A/N: Wow, two chapters in less than a week?! I've even amazed myself. :O

I've been in a good writing mood this week (another day off of school due to snow helped), and everyone's reviews on the last chapter made me so happy. You guys are well-deserving of a quick update. Though considering all the movies I've watched this week and with the new fandom I've started to get into (Avengers! and primarily Thor...any other fans out there? :D), I'm surprised I can still sit and write a LotR fanfic. I'm due to finally watch Star Trek: Into Darkness sometime soon, as well...

Anyway! This chapter is a bit of a special. Special in the sense that I didn't plan on doing the scenes that are happening with Erin and Kathryn, but you all said that you wanted to see it. Your wish is my command! ;) Hope you enjoy!

(Also, this chapter's loaded with references. See if you can catch them all! And there's some foreshadowing in here, too...but I won't give you any hints on that.)

Chaos Unleashed: Part Two

Chapter Four

?'s POV

Pain.

PAIN.

Extreme pain like I'd never felt before.

I felt like screaming, but I couldn't. Why couldn't I scream?

A burning in my chest; a throbbing in the back of my head. I couldn't think. My consciousness was only just returning.

I heard voices. They sounded familiar, but I couldn't place them. Their words were too garbled and muffled for me to make out, but they sounded urgent. I willed myself to respond somehow, but I couldn't. I couldn't do anything. I wanted to scream. I was trapped inside my own mind.

And then, just as it had come, it started to fade. I could feel myself slipping. The voices sounded panicked now. I had to hold on. I had to wake up. I just...had...to...

Everything faded into silence. I felt nothing, thought nothing except one thing before the last of my senses left me.

Fucking hell. What did I do to myself this time?

oOo

Erin's POV

A knock on my door was what ended up waking me, but I didn't remember falling asleep. I opened my eyes to find my face shoved into the blankets of my bed. What was I...Oh, right. Crying.

More knocking, and a voice. "Erin? Are you there?"

"Yeah!" I sat upright, kicking myself mentally as my voice cracked from lack of use. I coughed and wiped at my sticky face, for once glad there was no makeup in Middle-Earth. "Yeah, I'm here!"

"May I come in?"

"Sure." I hoped my hair didn't look too messed up as I twisted around to see Legolas walk in, looking concerned. My emotions felt jumbled, but I smiled at him anyway. "Hey there, handsome."

He smiled back a bit at my joke. Oops, it wasn't actually a joke. "I am sorry I did not follow after you when you...left earlier. I thought you would need some time alone."

I frowned. "Wait, how long was I asleep?"

"It has been a few hours," he replied.

I shook my head. "Wow, Erin," I mumbled. "Way to go."

Legolas chuckled. "It is not a problem, I assure you. You needed rest. Though I do hope you are feeling better now."

I looked at him, unable to lie. "I've been better. But...it wasn't something I knowingly controlled. It was out of my hands," I said quietly. "I just wish something could've been done to save them all."

He nodded. "As do I." He sat down next to me on the bed. "But you are right, it was not your fault. There is only one who can answer for causing all this destruction, and that is Sauron. You are not him."

"I know."

"Good."

We both fell silent for a moment. "...So...now what?" I asked.

"That is what I had come to tell you," Legolas said. "Just after you came here, my father announced that there is to be a feast held tonight in the upper halls. It is meant to both celebrate my return and lift our people's spirits in these dark times. He expects all three of you to be there."

My eyes went wide. "Seriously? I get to go to a party with you?"

He looked amused. "Yes. What else did you expect?"

I shrugged. "I don't know. I've just heard that Mirkwood elves have some of the best parties ever. They're like...legendary."

"Really?"

"Yeah," I laughed. "I don't know if I ever told you this, but back on Earth, a lot of people nicknamed your dad 'The Party King.'"

Now Legolas was laughing, too. "You never told me that."

I nodded. "Gave him glow stick necklaces, shutter shades, and everything." Before he could ask what those were, I jumped in again. "And I also heard you drink a lot of wine at these parties."

