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A/n- Sorry for the last cliffe! Had to do it to ya! (I don't know how much more torture I can put these poor guys through! I love them too much! lol) This chapter shouldn't be that bad, I don't think! (I love Legolas and Aragorn to much to do to many torture filled events to them! lol)
Now without further delay, Here's the next chapter!
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Chapter 11: The Second Stage
Aragorn awoke the next morning to see Elladan and Elrond staring at him. "How are you, ion-nin?" Lord Elrond asked and felt his son's head. "Better than I was feeling yesterday." Aragorn said and tried to sit up on his own. With that movement, a jolt of pain shot in his side and caused him to wince and yell in pain. "Stay still, Estel, Elladan and I will help you up." The two elves helped Aragorn to sit up, trying to cause as little pain as possible, but still he winced and let out a muffled cry of pain.
"Good-morning, Sleeping Beauty." Aragorn turned his head to see Legolas smiling at him. Aragorn tried to get out of his bed to run to his friend, but was stopped by his father and brother holding him down, and another jolt of pain in his side. "I told you to stay still, ion-nin, now calm down and catch your breath." Lord Elrond said. Aragorn leaned back on his pillow, and took some deep breaths.
"You are not well enough to get up mellon-nin, do not worry for me, you must worry for yourself, you are also weak, so stay in your bed." Legolas whispered. "I am sorry, mellon-nin, I should not have left you there, I should have been looking out for you." Aragorn whispered guiltily. "It is allright, you needed to go get help, it is I who should ask for your forgiveness, I should have been watching out for you better. Now we are both suffering from the Mathendous poison." Legolas said.
"It is allright mellon-nin, you could have not prevented this, you were in a cave, remember?" Aragorn smiled at his friend. "Yes, I remember, nor you could have stopped me from going down there, so now that all is forgiven, let us forget." Legolas returned the smile.
"Now that you two have took the guilt for eachother, you need to eat something to regain your strength." Lord Elrond said and handed the two some oatmeal, lembas, and honey. The two ate slowly, for they were two weak to eat too fast. They soon finished their meals. Lord Elrond and Elladan went to retrieve more herbs, leaving the two friends sitting in silence.
"Mellon-nin, what troubles you?" Legolas said. The look on his friends face, was as he was in fear of something. "Nothing that you need to worry yourself about, mellon-nin." Aragorn responded, not looking at his friend. "Look at me, mellon-nin, never think that I don't need to worry myself with your problems, you worry with mine, so tell me what troubles you."
Aragorn looked at his friend, "I am thinking about so many things right now, my mother, Goreneth, what I said to my father and brother...," he trailed off into silence. "I am sure whatever you said, it is not that bad, I am also sure that they have forgiven you." Legolas said, looking at his friend with sympathy.
"I told him that they only wished to harm me, that they didn't love me, I do not know why I said that, but I know that it hurt them." He whispered. "And we forgave you, we always love, and care for you, forever, we knew that you did not say it intentionally." Lord Elrond said as they walked over to Aragorn.
Lord Elrond gave his son a hug, "Stop worrying yourself with this matter, we will always be here to love, and care for you." "I know Ada, and I you, but I still can't forgive myself for saying that." Aragorn wouldn't make eye contact with his father or brother. He just looked guiltliy down at his hands. "Look at me ion-nin." Aragorn still refused to look at his father. "Look at me," Lord Elrond comanded again. Aragorn finally looked into his father's eyes.
"Ion-nin, stop feeling guilty about this, I love you and forgive you. So stop this instant, or I will move you to a room of your own, and lock you out of here, understood?" Lord Elrond knew that depriving him of his friend would be the only way to get him to do anything. "You wouldn't." Aragorn said. "Do you want to find out?" Aragorn shook his head 'No'. "So are we understood?" Lord Elrond asked again.
"Yes, Ada." Aragorn said. "So you are going to stop carrying around this un-ending chain of guilt?" Aragorn shook his head, 'Yes'. "Good." Lord Elrond felt his son's head to determine his fever. "You still have a high fever, it has went up, Elladan mix the fever reducing herbs, how are you two feeling?"
"I am...," "Fine." Lord Elrond and Elladan answered for the two. "Tell me the truth, or I will seperate the both of you." Lord Elornd threatened. "I am in more pain, tired, and I am weak." Aragorn said. "I am the same." Legolas said. Lord Elrond turned to get some herbs for the pain.
Aragorn had felt a little different, but decided not to tell his father about it. "So, you two have not felt different lately?" Lord Elrond asked, continuing to make the medicine. "No, I have just felt the way I told you, what about you Aragorn?" Legolas asked and looked at his friend. No response. "Aragorn?" Legolas asked again.
Aragorn felt his legs go numb, then a pain shoot up his legs. He bit his lip, trying to hold back a cry of pain. But failed, when the pain reached up to his heart. "Aragorn what is wrong?" Lord Elrond asked and held his son's hand. Aragorn continued to move restlessly, and answering his father with crys of pain.
