Here we go! Long awaited chapter and I hope it's been worth the wait! I'm sorry if the layout of this seems a little strange, I've had to change the programme that I write on temporarily!

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In Goblin Town:

'Bring them to me alive, but I do not care if they are little worse for wear,' The Goblin king cackled.

Thorin heard whispers amongst his men, mainly of worry for Daisy and Bilbo but also of an escape plan.

'Thorin, lad,' Balin whispered in his ear. 'I know your thoughts are only about Daisy, but we need to rescue ourselves before we even think of rescuing them.'

'Uncle, Bilbo is with her, it'll be alright.' Kili told Thorin. As much as he loved his nephew, Thorin couldn't help the frustrated growl that came from his throat.

'Kili, nothing will ever be alright, not until both of them are safe and sound. I promised Daisy I would look after her, and at the first sign of danger I abandon her!' Thorin ran a hand through his hair and let out a deep sigh.

'Separate the dwarves, I don't want them plotting.' The Goblin King ordered and Thorin and the others were dragged apart roughly by goblins. Thorin was pushed against Dwalin and Ori, who was not attempting to hide the look of fear on his face.

'The scouts have found nothing, your most highly-' A goblin began timidly from the shadows.

'SEARCH DOWN BELOW.' The King roared. 'I WANT THEM FOUND.' Thorin felt Ori wince at the echoing noise and placed a firm hand on the younger dwarf's shoulder. He quickly withdrew it when Ori's shocked expression met his, maybe he was going too soft.

'Thorin,' Dwalin whispered in his ear. 'By down below, they mean the chasms. If they haven't been found anywhere-,'

'No, Dwalin. I am positive that those scouts will not bring back bodies.' Thorin replied, half to himself. He wasn't allowing himself to think that his Daisy was no longer with him, though the chasms were deep and dark- no creature could survive such a fall.

'Of course Thorin.' Dwalin mumbled. 'We need to plan, I'll try and get the other's attentions. Perhaps if we take down the guards first, the King seems too busy to notice us at the minute.'

'You forget we have no weapons,' Thorin reminded him. There truly seemed no way out. Thorin heard Dwalin let out a sigh of frustration behind him. Thorin looked over to Dori and Balin, who seemed to be talking quietly. Dori was sending glances over to Ori to make sure he was alright, until he caught Thorin's eye. Thorin gave a quick nod to say he was watching him.

'Thank-you,' Dori mouthed and Thorin nodded. It was the least he could do. And Daisy would murder him if something happened to her dear friend.

Thorin's head was swimming with thoughts of Daisy. And Bilbo. Daisy had seemed so fragile in the cave before the fall, he wasn't sure she would be unharmed when they found her. If they found her. Thorin knew he musn't think like that, but as the hours dragged on and no words were heard from the scouts Thorin began to grow restless. By now Daisy could either be dead or dying.

'Thorin, calm down. She's going to be alright.' Dwalin shook his king.

'Get off me.' Thorin replied gruffly. Dwalin shook his head. Yes he was concerned for the lass but he was more worried about his king; Thorin wasn't focusing.

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Thorin was growing restless. They had been cut off from comunicating with the others, Daisy and Bilbo had still not been found and he did not dare to think how many hours had passed since their capture.

'We have to make a move. The Great Goblin is distracted.' Ori's small voice told Thorin. Thorin looked and found that the Goblin King was indeed too preoccupied with sorting out several small goblins than watching them.

'Aye lad. That we do,' Dwalin said, giving young Ori a pat to his shoulder. 'The question is; what move do we make?'

Thorin supposed he should have been grateful and relieved when he was knocked backwards by a blinding light, caused by a lone figure that could only have been Gandalf. However he couldn't stop the feeling of anger bubbling through him: Where the bloody hell had the wizard been?

'Take up arms and fight!' Gandalf shouted to them. 'Fight!'

Thorin didn't need telling twice. He picked himself up and pushed his way to the pile of weapons. Swinging Orcrist around he killed several goblins with one swing. Glad to be moving again, he channeled all his rage into killing the foul creatures before him.

