It felt like hours since they were put in their imprisonment. Hermione was drifting a bit til she saw the elf known as Legolas standing on the top of the steps. He seemed focused on something, following his gaze she saw a female elf by Kili's cell. Feeling her gaze he glanced at her then left without a word.
Giving a sigh she wanted to use a spell that could unlock the cells, but she realized that they would get caught soon after without knowing anything about their captors home. It was then she had realized Bilbo had never came with them.
'I sure hope master Baggins is alright' she thought worryingly
"Hello, how you all doing" he himself asked
It was as if by some divine or miracle that very same hobbit appeared. Everyone cheered, but soon silenced by Bilbo and Thorin. The hobbit then began to unlock one cell at a time sneaking the company out the dungeons.
"Bilbo where you taking us?"
"You'll see" he answered vaguely
Sneaking past two drunken elves that had fallen asleep. He lead them towards a few wine barrels as they stopped.
"Okay, everyone in" he said gesturing to the empty ones
"What are you mad?"
"You just have to trust me"
All hesitant Thorin and Hermione were the first in the barrels soon after everyone followed.
"Okay now what?"
"See you in a bit" he answered
Pulling a lever everyone went down a hidden door, but as they did the alert sounded with Bilbo...trapped.
"Find them! I want them found!" The gaurds shouted
He stood stumped about what to do next as he tried stomping on the hidden door. The fast armored footsteps of the gaurds rushing down the stone steps made his heart race. A few moments and he himself went down the door as well falling into the river underneath.
Outside he had caught up with the company who had floated down stream. Gasping for breath he felt a hand bring him up for air.
"Thank you lady Granger!!" He gasped taking a breath of air
The rushing river sent them all down, the waters smashed against the wood of the barrels. Rocks and large pieces of wood pushed them back and forth.
"There they are!!" An elf gaurd shouted
Just as he was about to take a shot with his bow, an orc sliced his throat from behind as well as the rest of the pack. A chase began for the company Orcs and Elves began to fight to get ahead, but the Company didn't just wait to get snatched. The Dwarves began to throw rocks and any weapon they could get their hands on, but Hermione began to use spells to slow down the two.
"Thorin!" Dwalin shouted throwing an orc axe
Catching it he chopped a large fallen log that hang above the river as a bridge for Orcs. He then threw it killing two Orcs on the way down pinning them to the side of the river bank.
"Hermione!" He shouted to see if the young witch made it
"Over here!!" She shouted as she was in the middle of the group
Nodding the largest of the company had began to roll onto land crushing those in the way with weapons embedded in the wood. As he landed he began to fight them off, the others were trying to fight of those still chasing them. He then killed the rest jumping back in his barrel continuing on. Legolas had made it to the fight as he began to take shots at each and every single orc present. He then began to leap from head to head of each dwarf landing on Dwalin and Thorin's heads. Spinning and shooting arrow after arrow then leaping off and back onto land.
"Gate!!" Fili shouted as he spotted a water gate coming ahead
The barrels filled with Dwarves Thorin tried to force open the iron gate.
"I got it!!" Fili shouted as he escaped his barrel
Killing an oncoming orc he made to lever opening the gate, but soon felt the pain of an orc arrow piercing his leg.
"Argh!" He shouted in pain as he fell in his barrel once more
All falling down a steppe waterfall as Legolas saw them disappear from his sight. Looking down the mist discourage from looking past it. The sight though looked unsurvivable and he didn't see anything coming up.
At the bottom of the waterfall the company seemed to survive the great fall. Getting of their less than favorable means of transportation. They got off on a small rocky ledge that lead into a forest, beginning to dry off a bit making their clothes damp.
"Is everyone alright!?" Thorin shouted
"Ya, just barely" Bilbo answered in which everyone agreed
"But Fili got hit" Kili announced as tended to his brother
"Get it mended we need to hurry before the pack catch us" Thorin suggested
"I don't think we can with this injury" Hermione said examining his leg
"The lass is right" the eldest agreed
"And we can't go around it could take more time than we need" Dwalin said
Before everything seemed lost the sound of bustling in the bushes alerted them.
"Someone's here" Bofur said as he kept an eye on the direction he came from
Before they could react a archer shot a rock out of Thorin's hand and a arrow in a branch Dwalin had.
"Make another move and I'll put an arrow through your skull" he spoke calmly, but still threatening
Everyone stood still as he took aim at any that moved.
"Now who are you?"