Hey, I'm back with another chapter. I'm so sorry it took me so long. I lost inspiration for this story for a while, and even now it's not fully back, but you all have been begging me for another chapter, so I felt I needed to get this up.

I'm not exactly sure how much this chapter will cover, but hopefully you enjoy it! It's probably gonna be a long one. Also, since it's hard to put all of the action in the escape from Goblin-Town in writing and do it justice, I'm mostly gonna gloss over it. Hope that's okay.

Also, I've gotten some reviews regarding any characters from Agents of SHIELD, other Avengers, or the Wakandan army coming to Middle-Earth later on in this story. While nobody from Agents of SHIELD will be in this story, I'm not discounting the possibility of Avengers or the Wakandans coming to Middle-Earth.


Chapter 11- Goblin Town

Steve sighs a bit as she clutches his cloak tightly around him, trying not to feel cold in the rain. Thankfully, the Elven cloak one of the things given to them by Elrond, is very good at keeping him dry.

"There they are," Gandalf calls. The three Avengers stop and look ahead of them. While they don't see the Company, they do see a massive mountain range stretched out in front of them.

"The Misty Mountains. The great mountain range that divides Middle-Earth. And the next obstacle in our journey," Gandalf says.

"You think the Company went up there?" Bucky asks, though he already knows the answer.

"Most definitely. We need to get over these mountains in order to get to the Lonely Mountain. This is the best spot for hundreds of miles to cross the mountains," Gandalf responds.

T'Challa scans the mountains ahead of them for a moment. "These mountains feel foreboding," he says in a low voice.

"The Misty Mountains are home to many creatures. Legends of various creatures that inhabit these mountains abound in Middle-Earth. From giants made of stone to wolves. But perhaps worst of all are the Goblins known to make their home here," Gandalf replies.

"Goblins?" Steve asks for clarification.

"An offshoot of the Orcs. Not quite as strong, and not as smart, and more adept for living underground. But, they can still be very dangerous. And the pass ahead of us runs among the mountains that are home to a vast Goblin colony. Goblin-town, it's inhabitants call it," Gandalf explains.

"Does Thorin know this?" Steve asks.

"I don't know. Goblin-town is not well known, and its exact location is known only to a few outsiders. Most that enter Goblin-town do not come out again," Gandalf says grimly.

They stare at the mountains for a moment. Then, Gandalf speaks up again and says, "We must catch up to them soon. They will likely try to find shelter in a cave. And it is more than likely that there will be caves along the pass that will have secret entrances into Goblin-town. Ones our friends would likely never notice until it was too late."

There is another second of silence before Gandalf cries, "Come on!" He hurries off towards the pass, and the three Avengers follow after exchanging a look.

"Halt!"

The call stops them. The three Avengers put their hands out to steady themselves to keep from falling over the edge just a foot to their right.

"What is it, Gandalf?" Bucky calls over the wind.

Gandalf looks into a cave he has found, then enters it. For a few moments, the three Avengers just look at each other. Then, Gandalf comes back out, holding up a piece of bread.

"Our friends camped in there. But, I fear this is one of the secret entrances to Goblin-Town I spoke of," Gandalf says.

"So, wait? Our friends got captured?" Bucky demands.

"Yes. We must hurry if we are to save them," Gandalf says before re-entering the cave. T'Challa follows right after him, Bucky and Steve close behind.

Once in the cave, Steve looks around, then looks down, and sees the faint outline of where a trapdoor opened. He looks up at Gandalf and asks, "Well, Gandalf, how are we going to get in there and rescue our friends?"

Gandalf smiles, a twinkle in his eyes. "Why, with magic, Steve," he says.


(Goblin-town)

In the depths of Goblin-town, the Company is being held hostage. A crew of goblins is bringing a set of torture equipment to the throne of the Great Goblin, who is singing a terrible song to taunt the company.

As the Great Goblin sings, one of the goblins spots Orcrist. Intrigued, he picks up the sword and starts to draw it out. It makes it a few inches out of the sheath before the goblin recognizes it. He screeches and throws the sword down, where it is revealed to all the goblins.

The goblins begin to screech and cringe away from the sword. The Great Goblin scrambles back onto his throne as he cries, "I know that sword. It is the Goblin-cleaver! The Biter! The blade that sliced a thousand necks!" Any thought of holding them for Azog is gone, replaced by fierce anger and hatred towards the Dwarves for possessing the infamous blade.

