#24 Filling In the Gaps
Aragorn surveyed the scene in front of him. There indeed been a great battle last night between the Uruk-hai and the Rohirrim. Éomer and his men killed the Uruk-hai which the three had been in pursuit of; when Aragon and his friends heard the news fear gripped them for they feared their friends Merry and Pippin were amongst the dead.
Indeed, it seemed as if they were dead for when they looked, they found no trace of the two Hobbits. As Aragorn fell to his knees in grief and anger, he found traces of their friends and hope began to fill him. Surveying the ground, the Ranger started to replay the scene to Legolas and Gimli.
"A Hobbit laid here," Aragorn said, and he started to fill in the gaps of what happened.
"His hands were bound, and then cut." Aragorn found the rope which had been used to secure the hobbit's hands together.
Gimli and Legolas followed Aragorn as he explained what happened. When they got to the end of the battle, he stopped.
"Their tracks lead away from the fight and into Fangorn Forest," Aragorn said grimly.
"Fangorn Forest? What madness drove them into there?" Gimli asked not believing what he just heard.
The other two looked on, not sure what to say. All they knew was Merry and Pippin were alive and to find them, they would have to enter the forest themselves.