Chapter 11
Legolas
I slowly opened my eyes and tried to focus my vision. What had happened? I last remember being with Stacey about to... I saw her standing in front of me. I tried to go to her but I was held to the wall by chains.
"Rise and shine Prince Charming," she said.
But there was a difference in her voice, something sinister. I looked at her eyes and what I saw made my heart break, for behind those soft caring eyes was something of pure evil. She smiled evilly and laughed as I struggled to free myself.
"You may as well give up young Greenleaf, there is no escape now."
"Who are you!" I demanded. "What have you done to Stacey!"
"Stacey is now a prisoner within her own mind. My slave. I am Ramah-Nine-Eight-Six, but you may call me Ramah."
"I will call you nothing! You are not worthy of a name."
She approached and looked deep into my eyes. "You are brave little elf. But eventually you will break. Stacey did."
"Ú i vethed Stacey. Fight it!" I said, hoping she could hear me.
"Ú i vethed... nâ i onnad. Le dagor hen ú-'erir otheri."
"I will not give up on her. Not as long as my love holds true."
"I know that she craves your body. I'm surprised she hasn't made a move on you yet."
If I had one of my daggers then I would have cut that vile creature from her skull. The dungeon door opened and in stepped the man that was Stacey's father. Or rather, the body was that of her father. He glared at me and smiled.
"Well done Ramah. That was a lot faster than I expected."
"If I may inquire Visser, when do I receive the Kandrona supplement? I am due to regenerate tomorrow evening."
"Tell me about your friend first."
She told him that I was an elven prince from the realm of Middle-Earth. But for some reason she did not mention the Ring of Power. I knew from what Stacey had told me, that the Yeerk had access to every thought and memory in her mind. But I also remembered that most of them needed to visit their lake to feed every three days, while the rest had been treated with a special medicine to make them independent of their need to feed. This Yeerk had obviously not been treated and would die after tomorrow night if it had not been given the medicine. Perhaps she was waiting until then before she told him of the One Ring.
"Where are the other Animorphs?"
"They are away at a meeting."
"Bring them to me and you shall receive the treatment plus a promotion to full vissership once they are all infested."
"That should be no problem." She looked at me. "We have the bait right here."
"Ú i vethed Stacey." ("This is not the end Stacey.")
"Ú i vethed... nâ i onnad. Le dagor hen ú-'erir otheri." (This is not the end... it is the beginning. You can't win this fight.")