"Only the finest," Legolas said with a hint of pride. "People have many different opinions about my father, but all agree that he has some of the best taste in wine. I will warn you, though, it will seem very strong to you. Elves have a much higher tolerance for alcohol."

For a second, I considered telling him that America had an age limit to drinking and that I'd never touched a drop of wine in my life, but I stopped. ...Well...if there's no limit in Middle-Earth...and Legolas, Boromir, and Kathryn will be there to stop me if things get too out of hand... "There's a first time for everything, right?"

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Kaia's POV

The first thing that told me I was awake was that I could sense light through my eyelids. I was thinking again. I was conscious again. The second thing that told me I was awake was the pain dotted through my chest.

"What the hell!" I gasped, coughing as my eyes snapped open. I cringed even more and tried to sit up; coughing did not help the pain at all. There was a throbbing at the back of my head, too. Jesus, I feel like I got hit by a truck! "What happened? Please tell me nobody kissed me."

"Kaia! You're all right!"

I blinked at the voice and slowly lifted my gaze, squinting as I adjusted to the light. Aragorn, Merry, Pippin, and Frodo were all crouched around me, looking relieved. "Of course-" I coughed again. Damn, and my throats like the Sahara Desert. "Of course I'm all right. Why wouldn't I be?"

Aragorn suppressed a smile at that. "It is not every day one gets dropped into another world."

I tensed and snapped my head towards him. My head pounded harder, but I just tried to ignore it. "What do you mean?"

"Look around you," he said. "It does not look like Earth to me." My eyes flicked back and forth, taking in our surroundings, and I realized he was right. We weren't on the side of the highway anymore, we were in the middle of nothing but rocks. Everything was grey, from the sky above to the dirty, gravelly ground I sat on. And the rocks seemed to go on for miles and miles, twisting in all directions. "It is the Emyn Muil. We are not too far south of where our Fellowship was taken from when we entered your world."

I stared at him. "...How the hell did we get here?" I winced again. And why does my chest hurt so fucking badly?
"I suspect Erin found out how to get us home. Now lie down."

I did as instructed, though still confused. "But then why am I here? What's going on?"

"We don't know," Merry cut in. "All that happened was...well, we all woke up one by one. Everyone was just sort of thrown about on the ground, and you were out the longest."

"You were slipping in and out of consciousness for an hour or so," Aragorn added as he began looking me over.

I clenched my fists and hissed in pain as he put a slight pressure on my ribcage. That alone was enough to send a jolt of pain through me. "Fuck! Don't do that!"

He looked up in alarm. "You are hurt there?"

"Yeah," I gasped, "yeah, I think so." I tried to think of what it might be as Aragorn told Pippin to bring him his pack. It was then that I noticed that they'd all changed back into their Fellowship clothes. "When did you-"

"Not important," the ranger cut me off. "Tell me how your chest feels."

"Why?" I asked. "Is it serious?"

He glanced up at me briefly, and I was slightly freaked out for the concern in his eyes. "It could be."

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Kathryn's POV

I frowned as I looked in the mirror one more time, making a couple last-minute adjustments to my hair to try and get it to look nice. Eh...it'll have to do. At least I'm not going to a beauty pageant. Knowing Erin would probably be finished and waiting for me soon, I ran through it with a brush quickly before setting it down on the dresser and heading outside, smoothing my dress out as I went. I was anxious, obviously. Erin and I were about to go to a party full of elves who were all basically Middle-Earth's top supermodels. I'd probably look like I rolled out of a dumpster compared to them.

I hurried down to where Erin's room was (thankfully not far from mine) and knocked. "Erin?" I yelled. "You ready? We're gonna be late!"

"Coming!" I heard the thudding of feet, and stepped back just in time to avoid getting a door to the face as Erin came flying out a few seconds later, shoes in hand and still in the process of hooking her necklace together. "Sorry, sorry, I know I'm late."

That, oddly enough, wasn't the first thing that caught my attention. "Oh my God, are we wearing the same dress?"

