Getting it done people! Naturally I've been away so long I need to add a few chapters to make up for it.
Bofur ran through Laketown, seeking out Kingsfoil as per Oin's request to heal Kili. They had been left behind by the company on account of Kili's injury. It was worse than he was letting on and he was now in serious trouble. Bofur sought out the pigs, where the men fed the animals Kingsfoil, apparently unaware of its medicinal properties.
He saw flowers on a windowsill and rejected them, screwing up his nose. "Nah."
Unaware to Bofur, someone else was watching as he continued running about.
At Bard's house, his daughter, Sigrid, leant over the balcony outside the front door, keeping a look out for her father who had not yet returned to the house after running off with some revelation that he had not revealed to them.
She heard a noise and called out, hopeful it was her father. "Da? Is that you, Da?" She looked around again, but saw no one.
Inside the house, Fili heard a noise on the roof and looked up warily. Sigrid turned to walk back inside and was shocked when an Orc dropped onto the balcony behind her. She screamed causing Bain, Tilda and the dwarves to jump, as Sigrid tried to slam the door shut, only to have the Orc stop it with it's sword.
As Bofur also hurried to Bard's house with the Kingsfoil in hand, an Orc leapt at him from above, catching him by surprise. It swung its axe, trying to connect with Bofur but he fell backwards, dropping the Kingfoil in process. He tried to crawl away, but the Orc grabbed him by the legs and pulled him back, before throwing him into a table which tipped, causing Bofur to roll away. The Orc stood above him, his sword raised over his head, ready to cut Bofur down. He squeezed his eyes shut in preparation for what was coming. It never came. He opened his eyes, to find it skewered by an arrow through its chest, falling over dead.
Back at the house, another door opened and another Orc strode inside. Oin quickly collected a stack of plates and threw them at the Orc's head, causing it to falter back, but another Orc broke through the roof, falling into the house. The Orc at the door swung out at Sigrid, causing her to fall backward onto the benches by the table. She slid down under the table, pulling the bench sideways to use it as a shield.
Fili grappled with an Orc as yet another fell through the roof, Tilda grabbed another plate that Oin hadn't thrown already and threw it at it before her sister could pull her to safety under the table. "Get down!"
An Orc threatened Bain, but Bain shoved the bench forward, knocking it over, before grabbing the end and throwing it up, hitting the Orc square in the head. The girls screamed as an Orc flipped over the table they were hiding beneath.
Yet another Orc leapt to the balcony in front of the house, but suddenly Valisilwen appeared, her different coloured eyes bright with the lust for battle, and with a swipe of one of her swords, took its head clean from it's shoulders. Another dropped down behind her as she stepped into the house, but Tauriel leapt onto the balcony, stabbing it in the throat with her knife as Valisilwen continued into the house, not so much as bothered by the gargling sound coming from behind her, slashing at the Orcs as they dropped into the house from the roof.
Legolas dropped into the house from the hole in the roof, while Rilien fired arrows as Orcs appeared on neighbouring roofs. Legolas, drawing his two swords, began killing Orcs while Valisilwen ushered the two girls into a separate bedroom with their brother, shutting the door and fighting away the Orcs as they tried to reach them.
An Orc approached Kili through the chaos in the house, grabbing him by his wounded leg and causing him to scream in pain. Tauriel turned and threw her knife, it plunged into the Orc's throat, throwing it sideways away from Kili. Legolas, Valisilwen and Tauriel continued to slay Orcs within the house, while Rilien worked to keep them at bay from the roof.
Another Orc tried to charged at an unarmed Kili, catching Tauriel's attention. She slashed at the Orc, killing it before turning to face another one. Kili stabbed the Orc with the knife Tauriel had thrown earlier, and together they killed the Orc. However, the effort to do so and his wounded leg restricting his balance, caused him to fall to the floor, howling in pain. Tauriel looked at him in concern, Valisilwen also making her way to them, having dealt with the remainder of the Orcs in the room.
The Orc lieutenant, seeing the 3 elves and Shape-Changer slaughtering his Orcs, ran from the house he was watching from, jumping over the balcony just as Rilien fired an arrow, missing it. Rilien watched as it called to another Orc, before Legolas sent the last Orc flying over the balcony, landing on the other end of the boat the Orc lieutenant was standing in, causing a seesaw effect, sending the Orc lieutenant flying back into the air. Legolas sliced his head from his shoulders, the body falling into the water below as his head still looked at Legolas.
"They're retreating!" Rilien shouted down to Legolas.
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Inside the house, Bain and his sisters exited the room Valisilwen had ushered them into, looking around their house in bewilderment. It was a mess of broken furniture and plates, as well as a multitude of Orc bodies. "You killed them all," Bain breathed, looking up at Valisilwen in awe as she moved to stand beside Tauriel.
Valisilwen and Tauriel quickly examined Kili as he writhed in pain, Oin trying to check his vital signs. Tauriel looked shocked as Kili screamed in agony again.
"We're losing him!"
"There are others," Legolas said, striding back through the door. Tauriel looked up at the elf prince in shock, seemingly torn. "Come, Tauriel." Rilien appeared at one of the holes in the roof, peering in. Valisilwen looked from Tauriel up to Rilien, seemingly annoyed by something.
