Disclaimer is as stated in chap 2.
Hope you enjoy the story so far! Please continue reading it, more chapters to come after this. Pls note that " Mercandan" is a self created name, i doubt it exists. Haha.
Aragorn would be meeting the Lord this day, after much hesitation. During noon, Aragorn sneaked out of the house again. He ran to the exact same street where he met the Orc. Once again, he found no orc, but the streets weren't bustling with people this time round. He searched high and low for the Orc, all of a sudden, he saw a silhouette approaching him.
" Are you the Orc? " Aragorn asked out loud. After the silhouette shifted out of the shadow, Aragorn saw the Orc. Aragorn heaved a sigh of relief upon seeing the Orc, and a smile formed on his face.
" Bring me to see your Lord. I want my friend to fully regain his memory in his past life. So far, he has been responding well, " explained Aragorn. The Orc smiled at him, showing his yellowish-black and rotten teeth.
" Follow me. Remember, don't tell anyone the route to see my Lord, or else, he won't meet you ever again. " warned the Orc. Aragorn agreed.
Meanwhile, the lab results were delivered to Lord Elrond's house. Lord Elrond signed on the paper and accepted the envelope, which contained the lab results. Eagerly, the twin brother gathered at Lord Elrond's side, trying to peer over their father's shoulders and see the results.
Lord Elrond went back into the living room, sat on his favourite arm chair and unsealed the envelope carefully. As the envelope was fully opened, Lord Elrond put his hand in and pulled out the pieces of paper. On the first sheet of paper, it showed the chemicals/ products found in the tested spoon. The trio glanced quickly down the list. The first few products, were the usual detergent, the different alloys, etc... As they approached the end of the list, flipping to the next page, an unknown and weird chemical was mentioned. The scientist determined it as " Mercandan ", a toxic. Elladan fished out his iPhone and did a Google search.
Mercandan had been developed by orcs and longed banned from the medical industry. Though it helped in regaining memories from the past lives, the chemical would cause its victims to be extremely sleepy, have hallucinations and worst of for elves, lose their special healing ability. Hence, as a result, Mercandan was banned by elves in the medical industry.
" So this is causing Legolas to be sleeping more than usual! " exclaimed Elrohir.
" Since this has been banned, how did Aragorn get it? Unless... Unless... Unless he... " said Elladan.
" Unless he met orcs and orcs tempted him. " continued Lord Elrond. " If he really trust those orcs, Legolas could be in serious trouble. Needless to say about Aragorn, he might be used as a pawn by the orcs. How can Aragorn be so foolish? " added Lord Elrond, shaking his head in frustration.
On the other hand, Aragron had reached the Lord's residence, high up on a mountain. It was a long and tiring journey up to the mountain, climbing flights after flights of stairs. Once he entered the Lord's room, he was welcomed by a strong smell of a perfume. Though fragrant, the perfume was actually meant to hypothesise Aragron and make him listen to every single word the Lord said. Aragorn instantly became drawn to listening to what the Lord had to say, obeying every single word as if he was a slave.
" Convince your companion ( Gimli ) that what you are doing it right and bring your friend ( Legolas ) along next time you see me! " commanded the Lord. Aragorn didn't even dare to look into the eye of the Lord. He merely kept nodding his head, obeying everything.
" Now come closer. Your friend will only regain his memory of his past life, if you bring him here and I will have a special way of treating him to let him remember. He might hate you for some time, but eventually your aim would be achieved. " explained the Lord.
" Yes, I understand. I will do it immediately. " answered Aragorn. With that, Aragorn left without saying any word. His priority was to convince Gimli and make Gimli support his actions. Only the Orc and his Lord were together.
" That foolish human. I didn't know it was so easy to trick him. He is even more naive than elves! " laughed the Orc.
" You bet! Once the elf is here, we would use him as a bait to lure his father and brothers out. " said the determined Lord.
" Will you really let him regain his memory, my Lord? " asked the Orc.
" I will definitely keep my promise, but you know what it means if he wants to regain his memory. The pain he would have to undergo. The hatred he would have for his human friend! Thinking of it, it thrills me! " assured the Lord. Laughter emerged from the room, as both laughed continuously, thinking about how successful their plan had been.
Back at Lord Elrond's, the few discussed about the matter. The boys have just invited Gimli to sit in and listen to their plan.
" Aragorn will most probably continue. He is really desperate, and wants Legolas to remember everything! " confirmed Gimli who knew Aragorn's character extremely well.
" I think likewise. We need to protect Legolas at all cost. Aragorn should be monitored too, we have to stop him from meeting the orcs. I believe everytime he goes missing because he went to meet the orcs, or else how would he know the place so well to go out so often..." supported Elrohir.
" Legolas would be back this weekend. I think all of us should sit down and have a good chat. As of now, stop Aragorn from leaving the house. " Lord Elrond said. There was nothing the few of them could do, because they didn't know the orcs' plan, neither do they know what Aragron's next step would be.