Erin paused just as she got the chain to click into place and looked down, then back at me. We both started laughing as soon as we realized that yes, we were in fact wearing the same dress. Floor-length, wide, scooped neck threatening to slip off our shoulders, big, swishy sleeves, and a small beaded belt around our waists that gave way to a simple, one-layered skirt. The only difference was that my dress was a pure, shining white, and Erin's was a deep coal black. "Looks like you're the angel and I'm the whiny emo kid," she said with a grin.

"How'd that even happen?" I asked. "Oh my God, we're so stupid."

She laughed again as she slipped into her shoes. "Whatever. We'll just tell everyone we planned it. Yin and Yang." Erin nudged me playfully before starting off in the direction Legolas would be waiting for us so we could be escorted by him and Boromir to the feast. "Now let's go get this party started, shall we?"

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Kaia's POV

"Sit up...slowly...Can you sit up?"

"Yeah, I can sit up," I said, pushing Aragorn's hand aside as I moved myself into an upright sitting position against a rock in front of a small fire that we'd made. Aragorn had gone for a quick scouting mission and promised us that we were alone enough to try and set up a little camp for the time being. I looked around at the hobbits, who were also curled up in their cloaks on the edge of the firelight. The sun had just gone down, so it wasn't too dark yet, but I was mentally preparing for the worst. "So what's the plan?"

"There isn't one. Not for now, at least."

I shot Aragorn a look. "We can't just sit here and do nothing! We have no shelter, no food or water-"

"And we also do not have daylight," he cut in. "Emyn Muil is enough of a labyrinth to conquer on its own. I will not have us traveling through it in the dark, especially you. You need to rest."

I nearly sighed in exasperation, then remembered I couldn't and settled for an eye-roll instead. "They're bruised ribs."

"One is likely cracked," he reminded me, "and I cannot do anything to heal them. If you exert too much effort, you could break it completely and puncture a lung."

"Doesn't mean I can't walk," I mumbled, looking back at the flickering flames again.

There was a pause until Aragorn spoke again. "I had thought about staying here through the night, and possibly tomorrow. But Kaia is right; we do not have the supplies to remain here for long, and from what I could tell when looking around today, we are not anywhere near the exit to these lands."

"But you do know the way out, then?" Pippin asked. "...Right?"

Aragorn hesitated, which worried me. Oh, shit. "I knew the path...once. Most likely, I could still lead us out...but it will take time. And time is not something we can afford to waste."

"Especially since we have no clue where the others are," I said again, trying not to take deep breaths. "If Erin's the one who brought us back somehow, then I'd bet my life that she's here, too."

"And that means Kathryn, Legolas, and Boromir aren't far behind," Merry added.

I nodded. "Yeah."

"We cannot go look for them yet," Aragorn reminded us. "You are injured. We must first find our way out of these rocks and find someone to help us. If we are lucky, and I can find the right path, we can take the northernmost exit, which will put us near Lothlórien. They will help us."

"Would the elves know where the others might be?" Frodo chimed in.

"They might."

There was another moment of silence as we all sat there, thinking. "...It's gonna be dangerous no matter what we do," I said, looking back to Aragorn. "You're the only one who has any kind of advanced fighting skill, and we don't know what could be hanging around waiting for us. We should leave tomorrow morning and get out of here as soon as possible."

But the dark-haired man only shook his head. "No Orcs would use Emyn Muil as passage. They do not know the paths, and it would only slow them down. Rohan lies to our west; Gondor to the South. We are safe enough here."