The goblins begin to whip the Dwarves as the Great Goblin cries, "Slash them! Beat them! Kill them! Kill them all!" Then, pointing at Thorin as several goblins tackle him, he orders, "Cut off his head!"

One of the goblins raises a knife to cut off Thorin's head. Thorin looks up at the knife, feeling there's no way out of this.

Suddenly, there's an explosion of light beside the Great Goblin's throne, and a shockwave knocks everyone over and sends the torture equipment flying off the walkways and into the chasm below.

As the shockwave dissipates, the entire chamber goes dark. However, slowly the light begins to return, and four figures are revealed next to the throne of the Great Goblin. As it gets fully light, the figures are revealed to be Gandalf, Steve, T'Challa, and Bucky. Gandalf is holding Glamdring, and Bucky is holding Anguirel. T'Challa is now in his Black Panther suit. And Steve has his gauntlets extended.

"Take up arms," Gandalf says to the Company before crying, "Fight! Fight!"

The Dwarves all shout as one and begin rising up, throwing the goblins off of them as they scramble for their weapons. Gandalf leaps into action, slashing and stabbing at the goblins around him.

"He wields the Foehammer! The Beater! Bright as daylight!" the Great Goblin cries. T'Challa and Bucky leap into action, T'Challa slashing with his claws and Bucky slashing with Anguirel.

The Great Goblin stands up and grabs his staff, but finds himself face to face with Steve. Steve looks at him firmly and says, "Goodbye." He then jumps forward and punches the Great Goblin right in the chest. The point of the gauntlet pierces the Great Goblin's chest, and the power behind the blow knocks him stumbling backwards, right off the edge of the platform. Steve stares over the edge for a moment longer before he turns and attacks the rest of the goblins as well.

The dwarves, Gandalf, and the Avengers together are like a scythe, cutting down every goblin in their way. It doesn't take long before they've mostly cleared the platform where the throne rests. Gandalf stops for a moment, looks around at the Company and cries, "Follow me! Run!"

The dwarves follow Gandalf as they race along the walkways along the tunnels of Goblin-Town, with Steve, Bucky, and T'Challa bringing up the rear. It doesn't take long before they are forced to separate, but they continue to push on, and eventually are brought back together. Every goblin that comes across them is cut down.

"Not much further!" Gandalf cries as they round a corner, a bridge just ahead of them. However, as the Company reaches the bridge, wood splinters go flying as the Great Goblin bursts up through the bridge.

The Company comes to a screeching halt as the Great Goblin smirks at them. "You thought you could escape me?" he demands tauntingly.

The Great Goblin then tries to bring his staff down on Gandalf, but Gandalf jumps back. A swipe from the staff follows, but Gandalf dodges it too.

"What are you going to now, wizard?" the Great Goblin asks.

Gandalf is about to attack, when he feels a hand on his arm. He looks to the side right as T'Challa steps forward and says, "Nothing." The Wakandan then leaps forward, over the Great Goblin's staff, and with swipes of his claws, slashes open the Great Goblin's throat. He then backpedals and lands on one knee in front of the Great Goblin, who is still standing, then says, "But I will."

The Great Goblin sways on the spot, then collapses forward. Simultaneously, the sound of breaking timbers echoes through the tunnel before the entire section of bridge holding the Company breaks away from the rock and begins sliding down into the abyss.

T'Challa looks down after them, then around at the goblins before simply jumping into the abyss after his friends.

Below, the dwarves are yelling at the top of their legs as the bridge falls into the chasm. Right as it nears the bottom, however, it hits a narrower section, and starts to slow down, finally coming to a stop right at the bottom.

Gandalf, Bucky, and Steve all leap down from the top of the wreckage, landing gently on the ground. They all turn towards the wreckage as Bofur says, "Well that could have been worse."

Immediately after Bofur says this, the corpse of the Great Goblin, which fell right after T'Challa leaped down, falls right on the wreckage. The Dwarves all cry out in pain, and Dwalin yells, "You've got to be joking!" It takes everything Bucky has not to laugh a bit, and Steve is trying to repress chuckles too.

A few moments later, T'Challa comes leaping down, leaping between the rocks like a cat before landing on the ground. "Come on! They are following us! We have to go!" Looking up, everyone can see that the Goblins are indeed following them down the chasm, and the four people not flattened under the Great Goblin race to help those who are.

