" Vero" Thranduil hissed with hate.
" My king" Vero said with a mock bow " I trust you remember me now."
" How do you know him?" a twin whispered in Thranduil's ear
" Me and Vero have been enemies since we were children, when I became king the hatred only grew. Vero and his father started a gang and I caught his father and put him in prison. That is the last dealing I had with him. It was years before I even considered marring Alasse" Thranduil whispered back
" Oh…that's nice" was all he heard
" Yes, you destroyed my family!" Vero said in complete loathing and anger
" How? I only put your father in jail and he wasn't even in there full term. He escaped. I only did what was right. He broke the law and you did too. " Thranduil said
" While my father was in jail my mother passed over the sea, my sister moved to Lothlorien, and my older brother, whom I admired and looked up to with all my heart, killed himself! And you're the one who caused it!" Vero said as he placed a hand on his sword
" That sounds like you have personal family problems. That was not of my doing!" Thranduil fought back as he also put his hand on his sword ready to draw it as soon as Vero did " that is no reason to take my son and friends. What have you done to them?!"
" I don't think I'll tell you" Vero said with a smirk
Thranduil griped his sword harder and gritted his teeth. He took a deep breath to calm himself if it was possible. 'Getting angry and fighting with Vero is not a good idea. You need to know where Legolas and the others are and if they are okay first' a voice told Thranduil
" what did we do to merit your anger?" the twins asked changing the subject before Thranduil could get any Angier. " we have never heard of you in all our lives."
" nothing. Your father and them were just innocent bystanders" Vero admitted
" then why did you take out father and them?" one of the twins asked " if they did nothing to you then why? You had no cause!"
" well I couldn't have them ratting me out now could I? If it makes you feel any better, I did not mean to capture your sister and friend. My men did that before I realized it." Vero said
" then why take them? Why didn't you order your men to take them back?" Elladan, Thranduil guessed judging by his anger, said as he stepped forward to stand next to Thranduil.
" I didn't see a reason. After it meant that their stupidity gained me two more captives." Vero explained to an angry Elladan
" no that's not it. You can't handle your own men can you?" he taunted " some leader you are. Cant even give simple orders. Your men probably only listen to your because they are so stupid that they cant even see you for the pathetic elf, no, human, that you are"
Three arrows shot out of the trees and embedded themselves into the ground right next to Elladan feet. A few more centimeters and they would have pierced his foot.
Elladan didn't even flinch as he was fired at.
" ha." he laughed " that doesn't scare me"
Vero gave a smirk. " maybe this will" he said as another arrow flew out of the trees and landed in Elladan's right shoulder.
Elladan flew back with the force and shock of being hit, into Thranduil.
Thranduil caught him and lowered him to the ground as Elrohir bent down next to him.
" shouldn't have done that el" he hissed as he tore off a few strips from his cloak.
Elladan gritted his teeth " doesn't hurt that much" he said loud enough for Vero to hear.
Vero raised an eyebrow as he continued to smirk.
Another arrow flew out of the tree and landed right under the other one in Elladan's arms.
Elladan hissed in pain as the arrow flew into his already painful and tender arm.
" tampa! Saes, tampa!" Elrohir cried. { stop, please stop}
" if your brother can keep his mouth shut" Vero replied
Thranduil bent down and whispered in Elladan's ear " don't do anything else. We may have to fight him and I don't want you to get hurt anymore"
Elladan nodded his head.
" this is going to hurt el" Elrohir said as he gripped one of the arrows
" I know. I'm ready when you're ready" Elladan replied though clenched teeth.
Elrohir nodded and quickly yanked out one of the arrows and wrapped his twin's wounded arm.
Seeing that Elrohir knew what he was doing, Thranduil turned back to Vero
" you did not have to do that" Thranduil said
" he insulted me and my men, I think that I was entitled to do it." Vero replied " now back to your son"
" what about Legolas?" Thranduil said
" he misses you" Vero said as he looked down at Elladan for a moment before looking at Thranduil. " and uh.."
" and what?" Thranduil asked
" he obeys me well.. Well he did after I taught him a little lesson in pain" Vero said as he looked directly into Thranduil raging eyes
" what did you do to my son?!" Thranduil said. His voice was low and deadly and was covered in rage.
" like I said, I merely taught him a lesson." Vero said as he shrugged his shoulders " no big deal"
Thranduil bit his lip till it bleed. He had tried so hard not to hurt Legolas in any way, shape, or form and here was Vero saying that he had beaten his son that he tried so hard to protect. Vero had just done the one thing that could make Thranduil mad to no end. He had beaten an innocent child, his child at that.
Thranduil drew his sword and pointed it at Vero's throat
" tell me where my son is! And if you ever hurt him or my friends again…" Thranduil hissed as he stepped closer to Vero.
" you think this wise? Killing me would only result in your son's death. My men have orders that if I don't return that your son and all the others will die" Vero said as he pushed Thranduil sword away from his throat " and I see no reason to hurt your son again. As long as he obeys me then there will be no problems"
" he shouldn't have to obey you" Thranduil spat :"you should be obeying him!"
