"DARO!" Elrond roared as he watched an elf kick Legolas over and over again. " Can't you see that he cries because of pain? Let me go to him! I'll make him quiet, just stop hurting him. He is only an elfling! Let me go to him. Please, please, let me go to him," he begged.
The elf that was kicking Legolas, to punish him for crying for his father, stopped and turned to look at Elrond.
" And why should we do that? The brat was told to be quiet and he didn't comply with the order. He deserves this anyway. Well, at least his father does." the elf said as he gave Legolas one last kick. " Untie him, let him offer the little brat some comfort."
One of the elves that were sitting near the fire nodded and stood up and walked over to where Elrond was tied up to a tree. He reached down and pulled a knife out of his belt and roughly cut the bonds. He then grabbed Elrond's wounded shoulder as shoved him so roughly that Elrond ended up face first in the dirt.
Elrond gasped as a sharp shock of pain ran though his battered body. Elrond laid his head down on the forest floor while he tried to catch his breath and still his pounding heart. Once he was as calm as he could be in his situation he got up and limped over to the screaming toddler. Elrond gently lowered himself on to the hard cold ground next to the young prince of Mirkwood. He cradled Legolas in his arms and stood up yet again. Elrond walked, or rather limped, back over to where Glorfindel and his own young daughter where tied up on the ground.
" Hush nessa er, shush, it will be alright. You have to stop crying. I know that it is hard but you have to." Elrond pleaded to the still screaming toddler. " I know that you hurt, I hurt too. I'll tell you a story."
Legolas quieted his screams some when Elrond said that.
" That's it, you and me are going to have to get along or less those elves are going to give us some trouble. Just keep taking deep breaths and slowly let them out. I know that it is hard to stop crying but you have got to do it." Elrond said soothing as he put a healing hand on Legolas's chest and gently rubbed around the bruised and broken ribs as he sent healing power to them.
Legolas took a deep shuddering breath and let it out just as Elrond had told him to.
" Hurt" Legolas said between quiet sobs and hiccups.
" I know that you hurt, I am trying to help you as much as I can but, you have to calm down some more before I can examine you wounds." Elrond explained.
Legolas took another deep breath.
" That's a good boy, I'm going to lift up your tunic so that I can see where he was kicking you." Elrond said in a low voice.
Legolas nodded and moved his tied hands above his head so Elrond could have a better view at his injuries.
" Good boy. Now just hold tight this might hurt a little bit." Elrond muttered as he slowly lifted Legolas's sleeping tunic.
Elrond bit his lip at what he saw. Legolas's chest was almost fully covered in dark purple and blue bruises. Elrond could easily tell that at least two ribs were severely broken and three were cracked. Elrond gently rubbed over the bruises and sent more healing power to Legolas. When he was done Elrond gently pulled the tunic back down over the bruises.
" Looks kinda of bad, I wish I could give you something for the pain but I don't have anything. Sorry. Why don't you try to fall asleep?" Elrond said as he adjusted Legolas into a more comfortable position and started to sing a soft elvish lullaby as he thought back to when they had been captured.
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Elrond was just walking back to the bed after telling one of the guards to go get Thranduil and Nefiath when he heard the other guards call for someone to halt and state their business.
Legolas looked up at the door with wide frightful eyes.
' Do not worry, nothing will get you." Elrond said
Right after Elrond had said that the door was flung open and five heavy armed elves stood in the doorway. One elf ran over and grabbed Legolas as the other four occupied themselves with Elrond. Right when Elrond was about to get to Legolas the elf holding him drew out a knife and pressed it to Legolas's neck just hard enough to draw a tiny trickle of blood to flow down his neck.
" Take one more step and the prince dies," the elf holding Legolas said as he pressed a little harder on Legolas's neck. " We have your little girl too so do not try anything."
Elrond froze. It was too much to risk both young lives.
" Why?" Elrond asked as he stood his ground against the elves " why are you taking lives so young?"
" That, we won't be telling you. You have no need to know why. Just do as we say and no one will get hurt," one of the other elves said as he tried to tie Elrond's hands behind his back. Elrond however wasn't ready to be at the mercy of the dark elves. He threw off the elf behind him onto the table. Before Elrond could attack another elf he received a knife plunge right below his left ribs and also in the right leg right below the knee and on his calf. The wounds were not serious but they were enough for the elven lord to stumble and fall against the wall before sliding down to the floor, staining and spattering everything in his blood. He looked up at Legolas right before they forced him out the door. He had put his hand on his bloody throat and was clinging to the door with his bloody hand in a failed attempt to stay in his room with Elrond. The elf that was holding him however was not in the mood for games. He jerked Legolas away from the door and forced a cloth into his mouth and then swept him out of the room leaving Elrond utterly alone with four brutal elves. When Elrond tried to stand an elf grabbed him and forced a knife in his right shoulder and then shoved him into another elf that slammed him against the double windows. Another elf grabbed him and held him up as the others took turns punching him. By the time they were done Elrond couldn't stand on his own and was quickly falling into darkness.
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Elrond tried to clear his fogged mind. Some thing was wrong, something happened, but what? All of the sudden memories came rushing back to him. With a jolt he realized he was tied to a tie and Legolas was screaming.
Elrond forced his heavy eyelids open and saw the elf beating on Legolas.
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Elrond looked up at the elf that stood before him.
" Here" he grunted as he thrust two canteens full of water and two traveling blankets into Elrond's arms. " Those are for you, you will get new water once every morning so don't waste It.' he walked away back into the fires warm area.
