Matt hissed.
I aimed the shotgun up and fired off two rounds before hearing a shriek that contained a little more pain than before. I wasn't too satisfied with it though.
Meanwhile somewhere else on campus....
"Where are theyssss precioussss." Gollum was completely lost after having been thrown from the top of the VW. "Evil buildingsssss. We hatesssss towersessss. Elfsesssss must have built them."
The Nazgul scream ripped through the quiet night and Gollum soon found himself cowering under a stone bench only yards away from the dorms where his precious was escaping.
Back to the great escape....
I went to get in on the driver's side of the mini-bus but Matt shoved me out of the way. "You've done enough driving, Tina. Get in the back and keep watch. Don't want any of those things coming after us."
So I crawled into the very back of the VW which was the storage area and never took my eyes from the view outside of the back window. I felt something wet sliding down my cheeks and realized that I was crying. I put my hand over the glass of the back window and whispered ",I'm sorry, J, I'll come back for you. I promise. I won't let them do anything to you."
A/N-Like I said this is going to be pretty depressing with some humor thrown in just to lighten up the fowl moods going around.
Next time- Pawn shops and breaking and entering. Our heroes are trying to make it out of state but a little thing called the military is making it quite difficult for them. When ammo runs low where do they go when there's not a black arms dealer running around ? A pawn shop of course. And what happens to Jacob. Is he really dead ? Or is he just playing.
A/N- We are quickly coming to the end of this story but fear not my brave readers. A sequel is in the works. See, this is going to be a trilogy. That means three stories...see how smart I am.
Chapter 14- Good-byes are so hard to do on the run.
The plate glass windows in the front of the bar shattered, spraying glass everywhere. Nothing ran in. I felt a hand on my shoulder squeezing it so hard that it was beginning to hurt. I looked over and saw Jacob was the one trying to break my collar bone. He opened his mouth to say something but blood streamed down his chin instead. That's when I saw the black arrow lodged in his neck. Another one flew through the broken window and struck his chest. Everyone in the bar was going nuts just trying to find a way out of the bar. I watched as the few who ran out of the front doors were cut down by orcs and even bigger looking orcs. The inhuman scream cut through the air again. I looked back to Jacob as he began to fall to the ground. I supported him as best as I could. "Run," he whispered before closing his eyes.
"Don't worry, J, I'll get you outta here," I yelled.
He was starting to get heavy and I was loosing my grip on him. I wouldn't leave him behind and if that meant that I was going to get killed then so be it. There's a hospital only five minutes away. We could make that in no time. Another hand grabbed my wrist and I turned my head to see Haldir ",Come on, Tina. Leave him. We have to find shelter."
"No, I won't leave him. Just go."
"Grab her, Haldir," Aragorn yelled as he pushed everyone out of the back door.
Haldir pulled me towards him and I lost my grip on Jacob. Haldir threw me over his shoulder and I screamed ",No, I can't leave him. Let me go." The orcs were streaming into the bar now, cutting down anyone in their path. Haldir took off running for the back door that Aragorn had just pushed everyone through. "I'll come back for you, J. Just hold on. I'll come back."
Haldir stopped in the alley where the others had waited for us. He sat me down on my feet but kept a hand on my back to steady me just in case. "Which way do we go to reach your rooms," Aragorn asked Mandy.
"We can take the alley all the way back. We go that way," she whispered, pointing over her shoulder.
I looked up then. I needed to do a head count. I had to do something or I would begin laughing like a raving lunatic and proceed to bang my head on the wall. Nienna, yep, Jonothan, yep, Faber, yep, Joel, yep, the ring people, yep, Mandy and Matt, yep, O.C., yep. Where's Betsy and Steven ? Where's the rest of O.C.'s band ? The others began running down the alley in the general direction of our dorm. I couldn't move. I told my legs to run but they wouldn't respond. I felt the hand on my back move to grip my arm and force me to move. I looked up to see Haldir, his features looked grim. He didn't think we would make it out of this. At least that's what I thought. He continued pulling me along beside him until we reached my room and the three people who luckily chose not to join us: Elrond, Celeborn, and Gandalf. Legolas looked back to my friends ",Pack what you need. Make it light. We don't have much time before the orcs and uruk-hai find their way here."
