:) Allo everybody. Glad you enjoyed yesterdays chapter. Now I'm telling you this in advance. I'm taking a short 'hiatus' that will start on Friday and go till next Tuesday or so. Tomorrow you will get chapter thirty-two okay? I just need a tiny break. :) So enjoy today's chapter :)
Chapter thirty-one
Sleepless in…Lammoth?
Sauron limped into Lammoth and then down the hallway to Angband. Gwen and Morgoth walked behind him sniggering.
"You didn't have to tackle me you know!" Sauron yelled.
"Yes well you didn't have to attempt to kidnap Gwen," Morgoth replied.
"I don't want to share a room with you two anymore," Sauron said when the three entered the room.
"Now why is that?" Gwen asked.
"I'm afraid I'm going to wake up with you two doing something," he replied shuddering.
Morgoth and Gwen laughed and then Morgoth swept Gwen into is arms and planted a huge kiss on her lips.
"Oh Ilúvatar! Bad image! Get it out! Get it out!" Sauron said as he smacked himself against the head.
Gwen rolled her eyes.
"Oh calm down. I don't do things like that alright?"
Morgoth frowned.
"Really? Or are you just saying that to calm him down?"
Gwen flopped down on her bed.
"I don't do stuff like that," Gwen repeated.
Sauron shuddered again.
"Oh knock it off," Gwen said pulling out her pyjamas.
"I still don't feel safe in this room," Sauron said.
"Well if you try to kidnap Gwen again then I'll break your neck," Morgoth threatened.
"It was for science! I didn't think you'd tackle me!"
"I'm just full of surprises," Morgoth said as he pulled back the covers of his bed and slid in. Sauron rolled his eyes and crawled into bed.
"Good night Sauron, good night Morgoth," Gwen said after she turned the light off. In the darkness she changed into her bed clothes.
"Hey Gwen…" Sauron began.
"Yes Sauron?"
"You do know we can see perfectly well in the dark," Sauron finished.
Gwen quickly threw her shirt on and slid into bed.
"Thanks Sauron! Ruin that night time ritual for me!" Morgoth exclaimed.
Sauron smiled.
"Well I'm just trying to be decent," Sauron replied.
"You and decent don't belong in the same sentence!"
Gwen grabbed her blanket and headed for the door.
"I'm sleeping in the living room tonight," she said.
She slammed the door behind her.
"Thanks Sauron! Now I think she's mad at me!" Morgoth roared.
Sauron smiled again and pulled out his notebook.
"Experiment number two: undressing at night. Tested positive. Results conclude that Morgoth really, really loves Gwen."
"What are you doing over there?" Morgoth demanded.
Sauron slid the notebook under his mattress.
"Nothing of your concern," he replied.
--
Gwen fluffed her pillow for the third time that night and tried to fall back asleep. It didn't work. She rolled over and faced the wall and let out a sigh. She had been looking forward to sleeping in her own bed for the night but when Sauron said they could see in the dark, she felt very uncomfortable. She heard footsteps entering the living room.
"Gwen? What are you doing on the couch?" Aragorn asked.
Gwen rolled over and yawned.
"I rather not talk about this with a guy alright?" she replied.
Aragorn shrugged.
"Okay," he said. He turned to leave but Gwen stopped him.
"Hey Aragorn may I ask you a question?" she asked.
"Sure, what is it?"
"Okay well let's say you and your male friend share a room with a girl and every night she turns the light off so she can change. What she doesn't know is that you and your friend can see in the dark. So do you watch her change every night or do you tell her right away?"
Aragorn thought for a moment.
"Well I'd hope I would be the decent type and let the girl know right away. Why?"
Gwen let out a frustrated sigh.
"No reason, thanks Aragorn."
"No problem Gwen, but I don't know what I did."
"Well I now know that I'm in love with a jerk," Gwen concluded.
"You mean Morgoth? I think the jerk part was pretty obvious."
Gwen sighed.
"Yeah I know…"
"You both need to face the facts," Aragorn began.
"What facts?" Gwen asked sitting up.
"Well you both have admitted that you love each other. You're driving everyone at camp nuts."
