A/N: Hello. I am back, so... now we shall leave the hotel and go on the road again to another hotel. I suppose. This time, we shall have rented the WHOLE HOTEL (which is possible, although it would cost a fortune...maybe Denethor's a multi-billionaire.) Anyway, enjoy.

Chapter Forty-Eight: Denethor's Phobia

Around 4:30 AM, in the halls...

"All right. Now, you two go that-a-way, and you two watch our backs, and we'll sneak in there." Mary says, indicating Orliey and Annabel to go that-a-way, Frodo and Kay to cover their backs, and Mary, Tina, and Pippin to sneak in the room (Which is hard, because it's locked, but let's pretend that someone grabbed an all-access key).

Mary, Tina, and Pippin open the door marked 200 (Aka Denethor's room...) and Orliey and Annabel head down the stairs. Frodo and Kay start marching around the hall like sentries, and Mary grabs a large black backpack and closes the door.

"Now, you take this..." She says, handing Tina a can of shaving cream, "and you get this..." She hands Pippin a large can of hairspray.

"Everyone knows the plan, right?" Tina asks.

5 hours later...

Mary is back in her room, as is everyone who was marching about at 4:30. Suddenly…

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

"What the holy cracker?" Faramir screams, sitting up.

"Oooow! MY EAR!" Mary yells, falling out of bed and smacking into the wall.

"WHA?" Frodo says, waking up from the loud ker-thunk on the wall.

"Hmmm?" Tina says, getting up as well.

Eventually, the whole hall is up.

"Who the hell screamed like a woman at this time of the day?" Boromir growls menacingly.

"Uh...not me." Merry says.

"Merry, are you feeling ok?" Annabel asks.

"No."

"Ok then."

"Hey, doesn't anyone notice the only one not here is Denethor?" Faramir asks.

"Nice, Faramir, try to think up something less obvious next time." Boromir says sarcastically.

"Yeah? Well at least I made a brilliant observation!" Faramir says.

"Yeah, that's right." Mary says.

"No you didn't." Boromir argues.

"Yes he did!" Mary says.

"Did not, Mary."

"Did so, Boro-freak."

"What did you just call me?"

"Boro-freak, Boro-freak." Mary says.

"My name's Boromir."

"No, it's Boro-freak." Mary says.

"It-"

"AH! Talk to the hand!"

Boromir rolls his eyes and scoffs haughtily.

"Well, shouldn't we check on Denethor or something?" Pippin suggests.

"Yes, perhaps we should." Elrond says, trying to sound educated.

"Wait, how'd you get here?"

"YEAH!"

Lo and Behold, Elrond was not in the last chapter!

"I, uh, just decided I needed a little vacation, so here I am!"

"Well, let's check on his Steward-ly-ness." Merry says.

They push open the door to Denethor's room.

"What the—"

There sits Denethor, sobbing into his hands, his hair spiked straight up with the hairspray, hair gel, and shaving cream.

"What the heck happened?" Elrond asks.

"He's….he's gonna…eat…me…" Denethor whispers.

"Who?"

"B-B—Barney."

Everyone gives Denethor an odd look.

"Barney is gonna eat you?" Pippin asks, trying not to laugh.

"Yes! Barney is coming to get me! Waaaaa!" Denethor wails.

"Whoa…that's a bit…er…" Mary says, trying not to laugh.

"Dad, I never knew." Faramir says, snorting with laughter.

"Uh…I didn't know that barney liked to eat people. You know, he was always so 'I love You-ish' and it scared me." Orliey says.

"Barney is gonna eat me! NOOOO! YOU CAN'T EAT ME, YOU PURPLE DINOSAURIC FREAK!" Denethor screams.

A/N: Well, I hoped you liked this chapter. It took me long enough to type. Happy Birthday Kay, we shall celebrate in the next chapter!