* Authors Note: This chapter is going to be shorter than the others because my friend made me read this other LOTR fic, and she is VERY impatient for this next chapter so here it is!

ch. 4

The five members of the fellowship moved through the forest with ease, now that they had Kat and Jem, they found the powers very useful. If they came to a large crop of trees, instead of going the long way around, Kat would bend the trees apart with her telekinesis, if they came to a large river, instead of going miles around to find a bridge, or make a boat, Jem would freeze the river solid, then once they were across, Kat would heat it up again and the river was back to normal.

The group was quickly catching up to their fallen comrades, the orc tracks were fresher, Aragorn was sure that they were within a few miles of the orcs, Gimli was getting restless, all this walking and no killing was getting him aggravated.

When are we going to actually battle someone?! Gimli said in annoyance.

You must be patient, your hunger for the fight will be appeased once we catch up with the orcs Legolas said calming the dwarfs agitated nerves. The dwarf seemed wary of his friends advice, but did as he was told.

An hour later Gimli's patience paid off. The group looked over the ridge they were climbing to see a faint glow in the distance.

That must be the Orc campsite Gimli said, quite pleased that he was now going to shed some orc blood.

Yes, but we must do this carefully, we must not get the hobbits hurt in the process of saving them Legolas said softly, trying to remind the group that subtlety was the best way to approach the situation.

How do we calmly attack a hoard of Orcs? Kat asked incredulously. The group looked at Legolas expectantly, he obviously didn't have an answer, so the crept over the hill quietly, pondering Kat's question. The group quickly found the campsite within a few feet of them, and wondered how to proceed. The choice was taken out of their hands when a particularly ugly Orc spotted them and screamed their whereabouts to the entire camp.

Nothing like the direct approach Jem said. The group attacked, as did the Orcs. There were about 20 orcs, but with the groups combined skills it would even out. Aragorn and Legolas were fending off Orcs well, three Orcs grabbed Gimli, one was about to cut his head off when Legolas saw his intent and sent two arrows towards the orcs holding him, Gimli dropped to the ground with a thud as Aragorn finished off the last Orc holding Gimli.

Meanwhile the girls were having fun holding their own. Jem was freezing Orcs then Kat would raise them into the air and drop them from a great height, shattering them on the ground below. Kat would burn them to cinders, then blow the ashes in the faces of the other orcs, blinding them temporarily. The girls got so caught up in the six they were fighting they didn't notice much of anything else, including the four sneaking up on them. Aragorn killed his fifth orc, glancing to Legolas and Gimli to see how they were fairing in the battle. Legolas was smiling and Gimli was scowling, he heard bits of their conversation, apparently Legolas had killed seven orcs, and Gimli killed four, this didn't make gimli happy.

Legolas was laughing at Gimli's distress about the orcs he killed, glancing at Aragorn who had a knowing smile on his face. He looked towards the two girls to see how they were doing , he noticed them cheerily using their powers to kill a hoard of orcs in that area, but he saw something they didn't , the orcs behind them. He quickly shot down two of the orcs behind them, but as he reached for more arrows he realized with paralyzing fear that he had no more arrows left. He motioned for Aragorn to come with him, Aragorn realized what his friend had seen and made a hasty job of killing an orc while running to help them.

The two remaining orcs were slowly making their way towards Jem and Kat, the two girls were now killing orcs more than ten feet away from each other, so one orc went for Kat, and the other went for Jem.


* hmmmm I could keep going, I have the next scene planned out, but maybe i'll make you guys wait a while, yea, thats what i'll do, I expect some reviews if you want me to keep going!