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Chapter 9: The Mathendous Poison.

"Elladan, how is Estel?" Lord Elrond asked while looking at his sons. "He still has a fever, and he is having restless sleep, it seams as if he is having a bad dream of some sort, but I can not wake him." Elladan said and looked at his wounded brother in his arms. He knew that Rivendell was up ahead, he just hoped that no further complications will be in their way.

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"Estel." Aragorn looked around, "Who is there, Show yourself!" "Do you not remember?" Aragorn was confused by that question. Was this someone he knew? "No, I do not." The being came out of the darkness to where Aragorn could see him. "Goreneth?"

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Elladan was grateful to see the gates of Imaldris again. The three elves hurriedly rode through the gates and dismounted. "What has happened?" The gaurds asked, but recieved no answer. For the three elves had done ran off to the healing wing.

"Elrohir, I need you to check this, to see what kind of poison it is, Elladan, help me with their wounds, I must determine if any of Legolas', ir Estel's wounds are poisonous." Lord Elrond said and started to check his son's wounds. Elladan walked over to Legolas and started checking his wounds.

"Ada, Legolas had this in his shoulder." Elladan held up a peice of a knife, same as the one they found in Estel's side, and showed it to Lord Elrond. Elrohir walked over to his father, "Aye, the blade was poisonous, it is a fast-acting poison, it can be used on elves or humans, it is called the 'Mathendous' poison, it is used by all the orcs and other evil beings."

Lord Elrond quickly ran to his study, and looked up the poison, while his sons continued to search the two friend's wounds.

Moments later, Lord Elrond reapeared. "The cure for the 'Mathendous' poison, requires something that we here, do not possess, it resides in Mirkwood, the 'ascathy plant', Elrohir, take Sadirian with you, and ride to Mirkwood as fast as you can, Elladan you shall stay with me, and help me with their wounds." Elrohir left the 'healing wing' and went to the stables to get Sadirian, and head off to Mirkwood.

"Ada, how many days do they have?" Elladan asked calmly. "Ten, let's just pray that Elrohir and Sadirian, do not have any complications." Lord Elrond answered.

The two finished checking Legolas' wounds, then headed over to Estel. "Ada, Aragorn's stitches have been ripped open again." Elladan said sadly. He knew how much pain it was to have to take out some of the stitches, then re-stitch the wound, but he also knew it hurt worse for a human. Lord Elrond walked over with his knife, thread, and kneedle, and began to cut open the rest of the stitches. Elladan looked down at the pale face of his brother. It was filled with sadness, tiredness, and pain.

He knew that Estel must feel upset, for the poison made him think that they didn't love him anymore. He wondered how soon it would be before Legolas acted the same way.

Aragorn, although asleep, winced at every move Lord Elrond made. "He has made his wound infected, from where he moved so much the second time I re-stitched them, it caused dirt to get into the wound, and now it is infected." Lord Elrond stated and kept stitching up his son's side.

"I hope that they will awaken soon, I want to see what state they are both in." Elladan said. Lord Elrond sat in a chair, beside his son, and began to look at the many steps of the 'Mathendous' poison. It reacted differently from elves to humans. The elven stages, were only stages of pain, and sadness, but the mortal stages, were worse. He knew that the second stage, would be far more painful, than the first. Not only for Aragorn, but for his family as well.

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Will Elrohir and Sadarian make it back in time with the plant? Will Legolas and Aragorn continue to fight for their lives? What is the second stage of the 'Mathendous' poison? Find out in the next chapter!

A/n- The next chapter should either be up tonight, or tommorrow. (I have to study for Truth Quest and a VBS skit!) LOL! Thanx for reading! -CklovesMe2040