The Shard in Mordor
Three weeks have past since Frodo Baggins tossed the ring of power in to the fires of Mount Doom. The power that sustained Dark Lord Sauron was destroyed in an instant. The earth swallowed all of Mordor dragging most of the orc army down with it. The hand full of orcs that survived were to be hunted down by the humans, elves, and dwarves that they once slaughtered so passionately. The future for the surviving orcs seems bleak and the end of the Time of the Orcs may come at any time. However, there has been a small, but evil presence lurking in the shadows of Mordor that will soon make itself known.
The legend began in what was once Mordor, but what is now a land of rocks and craters. The orc remnants number six thousand now, but that number is dwindling. In the deepest part of Mordor, Gorlan, the pink orc who lead the march on Gondor, finds himself reduced to scratching the living off rocks. Every now and then, he would look to the sky and count his remaining days. But today his hopes lifted as he saw a giant millipede retreat into the earth. He dove at it and threw away the rocks with his good hand hoping to get a grand meal. He finally got a hold of it and instantly pulled it out and devoured it. He tried to stand back up, but as he leaned on his hand, he felt a bizarre burn on the palm of his good hand. He curiously dug at the earth to see what it was. Finally, he dug up what appears to be an odd shard of metal with bolts of red energy darting out of it. Then all of a sudden, his mind is filled with the memories of his mission, the battle for middle earth, the orc army, the ring of power, and the Dark Lord Sauron himself. Gorlan screamed in fear and in pain until it stopped. Gorlan stood there in suspended time looking up at the sky. Then he turned his attention to the ruined Mount Doom. Then in a trance, he began to walk towards the dormant volcano. He marched up the side of the mountain with the strange shard in his hand as if he was following a ray of hope. He walked up the mountain for about twenty minutes before finally reaching a lava cavern leading to the Crack of Doom. Nothing but black harden lava remained. But Gorlan still walked in as if hypnotized. He walked in till he reached a pillar of cool lava with the abyss behind it. Gorlan reached out his hand that carried the bizarre shard. The metal instantly flew out and embedded itself in the pillar. Gorlan seemed to snap out of his trance and seemed surprised that he was in the Crack of Doom. When he realized were he was, he noticed the pillar in front of him was oozing molten lava and sparks. The whole pillar seemed to collapse to that single point. Gorlan watched until a flash of bright light caused him to shield his eyes. When his vision came back, the pillar was gone. Then, he saw it, the one ring to rule them all in its perfect splendor wrapped around the metal shard he found. Both the shard and the ring were flung into the dark abyss. Gorlan ran to the edge to see what just happened, but he saw nothing but a dark hole. Then, the ground began to shake. He looked down and noticed that the walls of the abyss were beginning to split and falling into the hole. Lava was flowing once again and the heat nearly scorched Gorlan. He leaped back to avoid the falling rocks and lava. When all the shaking finally subsided, Gorlan crept to the edge to look down. The lava was flowing as if it was before the ring fell in. But what caught his attention was a glowing object rising from the lava river. It was large, burning red of the heat, dripping of lava and charged with a bizarre energy. Groan tried to get a good look at it as it was rising to his level to see what power cold bring a volcano to life. When he finally realized what it was he was staring at, his cold heart skipped a beat. What he was looking at was the figure of his lost master, the Dark Lord Sauron. He finally spoke in shock " S...S...SAURON! DARK LORD SAURON!" Sauron finally reached face level with Gorlan who immediately crawled back with his head down in a bow of both fear and great respect. Sauron was placed on the floor in front of Gorlan. The metal body stood there for a few seconds, then it began to twitch and move. Then Sauron began to regain his vision. He looked at the walls around him, down at the crack of doom behind him, at Gorlan who could feel the eye of Sauron on him, and finally at his clenched fist with the one ring wrapped around his finger. He stared for a moment at his super charged ring, and then he tensed up a shot his arm up and gave a loud roar.
"AAAAAHHHHH! I LIVE AGAIN. I am stronger than ever! With the Ring of Power, once again in my possession, this world will soon taste my wrath again!"
All of Mount Doom seemed to roar with power. Sauron stood there in front of the lava pit, then all the tremors stopped. Sauron looked at the ring on his clenched fist, but then his attention was drawn away from the ring as he slowly opened his hand and revealed the metal shard in his hand. He was put in a trance as the shard implanted the history and secrets of the Soul Edge and Soul Caliber. Gorlan looked up to see the Dark Lord with the ring. Sauron then grasped his hand and looked at the orc.
"Gather whatever legions are left in Mordor. Tell them that their king is back and with a vengeance."
"My Lord?" Gorlan asked.
"I shall be back in ten sunrises. I want my army at full strength when I return."
"But Dark Lord, where are you going?"
"To get stronger and to obtain the ultimate power."
At that, Sauron turned around and held up the shard in his hand. Then all of a sudden, a dark energy bolted of the shard and consumed Sauron. At this time, several orcs came up to the cave to see what was the commotion. They caught s glimpse of the dark lord just before he vanished into time and space. A flash of bright light, and then Sauron, ring and all, was gone. Gorlan got up and looked around in disbelief as the other orcs came up behind him.
"Was that who I thought it was?" one said.
"Yeah! That was Sauron himself alright" said another.
"But how did he come back? And what was it that swallowed him?"
Gorlan finally remembered what sauron said to him and became the monster that terrorized Gondor long before. "Listen up, you maggots! Sauron is back and he's aiming to bring the world into darkness for good. Go down into Mordor and find as many orcs who are able to fight as you can. MOVE YOU MAGGOTS!" The orcs, with a surprised look still on their face, turned around and ran down the volcano to see who they can find. Gorlan turned and looked at the spot at were Sauron once stood. "And this time, the world of men will fall."