It doesn't take too long to get the Dwarves out of the wreckage. "What can we do, Gandalf?" Bucky asks.

"Only one thing will save us. Daylight. Run!" Gandalf cries. He begins to run along the passageway they landed in, and the rest of the Company follows, with the three Avengers brining up the rear.

It doesn't take too long for them to find the exit. Though the sun is setting, it is still light out, and the Company feels a sense of relief as they run out of the caves and into the fading daylight. However, they didn't stop running until they had put several hundred yards between them and the cave entrance.

Finally, the Company comes to a stop to catch their breath. As the Company slows to a halt, Gandalf begins to count the members of the Company. He comes up with all Dwarves and humans accounted for. But one crucial member is missing.

"Where is our hobbit?!" Gandalf exclaims. It's right then that everyone notices Bilbo isn't with them.

Steve feels a chill run down his spine as he realizes Bilbo is gone, and feeling that the most likely explanation is that he's lost in Goblin-Town.

"Curse the halfling! Now he's lost?" Dwalin exclaims.

"I thought he was with Dori!" Gloin pipes up.

"Don't blame me!" Dori retorts.

"Well, where did you last see him?" Gandalf asks.

"I think I saw him slip away when they first collared us," Nori answers.

"Well, what happened exactly? Tell me!" Gandalf says urgently.

"I'll tell you what happened. Master Baggins saw his chance and he took it! He has thought of nothing but his soft bed and his warm hearth since he first stepped out of his door. We will not be seeing our Hobbit again! He is long gone!" Thorin says angrily.

"Really, Thorin! You're going to give up on him so easily? So what if he misses home? He's still loyal to the Company. And for all we know, he could still be lost in those tunnels, or he could be dead!" Steve says angrily, making the Dwarves, except Thorin, shy away a bit, as they haven't seen Steve angry.

Suddenly, from behind them, they hear a familiar voice say, "No, he isn't." Everyone turns around and sees Bilbo standing on a ledge just a few yards away.

There are several exclamations of joy from the Company, and Gandalf says, "Bilbo Baggins! I've never been so glad to see anyone in my life!"

Steve walks up to Bilbo and rests his hands on his shoulders, looking him over to make sure he's okay. "We're glad to see you're okay, Bilbo."

"How'd you sneak past the goblins?" Bucky asks.

Bilbo gives a shy smile, but doesn't answer immediately. Gandalf, sensing Bilbo is feeling a little hesitant, says, "Well, what does it matter? He's back."

"It matters. I won't to know. Why did you come back?" Thorin asks.

Steve steps away from Bilbo as the hobbit looks at Thorin for a moment before replying, "Look, I know you've always doubted me. And you're right, I often think of Bag End. I miss my books. And my armchair. And my garden. See that's where I belong. That's home. And that's why I came back. Because…you don't have one. A home. It was taken from you. But I will help you take it back if I can."

Everyone is quiet, and staring at Bilbo. Internally, Steve couldn't help feeling incredibly proud of Bilbo, knowing that he had a chance to go home and chose to stay with the Company.

Unknown to them, further up the slope, Azog and his pack have finished traversing the mountain pass, and are now at the top of the slope the Company is resting on. Atop his warg, Azog smirks before he orders his pack, "Run them down! Tear them to pieces!" And as the sun begins to disappear over the horizon, the wargs without riders begin to run down the slope, howling loudly.

Further down the slope, the Company can hear the howls of the approaching wargs. Everyone looks around as Thorin mutters, "Out of the frying pan…"

"And into the fire," Gandalf finishes before saying, "Run. RUN!"

The entire Company quickly begins to run further down the slope, away from the sounds of the approaching wargs. However, the dwarves know well they can't outrun the wargs for long.

A howl echoes right behind them. A warg is closing in. Bucky, who's bringing up the rear, glances back and sees it coming up right behind him. Looking forward again, an idea comes to a him. He jumps over a ledge ahead of him, then hides behind it while drawing Anguirel. After waiting a few seconds, he thrusts the sword up right as the warg leaps overhead, and the warg slits its own stomach open on the point of the sword, its corpse crashing to the ground a second later.

