Can You Thaw This Heart Of Mine?
Chapter 5
Legolas' next word brought both relief and disappointment to her.
"No, I don't like that elleth," he said firmly, "I don't like anybody..."
Tauriel nodded, her expression blank. "Stupid me..." she mused, mentally slapping herself. "...Legolas will never notice me..."
The elleth couldn't handle anymore of the pressure and excused herself from his presence. The captain tried hard to fight the urge of even admiring him...which turned out to be incredibly hard.
One fateful day though, there was news of an orc attack coming in from the borders of the realm, trying to wreck havoc in the land.
"Let's go..." said the prince and led his soldiers on to battle. Tauriel couldn't stop looking at him, now she was angry at herself; she should be focusing on the mission!
"Alright, keep your eyes open." added the prince and off they go into their positions. The next words he said...was most unexpected.
"Tauriel," he said, turning to her, "you come with me."
The elleth nodded and followed. They set off into the deep part of the woods, where they a tree and stayed on look out.
"Look," Legolas whispered as he pointed to a band of orcs closing in. "They have arrived, we can go and-"
He stopped short, and Tauriel asked why he had abruptly done so. Legolas then pointed to the tallest and bulkiest orc all alone, patrolling a part of the forest.
"That is Bolg...son of Azog the Defiler," he said, and he then turned to Tauriel with his eyes lit with inner fire. "I'll take him down."
"I'm coming with you." said the elleth hurriedly, but Legolas placed a firm hand on her shoulder.
"No," he whispered, "you can kill as many Orcs as you want...but that one is mine!"
He left and stealthily lurked from the bushes. "You're mine..." he mused as old memories flashed by. For some reason, the two had grudges against each other...some unsettled business of some sort.
In an instant, he charged at his enemy and took him by surprise. As soon as Bolg got his bearings, he looked up at the face of the elf pinning him down, fuming and wild with rage.
Without saying another word, the elf prince got his knives out and prepared to stab him when the orc got a burst of strength and overturned them both.
The prince coughed at the impact and could barely breathe. His back landed heavily against the forest floor. Nonetheless, Legolas got the knife that he still clutched and stabbed him in the chest. For a moment, everything went still and Legolas thought that he had won, that is, until...
The orc got his sword out and tried to stab the prince on the head, but Legolas was swift and dodged to the side almost immediately. The prince could clearly see his reflection on the blade, and it shuddered him. Suddenly, he felt two,cold hands seize his throat and Legolas knew that he was being deprived of air.
His legs flailed in an attempt to escape, but he found himself getting weaker and weaker with every move. Legolas' eyes rolled back and he instantly realized that he is teetering in the brink of unconsciousness.
As the stars came in, Legolas heard the cruel laugh of his adversary. To his surprise, the horrid and mocking laughter turned into shouts of pain. The hands stopped choking him and his vision became normal again.
Legolas' legs were a bit shaky when he stood up. The prince was ready to take him down but when he looked at his enemy, he found the orc fleeing with two golden daggers embedded on his now bloody back.
"Are you alright?" said Tauriel, hurrying to him.
Legolas looked at her with a look of both incredulity and betrayal. "What do you think you just did?!" he asked loudly, as if reprimanding her.
Tauriel couldn't believe this! "I think I just saved your life back there!" she replied loudly.
"I told you to stay out of this!" he yelled. "That was my enemy-I was supposed to defeat him by myself!"
"You needed my help!" she fired back, "You almost died!"
"I don't need your help!" he shouted, throwing his other knife on the floor, "I don't need you!"
Tauriel stopped as tears swelled from her eyes. She clenched her teeth on frustration. "Fine!" she yelled and ran away, with tears running down her cheeks.