TO SPEAK WITH ONE'S HANDS

Sign language/animal sounds

Black Speech

"There is nothing here, Aragorn, let us return to the entrance and continue to the next cave." Boromir said after 2 days of searching the cave system for signs of Legolas and the Hobbits.

"Very well, let us return to the caves mouth," Aragorn agreed finally and they all started back the way they came

They moved silently back towards the start of the cave. Aragorn estimated that it would take them around half a day to get back to the entrance, and then they would need to get some rest before continuing, no matter how much he wanted to keep going they all needed rest it they were going to save their friends.

About three hours from the entrance however they were ambushed by a large group of Men, Orcs and Uruk-Hai.

Aragorn and Boromir were over powered quick as they had the disadvantage of not being able to see well in the dark. However Gimli, being a cave-dweller, was able to take down many of the enemy before he too was subdued.

Gandalf was a different matter all together. Seeing that they had no hope in defeating their numerous attackers Gandalf moved away from the fight and into a small tunnel to the groups' right. He wasn't being a coward but he was using his brain and had realised that they would be no way for them to save their friends if they were all captured. He would follow behind the group and find the other members of the fellowship so they could all escape together.

The other three were tied hand and foot so that they couldn't move; they were also gagged so they wouldn't be able to communicate an escape amongst themselves. One of the Uruk-Hai who seemed to be the leader looked them over.

There should be another. Find him. he ordered his troops, who fanned out to try and find Gandalf.

"Don't worry your friend will be joining you soon." The Uruk told his prisoners, who glared back in return.

We can't find him, one of the men said when they returned from their search for Gandalf.

Keep looking, return to your posts in three hours if you can't find him. the Uruk-Hai told the man before allocating a group to return with him to the main caves.

The three fellowship members were knocked unconscious before being hauled over the shoulders of some of the Uruks as the group started towards the main caves.

When Aragorn woke the group was carrying them past rooms full of Men, Orcs and Uruk-Hai alike, who were all laughing and talking together in Black speech as if they were of the same race.

He looked around to try and find Gimli and Boromir. They were also taking in their surroundings in hope of finding an escape route for later use. But none was present, their captures were smart in knocking them out, they had no idea where they were.

They were taking into an almost empty room where a small group of Men and Uruks were eating their dinner.

The three prisoners were dumped roughly on the ground in front of the table and their captures explained what had happened before being dismissed to eat.

"So," one of the men said as he continued to eat, "you thought you would come and save your friends did you?"

None of them answered as they were still gagged but Gimli growled at them. The man got up and moved towards them.

"Feisty one, are you? Well that can be changed easily. We pride ourselves on are breaking methods here." The man explained, SLAVE, bring my drink. he yelled suddenly, making some people in the room jump slightly.

Aragorn, Gimli and Boromir watched as a blonde, barely dressed male run through a door at the back of the room and brought a drink to the man. When the slave turned to leave again the man grabbed him and pulled the blonde against him, kissing him brutally.

He then returned his attention back to the three on the floor, still holding the slave to him, "I'm sure you recognise my slave, he's been in my family for over a thousand years, and I thank you for returning him to me." Confused the trio looked closer at the slaves face and Rondir, the man, helped by moving the blonde's hair out of his face.

To their dismay it was Legolas, they all tried to show their displeasure through words but the gags made their words muffled and unintelligible.

"It didn't take much to retrain him, and it helped that we had his little friends to persuade him to see our point of view in the matter." Rondir continued.

"I was actually quite disappointed, they say that it is hard to break an elf, and I was looking forward to breaking him, but my family had always been good at breaking creatures. Haven't they pet?" he asked Legolas, who nodded, but unknown to Rondir, he was using his free hand to sign to Aragorn that it was an act, hoping that the ranger would see and understand.

"However I don't think we have ever had the pleasure of trying to break a dwarf, so that should be interesting." He said looking at Gimli, who glared back.

"Take them to the dungeon, and don't try to escape, or your little friends will suffer for it."

A/N the idea of Legolas secretly signing to Aragorn I got from a TV series, If anyone has ever seen All Saints, then you may remember a deaf boy who worked in ward 17 for a while. There was one episode when someone tried to kidnap Bron but didn't notice her signing to the deaf boy for help.
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