At the same time, Steve says up ahead that the path ahead ends in a cliff. Looking back, and seeing the rest of the wargs getting closer, Steve orders, "Everyone! Into the trees!" Without hesitation, everyone begins to leap into trees. Steve, Bucky, and T'Challa help to boost the dwarves into the trees. Once all the dwarves and Bilbo are in the trees, they begin to climb themselves. Just in time.

The wargs reach the trees the Company have climbed and begin leaping into the air, trying to bite at them. But the Company, knowing the wargs can jump, have all climbed too high for the wargs.

In the tree at the edge of the cliff, Gandalf, scanning the area to try and find a way out, spots a moth in the branches of his tree just a few feet away, and an idea comes to him. He reaches out with his staff and picks up the moth, bringing it closer to him. He then takes the moth in his hand, whispering instructions t it in Quenya before letting it go. The moth flies off into the dark, heading to find reinforcements.

As the moth flies away, the wargs milling around the trees stop, and look back up the slope as the wargs with riders approach. And as Thorin notices this, he notices the warg and rider in front, and his blood chills. He moves the branches aside before gasping, "Azog!"

Azog leans forward and sniffs the air. He then asks his pack, "Do you smell it? The scent of fear?" Then, speaking more towards Thorin, "I remember, your father reeked of it, Thorin, son of Thrain."

"It cannot be," Thorin mutters as he stares at his old enemy.

Azog smirks as he points his mace forward and orders, "Oakenshield is mine. Kill the rest!" At this command, the unridden wargs resume their attacks, but now also attacking the trees themselves. It doesn't take long before some of the trees begin to be uprooted and topple over.

"Jump!" Bucky calls as his tree begins to topple. The dwarves, Bilbo, Steve, and Bucky begin to leap between the trees as they fall like dominos. Finally, the only tree still standing is the tree where Gandalf, T'Challa, Thorin, Dwalin, and Balin climbed. The Company crowds together in the branches of the tree, knowing their time is limited.

As the wargs prepare to attack again, Gandalf gets an idea. He reaches out and plucks a pinecone from the branches before holding it up to the tip of his staff. After blowing on it and muttering a few words, the pinecone catches fire. Gandalf throws it out, and the flaming pinecone rolls through the grass, setting it ablaze. The wargs shy away from the flames.

Gandalf quickly grabs more, lighting them before dropping them to the rest of the Company, who use them to light even more. Once everyone has at least one flaming pinecone, they begin to throw them at the wargs. Several wargs are hit and run away from the tree as more of the grass begins to burn. Now, almost the entire space between the tree and the wargs is ablaze.

The Company begins to cheer, thinking they've protected themselves. Then, the tree begins to rock as the roots, already weakened a bit by the wargs, begin to pull out of the ground. Soon, the tree is hanging over the side of the cliff, completely horizontal, barely hanging on.

Many of the dwarves start slipping, and grab onto anything they can find. Dori and Ori slip off a branch, but Bucky lunges down in time to grab hold of Dori's hand, while Ori grabs hold of Dori.

As the Company frantically tries to keep from slipping, Thorin, in a relatively safe spot, looks up, and sees Azog through the flames. A burning hate swells in Thorin as he looks at his old enemy. It doesn't take long before he stands, drawing Orcrist and beginning to march towards Azog, right through a path between the flames.

The rest of the Company stares in shock as Thorin begins to sprint towards Azog, holding Orcrist over his head and his oak-branch arm shield out in front of him. Azog simply smirks as he watches Thorin approach. Then, as Thorin gets close and out of the flames, Azog leans forward and spurs his Warg forward. The warg leaps off the ledge right at Thorin, hitting him with its feet and knocking him to the ground.

Azog wheels his warg around and comes at Thorin again. Thorin tries to get back to his feet. But before he can ready himself, Azog rides up and takes a swing with his mace, hitting Thorin in the chest and knocking him to the ground again.

"Noooo!" Balin cries out. Bilbo manages to stand up on the trunk of the tree, watching as Azog's warg lunges forward and bites down on Thorin.

"Thorin! No!" Dwalin yells as he tries to keep himself from falling.

Steve and T'Challa both stare in horror at what is happening. As they do, Thorin manages to take a swing with Orcrist at Azog's warg, causing the warg to shake its head in pain and throw Thorin right up to the cliff's edge.

