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Thorin was inwardly terrified. He and his company had been captured by the elves. Bilbo and Kenway were missing. He was out of escape options. He had heard an elf was injured before the elves tied him up and marched him off. He later found out that Kenway had wounded one of the elves but didn't kill it.
'Should have aimed for the head.' Thorin thought.
The elves took him and his company to their city deep within the woods. They entered the city and walked along many pathways until they were lead to the dungeons.
Thorin's bonds were cut and he was thrown into his cell.
"Aren't you going to search me?" Thorin heard Kili say. He looked out at Kili's cell and saw him talking to the red haired she-elf who had a bandage over her upper right arm and a small cut on the side of her head. "I could have anything down my trousers." Kili flirted.
"Or nothing." The elf replied as she shut the door. Thorin just rolled his eyes as the elf walked by. He saw the she-elf talk to the leader of that company and they both walked away.
Thorin sat back in his cell as the other dwarves tried to get out but failed. Thorin felt a pang of hopelessness and dread pulse through him. Edward was missing, maybe dead, Bilbo disappeared during the battle. Who was left? Then a group of elves marched down the steps, interrupting his thoughts. The leader took out a ring of keys and unlocked Thorin's cell.
"Come." The elf said.
Thorin cautiously walked forward and joined them, they led him up the stairs and eventually he found himself in the throne room. He saw an elf standing in front of the elevated throne as he stood in the circle in front.
"Twelve dwarves and a man. On a quest to reclaim a homeland and slay a dragon." The elf said as he walked down the steps. He reached the bottom and stood in front of Thorin. He was tall, he had silver hair adorned with a crown of gems and wood. He looked down at Thorin with a sharp gaze.
"It does seem quite unusual, the heir of Durin only having twelve at his command to slay a dragon." The King spoke.
Thorin gave nothing but a stony expression in return.
"I offer you my help in exchange for something of mine."
"I am intrigued." Thorin stated.
"But, what puzzles me is this man." The King switched tunes.
"You know of Captain Kenway?" Thorin asked.
"Of course I do." The king said with a smile, but it turned to a frown. "He is the one who injured the Captain of the guard."
"What has become of him?" Thorin inquired further.
"Legolas, what has become of this man?" The king asked the elf who stood a little ways from Thorin.
"Dead." Legolas replied.
Thorin was enraged by this answer. While he knew little of Kenway, the man had saved his life twice and has helped him greatly in a short time.
"Don't you even think of offering help to me if you imprison me and my company and kill the one among us who hurts your pride." Thorin seethed.
The king was taken aback by this.
"You would throw away a chance for easier success over one who is not of your kin?" The king asked.
"He may have not been of our kind, but he was twice the person you will ever be. You left us to scrounge off the earth like animals after the dragon took our homeland! Now you think you can do this and expect us to help?" Thorin shouted.
"The dragon ravaged our homeland! Where was your help then?! When fire descended and death feasted?!"
"Do speak to me of dragon fire." The King hissed. He then grimaced in pain as he revealed a heavily burned face underneath his elven display.
"Fine if that is the answer you wish to give? Guards, Take him away. Stay here and rot. One hundred years is a mere blink in the life of an elf." The king said as the guards dragged off a thrashing Thorin with a grip of steel.
"I am patient, I can wait."
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Meanwhile.
"Edward. Edward!" Edward heard a voice calling his name. He opened his eyes as his nerves registered the cold and pain. He saw Bilbo standing in front of him.
"What happened lad." Edward said as he started to get up. He looked at it and there were four arrows sticking out of his chest armor.
"Well that." Bilbo said.
Edward pulled out the arrows and stood up out of the water of the creek he landed in.
"We must get back to Thorin." He said and started to walk up the creek.
"Come on we have to reach Thorin." Edward said.
"It's too late the elves have taken them." Bilbo said.
"I guess we'll have find these. What did you call them?" Edward asked.
"Elves." Bilbo replied.
"Lad, elves are from fairy tales." Edward said.
"Don't worry about it lets find the elves." Bilbo said, emphasizing the last word.
"Come on then." Edward said.
Bilbo led Edward through the forest as he brought him back to the original clearing.
"The dwarves left tracks." Edward said. He and Bilbo followed the tracks in the mud until it led them onto a path. They followed the path for some time until they saw light up ahead. When they reached the clearing, Edward saw guards. Edward motioned for Bilbo to follow him and they went into the nearby shrubbery before the guards noticed them.
"Whatever thing you did back with those bugs it would be useful." Edward whispered.
Bilbo pulled out a ring and put it on his finger and disappeared.
"Right I'm going to move to a position where you can see me. When I tell you, rattle the bushes. Okay." Edward said to the empty space next to him.
"Okay." The Hobbit replied.
