Elrond starred at Legolas with a look of pure shock and disbelief on his face.
" No, " Elrond said as he tried to find his voice
*/ How can some one so young think something like that. He couldn't do something like that, he just can't. /*
" I don't believe that Legolas, its not true" Elrond said
" Yes it is, I saw him get killed!" Legolas said, " How do you know? You weren't there, were you!?"
*/ He talked! He actuality talked1 is that why he is so shy? He must have seen someone die. Maybe it was amras
" Legolas… is that why you are so shy? Because you saw amras get killed?" Elrond asked.
Legolas just started to sob.
" No, no don't cry. It will be alright." Elrond said soothing
" No it won't!" Legolas whispered between sobs
Elrond said nothing for he knew of nothing to make Legolas feel better expect to be back home.
Once Legolas had calmed down some Elrond said " do you want to tell me about it."
Legolas shook his head.
" Alright, why not?" Elrond asked
" No" Legolas said.
" Alright. But you have to tell me soon." Elrond said
Legolas didn't respond.
Elrond sighed and looked around the cave once more. He noticed that there was a black curtain that closed off a section of the damp, musky cave.
" Brat" Vero said as he approached his prisoners. " Get up"
Legolas struggled to his feet and then Vero dragged him over to where the curtain was. With one last smirk in Elrond's direction Vero shoved Legolas behind the curtain and walked in after him.
Vero said nothing as he flipped Legolas on his back and roughly untied his hands.
" Take off your shirt." Vero said as he started to undo the clasp of his black leather belt.
Legolas nodded and quickly pulled off his sleeping tunic.
" Turn around and face the wall." Vero said as he pulled his belt off.
Legolas nodded his head once again and turned around and put his head up against the damp wall.
" This should teach you to do as your told you little demon" Vero said
Legolas just stood shirtless against the cold damp wall.
Vero grasped his belt and slung it against Legolas's tender back.
" Ai!" Legolas almost yelled as tears flowed down his cheek.
" Shut up!" Vero yelled as he hit Legolas's back with more force.
Legolas gave a gasp of pain and then bit his lip as he choked back a sob.
" What's the matter? Your good for nothing 'father' never hit you before? " Vero said.
Legolas quickly shook his head in hopes that Vero wouldn't hit him.
" Well too bad, I guess I'll just have to teach you a lesson in pain then wont I?" Vero said as he hit Legolas's back once more.
" Amin na- quel. Saes.. Saes" Legolas whimpered. {I'll be good. Please}
" Oh, I have no doubt that you will behave and do as your told after this." Vero said.
Legolas let out the sob that he had been holding back.
Vero gripped the belt harder and pounded it on Legolas's back two more times.
Legolas, no longer holding back his tears and sobs, shook his head " Saes, Saes…"
" Saes mani? Saes tampa?" Vero asked " n'uma" {please what? Please stop? No.}
Vero kept beating Legolas until he was screaming in pain and his back raw and bleeding. Legolas was no longer standing up. He had slid on so that he was lying on his stomach on the wet ground. And Vero stood over him as he beat him.
" Get up, you worthless piece of trash. You're a sorry excuse for a prince you know that? Your nothing" vero spat.
"Now!" he yelled when Legolas didn't get up.
Legolas bit his lip until he broke through the skin as he slowly got to his feet.
" Pick up your tunic!" Vero said
Legolas looked around and then walked over to where his tunic had been discarded earlier and picked it up.
" I don't think that I need to tie you up do I?" Vero asked as he led Legolas out back in the main cave.
Legolas shook his head as he followed Vero obediently.
"Good boy." Vero said as he walked over to where Elrond, Arwen, and Glorfindel were sitting eating some soup.
" Sit" Vero said as he observed his prisoners with a smirk.
" Quel undome," he said once Legolas had sat down next to Elrond
Once Vero had turned away and walked back over to where his men where sitting around a fire.
" Here is yours Legolas" Arwen said as she reached across her father to hand Legolas his soup.
Legolas nodded his head and reached to take the wooden bowl from Arwen.
" Wait a minute" Elrond said as he took the bowl from Legolas's hands. " What happened? Why were you screaming?"
Legolas looked down.
Elrond glanced and saw part of Legolas's abused back.
" Legolas, " Elrond said. " what happened to your back? Did vero hit you?"
Legolas nodded and moved a little away from Elrond.
" Don't touch" he whispered, " don't"
" Legolas, please? Just let me see. I'll try not to hurt you much. Please?" Elrond pleaded with the retreating toddler.