" such anger" Vero said "I remember when you were just as angry"
"when?" Thranduil replied
" when I killed your wife" Vero said
Thranduil's eyes widened. This... Was this man, the cruel heartless man, which had killed Alasse? Or was Vero just saying to get him even Angier? No, there was something in Vero's voice and in his eyes that told Thranduil that he wasn't lying. He really had killed his beloved with and had tried to kill his son with a drug. And he loved every minute of it. And for that he had to pay.
Thranduil lunged at Vero and managed to cut his left shoulder before Vero jumped out of the way. He could feel the twins race to his side.
" now, now that's not proper behavior for a king now is it?" Vero said as he drew his own sword and lunged at Thranduil.
Thranduil managed to block Vero's blow and counter with one of his own. " I'll show you proper behavior" Thranduil hissed
Vero looked up and whistled
All of the sudden twenty men jumped out of the trees and drew their swords
Thranduil licked his lips and he stilled. He wasn't dumb enough to just go and start killing everyone. He was outnumbered and they still had Legolas, Elrond and everyone else that they took.
'' you know what to do." Vero said to an elf next to him " oh and before I leave.." he motioned for a person still in the trees to come forward.
Thranduil watched as two shapes slowly glided out of the trees. As they came closer Thranduil realized that one of them was a wounded lady that looked for too much like nienna for Thranduil's liking.
" if I'm followed.. This will happen to Legolas." Vero said. A pulled a knife out of his belt. with a jolt Thranduil remembered that it was the same type of knife that had been in Alasse and the guard that had died in his garden.
" do you want to talk to her?" Vero said
" yes, by the valar, yes!" Thranduil said.
Vero shrugged and reached up and untied nienna gag. " talk" he ordered
" help me.. He's going to kill me! Please my king, help me" nienna pleaded
" I'm trying" was all Thranduil got to say before Vero plunged the knife into Nienna's stomach.
Nienna gasped and hit her knees. Vero grabbed her hair and jerked her head back until he could see her neck. After shooting Thranduil a knowing smirk, Vero slit her throat. He let go of her hair and she fell to the floor of the forest dying.
Thranduil was speechless. How could Vero do that? Just kill in cold blood? What kind of monster was he?
" oh and by the way.." Vero said as he wiped the knife off on the dying girls dress.
" what?" Thranduil asked
" nighty night" Vero said.
The last thing that Thranduil and the twins felt was a hilt of a sword colliding with brute force into their heads.
" My king" Vero said with a mock bow " I trust you remember me now."
" How do you know him?" a twin whispered in Thranduil's ear
" Me and Vero have been enemies since we were children, when I became king the hatred only grew. Vero and his father started a gang and I caught his father and put him in prison. That is the last dealing I had with him. It was years before I even considered marring Alasse" Thranduil whispered back
" Oh…that's nice" was all he heard
" Yes, you destroyed my family!" Vero said in complete loathing and anger
" How? I only put your father in jail and he wasn't even in there full term. He escaped. I only did what was right. He broke the law and you did too. " Thranduil said
" While my father was in jail my mother passed over the sea, my sister moved to Lothlorien, and my older brother, whom I admired and looked up to with all my heart, killed himself! And you're the one who caused it!" Vero said as he placed a hand on his sword
" That sounds like you have personal family problems. That was not of my doing!" Thranduil fought back as he also put his hand on his sword ready to draw it as soon as Vero did " that is no reason to take my son and friends. What have you done to them?!"
" I don't think I'll tell you" Vero said with a smirk
Thranduil griped his sword harder and gritted his teeth. He took a deep breath to calm himself if it was possible. 'Getting angry and fighting with Vero is not a good idea. You need to know where Legolas and the others are and if they are okay first' a voice told Thranduil
" what did we do to merit your anger?" the twins asked changing the subject before Thranduil could get any Angier. " we have never heard of you in all our lives."
" nothing. Your father and them were just innocent bystanders" Vero admitted
" then why did you take out father and them?" one of the twins asked " if they did nothing to you then why? You had no cause!"
" well I couldn't have them ratting me out now could I? If it makes you feel any better, I did not mean to capture your sister and friend. My men did that before I realized it." Vero said
" then why take them? Why didn't you order your men to take them back?" Elladan, Thranduil guessed judging by his anger, said as he stepped forward to stand next to Thranduil.
" I didn't see a reason. After it meant that their stupidity gained me two more captives." Vero explained to an angry Elladan
" no that's not it. You can't handle your own men can you?" he taunted " some leader you are. Cant even give simple orders. Your men probably only listen to your because they are so stupid that they cant even see you for the pathetic elf, no, human, that you are"
Three arrows shot out of the trees and embedded themselves into the ground right next to Elladan feet. A few more centimeters and they would have pierced his foot.
Elladan didn't even flinch as he was fired at.
" ha." he laughed " that doesn't scare me"
Vero gave a smirk. " maybe this will" he said as another arrow flew out of the trees and landed in Elladan's right shoulder.
