Chapter 11
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With her fast reflexes, the Orc was dead the next second later. Ailish had pulled out her scimitar from behind her back and sliced through the vein in his neck. Ignoring the throbbing pain of the cut on her left arm, Ailish continued to fight.
Alejandra, now having her long knives out, saw Pippin and Merry being driven back by a group of 3 Orcs. Worried for their safety, Alejandra fought her way over to them, in time to block a sword that was meant to kill Pippin. The Hobbit's eyes fill with relief.
The Orc was extremely strong and Alejandra struggled under his sword. She than spotted the other 2 Orcs lunge at her. She quickly killed one with one of her long knives, but the next one got her on the side, right beside her stomach. She winced, and heard an arrow slice through the air. The Orc that was behind her fell, as Alejandra knocked the one in front of her down, before stabbing her knife deep into its chest.
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Alejandra glanced around to find her savior, but saw none of her cousins, who were on the other side of the room, and Legolas, who was quite a ways away, on top of the cave troll. She watched in awe as he shot two arrows in it's head, before jumping off.
Alejandra suddenly saw Frodo, who was fighting an Orc, didn't seem to see the one behind him. She quickly rushed forward, pushing him out of the way, just as she felt a sword pierce into her. Time seemed to freeze, and she looked down, in time to see a sword imbedded in her lower left side of my stomach.Alejandra looked up into the face of the triumphantly looking Orc, who pulled out the sword. She staggered slightly, quickly recovering from her shock and, in blink of an eye, took out a small throwing knife and threw it at him, which hit him squarely in the head. Alejandra clutched her wound, trying to stop the blood from coming out. She could feel dizziness to her head, but she ignored it, she had much more important things to do.
Alejandra looked for Frodo, but found him gone. She snatched her small knife back up, replacing it in the hidden passage in her coat. She reclaimed her 2 long knives and killed 2 other Orcs, trying to locate Frodo.
Ailish found herself surround by Orcs against a wall. So, thinking up something quick, Ailish turned and ran up the wall, as the Orcs followed her, and landed right behind them. But the troll, who seemed to appear out of nowhere, swung his club at Ailish, making her fly against the other wall, knocking the wind out of her. She than fell unconscious.
The troll than huffed and made it's way to the Hobbits.
Saul did a back flip, just as an Orc swung his broad sword over where his head would have been. Saul threw his dagger at the neck of the Orc, than stabbing him in the stomach, twisting his sword, before taking it out. He grabbed his dagger and put back behind his pants. An Orc ran behind Saul, his sword to the side, ready to swing. He than stopped on his track, as an arrow pierced threw his head.Saul quickly turned around to see the Orc surprised of the arrow and fell towards Saul, who moved out of the way just in time. He looked up at Alejandro, nodding his thanks, than went back to fighting the rest of the Orcs.
"Frodo!"
Everyone looked up and saw Frodo against the wall, with a spear imbedded into him. They froze in shock and noticed that the cave troll was still holding the spear and had just pushed it deeper into Frodo.
The room was buzzed with a energy, as the rest of the fellowship realized that Frodo might be dead. In matter of seconds, the room was cleared of Orcs, except for the cave troll.
Gimli threw an ax at him, lodging it into the troll's back. Alejandro and Alejandra notched 2 arrows, and fired them into the troll's mouth, just as they spotted Merry and Pippin atop the troll.
"Merry! Pippin!" Alejandra cried.
Merry got flung off, as the troll was trying to loose them. Legolas suddenly shot the troll, right in the throat, and it was the master hit, for the troll swayed slightly and we all backed up, unsure if it had lost the fight yet. It fell forward, landing with a puff of smoke, flinging the remaining Hobbit off.
Silence.
Wincing, Alejandra finally felt the pain from her wound break through. She held her hand against it as she sheathed her long knives and retrieved her sword from a corner.
She gasped slightly, 'I'm not loosing much blood yet, but it would have to be bandaged as soon as possible.' Alejandra thought darkly.
Everyone was gathered around Frodo. Aragorn move Frodo slightly, closing his eyes in despair, before turning him over. Alejandra leant against the wall, trying to bypass the dizziness that was starting to take over.
"He's alive!"Sam said, relieved in his voice.
"You should be dead. That spear would have skewered a wild boar," Aragorn said, voice laced with both relief and shock."I think," Gandalf started. "That there is more to this hobbit than meets the eye."
