Chapter 3 Into The Woods
Darcy enjoyed the bumpy and obnoxiously loud cart ride, Merry ,Pip and Sam were genuinely funny and enjoyable to talk too. Frodo was quite in the corner knees to chest looking at his feet. Darcy guessed he was shy as the sky began to darken , the geezer pulled the cart off the dirt path into a secluded patch of woods. Darcy vaguely wondered if she end up in a medieval version of a horror movie. Digging in to her purse she pulled out the sharpest thing she could find in the dark she really wasn't sure if it was a pencil or a chopstick from last week. Either way she fisted it as the geezer and strong and silent came towards the back of the cart. The back of the cart was open like a tailgate and the hobbits were lifted out and placed down. Darcy still holding her she was pretty sure pencil was about to jump down herself. When two strong hands wrapped around her waist as she shrieked and her knee nearly got the guy in the googles. As soon as strong and silent dropped her to her feet Darcy scrambled away from him.
" Listen dude don't manhandle me unless I give you permission, got it." She snapped at him stomping off into the clearing along with the hobbits and helped pick up firewood still holding onto her pencil. While digging a fire pit with Pip, Darcy got a sense of dejavu , being the youngest of four girls she ended up acting as the boy her father never had. And ended up spending almost all of her childhood hunting fishing and camping. Pretty soon she and Pip had a nice crackling fire and Sam came over with his pots and pans and he began to get a stew started as merry peeled carrots. Strider came over with more logs for the fire setting them down silently he stooped down next to Darcy and offered her a little paper wrapped bundle , Darcy took it with a raised brow.
" Whats this?" she asked he said nothing just tilted his head towards the pot that bubbled away with Sam's stew. Curiously Darcy undid the twine on the paper bundle to find a small crusty loaf of bread and a hunk of sharp cheese. Extras to go with the stew it seemed pulling her little pocket knife out of the front pocket of her bag and began to slice the bread into thick pieces. As she finished up she had to smack Pips hand away as he tired to sneak a piece of cheese off the paper. Sam smiled asking Pip to get bowl as the stew was done and Pip almost fell over himself and Frodo to help. It seemed hobbits were robust eaters and Darcy had to keep an eye on them as she ate to keep her piece of bread if it was left alone for even a minute the hobbits would assume she was done and try to eat it. No wonder the geezer and Strider sat away from the hobbits it was a strategic move to keep their meals in tact. As the hobbits settled down for bed in there little bed rolls Darcy ended up picking twigs out of the way got as comfortable she could using her bag as pillow she was easily comfortable enough to doze off. Darcy woke up warm and cozy , confused she sat up slightly and realized someone covered her in there cloak. Since the geezer wore gray and she was pretty sure this one was black, and was too big for a hobbit not that Darcy was much taller than one the cloak was obviously striders. Sitting up fully she noted everyone but strider was asleep he was sitting on a rock about fifteen feet away. Looking up at the night sky smoking a small blunt looking thing they had weed in asgard? Darcy's bladder let it be known she had to pee like a race horse. So she pulled her taser out of her bag, standing keeping striders cloak around her she trudged off to find a bush.
"Lady Darcy?" a deep accented voice asked
"Nature calls, strider ." she said simply
" Aye, but don't go to far." He whispered after her, sighing Darcy found a bush got nature over with. And made sure to douse her hands in sanitizer she always carried with her. She headed back to her patch of dirt, but stopped next to striders rock.
"Thanks for the loan." She tugged the edge of his cloak.
"Think nothing of it my lady." he inclined his head , Darcy was still grateful as she settled into her spot wrapped in his cloak. Smiling men in asgard were much nicer than earth.
Hi Guys and Dolls, I know its been a long time since I've written, I've had a bad couple of months but I'm happy to add another chapter to this fun story. Thank you to all of you who left reviews they make me so happy, please leave more - Love Dizzy