No, unfortunately neither lilygirl7707 nor I own anything to do with Lord of the Rings... Cause if we did, then we'd be rolling in money... But we're not.

Sorry this took so long!

Legolas was once more dragged in to the hall, through the gloomy halls once more. This time, the journey was much less long, they only went a floor above before they arrived in another cell. The guards didn't even enter the room, they simply heaved Legolas on to the floor and left. The door closed behind them wind a foreboding Bang.

This one was a replica of the room that Legolas had spent the night in and it seemed empty at first. As Legolas stood, he got the sensation that he was being watched, that there was someone in the room with him. However, no matter how hard he stared in to the corners, he could not spot anyone.

"Regulus sent you?" came a deep, throaty voice that echoed around the room so Legolas could not tell where it had originated from.

"Who?" Legolas called out, still unsure of where to look.

"The leader. The one calling the shots," the voice came again in the same manner.

"The big, beefy, ugly one?" Legolas asked again.

"Yes, that's the one," the voice answered with a dry laugh. "Now, it's my turn to ask you a question. Why are you here?"

"Apparently, I need to learn some manners."

"And do you?"

"Well, I don't think so. If anyone needs to learn manners, it's Regulus."

"That," a shadow started to move in the far corner, "I can agree with."

The shadow stood and Legolas could finally see who he'd been talking to. The man was all skin and bones; he had the look of someone who had once been muscular, but quickly lost weight due to starvation. His eyes were sunk back far in to his head and were staring in to Legolas's dully, as if life had lost all meaning. His hair was matted against his head with dirt and his skin clung his bones.

"So, you're Atticol, are you?" Legolas said after he took in the man's appearance.

"Score one for...?" Atticol answered with a question.

"Legolas," he answered.

"Legolas, huh? Good name, Legolas is a good name..." Atticol trailed off but continued to stare at Legolas, thinking. He remained motionless for several minutes, Legolas started to shift his weight uncomfortably.

The people here seem to have a thing with staring at me, Legolas thought as the minutes dragged on.

"Isn't it bad manners to stare? And I'm here to 'learn' manners, aren't I?" Legolas finally broke the silence.

"Ah, yes. That's why they all come, but they never stay. They're always rushing them through," Atticol seemed to have descended in to a state of insanity. "No one ever stays, did you know that? They always learn their lesson and leave! No 'thank you', no 'good job', just here's another prisoner! Teach him how to survive!"

"Atticol? Are you all right?" Legolas started to slowly step away from the other prisoner, he started to fear what Atticol may do in his moment of insanity.

"Me? Oh, I'm fine. Why wouldn't I be? Nothing's ever wrong. Nothing. I mean, how could anything ever be wrong?" Atticol started screaming at Legolas. "Answer me that! HOW COULD ANYTHING, EVER BE WRONG?"

At this point, the echoes were deafening. The guards opened the door and attempted to restrain Atticol who was now attempting to throw himself against the wall.

"Well, looks like he's going to the dark side, boys," said Regulus who had just entered the cell. In response, one of the guards drew his sword and stuck it in to Atticol's body. Almost immediately, Atticol's body went limp as the life left him.

"That's a shame," Regulus sighed, then turned to the guards, "Get the body out of here, dump it in the river or something. Then, take this scum back to his cell."

Regulus remained inside the cell as his goons removed the body.

"Everyone here breaks one way or another. You don't have a choice. The only choice you have is which way. Think about it, elf. Do you really want to end up like Atticol?" Regulus took his leave, letting the question hang in the air.

Lily: Smiley needs to watch Shutter Island, while writing, more often.

Voice: No, no she doesn't.

Lily: What a blood thirsty chapter.

Voice: Yes let's just kill the old man.

Lily: EXACTLY!

Voice: SARCASM, something i believe you're familiar with.