Inside the castle, the commotion had reached the lowest levels of the dungeon. Gollum listened intently to the voices of the Elven guards outside his door. He could not understand what they were saying, but the tone was more than understandable. Dol Guldur had come to their side of this gloomy forest and Gollum knew exactly what he must do. He craned his skinny neck as far as he could, tilted his head toward the South and shrieked the name of Qadir twice, exactly as he had been instructed.
Outside the castle, far into the forest, the chieftain of the orc party stopped in his tracks. He cocked his head and listened intently. A twisted smile spread across his disfigured face. Then, without being noticed by the elves, he turned from his course and disappeared, returning south.
The guards posted outside of Gollum's door jumped, startled to attention. "Quiet in there!" shouted one of the guards.
Gollum quieted immediately but began to dance around his cell with glee. He covered his mouth to stifle a laugh. "The dark rider had promised. If she was seen, he promised, he did. We saws her and now a promised is to be kept. Soon! Yes my precious! Soon!" He clapped his hands together as he jumped about, unable to contain his delight.
The guards looked at each other nervously. The creature they guarded had spoken little since the prince and the ranger had left the dungeon, and what he had spoken was nothing more then a mere muttering to himself. This scream was wholly unexpected and worse, they had felt the power in the name Gollum exclaimed. Power that only came from dark and terrifying magic. What devilry was this? They knew at least one of them had to leave their post and inform King Thranduil. The senior of the two made the decision and left the other to guard the cell.
At the same time Gollum shrieked Qadir's name moments before, Linnah screamed. In Legolas's chambers, Linnah had been sitting on the edge of his grand bed singing to herself. The familiar visions of the dancing couple had returned and Linnah watched them spin in slow circles over the center of the room. She felt herself start to calm, entranced by the couple, who seemed so peaceful.
At the moment Gollum, far below her in the dungeon had shrieked the dark rider's name, the apparition of the elf maiden lifted her head suddenly from the shoulder of the man and looked straight at Linnah. "Linnah, you're in great danger. You must go quickly, he is coming for you!" the elf said urgently.
Linnah screamed in shock and terror. The visions vanished, but not before Linnah witnessed the man's once handsome face twist into a horrifying grimace, as he wrapped his hands about his maiden's throat and started to strangle her.
Linnah fled from the room and as she ran down the hall in terror, she looked over her shoulder to make sure the vision of the man was not pursuing her. Not watching where she was going, she collided into Gillel. Surprised, she let out a terrified yelp and fell at his feet, cowering and crying hysterically.