You know who's mine and who's not.

Chapter 8

The lines had been drawn. The enemy had been sighted. Baragon took
his place besides Faramir; soon very soon, they would be upon them.
Then it happened, arrows cam hurtling through the air from both
sides. Baragon shot an arrow and one soldier fell to the ground. One after another went down. Then the Haradrim were there. They drew their swords then, there was turmoil in the Ithilien lines. Baragon looked around him to see waht was going on. The army he had trained were killing each other! He quickly saw that many of his 'soldiers were disguised Haradrim. They have been planning this for a while.

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Katalia was sitting tied to a tree. The had reached the camp and they had immediately tied her. Her hands were behing her back, her breath was labored. The cord around her waist attaching her to the tree was cutting off her air supply. Her bloody back was pushed against the rough bark. No doubt I'm going to die soon. Katalia thought bitterly. I wonder what's going on right now? Who's winning? I hope Baragon, Aunt Sevein Telperion, Laurelin, and Baragon are still alive. I need to try to sleep. I don't think I'll succeed but I need to try. Katalia closed her eyes. She was so tired not to mention her back ached terribly. If only I could loosen these knots! I wouldn't be able to escape but I could at least breathe okay. She struggled against the knots. It's no use. They are as tight as can be. Too tight. Despite all this, sometime in the darkest hours of the night, she slept.

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The battle raged on. It seemed that the Haradrim never died or
grew tired. They were still there in torrents after two days. Gondor
still hadn't come.

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"Faran!"

"Yes sir."

"Take 50 men and go to the camp tell them to come. The Urak-kai are not here as I had thought they would be by now. Swiftly go!"

Faran yelled to his men and they made ther way away from the battle. Baragon saw them leave. "Faramir! Some haradrim are leaving! My guess is that the rest of the army are hidden somewhere and they're going to get them."

"Baragon take your men and ride after them. Try to stay un-noticed." said Faramir.

Baragon and his men rode away. The rode all day them finally, the Haradrim stopped, they had met with another army. Baragon noticed they were all on horses. That means this isn't were they made camp.

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"The captain wants you to come fast. We are soppossed to ride on towards camp and ask them to come."

"When does he need us?"

"As soon as possible."

"We need to rest our horses won't go on much more if we don't. Want to join us?"

Faran hesitated. "Well for three and a half hours we can rest but then we must go."

"Men make camp!"

Within and hour and half they were all asleep except for the gaurds. In the mean time Baragon had come up with a plan. Baragon and his men surrounded the camp and came up on the gaurds silently. They killed them before they could utter a cry and entered into the camp and killed most in their sleep until one woke up before they killed him. He uttered a cry and the rest of the Hradrim woke up. They clashed swords for a little while but most of them had been killed in their sleep, the rest were only half awake. Only Faran and his men got
away. Baragon and his men fast on his heals. The rode through the night.

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Katalia woke up with a start. Horses were coming Katalia looked
around. Faran was coming, then she was that it wasn't just
Faran.

There was another army. It's part of Ithilien's army! Katalia thought. The rest of the Haradrim looked the same way, stunned. Then the stun was broken the Haradrim drew their weapons. Thefight started. A Haradrim fell next to Katalia. His sword cutting the rope that held her to the tree. She breathed deeply then cut the ropes that held her hands. She took the sword and started killing the Haradrim. One by one they started falling under her sword until one Haradrim knocked the sword out of her hand and grabbed her so she was up on his horse.

"I can't kill you cause the Captain want you alive. but you will have no chance of being rescued or killed by accident." With that he spurred the horse foward, trying to get away from the battle.

"Daro!" (halt) Katalia said. The horse stopped obediently.

Just then an arrow struck the Haradrim. Katalia grabbed his sword before
he fell. some one shot an arrow katalia fell to the ground. Luckly the horse did not fall on top of her. But she hit her head hard and her world went into blackness.But before she grew dark she saw that Ithilien was greatly out numbered.

When Katalia woke up Baragon was looking down at her tenderly. He
was cradling her head. "Is the battle over?"

"Yes. It looked bad for a while then, Rohan came. I hope I would find you here. You always seem to be getting yourself into scrapes and I'm the one having to get you out." said Baragon.

"Oh Baragon. Why do bad things always happen to me?"

"Don't worry Katalia. I won't let them hurt you again. It's alright." he said as he pressed her head closer to his chest.

Katalia felt like nothing bad would ever happen to her again when he was holding her. He'll protect me. Nobacy not even Leanar is going to take him away from me right now. thought Katalia fiercely.

"Here I need to bind your wounds then we must leave for Ithilien."

"Baragon I got to tell you about their plans. I tried to escape so I could but they capture me again. Urak-kai are supposed to dome. You already know of their plan of sending a little men at a time."

"What direction?"

"I don' know."

"Let us hope that the army from gondor had a battle with them and
that's why they haven't come yet. But now I must bind your wounds".

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Thanks to all especially my wonderful beta reader Elessar-lover.

Namarie,

Katalia