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TTPBNLT Chapter 15
Nickel's PoV

The orcs rushed us. If there is one thing I can't stand, it is the smell of MacDonald's. In case nobody knows, I am a complete health freak. But, before the stench could completely overwhelm me, orcs started dropping. Like Flies.

"What is this?" Legolas asked.

I watched an orc vomit, and then turned away, "Food Poisoning, nothing pretty. Mandy! I forgot something. Come with me."

Torn between her wish to remain with Legolas, and her dislike of battle, Mandy fought a swift mental battle, and then followed me, but only after giving Legolas a swift kiss – almost getting shot as she did so.

I led Mandy to the kitchens and collected a frying pan and some string for tying whole chickens. Mandy ducked as I created my retrievable missile and swung it chaotically, knocking down some meat cleavers and a wash bucket. Through a large hole recently infested in the door, a draft of air blew through, putting out the remains of lunch's cook fire. I had an Idea. Minutes later, we ran to Kelsey's place on the wall.

"Kelsey." I hissed, "Here" I handed her a pair of the meat cleavers and the bucket, "stream, cold, stairs, I've got to go."

Kelsey looked at me a moment in utter confusion before understanding dawned on her face, "You know, the stream is probably frozen." A few snow flakes landed on her nose – Peter Jackson couldn't get snow and used rain in the movies. Obviously he hadn't gotten a lecture from Aragorn about Rohan's climate.

I left Mandy with Kelsey and skipped to the gate, swinging my frying pan in dangerous circles above my head. Théoden stood several yard away, so I heard him clearly when he yelled stuff. Well I heard him yell. As to what he was yelling . . . well, the guy couldn't properly annunciate to save his life.

Kelsey's PoV

"Ladders!" Mandy yelped, ducking behind Haldir.

I rolled my eyes and pulled a boomerang with sharp edges out of my bag. "The orcs are really stupid." I remarked, throwing the boomerang. It whirled trough the air and cut the rope on the ladders. "Not only do they eat at MacDonald's, but they also use thin ropes that a sharp boomerang could cut."

"Of course we know orcs are stupid." Mandy replied, ducking from one, "Hey, even I can defeat them!" Mandy puffed up her cheeks and blew one of the orcs over the wall, "See?"

I nodded vaguely, "Hey, where's Nickel?"

"Somewhere." Mandy replied before some orc nearly chopped her arm off, "Eeeahh!!! ASAULT!!! HELP!!!!"

Haldir shot the orc as it desperately clung to the wall.

"Thank you." Mandy gasped.

"You are welcome."

I looked at Mandy, "Mandy, are you . . . busy?"

"Besides avoiding getting killed – no."

"Then help me out here."

"Is this something else you and Nickel have been keeping from me?"

"No." I grabbed the bucket and meat cleavers, "Fill this up with water." I pulled out coats galore, long and short, fur and knit, small and ophilant size from my bag and put every one on until I was sweltering in the snow. I ran to the top of some stairs, Mandy sloshing the freezing water as she followed. "Dump it!" I yelled. The stairs became a smooth surface of ice. I tied the meat cleavers to my shoes and stood on the ice and rode down on my makeshift skates, killing orcs as I went - coats effectively stopping most weaponry.

Mandy fled.

Mandy's PoV

"Eeeahh!!!" I ran across the wall, knocking over several orcs. Nickel had retreated from the gate and was now near Legolas. "Eeeahh!!"

"Mandy! Stop moving!" Nickel shouted at me, letting on arrow fly at an orc.

"But Kelsey-"

"I don't care what she's doing!" Nicole grabbed me and made me sit against the wall. "Now stay"

"But-"

"Stay."

I scowled, and then my eyes grew wide. "Hey Nicole, the wall hasn't blown up yet, has it?"

She hesitated, "No . . . "

"Legolas, Shoot him!' Aragorn yelled.

Nicole and I shared a look. "Run!" We shouted. Nicole pushed me away and grabbed Legolas (who was fruitlessly shooting at the orc) by his tunic and ran away from the wall.

It blew up.

