Kili paced until his feet were killing him. He picked apart his gloves, large holes bored into them. The longer he had to wait the worse he got. He chewed on his sleeve until it was damp and torn, snapped at anyone that looked at him funny, even getting into a conflict with a chav that resulted them getting tossed off the train several stops too early. Which only shoved the conflict to the train platform where security guards were starting to gather as it took everything Bilbo and Fili had to hold the skinny American back.
"You wanna say that again you punk ass bitch?!" Kili tried lashing a leg out to kick the bald man that couldn't be much older than the brunette himself. Fili tightened his hold around Kili's shoulders from behind.
"Leave it, just leave it!" Fili was pleading between Bilbo's own cries. The short man bracing himself in front of Kili.
"A wanking piss pup for a mum who cut off the dried bullocks, bint arsefuck-"
Kili released a blood boiling war cry. He lunged forward taking Fili with him. Bilbo staggered back before shoving back. Bilbo surprised everyone when he grabbed Kili's legs and whipped them out from under the youth forcing Fili to catch Kili's weight quite suddenly. They literally carried Kili out of the station, the brunette pointing at the chav and spitting out a garbled mess of a language. He started to build up a good sized loogie to spit at the man when Fili's hand clapped over his mouth.
Once they were out on the sidewalk they put him down on his own feet. Fili making a disgusted face when he wiped his hand on his trousers. "Well that was an experience," he murmured.
"It would have been a better one if you let me punch his face in!"
"No it wouldn't have! We have to get to D- Where we need to go!" Fili barely managed to catch Dori's name on his tongue. They didn't know how many ORC operatives there were nor where.
"I told you I ineed/i to go to London!"
"And I told you," Nori snapped at the spitfire of the group. "Bofur has everyone! It's no use going there now!"
"If Ori's fucking hurt I'm ditching all of your asses and going back home." Kili hissed.
"Get us a cab." Fili grabbed Kili's bicep and yanked him to the side. "We'll be right back."
"Hey!" Kili protested.
Despite the protest he pulled Kili along, looking around their surroundings before finding a little nook, out of the way and dark. He took his boyfriend in finding it to be a small alleyway.
"What the hell are you doing? You need to keep your head about you." Fili hissed. "We're now on the run! You can't be attracting attention like that!"
Kili took in several deep breaths. He ran both his hands through his hair. Fili was right. He was panicking, he was endangering them all because he... he...
He squeezed his eyes tightly shut, all he could see was Ori hunched over like an old man with a youthful face. The horrible sounds his brother gave when he tried to move, all the mri's, the x-rays, all the different doctors accusing Ori of being a druggy just because he was in pain. It took them so long to find out what was wrong with him, why sometimes he was in so much pain that Kili would have to carry him to the bathroom and feed him his meals.
Strong arms wrapped around him, he was pulled close to Fili's warm body. Lips were pressed against his temple and it seemed the final bit that broke him. He clutched onto Fili, fingers threading through blond locks. He let out a whimper.
"Ori is okay. Thorin's with him." Fili reassured Kili, soothing his hand over a shivering back. "I know it's hard but they'll be there when we get to Dori's. You'll see. But in the meantime you have to keep a hold of yourself. Okay?" He pulled back, brushing his thumbs over Kili's cheeks. "Okay?"
Kili nodded. "Ye-yeah."
Fili smiled lovingly. "I will admit I was tempted to let you attack that asshole. I would have loved to see you tear into him. Most people in england are too scared to deal with chavs."
"No wonder they act like their the cock of the roost." He was going to say something more but his mouth was claimed. Tongue slipping between lips and over teeth. Kili opened his mouth fully for Fili to coax his tongue out to play. He deepened the kiss, exploring the mouth he already knew well, running over teeth and cheek tasting the coffee that Fili drank on the train. He pulled back, eyes half hooded as he felt the familiar ache of his body wanting to do more than just kiss. "You better step back."
Fili moved his hands to Kili's butt, grabbing the round globes through his jeans. "Why would I do that?"
"Because I want to make love to you in an alleyway and I seriously don't think that is cool. Plus, you said yourself, we're on the run."
The Brit growled, letting go of Kili and instead fixing the younger's hoodie. "Better?"
"Better."
Kili pressed his forehead against Fili's, letting out a long sigh. "Sorry... I get protective of Ori, I can't help it."
"I know. I get it. He's the family you grew up with." Fili took Kili's hands into his he brought up the cloth covered knuckles and kissed them. "Trust me when I say I'm trying hard not to freak out over Thorin... Right now we need to stay with Bilbo. If something happens then all three of us will go looking for them, promise."
The brunette nodded, taking another calming breath. They slipped out of the alley and back to Bilbo's side where Nori had his arm slung over Bilbo's shoulder once more. Fili grabbed a good hold of the man's arm and pinched it hard enough to cause significant pain through his thick coat.
"Feck!" Nori cursed. "Ass."
"You're the only ass, my uncle is taken. Get the clue." Fili bristled.