Elladan flew back with the force and shock of being hit, into Thranduil.
Thranduil caught him and lowered him to the ground as Elrohir bent down next to him.
" shouldn't have done that el" he hissed as he tore off a few strips from his cloak.
Elladan gritted his teeth " doesn't hurt that much" he said loud enough for Vero to hear.
Vero raised an eyebrow as he continued to smirk.
Another arrow flew out of the tree and landed right under the other one in Elladan's arms.
Elladan hissed in pain as the arrow flew into his already painful and tender arm.
" tampa! Saes, tampa!" Elrohir cried. { stop, please stop}
" if your brother can keep his mouth shut" Vero replied
Thranduil bent down and whispered in Elladan's ear " don't do anything else. We may have to fight him and I don't want you to get hurt anymore"
Elladan nodded his head.
" this is going to hurt el" Elrohir said as he gripped one of the arrows
" I know. I'm ready when you're ready" Elladan replied though clenched teeth.
Elrohir nodded and quickly yanked out one of the arrows and wrapped his twin's wounded arm.
Seeing that Elrohir knew what he was doing, Thranduil turned back to Vero
" you did not have to do that" Thranduil said
" he insulted me and my men, I think that I was entitled to do it." Vero replied " now back to your son"
" what about Legolas?" Thranduil said
" he misses you" Vero said as he looked down at Elladan for a moment before looking at Thranduil. " and uh.."
" and what?" Thranduil asked
" he obeys me well.. Well he did after I taught him a little lesson in pain" Vero said as he looked directly into Thranduil raging eyes
" what did you do to my son?!" Thranduil said. His voice was low and deadly and was covered in rage.
" like I said, I merely taught him a lesson." Vero said as he shrugged his shoulders " no big deal"
Thranduil bit his lip till it bleed. He had tried so hard not to hurt Legolas in any way, shape, or form and here was Vero saying that he had beaten his son that he tried so hard to protect. Vero had just done the one thing that could make Thranduil mad to no end. He had beaten an innocent child, his child at that.
Thranduil drew his sword and pointed it at Vero's throat
" tell me where my son is! And if you ever hurt him or my friends again…" Thranduil hissed as he stepped closer to Vero.
" you think this wise? Killing me would only result in your son's death. My men have orders that if I don't return that your son and all the others will die" Vero said as he pushed Thranduil sword away from his throat " and I see no reason to hurt your son again. As long as he obeys me then there will be no problems"
" he shouldn't have to obey you" Thranduil spat :"you should be obeying him!"
" such anger" Vero said "I remember when you were just as angry"
"when?" Thranduil replied
" when I killed your wife" Vero said
Thranduil's eyes widened. This... Was this man, the cruel heartless man, which had killed Alasse? Or was Vero just saying to get him even Angier? No, there was something in Vero's voice and in his eyes that told Thranduil that he wasn't lying. He really had killed his beloved with and had tried to kill his son with a drug. And he loved every minute of it. And for that he had to pay.
Thranduil lunged at Vero and managed to cut his left shoulder before Vero jumped out of the way. He could feel the twins race to his side.
" now, now that's not proper behavior for a king now is it?" Vero said as he drew his own sword and lunged at Thranduil.
Thranduil managed to block Vero's blow and counter with one of his own. " I'll show you proper behavior" Thranduil hissed
Vero looked up and whistled
All of the sudden twenty men jumped out of the trees and drew their swords
Thranduil licked his lips and he stilled. He wasn't dumb enough to just go and start killing everyone. He was outnumbered and they still had Legolas, Elrond and everyone else that they took.
'' you know what to do." Vero said to an elf next to him " oh and before I leave.." he motioned for a person still in the trees to come forward.
Thranduil watched as two shapes slowly glided out of the trees. As they came closer Thranduil realized that one of them was a wounded lady that looked for too much like nienna for Thranduil's liking.
" if I'm followed.. This will happen to Legolas." Vero said. A pulled a knife out of his belt. with a jolt Thranduil remembered that it was the same type of knife that had been in Alasse and the guard that had died in his garden.
" do you want to talk to her?" Vero said
" yes, by the valar, yes!" Thranduil said.
Vero shrugged and reached up and untied nienna gag. " talk" he ordered
" help me.. He's going to kill me! Please my king, help me" nienna pleaded
" I'm trying" was all Thranduil got to say before Vero plunged the knife into Nienna's stomach.
Nienna gasped and hit her knees. Vero grabbed her hair and jerked her head back until he could see her neck. After shooting Thranduil a knowing smirk, Vero slit her throat. He let go of her hair and she fell to the floor of the forest dying.
Thranduil was speechless. How could Vero do that? Just kill in cold blood? What kind of monster was he?
" oh and by the way.." Vero said as he wiped the knife off on the dying girls dress.
" what?" Thranduil asked
" nighty night" Vero said.
The last thing that Thranduil and the twins felt was a hilt of a sword colliding with brute force into their heads.