Back in Thranduil's tent, Gandalf had been smoking his weed-pipe while Angel, Gwen, Riley, Samantha, Nancy, Joy, Larry, Joyce, and Buffy confronts Thranduil.

"Thranduil, you know this is completely wrong!" Riley shouted.

"It isn't." Thranduil argued. "My people have suffered long enough. Like his grandfather, Thórin is nothing but a greedy worm in a hole."

"Thórin is nothing like his own grandfather." Buffy argued back. "I mean look at this! This is completely wrong!"

"Buffy is right." Angel agreed to her point. "Our army can't fight on two fronts. Its going to be impossible."

"And second of all, we don't even know how many orcs or goblins we're dealing with with." Riley said.

"If you and your army won't assist us in this matter, then so be it, but I will do what I must." Thranduil openly declared on what he and his army will do to

"Thranduil, we are trying to stop a so-called civil war from happening, and all you care about is the gems." Joyce argued against the elven king.

"Look, there might still be another chance to stop this." Angel said. "Let us speak with Thórin tomorrow."

"Yeah, but what if he might refuse to listen again?" Joy asked.

"Whose side are you on?" Nancy asked.

"Ah... yours." Joy scoffed.

"Then by all means, warn him." Thranduil responded. "But I have no other choice."

"Oh Thranduil, since when has our own council counted for so little?" Buffy asked him, sounding a bit infuriated by this. "I mean, what do you think we're trying to do here?"

"I think you're trying to save your dwarvish friends." Thranduil guessed. "And I admire your loyalty to them, but it does not dissuade me from my course."

"Course, there is no course here!" Gandalf exclaimed. "This is nothing but madness!"

"This conversation is over." Thranduil said, approaching to Gandalf. "You started this, Mithrandir. You will forgive me if I finish it." He exits the tent and calls to one of the elves. "Are the archers in position?"

"Yes my Lord." The elf lieutenant complied to his king's command.

"Give the order. If anything moves on that mountain - kill it!" Thranduil commanded him. "The dwarves are out of time."

Buffy wasn't willing to give up, so she decides to approach Bard and talk to him.

"Excuse me, Bard?" Buffy asked. "I know we still support you in all, but do you even agree with this? Is gold so important to you? Would you buy it with the blood of dwarves?"

"It will not come to that." Bard answered. "This is a fight they cannot win."

"That won't stop them." Bilbo addressed them, appearing from behind them. "You think the dwarves will surrender - They won't. They will fight to the death to defend their own."

"Bilbo Baggins!" Gandalf exclaimed in surprise.

Bilbo smiles happily.

"Bilbo!" Anya shouted and ran over to hug him. "How did you get here?"

"Uh, well... it's kind of a long story." Bilbo chuckled a bit.

Dav was behind looking down at Bilbo. "What are you?"

"Beat it sugar." Spike told her from behind, telling her to leave.

Inside a large tent, Bilbo is presented before Thranduil, Bard, Buffy, Gandalf, Angel, Gwen, Xander, Anya, Cordelia, Willow, Tara, Oz, Devon, Larry, Faith, Joyce, Harmony, Percy, Laurie, Amy, Riley, Samantha, Amber, Hogan, Nancy, Aaron, Theresa, Laura, Chris, Wendell, Ilsa, Inga, Graham, Stavros, Benjamin, Sheila, Wesley, and Giles.

"If I'm not mistaken, this is the halfling who stole the keys to my dungeons from under the nose of my guards." Thranduil claimed giving Bilbo a unhappy look.

Bilbo looks extremely uncomfortable and responded. "Yes. Sorry about that."

"Okay... so how did you get out of there?" Buffy asked.

"Well as a burglar, I happen to be very clever stealing rope and using it to climb myself down." Bilbo explained.

"You're a burglar?" Samantha asked.

"Yes, but I was only hired to be the company's burglar and..." Bilbo admitted.

