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Chapter Seven
Legolas paid no attention to the man holding him down, trying to push himself up to a sitting position. A hiss escaped his lips and the prince fell back against the man.
"Ouch…" the elf moaned more to himself than anyone else.
"Well don't do it again!" Elrohir said sarcastically, though he meant every word.
"Let us move him to the bed." Elladan broke in, knowing that the younger elf would be more comfortable there.
"Legolas…" the man called "We are going to move you, just lie still and let us to the work." The prince shook his head in protest electing a sigh of frustration form the others in the room.
"I can walk." He said, while weakly trying to struggle free of Aragorn's grip.
"No, you can't. Now be still or do you really want to be dropped." Elladan threatened as he and his twin took of the elf's arms and feet, lifting him gently up, silencing any more protests. Aragorn meanwhile supported the elf's head while still pinching his nostrils shut. To his dismay the white towel was quickly becoming stained red with the prince's life giving blood.
Legolas moaned slightly as his body was jostled. He ached everywhere.
"Gently, gently!" Aragorn said softly as they lowered the elf down onto his bed. Legolas lay on the dark covers, pale as the moon. With another whimper, Legolas moved his hand weakly to clutch at his tunic, right above his heart.
"Ada will want to know." Elladan stated, already at the door. Aragorn nodded once before turning his attention back to his friend. Elrohir meanwhile began to stock up the fire, wanting to keep the room warm.
"Does your heart hurt?" Aragorn asked softly, trying to hide his fear. The elf visibly hesitated, before nodding. Aragorn sighed heavily, checking Legolas's nose bleed again. It had finally slowed, thank the Valar. Risking releasing it, the human shifted the prince so that he was under the blankets.
"I'm sorry…" Legolas whispered, catching the man's wrist and looking straight into his gray eyes.
"What for?" Aragorn asked, frowning as he pushed his free hand against the elf throat, feeling his pulse. His touch had left a light crimson stain from Legolas's nose bleed on the creamy skin and the human wetted a second towel, dabbing the blood away.
"This…all this." The prince whispered his voice raw.
"Don't start there again, Legolas! For once and for all put these thought out of your head, Legolas Greenleaf." The man said kindly, though he doubted the elf would listen. Legolas just closed his eyes, not wanting the man to see his inner turmoil. After a moment they opened again and he glanced at Aragorn,
"I don't want my ada to know just yet." He spoke softly, his voice tired.
"Legolas, Thranduil would want to know, needs to know." Aragorn protested, still working on cleaning up the elf. "Besides, you were suppose to return when the pass was cleared, he will be expecting you soon."
"I know, but if he hears about this then he will probably panic."
"Legolas, this is your ada we are taking about!" Aragorn exclaimed, unable to see why his friend didn't want his father to know. Legolas gave the ranger an annoyed look.
"I know! But…listen, I promise I will write to him later, when my fate is sure. Till then I would rather that he didn't have needless worry." he said in explanation, bracing himself against the headboard and pushing himself upright.
"Legolas, I didn't tell you that you could sit up." Aragorn said, raising an eyebrow and gently placed a hand against the prince's shoulder, pushing him back down. He was willing to drop the subject for now, as the prince was not in the best of shape. Legolas submitted too easily for the ranger's liking, sinking back down against the pillows with a weary sigh while one hand drifting up to lightly touch his forehead.
"Forgive me. I've kept you talking when you should have been resting." Aragorn instantly said, his face creasing in worry.
"I'm alright, Estel." Legolas mummer, his eyes slipping shut as a wave of tiredness washed over him.
"Right, being poisoned makes you very healthy."
Legolas opened his eyes just enough to give the man a hard glare before closing them. They did not open again and Aragorn was unsure if the prince had simply passed out form exhaustion or fallen asleep.
For how long Legolas was out, he didn't now but when the prince awoke again, it was too the sound of rowdy laughter.
Jerking slightly as reality came flooding back, Legolas glanced around the darkly light room. The disoriented prince had a fuzzy image of what had happened, but couldn't quite grasp it. He was in Aragorn's room, but he didn't remember how he had gotten there.
The room once again was filled with boisterous laughter and Legolas looked over at his friends, struggling to sit up as he did so.
"And then Legolas…" Elrohir was currently saying
"I never stop being the subject of you jokes." Legolas broke in quickly, not sure what story was being told about him. Aragorn jumped, not having excepted his friend's voice, before swiveling around to face the elf a large grin on his face.
"Legolas, how long have you been awake?" he asked, crossing the room and sitting next to the elf.
"Not long." Legolas assured the man, before glaring at Elrohir. "Just long enough to know that I am going to have to get some revenge."
Elrohir shrugged his shoulders, smiling in a slightly nervous fashion. Elladan changed the subject, rescuing his twin.
"How are you feeling?"
"Sore." Was the one-word response that Legolas offered, shifting slightly as he did so. "Why am I in Aragorn's room anyway?" he asked, still slightly foggy.
"You were sleeping too lightly to move you." Elladan explained, sitting next to his brothers and Legolas on the bed. The prince nodded at that, the reason for being there in the first place beginning to come back.
"I'm getting up. I want to go back to my room" He said pointedly, glaring at Aragorn was if daring him to try and stop him. Aragorn frowned, not believing that the elf was ready to be up and out of bed yet. He was still quite pale… his though were interrupted when a suddenly push for Legolas landed him on the floor.
"What was that for?" The man said indigently, pushing himself back up to his feet.
"You were sitting on the blankets." Legolas said with a shrug as he threw the blankets off with his legs.
