Disclaimer: I do not own The Hobbit
Bilbo had asked for time to say his goodbyes while the brothers spoke to the driver. Really, he had no one who would notice his absence, he'd been planning on finding out more about Smaug. He'd arrived at the location of Smaug's 'operation' and was struck by how much smoke the building was producing. Bilbo frowned, it couldn't have been good for the environment but, as he began snooping, he decided to be on his guard. Any moment, he was sure, a guard would jump out and arrest him. Instead, after a while of gathering information, he was tapped gently on the shoulder. Spinning around his eyes landed on a tall thin man with cherry red hair that stuck up from his head in spikes as if on fire. His pointed ears added to the weirdness, but his yellow eyes, were what Bilbo found most disconcerting. "May I help you?" The man asked in a sickly sweet voice.
"Oh no!" Bilbo said in a shrill voice.
"It's okay." Laughed the redhead looming over Bilbo in a rather intimidating fashion. "They're contacts." He blinked a few times, his smile never wavering.
"You must be Smaug." Bilbo said weakly.
"I prefer overlord but Smaug will do." He laughed again. Bilbo's eyes were scanning for any way out without dying being a major factor.
"Run back to your little mine Bilbo." Smaug's eyes suddenly seemed to smolder and he seemed to darken, smile and laughter gone. "Tell them of your findings, but know this: If you return, I will not again allow your adorable bumbling idiot act dissuade me from ending you and this sherade you have going with my mine." He snarled into Bilbo's face. In an instant, the psychopathic lightheartedness was back and he smiled and laughed once again. "Those idiots will be dealt with but you are simply too cute to let perish alongside them." Smaug began to pat Bilbo patronizingly on the head. "Be careful now Mr. Baggins." Smaug purred before guiding him gently to the exit. When they stopped Bilbo finally found his courage and rounded on the snake.
"Do not dare threaten my friends." Bilbo growled, glaring up into Smaug's yellow eyes. They seemed frustrated and amused and enraged by Bilbo's deviance. "I am not someone to cross and you do not want to see me upset. I will allow this-" Bilbo waved his hand at the building behind them. "-until it no longer suits me to have around. You threaten my people again and your entire world will come crashing around your ears." Bilbo snarled before turning to leave. Without another word, he was off, and said nothing on the ride back to Thorin's country.