I still couldn't move. Haldir gently moved me further into the room before speaking ",Aragorn, she will not move or talk. I do not know what to do."
Aragorn was in front of me then along with Lord Elrond. They were speaking but I couldn't hear anything they were saying. It was like they were talking in slow motion. My hands were covered in something slick. I held them up in front of my face to see they were covered in blood. Jacob's blood. My stomach made its way to my throat and I pushed through everyone running into the bathroom. I lost the contents of my stomach in one of the stalls. Someone had come in behind me. The stall door swung open and I could see Haldir's feet. He pulled me from the stall and led me over to the sinks where he washed my hands for me. "Will you say something, Tina. Anything, just speak."
"You should've left me. I coulda protected J if you would've just left me."
"You would be dead right now if we had."
I pulled my hands away from his and looked up at him ",I will be dead in a few days thanks to your Lord Celeborn." I walked away from him and out of the bathroom making direct eye contact with Aragorn ",We head for Mississippi. I won't say that we need to go farther because our goal right now is just to make it over the border."
I grabbed a backpack and stuffed as much clothing into it that I could. I pulled my dad's pistols out of my closet and packed them in along with what little ammo I had left. Then I remembered I needed my toothbrush and toothpaste. If I was going to die I was most certainly not going to die with stinky breath. I packed those items along with my cell phone. The phone probably no longer had service but it was worth a shot. I took Nienna's shotgun from her and quickly loaded a round into its chamber. I looked back to the men of the group ",We walk out together with the hobbits and Nienna in the middle. Take out anything that comes near us. Then we get into our cars and high tail it outta here. Am I clear ?"
Aragorn cleared his throat ",Tina, perhaps another plan of action is called for."
"What other plan do you have, Aragorn ? Wait here and be killed. I could've and would've done that at the bar if El Snobbo hadn't of grabbed me when you told him to. Now lets go."
Everyone having met back up at my room all did as I said not wanting to get into a fight with me at the moment knowing I would probably shoot them if they did. But the plan was for nothing seeing as the only thing we had to fight was a scream above us who wouldn't came down close enough for us to fight it. "What is that thing," Faber yelled over it.
"Dark Riders," Aragorn answered. "I thought we would have more time than this before they made their presence known."
Mandy and I exchanged looks as I began pushing Pippin ahead of me. "That means that they're on the Fell Beasts," Mandy whimpered.
"Nazgul," Matt hissed.
I aimed the shotgun up and fired off two rounds before hearing a shriek that contained a little more pain than before. I wasn't too satisfied with it though.
Meanwhile somewhere else on campus....
"Where are theyssss precioussss." Gollum was completely lost after having been thrown from the top of the VW. "Evil buildingsssss. We hatesssss towersessss. Elfsesssss must have built them."
The Nazgul scream ripped through the quiet night and Gollum soon found himself cowering under a stone bench only yards away from the dorms where his precious was escaping.
Back to the great escape....
I went to get in on the driver's side of the mini-bus but Matt shoved me out of the way. "You've done enough driving, Tina. Get in the back and keep watch. Don't want any of those things coming after us."
So I crawled into the very back of the VW which was the storage area and never took my eyes from the view outside of the back window. I felt something wet sliding down my cheeks and realized that I was crying. I put my hand over the glass of the back window and whispered ",I'm sorry, J, I'll come back for you. I promise. I won't let them do anything to you."
A/N-Like I said this is going to be pretty depressing with some humor thrown in just to lighten up the fowl moods going around.
Next time- Pawn shops and breaking and entering. Our heroes are trying to make it out of state but a little thing called the military is making it quite difficult for them. When ammo runs low where do they go when there's not a black arms dealer running around ? A pawn shop of course. And what happens to Jacob. Is he really dead ? Or is he just playing.