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"RUN!! " Boromir answered Sam before he had even finished his question.
"Great plan!" shouted Gimli as they ran. There were far too many orcs to try and fight, especially when they didn't have any weapons. They ran for what seemed like an age for the hobbits until Frodo, who was at the back of them suddenly shouted, with the only breath he had left,
"They've gone... They're not chasing us anymore!"
"Huh? Where'd they go?" enquired Strider,
"I... don't know. Weird! As long ...as ...we don't have to run anymore!" said Merry, breathlessly.
"Very unusual. As far as I know orcs don't just ... disappear!" said Gimli.
"I agree, but I can't see them anywh..aaahhhhhh..." Legolas was stopped when each of them were grabbed from behind by orcs. Telania and Sequoia managed to fight off their orcs, but unfortunately, just as they had, even more orcs poured out of the trees and grabbed them again.
In the end, the orcs had to knock both Telania and Sequoia out for the reason that they were causing them so much trouble, but they even had a problem doing that. The others also caused a bit of a nuisance to them but in the end the orcs managed to tie them all up, tightly, just in case. The orcs then dragged the lifeless bodies of Telania and Sequoia over to join the others.
It was Telania who woke first.
"Oww! My head is absolutely thumping! I had the weirdest dream that we were.... Oh! It wasn't a dream!" Telania said as she noticed the orcs standing guard around them.
"How you feeling?" asked Legolas.
"Sore!"
"Alright, Alright! We're not here to chat!" spat one of the orcs.
Sequoia groaned as she came to.
"Ah; geez. My head is killing me. I feel like I've been hit over the head with a huge orc hammer!"
"Sorry to brake this to you, but you have!" commented Legolas.
Their hands had been tied behind their backs and their feet had been bound together. When Strider tried to loosen them, he only succeeded in making them tighter.
At that moment an orc that only had one hand, sauntered into view of the prisoners. Sequoia, seeing him, snarled at him for a reason only Telania knew. The orc, who seemed to be some sort of leader, ordered the orcs guards to leave and at once they did so. He then walked over to where they were tied up.
"Ah, Princess Sequoia, Telania, How nice it is to see you again!" he hissed, "I suppose this time its better because you can't run away from me now!"
"Again? Run away?" thought the others, confused.
"Shame I can't say the same about you!" Sequoia replied. In return, he punched her across the face and snarled,
"Oh look at that, you've got a nice red bruise now! I don't think you should be saying things like that in your position, do you? Now lets get down to business shall we? I need to ask a little favour of you."
"Never if my life depended on it would I help a disgusting creature like you!"
Yet again, he punched her hard, but this time not on the face but in the ribs. Sequoia keeled over and started wheezing. Telania tried to reach her, but just got pushed back into Legolas again. The orc snarled at her and told her not to move or he would kill her and Sequoia; but then a foul smile formed on his face.
"What if Telania' s life depended on it? Would you do it then?"
Sequoia looked up tears welling in her blue eyes.
"You wouldn't dare!" she gasped
"Fine, just watch me!" he grabbed Telania by the arm and dragged her off the ground. He took his sword up to her neck and growled, "Last chance. Do what I want or I'll kill her!"
"NO!! Telania!" Legolas cried. Telania stared at her, pleading her to help. Sequoia stared back, knowing she had to save her but also regretting what she was about to say for what the favour would be. Sequoia had made up her mind. She needed her best friend more than anything.
"No; wait I'll do whatever you want me to do... just don't hurt my friends."
He smiled as she said this and let go of Telania' s arm, making her fall to the ground with a hard thump because she couldn't break the fall with her hands.
"Excellent! I knew it would work. This is what you are going to do for me... Tonight at the castle there is a banquet being held, isn't there? Isn't there?!" He eyed the slumped elf on the ground in front of him.
"Yes there is, what about it?" Frodo answered for Sequoia.
"Princess Sequoia here is going to kindly take me to it so I can kill her father and take over Delven for Lord Sauron. Make it into an evil kingdom, you know!"
"I've already lost my mother to you, I'm not going to lose my father to you as well."
The others around her gasped at what she had just said. You could see in the orc's eyes that he was getting annoyed.
"Well then, say good bye to your friends won't you?"
Sequoia cried out. Tears ran down her muddy cheek and she couldn't breathe. The pain in her chest and head was terrible. She couldn't concentrate.
"Well, which one is it?" He stared down at her like she was nothing compared to him. He started to get impatient and said, "Fine, if you don't decide, I will make up your mind for you and kill all of you including your father, making you watch until the very end. Then I will kill you."
"OK, I'll do it, as long as you promise not to hurt my friends. Promise, although I won't be able to trust you."
"Aw, you hurt my feelings."
"You killed my mother, I don't think it's the same thing."
"Right then, off we go." He called over a few of the watching orcs and ordered them to untie their feet bonds but not their hands. "Get up and start moving!"