Tauriel looked from Legolas waiting at the door, to Kili writhing in pain on the floor as his brother and Oin moved to lift him back onto the bed.
"Tauriel," Legolas said again, more urgency in his voice. She looked back to Legolas, he looked at her for a moment before walking out the door and jumping over the balcony. Tauriel stood still, staring at the door, before walking towards the door too. Kili moaned in pain, making her slow.
Valisilwen stopped her with a hand on her shoulder before walking past her. "Take care of Kili," she ordered. "It's time to do what you feel is right, not what you're told is right, Tauriel." With those final words of advice, she ran out of the house after Legolas, leaping from the balcony rail onto a nearby roof, and dashing into the dark with Rilien close behind her.
Bofur looked up in a daze, finding the Kingsfoil on the ground before him. He quickly grabbed it, running up the stairs of Bard's house in a state of panic, only to be greeted by Tauriel with her knives in hand. Her eyes opened wide in surprise and she looked down at the plant in his hand, quickly taking them from Bofur's hands, leaving him stunned.
"Athelas," she said in relief, quickly setting to work with the plant. She turned to Kili, who was being lifted onto the bed by Fili and Oin.
"What are you doing?" Bofur asked.
"I'm going to save him."
oOOo
Legolas and Valisilwen charged through the streets of Lake Town after the Orcs, while Rilien ran over the rooftops, providing directions as they ran.
"The majority are leaving!" Rilien shouted, firing another arrow as yet another Orc tried to get in his way. "Three large ones are returning, they appear to be leaders!"
"Leave them to me," Valisilwen said, swinging one of her swords and slicing one arm from an Orc who ran too slow, before drawing her other sword and taking its other arm too.
"I don't think so," Legolas replied, a challenging tone to his voice. Valisilwen glanced sideways at Legolas to see a challenging smirk on his face. They both hurried through the town, eager to meet with the Orcs that were keen to stop them in their path.
Suddenly, two of the three Orcs appeared, attacking Legolas. He knocked one down, just in time to block the attack from another. Valisilwen stopped in her tracks, turning to help, but a shout from Rilien warned her of the impending danger as he shot an arrow at another Orc clambering onto the roof he was on to reach him.
"Ranger! Watch out!"
She spun just in time to deflect a blow from the leader. She recognised him. "Bolg..." she breathed through gritted teeth.
He gave a malevolent smile in return. "Princess..."
She brought her second sword up and began trying to slash at Bolg, but he parried her attacks, before Legolas appeared behind him, trying to stab him. Bolg kicked out at Valisilwen, sending her flying back into a wall. She landed heavily, groaning, before looking up in time to see Legolas move to stab Bolg, but the Orc dropped his weapon, catching Legolas' blade in between his hands. Legolas looked stunned at the audacity of the Orc, not commonly a trait they carried.
He smiled malevolently as the other two Orcs scrambled to their feet, moving to attack Legolas while he was caught. Valisilwen hurried to her feet, picking up her blade that she had dropped and blocking the attack of one of the Orcs, while Rilien fired an arrow at the other, bringing it down for good. Rilien dropped down from the roof, hoping to assist Legolas, but was knocked back when the Orc Valisilwen was fighting tackled her and threw her backwards. They both fell into a heap.
"My lady, are you okay?" Rilien groaned, trying to help Valisilwen off of him as she tried to get up again.
"I'm...gonna kill him," she growled. She charged at the Orc again, this time lunging at him without any weapon. She latched onto the Orc's chest with her bare hands, appearing to claw at him, she swung her body around, so her legs wrapped around it's mid section, before bringing her hands to grab its head. She twisted sharply, causing a sickening crack. Rilien winced at the sound, clearly she was angry.
Legolas pulled out a second sword as he struggled with Bolg, managing to slice him lightly across the stomach, but Bolg grabbed him and threw him towards two more Orcs that had appeared from nowhere. Legolas fought the two of them, giving Bolg the chance to limp away before Rilien and Valisilwen could assist Legolas to overpower the two Orcs.
Legolas dispatched an Orc that Rilien knocked towards him, while Valisilwen sliced the other with her swords. Legolas hurried to pick up Orchrist, the sword he had taken from Thorin in Mirkwood, before falling back against a wall in pain, breathing heavily. Rilien hurried over to check on the Prince of the Greenwood Realm.
Legolas raised his hand to his nose, it came away with blood, leaving him stunned. Rilien put a hand on his shoulder, checking him over. Legolas quickly brushed him aside and ran after Bolg, running for the bridge that led out of town.
He soon came to stop at one of the hills on the outskirts of the town, looking out over the plains.
Valisilwen and Rilien moved to stand beside him, watching as Bolg rode atop a Warg, heading towards Dol Guldur. As she went to run after him there was an almighty roar and the ground began to shake, causing her to lose her balance slightly. Legolas caught her by the arm, righting her as they stood and turned to look at the Lonely Mountain in awe.
They watched as the great worm, Smaug, soared through the sky, blowing flames from his mouth and roared angrily. Rilien and Legolas looked across at each other.
"We need to move," Valisilwen murmured, walking back towards the town.
xo
Krayzee