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.

Chapter Twenty-eight: 'Where Are They?'

It was morning in Rohan. Aragorn was the first person to awake in the room that he shared with Legolas and Merry. So he went to find Tess, assuming that she too would be awake. But he didn't see her anywhere. She would have been up, preparing to leave soon. There was no way she would still be asleep. Yet she apparently was. What was going on?

As Aragorn headed out from the building to the stables to search for Tess, Kate came racing out of the room that the four girls shared. She was yelling, "Tess! Dolly! Emily! Where are you?"

Aragorn spun around quickly to face Kate. "What's going on Kate? Where is my daughter?"

"Tess, Dolly, and Emily are all missing! I woke up and they were all gone! Their stuff is all still here but they aren't!"

Aragorn strode into the room and spotted everything that belonged to the girls still there. He noticed Tess's bags all packed whereas everyone else's were half-packed. But something was very wrong. Tess's sword and dagger were still there, sitting beside her bed and she would have never left to go anywhere without them. Also the covers on three of the beds were hastily thrown aside, like they had been in a hurry.

Aragorn bent down to the floor and saw tracks belonging to the three girls. Emily appeared to be leading while Tess and Dolly were following at a distance. Aragorn tracked the footprints outside to where the SUV had normally been parked. But the SUV was missing from its spot.

Aragorn ran back inside to find Legolas. His daughter and two of her friends were missing. Some thing was going on but as to what is was, he didn't know. He just knew that his daughter and her friends might be in danger, which scared the normally calm Ranger.

"Aragorn, mellon-nin, what's wrong?" asked Legolas as Aragorn came running back into the hall.

"Tess is missing as are Dolly, Emily and the SUV. Every thing else that they own though is still here, including Tess's sword and dagger."

"Any clue as to what may have happened?"

"No."

"So what are we going to do? Theoden is leaving with the Riders soon for Dunharrow. You do remember the war, don't you Aragorn?"

"I do, but…"

"No buts, Aragorn, this is serious! Would you rather risk Gondor and all of its people or your daughter?"

"I want to find her but the war is the more pressing matter I guess."

"Then hurry up! We may find them later Aragorn but now we have to get ready to leave. Besides, Tess is a smart girl. She can take care of herself."

"She's my daughter. A Ranger's daughter. So why wouldn't she be able to survive?"

"See? She'll be fine!" said Legolas as he went to gather his stuff and wake Merry up and prepare to leave.

"She'll be fine? I don't think so!" growled Aragorn as he went back to the girl's room to gather Tess's belongings to take with him.

He gathered her pack and sword and dagger. He would return the sword and dagger to her because she would need them to fight. He also gathered her friend's belonging but they would have to be left behind at the campsite while they went off to war. Aragorn knew he was heading into war, but war wasn't on his mind. Finding his daughter was. He had never gotten to know her before and now that he did, he didn't want to lose her. He'd already lost her mother and he didn't want to lose her too. But his duty as Elendil's heir was to put Gondor before his family.

Sadly, Aragorn mounted his horse, who was named Brego and hung Tess's sword and dagger to the saddle. He also had her pack attached to his saddle. Everything else had been sent with the packhorses, which were also carrying the food and gear. It was a long ride to Dunharrow and an even longer ride to Gondor.

Author's Notes:

It's short and I've had for a few days but I haven't been feeling well and my homework wasn't giving me any computer time. So today will be a double post day to play catch-up with the chapters that should have been posted yesterday or earlier. And I'll see about doing a double post tomorrow too.

Reviewers!

Ari Moon – Yes you are a character smusher! The badger dance is mentioned in Chapter 30! So you'll see it tomorrow! And Emily is cool so she's going to follow us around. And I was pissed off that's why I strangling Sam. But he has to survive so he can… (Nope not going to give it away yet!)

Laer4572 – Yep the flamethrower is back! Glad you liked the last chapter and today is a double post day so two chapters!

Hanna M – Good and here's an update! The first of two today!

Dark Borg Drone – I have to put Aragorn's song in the story! It's my favorite! It's even on the RotK soundtrack! Hopefully I'll read and review your stories today! I haven't any time to read anything at all during the week!

Jak – Not for a while yet, but yeah it'll will come to an end eventually. Probably by October. But Daredevil is still a cool movie! Remember when the DVD decided not to work?

TrekieGreenieShannaraElfofME – I can't get enough of CSI! I'm going to have to tape Season 5 and CSI: NY cause they'll both be on after I'm asleep but Spike TV is showing re-runs of the first four seasons in the evenings from 7 to 9 (2 episodes) on weekdays which gives me enough time to get home and do my homework before it's on. Not a problem. Your story is good.

A Darker Side of Light – Yep who could forget the whole "Death!" thing and then the ride?! And the Siege of Gondor is today's other chapter! And how could I miss out on an opportunity such as the Paths of the Dead? I think I'm going to have some fun with that one! And the fight's going to be good! Yep the SUV is going to go see Shelob! So that'll be interesting seeing as my character's very much afraid of spiders!

musical geek – Yep that's her job! Glad you like the chapter!