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Everything else belongs to J.R.R. Tolkien himself.
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Apologies: WAAAHHHH!!! I am SOOOO sorry for not updating in forever!!! *takes out knife* I should really do this...but I owe you guys a few more chapters before that comes into play, so here you go. Two new chapters to offer my most immense apologies. *grovels before readers* Can you EVER forgive me?!? I sure hope so, otherwise I might be forced to jump off one of my own cliffies and seek revenge on myself for this...this...treachery. *shakes head dramatically*
Ok. Back to business. Your overdue chapter 9 served to you all on a silver platter! *bows and holds it out to them* I hope to enjoy it! Grab yourself a mug of hot chocolate with marshmallows and get ready for a new twist to come into the story!
Chapter 9
"I can't BELIEVE we're listening to our CAPTIVE!!!" Boss snarled dangerously as he and the other three Orcs were packing up, preparing for that night.
"Well...he didn't say nothing wrong did he?" Bugley asked uncertainly.
Boss glared at him. "You idiot. Of COURSE he said something wrong!!! He told ME what to DO!!!" He took a deep, shaky breath. "Is is simply incongruous." He announced.
"Well Boss, if it's incongruous, then why are we listening to him at all?" Slim asked timidly.
Bingo.
Boss stopped for a moment, and actually considered this. "Hmmmm...well... I'll tell you why, Slim." He turned around, smiling sweetly at the stick- thin Orc. "Because of one simple thing. HIS IDEA IS GOING TO GET US THE GOLD WE DESERVE!!!"
All the other Orcs backed up in alarm at the volume of their leader's voice.
"Ok, calm down Boss, we're following you!" Pugley assured him quickly.
Boss smiled importantly. "Good. Or I might be forced to..." He thought hard. "Punish you." And with that, he turned around in a huff to finish packing the supplies.
Bugley blinked, then whispered to Pugley. "Um...do you think this is going to work?"
Pugley immediately put a hand over the other Orc's big mouth. "Shhh!!! Boss'll hear you!"
"'Fo?" Bugley asked in a confused, muffled voice.
Pugley took his hand away. "What?" He asked, straining his ear to hear.
"I said, 'so'?" Bugley repeated.
Pugley blinked. "Do you want your head chopped off?"
Bugley shrugged. "I dunno. I've never had my head chopped off before."
Pugley frowned at him. "Just keep it down Bugley! Or you'll get us banished again!" With that, he went to go get the big sack that the four Orcs had kept Elrond in when they had kidnapped him that night.
Elrond himself was supervising the operation, clearly trying to keep a look of impassive, superior authority on his face, but inside, his stomach was churning. What if his plan failed? What if the Orcs screwed up and ruined the whole thing? What if he screwed up in this plan? He would surely be killed.
"Ok!" Boss's voice broke through Elrond's thoughts. "We're all set then!"
"Can we go now?" Slim asked impatiently.
Elrond shook his head at them. "Not until dark."
Boss WHIRLED around and glared at him. "YOU can't tell US what to do!!" He announced angrily.
Elrond's eyes narrowed. "So sorry Mr. Boss." He rolled his eyes. "But tell me, did you honestly consider coming to Rivendell and kidnapping me in broad daylight?"
The Orcs seemed taken aback by this. Well, every Orc that is, except Boss. He was still trying to seem the authority here, with a failingly-smug look on his face.
"Of course we wouldn't have!" Boss announced importantly. "That would be incongruous!"
Elrond rolled his eyes again, muttering to himself as he twisted around in his bonds to the other side of the stalagmite. "I have been kidnapped by the century's morons."
~**~
That night, Elrond remembered clearly the Orcs tying him up on the stalagmite again before they left.
"YOU IDIOTS!!!" Boss had screamed once they left the cave, pointing a stubby, insisting finger at Elrond. "TIE HIM UP!!!"
The Orcs had hastened wildly to do so, at first tying him up so tightly that Elrond was beginning to turn blue, but he managed to choke out that he was being strangled, so Boss screamed at them again and they loostened it.
Elrond also remembered the Orcs disappearing out of the cave and into the woods...but he didn't remember anything else. He must have fallen asleep.
Because the next thing he knew, the Orcs were back, struggling mightily with a wriggling sack held between them.
Elrond's eyes widened. Uh oh. It had worked. At the moment, he was trying very hard to determine whether this was more of a good thing than a bad thing...or the other way around.
Suddenly, Bugley opened the sack carefully and peeked in for a moment...and earned himself a fairly big yell from inside the sack for it.
Outraged, Boss reached down quickly and tipped the sack up...spilling their new captive down onto the floor.
Elrond stared down at the captive, then sighed heavily. "Well, here we go." He muttered to himself.
The captive turned out to be a very, very angry Dwarf named Gimli.
"I WANT OUT!!!" He whined with everything he had.
Elrond rolled his eyes. Something told him that he was not going to be very pleasant company for the group of five.
However, the next day, a very loud scream from Rivendell was heard...in the voice of Gloin, and Elrond had a feeling that maybe his plan wasn't so bad after all.
~**~
Ok, pretty short, but it's all I had time for. Hope you enjoyed it! I sure had fun writing it. Yeah, Gloin's not going to be very happy about this...but will he be able to talk Boromir into giving the money over? You'll have to see. Please review!!! PLEASE!!!
