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Between two Kings

He caught the fallen Elf just as he fell and looked into his eyes. They were filled with sorrow and fear. Fear of dying. Dying was foreign to most Elves and it frightened them. Aragorn put his hand to his chest, then to Haldir's, wincing in emotional pain. He looked up and saw more orcs approaching.

He lay Haldir down and picked up his sword from the ground beside him. Then he started to kill them every one of them, they had killed Haldir. He was avenging his friend's death. His good friend that had fought beside him for a long time. He reached a ladder and punched an orc off it, then climbed on and pushed off the wall, landing on a group of orcs.

"Is he alive?" Aradel asked with concern.

Aragorn sadly shook his head while slaughtering more orcs. She closed her eyes in momentary sorrow. He didn't deserve to die. A lot of soldiers that had died that evening hadn't deserved to die. But the orcs did. And they would pay.

An orc attempted to sneak up behind her as she retreated to the keep but she lashed out with her sword and took off his head then twisted and stabbed another one through the heart. She then knocked the sword out of one's hand and slashed, missed and chopped off its arm. With the other one it punched her in the stomach but she didn't seem to notice much and stabbed it through the forehead.

As she was running after Aragorn into the keep she heard a cracking sound as the door the band of orcs were trying to break began to do so. With one more backward glance she raced through the stone halls and to the gate. They appeared just after it broke open and orcs began spilling in, the only thing between them and victory being twenty or so men.

Aragorn laid a hand on Theoden's shoulder and gave him a reassuring look. Theoden had been stabbed in the arm with an orc's spear. She nodded politely to him as she too joined the mass at the door holding them off.

"Hold them!" Theoden yelled as Gamling but the finishing touches on his bandage, apparently to Aragorn who turned back.

"How long do you need?" he asked as he stabbed another orc.

Theoden took his sword back from Gamling. "As long as you can give me!"

Aragorn grabbed Gimli by the back of the neck and yelled in his ear over the noise of the battle. "Gimli!" He then dragged the Dwarf back to a side door and they disappeared, temporarily.

Aradel continued to fight along side the Rohirum soldiers stabbing and slashing. All of a sudden the orc thinned and almost disappeared from the door. Through the massive whole in the door she could see Aragorn and Gimli fighting back to back, clearing the doorway.

Behind her Theoden shouted. "Shore up the door!" and Gamling came through with a large piece of strong timber.

"Make way!" he shouted and she moved to the side as he mounted it on the door and started pounding away at the sides.

"All men to the barricade!" Many men rushed to the gate and helped hold the timber to the door while others bolted it down. She helped hold it up beside a rather old fellow.

After a minute the soldier to her other side shouted something back to the gatherers of timber. "Another one over here!" And another one was placed below the one she was currently holding. She switched her hands to hold that one and the banging of the nails persisted.

"Higher!" Theoden ordered from behind her.

'When I get out of here I'm going to take a nice long bath and sleep until next year.' Aradel thought as she struggled to keep the heavy wood from falling.

Legolas was on the wall above the keep where waves after wave of arrows were falling on the attacking army. They had sent up grappling hooks with ropes attached. One had hit a soldier and sent him flying. From below ladders were being hoisted, guided by the ropes.

He whipped out his bow and took an arrow from the quiver strapped to his back. He drew and quickly released. It soared through the air and went straight through the rope on one of the ladders causing it to go severely off balance and fall over crushing many orcs beneath it.

He continued shooting and slashing with his twin Elven swords. As he dodged a blow from another orc he saw Aragorn and Gimli fighting on the causeway and faintly heard Theoden telling them to get out of there. He stabbed the orc and quickly grabbed a coil of rope conveniently lying near his feet.

"Aragorn!" He looked up as Legolas threw the rope down and held on to one end while he took Gimli by the chest. With great effort he pulled them up and helped them over the stone ledge.

They all knew what to do. Fall back to the keep. So they retreated threw the small entrance to the gate where they would help reinforce the door and Aragorn would also consult Theoden on their next move.

As Legolas was retreating backward he shot his last arrow and put away his bow. He bumped into someone.

"Hello." Aradel said with a smile. "I was wondering when you'd come."

He smiled back at her, happy to see a friendly face and to see that she was still alive, and they ran side by side to the gate.

"Where have you been?" he asked once they were back at the gate reinforcing the doors.

"Right here holding up timber. They called us back to the keep so I went in and naturally I saw them trying to barricade the gate so I pitched in." she replied picking up a stone and smacking a nail into the wood with it.

"So you have been holding up boards while we have been out there fighting and spewing blood for our country?" Gimli, who was helping Legolas hold up the board.

She looked over at him. "Yes, exactly." She stated bluntly. He rolled his eyes.

Both Aradel and Legolas were listening to Aragorn talk to Theoden in the background while he rushed in with reinforcements for the door.

"The fortress is taken. It is over." Theoden said with the slight shake of his head and great sorrow in his voice.

"You said this fortress would never fall while your men defend it. They sealed it, they have died defending it." He said a concerned look upon his dirtied face.

Theoden had no answer and the loud commotion continued. "Is there no other way for the women and children to get out of the caves?" No answer from both the King and Gamling who was standing not far behind him. "Is there no other way."

Gamling stepped forward a bit. "There is one passage. It leads into the mountains, but they will not get far, the Uruk-Hai are to many." There was a slight pause.

Aragorn looked to Theoden, waiting for a word of protest but it didn't come so he turned to Gamling. "Send word for the women and children to make for the mountain passage and barricade the entrance." He said then looked to Theoden.

A/N: Sigh. Title is refering to Theoden and Aragorn's arguement which is the main point of the chapter, i think. I got my 100th review!!! I am so happy and i want to thank everyone who reviewed. I also want to thank my parents, for making it all possible and my best friend Kaitlyn. Without their support i never could have succeeded and achieved my dreams. Ok none of that was true. My parents don't even know i write and if they did they would be in more of the 'i can't believe you do that, your so obssessed with Legolas' kind of attitude. And Kaitlyn would completely make fun of me in the worse possible way til one of us died. (accidents happen, heh heh) So that's that. Nehoo, bye-bye!:D

Ms. Unknown: Oh, no problem its my pleasure, updating. Thanks for your support!:D

I like MINTS: I know, let us have a moment of silence for the deceased. hangs head in moment of silence for the deceased I don't like killing Haldir but as you said it had to be done. Hey, i have voices too! Wow maybe my voices can contact your voices and we could have a little mentally sick party! Yay!

kougayurizoku: I did hate the part where he died, it was so sad. Why do they have to kill him?! Why god why, did you take him away from us?! Ahem. I will give you that clue, just because i'm so nice (which might counteract some of the pure evil) Yes he was in the books. :D I've been more annoyed when i was sleeping. I was having a dream where some guy in a suit was throwing cell phones at me. Stupid suit man. Ahem, have to go take the special pills now! :D

Arein: I completely agree. Although i could kill him by beating him. looks over at at brother and grins sinisterly I have to go, heh heh.