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If it's not one thing, it's another
Chapter Twenty-five
Recovery Time!
He felt himself being lifted and then carrried. He slowly opened his his eyes that felt like lead. When he finally managed to open them, only half-way, he saw blurry images.
"Legolas?" Elrond questioned the elf in his arms. He was glad to see him awake and seemingly not in much pain, though he did look out of it.
Legolas had fallen back asleep soon after the excitment of seeing Imladris, he had just been way too tired to stay awake. Elrohir had also fallen asleep not long after Legoals and was now being carrried by Elladan.
They had finally arrived. Everyone was relieved to make it inside.. not running into any danger along the way. The injured made their way to the Halls of Healing, following Elrond, who was carrying the prince.
The elf-lord looked down and saw that Legolas had closed his eyes once more in sleep. He was getting tired of seeing the elf's eyes shut while he slept.
"Did he fall asleep already?" Aragorn's concerned voice asked from Elrond's side. The human was once more being supported by Thônor and was on his way to the Halls of Healing with the others.
Elrond sighed and nodded.
The two were silent the rest of the way.
Once they arrived at the doors a warrior opened the door for Elrond, and the others, of course.
The elder elf nodded in appreciation. He then made his way to a bed and carefully lowered Legolas on to it, mindful of his grave injury, not to mention all the others he had.
Thônor led Aragorn onto another bed and the human sat on the edge of it. "Thanks for the help."
"Of course. Do you need anymore assistance?" He wanted to make sure the human was comfortable, or as comfortable as one could get with a chunk of skin being ripped out by a warg. It could take Elrond a while to get to him, after all. The elf-lord was sure to treat Legolas properly first, seeing on how fatal his injury was.
"No, but thank you." Aragorn said, smiling.
Thônor smiled back, and left to see if he was needed elsewhere.
Aragorn saw Elladan gently lay Elrohir onto another bed. The elder twin then pulled up a chair and sat next to him, waiting for him to wake.
Overall, there were only seven people wounded when the others that helped the wounded left; that included Aragorn, Legolas and the twins.
The ranger watched as Elrond finished treating the blonde elf and then came over to him. The elf-lord was trying to see whose wound was the worst and going by that. The more severe injuries did need to be treated first. Aragorn wanted to help his father, but was sure that the elder elf wouldn't allow him to move around. Sure enough, when he inquired Elrond gave him a stern no that had left no room for argument.
His father then pushed him back into a sleeping position. "Worry not about others and take care of yourself for once. I have everything under control. Now sleep."
Without meaning to the humna let his exhaustion take over and he quickly fell asleep.
Elrond sighed in relief. He didn't think he would be able to get Aragorn to sleep so easily.
He looked around at the rest of his patients. Five left. This could take a while... He though. He was tired himself, though he wouldn't let that show to any of the remaining patients, especially Elladan. Well, it could have been a lot worse and the injuries more serious. He looked over at Legolas to see the elf still breathing.
Elrond quickly got to work on his other patients. First being Elrohir. He was glad that he was still asleep. It made treating him a lot easier.
The elf-lord found that he should have treated the younger twin before Aragorn with all the injuries he had. It didn't seem like he had so much before. Most of them were covered by his clothes. All together he had a broken arm, that , thankfully, had a makeshift cast, a deep gash in his leg and shoulder, and of course, the stab in his abdomen. He'd have to make a better cast for the arm and treat everything else. Most of it looked like it had been treated already, which was better since some of these could have really given the elf trouble if they hadn't been already. The younger elf also had many injuries that covered his body, but they weren't as severe as the others.
Elrond wondered what happened to cause Elrohir to have so many more wounds than anyone else. He brushed it off and decided to think about it later. He'd ask one of his sons about it.
After he treated Elrohir, who was still peacefully sleeping - though he hadn't been so peaceful when he was being treated - he went to his other patients. Fortunately, none of them had serious injuries and it didn't take too long for them to be able to leave and let the ones that had to stay, mainly Legolas, get some rest.
Elrond sighed deeply, his mask fell, showing his fatigue from the battle, ridding all day, and night to look for his sons and then from all the worry over his sons as well.
"Really, father, you should take care of yourself." Elrond heard to his left. A small chuckel was heard when he saw the elf-lord jump slighly in surprise. "Get some rest, ada. All your patients are well treated and sleeping."
Elrond turned to face Elladan and gave him a small smile. "Aye, all except you, ion-nin."
Elladan opened his mouth to say something but was cut off by his father. "Besides, I am fine and still need to stay by Legolas' side in case... it happens again." He said sadly, a frown quickly replaced his smile.
Elladan's face also matched that of his father's. He knew to what he was referring to with the 'it.' 'It' was when Legolas had terrified all of them and had stopped breathing. They definitely wanted at least one person to be watching Legolas at all times, especially when he was sleeping, just to be on the safe side. This would be the hardest night to get through; the one that they needed to watch him the most, since it was the first night that he would be sleeping after his fatal wound.
Elladan knew he wasn't going to win against his father, so gave up.. for tonight. Tomorrow his father would definitely be getting some rest. No question about that.
He was exhausted and he knew he had accidently showed it, for the elder elf forced him to leave Elrohir's side and rest in a different bed. That's exactly what he was trying to get him to do! Except his father had more control over his actions than he had over his father. Besides, he couldn't stay awake even if he had to. His eyes were closing on their own.
Elrond allowed his mask to fall, no one was awake now, so he could stop pretending. He was glad that all of his sons were finally able to get the much deserved, and needed sleep they had obviously wanted. Both Aragorn and Elladan had fallen asleep without even meaning to and Legolas and Elrohir were already sleeping.
