Chapter 5
Primrose drew her sword and she and Thorin circled each other. Soon they were sparring and Thorin was amazed at the difference Primrose's new sword made to her sparring.
"That sword seems to have been made for you. It's perfect for you," Thorin said, at the end of their sparring.
"I quite agree," Primrose said.
She sheathed her sword and returned to where her bedroll was.
"You were very impressive against Uncle," Kili said.
"Thanks," Primrose said.
As it was getting late the two thought they would go to bed. But before they could even think about preparing for bed there were suddenly Orcs everywhere. In the confusion that followed Kili and Primrose became separated and Primrose was swung up on to the saddle of a warg by a warg rider. At that the orcs swiftly withdrew from the camp. Primrose hadn't even had time to scream. She hoped Kili would come and rescue her and would realize she'd been taken prisoner.
"Azog is going to be very pleased that we've captured you," the orc who had grabbed Primrose said.
"What would he want with me?" Primrose asked, "I'm just a hobbit no one special," she said.
"You're courting Kili, nephew of Thorin Oakenshield so you are a valuable hostage," the orc said.
Primrose fell silent realizing she was in serious trouble. After what seemed like a long time the Orcs arrived back at Dol Guldor. Primrose was pulled off the warg and slung onto the floor in front of Azog. The orc spoke to Azog in orcish and Azog looked at Primrose and smiled cruelly.
"I know your lover and his uncle will be coming to save you. When they come I will kill them and your lover's brother and end the line of Durin," Azog said.
Primrose glared defiantly at Azog determined not to show fear in front of him.
"For now I'd like to know what you know about the quest," Azog said.
"I don't know anything," Primrose said, "And even if I did why should I tell you," she ended.
"You will tell me or else things will become very unpleasant for you," Azog growled.
Primrose glared at him and said nothing.
"BOLG," Azog shouted.
Another white Orc appeared and approached Azog.
"I want you to make this Hobbit talk. She's being very uncooperative," Azog growled.
"My pleasure, father," Bolg said.
He gestured and two Orcs grabbed Primrose and dragged her after Bolg.
'Oh Kili I hope you get here soon,' Primrose thought.
Back at the camp after the orcs had gone the dwarves gathered and Thorin did a headcount. That was when Kili realized Primrose wasn't there. He frantically looked around for her but she was nowhere to be seen.
"Kili do you know where Primrose is?" Thorin asked him.
"No and I'm wondering the same thing. Do you think the Orcs could have taken her?" Kili said.
"I'm beginning to think that that is the case," Thorin said gravely.
"We must rescue her," Kili said.
"We don't know where they may have taken her," Thorin said.
"We need our burglar," Kili said.
"They have taken Primrose to Dol Guldor," Gandalf said, suddenly appearing, "Radagast is following them," he added.
"Fili, Kili and I will go to Dol Guldor and rescue Primrose. Gandalf you must lead the others to Rivendell. We will catch up to you when we've rescued Primrose," Thorin said.
"As you wish," Gandalf said.
Kili, Fili and Thorin immediately set off in the direction of Dol Guldor. Kili was sick with worry but didn't dare voice his thoughts to Thorin.
After a hard ride the three dwarves approached Dol Guldor and as they dismounted screams suddenly rang out.
"Mahal that's Primrose," Kili gasped in horror.
The three dwarves carefully made their way into Dol Guldor.
"If Azog is here he is mine," Thorin said.
"I will kill any orc who's hurting Primrose," Kili said.
Fili knew why but didn't say anything.
"We will all kill those that are hurting our burglar," Thorin said.
All three dwarves had drawn their swords and they crept through Dol Guldor. When they encountered orcs they quickly killed them. Every so often they heard Primrose screaming and it made Kili furious knowing the one he loved was being hurt. Finally her screams were so loud that they knew she was in a nearby room. Approaching a nearby doorway Kili cautiously poked his head into the room. He withdrew it at once and looked at Fili horror on his face.
