Thanks to all the reviewers. Here's your chapter, Syen.
Chapter 5
Carl awoke early in the morning around five a.m. Van Helsing was still awake.
"Didn't anyone take over the watch?" Carl asked as he yawned and started the cooking fire.
Van Helsing shook his head. Carl yawned again as he took out some food and placed them in a pot which was over the fire. Robin was the first hobbit to wake up.
"Smells good. Almost like pa's cooking," he said as he got up and sat down next to Carl and the fire.
"Not quite," Ruby said as she got up and moved closer to her brother.
"Your pa cooked?" Van Helsing asked, "Didn't your mom do that?"
"No. Pa always cooked. He was the best gardener and cook in the Shire, perhaps the best in the whole of Hobbiton," Robin replied as he sighed.
"I know. It said so in the Return of the King. Tolkien is a very interesting writer. His past is also very interesting," Carl explained as he put some spices into the pot.
"Correct. You know something," Elanor said as she awoke suddenly.
"Like I said. I have read The Hobbit, The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King, The Silmarillion, and The Languages of Tolkien's Middle Earth. Tolkien was a Catholic, you know, so the Cardinal let me read the books. I want to read the Adventures of Tom Bombadil and the other books, but the Cardinal made me make more weapons," Carl sighed as he took the pot off and poured some of the contents equally into six separate bowls.
Carl passed out the bowls.
"Where should I put Faramir's bowl? He's still asleep," Carl asked.
"Give it to him," Faramir replied groggily as he sat up, rubbing his eyes.
"But I can't give it to you because you're rubbing your eyes!" Carl complained, for he wanted the bowl.
Faramir reached out and took it. Carl sighed.
"What is for second breakfast?" Robin asked.
"Second breakfast? Wait a minute. Nobody gets any seconds. We save the food and hand it out equally," Van Helsing said as he looked at Robin.
"But…But…But!" Robin protested as he put down his empty bowl.
"Hobbits have breakfast, second breakfast-" Carl said before he was interrupted.
"Forget it! No more breakfasts!" Van Helsing said louder.
"As I was saying, hobbits have breakfast, second breakfast, elevenses, luncheon, afternoon tea, supper, and a ton of snacks in between," Carl said even louder.
"We don't have that many provisions!" Van Helsing nearly shouted.
"No second breakfasts?" Faramir said shocked as he placed his empty bowl on the ground.
Elanor sat there surprised. Ruby nearly laughed at her sister's face. Someone else was bossing them around and Elanor lost her high position.
Finally, Elanor found her voice, "You can't order us around. You have no right. You know nothing."
"Then take care of the ngaurhoths yourself," Van Helsing replied as he packed up.
Carl shrugged and followed Van Helsing. In a few minutes they were packed. Van Helsing walked towards the fallen rocks.
"You can't leave us here," Elanor said stubbornly.
"Can too. Want to see?" Carl said as he followed Van Helsing.
"Your stoning invention," Van Helsing asked.
Carl placed a dynamite in Van Helsing's open hand. Then Carl reached for it. Van Helsing closed his hand frowning at Carl.
"It is my invention. I want to use it," Carl said with a weak smile.
Van Helsing gave it back with a sigh. Carl threw it on the ground. Carl was too pleased that Van Helsing was using his inventions more than usual, that he threw it on the ground with the wrong side facing the wrong thing, or rather, things. Van Helsing saw that the dynamite proof side was facing the wrong way. He grabbed Carl and quickly went behind the dynamite proof side, which was in front of the rocks.
"What?" Carl asked right before the dynamite blew up.
"It was facing the wrong side," Van Helsing replied.
"I see," Carl replied as he took out another dynamite invention.
Van Helsing pried it from Carl's hands and threw it down facing the right way. As the dynamite blew up, four small bodies bumped against them. Rocks scattered all over the place.
"CARL! YOU NEED TO FIX YOUR INVENTION SO THAT IT WON'T TRY TO STONE PEOPLE TO DEATH!" Van Helsing shouted as the rock fell.
"I WILL," Carl replied as he curled up into a ball.
The rocks finished falling a few seconds later.
"I have a plan," Van Helsing said under the rocks.
"What is it?" Carl asked as he was worming his way from under the rocks.
