Left in the Darkness
Chapter six
Friend or Foe
Elladan watched as his brothers faded into the distance then started off in the same direction.
Elladan walked for about four hours until he could walk no more, he hoped Elrohir and Estel had gotten farther then he had.
He took off his pack and took out his bed roll, and settled in for a long night.
The night passed uneventfully, and as soon as it was light, Elladan started once again toward Rivendell.
About ten minutes after he started off he came to the main bridge he had to cross, it was broken in two.
"Oh no, I hope Elrohir and Estel got over this before it collapsed," Elladan thought. For he knew that with the bridge out you had to go nearly all the way back to Mirkwood and around the other way to get to Rivendell.
Within two hours Elladan was well on his way back to Mirkwood.
Two day's passed uneventfully. Then it happened, an orc attack.
About two dozen orcs came charging at him. Elladan fought as many as he could. But then he took an arrow in the back, an arrow in the shoulder, and an arrow in the chest.
Elladan saw blurry figures coming at him, he felt strong arms around him. What he did not know, was whether it was friend or foe.
Someone was calling his name, but he thought it was his imagination.
Then same one jarred one of the arrows, and Elladan hear and saw no more.
TBC