Chapter Thirteen

"Lalina, I have to go. We are being called for battle." said Breg. "You're going to live me in here all alone?" cried out Lalina. "Listen to me Lalina, an army of orcs and goblins are approaching the Mountain, and we have to fight them off. I have to do this, for us, for OUR home." said Breg. "This isn't our home, Breg. Maybe we should return to Ered Mithrin, and rebuild it to its old glory." said Lalina. "No, Lalina. Its best that it stays that way. There are many kingdoms already. And you, you are in no condition for traveling." said Breg.

Suddenly, Bombur sounded the horn. "Farewell, sister!" said Breg, kissing his sister's forehead. "Farewell, brother!" Lalina replied, wiping a tear from her eye. Breg left, as he joined the dwarves as they left the Mountain. Thorin stopped as he was running out of the Mountain. "Thorin?" said Balin. "Why did ye stop?" asked Dwalin. "Go, I will catch up with all of you!" said Thorin, as he turned around and ran back inside the Mountain. He went inside for Lalina. Balin and Dwalin exchanged looks.

I'm not going to leave into battle on bad terms with my wife, its time that I make amends, thought Thorin. Thorin approached the Healing chambers, and he knocked on the door. "Who is it?" Lalina called out. "Its Thorin! May I come in?" Thorin called out. "You may enter." said Lalina gloomily. Thorin entered the room, and he sat down on the bed. "Lalina, I'm so sorry-I'm terribly sorry for what I've done to you… you are right, I am a monster, and I don't deserve this-to be King-and I don't deserve you as a wife and queen." said Thorin sadly.

Lalina remained silent, as tears falling down her face. "Lalina, I love you, and I wouldn't blame you if you choose to leave Erebor." said Thorin. Lalina took notice his eyes are back to the blue as they always had been, even before they arrived in Erebor, and she could also tell he cared for her, truly cared for her. "When Oin told me of our child, it felt like a part of me went with it, and if I ever to lose you Lalina, I would've been worse off than I was earlier." said Thorin.

"Thorin.." said Lalina quietly. Lalina collapsed into his arms as both dwarves wept. "Don't worry love, if I make it out alive, from the battle, we can try again.." said Thorin. "I don't know. You already have heirs-your nephews." said Lalina. "We're not going to give up, Lalina. We're dwarves! Dwarves don't give up!" said Thorin gently.

Lalina lay her head upon this chest. "It's ashamed that I'm laid up right now. I would've came and fight with you. I guess I broken my promise. I feel terrible." said Lalina. "I will help you with the promise of taking down Azog for you, how's that sound?" asked Thorin. "Okay." said Lalina. Thorin leaned towards her, and he kissed her on the lips. "I must go, my beloved. The battlefield calls me. Farewell!" said Thorin, standing up. "Thorin!" Lalina called out, as Thorin was about to walk out of the room.

Thorin turned and faced Lalina. "I love you!" said Lalina. "I love you too, Lalina!" said Thorin, smiling at her, and he left the healing chambers. Hours later, Lalina stood up and walked around, and she felt the strength in her legs and her entire body coming back. It had been days she had been bedridden, and she will not be laid up to sit and do nothing, and refused to break her promise to her father and Torche. I'm not giving up, not without a fight. I'm not going to lose Thorin from Azog either, like he done to my father and Torche, Lalina thought.

Lalina went to the armory, and she put on armor, and grabbed a sword, and also bow and quivers. She reached for her cloak, and she quickly left the Mountain.

Thorin isn't going to be to happy of me doing this, however, a promise is a promise! thought Lalina, as she ran out into the battlefield, and begin her battle against orcs. Suddenly, she saw a red haired dwarf in the distance. "Dain?!" cried out Lalina, and she ran to him. "UNCLE?!" Lalina cried out. The Dwarf lord froze, and he turned to Lalina. "Lalina?! What are you doing out here? I was told you weren't well!" Dain's eyes widened.

