Chapter 10
"What did you say?" Elrohir asked coming out of shock.
"Father attacked us, he nearly killed me. I didn't want to believe it either but it was him." Aragorn said.
"No, father died, it could not be him, perhaps it was another elf that looks like him..." Elrohir strongly denied what he was being told.
"Aragorn, are you certain it was father you saw?" Elladan asked, looking him directly in the eye, "Could you have just thought it was n the dim light?"
"No Elladan, I swear on my life it was father, I would never lie about such a thing."
"He speaks the truth," Elladan nodded, Elrohir was about to protest, "Elrohir, we have both known him long enough to tell if he was lying, and he wasn't."
"But..." Elrohir found his vision clouding, the impossibility of their father surviving so long in the orcs' captivity, what if they went to look for him and found him as they had done their mother, he didn't know if he could face that again.
"I know you don't want to believe us Ro, but I too have been seeing father of late, in dreams, it is like our minds have been connecting and..." he trailed off, so that had been what was bothering him, Elrohir went to put an arm around the elder but was pushed away.
"My lord," a guard entered the room and froze momentarily seeing the human on the bed, "scouts say they have been attacked by a creature, they could not tell what it was, one of them was brutalised by it..."
"Where about?" Elladan demanded.
"Near the southern border."
"That is where we were attacked," Legolas said.
"Come on," Elladan muttered hurriedly walking out of the room, followed by his twin and Legolas, "no you stay here, you are in no condition to travel, let alone defend yourself if you need to."
"Elladan..." he started.
"No Estel, I will not have you endanger yourself needlessly brother." He said sharply.
Elrohir smiled, hopefully Estel's presence will bring the older twin around, he was already acknowledging him as his brother unconsciously, perhaps this is all Elladan had needed.
"Elladan's right Estel, you should not injure yourself when there is no need to, we won't be too long." He smiled seeing his brother sitting sulkily, but not arguing.