'Thorin!' Gandalf called over the goblins. 'We must hurry. Follow me!' Thorin made sure everyone had managed to get free of the goblin swarm before following the wizard. They ran out the way they came, swinging at goblins which jumped infront of them. Thorin glanced behind him and felt his heart sink when he saw the swarm of goblins following them.

'Gandalf, where are you leading us?' Thorin shouted as they ran.

'Out!' The wizard replied briskly before turning a sharp corner. 'Is everybody here?' Thorin looked away for a moment. 'Thorin?' Gandalf had slowed down and Thorin satred at him.

'Don't slow down you old man!' He said, astonished. 'Or else we shall all perish!'

'Tell me who is missing,' Gandalf ordered.

'Master Baggins...and...Daisy,' Thorin had to choke out the last bit. When Gandalf didn't reply straight away Thorin wanted to scream at the wizard. What if he knew something they didn't?

'They are alive.' Gandalf said suddenly as he ran a goblin through. Thorin almost stopped still. Daisy was alive!

'Master Gandalf! They are gaining on us!' Dori cried as he dodged a goblin's sword.

'Across the bridge!' Gandalf shouted.

'What bridge?' Kili asked, staring at the empty space between them and the next platform. Gandalf cut a rope from above a platform fell from above, creating a bridge.

'It would seem that bridge dear brother,' Fili smirked as he hurried across.

'Now is not the time for teasing you two,' Thorin warned. The goblins were getting ever closer, and they didn't seem any nearer to leaving.

When the Goblin King burst up from a platform, Thorin thought he might explode from anger.

'You think you could escape me wizard?' He chuckled darkly. 'I suppose you are planning to kill me now. It will take much more than courage on your behalf-' Gandalf took a swing of his sword and cut the King's stomach.

'Well,' Kili whispered behind Thorin.

'That'll do it,' The Goblin King said dazed, before Gandalf slit his throat. Unfortunately the weight of the King sent their little platform tumbling down into the chasm below. Thorin held on tight to whatever was in his reach, and he felt himself falling deeper into the darkness. He couldn't help the grunt of pain that escaped his mouth when they landed heavily, but he was thankful that the platform had cushioned most of the impact.

'Well that could have been worse,' Bofur said cheerfully. Dwalin grumbled something in reply, and Thorin heard several groans as others tried to remove themselves from the rubble.

There was a loud bang and Thorin felt something heavy push the wood above him down, and realised with horror that it was the Goblin King's body.

'You have got to be joking,' Bofur wheezed out, and Thorin heard Fili insult the grumbling dwarf.

'Gandalf!' Came a sharp cry and Thorin hauled himself towards the wizard. Kili had been the one to shout out, and now Thorin could see why. Far above them was the sound of scuttling, and they could see what looked like thousands of goblins streaming towards them.

'Only one thing can save us now; daylight! Run!' Gandalf told them urgently and no one needed telling twice. Thorin pulled his youngest nephew to his feet before running after the rest of the company. Gandalf seemed to know where he was going and Thorin wasn't going to question the old man's instincts if it got them out alive.

'Ori keep up,' Dori ordered as he took of hold of his brother's clothing. Thorin cast a glance back to make sure the two were still with the company, and let out a sigh of relief when he realised no one was missing.

Goblin screeches could be heard from all sides now and the company quickened their pace. Thorin noticed that the caves were beginning to get lighter, for he could now see the back of Fili clearly, and the air seemed cleaner to breathe.

'Oomph!' He heard someone shout and the entire company grounded to a halt.

'What's going on now, we need to get out of here,' Thorin growled as he made his way to the front.

'Miss Daisy!' He heard the unmistakable voice of the wizard say. Thorin forgot all the anger he held towards the wizard for stopping when he heard those two words.

'Daisy!' He bellowed and swept past the wizard to take Daisy into his arms. She was shaking, he noticed, but the feeling of knowing she was safe and in his arms was all that mattered at that moment. 'We have to keep moving!'

Thorin felt Daisy bury her face into his neck and it took all his self control not to stop and comfort her right there and then. Fili was to his right and dragging his brother along.

'For Mahal's sake Kili now is not the time to stop and have a rest!' Fili shouted.

'Hush! I thought I saw something in the shadows.' Kili replied, looking towards the passageway that Daisy had appeared from.