Behind Steve and T'Challa, Bilbo can't take it anymore. He draws his short sword, carefully walks the length of the tree, then starts to run towards Thorin as an Orc climbs off his warg and walks up to Thorin. Bilbo manages to reach Thorin right as the Orc is preparing to cut off his head. With a yell, Bilbo tackles the Orc to the ground. As the Orc tries to figure out what just happened, Bilbo plunges his sword into its chest. The orc screeches in pain before dying.

Bilbo leaps up, ready to protect the now unconscious Thorin. Back at the tree, Steve and T'Challa look at each other and nod. T'Challa's mask reforms, and the two clamber up and off the tree. As soon as they are on the cliff, they start sprinting down the path between the flames. Behind them, the rest of the Dwarves who are able to are clambering off the tree and following Steve and T'Challa.

Steve reaches Bilbo first. He lunges towards the warg closest to Bilbo, extending his gauntlets and delivering a solid punch right to the warg's temple, killing it instantly. As it falls, Steve grabs its rider's head and twists it sharply, breaking the orc's neck.

Right behind him, T'Challa leaps onto the back of a second warg in front of its rider, slashing its claws across the orc's chest before kicking the warg off. He then turns around and wraps his arms around the warg's neck before slashing its throat.

As T'Challa leaps off the dead warg, the rest of the dwarves begin to run up, bellowing war cries and attacking the wargs. The warg pack dissolves into chaos as the dwarves attack.

Steve turns to attacks a few more wargs nearby, while T'Challa faces down Azog. Azog points his mace at T'Challa and shouts, "You will pay for your interference!"

Not speaking Black Speech, T'Challa simply says, "I'm guessing you didn't just surrender." Azog growls at him and urges his warg forward. T'Challa easily dodges aside, moving faster than Azog thought a Man could, and slashes at the warg's side, opening several cuts. The warg bellows in pain. Azog roars and swings his mace at T'Challa. To his shock, T'Challa raises his hand and catches the mace. A second later, with his free hand, he slashes at the mace, his vibranium claws cutting right through the metal and separating the head of the mace from the shaft. Azog holds up the now useless shaft of his mace, stunned at what just happened.

Back at the tree, Bucky's grip on Dori's arm is starting to slip. "Ugh! Gandalf! I can't hold on much longer!" he says.

"Let them go, Bucky!" Gandalf responds.

Bucky looks at Gandalf like he's insane. "Are you crazy?" he yells.

"Trust me!" Gandalf responds. Knowing Gandalf wouldn't ask him to do this for no reason, Bucky relents and lets go. Dori and Ori fall for about 50 feet before what looks like a golden eagle the size of a B-17 flies underneath them and catches them on its back. As it flies away, more converge on the spot. The Great Eagles have arrived.

Everyone looks up as the Eagles' cries split the air. An Eagle flies in and grabs a warg, tossing it over the edge of the cliff. Another flies in and uses its talons to topple a tree on top of several more wargs. A third Eagle flies in and grabs two more wargs to toss over the edge of the cliff as a fourth flies in and uses its wings to fan the flames towards the pack.

As the pack is distracted, an Eagle flies up and grabs Thorin in its talons before flying away with him. More eagles fly in, grabbing members of the Company from the battle site and from the tree and dropping them onto the backs of other Eagles. One grabs Bucky and drops him onto the back of another Eagle, and Bucky is smiling all the while.

Steve and T'Challa watch the Eagles in amazement. "Wow. They're beautiful," Steve says. T'Challa nods in response.

T'Challa sees an Eagle flying closer. Glancing around and seeing that most of the Company have been picked up, he says, "I think it's time to go." As the Eagle flies towards them, T'Challa takes a running start and leaps into the air, flipping around to land gracefully on the Eagle's back.

Steve grins as he watches the Eagle fly past. Then, he sees several surviving wargs eying him hungrily. "Guess that's my cue to leave," Steve says before turning and taking a running jump off the cliff. An Eagle flies beneath him, and he lands gently on its back. The Eagle turns to fly after the rest of its kin, already flying away from the burning cliff.

As Steve holds onto some of his ride's feathers, he grins to himself and says, "If only America could see Captain America riding on a giant eagle." He knows its technically the wrong species of eagle, but in the moment, he can't help himself.

The Eagles carry the Company far away from the scene of the fight, flying over the Misty Mountains until they finally reach the other side of the mountain range. The lead Eagle in the formation, the one carrying Thorin, spots a rocky outcropping and decides this is a good spot to set Thorin down. The Eagle flies in and gently sets him down onto the rocks before flying away. One by one, the Eagles begin to fly in and land to set down their passengers.

