Chapter 2

The very next morning she came home from work. She was exhausted. To her pleasant surprise Christine was not there but neither was Gene. There was a note left on the bed as she entered the bedroom.

Molly,

Christine and I are at church.

I will see you later.

Love,

Gene

Molly remembered a time before Christine moved in. Where Gene thought like she did. Gene was a lot different than the man she met and fell in love with back in college. They had met through her gaming group and when they first met they talked for hours about anything and everything. It seemed as if they had everything in common. But then after Christine came in, it was like he changed overnight. In the place of a man who had goals ands wanted to conquer the world was now nothing more than a sheep who could no longer think for himself. But yet Molly still loved him and hoped he would be the sweet guy she fell in love with again.

Her eyes got heavy and she drifted off to sleep.

Her eyes fluttered open and there was Elrond smiling down at her. She looked around at her new surroundings. Out of the window she could see the streams of Rivendell and they looked just like the did in all of the movies she saw.

"I trust you slept well." Elrond said.

"How did I get here?" Molly asked him.

Elrond sat down beside her and looked into her eyes. He stroked her hair and bent down to kiss her softly.

'This isn't real!' Molly thought to herself as she felt Elrond's lips on hers.

His lips were soft and warm and Molly didn't resist as she kissed him back gently.

'But if this really is a dream, I hope I don't wake up!' She thought again to herself as she enjoyed the sensations the elf was giving her.

He kissed her neck. And slowly made his way to her breasts. His long hair tickling her skin. He untied her nightgown exposing her breasts to him and took one nipple in his mouth making her squirm. She ran her finger through his long dark hair as he kissed her lips again and then he shed his robes like a lizard would shed a second skin and he was completely naked before her. He slipped under the covers and they started to make love. Just then she heard an obnoxious sound ...

It got louder...

And closer...

And then she jolted up out of bed. It was the alarm waking her for work. She showered and got dressed and headed out the door. She sat down in the car and adjusted the rear view mirror, it was then that she noticed something strange on her neck. It looked like a hickie, but Gene hadn't been home all day and he never liked giving them to her. Maybe it the work of her horny mind going into overdrive. But she had no time to ponder how she got the strange marking, she was late for work.

She pulled in the parking lot and walked up to the door of the museum. She slid the card through the reader and the doors opened automatically. Once inside, she was greeted by Vesta, an attractive and very tall heavyset woman with short dark auburn hair.

"Hey Molly!" Vesta said.

"Hey Vesta. Great joke you played on me yesterday."

"What?"

Molly gave Vesta a look.

"Come on girlfriend! You know what I'm talking about?"

"What?"

"You hired a Hugo Weaving look-a-like to play Elrond. And when you knew I was alone you gave the actor a schedule of my rounds so he could 'come to life' and scare the hell out of me. I gotta admit it was a damned good joke."

"Girl put down the crackpipe! I would never punk you like that. Besides, if you were punked by me you would know it. No one has been through the building since closing yesterday. I have the surveillance tapes if you want to take a look."

"Okay I'll believe you."

Both women cracked jokes as usual and finally Vesta had to leave for the evening. Molly got around to looking at the tapes later that night and finally she knew her co-worker was telling the truth. By this time it was time to make the rounds around the museum. Finally, she reached the Lord Of the Rings Exhibit and there stood Elrond without a hair being touched. He looked perfect as usual but yet so lifelike.

"I don't know what happened last night," She said out loud to herself. "but you sure seemed very real."

Just then Elrond's eyes fluttered and Molly jumped back. She drew her gun out of her holster.

"Hands above your head!" She ordered.

Elrond looked confused but he put his hands where she could she could see them.

"Now step off the exhibit! Slowly!" She ordered him

Elrond did so without saying a word, hands still above his head.

"Who are you?" She asked.

"I am Elrond of Rivendell." Elrond answered her calmly.

"Yeah and I'm Arwen." Molly said sarcastically

"I thought your name was Molly?"

"How do you know my name?"

"I know a lot about you."

She grabbed Elrond and slammed him against the wall and frisked him. He turned around quickly and kicked the gun out of her hand. He caught her by surprise and landed on top of her pinning her down on the floor. They looked into each others eyes at that moment and Molly couldn't help but think as to how cute he really was with those pretty blue eyes of his. But she snapped back to reality and she realized she had to do her job. She took her handcuffs and shackled his wrist to a pole that was cemented into the floor. Elrond was trapped. Molly got on her cell phone and dialed 911. She had to leave the handcuffed Elrond alone as the police came.

"Don't go anywhere." She told him.

"Where would I go?" Elrond asked her looking amused.

A few moments later Molly greeted the police at the doors and explained the situation and when they reached the exhibit there was Elrond handcuffed to the pole where she had left him. The officers on duty let out a loud laugh that filled the room.

"What is so damned funny?" Molly asked.

"I really don't think this 'intruder' is going to hurt anything." The officer explained.

"What? I mean he even knew my name!"

The officer patted her shoulder.

"You have been working way to hard Molly. You handcuffed a wax dummy."

"What are you talking about? He is right there in front of you!"

She walked over to where Elrond was and instead of flesh and blood, he was now wax.

The police left and Molly set Elrond back in his place in the exhibit.

"Sorry about that Elrond, it seems as if my mind is playing tricks on me." She siad sas she straightened his robes.

His features seemed unchanged. She looked up at his eyes and then she buried her face into his chest and sighed.

"Why is this happening to me?" She said out loud to herself.