Journey to Mordor (By SUV)

Disclaimer: I do not own anything to do with Lord of the Rings besides owning a copy of the DVDs and books. So do not even think about suing me! I'll sue you first! I only claim rights to the idea of this story and my plot lines. And I own Tess. Emily, Dolly, and Kate are all being used with permission. And I borrowed the Suburban from my Aunt Debbie.

Part III: The Return of the King

Chapter Twenty: Isengard

Tess and Aragorn led the group to Isengard. Once they reached Isengard, Pippin, Merry, and Emily greeted them. Emily was toying around with her flame-thrower and shooting flames out of it. Merry and Pippin were smoking their pipes and stuffing their faces with various types of food that they had found in Saruman's storeroom. Aragorn smiled at the three and Tess let out a small laugh. Then the rest of the group rode up and Dolly drove the SUV down. And Kate hitched a ride with Treebeard to see them.

Everyone spoke for a few minutes before they prepared to head back to Rohan again. Pippin and Kate wanted to ride back to Rohan on horses and Merry and Emily wanted to sleep in the SUV. So Merry and Emily climbed into the SUV as Kate swung on behind Legolas and Pippin behind Tess. As the group turned around to head back towards Rohan, something sparkled in the water.

Pippin stared at it before swinging off Tess's horse and hopping into the high water surrounding Isengard. It seemed to draw the Hobbit right to it. Pippin reached into the water and pulled out a shiny round object and exclaimed, "Shiny!"

Everyone looked at him. Kate began to stare at the object in the Hobbit's hands before she to fell under its spell. Kate hopped off Legolas's horse and waded over to the Hobbit.

"Pippin! Get back on a horse so we can get going! You too Kate! We can't afford anymore delays!" called Aragorn.

"I want it! Shiny object!" cried Kate as she jumped on Pippin, trying to rip the shiny object out of her hands.

"No! It's mine! My shiny object! My precious!"

"But I want it!"

"No!!!!! My shiny object!!!!!"

"Give the shiny object to me you half-witted short stack of a creature called a 'Hobbit'!"

The two wrestled for several minutes over the shiny object. Finally Gandalf was drawn to it and plucked it right out of the two's hands. They both glared at Gandalf and looked cross.

"You are all wrong! It's my shiny object! Mwahahaha!!!!!" cried Gandalf as Kate and Pippin cried "Nooooo!!!!!" and jumped on Gandalf, knocking him off Shadowfax and into the deep muddy water of Isengard.

Everyone watched, eyes fixed upon the three crazy people fighting over the shiny object. They fought over it for several minutes before Gandalf decided to cheat. To win, Gandalf whapped both Pippin and Kate in the head with his staff. Then he claimed the shiny object as his own and mounted Shadowfax and wrapped the shiny object up in his cloak and stroked it.

Tess, Aragorn and Legolas dismounted from their horses to lift Kate and Pippin into the SUV for the trip back to Rohan. Dolly drove off ahead of the group to Isengard. Then Tess, Aragorn, and Legolas re-mounted their horses and began to lead the group back to Rohan. There was going to be a big party in Rohan when they returned to celebrate the victory of Helm's Deep.

Merry, Pippin and Emily were all still sleeping when Kate woke up. At first, Kate was quite surprised to find herself in the SUV. Oh how she had missed the SUV! But she quickly calmed down and climbed into the passenger seat so that she could talk to Dolly. She wanted to know what had happened since she had been gone.

"So, what did I miss?" she asked Dolly as she looked at her friend.

"Well, a lot has happened since you've all been gone," Dolly replied without taking her eyes off the road.

"Tell me about Tess first then. What on Middle-earth has she been up to? Why do her and Aragorn seem like they are glued together anyways?"

"Well we've been in a couple of battles since you've been gone. And just the other day she found out that Aragorn is her father."

"No freakin' way!"

"Yes, he's her father!"

"You are so joking!"

"No, but I wish I was."

"Why would you wish that? You should be happy for Tess! She's finally found out who her family is after all these years! You know how much finding out who her parents are means to her!"

"Tess is staying behind, Kate. She's not our friend anymore. This world and a father that she barely even knows means more to her than the friends and home that she's known for years," said Dolly angrily. "She never was going to come home with us. She was always going to stay."

"It's not her fault you know."

"Yeah but she's not even trying to do something about it!"

"She'll come around, just give her some time."

"That's the last thing that I need to do is give her time! The more time that she has, the more certain it is that she'll stay here! She doesn't want to go home Kate! To her this is her home! She's not going to leave! No matter what!"

"You don't have any proof about that!"

"Do I really need it? Kate I saw her when she found out. I was one of the only people to find out. I was the first one she told for Valar's sake! I saw how happy she was that Aragorn was her father and Arwen her mother! She was completely overjoyed! Why would someone so happy journey back to a place that made them so unhappy?"

"I guess when you put it that way…"

"She's not coming back. You remember how unhappy she was before. She was very depressed often. She's finally happy."

"But there's still a slight chance…"

"Kate, get real. This is Tess we are talking about here. There is no slight chance. She's staying and we are leaving and that's that!"

Dolly was clearly pissed off so Kate decided that it might be best if she let Dolly cool off some before asking her anything else. Tess's decision was clearly eating her up and it wasn't even officially yet. Valar only knew what she'd be like when the decision was final.

[Author's Notes:

Really sorry about the delay! I mean to post yesterday, I really did, but I was at my friend's house and by the time I remembered that I was going to post, it was too late to do so. It was close to midnight and I was half-asleep anyways. So I am so sorry for the delay and will try to do a double post tonight to make for it because I've got ideas and then I'll double post tomorrow. So next update due: either later tonight, Sunday, September 5th, or Monday, September 6th.

Reviewers!

Ari Moon – Why must you kill me? Why? Jak will die soon enough. I thought that was the three but I wasn't sure. And fire rocks! Keep reading! The fun is just beginning…

A Darker Side of Light – Yeah, Dolly's in a bitchy mood isn't she? And yes, Eowyn must die and you will do the honors in a fight to the death over Faramir. The winner gets Faramir. The loser, well, the loser dies. Yes double posts are cool huh?

Dark Borg Drone – Yes, lots more are coming!

Jak – Yes, you are back and you will die and come back, as a ghost so are you now? And the breadstick thing was SO NOT MY FAULT! Anyways, if you really wanted breadsticks, I'll see about getting some for my party, okay? Just for you.

TrekieGreenieShannaraElfofME – Yes it is such a hard choice isn't it? Well the SUV is finally going to have some problems, which may back the decision easier on everyone. And the problem with the SUV happened with my Aunt's SUV this summer. Which is where I got the idea from. I jotted it down with one of my chapters.

Krista123 – Glad you like and more is on the way!