"We have to get the hobbits. They'll dig tunnels underneath the ngaurhoth's camp and we'll put the dynamites in the tunnels along with some gunpowder. It'll blow them up," Van Helsing replied as he popped up from under the rocks.
"Alright," Carl said as he finally got out.
Van Helsing nodded and shouted, "Faramir! Robin! Ruby! Elanor! We have a plan!"
"What is it?" Faramir asked as they appeared.
"You hobbits will dig tunnels underneath the ngaurhoth's camp and we'll put the dynamites in the tunnels along with some gunpowder. It'll blow them up," Van Helsing said as he walked along the tracks of the ngaurhoth.
Elanor glanced at Van Helsing angrily, and then she looked at Faramir. Faramir smiled weakly. Elanor gasped.
"What! You side with this stranger!"
"It makes sense," Faramir said as he followed Van Helsing, leaving Elanor to stare.
"What is gunpowder?" Robin asked Carl once he caught up with him.
"Gunpowder is black powder that you put in guns, it helps you shoot," Carl replied.
"What is a gun?" Ruby asked as she snuck up on the two.
Carl jumped and yelled, "Yaah!"
"It's only me. Now, what is a gun?" Ruby asked.
"She always sneaks up on everybody," Robin said, "Anyway, Nibs, what do you do in this 'secret order'?"
"I invent weapons for Van Helsing," Carl said plainly.
"Quiet!' Van Helsing hissed, "I found their camp. Ready to dig?"
"Uh, Van Helsing?" Carl asked quietly.
"Yes?" Van Helsing asked turning towards Carl.
"Why don't the hobbits dig a little bit, then we pour gunpowder around the camp and dump a dynamite in the middle of the camp; then we go into the holes, and set off a match on the gunpowder?" Carl asked.
"Well if we do it that way, we'll need a distraction. We can let a person in the middle of the camp with a dynamite and when we are ready, the person will drop the dynamite and we'll take them out of the camp right before we set off the gunpowder," Van Helsing replied with a faint smile.
"Alright, since you know what you are doing, you'll go in," Carl said as he took out a dynamite from the bag.
"No, you get to go in since you brought up the idea," Van Helsing said, smiling.
"What!"
"Yes, now hurry," Van Helsing said, insisting.
Carl sighed, hid the dynamite in his habit, and handed the bag over to Van Helsing.
"Go!' Van Helsing whispered.
Carl ran into the camp.
"Don't eat me! Don't eat me! Please don't eat me!" Carl shouted franticly as he ran around the camp.
"Start digging," Van Helsing said.
The hobbits dug a hole that went down into the ground for a yard then it curved to be parallel with the ground above it. It went parallel for ten feet. Van Helsing crept around the camp as he poured gunpowder on the ground.
He rushed into the camp and yelled, "Dynamite!" as he grabbed Carl.
Carl dropped the dynamite as Van Helsing quickly dragged him to the hole. Van Helsing threw Carl into the hole as he lit a match and threw it on the gunpowder. He rushed into the hole that the hobbits and Carl were already in. Barely a second later an explosion sound came. Carl was about to climb out, but Van Helsing held him back. Van Helsing looked out.
"They're all dead," he said as he helped them out of the hole.
"Well, your job is done, Gabriel Van Helsing," Elanor said as she reached out to shake Van Helsing's hand, "Thank you."
Van Helsing did not take her hand, but rather he turned away and set off to the west.
"Where are you going?" Elanor asked.
"I haven't finished my job. I am supposed to help you and protect you until we get back to Hobbiton," Van Helsing explained.
Carl nodded as he followed Van Helsing with Ruby and Robin at his heels asking him questions. Faramir smiled and dragged Elanor along. They found horses at Rivendell. It seemed as if someone purposely left the horses there for there were exactly two horses and four ponies. They rode them back to the border of Hobbiton where Van Helsing and Carl left them.
I'm sorry I made the story short, but I had another fanfic on my mind and I couldn't come up with any more ideas for this. I am writing a new fanfic called: Cobra and Midnight. It will be under the movie, X-Men. Hope you read and review it. Perhaps I might add one more chapter with the Cardinal chewing out Van Helsing and Carl. Hmm, let me think about that.