"Sorry…"
Aragorn sat on the edge of the couch.
"It's weird enough that you like each other but with the constant bickering, it's even worse. Also now that the campers know that we're really from Middle-earth they've been trying to get a date with some of the single characters. Vesper has already snagged Tim with a box of pizza. I saw one girl trying to ask Morgoth out. He declined but you never know what will happen."
Gwen nodded.
"Thanks Aragorn," she said as she reached out to give him a hug.
"You're welcome. Good night Gwen."
He stood up and walked out of the living room and down the hall. Five minutes later Gwen left the couch and walked back into Angband. Morgoth and Sauron were sound asleep and so she crawled up next to Morgoth and rested her head on his chest.
--
No experiment so far but just an observation. I woke up this morning to find Gwen sleeping next to Morgoth with her head on his chest. Now I don't think anything happened but still this is weird. Today I will attempt another experiment. I already have found out that Morgoth really likes Gwen and so I will now attempt to figure out why people fall in love. Sauron scribbled down his observations in his notebook. Ten minutes ago he woke up. What he saw startled him but he knew he should write it down. After he finished he put on a pair of jeans, changed his shirt, and left Angband.
"Good morning Sauron," Elros said cheerfully.
Sauron nodded his head in reply.
"Good morning. Do you know what we get to do today?" Sauron asked.
Elros shrugged.
"No idea but Kisha is up and she has a smile on her face. I've been told she's been up since five and talking with the dwarves and Dúnedain all morning about something."
"Wonderful."
"I think she's up to something."
The two walked down the hall and into the living room where most of the staff were milling about. Gandalf was reading the paper in his favourite red leather chair and Kisha was in deep conversation with Aragorn.
Sauron took a seat next to Fili the dwarf.
"What's going on this morning?" he asked Fili.
"Well Kisha wants to split the camp in half and kick the campers out into the wild for the rest of the week."
Sauron smiled.
"Really?"
Fili nodded.
"Yup, she wants the dwarves and the Dúnedain to each take half of the campers and teach them different things in the woods."
"Well then maybe there will be quiet at camp then."
Fili nodded.
"For you maybe."
--
A half hour later all the campers and staff had joined together in the dining hall for breakfast which consisted of blueberry muffins and stale muesli. Morgoth and Gwen had woken up when Kisha knocked on the bedroom door and told them it was breakfast time. Now the two sat together enjoying a blueberry muffin while Sauron sad a few seats down and across from them taking notes in his book.
"Are you sure you'll be able to handle them?" Kisha asked Aragorn after she drank the milk from her bowl of muesli.
Aragorn nodded.
"Of course, in fact I'm rather looking forward to it."
Kisha smiled.
"Excellent. This will give me time to set up the camp games and parities that will be taking place during week five and six."
"But aren't we only in week three?"
Kisha nodded.
"Yes but you'll be out there with them until Friday night of week four."
"With the same group of kids?"
"No you'll trade off with the dwarves."
Aragorn nodded.
"Yes that's right."
After Kisha finished her breakfast she walked to the head of the dining hall.
"Good morning campers! I know camp has been a lot of fun so far but it's going to get a lot better! The dwarves and Dúnedain have graciously decided to give a wonderful lesson that will be starting today and ending the Friday of week four. What will happen is each dorm will follow their respective leader into the woods for lessons on survival or a big treasure hunt. Numenor will be following the dwarves and Mordor will be following the Dúnedain. Halfway through we will switch and then on the Friday of week four everyone will come back. Does this sound fun? Good! Now please go to your respective dorms and pack a small bag which you will carry with you."
The excited campers quickly filed out of the dining hall. Gwen smiled.
"This is great! Peace for over a week!"
Kisha grinned.
"Actually Gwen you have emergency patrol."
Gwen frowned.
"No! Why?"
"Well I have to set up everything for week five and six and nobody else knows the lay of the land like you do so you're on emergency patrol. It won't be that bad. You'll just have to keep your cell phone on the whole time. But you also get to use the Beast," Kisha said.
Gwen's eyes lit up.
"The Beast? Really? Yes!"
Gwen jumped up and danced around the tables in the dining hall.
