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A/N- Thanks for all of your reviews!:D You guys are so nice!

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Chapter 2 Uruk-hai!

"Move yer sorry skins!" Croaked a harsh Uruk voice.

"Uruk-hai" Aragorn thought. Then at that same moment he looked franticly for a way out.

There was a passage out at the East Side of the cavern and Aragorn ran to it. Just in time, because at that same moment the Uruks came into the cavern on the West Side.

"Ai! Look 'ere! Looks as though we had some visitors!" Shouted Ugluk. "Come on! Let's find 'em!"

There was a roar of approval among the Uruk-hai band.

Ugluk followed the passage until he could get a clear shot at the Ranger. He then quickly notched and fired a poison tipped arrow.

The arrow hit its mark. Right between Aragorn's shoulder blades, just barely missing his spine.

Aragorn groaned and fell to his knees still holding Frodo in his arms. "Frodo..." He whispered, "I'm sorry... I've failed to protect you..."

"No. You-" Was all Frodo could manage before an Uruk grabbed him roughly around his chest. Frodo gave a gasp of pain through clenched teeth.

"Thought you could out-run the fighting Uruk-hai?" Ugluk sneered.

Aragorn gave no answer.

"Where's that cursed antidote?" Ugluk shouted, "Can't have this tark die on us now can we?"

A small Uruk came running up with a small black phial and gave it to Ugluk.

Ugluk took Aragorn's hair and pulled his head back. Then he forced the vile liquid down the Ranger's throat. Ugluk pushed Aragorn down so that his back was facing the great Uruk. Then he put a filthy rag in Aragorn's mouth and he put a strip of cloth around his mouth so he couldn't spit the gag out.

"You two! Get over here and hold him down!" He motioned to some nearby Uruks.

The Uruks came over and both held Aragorn down.

Ugluk then put his hand on the arrow shaft and the other on Aragorn's back. The Uruk pulled hard and the arrow shaft came out, but the tip was still imbedded inside the wound. So Ugluk took a blunt knife and probed the wound until he found the tip. He scooped the tip out with the blade and threw it aside.

All through the procedure Aragorn's muffled agonized cries could be heard.

"Ai! We shall have some fun later!" Ugluk replied to Aragorn's cries. The Uruk took out a box and smeared his finger in the black paste and smeared it into Aragorn's wound.

Aragorn tried to wiggle free, but the Uruks were holding him down tightly.

The Uruks clapped and hooted. They always enjoy seeing the pain of others.

"Ai! Can't take his medicine!" Shouted one of the Uruks from the group.

"Bind him!" Ugluk shouted.

Some nearby Uruks took some cord and bound the Ranger's wrists and ankles.

Ugluk moved over to Frodo. "What would Saruman want with such a weak creature?" He sneered. "Maybe they give good sport! No matter." He took a flask and shoved it in between Frodo's teeth and poured a burning liquid down his throat.

Frodo felt a hot fierce glow through him. The pain in his rib had left him.

"Bind him!" Ugluk shouted to an Uruk.

The Uruk quickly and roughly bound Frodo's wrists and ankles.

Then a great Uruk roughly picked Aragorn up and stuck his head in between the Ranger's bound wrists.

A slightly smaller Uruk picked Frodo up and handled him the same way.

"Now run! Run curse you! Run while the night lasts!" Ugluk shouted.

The band of Uruk-hai set off running in the remaining moonlight that was left,

TBC...

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A/N- This one's not a cliffie! But if you want you could call it one... I tried to get the character's personalities right, but... well I tried...