Lalina embraced him. "I cannot break a promise, dear Uncle. I promised at my father's grave side I would avenge their deaths, his and Torche's." said Lalina. "Lalina, I understand you have made a promise! But with you recovering what you've been through, you should be resting! Thorin wouldn't have this at all." scorned Dain. "I wouldn't care less what Thorin thinks. I don't back down on promises, Dain." Lalina said icily. And she ran away. Dain shook his head. "Just like my brother, stubborn. Definitely could see a lot of her father in her.." grumbled the Dwarf Lord.

It was later on, after fighting many orcs, she ran into Gandalf and Bilbo. "LALINA! What in the name of Valar are you doing out here? Shouldn't you be resting?! You just lost a child, for heaven's sakes!" cried out Bilbo. Lalina moaned.

"Oh, not you too, Bilbo! Bilbo, you don't understand.." began Lalina. "I know, I know, your promise to your late father! I understand." said Bilbo. "Where's Thorin and the others?" asked Lalina. "They headed to Ravenhill. They're looking for Azog!" Gandalf replied. Lalina nodded and thanked Gandalf, and she took off. "Lalina, I really don't think this is such a good.." Gandalf called out, but it was too late, Lalina already had gone.

"Save me from the stubborn ways of dwarves!" growled Gandalf. "I do believe Thorin is rubbing off on her." said Bilbo with a slight smile. "I can see that." said Gandalf, stiffly. Later, Lalina reached Ravenhill, and she begin her search for Thorin and the others. Suddenly it was Kili who first notice Lalina. "Lalina! You shouldn't be out here!" hissed Kili. "Kili, I have to do this. No one is going to stop me! Where is your brother?" asked Lalina.

"I haven't seen him since Thorin told us to split up and check everywhere for Azog." Kili replied. Lalina and Kili walked out of the cave, and Lalina could see Thorin and Dwalin talking. "I feel this is a trap." said Thorin. "Damn straight it's a trap, all of you walked right into it!" Lalina spoke up, as she stepped forward. "Lalina! Go back! You shouldn't be out here!" snapped Thorin.

"Thorin, I'm not backing down on the promise I made to my father. I'm only doing what's right." said Lalina. "Lalina, I told you earlier I can do it for you!" said Thorin. "Please, for all of us, Lalina. Go back to the Mountain!" pleaded Thorin. "NO!" Lalina shouted angrily. Suddenly, they heard movement. Lalina turned, and she saw Azog standing on top of a cliff, with Fili in his grasp. "FILI!" Lalina cried up. "The Line of Durin will be broken-beginning with him, and then the youngest-and last, you, Oakenshield!" snarled Azog.

"YOU BASTARD!" Lalina screamed, and she bolted away from the group. "Lalina! NO!" Thorin, Kili and Dwalin shouted together. "Lalina, don't do this!" bellowed Dwalin. But it was too late, Lalina climbed the cliff with all her might, and once she reached the top, she with drawn her sword. "Let him go! Take me instead!" Lalina ordered. Azog turned to face Lalina, dropping Fili in the process. Fili rolled over. "FILI! GO!" Lalina cried out to the dwarf prince. But Fili didn't move.

"Damn it, FILI! RUN!" Lalina screamed. And Fili bolted. "Daughter of Narin! I thought I killed you long ago, alongside with your father!" snarled Azog.

"Think again, Orc scum! I managed to escape, and you will not take my husband and his family, like you have taken my family!" Lalina screamed. "Then you will be the first to join your father!" bellowed Azog, as he charged at Lalina, with his hammer. Luckily, Lalina blocked the attack with her sword, and then it was her turn to attack back.

Meanwhile, Thorin slammed his fist on the ground. "Damn her! Why don't she listen?!" Thorin yelled. "Beorn?! What are you doing here?" asked Dwalin.

