Hay guys…heres a word from the Nixta aka Nicola:

MESSAGE FROM NIKKILA

I said it in the reviews and I shall say it again, this

story was written YEARS ago, and we are doing a direct copy

and paste. We aren't even proof reading, so if anyone can

point out more than five serious spelling or grammatical

errors, I will concede the point that we were shit at

spelling and grammar, all those years ago, but until then,

shove it up your ass till you can prove it! And another

thing, if you have any suggestions as how the story should

carry on, I promise I'll let you know when we are writing

new bits, not just a direct copy and paste, so then we could

maybe use all those wonderful suggestions, but everything

you have read so far has been what was saved off the

original computer on a USB drive after it went feral on us!

And seriously now, all those people who have a life outside

of FanFiction and/or the internet please let me know,

because right now I am seriously in doubt!

And seriously, keep all these reviews coming, flames and

otherwise!

Luvya lots... sometimes...

Nikkila

We stood on the Deeping Wall, that surrounded Helms Deep. Legolas and Gimli were making small talk.

"Do you think we're gonna win this thing? I mean, is this story line going by the book or the movie? Because if we're going by the book, then some guy called Erkenbrand should come at the end and save us. Or, if we're going by the movie, Elves should be turning up soon." I said.

Nicky opened her mouth to speak, but had no chance. Just then a loud call had gone out. The sound was light and clear, and came from some light metal horn. It was beautiful to hear.

Legolas listened intently; "That is no Orc call." He said.

Nikky met my eyes, "Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" She said.

"What?"

She grinned mischievously, "ELVES!" She said gleefully.

"I told you that you would get an elf." I said.

"There will be lots to choose from too!"

"You're telling me. But don't they all look the same? I mean, pretty much. How are you supposed to tell them apart?"

We were staring over the wall, trying to catch a glimpse of the Elves. Well, one definitely stood out. He was the leader of the group and was dressed differently. There was one she couldn't ignore…

"Ooooooh he looks important."

"He's their leader person. Commander or whatever you want to call him." I said.

"Ooooooh he is important!"

"Come on! Let's go greet." I called, running off.

Nikky shot after me and we jogged towards the gate where the Elves were coming in. The commander had his back to us, so we started to survey the others.

"Ooooooh that ones yum." Nikky said.

"I'd have his lembas any day!" I said, hardly able to breathe cause I was laughing so hard.

"If I were a horse I'd let him ride me any day!"

"If I were a car I'd let him drive me!" I bent over, clutching my sides.

"He can come study with me anytime! Oh My God! Look at him!"

"He's like the Elvish version of Cupid!"

"They should make an action figure of him! For Barbie you know? She needs some action too. But then, if he were one, I'd get coated in plastic just to pass as a Barbie."

Nikky said, grinning.

I looked at them dreamily, then stopped. Legolas would not be happy.

"Sorry," I said to the nearest Elf, "I'm already taken." He looked at me strangely.

Nikky looked round at the remaining elves, "But I'm free!" She said laughing.

Just then Legolas snuck up behind me and wrapped his arms round my waist, "What are you looking at?" He said. Nikkys' hands shot to her face, as she tried to muffle her laughter.

"Nothing babe, just… scoping out potential… allies for Nikky…" I said.

"Is the…'scoping', going well?"

"Ohhhhhhh yeah!" Nikky said gazing at the company of elves blissfully.

"Come, you must meet Haldir." Legolas said, tugging on my hand.

"Whose Haldir?" Nikky asked me.

"The Head-honcho!" I said excitedly.

"Uhhh, what did you eat for breakfast? Nobody else touched it did they?" Nikky replied.

"The leader guy. You know, the one we were perving, I mean, looking at." I said hastily, glancing at Legolas.

"Ooooooh YUMMY!"

We walked up to the commander, the one with his back turned, he was talking to Aragorn.

"Haldir," Legolas called, "Here are the two young ladies you've probably been told of."

The Elf turned round, I felt Nikky beside me freeze, then recover. I looked round at her; she was fanning her face with her hand, "Is it hot in here, or is that just me?"

"Love is in the air…" I giggled.

"Now he could drive me anytime!" She said, gazing at him.

"Like a horse…" I turned round, hiding my face, not wanting to embarrass myself.

Nikky turned to me, and said behind her hand, "I think I'd prefer it if I were riding…"

"Ewwwww…OK, focus." I turned round and faced everyone. They were staring at us as we doubled over with laughter. "Yes?" I asked, trying to compose myself.

Legolas shook his head, then said, "This is Haldir."

He bowed. "Good evening ladies, I've heard much about you from Aragorn here." He said.

"Hi, I'm Carmen. Heard about you too…"

"I'm Nikky, uhhh very nice to meet you." Nikky said, blatantly looking him up and down.

The corners of his mouth twitched, he folded his arms and returned the same treatment. Nikky raised her eyebrows and smiled.

"Come, we must organize the ranks." Aragorn said to Haldir. They walked with the King of Rohan up the steps.