"Right…" the man whispered under his breath, holding out a hand to help Legolas up anyway. The prince stood shakily, one hand braced against the wall to keep himself up right. Aragorn quickly wrapped his fingers around the elf's arm, keeping him steady.
"Ada wanted to see you after you woke up" he said, watching the prince closely. The elf took a trembling step, and would have stumbled into the wall if not for Aragorn's supporting arm.
"Do you want one of us to carry you to your room?" Elladan asked sweetly, also rushing forward and taking his friend's other arm. "You look just a tiny bit unsteady," he finished sarcastically. Legolas shook his head in exasperation,
"I am not that bad off." He insisted.
"Yes, you are." Aragorn said firmly, squeezing his friends' shoulders gently as he gave him a disbelieving look. Legolas rolled his eyes, but let the twins and their human brother lead him out. However, the short walk to his own room proved almost too much for the young prince.
Leaning heavily on Aragorn's shoulder for support, Legolas staggered through his door sliding into the closest chair possible. He was not feeling that great anymore, his pulse was pounding and his stomach was threatening to revolt.
Aragorn frowned as Legolas curled into himself, looking significantly paler. Elladan bent down next to the elf, opening his mouth to voice his worry but just then Elrond walked in.
"It is good to see you back up, young one." The lord began. He had been in and out several times to check on the elf when he was asleep, but he had an idea and what to discuss it with the prince. "Tell me, were you feeling normal before the attack or where than any other symptoms."
"no―no, there were no other…symptoms." Legolas said, rubbing his temples wearily. Why, why was the poison beginning to attack him yet again? Couldn't it give him a break for at least the next few hours? "I was angry. I got up to leave the room and it hit." His voice was growing tight, and his hand had moved down to cover his stomach protectively.
"Go get a basin" Elrond ordered, noticing the change in the elf. Bracing Legolas's shoulder's he began to mummer comforting words to him, trying to get the elf to relax. Aragorn, meanwhile, quickly found a basin, shoving it into his father's hands.
His father took it, holding it in front of the prince's face. "A wet cloth, saes." Elrond asked, noticing how the beads of sweat building on Legolas's face. Elladan was already in action, handing a cloth to the lord before he had even finished his sentence. /please/
"Hannon le."
Legolas closed his eyes as he dealt with his stomach, his muscles tense. Aragorn carefully moved behind him, rubbing his back and shoulders in a smooth strong motion. After a few moments the prince's tense muscles began to loosen and he pushed the basin away with one hand. The nausea hadn't been as bad as it had been before and this time he was able to triumphant over his stomach.
"I'm fine." he mumbled not meting any of their eyes before painstakingly clambering to his feet and heading towards the bed. His legs buckled dangerously at first, but with help from Aragorn he made it there without trouble.
"Legolas, I must know something before you go back to sleep." Elrond continued, pressing the elf for the information he needed. Legolas nodded against the silk pillows, suddenly finding himself too tired to even speak though he had just spent the afternoon sleeping.
"What was the first thing you noticed about all you attacks? Is there any one thing that stuck out at you?"
Legolas thought about it for a second, trying to concentrate around his pounding headache.
"My heart…" the elf mumbled, drawing a blanket up and over his shoulders.
"How so?" Elrond asked patiently.
"It… speeds."
"Hannon le, Legolas," Elrond said, realizing that he wasn't going to get much more out of the prince. "Go to sleep." It didn't take long before the commanded was followed.
"Ada, did you figure something out?" Elladan asked, his eyes shining with hope. The look was mirrored on his brother's face and they quickly gathered around.
"I've been thinking about something and I believe that Legolas just confirmed it." he said softly, keeping his voice just loud enough for Aragorn to hear. He didn't want to be reason for waking the young elf in the bed.
"What, what is it?" Aragorn asked eagerly, leaning forward.
"It is nothing major, ion-nins." Elrond cautioned, "but it is a start. If his heart starts to speed up, it triggers the poison. Just now for instance, he used his body when he was tired and weak, causing it to speed up. He was than almost ill." The lord explained.
"If we can control his heart rate than we may be able to stop the poison!" Elrohir said excitedly, squeezing his twin's shoulder slightly with joy.
"I do not think it would stop the poison in the long run." Elrond voiced, not wanting to keep his son hopes to high.
"But it will give us more time." Aragorn commented a thoughtful look on his face.
"That is my hope."
"Then we will just have to keep Legolas's heart rate down." Aragorn said firmly, willing to do all he could to do just that. Unfortunately, that might be a very difficult thing to do. Legolas was a very active elf and wouldn't take to staying in bed for however long it would take to find the antidote.
TBC…
Well, it looks like that they have a sort of solution…but will it really help in the end? It might buy them more time….who knows?
Review Responses:
The Phantom Dragon: Now we know who to blame! That poor elf, he really is going to be in trouble! Thanks!
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AnnabethPrimroseGranger: Yup, trouble always finds them no matter how hard they try to avoid it! That would indeed be incredible stupid of him to do…but who knows what will happen….Thanks!
Tigerra79: Thanks so much! And I actually have an Aragorn angst fic planned, sometime after this one! I know, a shocker!
Dinkili: We will just have to wait see, I defiantly don't blame you for feeling sorry for both of them!
Robinsmum: Well, I'm glad that I posted! I hope your mom had a good birthday and that it all went well! Aragorn and Legolas would defiantly do that….thanks!
Sarathestarkidranger: I've wondered things like that before….it was all the fifthly human's fault! Well will just have to see if Thranduil shows up! Thanks!
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