"To help you take down the beast!" Beorn replied, now in human form. "Where is your wife?" Beorn asked. "I warned her-I warned her not to face him alone!" snarled Thorin. Suddenly a loud scream was heard coming from the cliff. "Lalina!" hissed Thorin, and he ran up to the cliff, followed by Beorn and Dwalin.

Lalina's POV:

Thorin wasn't kidding when it came to face this Orc, and now I may have regret my decision on facing him, and should allow Thorin and the others take him. Now I'm fighting a losing battle, using every strength and energy in my body to fight him, and to no avail, losing quickly as I kept falling to the ground.

Suddenly the last thing I remember was Azog raising his hammer, as my back was turned to pick up my sword, and Azog struck me in my lower back, and collapsed, and everything went black, and I could hear people shouting my name. Hours later, I woke up, finding myself inside a tent. I looked up, I could see Gandalf looking down at me, as well as Tauriel, and Sigrid. "You're awake, my lady! How are you feeling?" asked Sigrid.

"Sore, and I doubt I will be ever to walk again after this." I said quietly.

Then, I looked around the room. "Where is Thorin, Bilbo and the others?" I asked them. "Thorin-he's injured, and we don't really know if he's going to make it or not." said Gandalf, gravely. "No, please don't say that.." I exclaimed softly. "Don't worry, Lalina. We'll do whatever it takes to bring your husband in good health." said Tauriel. "Fili? Kili? How are they?" I continued to ask. Tauriel smiled. "Both dwarves are doing fine." said the Elf Captain. "Is Azog dead? Who killed him?" I asked.

"It was Beorn and Thorin both who killed Azog. Beorn also killed Bolg as well. Beorn carried Thorin to the tents. Right now, we have no idea how is condition is doing. As for Bilbo, he's with Thorin now." said Gandalf. I laid in bed quietly. Suddenly, Dain enters the tent.

"You don't mind if I have a word with my niece, alone?" Dain asked Gandalf. The wizard nodded, and he left the tent, followed by Tauriel and Sigrid. "I don't know what in the hell were you thinking up there, woman, you were told to stay in the Mountain!" Dain lectured me. "Great, now you're starting to talk like my husband!" I yelled. "Lalina, all of us had it under control, you should have listened to your husband's words, and stayed home. You could have died." said Dain, now his voice more softer.

"It's just as well. My father's gone, my best friend is gone, my child is gone, and I'm not sure about Thorin yet. I should have just stayed dead!" I shouted. Dain closed his eyes. "You had no idea, Uncle, what went on in the Mountain before the Battle-!" I began. "I already know, Balin told me everything. It wasn't your fault, nor Thorin's. And Thorin realized what he had done to you is wrong. And you're still holding that against him, why?" asked Dain.

"I lost the child I carried because of him." I continued. "Well. That complicates things a bit. But Thorin has spoken to me, and told me how much he loved you, and he would do anything to keep you." said Dain. "He's not dead is he?" I asked. "I don't know. I haven't got a chance to see Thorin just yet. I will go and let you rest." said Dain.

I nodded, and Dain took his leave. Suddenly, I could hear familiar voices outside the tent. "Do you suppose she's awake?" said one voice. "If she's asleep, we don't want to wake her. And the last thing she needs is for us to lecture her in the condition she is now!" said another. I recognized their voices. "Fili, Kili! I know you're out there! I'm not sleeping just yet!" I called out to them.

Fili and Kili entered my tent. "Lalina, we thought we lost you!" said Fili gently, as he knelt before her bed. "You really shouldn't have gone and done that, Lalina. He could have killed you on the spot." said Kili. "Kili, I really don't need this right now. The two of you are still here, aren't you?" I asked. "Yes, we're still here. And we have great news. Tauriel had given us word that Uncle is doing fine, and he's recovering. Right now he's sleeping at the moment." Kili replied. "I wish to go see him." I said. "Lalina, I don't think that's a good idea. You should rest first." said Fili.

"I want to see him, Fili!" I demanded angrily. "Lets help her to his tent then." sighed Kili.