It was now completely dark. The air was warm and stuffy. Hints of thunder were heard from behind the mountains. We were all standing on the battle walls of Helms Deep, waiting for the enemy to arrive. They were in the distance, getting closer and closer, filling the whole dale with fire and smoke. They were making the most amazing noise; screeching and jeering and making me extremely nervous. I looked over to Legolas who was standing beside me. He was looking over at the dark sea of Orcs, mentally gearing himself up. I looked to my left, at Nikky. She was craning her neck, searching for Haldir.

"Damn it! How am I suppose to fight near him if I cant find him?" She said, aggravated.

"I dunno, maybe he's with his friends." I said.

"He can't have friends, he's a commander!" She said.

"We're about to wage war with a heap of evil, smelly Orcs, and all you can think about is a guy?" I said, exasperated.

"Well, wouldn't you? In fact, aren't you?" She said glancing at Legolas then back at me.

"Well, of course I'm thinking of him. But I'm also thinking of all those ugly smelly Orcs down there." I said, pointing.

"Pcchhhtt, puh-lease, forget them, there are hot guys around." She replied, grinning wickedly.

"Yeah, well. I've already got myself a hot guy haven't I?"

"Pcchhhtt, you can still look."

"Why don't you just go and find him? That way you can stop bothering me!" I said.

She rolled her eyes at me, "Puh-lease, I don't want to seem too desperate."
"You are too desperate! Nah jokes. Just go find him, seriously." I said, looking at her seriously.

"Nah I'm good, I think I'll stay right here, with you, to annoy you forever more."

"Woohoo! Aren't I lucky? Hhhmmm…Won't these guys hurry up? It's starting to rain for God's sake."

Nikky frowned and put a hand to her stomach. "And I'm getting hungry."

"Like that's anything new." I muttered.

"More hungry. I'm seriously starving here."

"Anyway, look who's coming our way…" I nodded over her shoulder. Haldir was walking towards us, he was obviously aiming to strike a convo with Legolas, but I didn't think Nikki would pass up this opportunity.

"How do I look?" She asked me.

"Ummm, traveled?" I suggested.

"Shit." She muttered, "Oh well, he'll have to use his imagination."

"Like most people we've met so far." I pointed out.

"Different circumstances, most people we have met haven't been a gorgeous elf."

"Here he comes!" I squealed, when, just her luck, Aragorn called all the men to the Deeping Wall.

"Oh well, maybe you can talk to him after the war?" I suggested, patting her arm.

"I might be disfigured after the war. Like, more than I already am."

"How many times must we go over this? You are not disfigured!" I said sternly.

Suddenly, there was an enormous roar from the now swarming crowd of Orcs at the foot of the wall.

"He he. That guy sounds like he's constipated!" I laughed.

"He probably is oi." Nikki said seriously.

"Everybody, show these evil creatures no mercy, for they will show you none." Aragorn said to us.

"Yes boss." I giggled. I don't know why, but war made me giggly.

We all stood there, everyone was silent, even the Orcs. We were on the verge of war, and we were waiting for the catalyst. Who would begin the war?

We stood, completely still and silent, waiting for a sign…

And it came, in the form of an old man, who had accidentally let loose one of his arrows.

"Hold fire!" Aragorn yelled, but it was too late. The arrow had pierced one of the Orcs below in the neck. He fell with a really loud crash of his armour.

"Well, one down." Nicky said.

"Nine thousand nine hundred and ninety nine to go." I replied.

"Wanna make a bet?" Nicky asked me.

"A bet on what?" I asked.

"About who's gonna kill the most Orcs of course!" She said excitedly.

"Oh, OK. Well, I bet that I'll kill more Orcs than you." I said sneakily.

"Game on bruddah! Bring it!" Nicky said gleefully, pulling out her sword.

The Orcs gave another call, then all of a sudden, launched the attack on Helms Deep.

"Three, four, five, six-." I grunted, as I swung my sword around and around, stabbing Orcs that dared entered my three-foot radius. I lost sight of Nicky. She was somewhere amongst the swarm of Orcs that had swept onto the wall from ladders. I lost sight of Legolas too. I was fighting by myself, alone in this sea of ugly, non-deodorant-wearing, mean-ass Orcs. Hadn't Legolas told me that he would fight by my side, and not let me out of his sight?

Well, at this rate, it seemed the only way I was going to see Legolas again was to kill every Orc here, and then look around. Here, at this moment, there was no room for error. I couldn't afford a lapse in concentration and go looking for Legolas because I could get chopped into a billion little pieces. I wouldn't be much use to Legolas then would I?

Just then, I thought I heard Legolas call my name behind me. It was too soft to tell where it was coming from. I stared wildly around, searching frantically through the crowd of Orcs. Is he there…? No, not him. Is that him…? Nope. Where in Helms Deep could he be?

And then I felt it.

Searing pain had just erupted from the thigh on my left leg. I didn't want to look down, but I knew I had to address the seriousness of the situation I could have on my hands here.