'Whatever you saw lad we can't stop and look now, and chances are it won't ever matter if you saw something in those shadows. I do not think any of us will return to this place soon,' Dwalin told the boys sternly. 'Now we must move or I fear Thorin will loose his mind.'

And with that they were running again, Kili looking back at the passageway: certain he had seen something crawl back into the light. But Dwalin was right; It wasn't as if it was going to matter once they had left this place.

Thorin and the company had to shield their eyes when they at last reached the exit of the caves. Never before had the daylight been so welcoming and the air so sweet. As much as he wanted to, Thorin knew they couldn't stop just yet. They had to put at least a little difference between them and the Misty Mountains before darkness fell otherwise they would be easy prey for the goblins who strayed from the mountains. However it seemed the dwarves had other ideas, for soon they were tiring and falling behind.

'Thorin I think it best if we rested a little and then carried on.' Gandalf breathed heavily from his right. His voice was heavy and serious and Thorin had almost completely forgotten that the wizard had been close to the hobbit that was still missing. It was natural that he should show some grief.

'We rest here.' Thorin ordered and slowed his pace. He carried Daisy over to a rock and set her down gently, noticing that she had multiple cuts on her delicate face and hands.

'We'll look for food,' Fili suggested. Thorin had almost forgotten they had no supplies and was suddenly very grateful for his nephew's suggestion.

'Daisy, Daisy you're safe now. It's ok.'Thorin whispered, noticing the tears that were ready to fall from her eyes. She wasn't looking at him properly and Thorin feared that she'd hit her head seriously.

'B-bilbo,' She choked out after a while and Thorin couldn't help the pang of jealousy that hit him. He was immediately ashamed of his thoughts; of course Daisy was going to ask about Bilbo's whereabouts, they had been lost together for Mahal's sake.

'Daisy, are you hurt? What happened?' Thorin pleaded, noticing the others crowd around them. The wizard was looking at Daisy expectantly and Thorin was becomingly increasingly annoyed; couldn't they leave them alone for one moment?

'B-bilbo, h-he's g-g-gone,' Daisy sobbed and collapsed into Thorin. Thorin began to stroke her hair in an attempt to comfort her.

'Daisy, I know it's hard but what do you mean? What has happened?' Thorin soothed.

'Daisy dear, what has become of Bilbo?' Gandalf pressed and Thorin felt he might snap at him. Didn't he know how fragile Daisy obviously was at this precise moment?

'He was stuck, told me to go on, then the thing came and said he was gone and it chased me and I ran and met you...I have to go back,' Thorin quickly enclosed his arms around her body as the last thing they needed was for her to injure herself even more trying to get back to Bilbo. 'No! No! I have to save Bilbo!' She screamed and Thorin winced, it pained him to know that something bad must have happened for her to scream like that and he was painfully reminded of the night she woke from her nightmares.

'Daisy! Daisy calm down please,' She went limp in his arms after a while and Thorin let out a sigh of relief. 'Daisy who did this to you?' He ran a hand over her head wound, and silently cursed the fact they had no medical supplies with them.

'W-we fell,' Daisy let out a muffled sob. Thorin froze when he realised what she meant. They had only got to the exit at the bottom of the mountain because they fell down with the platform. Daisy and Bilbo must have fallen somehow from Goblin Town and he didn't think they had a platform to cushion the fall. He thanked the Valar that she wasn't more injured than she was.

'Hush, don't speak now.' Thorin told her, praying she wouldn't get worked up again.

'We must look for Bilbo,' Gandalf announced, worry clearly etched in his voice.

'There's no need, I'm here.' A small voice said and Thorin snapped his head up to the sound, and felt Daisy do the in front of a tree was Bilbo, looking at little frazzled but whole nonetheless. Thorin felt Daisy try and get up but to his surprise Ori held her back. The younger dwarf nodded at Thorin, who released his grip on Daisy and got up to go to Bilbo.

Thorin was surprised at how angry he felt. There was no need to be, it wasn't right. Thorin had no idea what had happened to the hobbit and Daisy in the caves, and yet he somehow blamed the hobbit for every bad thing that happened to Daisy. He regretted the words as soon as he said them, but once again his stubbornness and pride became his dominant feature and he voiced his mind.

