The day came bright and sunny, a drastic change from the atmosphere of last night. Legolas scouted ahead of them, he was sure no one would be there, but they wanted to be careful just in case.

Legolas turned around and headed back to the others. He already had doubts about Lan's story, and this did nothing but further his suspicion. "As I had said before: there is no-"but he wasn't able to finish because the cold steel head of an arrow struck him in his back, hitting him in the stomach. Legolas froze, eyes wide and mouth gaping from the excruciating pain. He slowly fell to the ground, unconscious, as his friends rushed to his side. Secretly, Lan slipped away into the shadows. Before Gandalf, Aragorn or Gimli could reach him, they heard a voice shout out to them.

"Stop right where you are! Unless you want me to kill him! And I will!" the voice was cruel, harsh and filled with anger and hate.

They stopped in their tracks as a man emerged from the shadows of the trees. He was about as tall as Aragorn, and was built pretty average, but the bow he carried was a strong and dangerous one. His brown unruly brown hair reminded them of a wild boar, and his brown eyes had a tint of madness in them. He wasn't someone to be trifled with.

"Now, I want you, dwarf to tie the ranger's hands. Faster and tighter dwarf! Unless you would like your friend to meet the steel of my blade!" he held his sword underneath Legolas's neck as Gimli tied Aragorn's hands. The man later made Gandalf tie Gimli's hands.

"Who are you? And why do you attack?" Gimli asked.

"I am Oscar Delaney. I have come only come for justice, and justice shall be served." All of his anger and hate was directed to Aragorn. "You will do as I say or I will kill your friends, you understand that, Strider?" he sneered. "Now march! Dwarf, help the old man walk, and Strider, you will follow behind them and in front of me." he gave Aragorn a push in the direction he wanted to go. But Aragorn wouldn't budge.

"Legolas!" he cried out to his friend, trying to get to him. He received a punch to his face and a swift kick to his stomach.

Oscar pulled Aragorn's face close to his. "I hear another peep out of you and I'll kill your friends in front of us. The elf stays there. He would be nothing but dead weight."

Aragorn continued to struggle, but it was no use. Oscar continued to deal harsh blows on him whenever he 'stopped too long' or 'slowed too much'.

Gandalf and Gimli weren't much better off. Gandalf had no strength, and had to lean on Gimli just to be able to walk! And Gimli, he couldn't stop thinking about how Lan betrayed them. At the first sign of danger, she split. He could feel himself boiling with anger.

But the one thing that was on all their minds was Legolas. He wouldn't survive there alone.

AN: sorry this took so long. I am graduating this Thursday and my teachers like to cram- I had 4 tests on Friday including a Spanish final!! And I had soccer games (sat we won 7-0; sun-1-2, our first loss in 2 years). And on top of that, my computer hates me!!! Hope u like this chapter and I hope to get 7 up soon.

REPLIES:

Gemini969: lol. It makes sense. Thanks. Sorry for the wait. I hope u enjoy. Chapter 7 will be up asap.

Arwen Greenleaf: the Arwen part: Aragorn was worried about Arwen, he didn't want the Delaney brothers to know about her and kill her-like they did to Lan's brother (they killed someone precious to her, and didn't want who was precious to him to be the next victim). But they don't know about her. Thanks. Glad u like it. Not a lot of Legolas's reactions here, but more to come!

Thanks for reviewing!!

Can't wait for LOTR 3 on DVD MAY 25!!! (Though my friend and I hate our other friend whose sister works at blockbuster and can get the movie on the 19)