I am so happy that I have been favored by fans already. I am proud to say that I am going to continue writing this and try to update daily. I may fall short sometimes, but I will try. I am not perfect, I am human so I will make mistakes. However, I will learn from them and strive to improve myself as I continue. So without further adue I give chapter seven.
Chapter 7: Light Shining in the Darkness. Inraged Irae
As the remaining Fellowship walks towards Mirkwood in solemn silence, they think of their friend and companion Gandalf. His loss has dampened their spirits of all the members except Marcus. Marcus walks with an heir of anger and self-loathing. Marcus constantly cleans Light Shining in the Darkness as a cooping method. Only Mortem walks beside his partner. The silence is deafening. Frodo also walks with an heir of self-loathing, believing that it was his choice that caused Gandolf's apparent end.
He also believes that the others blame him on some level.
Soon they come upon the forest of Mirkwood. Marcus stops just outside the forest. After a long pause he enters, but is constantly watching for enemies in the trees and behind every single bush. He pulls out both Light Shining the Darkness and Maria. Marcus walks silently and with caution, as if one of his steps might make the ground explode. He is not the only one uncomfortable in the forest, Gimli walks around constantly looking for a being that, though he would never admit it, terrifies him. "They say a witch lives here. That a single gaze can put a spell on you. Well here is one dwarf that she won't so easily ensnare", Gimli says before almost walking into an arrow point. "The dwarf was so loud we could have shot him in the dark", a male voice says walking from behind the foliage, revealing that he is an elf. The elf suddenly has Maria touching his nose and LSHitD's barrel is in the eye of the one holding the elf holding the arrow to Gimli's face. "You will put your toy away before you and your leader have your brains all over this green forest that you people call home. Any of your other comrades threaten my companions and I'll show y'all how I came to be called Atrox Irae", Marcus says in his deep, dark, voice. "I'm done pretendin to be some polite goody two shoes. Where I come from, the gun makes the laws, the gun enforces the laws, and the one with the gun is king. I have more guns and weapons than I should be able to carry. Try me and I will show you how I brought peace to my home", Marcus says in a near growl. "That won't be necessary. The Lady of the Wood has sent us to take you to her. We just don't like dwarves so we decided to scare him a little", the head elf says. "I don't like people who look down on others because they are different. I hurt people for doin things like that in my home. It's one of the ways I brought peace. People fear the man who breaks people bones with sledgehammers for breaking the law. I am a ruthless son of a gunslinger and I ain't afraid to prove in the Wastes, to the Legion, to the NCR, or to you", Marcus says now damn near growling.
Soon the Fellowship meets with the Queen of Mirkwood, and Gimli almost immediately falls in love with her. Marcus tunes out must of the conversation until, "He has fallen into Shadow. The Fellowship stands at the brink, stray but a little and it will fail", she says as she looks at each of the Fellowship members. Until her eyes fall upon Marcus. She enters his mind and glimpses his past. She flinches when she learns all about his past and looks away.
Later when the group is alone they talk about how she went into their heads and talked to them. Except Marcus. Many of the group secretly wonder what his intentions are and why they have never seen his face. "I bet the reason why he never shows his face is because he is secretly is a monster or not human", Sam says. "Or it may be because he doesn't trust us", Legolas says. "Or it is a custom of his people.", Gimli says. "Or he is a spy for the Enemy", Boromir says. "Or it could be because he wants to mysterious", says Pippin. "Or it could be he is hiding from people. He did say some things to lead me to believe he wasn't a very nice person", Merry says. "Or it might be that the people who took me in always covered their face when in a strange place, or another part of my past that I don't like remembering so I cover my face to try and hide it from others so they don't ask about it", Marcus suddenly says from behind Sam scaring the group. Mortem just snorts in amusement at watching the group jump. "If you must know Gimli's reason is very accurate. The people who took me in after my parents died always covered their face when we where not home. Only family and really close friends have ever heard my true name or seen my face. It is a custom of ours. Passed down for over one hundred years", Marcus says calmly. "Also I had trouble breathing air after an accident so I used to wear masks that filter the air so that I breath only what I need to survive. However after I ended up in a place called Big Mountain, which became a crater before my arrival so it was renamed to the Big Empty, I was given new lungs and windpipe so that I could breath the air without masks, but I have grown so used to masks that I feel naked without one. And I am so scarred on my face that I wear masks to cover up my memories to all", Marcus says calmly before walking away.
The next day the Mirkwood elves give the Fellowship four boats and a bunch of supplies. As they leave the Lady of the Wood approaches Marcus with a elvish cloak styled after his duster, with a hood and face mask added on. She also gives him gloves, shirt, and pants made from the same material, she also gave him a pair of elvish scout boots. It comes complete with the Mirkwood leaf , only sown into the back. The entire ensemble is black. He leaves for a moment only to return later in the outfit. "I know you lost your Stealth Suit Mark 2 on the dam, so I had our best seamstresses make an outfit for you that will give you better stealth. I hope it serves you well Wandering Courier", she says before backing a way. Marcus approaches the boat he will be sharing with Mortem. They soon shove off.