Edward moved out of the bushes and climbed up a tree. He crept along a branch and noticed a path that he could take to get on top of the overhang without the guards noticing. He crept along and climbed up the rocks and eventually was on top above the guards, who stood utterly clueless of what was going on. Edward looked back to that bush and signaled Bilbo. Bilbo rattled the bushes. The guards heard the noise and lifted up their spears. They walked forward slightly so Edward prepared to pounce on them.
He leaped off the overhang and slammed his hilts into the both of the guards' heads. He then pushed their unconscious forms off the bridge into the waters below.
"Come on." Edward softly called. He heard Bilbo come out but he couldn't see him.
"You sneak in and free the dwarves. I'll distract the elves." Edwards said.
"Alright." Bilbo said. They proceeded through the doors and thanked their lucky stars no one was nearby as when Edward opened the doors a great scraping was heard. Bilbo went off toward the dungeons and Edward made it up to a hallway that lay higher up inside the city. He peeked around the corner and almost had a heart attack. He saw a man and his first idea was that he was some sort of royalty.
"I know you are there." Edward's heart stopped. "Why do you linger in the shadows?" The man said.
Edward put his hand on the hilt of his sword and prepared to rush the man but a voice stopped him.
"I was coming to report to you." Edward looked back and the same red haired woman he had to fight back in the forest walked into view with a bandage on her arm.
'Just my luck.' Edward thought even though he was greatly relieved that he wasn't detected.
The man and the woman began to talk about the spider nest, then the conversation turned to a man named Legolas. He saw the woman turned away, that's when he took his opening. He lifted his hood and crept out behind the man as he looked at the woman for an answer.
The man had a drink in his hand as he spoke but before the woman turned around Edward sent the cup in the man's hand flying off and he grabbed the man around the throat and put a pistol to his head. The woman turned around and as soon as she registered the situation she drew her daggers.
"You." She said in disbelief.
"Evening." Edward said.
"What do you want?" The man spat.
"Well you have locked up my friends and I want them back." Edward said as he jabbed his pistol to the man's head.
"You would dare threaten the King of Mirkwood." The woman said.
"You know the lack of names is giving me a headache. I'm Edward Kenway." Edward said.
"So you survived then." The man said. He twisted and nailed Edward in the stomach with his elbow and whipped around and stood next to the woman with his sword drawn. Edward merely pulled out a second pistol and pointed them at the two.
"Surrender, or be shown no mercy." The woman said.
"Do we really have to go through this again lass? Last time it ended with me beating you. This time I won't hesitate to kill you." Edward replied.
"What hope do you have?" The king asked.
"Just the satisfaction that if I end up failing, that means you two die." Edward said as he clicked back his pistols as he backed up a bit.
They all stood there as a tenseness weighed heavily on them. If Edward fires, the elves die. If Edward misses he dies. So they stand there still wondering what to do. Then two other elves rush into the room.
"My Lord Thranduil." One of them said as the other drew his sword. They both advanced on Edward.
"Wait." The woman said. But it was too late, Edward turned and shot both of the elves. The first collapsed to the ground as the bullet crushed his sternum and then his heart. The other jerked back and fell back as the bullet entered his right lung. He lay on the floor slowly dying. Edward quickly whipped out his other loaded pistols as Thranduil ran at him. He fired again and hit the elf it the shoulder, sending him to the ground. Thranduil felt his shoulder shatter as the bullet lodged itself in his body. He was not moving.
"I've spent enough time here." Edward said as he backed up towards the edge with his last pistol pointed at the woman.
"Others are coming." The woman said.
"You know you still haven't said your name." Edward said with a grin.
"Tauriel." The woman said. But as she spoke she threw one of her blades and it hit the pistol as Edward pulled the trigger. The shot went into the roof and Tauriel lunged at Edward. She swiped with her other knife as she picked up the fallen one. Edward activated his wrist blade and put away his pistol. He blocked her attack and spun behind her. He looked to his left and saw six elves run in, swords drawn.
"Great." Edward muttered.
Thranduil and the other two elves were still dead and dying on the floor. Two of the six ran to help them as the other four and Tauriel rushed at Edward. Edward drew his swords and blocked the first elf's attack. He grabbed the elf's wrist and put his sword through the elves chest. The second one, Edward parried and sent the elf head first into a nearby column the recoiled back and Edward put his sword through his throat. The third attacked with a viscous downward swipe but Edward grabbed his sword arm and put his blade through the elf's stomach. He kicked the dying elf back and the fourth attacked with a swipe. Edward parried and grabbed the elf's arm. He bashed the elf in the head with his hilt and then put the sword through the elf's back. Tauriel swung at him but this time he blocked and forced her blades away leaving her open. Edward kicked her in the stomach and bashed her in the head with his hilt. She fell back, dazed, and Edward leapt off the ledge and into the river below.
