Chapter Fifteen: Why Can't It Be A Simple Street Battle?
Before it had fully registered, the elves had taken their positions on the Deeping Wall. Legolas and Gimli were positioned in the middle of the Lothlorien elves while Haldir had taken a position near one end. Kendra had gone down there, too. Aragorn was walking from end to end, making sure everything was ready.
"Kendra, are you sure you want to be here?" he asked once he got to her.
"Yes, Aragorn. I'm afraid that if I'm in the middle, I might hit one of our allies. Here, I have the wall to one side and Haldir on the other."
"Watch it," Haldir said, poking her in the side.
Kendra turned to look at him, a small smile on her face. They both knew that she was joking as she would never wish to harm the Marchwarden. They had become good friends during the Fellowship's stay in Lothlorien.
After Aragorn left, Kendra climbed up to sit on the wall, her legs hanging over the side. Haldir looked at her before turning to look at the approaching lights. They were the torches of the army of Uruk-Hai, the creatures of Saurman. And the torches were numerous, a bad sign.
"Why can't this be like a simple little street battle?" Kendra muttered.
Haldir replied, "Because then it would have been useless for us to come."
Kendra turned to look at the elf, "Nah. You elves needed your exercise. The walk did you some good."
The glare that Haldir leveled at Kendra could have been one that would put her in her grave. Kendra laughed before she stood up on the wall. She looked back out to the army of uruks. They had stopped a good ways off from the wall. Their leader, or who she assumed was their leader, was standing on a rock in the middle of the army, howling. It started raining.
'Perfect!' Kendra thought happily.
The uruks started pounding their spears while howling and making all sorts of noise. Kendra didn't pay them any attention. Some mages did that just to throw you off, so she was used to it. The elves readied their arrows in their bows, prepared to fire on the signal.
Just as the uruks got the noisiest, an arrow was loosed, but not from an elf. It struck one of the creatures in the neck; a lucky shot. Aragorn shouted something but Kendra didn't hear him. Some of the uruks snorted before their leader howled something. They started forward.
The command was given and Haldir, the elves, and the Rohirrim loosed their arrows. Kendra allowed her eyes to go silver and lightning seemed to shiver around her fingertips. She pointed and a bolt of lightning struck in the middle of the enemy army. This didn't stop them. But it did take out a good chunk. After that, Kendra became lost in a rhythm that only she knew.