Chapter 9

War

Kathy rode hard into battle, swinging her blade at anything that came near her. She looked to her right and saw that the rider next to her was carrying a small man, no, a hobbit. She thought to herself, "Could this little hobbit be one of the four from the Fellowship? it has to be one!" Kathy then looked at the rider and saw that he was in fact a she. Kathy raised her sword and struck down an Orc that was coming up behind the female rider. The hobbit and woman looked over and acknowledged Kathy's help, then rode further into battle. Kathy was pulling her sword out from the Orcs back when her horse threw her to the ground, causing her to drop her sword and rolled a few feet from it. Kathy bolted up from the ground and quickly grabbed her bow from her back and started to launch arrows. She found her way to a spear she saw lying on the ground a few feet away. She was about to pick it up when she felt a sharp pain in her shoulder, she cried out in pain for a split second.

Kathy quickly bent down, ignoring the pain, and picked up the spear. She turned and launched it at an Orc standing behind her. She then looked down to see an arrowhead sticking out of her shoulder. Kathy quickly reached back and broke the shaft of the arrow off and continued to fight, ignoring the pain. She didn't get far when she was approached by an Oriki; he drew his sword and charged at Kathy. She quickly rolled out of the way and pick up the nearest weapon she could find. She took a sword in her hand and swiftly raised it in the air to meet the Oriki's sword as it came down at her hard. The two battled on for what seemed like hours, not paying attention to the war raging around them. Kathy was loosing the fight; she had taken a blow after blow, one to her right thigh and she had also been nicked in the side of her neck. She was on her knees, her head facing the ground, Kathy kneeled there breathing heavy watching as the blood dripped off the ends of her matted hair, she could feel the sweat rolling down the sides of her face and neck thought the open wounds that covered her body, Kathy sat there slowly breathing in and out wondering witch breath would be her last, she was awaiting her death, awaiting the killing blow from the Oriki, she looked up just in time too see the sword fall towards her and then the Oriki fell to the ground with a arrow through its head his sword fell just inches from Kathy. She quickly stood up and snatched her sword from the ground.

Kathy scanned the area for her savior but could not see where the arrow had come from but she recognized the feathers, the arrow that have saved her life belonged to an elf, no doubt about it. As she scanned the area for an elf she saw the woman and the hobbit battling a man in black, Kathy quickly ran towards the two the woman battling the he man in back looked like she was quickly loosing the battle.

Legolas watched from the top of the elephant as Kathy took off towards the ring wraith. He quickly shot two arrows into the head of the giant beast and added an other kill to the count. Kathy got to the woman just as she had slain the man in black, and began to tend to the little hobbit lying on the ground.

The war soon ended and the people of Middle Earth rejoiced The ring of power had been destroyed and the evil that had threatened the way of life for everyone of Middle Earth was now gone.

Legolas, Aragorn and Gimli were walking across the battlefield helping the injured warriors.

"She was here," Legolas said as he turned to Aragorn. "Kathy was here, fighting."

Aragorn stopped and looked at Legolas. "You saw her? Are you sure?" He asked.

"Aye, it was her. I saw her fighting an Oriki. She was holding her own for a while, though if I had not interfered when I did she would have been killed." Legolas said as he pulled an arrow out of an Orc. "It has been too long since any of us have seen her. Let us hope that she made it out of the battle alive, so that we may see her again." Aragorn said.

"Too long," A voice called from behind them. All three men turned to find Kathy standing a few yards away. She looked horrible, she was leaning forward with one hand over her shoulder, you could clearly see that there was an arrow there. Her hair was tangled and matted to her face with sweat and blood. Her clothing was ripped and covered in blood and dirt. Kathy stood there looking at the three men. "Well?" She said, holding out one arm. The three men ran to her side, each taking their turn to hug her. Legolas looked her over. "It has been too long. We have missed you." He said as he looked at the arrow in her shoulder. "I know, I did not mean to stay away for so long. I was going to return over a year ago, but I found out that you all where off saving the world, and well, I couldn't let you do it without me." She said, as she was trying to hide the pain.

"Come, we must see to your injuries. We don't want you dying before we all get our chance to find out what you have been up to." Aragorn said as he held out his arm for Kathy. She took it with out a second thought and all three walked toward the city.