The elf-lord pulled up the chair that Elladan recently vacated and brought it to Legolas' bed, preparing for a long night. Should not be too hard. I have done this so many times before. He thought about every other time that one of his sons, or Legoals would come to him serverely wounded. He had to stay by their sides many times... not that he minded. He just wished they would stop running into so much trouble. They had done so far too many times, way too much for him to even begin to count! Every time they returned it was never in one piece. Everyone of Imladris knew this; in Mirkwood, too.
In the middle of the night Elrond was brough back to full awareness by a groan followed by a whimper of pain.
He was confused at first but then found out who it was coming from. He turned to look at Legolas and found him tossing and turning, trying to escape something. This was weird. What brought on this nightmare? Had the blade been poisoned? There had been no signs when he had treated him before, though.
Another whimper brought him back to Legolas. He started to call Legolas' name to get his attention. He didn't want to be too loud, however, since he didn't want to wake his other patients.
Elrond was worried when, even after shaking the distressed elf, he still wouldn't wake. He could tell Legolas was starting to panic in his nightmare. His breathing was getting quicker and quicker. "Oh Valar..."
Elrond tried harder to wake the elf. He wouldn't have a repeat of before. That had been too close.
Finally the blonde elf gave a piercing scream and jolted upright. He immedately gasped in agony and fell back, the move aggravating his chest wound.
"What happened?" Aragorn asked, concerned; now fully awake. The loud scream startling him awake.
The others in the room had also been woken up.. only the ones that weren't close to the prince still slept. The elf-lord ignored all questions, more worried about Legolas.
"Legolas, stay still. Do not move." Elrond commanded, softly. He made sure Legolas had slowed his breathing enough, then he quickly went to the counter to retrieve the herbs that were needed. Because of how he had been twisting in his sleep and sitting up so fast, the chest wound would most likely have reopened.
Elrond looked at the archer's face and saw his eyes tightly closed. He was also gasping in pain, clutching his chest.
"I am going to check the wound again, penneth. Bear with me." Elrond warned the pained elf.
The only response he received was Legolas opening his pain-filled eyes and looked at him. It was answer enough. It seemed like he was still alert.. for the most part at least.
Legolas vaguely heard Elrond swear under his breath when he had seen the bandages. Must have reopened. The blonde elf though, not surprised. The agony shooting through his chest made him even more miserable. What else can--
Legolas was abruptly cut off from all thoughts when he let out another piercing scream. The pressure that Elrond had added - probably to stop the bleeding - caused the agony to double, and had caught him unprepared; he had been unable to prevent the scream. He was left panting heavily and barely clinging to consciousness. He knew it woudl be a bad idea to sleep at the moment, but he was jsut so tired...
Legolas hardly heard his name being called as he slipped into the realm of unconsciousness, where there was no more pain.
"Legolas!" Elrond shouted, frightened. After the scream had torn loose from the elf's throat he had begun to breathe heavily; then fell unconscious.
The elf-lord immedately checked for a pulse and was immensly relieved to find one, though erratic.
Then he focused on the injury once more; putting all of his energy into making sure the young elf in front of him survived. The Lord of Imladris didn't break his promises!
Luckily, he had been able to stop the bleeding quickly. He also had the herbs already prepared, in case something similar to this happened to one of his patients. Good thing he had it ready!
As he checked the wound this time he took extra precautions by looking for poison harder than before. He thoroughly checked and still found nothing.. not that he was complaining!
Perhaps I should take another look at his other wound. The healer thought, referring to the wound that had been poisoned. Maybe there was some lingering poison. He very much doubted it, though, but it never hurt to be absolutely sure... well, it woudln't hurt now that Legolas was unconscious anyway. Before it most definitely would have!
"Adar, waht was that about?" Aragorn tried again, worry heard in his voice. Elladan and Elrohir, who were both worried over their friend's current state, were still awake and looking at their father for the answer.
"He was woken by a nightmare and reopened his injury." The elf-lord absentmindedly replied, not wanting to be bothered at the moment.
The three looked at each other, worry reflected in all of their gazes. They all knew Legolas couldn't afford to lose much more blood. They had laready lost him a couple times. They didn't wnat it to be permanent!
Knowing his sons' distress he turned to them, confidence showing in his eyes. "Sleep, my sons. All is well. You need not worry."
The three reluctantly settled back down, waiting for sleep to claim them again. They knew that even if they got up to help their father, he would never allow it. They needed a lot more rest, for it was just the middle of the night and they hadn't received much sleep as it was.
With no distractions Elrond was able to return to his patient. He sighed heavily and got to work.
His sons had heard the healer and felt sorry for their father. They knew how much he needed to get a good night's rest.. probably even more than them! However, there was nothing they could do about it.
Yup yup.. so there's that chapt. I hope you all enjoyed it. And, btw, I am having a lot of problems typing so sry if there are a lot of typos. I'll try to fix them soon.
Hmm... the next chapt will prob'ly be the last.. not exactly sure.. but it prob'ly will be. Kinda sad.. this fic has been up for quite a while.. since March.. O.O That's crazyness! Dude, it's freakin' crazy it's like less than a month away from my b-day. I just realized that.... Hmmm...
The next chapt to this will prob'ly be up tomorrow.. or I guess it would be today, seeing as how it's 12:40am.. --shrugs-- It might not be though... But I hate what I did to my other fic.. I don't even know how the words appeared there! They just came outta no where! --sighs-- I'm pathetic.... Well, we'll just see what's goin' on...
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