"They are whipping her. Her back is torn to ribbons. I'm going to kill them. KILL them," Kili said. He put his sword away and drew his bow. Quietly loading it Kili moved so he could aim into the room. All the orcs started when he fired his first shot. Grimly Kili fired again and again being careful not to hit Fili or Thorin who had rushed into the room to engage the orcs with their swords. The orc whipping Primrose was large and white but it was quickly apparent it was not Azog. Suddenly Kili had to drop his bow and draw his sword as an orc engaged him. For a few moments everything was a whirl of clanging swords.
"Drop your weapons or I'll kill her," Azog's voice suddenly rang out.
He was standing by Primrose holding a knife to her throat. Kili let out a low growl and went to lunge at Azog but was stopped by Fili.
Angrily the three dwarves dropped their weapons.
"Well well Thorin son of Thrain we meet again," Azog said.
"Let the Halfling go. I'm the one you want," Thorin said.
"She's told us a lot of interesting things about you and your quest. My son's whip soon loosened her tongue. Bolg you can let her go now . We have want we want," Azog said.
Primrose's bonds were loosened and she was shoved away from the post she'd been tied to. She tried to cover herself up so the dwarves wouldn't see her nakedness and stumbled towards the door. Seeing Kili's bow lying where he'd discarded it when he drew his sword she carefully and quietly picked it up then looked around for some arrows. Out of the corner of his eye Kili saw what Primrose had done and slowly moved his foot pushing his quiver towards her. None of the orcs noticed the slight movement and Primrose had left the room moments later. He had noticed that she'd lost her clothes and had deliberately averted his eyes knowing she'd be embarrassed if he saw anything. He knew Thorin and Fili would have done the same.
Suddenly arrows were flying and the orcs around the dwarves dropped. The dwarves grabbed their weapons and Thorin flung himself at Azog while Kili and Fili engaged Bolg. After a few moments of fighting Azog and Bolg flung the dwarves away and turned and fled.
"COWARDS" Thorin roared after them.
Kili had turned to see where Primrose was and couldn't see her.
"Primrose?" he called out.
"I'm just outside the room. Don't ask me to come in. I need clothes," Primrose said.
"You were amazing," Kili said.
He quickly relieved the orcs of some of their garments then tossed the garments out the door.
"See if some of those will fit. They'll do until we get back to camp. You've got some spare stuff there right?" Kili said.
"Yeah but its only underwear," Primrose said.
"You can wear a pair of my breeches and one of my shirts," Kili said.
Primrose liked the sound of that. His clothes would have his scent on them and she loved his scent. She pulled on some of the orcs garments then started into the room the dwarves were in only to collapse after going through the door way. Her back was bleeding badly and she was weak from blood loss. It had taken a huge effort to fire the arrows that had killed the orcs around the dwarves.
"Prim," Kili cried out rushing over to her.
"We need to get her to the others. Oin can help her," Fili said.
Kili gathered Primrose into his arms and the three dwarves hurried out of Dal Goldur, Fili picking up Kili's bow and quiver and gathering Kili's arrows, pulling them out of the orcs they were in. When the dwarves reached their ponies they mounted, Kili putting Primrose in front of him. A frantic ride ensued but finally they rejoined the rest of the company.
"Oin Primrose is hurt. Badly," Thorin said.
Kili had dismounted his pony and lifting Primrose off the saddle he placed her on the ground face down. Oin was at her side in an instant. Using a knife he removed the orc garments so he could assess Primrose's injuries. Her back, rump and thighs were a mess of torn raw flesh.
"She hasn't been defiled has she?" Kili asked urgently.
He had to know as he couldn't bare it if the orcs had taken Primrose in such a way. Oin gently parted Primrose's legs and examined her.
"No thank Mahal she has not. If she had been she'd have been torn and bruised," Oin said.
"Thank Mahal for that," Kili said.
He had looked away knowing Primrose would not want him to see her most intimate parts until they were married. Oin closed Primrose's legs then applied a salve to Primrose's injuries and used the orc garments to make bandages which he bound her wounds with. Primrose groaned as he did this, the pain bringing her round.
"Primrose needs to rest as she's lost a fair bit of blood. Not enough to kill her but enough that she's very weak. She will recover. I would suggest we make camp here for the night so she can rest," Oin said.
