Disclaimer in chapter 1

"..." -Talking

"~...~" -Speaking Elvish

*...* -Mind connection

Chapter 11: The End of the Battle

Everyone helped bar the gates, silence ringing in the air with the exception of the Uruk-hai trying to break in. "The sun is rising," Gimli pointed out. We looked to see the first light of dawn peaking through the lone window. The sun's rays seemed to give Theoden some sliver of hope.

"Yes. Yes. The horn of helm Hammerhead shall sound in the Deep one last time." Theoden said.

Aragorn grinned and Gimli exclaimed, "Yes!" No doubt wanting to get his ax in more Uruk flesh.

"Let this be the hour we draw our swords together." Theoden said to Aragorn with a hand on his shoulder. I would not have heard it if not for my Elven ears. I smiled at Legolas and Haldir who stood beside me.

I knew we would not fail. The Valar would not have let us come this far to defeating Saruman and his Uruks only to fail.

Gimli quickly took off, making his way up the steps to blow the horn. Everyone mounted their horses, ready to defeat as many Uruk-hais as they could. I rode between Aragorn and Legolas, Haldir was on the other side of my brother.

"Fell deeds, awake. Now for wrath, now for ruin, and the red dawn!" Theoden said, putting on his helmet as Gimli blew the horn. The Uruks finally broke through the door and charged at us. "Forth Eorlingas!"

With that said, we rode out, slicing through Uruks while making our way down the streets of Helm's Deep and over the bridge. I looked up confused and saw Gandalf riding one of the Mearas.

"Gandalf?" I asked myself confused, slicing through the stomach of an Uruk without looking.

"Rohirrim!" A voice shouted and I saw thousands of horses riding up behind Gandalf and the Man who called out, fully armed and ready to fight. "To the king!"

They raced their horses down the steep mountain(?) as the Uruks turned to battle them instead, forgetting all about us. I pouted a bit at that realization and Legolas laughed, hearing my thought.

*My dear, dear sister.* He muttered to me smiling with a shake of his head. Then the fighting started again. Thankfully it didn't last much longer with the Rohirrim on our side. The Uruks ran into the trees where the forest took care of them. My eye widened shocked when I heard the Uruks cry out in pain from what the forest did to them.

We headed back to the Keep and I flipped off my horse like an expert as the women were released from the caves. Aragorn looked at me with a wide smile and ran up to me, embracing me lovingly in his arms and kissing me full on the mouth.

"I have missed you." He breathed out when we finished, holding me at arms length and looking me over. I couldn't help but notice a pretty blonde-haired woman standing frozen and watching us in shock. "As I have you," I replied, kissing him once more; savoring the feel of his soft lips against mine and ignoring the fact that we were both covered with grime and sweat.

I watched Legolas walk over to Gimli -who was sitting on top of an Uruk carcass smoking a pipe- curiously, holding onto Aragorn's hand.

"Final count: 42," My brother told him, fiddling with his bow.

"Forty-two?" Gimli asked, pulling his pipe out of his mouth. "That's not bad for a pointy-eared Elvish princeling. I myself am sitting pretty on 43."

Legolas quickly drew an arrow and shot it into the dead Uruk's body, between Gimli's legs. He smiled and cocked his head to the side. "43," Legolas said and Gimli made a strange gruff noise.

"He was already dead." "He was twitching," Legolas defended himself. "He was twitching because he's got my ax embedded in his nervous system!" Gimli growled and shook his ax that was buried in the back of the head of the Uruk he was sitting on.

I chuckled then turned to Aragorn and mock whispered loud enough for Legolas to hear me, "My brother doesn't take defeat well. And now it's even worse because he got beat by a dwarf. Wouldn't Arwen and other elleths just love to hear that." Legolas turned to glare at me as Aragorn and Gimli laughed.

Gandalf came and told us to prepare for the ride to Isengard then we all went our separate ways.

*What happened to Haldir?* I asked my brother, now extremely thankfully for the mind link because we were in separate rooms in Helm's Deep and I did not feel like going to find him.

*He is with his two brothers helping bury the fallen Men and Elves. Then they will take the rest of the Elves and go back to Lothlorien and Rivendell.*

I gathered my things and strapped them to a borrowed horse since Vanya was still in Lorien where I left her.

Soon Gandalf, Gamling, Theoden, Legolas, Gimli, Aragorn, and I were on our way to Isengard.

"Sauron's wrath will be terrible, his retribution swift." Gandalf said, looking at the dark clouds that hung over Mordor. "The battle for Helm's Deep is over. The battle for Middle-earth is about to begin." He and Aragorn shared a look, then the white wizard smiled again. "All our hopes now lie with two little Hobbits somewhere in the wilderness," he said then we continued on again.

A/N: Alright, so chapter 11 and The Two Towers is now finished, I hope you guys like it. I have almost all of my story planned out with help from Blood White Rose (Thank you! And anyone else reading this check out her stories!) Well, please review!