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"Frodo has passed beyond my sight." stated Gandalf as he paced around the room. "The darkness is deepening."

The Battle of Pelennor Fields had ended, and now Aragorn, Gandalf, Gimli, and others were gathered together to discuss what should be done.

"If Sauron had the Ring, we would know it." answered back the Future King of Gondor.

But the Istar would not be convinced. "It is only a matter of time… He has suffered a defeat, yes… But… behind the walls of Mordor our enemy is re-grouping."

"Let him stay there. Let them rot! Why should be care?" asked Gimli as he blew out another puff of smoke.

"Because ten thousand orcs now stand between Frodo and Mount Doom." Stopping and staring blankly, Gandalf half whispered. "I've sent him to his death…"

Turning to face Mithrandir, Aragorn denied it immediately. "No… There's still hope for Frodo. He needs time and safe passage across the Plains of Gorgoroth. We can give him that."

"How?" asked the only dwarf in the room, as he narrowed his eyes.

"Draw out Sauron's armies, empty His lands. Then we gather our full strength and march on the Black Gate."

Not believing what he had just heard, Gimli choked on a breath of pipe smoke and started coughing.

"We cannot achieve victory through strength of arms." reminded Eomer as he walked towards the Ranger.

"Not for ourselves… but we can give Frodo his chance if we keep Sauron's Eye fixed upon us!" Turning to face Gandalf again, Aragorn finished explaining his plan. "Keep him blind to all else that moves."

"A diversion." said Legolas as he finally comprehended what his human friend was suggesting.

"I've got an idea. Let's send the elf up to the Black Gate." suggested the sitting dwarf. "I bet Legolas' innate ability to state the obvious would get Sauron to kneel over and die out of pure desperation to escape the babbling."

Suspecting that something not good is being said about him due to the fact that his name was mentioned, Legolas' eyes began to narrow. "What…are…you…suggesting…?"

"I'm suggesting, you obtuse elf, that you can kill anybody with your never ending flood of stating obvious things. You should be sent up to Sauron."

There was a long pause as Legolas processed all the information that was coming out of the dwarf's mouth.

"You mean you want me to go to the Dark Lord?" stated the slow elf uncertainly.

"YES!"

There was another long pause, as Legolas proceeded to think the suggestion over.

"You mean you want ME to go to Sauron?"

"YES!"

"Alone?"

Scraps of metal were heard as everyone pulled out daggers, swords, and any weapon they could use. While Legolas was still lost in thought, mulling over this suggestion, Gimli quietly gave the order that would proceed to knock the elf out, lock him up until it was time for the march to the Black Gate, give him over to Sauron, and let the Dark Lord commit suicide.

It's a foolproof plan… thought Gimli gleefully.

AN: One zillion apologies for the lateness yet again. 1st Quarter is finally over! Three more quarters to go… Ahem...

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