So the dwarves set up camp and Kili went over to where they would have their bedrolls. There he found a spare pair of breeches and a shirt and gave them to Primrose. She found her spare underwear when Kili gave her her bag and slowly and carefully got dressed. The other dwarves gave her privacy.
"Just so you know they didn't violate you," Kili told her when he rejoined her.
"H..how do you know?" Primrose stammered, wondering how he knew.
"Oin examined you. I hope you don't mind. I looked away," Kili said.
"That's ok. I'm glad they didn't take my virginity," Primrose said.
"I'm very glad too. You are MINE and MINE only. I will be the one to take your virginity when the time is right," Kili said.
He had said this very quietly so Thorin wouldn't hear. Once Primrose was dressed Fili joined her and gave her her sword which he'd recovered before they left Dol Guldor.
"This goes so much better with your shirt and pants than it did my dress," Primrose remarked to Kili.
"Just rest quietly tonight. I will have to be on watch with Fili but you should sleep," Kili said.
"I want to be with you," Primrose protested.
"You need to rest," Kili said firmly.
In the end Primrose agreed to rest. Kili bought her dinner to her and the two sat quietly to eat.
"Thank you for saving me," Primrose said.
"I wasn't going to let them take you from me. No way," Kili said.
Some of the clips and clasps in her hair had come lose so Kili refastened them for her after he'd finished eating then gently nuzzled into her being careful not to hurt her. Primrose smiled despite the pain she was in. Once they were done eating Kili took their plates and utensils back to Bombur. When he returned to their bedrolls Primrose was lying down inside her bedroll and her eyes were closed.
"Sleep well Prim," Kili said.
He joined the other dwarves and enjoyed some pipe weed with them. They were getting closer to Rivendell every day and Kili was getting more and more excited as he knew more than ever that he wanted to marry Primrose while they were there. When he had been travelling to Dol Guldor the thought of losing Primrose had made him feel sick. He was 100 percent in love with her and couldn't imagine his life without her.
"Penny for them?" Fili asked Kili.
" Fili I've realized I'm 100 percent in love with Prim," Kili said.
"I can see that. So are there going to be wedding bells when we get to Rivendell?" Fili said.
"I sure hope so," Kili said.
"Uncle still doesn't know how you and Prim feel about each other. Mahal help you when he finds out," Fili said.
"Uncle isn't going to find out until we have gotten married. There won't be anything he can do. Primrose will be an honorary dwarven princess," Kili said.
Inside he was a little concerned about how Thorin would react to finding out he'd taken Primrose as his wife. His plan was for them to get married and Thorin to just find out.
"We've still got a long way to go to get to Rivendell. And Primrose is pretty badly hurt. She needs to focus on healing," Fili cautioned.
"Primrose can't die. She just can't. I'll die if she dies," Kili said.
It would break his heart to lose Primrose and he knew he wouldn't be able to carry on living if she wasn't there beside him.
"I'm sure Primrose will be fine," Fili said.
"I'm going to go and check on her," Kili said.
He returned to his bedroll and found that Primrose was asleep and sleeping soundly. A check on her dressings found that there was some oozing from her wounds but not too much. Kili quietly left her and rejoined Fili.
"You know I haven't shown her the rune stone Mama gave me yet," Kili said.
"I miss Mama," Fili said.
Both Kili and Fili were close to their mother, Dis as they had grown up with only her as their parent. Thorin was like a father to them as their father had died while Dis was pregnant with Kili.
"I wish I had been able to know Papa," Kili said.
"He died a heroic death you know that," Fili said.
Their father had died in battle against a marauding band of orcs and goblins defending a very pregnant Dis and a just turned 5 Fili. Fili barely remembered his father.
"What do you think Mama will think of Prim?" Kili asked.
"I dunno," Fili said.
Inside he hoped their mother liked Primrose as when they met Primrose would be her daughter in law.
"Will you be my attendant when Prim and I get married?" Kili asked Fili.
"I'd love to. Who will Prim's attendant be?" Fili asked.
"I don't know," Kili said.