Jim, Kerrigan, and Artanis called in favors with Lord Elrond in allowing Johnny, Rory Swann, Egon Stetmann, Gabriel Tosh, Matt Horner, Zagara, Dehaka, Alexei Stukov, Selendis, Karax, Talandar, Alarak, Vorazun, and Rohana to attend the meeting. In a council hall; humans, elves, dwarves, Protoss, Gandalf, Frodo, and Stukov took their seats. "Strangers from distant lands and worlds, friends of old, you've been summoned here to answer the threat of Mordor. Middle-earth stands upon the brink of destruction. None can escape it. You will unite, or you will fall. Each race is bound to this fate, this one doom," Elrond began. "Bring forth the Ring, Frodo," the lord of Rivendell said to Frodo who laid the Ring into a pedestal.
"So it is true," a man muttered as everyone was staring at it. "In a dream," the man stood up. "I saw the eastern sky grow dark, but in the West a pale light lingered. A voice was crying: 'Your doom is near at hand. Isildur's Bane is found.'"
"What is he doing?" Jim thought.
The man was walking towards the pedestal. "Isildur's Bane," the man was about to get his hand onto the Ring.
"Boromir!" Elrond shouted at the man.
"There's a voice," said Horner as the scene darkened while there was a voice. Gandalf uttered incantations so that the scene could light up and Boromir returned to his seat.
"I sense a dark, foul essence in that little thing," Dehaka pointed at the Ring.
"What does Isildur's Bane have to do with you, beast?" Boromir asked insultingly.
"Watch your tongue, primitive," Zagara glared at him.
"Enough!" Elrond shouted. "Never before has any voice uttered the words of that tongue here in Imladris."
"I do not ask your pardon, Master Elrond, for the Black Speech of Mordor may yet be heard in every corner of the West!" Gandalf got off from his seat then turned to Dehaka, "You spoke of a dark, foul essence. It is true," he then said to everyone. "The Ring is altogether evil."
"It is a gift. A gift to the foes of Mordor. Why not use this Ring?" Boromir got off from his seat. "Long has my father, the Steward of Gondor, kept the Mordor forces at bay. By the blood of our people are your lands kept safe. Give Gondor the weapon of the enemy. Let us use it against him."
"You cannot wield it. None of us can. The One Ring answers to Sauron alone. It has no other master," the Strider countered the statement.
"And what would a Ranger know of this matter?" Boromir asked.
"This is no mere Ranger," an elf whom Jim recognized as Legolas got off from his seat getting Boromir's attention. "He is Aragorn, son of Arathorn. You owe him your allegiance."
"It looks like he completed King Thranduil's task," Jim thought.
"Aragorn. This is Isildur's heir?" said Boromir.
"And heir to the throne of Gondor," Legolas added.
Aragorn spoke something in elvish to Legolas causing him to return to his seat.
"Gondor has no king. Gondor needs no king," Boromir returned to his seat.
"Aragorn is right. We cannot use it," Gandalf agreed.
"If we cannot control the Ring, what should we do?" Karax asked.
"You have only one choice. The Ring must be destroyed," Elrond spoke clearly.
"What are we waiting for?" a younger dwarf who looked similar to Gloin spoke impatiently and hacked the Ring with his axe. However, the blade shattered and the dwarf was knocked into the ground by an unknown force. There was the voice again when the other dwarves helped him up.
Alarak got off from his seat, "Let's see what this … Ring is made off." He attempted to hack the Ring with his Bane Blade, however, "Arrrg!" Something hit the Tal'darim high lord's mind and the Ring took no damage causing the Protoss to fell to the ground. The other Protoss helped him up.
"If any blade cannot do damage to that Ring …" said Stetmann.
"Which means, it is possible to withstand a nuke too," Swann finished the sentence.
"What is a nuke?" Elrond asked.
"It's a powerful nuclear explosive weapon, it can destroy a single city within a blast," Stetmann explained shocking everyone who lived in Middle-earth.
