Rory was toey, very toey. This whole thing stank to high heaven. She was sitting in a carved wooden chair in Elrond's private quarters, dressed in her old army gear, and wearing a colt 45 on either hip. She had a knife down each boot, and she had hung her special last-ditch weapon of defence back around her neck, an old cutthroat razor which hung down between her shoulder blades, and which had gotten her out of trouble more than once.
'Will they be much longer?' she asked Elrond
'No, they should be back soon', he replied.
Then Elladan and Elrohir appeared, showing signs of having moved through Rivendell's vast grounds at some speed.
'More of those 'cartridges' were found on the Western border', Elrohir reported.
'And we foundtwo dead rangers, we did not recognise them, but I am sure that one of the other rangers will', said Elladan.
Elrond didn't answer his sons straight away. He looked at Rory.
'Did you bring the bodies in?' she asked the twins. "If so, I want to take a look, to be sure they were shot by guns, and it wasn't just a freaky coincidence those rangers were found dead near the scene of the shooting',
'Yes, we did. They will be in the healer's rooms. Do you need to be shown the way?'
asked Elrohir
'No, I know the way. I'll be back in a minute', she said as she left the room.
Soon enough Rory was back. The three elves looked questioningly at her, "They were killed by gun shot all right, but there's something odd about this'.
'What do you mean, Rory?' questioned Elrond.
'Those rangers were killed in what in my time is known as an execution style killing, and this makes me very nervous'.
'Why'? asked Elrohir, curiously.
'Because now I have a feeling who's behind this did not kill the rangers by accident, or in self defence, they were killed to allow someone to breach Rivendell's borders. And that someone is likely still here.' She said, shivering with a chill of apprehension.
'The rangers were murdered?' asked Elrond, looking a little shocked.
'How do you know this?' said Elladan
'Because they were both shot in the back of the head, at very close range', she replied.
'How close', asked Elrond.
'A couple of feet, not thanthree feet between the killers and the victims'.
Shock now registered on three faces. 'What do we do?' Elrohir asked his father.
'As soon as possible, I would like Rory to see the where the ranger's bodies were found. As it is too dangerous to travel by night with an unknown number of armed men around, we will go there at first light', said Elrond.
'Ok, then', said Rory, 'I'm going to bed, as I have a feeling I'm going to need my sleep, and I will see you at dawn,' said Rory.
As the sun rose over Rivendell the next day, Rory, Elrond, the twins, Glorfindel, Jessryn, several rangers, and three dwarves headed out on foot to the murder scene.