When Legolas awoke the following morning the first thing he noticed was the warmth and smell of a fire. He opened his eyes to see an open flame before him. He looked around and tried to sit up but the pain kept him on the ground.

"You should not take your injury so lightly my friend" he heard a familiar voice say in elvish. Aragorn's presence no doubt surprised him He looked through the fire and saw his friend.

"I do no take it lightly" Legolas returned in his native tongue, "I simply forgot". He said this weakly, but Aragorn could tell he was doing a lot better then he was the night before. He even questioned a few times if is elven friend would make it.

"You should be fine by tomorrow" he told Legolas, whom he could tell was trying to asses the damage the orcs arrow had done to him.

Something in Aragorn's words sparked the memories of the previous night, "We do not have until tomorrow" Legolas said gravely, "We must leave, now!"

As Legolas tried to stand on his own, he found it harder to do so then he thought. Aragorn stood and helped him to his feet, "What are you talking about?"

"The orcs know that Théoden is going to Helm's Deep" Legolas said remembering, "Saruman must have been told by Grimer"

Aragorn could not believe what he was hearing. If Legolas heard right, Théoden was walking into a trap. "We have to get to Théoden before Saruman does". Legolas nodded in agreement.

"Perhaps I should go alone" Aragorn said, thinking it may be the right thing.

Legolas smiled and shook his head, "But who will be there to protect you?" he said jokingly. Aragorn laughed.

Soon the fire had been put out and the men and elf were headed towards their horses. They ran for awhile until Aragorn forced Legolas to take a break. The elf refused to stop so they compromised by walking. Legolas found this an appropriate time to ask Aragorn why and how he was there.

"After the first day Théoden decided that he could not wait any longer " Aragorn started, "I asked him to wait just one more day to see if you returned with good news. But my words were no match to Théoden's stubbornness. They yesterday afternoon, but I came out here to find you. Lucky I did, you would have been dead if it weren't for me."

Legolas laughed at his friends self righteousness, "It's only fair considering the many times I have stood between you and death" Legolas mocked "And you still can't beat me in a race". As he said this Legolas broke into a run towards the horses. He did this mostly because of the severity of the situation and he felt that they should be making for Helm's Deep with all haste. But a small part of him also wanted to take Aragorn off of his pedestal. He could hear his human friends footfalls behind him. It took Aragorn a few seconds to emerge from the tree line after Legolas, but the two made it in swift time.

As Legolas mounted his horse he remembered his injured shoulder. Aragorn was right, it would be better by days end, but unfortunately it was not yet days end. The pain was great and reached all the way through his chest. Aragorn could see his friends discomfort but knew no matter what he said, he could not sway Legolas from coming.

Legolas took a deep breath and focused on pushing the pain to the back of his mind. He had to be able to have the task at hand in the forefront of his mind. All that mattered now was warning Théoden and his people. Once the elf had achieved in blocking out his pain, he set forth with his human friend to warn the people of Rohan of their coming enemies.