"You have a point, Egon Stetmann," Elrond said to the scientist. "The Ring cannot be destroyed by any craft that we here possess, Gimli, son of Gloin," Elrond said to the younger dwarf. "And Alarak of the Tal'darim," he turned to the Tal'darim leader.
"What is the Ring's weak spot?" Zagara asked.
"A weak spot?" Elrond eyed the brood mother. "The Ring was made in the fires of Mount Doom. Only there can it be unmade. It must be taken deep into Mordor and cast back into the fiery chasm from whence it came," the lord of Rivendell said to everybody especially the strangers from the Korprulu Sector. "One of you must do this."
"One does not simply walk into Mordor. Its Black Gates are guarded by more than just Orcs. There is evil there that does not sleep. The Great Eye is ever-watchful. It is a barren wasteland, riddled with fire, and ash and dust. The very air you breathe is a poisonous fume. Not with 10,000 men could you this. It is folly," said Boromir.
"Not only there are Orcs in Mordor, Amon will have something powerful there," said Artanis.
"Have you heard nothing Lord Elrond has said? The Ring must be destroyed," Legolas said to Boromir while getting off from his seat.
"And I suppose you think you are the one to do it!" Gimli shouted.
"And if we fail, what then? What happens when Sauron takes back what is his?" Boromir asked while getting off from his seat.
"With Amon's help, there will be victory for Sauron!" Artanis got off from his seat.
"I will be dead before I see the Ring in the hands of an Elf!" Gimli got off from his seat. "Never trust an Elf!" Artanis along with the inhabitants of Middle-earth erupted into an argument except Frodo and Aragorn.
"How come the elves and dwarves have such bad relationship among themselves?" Kerrigan asked.
"There are some things that have not improved," Jim had no answer.
"Do you not understand? While you bicker amongst yourselves, Sauron's power grows! None can escape it! You'll all be destroyed!" Gandalf shouted joining the heated argument.
"I will take it," said Frodo but the argument prevented his voice from being heard.
"Jim, what are you doing?" Kerrigan asked.
Jim took out his revolver and fired one blank round into the sky shocking everyone who lived in Middle-earth ending the heated argument, "That should quiet them down." He nodded to Frodo so that the young hobbit could say.
"I will take the Ring to Mordor," said Frodo grabbing everybody's attention. "Though I do not know the way."
"I will help you bear this burden, Frodo Baggins, as long as it is yours to bear," Gandalf was the first to join him.
"If by my life or death I can protect you, I will. You have my sword," Aragorn joined him.
"And you have my bow," Legolas was next.
"And my axe," Gimli followed.
"You carry the fates of us all, little one. If this is indeed the will of the Council, then Gondor will see it done," Boromir joined them.
"I will gladly give my life to protect you until the end, Frodo. You have my gun," Jim joined them as a Terran.
"If you all need stuff fixed, I'm your guy," Swann was next.
"A scientist will make a good asset for you guys," Stetmann followed.
"We Spectres will fight for you," Tosh joined them.
"You have the Queen of Blades at your side," Kerrigan joined Frodo.
"My Brood will assist you," Zagara followed.
"You have the Infested fighting at your side," Stukov joined them.
"My primal pack follow," Dehaka followed.
"I'm with friend Raynor," Artanis joined them. "You have the aid from the Protoss," he said to Frodo.
"A phase-smith will come in handy," Karax joined them.
"The Tal'darim will fight for you," Alarak followed.
"We Nerazim pledge our lives to your cause," Vorazun joined them.
"You have the Purifiers," Talandar followed.
"Hey!" it was Sam who was eavesdropping. "Frodo's not going anywhere without me," he followed Frodo.
"It is hardly possible to separate you even when he is summoned to a secret Council and you are not," Elrond commented.
"We're coming too!" it was Merry. "You'll have to send us home tied up in a sack to stop us," he and Pippin joined in.
"Anyway, you need people of intelligence on this sort of mission. Quest. Thing," said Pippin.
"Well, that rules you out, Pip," said Merry.
"22 companions, so be it. You shall be the Fellowship of the Ring," Elrond announced.
"Great! Where are we going?" Pippin asked.