"N'uma" Legolas said {no}
" Why cant I? I'm not going to hurt you. Legolas, I would never hurt you. Please let me see. I'm not going to hurt you I'm going to help you." Elrond pleaded.
Legolas looked up at Elrond " vesta " {promise?}
" Uma" Elrond said as he put his soup out of the way and held his arms out so Legolas could come to him when he felt comfortable.
Legolas slowly but surly inched his way over to Elrond's lap.
" Lay across my lap" Elrond instructed Legolas when he came close enough.
" Nwalk" Elrond said when he saw Legolas's abused back.
" Tanya naa ungwal" Glorfindel said. {That is torture}
Arwen said nothing as she starred in shock at Legolas's raw back.
" Arwen?" Elrond asked his daughter.
" Yes ada?" Arwen said taking her eyes off of Legolas's back.
" Do you have a under skirt on?" Elrond asked
" Yes why?" Arwen asked puzzled.
" I need something to clean up Legolas's back. Can you rip off some strips for me and Glorfindel?" Elrond explained.
Arwen nodded and tried to rip off some of her underskirt.
" I can't get it ada," Arwen said as he tried again
" Here, let me help" Glorfindel said as he reached over Arwen and helped her tear several long wide strips.
" Could someone hand me a canteen?" Elrond asked as he took one of the strips from Glorfindel's hand"
" Here ada" Arwen said as she handed her father a canteen.
" Diola lle. Eat your soup Arwen" Elrond said as he wet down two strips and handed one to Glorfindel. " This may sting Legolas."
Elrond gently pressed his cloth down on Legolas back.
Legolas hissed as the cloth touched his back.
" Amin hiraetha" Elrond said as he and Glorfindel began to gently examine Legolas's back and washing and binding it the cloth that they had torn from Arwen's underskirt.
Legolas's back had several small cuts and was covered in welts and bruises. It almost looked like his entire back was covered in welts and horrible purple, blue, and black bruises. What skin wasn't bruised, cut, or had welts on it was red and still had impressions of Vero's belt.
Once Elrond was done he and Glorfindel wrapped up the worse of Legolas's cuts and raw skin. They helped Legolas pull on his tunic.
" Here eat this" Elrond said as he handed Legolas his soup.
Legolas nodded his head and began to eat.
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Yay! I finally wrote a longer chappie. Aren't you so proud of me?
Next chappie- Thranduil hears from the kidnappers.
" No, " Elrond said as he tried to find his voice
*/ How can some one so young think something like that. He couldn't do something like that, he just can't. /*
" I don't believe that Legolas, its not true" Elrond said
" Yes it is, I saw him get killed!" Legolas said, " How do you know? You weren't there, were you!?"
*/ He talked! He actuality talked1 is that why he is so shy? He must have seen someone die. Maybe it was amras
" Legolas… is that why you are so shy? Because you saw amras get killed?" Elrond asked.
Legolas just started to sob.
" No, no don't cry. It will be alright." Elrond said soothing
" No it won't!" Legolas whispered between sobs
Elrond said nothing for he knew of nothing to make Legolas feel better expect to be back home.
Once Legolas had calmed down some Elrond said " do you want to tell me about it."
Legolas shook his head.
" Alright, why not?" Elrond asked
" No" Legolas said.
" Alright. But you have to tell me soon." Elrond said
Legolas didn't respond.
Elrond sighed and looked around the cave once more. He noticed that there was a black curtain that closed off a section of the damp, musky cave.
" Brat" Vero said as he approached his prisoners. " Get up"
Legolas struggled to his feet and then Vero dragged him over to where the curtain was. With one last smirk in Elrond's direction Vero shoved Legolas behind the curtain and walked in after him.
Vero said nothing as he flipped Legolas on his back and roughly untied his hands.
" Take off your shirt." Vero said as he started to undo the clasp of his black leather belt.
Legolas nodded and quickly pulled off his sleeping tunic.
" Turn around and face the wall." Vero said as he pulled his belt off.
Legolas nodded his head once again and turned around and put his head up against the damp wall.
" This should teach you to do as your told you little demon" Vero said
Legolas just stood shirtless against the cold damp wall.
Vero grasped his belt and slung it against Legolas's tender back.
" Ai!" Legolas almost yelled as tears flowed down his cheek.
" Shut up!" Vero yelled as he hit Legolas's back with more force.
Legolas gave a gasp of pain and then bit his lip as he choked back a sob.
" What's the matter? Your good for nothing 'father' never hit you before? " Vero said.
Legolas quickly shook his head in hopes that Vero wouldn't hit him.
" Well too bad, I guess I'll just have to teach you a lesson in pain then wont I?" Vero said as he hit Legolas's back once more.