'What happened?' Thorin almost growled at the hobbit, noticing the change in Bilbo's facial expression. 'Why were you separated?'

'It's a long story-,' Bilbo began but Thorin cut him off.

'I don't want excuses, I want the facts. You have been waiting for your chance to leave ever since you came with us. For all I know you could have been planning to leave Daisy in the dark while you yourself escaped!' Thorin shouted, sounding harsher than he intended.

'Thorin! What does it matter-' Gandalf tried to say but Thorin knew there was no stopping him now, and waved a hand to dismiss the wizard.

'It matters. I want to know; why did you come back?'

'Look I know you doubt me, and always have. And you're right, I often think of Bag End. I miss my box; my books, my garden, my armchair. See, that's where I belong. That's home. And that's why I came back because you don't have one. A home. It was taken from you, but I will try and help you take it back. If I can.'

There was a silence among the company as Bilbo ended his little speech, and Thorin didn't want to admit it but he was mildly impressed with the hobbit. Bilbo didn't seem too injured, but Thorin wanted to know the truth.

'What happened to you both?' Thorin asked.

'I think that's best told when we all have had time to recover from the darkness in those caves.' Gandalf said solemnly. Thorin nodded reluctantly and turned back to Daisy. He was about to take her into his arms once more but a loud howl ripped through the forest. Could they never have a moments peace?

'Out of the frying pan.' Thorin growled.

'And into the fire.' Gandalf finished. 'Run!'

'Daisy, I'm going to carry you, it'll be easier for everyone.' Thorin told Daisy before picking her up. Thorin was surprised at how well she was coping; she didn't seem to be too badly hurt. But then she never did show her true emotions easily so he made a mental note to check her over thoroughly once they were safe. For now he could just pray that they could get away from danger quickly.

Thorin cursed yet again when they came to the edge of a cliff and escape seemed impossible.

'Into the trees!' Gandalf cried and Thorin thought the old man had lost his mind. He gently pushed Daisy towards Gandalf thought knowing that if anything happened to him the wizard would keep her safe.

Once he was sure that Daisy had made it into the tree, Thorin quickly scrambled up onto a branch. No sooner had he done this wargs appeared and started snapping their ankles. He tried to spy out Daisy but he couldn't see her through all the commotion about him.

A large white figure appeared on a white warg and Thorin froze. Nothing mattered at this point; the wargs at his heels could carry on snapping as long as they liked. Thorin couldn't focus on anything except the Orc in front of him.

He had killed that beast long ago. There was no way Azog the Defiler was standing before him. When he muttered something in the filthy Orc tongue however, Thorin knew that there was no mistake. He had heard that voice long ago and there was no way he could forget it. Thorin only recognised his own name and that of his father's, before the wargs started to snap at their heels again and Thorin felt the tree begin to give way.

'We're going to have to jump!' Came Nori's terrified voice and Thorin realised he was right. They would have try and get to Gandalf's tree if they wanted to have any hope of staying alive.

Thorin knew they were in trouble when they were all on Gandalf's tree, clinging for dear life. Azog's followers were snarling from below, and Thorin looked to see Daisy trembling. He wondered if she'd ever seen an orc before. Then he remembered his own memory of orcs and prayed that this would be the first and last encounter she ever had with them.

Thorin felt like he was cursed when the tree began to tilt slowly backwards. If it became horizontal, well, Thorin didn't like to think like that.

However there was no denying that the tree would eventually become horizontal, and if Azog didn't kill them first then the fall to the rocks below surely would. He needed to distract them long enough for Gandalf to think of something, anything, to get Daisy and the others to safety.

And the fact that he'd been longing to kill Azog from the moment he saw him was enough to make him pull himself from his branch and onto the trunk of the tree. He drew Orcrist slowly, trying to estimate how much time he could give the others.

'Thorin, no!' He heard a voice call and recognised it as Daisy's. He felt something shift within his heart, and knew he had to try and make it out of this alive. For her.

With that thought in his head he slowly started to run towards Azog the Defiler.

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Phew! Finally managed to get this up!

So I know that Thorin probably charged at Azog out of revenge rather than to give the others a chance to escape but I like to think it happened ;)

Updates should happen at least once a week if not more, and holidays are soon so then they will be very frequent indeed!

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