Edward surfaced and took a gasp of air. He looked around for an exit but the current took him down the river. He dived under the water and started to swim so as to avoid detection. He popped up again for air and stayed there for a few seconds. He had been washed down out of the castle and was now in a cavern. He heard a great groaning noise and looked up.
"What the-." Before the curse left his mouth he was almost crushed by an avalanche of barrels. Edward looked at them and saw each of the dwarves sitting inside the barrels. Then Bilbo fell off into the water from above.
"Thorin look." Kili said. Thorin turned and saw Edward.
"By my beard. How are you living?" Thorin said.
"I'm hard to kill mate." Edward said with a grin.
The current began to bring the entire company down the river. Edward latched onto the river bank as soon as they left the cavern. He climbed up onto the bank and began jogging he reached into his water proof pouch and pulled out four pistol shot. He began to load his pistols. He put his last one back and an arrow whizzed past his head. He looked back to see a large party of elves leaping through the trees. Edward began sprinting. He noticed a chance to get into the trees and took it. He grabbed and branch and swung up onto another and began leaping through the forest followed by a large number of angry elves.
Edward looked ahead and saw a large stone defense that stood over the river. A horn sounded through the area and the defense closed the gate and awaited the dwarves. The elves on the stone structure turned and faced the dwarves. Edward readied his pistols planning to kill, but an arrow did that for him. A black arrow slammed into the neck of one of the elves. He fell over into the water and the others were assaulted by a swarm of orcs.
The orcs were after the dwarves but the elves kept them occupied. Eventually the orcs had killed the small garrison and were going to attack the dwarves who sat, helpless, underneath the overhang. Edward drew his swords and leapt at the orcs. He began slicing into the neck of one of the orcs and another rushed at him. He pulled out his sword and parried the beast's attack. He cut off the orcs arm and beheaded it. Its body fell back into the river as Kili jumped up on the embankment. Edward noticed the dwarf was weaponless.
"Kili!" He shouted. The dwarf looked at him as he cut through and orcs stomach. Edward turned to him and tossed one of his swords to him and sheathed the other. Kili quickly put the sword to good use. He cut through several orcs in his quest. Kili ran up onto the stone arch and ran at a wooden lever. Edward drew his hidden blades and began fighting again. He had plunged both of his blades into and orcs neck when another came up behind him. He pulled out his blades but in a flash of red and steel, the orc fell, headless, into the river. Edward looked to his left and saw Tauriel cutting down orcs with ease. She pulled out her bow and prepared to shoot another orc but she heard a snap and a cry of pain. Edward looked back at the arch and saw Kili laying on the ground with an arrow in his leg. Edward started running to Kili as Tauriel fought the orcs. Kili managed to get up and grab the lever, he pulled it down, releasing the dwarves, and then jumped back into the barrels as they were swept down the river. Edward retrieved his sword and drew the other as the dwarves careened into the rapids.
Edward immediately cut down the orc that ran at him and leapt over the wall and started running. As he ran he impaled orcs through the back but never stopped his momentum. The dwarves were fighting as hard as they could considering they were in barrels. Bombur's barrel was hit by a spear and it hit the rocks launching it into the air. He smashed several orcs before coming to a stop in a circle of them. Bombur kicked out the bottom of the damaged barrel and burst his arms through the sides, revealing two weapons. He spun in circles waving them like a madman as he cut down orcs. Edward came into the fray and beheaded and stabbed several orcs, giving Bombur time to shed his barrel and jump into the next one.
The dwarves had safely gone down the river away from the orcs as the elves stopped in their tracks. Edward turned around and saw one of the elves standing on a ledge, not far behind him. He saw an orc walk up behind the elf and pull back his bow. Edward pulled out a pistol causing the elf to draw his bow but Tauriel shot the orcs arrow and tackled it. She brought it up with a dagger to its neck.
"Tauriel." The elf said as he kept his bow trained on Edward who had put his pistol back.
"This one we keep alive." He said in elvish. He kept his arrow trained on Edward who waited for their next move.
"How are you still alive mortal." The elf hissed.
"Right now I don't think it matters." Edward replied.
"Smart words from a dead man." The elf hissed as he released the arrow.
Edward dodged the arrow and drew his swords.
"Legolas don't." Tauriel said as she kept her blades on the orcs neck.
Legolas didn't heed her as he drew his daggers and leapt across the stream at the Assassin. Edward crossed his swords and blocked Legolas' attack. He pulled back and waited for the elf's next move. Legolas swung at him but Edward parried and swiped for Legolas' knee. Legolas swung his knife back and locked both his blades with Edward's swords.
Edward smirked and pulled a small lever on the handle of his sword. Then Legolas was blinded by a burning powder and fell back. Edward used the opening and shoved Legolas into the creek.
Tauriel instantly let go of the orc and jumped into the stream after Legolas. Edward ran off as she pulled him from the stream.
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