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If it's not one thing, it's another
Chapter Twenty-two
Why?!
Legolas had stayed up the whole night, not waking Aragorn to take over the watch. He had been exhausted, but thought that the human deserved a break. He hadn't received any sleep in days and had been keeping watch himself when Legolas had been unable to do so. While doing this had only good intentions the human had immediately yelled at the elf for not waking him once he had realized it.
"I needed rest much less than you and you know it. While I was recovering you stayed by my side, instead of resting. Only after your father dragged you off to bed did you get a little." Legolas stated about when he had been suffering from the poison when Aragorn had started arguing with him. "And on the way here you barely got any rest." Legolas shouted, defending himself before the human could say anything else.
"Aye, but you still need your rest." Aragorn tried to argue against the case he already knew he was losing.
"And so do you! How--"
"It matters not about the watch. There is nothing you two can do to change it." Elladan stated the truth. He was in a hurry to go so they could reach their father. He looked at the two and noticed they were staring at him. "Well, shall we go then?"
The blonde elf and human nodded and started to put things away while Elladan sat against the same tree as the night before, with his twin still in his lap.
Elrohir hadn't woken yet, but he had faith in his brother and knew he'd wake up once his body was ready for him to. It looked like he was at least getting some rest. Elrohir had a very peaceful look on his face and Elladan smiled, knowing that his brother was getting some much needed rest. The only thing that bothered him was his twin's closed eyes. However, that would change soon enough, he hoped. First thing's first, though, they needed to get him to their father!
The dark-haired elf looked up at Legolas and Aragorn and noticed that they had completed the clean-up. Aragorn was coming over to him, no doubt to help him with Elrohir. He noticed that Legolas was going over to Lor instead of Mîr. He figured that the two had had another fight while getting ready to leave, but brushed it off, knowing they were done for the moment. So long as they already had things figured out it didn't bother him. By the looks of it he'd also be able to ride with his twin instead of with Aragorn or Legolas, which he preferred. He'd much rather keep an eye on Elrohir.
"Here. I shall hand him to you when you mount Mîr." Aragorn stated, startling the elf. "Elladan? Are you well?" The human asked concerned.
"Aye, I was only thinking." He wasn't lying either. He may be exhausted, but not to the point where he'd admit it. He just been thinking of his twin; Aragorn had reached him quicker than he thought he would. He hadn't even heard the human's heavy footsteps, though!
Aragorn looked at him skeptically, but pushed it aside when his attention was drawn to Elrohir. Elladan's hand had been running through Elrohir's hair in a caring manor. The ranger immediately remembered the rush they were in and stood up again. He had stooped next to the twins when asking the elder one if he was alright. He checked Elrohir breifly, who was still in an unconscious state, which was good at the moment since they'd be riding once more.
"Here." Aragorn held out his arms so Elladan could give Elrohir to him for the moment. "I shall hand him to you once you mount." He said repeating his earlier statement.
This time the dark-haired elf responded and carefully stood up and handed Elrohir to his brother. Then headed over to Mîr.
Legolas watched all this curiously, wondering how the elder elf felt, seeing his twin in such a condition. Sure, they had seen each other in horrible condition before. Every one of their expeditions always ended up having one, or both of them wounded, usually pretty severely too, just like Legolas and Aragorn's adventures. However, each different time must send pain through their hearts, regardless of how many times it happened. The twins had a very strong connection. Nothing could tear them apart.
"Mellon nin?" He heard Aragorn call for him. Apparently, he had said something to him already but he failed to notice. Not helping my case any. They already think me too weak to ride on my own. The blonde thought, despising the situation. He never liked being hurt. Everyone always treated him as though he were an elfling. He did know that it was only out of love, though. And he was happy to have such caring people around him. The treatment just got annoying sometimes. Especially when he received it practically every time he returned to either Elrond, or his own kingdom. If he could truly stop it, he most certainly would! But, alas, he that was impossibly, unfortunately.
Legoals had mounted Lor behind Aragorn and they were once more on their way. By their guess they would return to Elrond in about a day.... if no more trouble arose.
Elrond and his warriors had been travelling for hours now; with no signs of his sons, that included Legolas by his terms. The prince was like a forth son to him. He loved him dearly and if anything should happen to him or his sons he.. didn't know what he'd do.
"Let me know if you see anything, no matter how insignificant it may seem. I want to take all possible precautions." Elrond ordered his warriors.
He sighed deeply. I know not if this even be the direction they are. Had he gone toward the way that he had sent the twins to look for the orcs, hoping to find some sign of them. He now knew that there had been some orcs, or some other threat, and now regretted ever having them go on the quest. He could have sent other elves, but thought that the twins would be best so sent them.
"My lord?" Annûnnand questioned to get the elf-lord's attention. Elrond had been paying attention to his surroundings, and had been preoccupied by him own thoughts so hadn't heard the elf at first.
The guard placed a caring hand on Elrond's shoulders and said, "Worry not, my lord, we shall get them back. You know this more than I." He had ceame over to his lord when he saw his sad expression. Everyone knew how much love Elrond had for his children, and the prince, and doubted he'd be able to live through the greif if he should happen to lose even one. After losing his wife he definitely wouldn't be able to handle losing a son, if not more. They intended to do everything within their power to prevent that from happening. They had faith in his sons and were sure they could reach them in time to help them.
"Iston. Hannon le." Elrond siad, appreciating the comfort.
The two rode side-by-side silently aftwards, concentrating on their surroundings.
"Tis alright, Elrohir. Calm down." Legolas and Aragorn heard Elladan tell his twin. Both looked back at Elorhir and saw that he was twisting around and whispering things quickly and quietly in elvish. They were unable to understand what he was saying. They went next to Mîr for closer inspection.