"What is this Beast?" Morgoth asked.
"It's a four-wheeler that we keep at camp. Since Gwen is on emergency patrol she might have to get into the woods rather quickly and sometimes the truck gets stuck on the trails so we have a special off-road vehicle we use," Kisha explained.
Gwen was still dancing around the dining hall.
"So why is she so excited?" Morgoth asked.
"Well I don't let her use it when camp is in session."
"Oh."
"Can Morgoth be my double?" Gwen asked.
Kisha put her hands on her hips.
"I don't think that would be a good idea," she replied.
"Please? We'll behave!"
Morgoth looked at Gwen then at Kisha and then back to Gwen.
"Double? What does that mean?" he asked.
"We have a second four-wheeler called Beauty. When ever we have camp outs in the woods we have two people who are put on emergency patrol. They have to leave their cell phones on at all times and be ready to drive the four-wheeler into the woods in less then a minute. It's for safety reasons."
"So can Morgoth be by double?"
"Well he doesn't know how to drive it," Kisha replied.
"Yes but nobody else does. Please?"
Kisha sighed.
"Oh alright. I want you to take him out on Beast for a short ride and show him how to use it okay?"
Gwen nodded enthusiastically.
"Okay!"
Gwen grabbed Morgoth by the wrist.
"Come on, it'll be fun!"
"You are very peppy today," Morgoth replied.
Gwen shrugged.
"I just love to ride!"
--
Kisha gathered all the campers together in the front lawn. Everyone was ready and the staff that was to remain behind had the champagne corked and ready to be poured. Gwen and Morgoth returned from the four-wheeler lesson a half hour after they left. Morgoth looked petrified and Gwen was smiling from ear to ear, not to mention both were covered in mud from head to toe.
"Okay! I hope everyone has fun! Follow your leaders at all times okay? Leaders, you have the emergency patrol numbers right?"
The leaders nodded and Kisha let out a bigger smile.
"Great! Okay have fun but remember to stay safe!"
The staff led their respective groups off in two different directions and then the remaining staff gathered at the beach. Kisha poured champagne for everyone.
"Okay for music should we listen to Gaelic Storm or some classical music?" Gwen asked as she rooted through her CD case.
"Did you bring any Flight of the Concords with you?" Kisha asked after she handed a glass of champagne to Manwë.
Gwen nodded.
"Of course."
"Cool, put that in okay?"
"Sure."
Gwen stood up and walked towards the centre stereo system. Morgoth followed her.
"I'll assist you. In case you need help opening the CD case," he said.
Sauron made a gagging noise and Fëanor stifled a laugh.
"Oh knock it off," Nerdanel said. "I think it's rather cute and Morgoth has not pulled a prank on anybody recently."
Manwë finished lathering his arms with sunscreen.
"And that's exactly why it's frightening," he concluded.
Kisha sat down on her beach towel and opened up her book.
"It's not like this will last forever," she said.
"Yeah well you wake up at six in the morning to find Gwen sleeping next to Morgoth. It's rather frightening."
Flight of the Concords rang out through the speakers.
"Frodo don't wear the ring. I know it's very tempting… yes you will appear to disappear but the Dark Riders they'll know you're there. Yes Lord Sauron has many spies…many spies…"
"What in the name of Ilúvatar is this?" Frodo exclaimed.
"It's Flight of the Concords and they totally rock," Kisha said turning the page in her book.
"See! They called me Lord Sauron! I think everyone needs to start calling me that from now on."
"In your dreams maybe," Manwë said.
"Hey I resent that."
"Aw, poor, poor little Sauron. Nobody loves little Sauron."
"That's it! This is not fair! Why is everyone picking on me?"
"Well you've been asking for it," Kisha concluded.
"Oh shut up."
"Do you want to go in the lake?" Manwë asked.
Sauron looked down at the sand.
"No."
"Then shut up!"
"Yes sir."
Kisha went back to her book and Manwë layed down on his beach towel.
"Does anyone want to play volleyball?" Ulmo asked.
"No that's okay. Every time we play with you we lose," Amarië replied.
"I got an idea! You all can play against me!" Ulmo offered.
Gwen and Morgoth returned from the stereo.
