I like leaving cliffhangers. They make me feel empowered. Like I'm some kind of evil master mind! I mean, there may be plenty more of them before this story ends.

Bilbo gasped loudly dropping the torch.

"Thorin!?"

Bilbo stood in the room to the right for a moment just staring at the form in front of him. Even by the little light the torch provided Bilbo knew it was Thorin. He was lying on his stomach face down, but Bilbo still recognized the silver streaks in his hair and the ring on his finger.

Bilbo scrambled to Thorin's side. The hobbit panicked seeing that his wrist and ankles were chained to the floor. The chains were making it so Thorin was laid sprawled out with his arms above his head and his legs straight out. Bilbo noticed Thorin's feet were bare and his toes were blue.

"Thorin," Bilbo shook Thorin's body. It rolled with the movements like rag doll. "Thorin!" Bilbo screamed shaking him harder. Thorin remained unchanged. Bilbo carefully turned Thorin's head onto its side. His eyes were closed and a white cloth was over his mouth as a gag. Bilbo took off the gag to see that Thorin's lips were purple. "Oh Thorin," Bilbo said under his breath. Shaking Bilbo held out his hand in front of Thorin's mouth. He felt nothing. "Come on, come on, come on," Bilbo said feeling tears in his eyes.

A small breath touched his hand. Bilbo smiled. He was alive. Thorin was alive. Bilbo took off his jacket and placed it on top of Thorin. "I'm here Thorin," Bilbo kept saying. "I've found you. You're going to be okay." Bilbo put his hand on Thorin's only to pull it away at his touch. His hands were cold, like touching a block of ice. The hobbit felt his heart beat faster. He had to get Thorin out of here and some place warm before he froze to death.

Bilbo reached out for the chain holding Thorin's hands to the ground. The chain was loopped though a metal pin which was hammered into the rock ground. Bilbo noticed claw marks and dried blood around the pin. Gathering his strength Bilbo tried to pull the pin out of the ground. He pulled with everything he had, but the pin would not move.

"What do I do?" Bilbo asked himself in a panicked voice. "Thorin," Bilbo shook the dwarf again. "Wake up, please Thorin, wake up," Thorin remained unconscious as Bilbo shook his body. "Thorin, I need your helping with the chains. Please, please, wake up. Thorin, wake up," Bilbo kept shaking him, but Thorin did not move or show the slightest sign of trying. Bilbo felt tears in his eyes. Thorin wasn't moving. His body was limp and he didn't stir at the sound of his name. It was like he was dead. "Thorin!" Bilbo screamed.

Bilbo held his hand out in front of Thorin's mouth again. He felt the faint, almost nonexistent, breath touch his palm. Bilbo smiled in relief. Thorin was still alive, but Bilbo knew he was barely hanging on. "I have to get you out of here," Bilbo said out loud. He thought of what he should do, a million thoughts racing through his head.

Grabbing his torch, Bilbo stood up. "I need to get the others. Please, hold on Thorin. Please, don't die. I'll be right back." Feeling tears in his eyes Bilbo ran back up to the entrance of the tunnel. He pushed the door open without putting on the ring. Luckily the guard was patrolling another hall and Bilbo snuck out of the tunnel and closed it again without being seen.

He finally found Dwalin, Fili, and Kili just before they were about to enter the armory. "Wait!" Bilbo screamed. The three dwarfs turned seeing Bilbo running at them.

"You made to Lake-Town and back already?" Kili asked with a laugh.

"What's the matter?" Dwalin asked noticing how panicked Bilbo looked and the tears in his eyes. "Did something happen?"

Bilbo caught his breath for a second. "It's Thorin. I found him." The dwarves froze with the look of pure shock on their faces. "He's in the tunnel, but he's chained to the ground; I can't free him."

"He's…alive…?" Kili asked his voice shaking.

Bilbo nodded, "when I left him yes, but he's bad. He's really bad."

"Then why are we standing here talking!?" Fili yelled and ran past the hobbit towards the tunnel. Dwalin, Kili, and Bilbo followed fearing the worst.

The hobbit led them down the tunnel then showed them into the room on the right where Thorin was chained. Fili and Kili gasped when they saw their uncle lying unmoving on the ground. They froze in the doorway unable to process what was happening while Bilbo and Dwalin rushed inside.

Dwalin knelt down by friend and pressed his hand on Thorin's neck. "He's so cold, yet he's not shivering," Dwalin glanced up at Bilbo. Thorin's body wasn't fighting the cold. Both Bilbo and Dwalin knew that was a very bad sign. "His pulse is weak…too weak." Dwalin went over to the pin which chained Thorin's wrist to the ground. He began pulling on it with all his strength. The pin moved slightly, but would not come out of the ground. Dwalin kept pulling letting out a loud grunt.

At this time Fili ran to his uncle with tears in his eyes. He collapsed to his knees at his uncle's side. Kili quickly followed throwing himself on top of his uncle's body crying. "Thorin," Kili sobbed. He gripped his uncle's cold clothing. "We found you," Kili cried digging his face into Thorin's back.

Fili looked over at Bilbo who was holding the torch so they all could see. "How long has he been down here?" Fili asked holding back a sob.

"I think since he went missing," Bilbo said.

Dwalin pulled the pin out of the ground. Thorin's hands were still in chains, but at least they weren't fastened to the ground. Dwalin ran over to the pin that held Thorin's feet to the ground and began to pull on it. The pin came out much quicker than the other one.

"Quickly," Dwalin ordered. "Get him onto my back," Dwalin scorched down. Together Fili and Kili lifted Thorin's heavy and limp body onto Dwalin's back. They lifted his cuffed hands over Dwalin's head. Fili noticed there was blood frozen into Thorin's hair. Dwalin nodded to Bilbo and began to run back through the tunnel to Erebor.

Thorin reacted to none of this. He reminded unconscious, barely breathing, as the group ran. They quickly ran out the tunnel and headed straight for the healing rooms. Fili and Kili kept staring at their uncle as they ran. They knew he was alive, but he didn't look it. In the light they saw just how blue and pale Thorin's skin had turned. Fili could tell Thorin was thinner from when he last saw him five days ago and he had blood under his nails. He didn't stir at all as they carried him.

Dwalin gently laid Thorin down on one of the beds in a healing room. Thorin looked like a corpse as he lay on the bed, yet his breathing started getting slightly heavier and more noticeable. "Kili," Dwalin said turning to the youngest. "Go get Oin, hurry,"

"I'm not leaving him!" Kili screamed. Kili sat down next to Thorin and grabbed his cold hand.

"I'll go get him," Bilbo volunteered. "I'll be right back," Bilbo said and ran off to go find the healer.

Fili pulled up a chair next to Kili's. He listened as Thorin' breathing grew heavier and more ragged. He saw his brother gripping Thorin's hands for dear life. "Is he going to be alright?" Fili asked looking up and Dwalin.

"I don't know, Fili," Dwalin said shaking his head. "I don't know."

They found Thorin, but they are not out of the woods yet! It's funny how all my stories someone ends up in the healing room, but will they make it out this time is the real question.

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