Boromir glances at Marcus' outfit when the group is far away from Mirkwood. "She had it made to replace an outfit of mine that granted me great stealth that was lost in a battle", Marcus answers the unasked question. "You said you used to be a courier, why would a courier need all of those weapons or an outfit to help one be stealthy?", Boromir asks. "Well, after my forced retirement from the courier business, I became a bounty hunter, a bodyguard, a mercenary, a specialized solider, a an assassin, a caravan guard, an executioner, a defender of liberty, a champion of peace, an enforcer of the law, and a ruler", Marcus says in a serene voice. "If your wondering why I am not so cheerful, I am mourning the loss of a friend. I will be back to myself in a few days. Also today was the day my parents died", Marcus says serenely.
Soon they come upon the statues of the First Kings of Gondor. "Wow, your people made statues. Mine would have damned up this river to covert its energy that it uses to move into power for homes, businesses, schools, and war. Sometimes I am glad the Old World burned. They set the world on fire", Marcus said gloomily. "What a waist they were. Always fighting over land, money, and who had the bigger weapon. What a bunch of useless bigots they were", Marcus says so that only he and Mortem hear.
Soon they come to shore and begin to set up camp. Frodo wanders off and Boromir follows. "This can't end well", Marcus mumbles. He tilts his head in the direction of the forest. "Come on Mortem, lets go get them before they get into trouble."
They soon find Boromir fighting Uruk'hai. They surge forward and bash the ugly beings aside. Mortem slices with his claws and bashes with his tail. Marcus pulls the Blades of the East and West off his back. East in his right hand, West in his left. "Boromir, take Merry and Pippin and leave! Protect the two!Mortem and I will hold them here! Some may go around us, Go NOW!", Marcus shouts out. Boromir nods and leads the two hobbits to safety. Marcus lifts the two massive blades and prepares to fight the horde. "Come on you ugly bastards. Face me and Mortem in mortal combat. Prepare to see HELL!", Marcus cries out and rushes forward with Mortem right beside him working in tandem. Marcus dodges a blow aimed for the left side of his face and returns the favor in a blur. Time seems to to slow down as he activates the V.A.T.S. He slices his first opponent's head open, then hacks the arm off the Uruk'hai next to him, and finally cuts the head off the one behind the first attacker and bashes the one running up to Marcus' right side, to try and surprise him, in the head knocking the would-be attacker out. "Here is a tip, never yell during a surprise attack. Idiot", Marcus says to the knocked-the-fucked-out enemy before stabbing him in the chest.
Mortem is slicing arms, legs, and heads off opponents. He disemboweled an Uruk'hai when he first attacked, followed by decapitating the one next to him, bashing one in the head with his tail when the foe tried to get behind him, then he stabbed two in front through their stomachs of him with his long claws before dragging the claws up. It wasn't long before the mighty duo had run out of foes. That was when they heard the horn.
They raced to the source only to see the Hobbits gone and Boromir kneeling on the ground, filled with arrows. Mortem surged forward and bit the Uruk'hai standing over Boromir head off. Then spit it back out because it tasted bad.
Aragon held Boromir as he died. Marcus has become more solemn now at the lost of another comrade. Then it turns into anger. Marcus searches for an outlet and soon sees an Uruk'hai still alive, but clearly wounded. Marcus walks up to the fallen Uruk'hai. He grabs it's throat with his right hand and lefts it off the ground until it's feet dangle in the air. Marcus' arm doesn't even shake. His left hand holds his switch blade. He slowly lifts it high. Then he stabs the creature's right eye. It screams out in pain, he then pulls the blade out before plunging it into the Uruk'hai's other eye. He slowly pulls it out before dropping the creature and slitting it's throat. He walks away from the dyeing being. Marcus' piercing blue eyes hold icy fury behind them. He walks over to Boromir and picks him up. He carries him to the shore. He empties out a boat and places Boromir inside with his broken horn and weapon. The others arrive and put weapons of the Uruk'hais he has slain with him. They push the boat into the river. Aragon puts on armbracers while Marcus stands beside Mortem. Legolas prepares to cross the river when Aragon says that they will be chasing the orcs who took Merry and Pippin. Aragon also says to travel light. Then they are off chasing down orcs with Gimli complaining all the way about how dwarves aren't meant to run long distances.
Hope you like it. I have finished "The Fellowship of the Ring". I will take a break from the Lord of the Rings stories for awhile to do research on the characters in the other books so that I don't accidentally screw up on writing their personalities. I know I didn't use some of the characters names, but that is because their names are hard to spell for me with spell check working against me, or because I like the title more than the name. Gandalf the Grey was never stated by me because I forgot to and am to lazy to change it. I stick by my saying that Gandalf acts like a grumpy old man at times. Read the books and pay attention to the movies, they do portray him as a kind old man but he does have his moments. Pulling Pippin's and Merry's ears, hitting Sam with his staff/cane when he was in the bushes beside the house's/hole's window, and bringing the dwarves to Bilbo's home without asking permission first (even if he would say no and Gandalf would still bring them, it would have been to polite to at least ask).