"Do you guys want to play volleyball?" Ulmo asked.
"No not really. I'm in the mood for sunbathing," Gwen replied sitting on her beach towel.
Ulmo let out a frustrated sigh.
"Does anyone want to play volleyball with me?"
"Give it a rest!" yelled Manwë.
Ulmo dropped his head in defeat.
"Sorry…"
Kisha smiled and went back to her book. Gwen got comfortable on her beach towel when her cell phone rang. Giving an aggravated sigh she sat up and answered it.
"Allo?"
"Gwen? One of the campers tripped over a root and I think they fractured an ankle."
Gwen rolled her eyes.
"Oh I'll be there in a minute. What's your location?"
Gwen heard the rustling of a map.
"Well we're at point fifteen A and twenty seven B."
Gwen pulled out her pocket guide which was the holy grail of Camp Glingal. Seven years ago Erik, Gwen, Jack, Kisha, and a few other staffers mapped out the entire property of camp and gave each area a number and letter. They also placed tiny decal's in the woods in case someone got lost they could be found, if they had a cell phone that is.
Gwen checked the pocket guide and found where they are.
"Okay stay right there I'll be there in a few minutes."
Gwen hung up the phone and stood up.
"Well we got our first emergency call."
"What happened?" Kisha asked.
"We got a five-fifteen on group ranger," Gwen replied.
Morgoth stood up.
"We'll be back soon," Gwen said as the two ran to the four-wheelers.
Kisha shook her head and laughed.
"What's a five-fifteen?" Fëanor asked.
Kisha shrugged.
"I have no idea. I think Gwen makes those things up as she goes."
--
"Gwen slow down!" Morgoth roared through the trees.
The two found Aragorn and his group and they fixed the girl's ankle. It turned out that it was only a minor sprain and that she could walk perfectly fine. After they did their job Gwen said 'I'll race ya!' and took off. Now Gwen was far ahead and Morgoth had no idea where he was.
"Oh great!" he exclaimed.
He felt as if he was going in circles around the woods and so he stopped the four-wheeler and turned it off. In the distance he could hear Gwen's engine and so he turned it back on and headed for the sound.
"Gwen! Where are you?" he shouted but got no answer except for the wind that carried the engine noises.
Morgoth then heard the distant ringing of his cell phone and so he answered it.
"Hello?"
"Morgoth? Where are you? Did you get lost?" Gwen asked.
"Well I don't know where you are. Does that count as being lost?"
Gwen laughed.
"I know where you are. I'll be there soon okay?"
"Okay."
Gwen hung up and Morgoth put the phone back into his pocket. When he looked up he saw the inner workings of a tree branch. The branch flung him clean off the four-wheeler and he hit the ground with a thud. The four-wheeler sat idle waiting for him to get back on. Morgoth groaned and tried to get up. He was caked in mud and blood was dripping down his face. His hand slipped when he attempted to get up and he fell down again. He then punched the ground.
"I hate this place!" he roared.
Morgoth then heard the sound of Gwen's four-wheeler approaching and he tried to get up before she showed up. He knew she could see him when he heard her laughter.
"Are you okay?" she asked after she got a good laugh. She parked the four-wheeler next to his. She turned hers off and walked over to him.
"What happened?" she asked holding out a hand for him.
He took it and she helped him up.
"After I hung up with you a tree branch jumped in my path and I fell off."
Gwen smiled.
"Yes I'm sure a tree branch jumped in your path."
"It did!" Morgoth protested.
Gwen walked back to Beast.
"Come on, we better get back to camp. If we're gone too long they might assume something happened."
Morgoth slowly walked to the four-wheeler. He was hunched over and had his left hand holding onto his back.
"Yeah, after that accident I'll be surprised if I can even stand up straight."
Gwen started up her four-wheeler.
"Oh come on. I went over a six foot jump and crashed into a tree. I almost died and I broke both legs and my right arm. If I hadn't been wearing a helmet I would have died. I was back on the four-wheeler the day the casts came off."
"So why are we not wearing helmets?"
"Two years later I crashed again and the helmet caused more damage then if I had decided not to wear one."
"Oh."