He made a move like he was going to get up, but I stopped him with one last question. "Are we? Stranded in a pile of rocks with nothing to eat? That's safe to you?" He didn't answer, just continued to stand up and walk over to where all our bags had been piled up. I watched the ranger for a minute as the hobbits started whispering among themselves, wondering why he was so okay with us chilling here for awhile. We're like sitting ducks. Anyone who wanted us could kill us off or take us here and now without hardly any fight. This isn't safe at all. We gotta get out of here.

oOo

Legolas' POV

I exhaled as I took a seat in an empty chair, thankful for a moment away from the crowds of people. I had hardly had a second to myself so far with all the elves asking questions about where I had been and who the new guests were, and the night had been going on for a few hours, at least. An elf approached me from the side, and I nearly groaned in exasperation, but relaxed when he merely offered me a glass of wine. I took it gratefully and sipped at it, my eyes searching the crowd nearby. Since I had been almost immediately whisked away by my father once I had arrived, I had not seen any sign of Boromir, Kathryn, or Erin after bringing the three down to the hall. Where are they?

Suddenly, a hand gripped my shoulder, and I turned around, expecting to have to fend off another questioning elf. Thankfully, it was not so. Tauriel smirked when she saw the relieved look on my face. "Did you think I was your father?"

"No, though that would have been just as bad."

She laughed a bit and sat next to me, joining as I scanned the sea of faces. "How much are you telling the people?"

"No more than they need to know," I said. "I do not think it would be wise to announce the existence of another world to the public."

"And what of your father?"

"He agrees with me." I tilted my head a bit, thinking I had caught a glimpse of Kathryn. "We have made the decision to say that I simply had trouble returning from Rivendell, and Boromir was traveling with me, along with two of his friends from Gondor that had come with him to see Imladris for themselves."

She nodded a bit. "Thorough. It makes me feel incredibly special; knowing all the secrets."

I glanced at her and smiled. "You know I trust you more than anyone else, Tauriel. I would never have kept such information from you."

"Nor I you," she replied. "We made that promise a long time ago."

I nodded, remembering those days as my gaze drifted off. "And faithfully kept it."

There was a pause, and then she turned to me. "Then I feel I must tell you this." I looked back at her, curious. "I do not trust the man."

I frowned. "Boromir? Why?"

"He...unnerves me." She looked back to the crowd to ensure no one was sneaking up on us and lowered her voice as I leaned in closer. "He seems reckless and...unwise. I look at him, and I sense a trace of deception and betrayal." At those words, memories came flooding back to me. Memories of a redheaded man and a golden ring on a snowy mountaintop not long ago. "...He has done something before, hasn't he?"

I blinked and looked back at her, wondering if I should tell her about what happened that day. I had not told Tauriel much about the Fellowship's journey, as she had not asked about it. But hearing her speak of Boromir as if he was a traitor reminded me of the difficulties he had caused in the recent past. Should she know?

"Legolas?" she asked quietly. "Is there something-"

"LEGOLAS!"

I snapped my head up again, my eyes widening at what I was seeing. Erin was coming towards us, but with half a glass of wine in her hand, no shoes, and a flushed face. She looked absolutely awestruck to see us sitting there as she came over. "There you are! You silly little princeyling!" She laughed and unceremoniously plopped into my lap.

I shot Tauriel an amused look. "We will talk later," I whispered. She nodded and quickly left us as I turned to look down at Erin. "You have certainly been enjoying yourself!"

She giggled again. "Hella yeah I have! You didn't even tell me about these raves thingies you have! And you...you..you're sitting here in the corner by yourself!" She lightly smacked my chest. "Laaaaaaame!"

I laughed. She is quite amusing when she is drunk. "I am not as much of a party animal as you, it would seem."

Suddenly, Erin shook her head. "No...No no, no...no no no. Legolas..." She set her empty wine glass to the side and grabbed my face with her hands. "...Legolas. Look at me. Are you looking?"

"I am looking,"

"Legolas.." she started again, taking one hand off of my face. "I...am here...with glorious purpose." She made a grand, overdramatic gesture at nothing in particular with her arm. "Burdened. Burdened, I am! And you...you are gonna be my assistitant."

I raised my eyebrows. "Am I now?" She was definitely intoxicated, though from my judgments it did not seem to be too excessive. I knew she had never gotten involved with alcohol before, so it was expected that she would be quite the lightweight.