Frodo and him shared a look, before Frodo pulled back his tunic, revealing the silver coat he had on underneath.
Alejandra's vision swam before her eyes, and her mind nearly shut down into unconsciousness. But she fought it, for she couldn't fall down now, not now, not like this. She closed her eyes slightly and tried to gain control, trying to calm herself. When she reopened her eyes, she saw worried looking azure ones.
"What?" Alejandra asked in confusion, holding her wound tighter.
"Are you well?" Legolas asked in concern.
"Yes, fine." She saw Gandalf and the others gathering gear. "We have to go now." She added.
He nodded, before turning to gather some arrows.
Saul, than looked around, finally noticing that Ailish wasn't around them. He saw her unconscious body on the other side and quickly ran to her side.
Ailish opened her eyes to see Saul above her. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah, just have a headache." Saul helped Ailish stand up.
She than saw Alejandra leaning against the wall, breathing hard. Ailish looked up to Saul.
"You and Alejandro go in front of the Fellowship. Alejandra and me will stay behind."
"But-"
"Don't argue with me! We have to protect Frodo!" She nodded to the Fellowship. "We almost lost him, if it wasn't for his uncle giving him the mithril coat, thingy."
"Esta bien." Saul whistled for Alejandro, getting everyone's attention. "We have to leave now, before others come." (Fine.)
"Yes. To the bridge of Khazad-dum!" Gandalf cried.He pointed his staff, and the rest of the fellowship followed suit, with Ailish and Alejandra in the room still, Alejandra trying to stay conscious.
Ailish quickly walked up to Alejandra. "You think you can make it until we get to the woods?" Alejandra nodded. "Lets go than."
The girls ran behind the Fellowship, catching up quickly. They now ran down the huge hall, just as some Orcs came squirming out of small entrances at the tops of each pillar we past.
"We're.. not going to make.. it!" Alejandra gasped out, feeling sharp pain go through her stomach. She winced in pain, as Orcs now surrounded the company. One of them spotted the girls and grinned toothily."We might have a little fun with those two before we kill them," he alerted gleefully to the rest of his group.
Ailish glared at him, scimitars in hand, as Alejandra looked darkly at him. Legolas stepped in front of Alejandra, bow up and arrow drawn back, as Saul stepped in front of Ailish. Both males pulled both girls behind them protectively.
"You will not touch her!" they hissed in union.
They grinned and started to advanced. Alejandra whimpered slightly, not in fright, but in pain, holding her hand to her wound, the blood now slowed, so as she wasn't loosing much as before.
Legolas drew an arm back, lowering his bow and wrapping an arm around her back, mistaken her pain for fear. Suddenly the Orcs starting screeching and they started to go back up the pillars, disappearing quickly, having the company left in the huge hall in matter of seconds.
"What is this new devilry?" Boromir whispered.
The company all turned in unison, to see the hall behind them light up, almost with fire, hearing loud grunts and roars coming from there. Gandalf closed his eyes, deep in thought.
"We have to leave now! None of us can defeat that thing! It's a balrog." Alejandra warned, as she and Ailish started backing up against Saul and Legolas.
"She is right. A demon of the ancient world. This foe is beyond any of you. RUN!" He turned in the opposite direction and took off running, everyone following him.
Legolas still hadn't removed his arm from Alejandra. He was now still running, arm curled around her waist. But she was grateful, for she didn't believe she was able to run on her own, or with the help of her best friend supporting her by herself.
They reached the door and Ailish grabbed Boromir, who almost toppled over the edge of a broken path. He gave her a grateful and confused glance, which Ailish returned with a smile and an arched eyebrow. Ailish turned to see Alejandra almost fell over, if it wasn't for Legolas' arm around her waist.
She knew the dizziness from the loose of blood took over and was grateful for Legolas steadying her, probably mistaken for her clumsiness for the uneven path, before following Boromir down the path.
They reached a gap in the path, Legolas and Alejandra being the first ones there. Legolas tighten his arm around her, before jumping over, hanging on to Alejandra as well. He let go of her as soon as they were over, and helped Gandalf, as he jumped over. Boromir jumped over, with 2 hobbits in his arms. Merry wore an expression being purely terrified and Pippin had his eyes closed.
Saul than went with Sam and Frodo, than Alejandro jumped over. Aragorn turned to Ailish, who shook her head. Nodding, Aragorn reached for Gimli, but Gimli raised a hand.