Gandalf is the first one to get down onto the rocks. As soon as his feet are on the rocks, he races towards Thorin. He kneels down next to him, and begins muttering spells to try and heal Thorin and wake him up.

One by one, the rest of the Company is set down on the rock. They wait a respectful distance from Gandalf and Thorin.

After a minute of Gandalf's ministering, Thorin's eyes finally open. He looks up at Gandalf and asks weakly, "The halfling."

"He's alright. Bilbo's alright. He's right here," Gandalf responds. The dwarves, seeing their king is awake, hurry over to him. Several of them help him up.

As soon as he's on his feet, Thorin turns his attention to Bilbo. "You! What were you doing? You nearly got yourself killed!" he says.

Bilbo doesn't respond, not sure what to say. After a moment, Thorin, as he slowly steps towards Bilbo, says, "Did I not say that you would be a burden? That you would not survive in the Wild? That you had no place amongst us?"

Next to Bilbo, Steve feels irritated at Thorin for still feeling this way about Bilbo, even after Bilbo saved his life. But, as he's about to give Thorin a serious tongue-lashing, Thorin steps forward and embraces Bilbo as he says, "I have never been so wrong in all my life."

Several of the dwarves chuckle, and Steve smiles approvingly at Thorin. After a moment, Thorin releases Bilbo and says, "I'm sorry I doubted you."

"No, it's okay. I would've doubted me too. I'm not a hero, or a warrior. Or an Avenger," Bilbo replies, with a knowing glance at the three Avengers, which draws some chuckles.

There is an cry from the sky, and the Company looks up to see the Eagles circle the rock a few more times before flying off to return to their eyries. As they fly off, Bilbo speaks up and asks, "Is that what I think it is?"

Everyone looks in the direction Bilbo is looking, and everyone walks up to the edge of the rock, and staring off at the large mountain just visible in the distance.

Gandalf speaks up, revealing the mountain's identity. "Erebor. The Lonely Mountain. The last of the great Dwarf kingdoms of Middle-Earth."

"Our home," Thorin adds.

Everyone is quiet before a small bird flies past. Oin speaks up and says, "A raven. The birds are returning to the mountain."

"That my dear Oin, is a thrush," Gandalf corrects him.

"Well, we'll take it as a sign. A good omen," Thorin says.

"You're right. I do believe the worst is behind us," Bilbo says.

Don't jinx it, Bilbo, Steve thinks to himself, knowing from past experience that the worst is probably still to come.


(Dol Guldur)

In the fortress known as Dol Guldur, the shadowy being known as the Necromancer is in the midst of a discussion with one of his chief lieutenants.

"And it is time for the Deviler to return here. His hunt is of little consequence now. He has a greater duty here," the Necromancer says in his voice that inspires fear in the hearts of almost anyone who hears it.

On the walkway in front of him, his lieutenant, the Captain of Dol Guldur, nods and replies in Black Speech, "Understood, my lord. I will send word to him."

The Captain dismisses himself and goes to fin Bolg. It doesn't take him to find the giant Orc.

"Bolg. I have a mission for you. I need you to find your father and bring him here. Tell him the master summons him," he says. Bolg nods and goes off to find his warg.

The Captain of Dol Guldur smiles evilly and laughs, his laughter ringing throughout the fortress.


And, I'll end there. I hope you liked it.

Now, as some of you may be wondering, the Captain of Dol Guldur is not someone from Tolkien's works. He is from the Marvel universe. I drew the idea of having someone from Marvel be a servant of the Necromancer from Dr. Matthattan's story Scarlet Witch and the Thirteen Dwarves (highly, highly recommend all of his stories, by the way). However, this is not the same as in that story, and I have very different plans for this character.

Also, just wanted to post a notice about all my other stories. If you havem't already, go check out my MCU-Arrowverse crossover stories. Also, I have two new crossover stories that center on Disney's Descendants movie series that I'm really excited for. Go check them all out.

Well, leave a review and tell me what you thought, and stay tuned. I don't know when the next chapter will be up, but I promise it won't be as long of a wait as this one was. It will definitely be up by the end of August, but probably as soon as within the next two weeks.

Raptor2216 out.