I honestly don't know how to thank you all for your reviews. You really save my life, you know? I don't think this story would have gotten very far without you guys!
Apologies: WAAAHHHH!!! I am SOOOO sorry for not updating in forever!!! *takes out knife* I should really do this...but I owe you guys a few more chapters before that comes into play, so here you go. Two new chapters to offer my most immense apologies. *grovels before readers* Can you EVER forgive me?!? I sure hope so, otherwise I might be forced to jump off one of my own cliffies and seek revenge on myself for this...this...treachery. *shakes head dramatically*
Ok. Back to business. Your overdue chapter 9 served to you all on a silver platter! *bows and holds it out to them* I hope to enjoy it! Grab yourself a mug of hot chocolate with marshmallows and get ready for a new twist to come into the story!
Chapter 9
"I can't BELIEVE we're listening to our CAPTIVE!!!" Boss snarled dangerously as he and the other three Orcs were packing up, preparing for that night.
"Well...he didn't say nothing wrong did he?" Bugley asked uncertainly.
Boss glared at him. "You idiot. Of COURSE he said something wrong!!! He told ME what to DO!!!" He took a deep, shaky breath. "Is is simply incongruous." He announced.
"Well Boss, if it's incongruous, then why are we listening to him at all?" Slim asked timidly.
Bingo.
Boss stopped for a moment, and actually considered this. "Hmmmm...well... I'll tell you why, Slim." He turned around, smiling sweetly at the stick- thin Orc. "Because of one simple thing. HIS IDEA IS GOING TO GET US THE GOLD WE DESERVE!!!"
All the other Orcs backed up in alarm at the volume of their leader's voice.
"Ok, calm down Boss, we're following you!" Pugley assured him quickly.
Boss smiled importantly. "Good. Or I might be forced to..." He thought hard. "Punish you." And with that, he turned around in a huff to finish packing the supplies.
Bugley blinked, then whispered to Pugley. "Um...do you think this is going to work?"
Pugley immediately put a hand over the other Orc's big mouth. "Shhh!!! Boss'll hear you!"
"'Fo?" Bugley asked in a confused, muffled voice.
Pugley took his hand away. "What?" He asked, straining his ear to hear.
"I said, 'so'?" Bugley repeated.
Pugley blinked. "Do you want your head chopped off?"
Bugley shrugged. "I dunno. I've never had my head chopped off before."
Pugley frowned at him. "Just keep it down Bugley! Or you'll get us banished again!" With that, he went to go get the big sack that the four Orcs had kept Elrond in when they had kidnapped him that night.
Elrond himself was supervising the operation, clearly trying to keep a look of impassive, superior authority on his face, but inside, his stomach was churning. What if his plan failed? What if the Orcs screwed up and ruined the whole thing? What if he screwed up in this plan? He would surely be killed.
"Ok!" Boss's voice broke through Elrond's thoughts. "We're all set then!"
"Can we go now?" Slim asked impatiently.
Elrond shook his head at them. "Not until dark."
Boss WHIRLED around and glared at him. "YOU can't tell US what to do!!" He announced angrily.
Elrond's eyes narrowed. "So sorry Mr. Boss." He rolled his eyes. "But tell me, did you honestly consider coming to Rivendell and kidnapping me in broad daylight?"
The Orcs seemed taken aback by this. Well, every Orc that is, except Boss. He was still trying to seem the authority here, with a failingly-smug look on his face.
"Of course we wouldn't have!" Boss announced importantly. "That would be incongruous!"
Elrond rolled his eyes again, muttering to himself as he twisted around in his bonds to the other side of the stalagmite. "I have been kidnapped by the century's morons."
~**~
That night, Elrond remembered clearly the Orcs tying him up on the stalagmite again before they left.
"YOU IDIOTS!!!" Boss had screamed once they left the cave, pointing a stubby, insisting finger at Elrond. "TIE HIM UP!!!"
The Orcs had hastened wildly to do so, at first tying him up so tightly that Elrond was beginning to turn blue, but he managed to choke out that he was being strangled, so Boss screamed at them again and they loostened it.
Elrond also remembered the Orcs disappearing out of the cave and into the woods...but he didn't remember anything else. He must have fallen asleep.
Because the next thing he knew, the Orcs were back, struggling mightily with a wriggling sack held between them.
Elrond's eyes widened. Uh oh. It had worked. At the moment, he was trying very hard to determine whether this was more of a good thing than a bad thing...or the other way around.
Suddenly, Bugley opened the sack carefully and peeked in for a moment...and earned himself a fairly big yell from inside the sack for it.
Outraged, Boss reached down quickly and tipped the sack up...spilling their new captive down onto the floor.
Elrond stared down at the captive, then sighed heavily. "Well, here we go." He muttered to himself.
The captive turned out to be a very, very angry Dwarf named Gimli.
"I WANT OUT!!!" He whined with everything he had.
Elrond rolled his eyes. Something told him that he was not going to be very pleasant company for the group of five.
However, the next day, a very loud scream from Rivendell was heard...in the voice of Gloin, and Elrond had a feeling that maybe his plan wasn't so bad after all.
~**~
Ok, pretty short, but it's all I had time for. Hope you enjoyed it! I sure had fun writing it. Yeah, Gloin's not going to be very happy about this...but will he be able to talk Boromir into giving the money over? You'll have to see. Please review!!! PLEASE!!!