Disclaimer: I do not own nor do I profit from any of these Lord of the Rings Characters. It all belongs to Tolkien, and Peter Jackson and all those wonderful people out there.

a/n – I'm going to be updating everyday until the story is up, or until Sunday when I leave. As said before I will post the sequel when I return.

Chapter 6 – Swords, Bows, and Mithril

We come into this huge cavern, with those big ass pillars.

"Behold! The great realm of the dwarven city of Dwarrowdelf!" Gandalf says.

"Well, that's an eye-opener and no mistake." Sam mutters to Frodo.

Rae and I look at each other. We both know what's coming, and its not going to be pretty.

Suddenly, we hear someone running. We turn around to see Gimli running towards a door.

"Gimli!" Gandalf yelled as we followed him.

We come into find Gimli grieving over his cousin's tomb. It was sad to see him grieving on T.V., I guess it just hits you more when you're actually seeing it seeing it.

"Here lies Balin, son of Hrundin, Lord of Moria. He is dead then. It is as I feared." Gandalf says.

He then turns to see a book in the arms of a skeleton.

"We must move on. WE cannot linger here." Legolas said.

"Legolas is right. We cannot stay here." Liv says looking pointedly at us. We all turn to walk out but Gandalf starts reading out of the book.

"They have taken the bridge, and the second hall. The ground shakes. We have barred the gates, but cannot hold them for long. A shadow moves in the dark. Drums, drums in the deep. We cannot get out. We cannot get out. They are coming." He says

I look over at the well and see Pippin about to touch the skeleton. "PIPPIN NO!" I yell at him.

But it's to late the skeleton falls into the well causing more than enough noise to wake up even damn sleeping beauty.

"Fool of a Took! Next time, throw yourself in, and rid us of your stupidity!" Gandalf yells at him.

There is a big pause, as if everyone is listening to see if something is coming. Then drums start pounding.

"Oh shit!" I mutter. I whip around to see Frodo pull out his sword which had turned blue.

"Orcs!" Legolas yells.

"No shit Sherlock!" I yell.

Boromir runs to check out the door. Aragorn joins them and they bar it.

"They have a cave troll!" he yells at Aragorn.

"Stay back, close to Gandalf!" Aragorn yells back at us.

The four hobbits all ran back towards Gandalf.

One by one, my friends and I pulled out our weapons ready for a fight.

"Let them come! There is one dwarf yet in Moria who still draws breath!" Gimli said jumping up onto the tomb.

"Let's hope you breathe long enough to kill enough of these orcs." Rae muttered.

At that moment the orcs broke in and with them all hell broke loose. All 13 of us were fighting, defending ourselves against the orcs. I must admit it was funny watching Sam hit some of them with his frying pan, to each his own I guess.

"Aragorn! Help!" I turned around to see Frodo cornered by the troll.

"Damn it!" I cursed as I ran to help him. The other three were to busy to hear him. Aragorn got there first, but the Troll knocked him into the wall. The troll moved to hit Frodo but I got there first.

"Hey, dumbass over here!" I yelled at the Troll. It stupidly turned to face me.

Okay now what do I do? I asked myself in my head.

Well I brandished my sword at him. He seemed to take this as a threat.

In slow motion I saw his hand, spear and all coming toward Frodo (who by the way is behind me) and me. In one swift motion I raised my sword and brought it crashing down on his arm.

Let me just say Troll blood is gross!

It wasn't until after the Troll had fallen and Legolas had shot it in the throat that I realized that the spear had sliced my arm and hit Frodo.

"Mister Fordo!" I heard Sam yell.

I turned around to see him face down on the floor. I knelt by his side and Aragorn joined me there.

"Oh, no." he whispered turning Fordo over, who was busy catching his breath.

"He's alive!" Sam said running over to him.

"I'm all right, I'm not hurt." Frodo said to us.

"You should be dead! That spear would have skewered a wild boar!" Aragorn said in disbelief.

"I think there is more to this hobbit than meets the eye." Gandalf said.

Frodo raised his shirt to reveal his Mithril vest that Bilbo gave to him. (I love Bilbo he's just so cute)

"Mithril! You are full of surprises, Mr. Baggins!" Gimli exclaimed.

"Bryn!" I heard Rae call, she came to my side. "You're bleeding!"

I looked down to see my arm. "I'll be fine; it's just a little scratch,"

"That should be attended to immediately my lady." Aragorn said looking at me concerned.

Suddenly the drums started up again. "Well, we don't have time for that now. We have to make our get away."

"To the bridge of Khazad-Dum!" Gandalf yells.

We all got up and ran through the cavern. Yeah and then we were surrounded by orcs. What a way to have fun right.

Then there was a roar in the distance and all the little "orcses" ran away.

"What is this new devilry?" Boromir asked.

"A balrog. A demon of the ancient world. This foe is beyond any of you Run!" Gandalf yelled at us.

So. We ran. Boromir came to the edge and drooped his torch thing (was he even carrying a torch thing? I have to go watch the movie and see.) Anyways Legolas saves him and we run on.

"Lead them on, Aragorn! The bridge is near. Do as I say! Swords are no more use here!" Gandalf yelled pushing Aragorn forward.

Then we come to the gap. First Legolas, Gandalf, Boromir with Merry and Pippin, Rae, Liv, and Cass jumps across as the edge crumbles.

Aragorn throws Sam across, and then moves to grab Gimli. "Nobody tosses a dwarf!" Gimli yelled and then jumped but barely made it by his beard.

Leaving me with Frodo and Aragorn. Why am I always left with them? It's no fun, no fun at all.

"Lean forward!" Aragorn says grabbing both Frodo and I.

We do, and the section falls forward into the rest of stair. We quickly scramble to the other side.

WE all get across the bridge when Gandalf moves to make his stand against the Balrog. He turns to the demon, sword and staff in hand.

"You cannot pass." He tells him.

Frodo turns around to see him, "Gandalf!" He yells.

"I am a servant of the secret fire, wielder of the flame of Anor! Dark fire shall not avail you, flame of Udun!" Gandalf yelled.

In retaliation the Balrog drew a flaming sword and swings it at Gandalf who blocks it.

"Go back to the shadow! You shall not pass!"

Gandalf slams his staff down which emits a white light, driving the Balrog back. At this point the bridge crumbles and falls into the deep abyss taking the Balrog back. For a moment everyone is relieved, for a moment Gandalf held victory in his hands.

But the Balrog, not wanting to be undone, gave a final crack of his whip which grabbed Gandalf's ankle and pulled him down. He held onto the edge on the bridge long enough to say: "Fly, you fools!" Then he to disappeared into that dark abyss following his very enemy into Hell.

"NO!" Frodo cried trying to get across the bridge, but Boromir grabbed him.

As Boromir carried Fordo away, Aragon paused.

"ARAGORN!" I yelled at him, running after the others who were already running towards the exit.

Yet Aragorn remained, eyes staring in disbelief at the dark abyss that had swallowed his friend.

"ARAGORN!" I yelled again.

It was the orc arrows that finally drove him away.

8

Preview for Chapter 7:

"What do you think she will say to us?" Cass asked, she out of the four of us, was most worried about our upcoming confrontation with the Lady.

"I don't know. But I hope its something good." Liv said.

"Same." Rae added looking at my arm, which had stopped bleeding, while I just nodded my head.

"And if not, we could always curse her out in Japanese." I say trying to lighten the mood. That got everyone laughing.

"True, true." Rae said smiling.

TBC