"What happened?" Legolas asked concerned. Elrohir had shown no signs of being disturbed until now.
"I know not. Most likely a nightmare." Elladan answered, scared for his twin. The movements had startled him and when he had started mumbling it did nothing to lessen the worry.
Deciding it would be safer to help Elrohir on the ground he beckoned Aragorn to come closer.
Aragorn knew that Elladan wanted the younger elf on the ground so he dismounted. Elladan then handed Elrohir to the human. Aragorn had to be very careful, since the elf's movements were very unpredictable. He gently laid the distressed elf onto the grass and tried to wake him. Legolas came to his side, also trying to help him. He had dismounted shortly after the human.
Elladan quickly jumped off Mîr and went to his twin. "Elrohir! Elrohir! Wake up, gwanunig-nín!" He shouted frightened. He noticed that the two were unable to wake him. A groan was his only response.
Legolas shook the younger twin, hoping it would help. This, surprisingly, did cause his eyes to flutter.
"That's it. Come on, Elrohir. Open your eyes." Elladan coaxed his twin, his hope rising at the reaction Legolas had received.
Elrohir stopped his flailing, laying still on the grass, but still unconscious, unfortunately. His breath came in quick gasps. They wanted to wake him up. It did relieve them greatly to see that the twin's nightmares had seemed to come to an end.
"There you go." Aragorn said, comfortingly. "Wake up, now, muindor-nín."
Elrohir's eyes fluttered again and then very slowly opened about half-way - all he could manage at the moment because of how tired he was. They all winced in sympathy, seeing the pain and fatigue in his eyes.
All of them smiled at him when they noticed he was looking at them. They were all just glad to see him awake. That whole episode had scared them greatly. They hoped that wouldn't happen again, especially anytime soon. It had also wasted time for them to get Elrohir back to Elrond. There could have been a possiblity of avoiding this whole situation if they had gotten there already. However, there was nothing they could do at the moment. Elrohir obviously needed to rest and would receive some, without hesitation. None would object to the rest anyway. They had been riding for at least a couple hours and deserved a break, especially Legolas, who hadn't slept at all during the night. Besides, all of them were very exhausted, whether they showed it or not. This time, however, they did not wish for Elrohir to fall asleep.
Elladan and Aragorn hugged Elrohir, mindful of his injuries.
The younger twin looked at Legolas bewildered; the blonde just laughed at his expression.
Elrohir just blinked slowly, confused; then closed his eyes again.
This alarmed Legolas, but he soon realized that the dark-haired elf only had his eyes closed and wasn't sleeping.
Both Aragorn and Elladan had broken away from him finally, getting ahold of themselves.
"Shall we rest here for a while? We cannot be too long though. We know not if any orcs lurk around this are." Aragorn already knew that they would, in fact rest there for a while and hope nothing was around. They didn't have the strength to fight anything, especially large groups of orcs.
They had been keeping Elrohir away while they took a break in fear of a repeat of what jsut happened. They weren't sure if they'd be able to wake him if that happened again. Aragorn had given him some herbs for the pain, hoping it would help him on the ride. It seemed to have helped so far. They had been riding for a couple hours now, with still a while to go.
The ride there hadn't seemed so far before, to Elladan at least. The twins had taken their own time on the way there; messing around snice they weren't on a time limit. Now, unfortunately, they had to hurry.. for Elrohir's sake. For Legolas and Aragorn, however, the time didn't seem much different. They had to hurry on the way to Elladan and Elrohir and now were in a rush back to Elrond.
Another hour into travelling, Legolas suddenly stopped conversing with Aragorn and listened.
"What is it, mellon nin?" Aragorn asked fearing the answer.
The elf swore under his breath. "More orcs; this time with wargs."
Aragorn stared wide-eyed in disbelief, wondering how much trouble they could possibly run into on one trip.
Elladan had been focusing on comforting his twin and hadn't been paying attention to his surroundings so didn't hear the orcs and wargs. He stopped and listened to confirm it for himself, hoping it wasn't true. "What are we going to do?" He questioned his companions when he also heard the creatures.
"What can we do, is the question." Aragorn stated. Then sighed. "We shall just have to run and hope for the best."
None liked the idea. Orcs on wargs were very fast, especially since they had one wounded and had two people per horse. Evil creatures controlling evil creatures was never a good thing.
Without another word they all sped up, trying to go at a pace that woudln't be too painful for Elrohir. They didn't want him to be even less alert. If they did actually have to fight, which they'd be in a lot of trouble if so, they wanted him to be aware of the things around him as much as possible. This, however, didn't seem very likely.
Legolas sighed despairingly. "It seems as though we have been surrounded. We shall have to fight now." He hated this notion. There was no other choice, though, and they all knew it. Everytime. Why could we not just have a break for once?
They stopped and dismounted. They decided to put Elrohir in a relatively safe spot so that he was hidden from the orcs. Although they knew this probably wouldn't work and decided to stay somewhere where they could get to him quickly should he need help. Last time they had tried this it had failed. All attempts at making things go their way had been failing miserably lately.
The wargs with orc riders were getting even closer.
They braced themsevles for a fight, holding their weapons at the ready.
They engaged the enemies as they charged the three fighters, that hoped against all odds they'd be able to get out of this victorious.
-sighs- Sry if parts are messed up and don't sound right. I was so tired while writting this I almost fell asleep. I did try to make it flow as much as possible, sry if I did a bad job of it. I really do not feel like this is up to par anywayz... -sighs- ..oh well...
This time I have no idea if this or my IY fic will be updated first... kinda stuck on the IY, but kinda not... -shrugs- We shall see...
Wolf's Rain and a new ep. of InuYasha are on tonight.. yayness! n.n Sry 'bout that.. n.n;;;
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