"Eeep!" I squeaked.

"Oh shut up." Nicole ordered. She seemed rather mad at herself for saving Legolas.

"You saved me" he pointed out.

"Don't make me regret it." She muttered, slightly red.

To save Nicole's face, I grabbed a shield, "Legolas!"

He turned.

I flung the shield his direction, "here, now slide down and help Gimli. He's down there."

"Why should I help Gimli?" Legolas asked, not understanding the concept of changing the subject.

I smiled sweetly.

"Oh, of course, my lady."

I smirked, this was just too easy.

"Mandy!" Kelsey came running towards me, meat cleavers, bloody and in each hand, "I heard to wall blow up, where's Haldir!"

I pointed to my left.

"Thanks" She sprinted away.

I frowned, "Hey, Nicole."

"What?"

"Guess what?" I ran behind her, "You're my new body guard!"

Kelsey's PoV

"Nobody messes with my elf!" I shouted, cutting up a few orcs along the way as I sprinted over to Haldir.

"Lady Kelsey, "He called, "is that really necessary?"

"Haldir, I know things about what happen to you by Peter Jackson's script that would make your hair curl!" I shouted, stabbing an orc.

Haldir paused for a moment, frowning, "Who is Peter Jackson?" He asked as an orc raised his crowbar thing over his head.

"Haldir!" I yelped, pulling something from my bag and throwing it at the orc. It turned out to be an incredibly sharp nail file. "Pay attention!"

He just looked at me, somewhat dumbfounded.

"Haldir!"

"Oh . .. sorry." Haldir hastily killed another orc.

"Thank you." I said sarcastically, pulling an identical sword from my bag.

"Eeeahh!!! Oh my GOSH!"

I blinked and turned towards Haldir. "Er . . . I think that's Mandy."

Nicole's PoV

"Eeeahh!!! Oh my GOSH!"

I turned, frowning. "Mandy! Get back here!"

"Oh my gosh, Oh my gosh." Mandy was rocking back and forth as she collapsed to her knees, holding her stomach.

"Mandy?" I asked, annoyed.

She didn't answer.

"Mandy!"

"What's wrong?" Kelsey ran up, Haldir on her heels.

"Mandy's . . . I don't know!"

Mandy moaned

"Mandy, are you dying?" Kelsey prodded Mandy's arm, dropping her bag.

She looked up at us, pale, "Nicole." Her voice was hoarse, "Why didn't you tell me?"She grabbed Kelsey's bag, pressing it to her heart.

"Tell you what?" I asked, bewildered and starting to seriously worry.

"Why didn't . . . didn't you tell me . . ."

"Mandy," I hissed, "What didn't I tell you?"

Mandy looked up, pupils unnaturally large, "Why didn't you tell me there would be dead people?"

The sound of the battle became the only sound around us. Haldir killed an orc.

"What?"

"THERE ARE DEAD PEOPLE!" Mandy shrieked, pointing at some elf's corpse. "OH MY GOSH THERE ARE DEAD PEOPLE!"

"Mandy, I said slowly, "you do realize that we're in the middle of a battle, right?"

"Yes" Mandy whimpered.

"What happens when you're in a battle?" Kelsey asked.

"People get killed?" Mandy asked, desperately hoping to get this right.

"Yes," I took a deep breath, "and what happens when people are killed?"

"They die." Mandy answered slowly.

"And therefore," Kelsey offered

Mandy frowned, and then brightened, "OH! Wait . . ." Mandy looked around and screamed, "DEAD PEOPLE!"

I slapped my forehead s she leapt up and ran around screaming until she ran into Haldir. She was about to scream even more, but Théoden cut her off.

"ALL BA!"

"What did he say?' Kelsey asked.

"FA ACK!"

"He said 'fall back'." Haldir pulled us toward the keep, slaying what orcs were in the way.

"Oh . . . someone grab Mandy, and let's get out of here!" I yelled, "She's still running around!"

"DEAD PEOPLE!"

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Be prepared for another shockingly amazing, incredibly unsusual and all together blonde infested chapter in a few weeks.