Chapter 9
"Legolas," Elrohir beamed, "It has been such a long time my friend..." he saw a flicker of emotion o the other elf's face, "What?" He looked to the man in his arms, "Estel? Brother? Is it really you?" he found himself overwhelmed with emotions seeing his human brother.
"Ro...good to see you too...brother." he managed before falling unconscious.
"What happened?" he asked fearfully.
"He was attacked," Legolas said, not wanting to mention their father just yet.
"Come, we must get him to a bed. His room is close," he said leading them to the man's bedroom, which had been tidied and had remained untouched since he left. "Lay him down; on his side..." he trailed off seeing the gash, "what did this?"
"It was a creature...one that suffered at the hands of orcs, turning it into..." he trailed off hearing another enter the room.
"Legolas, this is a surprise," Elladan said, no trace of emotion in his voice.
"Hello Elladan, it has been a while." Legolas smiled and was returned with a stiff smile gracing the lord's stern features. Elladan had changed so much.
"What is going on in here then?" he asked seeing a still form on the bed.
"We were attacked Elladan, Estel was badly injured." Neither missed the flame in the elder's eyes as the human's name was mentioned.
"We better sort him out then, hadn't we?" he muttered and told Elrohir what he needed. "It's not that deep, but deep enough, what happened exactly?" Elrohir returned with the things and placed them down.
"He needs to be seen to first, I'll tell you later," Legolas said softly as the older twin started cleaning the wounds.
"Infection has started," Elladan muttered, "Hopefully this will calm it down," he said damping a cloth with boiled athelas water. "Go on you two...I fear there was something else in the wound, I'll try and call him back." He told them, questions about the attacker pushed from his mind, he was now only concerned about bringing the younger man back.
Hours later Elladan finally managed to bring Aragorn around, that was when the other two elves entered.
"Dan?" the human whispered.
"Welcome back Aragorn, I thought you had given up on this world." His sharp tone caused the human to flinch.
"Ai Estel, you're alright," Elrohir smiled and held the human tightly.
"Legolas," Elladan cut through them, "What was it that attacked you? Can you not speak of it now?"
"I didn't see it clearly but..."
"It was Ada," Aragorn finished, the twins looked at him sharply, Elrohir's face was full of disbelieving and Elladan's was its usual emotionless mask.