"Yes," she nodded vigorously. "You are. You're gonna be the sidekick guy. I need a good sidekick guy, and so do you. Get yourself one sometime." She patted my cheek, then forced me to look at her again. "Aaaand if you're my sidekick, that means you get to know all the secrets first."

"Secrets?" I questioned. "Are they good secrets?"

"Oh, yes yes yes yes yes," she said quickly, "very good secrets. The best secrets of the best secrets of the best secrets. And you-" Here she found it suitable to poke my nose "-get to know them first."

She stared at me with a smirk, and I back at her for several long seconds before I prompted her to go on. "...And those secrets are?"

"That's the BEST PART!" she cried suddenly, then broke into a fit of laughter. "I...I...I don't even know them yet!"

I laughed along with her at her ridiculous babbling. "You are absolutely the worst person to be a sidekick for. Have you made any new friends yet?" I asked teasingly.

Her face lit up instantly, like that of a child. "YES! How did you know?!" She looked genuinely awed that I had predicted such.

I chuckled and simply shrugged. "Lucky guess."

"No, that was magic. That was magicky elf magic you just did there just now." She narrowed her eyes at me, then laughed again. "And it was GREAT! Do it again!"

"Alas, I cannot,." I gave her a slightly pouty face. I was enjoying this. "Elf magic can only be used once at every party."

"Oh." Now she looked saddened.

"But..." I turned her head and pointed at the large crowd in the center of the hall. "I would think that they have not all used up their magic yet."

Erin gasped and got up immediately, and I made sure she was still steady on her feet before letting her go. She took off into the crowd again without so much as a goodbye, and I laughed. This will be a night to remember.

oOo

The crowd burst into applause around me, and I joined in, laughing as I took another drink. Erin was definitely one to be much more outgoing when drunk, as she had taken it upon herself to dance with as many people as possible throughout the night. Currently, she had just finished a song and dance on top of one of our large tables with two other elves, and was laughing and giving them kisses on their cheeks before hopping down and running over to me.

"Hey!" She nearly tripped, and I caught her.

"Hey!" I echoed. I was not nearly as inebriated as her, though I was beginning to feel the slightest tingling in my fingers from the wine. "What are you doing?"

"Looking for you!" she shouted back louder than necessary. She grabbed my arm and started pulling me out into the more open area on the floor, where several elves were dancing. "It's been foreeeeeever, and I haven't...danced! With you!" I allowed her to drag me along and attempt to dance with me, though most of it was me just twirling her in circles over and over. "Ahhh, I love parties! Drinks all around!" She looked up at me. "Have I ever told you that, Leggie? I just looooove love lovity love them."

I blinked at the nickname 'Leggie,' but let it slide. "I can tell. You seem to be making lots of new friends now."

"I am! Escpecially that tall dude back there I just danced with. We had a little party of our own up there, man. We partied hard. Way hard. Ultra hard. And damn...I'd so sleep with him in a heartbeat." My eyes widened and my steps faltered at her slurred statement, but she didn't seem to notice. "Ahh, shit," she giggled. "TMI, am I rite? Oh, whatever. There's plenty of bangin' dudes here. What do you think, Legs?"

I smoothly deflected the odd question by distracting her with another subject. "Have you seen Kathryn and Boromir anywhere? I have only seen them once this whole night."

"Oh, yes!" Erin cried. "I know totally where they totally are! Kathryn was looking for ya, b-t-dubs." She began dragging me around again.

"Really? How long ago was that?"

"I dunno. When did this party start again?"

I sighed and shook my head as we were pulled through the crowd, with Erin shouting an array of bizarre things to get people to move out of the way. When we finally did get to where we wanted to go, it was near the corner of the hall in the back. Kathryn and Boromir were sitting at a table and talking, though Kathryn also seemed quite drunk, as she was giggling at practically everything Boromir was saying. The Gondorian seemed to be holding up better than the girls, but even his face was flushed at this point.

"KATHRYN!" Erin shouted loudly.

Kathryn nearly jumped five feet in the air. "Erin! Oh my God, where have you been?" She then stood and wrapped her friend in a tight hug. "It's been fluck...fuckin...hours, man!"

