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Chapter 3

Jack had been listening to the battle going on outside, and he couldn't tell exactly what was going on, but it sounded as if the orcs were starting to retreat back into Mordor.

"Come with us now!" Jack had not noticed the 3 people that had just entered to room. One was on old man, but for some reason did not look like he was very vulnerable to any attacks. The other 2 were very short people, maybe only 3 ½ ft. tall.

"And why should I trust to go with you?" Jack was getting irritated with all these things happening. He did not like not knowing what was going on. The old man spoke, "You don't have to trust us, but what would two hobbits and an old wizard have against you?" Jack thought for a moment and decided there would be no reason for them to come all this way just to hurt him. "Alright I'm coming...but where are my effects?"

"Never mind them, we must go NOW!" Jack panicked, "But my hat! I can't leave my hat!" Gandalf rolled his eyes, and with the help of Frodo and Sam, dragged Jack out of the room, and then somehow snuck on to the Black Gate without Sauron noticing he was gone. Unfortunately, they did run into some orc, but it was nothing the four of them couldn't handle.

Legolas could hear the movement of the dragon's wings heading closer and stopped to look around for what was coming, and once he saw what it was, he headed towards Aragorn to warn him about what was coming. "Aragorn! ARAGORN!" Aragorn turned around to see Legolas waving furiously at him and looked at what he was waving at.

Sauron's dragon had landed on a rock outside the cliff, and Sauron slowly made his appearance into the battle. The men looked up, and felt a whole new level of fear when they saw Sauron walking in their direction, but Legolas was more concerned about the fact that Sam, Frodo, Gandalf, and the other man which he assumed to be the heir sneaking through the cliffs (which Smeagol called "the stairs") right behind Sauron and his dragon.

Aragorn had also noticed this, and told his men to attack Sauron, just to distract him, but it was too late. Sauron had amazing senses, and turned around to see the 4 people right behind him. What angered him even more was that they had the heir with them.

Jack looked up at the all too familiar sight of Sauron walking towards him, and at first he panicked, but then he remembered when Sauron had tried to punch him, and when he spoke of "the rings' powers" and decided that he wasn't going to sit and wait to die, and instead, fight (if not for himself, then for his lost hat). Jack took Frodo's sword from him, and stood up to face Sauron. "What are you doing!? You have no chance against him!" Frodo tried to pull the heir back, but he was too late, and all he could do now was sit and watch what was about to happen.

But Gandalf knew better. Even if Sauron were 1,000 times more powerful than the heir, he knew Sauron would never kill him, because he was the thing he needed to take over. He also knew that Sauron had just enough power to have a physical form, so he wouldn't quite be ready for a major battle.

Sauron drew his sword, and walked towards Jack, "I thought I told you to stay in the basement." Jack, noticing almost panic in Sauron's voice, lost most of his fear, and regained his witty attitude, "I don't believe you did, I'm almost positive you just said to go with the orc downstairs, and look more threatening, and I've done that, so I think I'll be leaving now...ta." Jack grinned, and wished he could see Sauron's expression, but he unfortunately didn't have a face, so he couldn't tell what he was thinking, but he had a pretty good idea.

Sauron got extremely angry at the fact this man did not fear him...but he would change that right now....He brought up his sword, and tried to cut Jack in the stomach just enough for it to be extremely painful, but not enough to kill him. To his surprise Jack brought up his sword, and blocked it with ease.

Jack began to fight with speed, and agility he never knew he had, and remembered when he had blocked Sauron's punch. He had to give Sauron credit, because he was more powerful, and skillful then any other thing he had ever seen. Jack was beginning to get tired, and right when he thrashed his sword at Sauron's head, Sauron took that as an advantage, and jabbed Jack in the stomach with his blade. Fortunately for Jack, he saw this coming, and moved just in time for any fatal damage to happen.

Then to Sauron's surprise, Aragorn's men moved towards him, ready to fight him off. He had decided he would not risk loosing Mordor, and he couldn't kill the heir because he needed him, so he jumped back onto his dragon, which flew away the second he had landed.

Legolas was the first to come to Jack's aid, who had gone into unconsciousness because of the stab wound. Aragorn turned his attention to the remaining soldiers and gave orders, "Let's go home men; we have what we came for..." Jack was lifted onto a horse with Gandalf, and they road away from Mordor, relieved that Sauron at least did no have the heir anymore.

"So Legolas..." Gimli had appeared after tearing his ax out of an orc. "My final count, 37" Legolas looked at Gimli smiling and simply said, "42." Gimli grunted and walked alongside Legolas back towards Gondor.