What I saw nearly made me pass out. There was an Orc blade thrust into my leg. The Orc that stabbed me with said knife was still holding the handle, and he was grinning.

I recognized him; I had stabbed him earlier. I believe he was Orc number five. His face swam before my eyes. Damn it, I was losing way too much blood here.

I tried to pull my leg away with a lunge, but fell to the floor. I tried to get up again.

But I didn't have the energy.

Oh shit this is bad…I must get up, I gotta get up…

My hearing suddenly started to leave, noises grew dim around me. The edges of my eyesight started to go black.

The Orc yanked the knife out of the deep gouge in my leg. It was stained with my own blood. He raised it above his head, and made a slashing motion. I expected to feel excruciating pain, but instead, I felt someone hold me against their warm body.

I opened my eyes and looked up into the rain. There was Legolas, looking as gorgeous as on the day I met him.

"You found me." I said.

"Told you I would." He said, smoothing the hair on my head.

"I fucked up big time. I was supposed to visit your home." I said.

"You still can! Come, I am going to get you inside Helms Deep. There are people there that will take care of you." He began to lift me in his arms.

"How the bloody hell do you think you're going to do that? You'll get yourself killed you maniac." I murmured.

"Bloody idiot is what I do Carmen." He said, going as fast as he could with me in his arms along the wall towards the Deep.

I gave a feeble laugh, "you crack me up Legolas," I said.

"Sshh, don't waste energy speaking." Legolas told me.

I closed my eyes, it was too much energy to work those as well. When I opened them, Legolas and some other people, Elves, by the look of them, were bending over me and Legolas was talking to them rapidly in Elvish. When he was finished, he turned to me.

"These people will heal you. I must go back and fight." He said, looking torn.

I nodded, too tired to do anything else.

"Hay Legolas."

"Yes?"

"Win eh?"

"Pcchhhtt, that was so not cool." Nikky muttered under her breath as she yanked her sword from an Orcs gut. He had just tried to spit her. She was working her way through the ranks, trying to find Haldir; he had to be here somewhere.

"Oh shit." She grunted as she spun to face the onslaught of another Orc. "I lost count."

Just then she spotted Haldir, and narrowed her eyes, which gleamed with a predatory sparkle. Only problem was the bunch of Orcs that lay and fought between them. Nikky was torn out of her thoughts as she saw a filthy great blade swinging towards her face. "Fudge!" She yelled as she ducked, the Orc snarled at her as his blade swung above her head, before he could bring his sword down on her unprotected head, she shoved her own blade upwards. Her arm reverberated and she nearly released the hilt from shock, as the blade hit his spine. She grunted with effort as she pulled the sword out of him. He looked round in seeming surprise, as he slowly toppled to the ground his sword falling with him.

Thus she made her way towards Haldir. Just as she slashed an Orcs arm, she saw Haldir, calling his men in. Aragorn had just given the order, and now they were all retreating. Just then however, Haldir was struck by a scimitar in his stomach, his face froze in shock. Nikky was determined to save him as an Orc came from behind him, blade held high above his head. Nikky sprang forwards, she felt a line of fire across her collarbone. The Orc she had been battling had taken advantage of her distraction, and had struck her as she shot forwards. Nikky spun around and without looking struck him as hard as she could. When she did glance round, he was on the ground, blood pouring out in spurts. Well, he wasn't on the ground, his two pieces were.

Nikky leapt over the pile of dead Orcs surrounding Haldir and shoved her blade through the offending Orc who was about to spit Haldir. He looked down in surprise, his eyes wide, then looked over his shoulder, to see the bloody blade protruding from his back. His eyes fluttered closed and he fell backwards. Nikky held onto the hilt of her sword determinedly, which made explosions of pain shoot up her arm to her shoulder. The Orc slid slowly off her sword. Haldir looked at her in shock.

"Haldir!" She heard Aragorn roar. Haldir clutched at his stomach, and her hand.

"Come on!"

Black spots were forming at the corners of her eyes, as she stumbled forwards towards the Keep. Her efforts to hold on to the sword were futile, as it fell from her hand to the ground, along with her.

"My Lady! Come, we must make it to the Keep." Haldir said, gasping for breath.

With no reaction, he looked around; Nikky's eyes were closed in unconsciousness, no wonder she hadn't been moving as he tugged on her hand.

Haldir looked round in desperation, none of his warriors were to be seen, unless they were lying dead on the ground nearby. Aragorn was standing on the wall, still calling his men in. "Aragorn!" Haldir roared.

"Haldir!" Aragorn rushed towards Haldir, striking down all the Orcs that were swarming towards the easy prey. Haldir hauled the unconscious Nikky up and struggled towards Aragorn with her in his arms. Aragorn was wielding his bloody blade extremely effectively, and there were mounds of corpses around him, and more falling. Haldir stumbled forwards; Aragorn backed after him, defending them, as they rushed into the safety of the keep.