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If it's not one thing, it's another

Chapter Twelve

Waiting

They waited for hours for a sign that the antidote was working, however, the only sign they had received that showed anything was when the blonde elf screamed in pain when the liquid had entered his system. Legolas had fallen asleep soon after. Whether it was from exhaustion no one knew, and probably wouldn't be able to find out. They were just relieved that he didn't have the same reaction as the last time they had tried.

"We shall have to wait to see if it worked." Elrond said, going towards the door. "Let me know if there is a change."

The others nodded, settling into chairs. Aragorn was sitting in the same spot as before since Legolas still wouldn't let his hand go, while both Elrohir and Elladan pulled up a couple chairs so they could also sit next to Legolas.

Hours later the blonde elf still hadn't woken up. Aragorn had fallen asleep on Legolas' bed again; the other elves both fell asleep also leaning on Legolas' bed.

Elrond came in to check on the elves and human when he hadn't received word in hours. He smiled when he saw the scene: everyone asleep around Legolas, who was, unfortunately, still sleeping.

The elf-lord went over to him; checked his pulse and found it weak. Perhaps it is not working. Elrond was concerned about the elf. If he didn't get rid of the poison soon then he wouldn't live much longer. He checked the leg wound and found it looking the same as it did before. However, it didn't look worse, which was an improvement. It had been steadily getting worse and worse as time went by. He quickly put some herbs on it and bound it back up. He frowned when he didn't hear the blonde elf make a noise the whole time he had been tending to the injury. All the other times he had at least moaned.

"Wake up soon." The elder elf whispered to the still form. Then he left to preoccupy his thoughts. He didn't want to dwell on something he could not change.

Hours later Aragorn awoke and sat up; he stretched all his sore muscles from the poor sleeping position. While stretching he looked over at the archer, who still lay fast asleep. It has to have been at least half a day since we first gave him the antidote. He thought. Should he not be awake? Aragorn thought worriedly. He wanted to speak with his father but wanted to stay by Legolas' side, especially is he should wake. The human knew he'd wake, it was just a matter of time. There was no way he'd abandon that thought. He just wanted Legolas to be better. If he were better he'd also be able to hear one of his beautiful songs that he hadn't heard since the morning of the orc attack, days ago.

Elladan woke up and then Elrohir soon after. They also thought it was a bad thing that Legolas was still unconscious but there was nothing they could do about it. They voiced this thought but only came up with only one conclusion: whatever they gave the elf made him worse and he might have to stay in his comatose state until he died. But they refused to accept this.

The twins decided they'd go talk to their father and see what information they could get from him. Any kind of new about there being even a possiblity of awakening would raise their hopes.

They knocked on the door to Lord Elrond's study before entering. They didn't know what he was doing and had nothing to tell him about Legolas' condition so there was no need to rush.

"Enter." The twins heard a voice from within the room.

Once they entered they saw Elrond sitting on one of the chairs. He looked exhausted. "Ada have you had no sleep at all?" Elladan asked worried. Even elves needed sleep, less than humans but still needed it.

"It is of no concern." He said without his voice wavering to match his fatigue. "I am fine." He said while standing up.

The twins both thought differently but didn't question the matter any further. Their father wouldn't tell them he was exhausted even if he had collapsed right in front of them.

"Has there been a change in Legolas' condition?" Elrond asked.

"Nay, he still sleeps." Elrohir replied sadly. He wished it was the opposite as his answer but it was not.

Elrond sighed, his weariness once more showing before he recovered his composure.

"Do you know when he shall wake?" Elladan asked.

The elf-lord shook his head. "I know not if that was even the antidote. For now we can only hope that he soon awakes. I am fairly sure he will. His body did not have the bad reaction that it had before. Tis always a good sign."

None could disagree. However, they still wanted Legoals to wake so they could question him on how he felt. Not only that but it would be good to see his crystal-blue eyes open once more and hopefully removed of the haze from his fever.