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"RUN!! " Boromir answered Sam before he had even finished his question.
"Great plan!" shouted Gimli as they ran. There were far too many orcs to try and fight, especially when they didn't have any weapons. They ran for what seemed like an age for the hobbits until Frodo, who was at the back of them suddenly shouted, with the only breath he had left,
"They've gone... They're not chasing us anymore!"
"Huh? Where'd they go?" enquired Strider,
"I... don't know. Weird! As long ...as ...we don't have to run anymore!" said Merry, breathlessly.
"Very unusual. As far as I know orcs don't just ... disappear!" said Gimli.
"I agree, but I can't see them anywh..aaahhhhhh..." Legolas was stopped when each of them were grabbed from behind by orcs. Telania and Sequoia managed to fight off their orcs, but unfortunately, just as they had, even more orcs poured out of the trees and grabbed them again.
In the end, the orcs had to knock both Telania and Sequoia out for the reason that they were causing them so much trouble, but they even had a problem doing that. The others also caused a bit of a nuisance to them but in the end the orcs managed to tie them all up, tightly, just in case. The orcs then dragged the lifeless bodies of Telania and Sequoia over to join the others.
It was Telania who woke first.
"Oww! My head is absolutely thumping! I had the weirdest dream that we were.... Oh! It wasn't a dream!" Telania said as she noticed the orcs standing guard around them.
"How you feeling?" asked Legolas.
"Sore!"
"Alright, Alright! We're not here to chat!" spat one of the orcs.
Sequoia groaned as she came to.
"Ah; geez. My head is killing me. I feel like I've been hit over the head with a huge orc hammer!"
"Sorry to brake this to you, but you have!" commented Legolas.
Their hands had been tied behind their backs and their feet had been bound together. When Strider tried to loosen them, he only succeeded in making them tighter.
At that moment an orc that only had one hand, sauntered into view of the prisoners. Sequoia, seeing him, snarled at him for a reason only Telania knew. The orc, who seemed to be some sort of leader, ordered the orcs guards to leave and at once they did so. He then walked over to where they were tied up.
"Ah, Princess Sequoia, Telania, How nice it is to see you again!" he hissed, "I suppose this time its better because you can't run away from me now!"
"Again? Run away?" thought the others, confused.
"Shame I can't say the same about you!" Sequoia replied. In return, he punched her across the face and snarled,
"Oh look at that, you've got a nice red bruise now! I don't think you should be saying things like that in your position, do you? Now lets get down to business shall we? I need to ask a little favour of you."
"Never if my life depended on it would I help a disgusting creature like you!"
Yet again, he punched her hard, but this time not on the face but in the ribs. Sequoia keeled over and started wheezing. Telania tried to reach her, but just got pushed back into Legolas again. The orc snarled at her and told her not to move or he would kill her and Sequoia; but then a foul smile formed on his face.
"What if Telania' s life depended on it? Would you do it then?"
Sequoia looked up tears welling in her blue eyes.
"You wouldn't dare!" she gasped
"Fine, just watch me!" he grabbed Telania by the arm and dragged her off the ground. He took his sword up to her neck and growled, "Last chance. Do what I want or I'll kill her!"
"NO!! Telania!" Legolas cried. Telania stared at her, pleading her to help. Sequoia stared back, knowing she had to save her but also regretting what she was about to say for what the favour would be. Sequoia had made up her mind. She needed her best friend more than anything.
"No; wait I'll do whatever you want me to do... just don't hurt my friends."
He smiled as she said this and let go of Telania' s arm, making her fall to the ground with a hard thump because she couldn't break the fall with her hands.
"Excellent! I knew it would work. This is what you are going to do for me... Tonight at the castle there is a banquet being held, isn't there? Isn't there?!" He eyed the slumped elf on the ground in front of him.
"Yes there is, what about it?" Frodo answered for Sequoia.
"Princess Sequoia here is going to kindly take me to it so I can kill her father and take over Delven for Lord Sauron. Make it into an evil kingdom, you know!"
"I've already lost my mother to you, I'm not going to lose my father to you as well."
The others around her gasped at what she had just said. You could see in the orc's eyes that he was getting annoyed.
"Well then, say good bye to your friends won't you?"
Sequoia cried out. Tears ran down her muddy cheek and she couldn't breathe. The pain in her chest and head was terrible. She couldn't concentrate.
"Well, which one is it?" He stared down at her like she was nothing compared to him. He started to get impatient and said, "Fine, if you don't decide, I will make up your mind for you and kill all of you including your father, making you watch until the very end. Then I will kill you."
"OK, I'll do it, as long as you promise not to hurt my friends. Promise, although I won't be able to trust you."
"Aw, you hurt my feelings."
"You killed my mother, I don't think it's the same thing."
"Right then, off we go." He called over a few of the watching orcs and ordered them to untie their feet bonds but not their hands. "Get up and start moving!"
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