" Amin na- quel. Saes.. Saes" Legolas whimpered. {I'll be good. Please}
" Oh, I have no doubt that you will behave and do as your told after this." Vero said.
Legolas let out the sob that he had been holding back.
Vero gripped the belt harder and pounded it on Legolas's back two more times.
Legolas, no longer holding back his tears and sobs, shook his head " Saes, Saes…"
" Saes mani? Saes tampa?" Vero asked " n'uma" {please what? Please stop? No.}
Vero kept beating Legolas until he was screaming in pain and his back raw and bleeding. Legolas was no longer standing up. He had slid on so that he was lying on his stomach on the wet ground. And Vero stood over him as he beat him.
" Get up, you worthless piece of trash. You're a sorry excuse for a prince you know that? Your nothing" vero spat.
"Now!" he yelled when Legolas didn't get up.
Legolas bit his lip until he broke through the skin as he slowly got to his feet.
" Pick up your tunic!" Vero said
Legolas looked around and then walked over to where his tunic had been discarded earlier and picked it up.
" I don't think that I need to tie you up do I?" Vero asked as he led Legolas out back in the main cave.
Legolas shook his head as he followed Vero obediently.
"Good boy." Vero said as he walked over to where Elrond, Arwen, and Glorfindel were sitting eating some soup.
" Sit" Vero said as he observed his prisoners with a smirk.
" Quel undome," he said once Legolas had sat down next to Elrond
Once Vero had turned away and walked back over to where his men where sitting around a fire.
" Here is yours Legolas" Arwen said as she reached across her father to hand Legolas his soup.
Legolas nodded his head and reached to take the wooden bowl from Arwen.
" Wait a minute" Elrond said as he took the bowl from Legolas's hands. " What happened? Why were you screaming?"
Legolas looked down.
Elrond glanced and saw part of Legolas's abused back.
" Legolas, " Elrond said. " what happened to your back? Did vero hit you?"
Legolas nodded and moved a little away from Elrond.
" Don't touch" he whispered, " don't"
" Legolas, please? Just let me see. I'll try not to hurt you much. Please?" Elrond pleaded with the retreating toddler.
"N'uma" Legolas said {no}
" Why cant I? I'm not going to hurt you. Legolas, I would never hurt you. Please let me see. I'm not going to hurt you I'm going to help you." Elrond pleaded.
Legolas looked up at Elrond " vesta " {promise?}
" Uma" Elrond said as he put his soup out of the way and held his arms out so Legolas could come to him when he felt comfortable.
Legolas slowly but surly inched his way over to Elrond's lap.
" Lay across my lap" Elrond instructed Legolas when he came close enough.
" Nwalk" Elrond said when he saw Legolas's abused back.
" Tanya naa ungwal" Glorfindel said. {That is torture}
Arwen said nothing as she starred in shock at Legolas's raw back.
" Arwen?" Elrond asked his daughter.
" Yes ada?" Arwen said taking her eyes off of Legolas's back.
" Do you have a under skirt on?" Elrond asked
" Yes why?" Arwen asked puzzled.
" I need something to clean up Legolas's back. Can you rip off some strips for me and Glorfindel?" Elrond explained.
Arwen nodded and tried to rip off some of her underskirt.
" I can't get it ada," Arwen said as he tried again
" Here, let me help" Glorfindel said as he reached over Arwen and helped her tear several long wide strips.
" Could someone hand me a canteen?" Elrond asked as he took one of the strips from Glorfindel's hand"
" Here ada" Arwen said as she handed her father a canteen.
" Diola lle. Eat your soup Arwen" Elrond said as he wet down two strips and handed one to Glorfindel. " This may sting Legolas."
Elrond gently pressed his cloth down on Legolas back.
Legolas hissed as the cloth touched his back.
" Amin hiraetha" Elrond said as he and Glorfindel began to gently examine Legolas's back and washing and binding it the cloth that they had torn from Arwen's underskirt.
Legolas's back had several small cuts and was covered in welts and bruises. It almost looked like his entire back was covered in welts and horrible purple, blue, and black bruises. What skin wasn't bruised, cut, or had welts on it was red and still had impressions of Vero's belt.
Once Elrond was done he and Glorfindel wrapped up the worse of Legolas's cuts and raw skin. They helped Legolas pull on his tunic.
" Here eat this" Elrond said as he handed Legolas his soup.
Legolas nodded his head and began to eat.
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Yay! I finally wrote a longer chappie. Aren't you so proud of me?
Next chappie- Thranduil hears from the kidnappers.