Elrond took one of the blankets and covered his daughter and best friend with it. He took the last one and covered himself and Legolas.
" This is going to be a long night," Elrond whispered to himself.
The elf that was kicking Legolas, to punish him for crying for his father, stopped and turned to look at Elrond.
" And why should we do that? The brat was told to be quiet and he didn't comply with the order. He deserves this anyway. Well, at least his father does." the elf said as he gave Legolas one last kick. " Untie him, let him offer the little brat some comfort."
One of the elves that were sitting near the fire nodded and stood up and walked over to where Elrond was tied up to a tree. He reached down and pulled a knife out of his belt and roughly cut the bonds. He then grabbed Elrond's wounded shoulder as shoved him so roughly that Elrond ended up face first in the dirt.
Elrond gasped as a sharp shock of pain ran though his battered body. Elrond laid his head down on the forest floor while he tried to catch his breath and still his pounding heart. Once he was as calm as he could be in his situation he got up and limped over to the screaming toddler. Elrond gently lowered himself on to the hard cold ground next to the young prince of Mirkwood. He cradled Legolas in his arms and stood up yet again. Elrond walked, or rather limped, back over to where Glorfindel and his own young daughter where tied up on the ground.
" Hush nessa er, shush, it will be alright. You have to stop crying. I know that it is hard but you have to." Elrond pleaded to the still screaming toddler. " I know that you hurt, I hurt too. I'll tell you a story."
Legolas quieted his screams some when Elrond said that.
" That's it, you and me are going to have to get along or less those elves are going to give us some trouble. Just keep taking deep breaths and slowly let them out. I know that it is hard to stop crying but you have got to do it." Elrond said soothing as he put a healing hand on Legolas's chest and gently rubbed around the bruised and broken ribs as he sent healing power to them.
Legolas took a deep shuddering breath and let it out just as Elrond had told him to.
" Hurt" Legolas said between quiet sobs and hiccups.
" I know that you hurt, I am trying to help you as much as I can but, you have to calm down some more before I can examine you wounds." Elrond explained.
Legolas took another deep breath.
" That's a good boy, I'm going to lift up your tunic so that I can see where he was kicking you." Elrond said in a low voice.
Legolas nodded and moved his tied hands above his head so Elrond could have a better view at his injuries.
" Good boy. Now just hold tight this might hurt a little bit." Elrond muttered as he slowly lifted Legolas's sleeping tunic.
Elrond bit his lip at what he saw. Legolas's chest was almost fully covered in dark purple and blue bruises. Elrond could easily tell that at least two ribs were severely broken and three were cracked. Elrond gently rubbed over the bruises and sent more healing power to Legolas. When he was done Elrond gently pulled the tunic back down over the bruises.
" Looks kinda of bad, I wish I could give you something for the pain but I don't have anything. Sorry. Why don't you try to fall asleep?" Elrond said as he adjusted Legolas into a more comfortable position and started to sing a soft elvish lullaby as he thought back to when they had been captured.
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Elrond was just walking back to the bed after telling one of the guards to go get Thranduil and Nefiath when he heard the other guards call for someone to halt and state their business.
Legolas looked up at the door with wide frightful eyes.
' Do not worry, nothing will get you." Elrond said
Right after Elrond had said that the door was flung open and five heavy armed elves stood in the doorway. One elf ran over and grabbed Legolas as the other four occupied themselves with Elrond. Right when Elrond was about to get to Legolas the elf holding him drew out a knife and pressed it to Legolas's neck just hard enough to draw a tiny trickle of blood to flow down his neck.
" Take one more step and the prince dies," the elf holding Legolas said as he pressed a little harder on Legolas's neck. " We have your little girl too so do not try anything."
Elrond froze. It was too much to risk both young lives.
" Why?" Elrond asked as he stood his ground against the elves " why are you taking lives so young?"
" That, we won't be telling you. You have no need to know why. Just do as we say and no one will get hurt," one of the other elves said as he tried to tie Elrond's hands behind his back. Elrond however wasn't ready to be at the mercy of the dark elves. He threw off the elf behind him onto the table. Before Elrond could attack another elf he received a knife plunge right below his left ribs and also in the right leg right below the knee and on his calf. The wounds were not serious but they were enough for the elven lord to stumble and fall against the wall before sliding down to the floor, staining and spattering everything in his blood. He looked up at Legolas right before they forced him out the door. He had put his hand on his bloody throat and was clinging to the door with his bloody hand in a failed attempt to stay in his room with Elrond. The elf that was holding him however was not in the mood for games. He jerked Legolas away from the door and forced a cloth into his mouth and then swept him out of the room leaving Elrond utterly alone with four brutal elves. When Elrond tried to stand an elf grabbed him and forced a knife in his right shoulder and then shoved him into another elf that slammed him against the double windows. Another elf grabbed him and held him up as the others took turns punching him. By the time they were done Elrond couldn't stand on his own and was quickly falling into darkness.
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Elrond tried to clear his fogged mind. Some thing was wrong, something happened, but what? All of the sudden memories came rushing back to him. With a jolt he realized he was tied to a tie and Legolas was screaming.
Elrond forced his heavy eyelids open and saw the elf beating on Legolas.
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Elrond looked up at the elf that stood before him.
" Here" he grunted as he thrust two canteens full of water and two traveling blankets into Elrond's arms. " Those are for you, you will get new water once every morning so don't waste It.' he walked away back into the fires warm area.
Elrond took one of the blankets and covered his daughter and best friend with it. He took the last one and covered himself and Legolas.
" This is going to be a long night," Elrond whispered to himself.