"Kate..." Lindsey whispered, her eyes somehow lifeless. Kate crawled closer to reach for her sister's hand.
"What's wrong? You look miserable...do you feel sick?" she asked concerned. She saw tears streaming down the young ones face. Suddenly Lindseys eyes narrowed.

"You will not leave me! Do you hear me? You will not leave me! Fight! Fight!" she cried out as if she was talking to someone who was not even there.

Kate exchanged a look with Thorin. He was alarmed, something was not right. He stepped closer to Lindseys cell.
"Lin? What's wrong? Who are you talking to?" he asked calmly. She looked up at him, pain clearly visible in her blue eyes.
"Fili...he has to wake up. He can't give up! He has to fight...he's a fighter!"
"You—you talk to Fili?" Thorin asked in disbelief. Kate was highly concerned now, afraid that her sister might turn insane.
"Is he injured?" Thorin asked again. Lindsey nodded slowly, tears still streaming.

"Thorin...come here for a moment" Thrain said and Thorin turned to look at his father. This was all simply too much for him. He found his father again, he was in Erebor the whole time since he was missing. He thought Thrain was dead, captured by Azog for the pale Orc had told him such a thing back at their meeting at the Misty Mountains.

Azog. Where was he? Would he come to Erebor as well? Would he have to fight against him once more? And Thranduil, would he ally with him in case Azog would attack with his army of orcs? At least Legolas was on their side. Maybe he could try talk to his father, to change his mind.
Thorin reached Thrains cell.

"I wish I would still have my ring—" the elder dwarf said holding his left hand up. Thorin saw that his fathers ring was missing.
"Who took it from you?" Thorin asked more in a whisper. He knew that his fathers ring might have the power to break the dragons spell somehow for it was one of the nine dwarven rings of power.

"I was captured and tortured in Dol Guldur by a necromancer—" Thrain started to explain.
Thorin frowned. "Necromancer?"
"To make it short, it was Sauron himself. The Dark Lord—he captured me and tortured me. Gandalf found me after I managed to escape. I was on the edge of death, that's why I gave him the map and the key. But it seems fate wanted me to live. I travelled on, remembered that little entrance at the Main Gate. I know Frerin used it a lot to sneak out of the mountain to watch your fighting—" his voice trailed off as he saw his sons sadness.

"These memories haunted my dreams the past days and that was the reason why I remembered that entrance as well" Thorin whispered. Thrain simply nodded, uncertain what to say to comfort his son.

They fell silent while Lindseys sobbing was the only sound breaking through that silence. Thorin took his fathers hand, squeezed it gently and began to pray for his nephew.

"Come on, laddie. Come on..." Oin mumbled while he pushed Filis chest over and over again. Sweat was running down his face and Kilis cries filled the air.

'You will not leave me! Do you hear me? You will not leave me! Fight! Fight!'

'This is not your time, son. Your place is in the world of the living. Go, go and make me proud, Fili. You cannot leave your brother. There will never be a Kili without Fili. Tell him that I love him just as I love you—'

With a sudden gasp the young prince opened his eyes, tried to catch breath. His breathing came hard but he was alive.
"You came back...Fili, you came back!" Kili cried out and dropped down next to his older brother. He took his hand, squeezed it gently. Fili seemed to be confused what this was all about. He was asleep, or not? He had heard Lindseys voice telling him to fight, to not leave her alone. And he saw his father, his father had placed a hand on his shoulder, told him to turn around. To go back to the living world.

"Was I dead?" he mumbled and looked up at his brother.

"That doesn't matter, Fili! You're awake again—" Kili replied with a relieved smile on his lips. Fili reached for his brothers neck and pulled him gently down so their foreheads touched. They looked at each other. "I've seen our father, Kili. He spoke to me. He told me to turn around. To go back—"

Kili frowned but smiled slightly.
"He said—he said he loves you" Fili added and placed a kiss on his brothers forehead.

Bofur cheered quietly as he patted Oins back. "Good work, my friend!"
Oin simply smiled, relieved that he managed to bring the young prince back to live. Now they had to concentrate on finding Kate, Lindsey and Thorin.

Legolas knelt down next to Fili, gave him some water. "You have seen a place no living man can talk about. You came back from the world of the souls. You are blessed, prince Fili" the elf whispered so only the two brothers could hear it.

"What does that mean?" Kili asked confused but before Legolas could reply the air was filled by a loud roaring sound. Loud and painful before it stopped so suddenly like it came.

They all exchanged worried looks, stepped closer to the edge to take a look towards the horizon in expectation of Smaugs return.

He would never return again.

Kate was still holding her sisters hand while Thorin stood with his father. Her other hand gently stroked her little grown belly.

'You will be the strongest of all for you have survived more than any man before in your age', she silently talked to her son. The feeling that this baby would be a boy was so strong she would never doubt it. And since Thorin knew about that feeling of hers she knew that he had already made his choice of a name for his son. A smile curled her lips while she watched him whispering with his father. They were so much alike in their appearance. A sudden flickering light caught her attention. She looked up to the cell-lock just to see it unsealed.

"Lindsey? Come on, get up!" she said and got up so did her sister. With trembling hands Kate reached for the lock and pushed the handle down. With a creak the cell door swung open and the sister embraced tightly.

They turned to see that also Thrains cell was unsealed again and Thorin opened the door. Slowly the elder dwarf stepped out of his cell. He was agile for his age and the torture he'd been through.

After a long stunned silence in which they were all aware of what that meant, that Smaug seemed to be truly defeated somehow, the two dwarves stepped closer.

Lindsey and Kate exchanged a happy look as they watched them.

And after nearly a hundred years father and son finally embraced each other tightly.

Not that long again! Next one will be much longer :)

Hope you liked it and hey...you all know me...I'd NEVER kill any dwarf of the Company especially not the Line of Durin! :-D