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Chapter 12 - Human

Aragorn and Elrohir had picked Legolas up off the floor from where he had fallen.  They laid him on the bed in pretty much the same position he came to rest on the floor, on his side, his form wrapped around his bow in a death grip.  As soon as the brothers had placed Legolas on the bed he started shaking uncontrollably.

Elladan had pulled a chair to the side of the bed, which Elrond now occupied, rubbing his neck gingerly.  Gandalf stood behind the elf lord, his staff in one hand, the other resting heavily on the back of Elrond's chair.

"This is not good," Gandalf observed, watching Legolas' trembling form.

Aragorn and Elrohir had started away from the prince as soon as he started shaking.

"He is still trapped within the vision," Elrond spoke, his voice rough, noticing the still-glazed look of Legolas' eyes.

"Ada," Elladan breathed, noticing the raw look of the marks on Elrond's neck.  He moved to treat them, only to have his hand slapped away by his father.

"Now is not the time Elladan.  I will be fine.  Legolas is our primary concern at the moment.  Worry about him.  There will be time to tend to me later," Elrond admonished.

Aragorn looked to his father and Gandalf from his place by the head of Legolas' bed.  "Is there nothing we can do for him?  Do we have to just sit here?"

"Estel, what would you have us do?  We do not know how these visions work nor do we know how pulling Legolas prematurely from one of them may affect him," Elrond pointed out.

Gandalf chose that moment to assert himself.  "If I understood the prince correctly, in all the visions he has found himself in the place of this female, reliving memories of experiences that happened to her along with her.  In all other instances she was on the receiving end of the attack, but it would appear that she was the aggressor on this occasion."

"If that is true, what about the state Legolas is in now?  Is she in the same state?  Is he experiencing everything at the same time as she-?"  Elrohir was suddenly interrupted by Legolas murmuring from his position on the bed.

"They were murdered."

Everyone was stunned into silence as they stared at the prone form on the bed. 

"Whenever Legolas comes out of this he is going to have some questions to answer," Elladan observed from his position near Elrond.

Elrohir decided that was the moment to inject some humor.  Gesturing wildly towards Legolas, he posed an unbelievably comical figure as he stated matter-of-factly, "I take it back.  I sooo do NOT want to know what is going on in that elf's head right now!"

Legolas had stopped shaking, but his body was still wrapped around his bow.  He was clearly still lost in whatever place he had gone to. 

Aragorn decided then to vent his already pent-up anger, "Who is this female?  Why is she doing this to him?  Why can't we stop this?"

Everyone was too caught up in Aragorn's rant to notice Legolas shakily sitting up on the bed.  His quiet words stopped Aragorn in his tracks.

"She's human.  And she's about to walk headlong into a trap."

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