Disclaimer: See Chapter One
A/N: Once again this is dedicated to Carmen, may she rest in
peace. Thank you everyone for reading and reviewing and thank you
for your kind sympathies regarding Carmen. I hope you all enjoy
this chapter and yes, this is yet another cliff hanger but it couldn't
be helped so sorry! I would also like to thank enb2004 who is my
beta and has helped me tremendously through this past week of
grief. Thank you all and enjoy! Oh and please excuse any of
the mistakes I make with the elvish. I do not claim to be an
expert and would appreciate people correcting me if I am wrong.
Thank you!
Elladan, the elder of the twin sons of Elrond, was jolted out of his sleep by a soft knock on the door.
"Damn it! Who's knocking at this hour?" Elladan thought sleepily. "Come in," Elladan called out softly, not wanting to wake anyone else up by shouting his annoyance at whoever was at his door. When no one came in, Elladan just shrugged and figured that the sound he had heard had been in his dream or an animal outside.
Just as Elladan was about to fall back into the Elven realm of dreams, he heard the sound of someone knocking once more. He cursed a few times and staggered out of bed and headed for the door. "Come in," he said through gritted teeth. Whoever was knocking at his door was going to be very upset when Elladan was through with him.
"Dan…I need…help…." A voice said from outside. All thoughts of pulverizing that person was gone at once. Elladan would be able to recognize Estel's voice anywhere.
Elladan swung open the door just in time to catch his brother as he fell.
"Estel! Oh, what have you done this time, tithen gwador?" he muttered sadly.
"Not my fault," Estel slurred as Elladan carried him across the room.
"Of course it wasn't tithen pen," Elladan said reassuringly, not wanting to upset his brother with teasing in his current state. Carefully, Elladan placed Estel on his bed and turned on a lamp.
He gasped when he saw the state of his little brother, who was bleeding profusely from a nasty gash in his leg. He was soaking wet and shivering, there was a second nasty gash on his head, and he felt warm to the touch.
"ADA! ELROHIR! I NEED HELP IN HERE! Hang on Estel, Ada's coming. Don't you dare give up," Elladan said.
"Dan don't…" he started to cough. "Need Ada…" Estel said horsely.
"By the Valar Estel! Look at yourself! Of course you need Ada!" Elladan said expaseratedly.
"Elladan! What's wrong? Ada's on his…ESTEL!!!" a voice said from just outside the bedroom where was the door was still open from when Elladan had barged in.
"Elrohir, thank the Valar. You said that Ada was on his way?" Elladan asked.
"Aye, what's wrong with Estel? He looks awful," Elrohir said.
Suddenly, Estel started jerking around. "ESTEL!!" Elladan cried out in horror as his brother started coughing up blood.
"ADA! HURRY!" Elrohir yelled desperately.
Translations:
Ada: Dad, Daddy
Adar: Father
Tithen pen: Little One
Tithen gwador: Little Brother