"I know!" Erin replied. "I've been dancing! And lemme tall ya, Kat, I've been taking these elves to dancing school. They don't even know what hit them, I'm tellin' you."

They plopped down into seats next to each other, and Kathryn pointed at Erin. "You...are a fucking genius. On the same level as that...that science dude."

"Bill?" Erin asked. "BILL!"

"BILL NYE THE SCIENCE GUY!" Kathryn exclaimed. "YEAH!"

"BILL! BILL! BILL! BILL!" they chanted together, then nearly collapsed on themselves in fits of laughter.

Boromir laughed as well, and nodded to me. "Remind me never to let them near this much alcohol ever again."

I chuckled and took another sip. "You seem to be doing well."

"I have more experience than these two do," he replied casually. "Though I must say, give my compliments to your father on this wine. He has good taste."

"Many would agree," I said. The two of us watched as Erin and Kathryn suddenly took an intense interest in each others' fingers, both of them trying to grab the other's hands at the same time. Kathryn then decided she'd had enough of that and put both of her hands on Erin's head, patting it gently.

"You're pretty," she said dreamily.

"Nooooope!" Erin said, popping her lips. "You are!"

Kathryn blushed and buried her face in her hands. "Shhhsushshsshhh."

"Neverrrrrr... Ha, I sounded like a pirate!"

"You're like a god damn Jack Sparrow," Kathryn agreed.

"Hell yeah!" Erin beamed. "Get over here, Davy Jones! We'll battle shit out tonight!" She waved her arm around like a sword, accidentally knocking over an empty glass as a result. "Oops."

Kathryn frowned. "Great job, Erin. You could've broken that!"
"Kathrynnn," Erin whined. "Kathryn...Kathryn...shhh, don't speak." She reached for her friend's shoulder. "I just..." Suddenly, she trailed off, blinking several times. "The world...Kathryn, it's spinning, Kathryn. You...You seein' this?"

Kathryn frowned again. "No! Oh my God, are we gonna die?"

"I don't know!" Erin shouted. "Shit!" She tried to stand up from her chair, but moved too quickly and tripped, falling to the floor instead.

I reached down to help her up, laughing still from their entertaining display. "Perhaps it is time for you to call it a night," I offered. "I can take you back to your room, if you'd like."

"Only if you spend the night in there with me, Prince Man." She wiggled her eyebrows at me, then laughed. "I got room for two, and I...I sure as hell aren't tired yet."

If ever there was a moment when my jaw hit the floor, that would have been it. "...I...Erin, I do not-"

She squinted at me curiously, not even realizing what she had just said. "Hey, your ears are pink. Wh...When did that..."

I swallowed, praying to the Valar above no one important had heard that. "All right, you are done. Come on." I quickly grabbed her shoulder and began steering her out of the room, waving back to Boromir and Kathryn before disappearing.

"But Leggybows..." she whined. "Don't make me go alone."

"I am right here," I said as we slipped out into the halls.

"Can I go get my wine first? I wasn't fle..finished."

A/N: SO! Kaia and Company are okay (sort of)! Good news to you all, I hope. :) And to those of you who were hoping for a drunken Erin to bitch-out Tauriel, sorry I didn't get to fit that in there. As much as I would've loved to write it, I don't think it would've worked too well.

To KitsuneWarrior: I sent you a message on YouTube about reading the fanfics several days ago. I guess you didn't get it? D: Sorry, I just don't feel comfortable giving my Skype out to people I don't know. But in any case, my answer to your request, as humbling as it is, is no. :( I did explain myself a bit more in the message, so if you can find it, that would be great. My username was listed as ejkz4789.

And just for fun... In this chapter, there were 2 Avengers references, 1 Pirates of the Caribbean, and a quote from Fellowship of the Ring, too. ;) Hope I didn't miss any, but if you find others, let me know! :D Thanks for reading and reviewing, and I hope you enjoyed this chapter!