"Nobody tosses a dwarf!" He jumped over, but his feet hit the edge, not fully on. Legolas grabbed his beard, "NO! Not the beard!"
Legolas quickly pulled Gimli back over and motion for Aragorn and Ailish, who were left. Aragorn jumped over, Legolas catching him, than pushing him lightly behind him and looked over to Ailish.
Ailish was about to go but she jumped back as an arrow bounced off the rocks, right in front of her feet. Almost immediately, Alejandro pulled out an arrow and shot it at the Orcs. A screech could be heard, as an Orc fell down.
"Steady, Ailish!" Saul yelled.
Ailish looked back as a slight roaring and pounding on the wall they just came from caused a rock to fall behind her, breaking off a chunk of the path behind her, making escape to go back impossible as well.
"Go! You have to leave now, before that beast gets through!"
"We're not leaving without you Ailish!"
"Damn it Saul! Do as I say!" Ailish yelled, pleading with her eyes.
Alejandro took Saul's shoulders, "come on. We have to leave now!" The company looked back to Ailish and ran down the stairs.
Legolas, Alejandra, and Aragorn were the only ones who stood behind.
"We're not leaving you!" Alejandra yelled, glaring at Ailish.
Ailish glared back at the three. "Don't be stubborn, go now!"
The path she was now on, cracked, getting ready to break. Ailish leant forwards, as to balance the block out.
"Lean forward!" Aragorn cried.
Ailish did what she was told, and leaned forward. As the path connected, Ailish was able to scramble over, just as the broken path fell over and down into the deep.
"Come! Now!" Legolas cried, motioning for them to move and catch up to the rest of the company.
"Thank you. But next time, do as I say! Elf, Man, Dwarf, bird, or whatever! If I command you to do something, you better do it! All of you!" Ailish eyed Alejandra.
The four caught up with the rest of the company, running as fast as they can, as their life depended on it.
"Over the bridge! Fly!" Gandalf pointed to a nearby bridge, now not very far away.
Boromir ran over, with the two hobbits, then Sam, with Aragorn and Frodo, than Saul, and Alejandro. Alejandra stared at the narrowness of the bridge, afraid of heights. Legolas gave her a nudge, reminding her that he was behind her.
"We must go, my lady!" he said urgently.
Alejandra shook her head, her vision swam again, and she unconsciously fell against Legolas, causing him to catch her. For the first time, he seemed to notice bloodstains on his arm, the one that he was holding Alejandra around the waist with.
His eyes widened before turning to her.
"Legolas!" Aragorn called from the other side.
Legolas hesitate, before scooping Alejandra up in his arms. Ailish, who was the last one about to cross the bridge, hugged Gandalf quickly, taking him off guard, and whispered so only he can hear.
"I know you'll come back to us, not as Gandalf the Gray but Gandalf the White. We will meet again my friend." And with that, Ailish turned and ran over the bridge.
Gandalf ran behind Ailish, wondering in what she was talking about. He stopped in the middle and turned around.
"You cannot pass!" Gandalf yelled.
Gandalf now faced the balrog. A big fiery mutated bull like monster.
"I am the servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the flame of Anor! The dark fire will not avail you, flame of Udun! Go back to the shadow! YOU SHALL NOT PASS!!!" Gandalf shouted loudly.
He slammed his staff into the bridge. The balrog snorted and stepped forward. As it did so, the bridge broke where Gandalf had slammed his staff down. The balrog fell down, a big fiery fire ball falling. Ailish bit her lip from crying out to him. Gandalf sighed and turned around, but suddenly, a fire whip caught his foot, and pulled him down.
"GANDALF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Frodo cried in despair, fighting at Aragorn, desperately trying to get to him.
Gandalf hangs on to the edge, looking at Ailish, who held back her sobs and tears. "Fly you fools!" Than he slipped off.
Legolas pulled Alejandra away, as did Aragorn with Frodo. Alejandro grabbed Ailish, and ran behind Aragorn, ducking from the arrows that were aiming for them.
Legolas had walked ahead, whereas Alejandra had fallen to her feet, the pain of her injuries, plus Gandalf's fall was too much to bear, even though she knew he would come back. She looked up and caught a glimpse of Legolas' face. She felt her heart pain when she saw his expression. It was full of grief and despair and he seemed utterly lost and Alejandra knew she could have prevented it.
A/N: How was it? Good I hoped. Please review!!!