Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Lord of the Rings characters. I only own Arlena, Fenix, and Aylf at least at the moment. They are mine to mold like potters clay on a wheel. Okay, that really didn't make any sense, but please, read the fic! * Smiles*

Note: when I say rocks, I mean kind of like a mountain but smaller. Enjoy.

Chapter 5

Fenix sighed, wiping her forehead with the sleeve of her tunic. She glanced behind her, smiling slightly. She returned her burning aqua gaze to the rocks. She muttered slightly under her breath, heaving herself up to the top.

"Fenix, how much farther?" Fenix glanced back, identifying the speaker to be Legolas.

She shrugged in response, continuing her struggle.

Fenix sighed in relief as she heaved herself to the top of the rocks they had been climbing. She wiped her brow with her tunic sleeve, turning to face her companions.

Legolas stepped in front, his keen Elven eyes scanning the bottom of the rocks. He gave a short oath, running down the opposite side of the rocks. Fenix looked at Arlena in surprise, quickly taking off after him.

"Legolas, what did you see?" The response Fenix got was legolas cocking an arrow to his bow. Fenix unsheathed a small Elven throwing dagger, her other hand straying to the hilt of her broadsword.

Legolas slowed only once, picking up speed again when he was clear of the rocks. Fenix sprinted after, glancing quickly over her shoulder for Arlena. When she looked forward again, she saw Legolas lunge into a small grove of trees; hearing then, a thud and a low moan of pain.

Fenix dashed forward, sheathing her dagger and drawing her broadsword. She broke into the small grove, glancing around for Legoals. She muttered a single Elven oath under her breath as she found what Legolas had pinned to the ground.

"An Orc!" Arlena gasped, catching up with the others.

Fenix walked forward, her sword tip to the Orc's neck. She glared down at him, noting the wound in his right shoulder.

Legolas heaved the Orc to his feet, slamming him into a tree. Fenix put her thin, white hand on Legolas's shoulder; his muscles taut under his tunic. "Why are you here, Orc?" Legolas said through gritted teeth.

The Orc shook his head stubbornly, his hand reaching slowly for his short sword that he had belted to his waist.

Fenix stepped forward, throwing her now unsheathed dagger into the brute's sleeve of ruined leather and armor. He glanced up at her, his eyes locking with her burning aqua gaze. He flinched slightly, looking instead at Legolas. The brute smiled slightly, maybe evilly, as he eyed the tree Elves.

Fenix glared, her broadsword to his stomach. "Speak now Orc, or I will silence you forever." The Orc dropped his smile, trembling slightly before straightening.

Fenix glanced at Legolas, then to Arlena, motioning her over. She turned to Arlena, speaking rapidly in Elven under her breath, motioning back to the Orc. Alrena nodded, drawing her slender Elven sword, and walking toward the Orc.

Fenix walked to Legolas, motioning him to follow. She turned to him once they were out of earshot of the Orc. "Legolas, I think we should take him with us, make him show us where he was going and the possible traps that were set. I am sure that they know we are coming, if not only me."

Legolas nodded slightly, reluctantly. "He could also betray us, Fenix."

Fenix shrugged slightly in response. "I know that, but we need his information, Legolas, we need it."

Fenix shoved the Orc forward, holding the opposite end of a length of Elven rope; the other, bound the hands of the Orc behind him. The Orc muttered Orcish oaths under his breath, keeping his eyes on the ground. Fenix glanced at Arlena, cockingher head to one side, smiling slightly. Arlena looked at her, crossing her eyes. Fenix sighed, turning her attention back to the Orc.

"What is your name, Orc?" Fenix asked, her voice a little softer then earlier that day.

The Orc stopped, turning to face her. "Aylf." He said gruffly, sitting down on an fallen tree. Fenix followed suit, knowing everyone needed a short rest. Fenix glanced quickly at Arlena then Legolas; his emerald green eyes icy.

Fenix returned her gaze to Aylf, cocking her head to one side, her long, thick chestnut colored hair falling on her shoulders. She sighed slightly, pulling it away from her eyes, pulling it back halfway, tying it back. Aylf looked at her while she was doing this, studying her movements, noting the gracefulness.

Fenix glanced at Aylf, pulling on the strong cord of Elven rope, securely tying it to an old, hard tree root. She walked over to where Arlena and Legolas sat, taking a place next to Arlena. Fenix glanced back at Aylfe, making sure he wasn't trying to free himself from the rope. She looked back at Arlena and Legolas, standing up and stretching.

"We should start again. We will stop again at sun set." Arlena and Legolas nodded in response, also getting up. Fenix retrieved the end of the Elven rope from the tree, taking it in her hands, motioing for Aylf to get up with one wave of her thin, white hand. Aylf nodded, getting up slowly, walking infront of Fenix

Yay! Finally, my writers block has been abolished. I guess it helped when my brain decided to take a vacation to Hawaii. So, I send thanks to my brain because when it left, my writers block also left. Anyway, R&R! ^.^