"He is going into the second stages of the Mathendous poison, Elladan get the sleeping medicine ready." Lord Elrond said. Elladan began mixing the herbs into the boiling water. "Aragorn, lie still, it will be okay." Aragorn looked at his father with horrified eyes. He was still moving and yelling. "Hush, Estel, it will be over soon, hush, calm yourself, Elladan hurry!" Lord Elrond yelled.
Aragorn finally felt the pain die down a little, and he stopped moving. "Aragorn, tell me what is wrong." Lord Elrond looked at his son with concern. "My legs are numb, I can not feel them, there is a pain in my heart, it is not failing to stop." The pain rose up again, and he cried out in pain, and squeezed his father's hand.
"Elladan?" Lord Elrond screamed again. "Here Ada." Elladan handed the herbs to his father. "Ion-nin, drink this." Lord Elrond put the cup up to his son's lips. Aragorn slowly drunk the two cup's contents, and drifted off to sleep. The two elves slowly laid Aragorn down on his bed. "Now, Legolas, if you are hiding something from me also, I need to know." Lord Elrond said looking acusingly at the young elf.
"My legs went numb a few hours ago, and I am in more pain then before. I had a sharp pain go up into my heart, but I have been fighting it for a while, and hiding it from you." Legolas said and winced at the pain in his heart. "How have you fought it off this long?" Lord Elrond asked. Legolas' lip was bleeding. "I have been biting my lip so I would not cry out, I guess that I should have told you though." Lord Elrond put a towel up to Legolas' lip and tried to stop the bleeding.
Legolas began to move slightly as the pain intensified, and cried out. "Here, drink this." Legolas drank the medicine, and drifted off to sleep as well. Lord Elrond got a closer look at the elf's lip. "I am going to need to stitch that." Lord Elrond said, then looked at his other wound. "It has grown infected." Lord Elrond said and looked at his son. "So has Estel's." He replied. "Mix up something for it, while I stitch his lip." Elladan nodded and walked over to the cabinet where his father kept his herbs.
The two put the medicine on the wounds, and covered them up. "Now we can only hope that Elrohir will make it back." Lord Elrond said and sat down beside his son and Legolas.
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Elrohir and Sadarian had started back on their way to Mirkwood, in a slow pace. "Sadarian, if we go any slower, we won't make it back in time." Elrohir complained. "Allright, we can speed up, but as soon as I see a sign of you or the horse wearing out, we will stop for the night." Sadarian said. "Is that understood?" He asked, but Elrohir had allready sped up.
Sadarian sped up, knowing that the young elf didn't need to be left alone, for he was tired and needed rest.
"But try to convince him of that." he thought as riding closely behind his friend.
Elrohir continued to ride on his horse toward Mirkwood, "I hope that Estel and Legolas are doing okay, ascathy plant, that is what they need, I hope that Mirkwood will still have the plant." He thought. Then he thought back to the things that Aragorn said. "I hope he knows that I love and care for him, he is my brother for goodness sake, I wouldn't do anything to hurt him, it would pain me to loose him, and I hope I don't." He continued to pick up speed.
"Elrohir, it is beginning to rain harder, we need to find shelter." "We can last a bit longer Sadarian." He said. "No, you are soaked, we need to seek shelter now." Sadarian yelled. The two went off into the forest and found a shelter in the trees. Sadarian prepared camp, while Elrohir made a fire. Sadarian walked over to Elrohir and sat down beside him at the fire. Sadarian pulled out a peice of lembas and split it with Elrohir. The two ate in silence and watched the flames of the fire.
"Elrohir, go get changed out of your wet clothes, and get some rest, I will take tonight's watch shift, you need your rest." Sadarian said. "I am fine, Sadarian, you get your rest." Elrohir complained. "No, I have slept long enough, you have been up for the past three days, you didn't even get any rest on your way here with Legolas and Aragorn, now you stayed awake last night worrying, it is my turn go get some sleep."
The young elf finally gave in and headed off to the tent. Sadarian knew that the young elf wouldn't go to sleep willingly, so he put a light dose of a sleeping herb in his water. Soon the young elf was sleeping. Sadarian got up and walked over to the elf to check his wounds. No sever ones, luckily, and also none of them had been infected.
He changed the dressing on his wounds then went back to the fire. He sat there wondering about his two friends at home. He hoped that they would be okay, he also worried about Elrohir, he hadn't been acting the same lately. He hoped it was nothing more than worrying.
And longed to tell him that everything was going to be okay. But was it? He didn't know.
Something didn't feel right, but he hoped that it was just his nerves playing tricks on him and settled back beside a tree and put his ear up to it to listen to what it was saying.
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Will Aragorn and Legolas make it through the second stage of the Mathendous poison? What is it that doesn't fell right to Sadarian? Will Elrohir stop worrying and get the rest he needs? Will Aragorn do what he promised to his father and let go of his guilt? Will our favorite elf and ranger continue to fight for their lives? Find out in the next chapter!
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A/n- Hope you enjoyed it! Will have more up soon! Thanx for reading this chapter, now please review! (Hides from angry reviewers, to think about what will happen next.) Please stay posted for the next Suspense filled chapter! (Still hiding from angry reviewers!) lol!
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