"Is there nothing we can do to help?"

"Aye, nothing till he wakes, which we can only pray be soon." He wish they could do something to help speed up the elf's recovery but there was nothing while he was in his comatose state.

The twins started leaving feeling no better or worse than when they first entered. They hadn't expected to be able to help Legoals since he was still unconscious. They did hope for more information but could live without it.

"Oh, and ada," Elladan said stopping by the door. Once his father looked at him he continued, "Get some rest." He smiled and then left. Even if the elder elf could hide his exhaustion well, it didn't make any difference since he had already seen how weary his father was when they had first gotten there.

"You know he shall not rest till there's news on Legolas - good news. Probably not even till he wakes and looks him over." Elrohir said, stating only the truth.

"Aye, but it is always worth the try. He could end up listening one of these times."

Elrohir looked over at his twin and rolled his eyes. "Hopeful today, are we not?"

"Tis better to be hopeful then doubtful." The elder twin replied with a smirk.

"Now you are just being foolish." Elrohir said jokingly.

"Perhaps. How about I bring some of my foolishness to Estel? He needs it, does he not?"

"Indeed he does." Elrohir said walking side-by-side with his twin to the House of Healing.

"I really hope Legolas wakes soon. It will devastate Estel if he should not recover." Elladan said, changing the conversation toa serious one.

The younger twin only nodded in agreement. Everyone knew how much the human cared for the blonde elf. "Let us hope for the best."

They gave a heavy sigh, wishing none of this had happened, like so many times before. Something always has to happen to one of them. For once why can they not return unscathed? Both elves thought along the same lines.

They had just reached the room and quietly opened the door, in case Legoals was awake.
Elrond carefully put the rest of the poison he had extracted from the orc-arrow into a securely closed container. He didn't want to take any chances so put it into a place where no one would reach. The elf-lord had a seperate spot for poisonous/dangerous things that everyone knew not to mess with. Not that he allowed anyone into his study without him being there other than his sons; they rarely entered.

He cleaned up the rest of the area that he'd used while trying to find the antidote, making sure it was spotless. Elrond was just trying to take his mind off of Legolas' condition. He knew that he had a better chance then he did last time but it was still uncertain of the outcome.

The elf-lord knew he should just listen to his sons and get the rest that he needed. However, he also needed to be awake for if Legolas woke up. Who knows how the poison affectedthe wood-elf. It could have afftected him mentally as well as physically. There was no way they could find out until they could question him and for that they needed him to be awake, which he cleary was not.

Elrond let out a frustrated sigh. I should just lock them up and never let them leave Imladris. He thought wishing he could but not only would be not be able to keep them there but Lord Thranduil, Legolas' father, would come looking for his son. If only I could. They definitely would not run into danger.. well, knowing them they would find some form of it since they seem to have a habbit of finding danger.

Lord Elrond sat down in one of his big, comfortable chairs and slowly doozed off without realizing it, while thinking about his sons, Legolas included.
Elladan slowly closed the door behind him and Elrohir.

"How is he?"Elrohir asked quietly.

"Afraid there is not change." Aragorn replied, sadly.

"Fear not. I am sure he shall wake." Elladan said.

Aragorn slightly nodded. He was hopeful himself, but having to just sit there and wait was going to drive him mad. Please wake soon. He thought desperately. The human squeezed the elf's hand. Even though he was unconscious the archer still had a firm grip on Aragorn's hand. The ranger didn't mind though. It somehow reassured him and gave him some hope.

The twins decided to sit next to the elf's bed. Once again they were all waiting for Legolas to wake so they could see how he was doing and see if the antidote had worked. All of them prayed he'd wake soon.
Well.... how was it? Hopefully good. Still don't know if the antidote worked though, do ya? hehehehe.. ya gotta love it. -=grins evilly=- Guess you'll just have to wait 'til the next chapt.... still..... gomen.

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