Bilbo rolled his eyes and moved away from the two of them over to Kili. He touched the boy's back. "How are you holding up?"
"Better... sorry, for... snapping."
"It's okay. We're all wound tight."
"So um... what's that all about?" Kili looked to Fili and Nori.
Bilbo sighed. "That... well that is a miraculous tale of how Thorin and I broke up due to Lobelia. I met Nori and he stayed close..." Bilbo looked away from the two and across the street, focusing on nothing in particular. "Lobelia kept Thorin away, blocked his calls, told him I was her husband. She... did things... and I ran out of my home because of it. Met Nori in front of a train station, he was sitting on a bench and needed money for a bus. We ended up talking and he was, I'm ashamed to say, the only reason why I lasted so long. But when everything calmed down he still had taken a fancy to me, now though, he does it mostly to get a reaction out of Fili and Thorin. He's harmless, unless you threaten his friends."
"I remember seeing him in the house once, late at night while dad was at work." Kili tilted his head watching Nori say something that seemed to only rial Fili up more.
"I enlisted his help. He has quite the network of eyes and ears. Usually Thorin keeps us one step ahead of ORC but with the hectic status of our family right now my dear boy, I took over. And don't give me that look." Bilbo wasn't even looking at Kili to know what kind of sad face he was pulling. He could feel it. "It's no one's fault but ORC targeting good people. So no blaming yourself." Bilbo's frown deepened. The taxi was certainly taking a long time, especially for a train station. Taxis were always coming and going... He didn't like this, not at all. "Nori, Fili, we're going."
The two stopped their squabbling, shared a look and quickly followed Bilbo as he started to march off. He purposely lead them into a crowd, weaving through the thicker areas in hopes that their likeness would be hidden. His heart started to hammer, his throat drying up. Something terrible was about to happen. He could feel it. Every fiber of his being was telling him to shove his boys in front of him.
"Bilbo Baggins."
He froze. He knew that voice. That person shouldn't be here, not so far from Stoke-on-Trent. The implications... He closed his eyes, and slowly opened them. Turning around he pushed Fili and Kili behind him.
"Lobelia..."
"Our taxi is waitin'." She said it in that same tone she always used on him. That tone of an abusive spouse that was itching to strike out. This time he would not be intimidated, not by her, not when his boys were at stake.
"We're not going anywhere with you." He growled.
"Yes you are. If you know what's good for ya and that cunt Thorin, you bett'a be doin' as I say unless you want me ta tell my friends that you're not willin' ta cooperate. Who knows what they'll do ta that sweet little ging'a and your bitch of a husband." She wiggled her cell phone in the air.
Bilbo felt Fili and Kili tense up as his own stomach churned. ORC could have gotten them while they were on the road, but the likelihood was low. He turned and shoved at Fili and Kili. "Run. Run dammit!"
"You wanking bitch licking cow! Get back here!" She screamed as they pushed through the crowed. She reached back, pulling a gun out of the hem of her jeans. At the sight people screamed and dove to the side, opening a way straight to the retreating group. A shot rang out.
Bilbo shoved Fili and Kili's heads down shielding them as best as he could with his tiny body as they still tried to get away. Kili felt Bilbo jerk. He moved, grabbing hold of Bilbo's jacket and pulling him faster along, knocking people out of the way. There was a sharp sting that followed another bang of a gun that lanced his leg but the sting was short lived.
"Over here! There's an alley!" Fili moved to the alley him and Kili had just been in.
The group dove into the narrow alley, Kili and Bilbo holding onto each other as they ran, hot on Fili and Nori's heels. Not even mindful of traffic they ran across the street. Jumping over a garden fence they ran along side the house to the back alley. Nori ran down the way finding a car parked in someone's driveway, desperate of the situation he began hotwiring it.
"Bilbo, hold still." Kili pressed his palm against Bilbo's back, feeling hot liquid drizzle over his fingers. "Fili! He's been shot!"
"What?! Bilbo-"
"We need to get out of here, I'll be still after we're safe." Bilbo shook his head, clearing his vision.
He jerked a little when a screech of tires sounded, the roar of an engine closing in. His heart settled a little when he saw it was Nori in his high jacked car. They lept into the car, the owner already running down the back alley towards them, shouting. Nori shifted gears, honked the horn to give the man ample warning before slamming on the gas petal, launching them forward causing the man to dive out of the way.
"We need to go to the hospital." Kili pressed both hands against Bilbo's back, kneeling over him on the back seat. "He's bleeding worse!"
"Shit!" Nori turned a tight curve throwing everyone around in the car. "Bilbo you still with us?!"
Kili removed a bloodied hand slapping the man in the face. "Wake up Bilbo, stay awake!"
When Bilbo's brown eyes fluttered open halfway Fili grabbed his hand and squeezed it encouraging Bilbo to squeeze back. "Tell us what to do next."
Bilbo's mouth moved a little not able to speak a sound before his eyes closed once again.