Title: Simply Complicated Lives.

Summary: Elladan, Elrohir, Estel and Legolas go on a simple camping trip, but vacations are never simple for these friends. Meeting new dangers and evils on life's long road of worry, doubt, and fear can drive any on to utter pain and agony, and sometimes even death.

Disclaimer: I do not own LOTR or any of the characters of the book or movie, nor do I own the merchandise it has provided. Those belong to J.R.R. Tolkien and the Tolkien estate.

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Chapter Two: ...Not For Enemies

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"What is it that you think your doing?"

Elrohir looked up at his twin, "Shhh." he whispered.

"What is it?" Legolas asked leaning close to the twins before Elrohir put a hand up to silence him.

Estel looked at them confused before he knelt beside his friend. "Legolas what is it."

"Shhh!"

He frowned but tried to look where Elrohir was staring. Lining up his eyesight with that of his brother's Estel gasped in shock. "Orcs."

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Elladan looked down at Elrohir. Concern growing at the battle that was sure to come welled up in him. "How long have they been here?"

"Long enough." Elrohir replied. "They know we're here, they are atleast five minutes away now."

Legolas put his hand on his long elven blade, un-sheathing it. "Ready yourselves... how many are there Elrohir?"

"From what I could tell... forty of them." Elrohir replied.

Estel's eyes widened but he tried to bite down his panic, "So, we just... attack them?"

"Keep to the strategy we taught you Estel and you'll be fine." Elrohir whispered. "Get your weapons, ready yourself for a fight."

Elladan watched his brother silently tredge to where his weapons lay, "Legolas... Elrohir and I will fight around you and Estel... try to keep the blunt of them away from him."

"So our usual line up isn't applying this time?" Legolas asked when Estel returned.

Elrohir shook his head, the usual back-to-back-to-back triangle they formed would not be good enough now. "I will go out first, Elladan can get what get past me, then you what get past him, Estel you take what get past Legolas."

"If we get close together, than we go back-to-back-to-back-to-back combat, understood?" Elladan asked, receiving nods from his brothers and friend he sighed. "Head out then. Elrohir, be careful."

Elrohir nodded before standing and walking out into open.

"Look, a lone elfie... perhaps he's out to fight us?" the orc asked.

Elrohir swallowed down his panic and fear, putting a grim line on his face, "I don't think you should underestimate me quite yet."

From behind the elf came the rest of the group and the battle began...

TBC