"Okay, okay, enough with the so-called burglar nonsense." Faith cut him off. "Can you tell us why you came here?"

There is a silence for a while, but Bilbo steps forward and puts a wrapped package on the table.

"I came... to give you this." Bilbo said as he unwraps the package to reveal the Arkenstone.

"What is that?" Giles asked, observing the shining stone. "I've never laid eyes on something that I've never seen."

Thranduil rises in surprise and murmurs. "The heart of the mountain. The King's Jewel."

Everyone approached to look at it in awe.

"And worth a king's ransom." Bard whispered.

"Bilbo, is this the Arkenstone that Bálin mentioned?" Cordelia asked in surprise.

"I believe so." Bilbo nodded.

"But why, why didn't you tell Thórin that you had it?" Xander asked, concerned on why Bilbo never meant to reveal the truth. "And second, how is this yours to give?"

"I took it as my fourteenth share of the treasure... at Bálin's request." Bilbo answered.

"Then why?" Bard asked, wondering if Bilbo was really on his people's side. "You owe us no loyalty."

"I'm not doing it for you." Bilbo said and began to explain. "I know that dwarves can be obstinate and pigheaded and difficult, suspicious and secretive… with the worst manners you can possibly imagine, but they also brave and kind... and loyal to a fault. I've grown very fond of them, and I would save them if I can."

"Thórin values this stone above all else." Buffy spoke for him.

"Indeed, and in exchange for its return, I believe he will give what we are owed." Giles nodded in agreement. "There will be no need for war."

After the meeting, Bilbo walks with Buffy, Angel, Gwen, Xander, Anya, Cordelia, Willow, Tara, Oz, Devon, Larry, Faith, Joyce, Harmony, Percy, Laurie, Amy, Riley, Samantha, Amber, Hogan, Nancy, Aaron, Theresa, Laura, Chris, Wendell, Ilsa, Inga, Graham, Stavros, Benjamin, Sheila, Wesley, and Giles.

"You did the right thing in giving that stone to us." Anya said, sounding appreciated.

"Yep." Xander smiled. "You are one clever burglar."

"So what's going to happen tomorrow?" Bilbo asked.

"Oh we'll take care of that." Samantha said.

"We have it all under control, so right now, you should rest up tonight, and leave tomorrow." Riley said.

"What?" Bilbo asked, sounding a bit puzzled. "What do you mean?"

"Bilbo, there's no time to explain, what you need to do is get as far away from here as possible." Buffy instructed him.

"I'm-I'm not leaving." Bilbo refused. "Gandalf picked me as the fourteenth man. I'm not about to leave the company now."

"The company you were in, its gone." Oz told him. "Face it, the company of Oakenshield is dismantled."

"And we don't like to think what Thórin will do to you when he finds out what you've done." Faith grinned.

"I'm not afraid of Thórin." Bilbo responded in a very brave tone.

"But you should be." Buffy pleaded. "Bilbo, this is very dangerous. Just leave by tommorrow, and go back home. I know Gandalf warned us about this sickness that had lied in that treasure for a long time."

"Ilsa! Inga! Take Bilbo to his room, and fill his belly with hot food." Xander ordered the two twins.

Ilsa and Inga complied and began to lead Bilbo away.

"Larry, get Jonathan." Buffy ordered him. "Tell him to keep a close eye on Bilbo."

"Why?" Larry asked.

"I think Bilbo is hiding something." Buffy suspected. "Gandalf has been very suspicious ever since we escaped the Goblin tunnels."

"Right." Larry complied with a nod and went away to look for Jonathan.

"What do you mean suspicious?" Willow asked, wondering what this was about.

"I don't know." Buffy answered.

"Does anyone have the Arkenstone?" Wesley asked.

"I have it." Harmony giggled. "Oh, I just wished I could keep it, but I know it belongs to Erebor."

"Best you pass it over to me." Cordelia said.

"Or me?" Anya offered.

"Just give it to Buffy." Giles insisted. "She is the head of this army, so I think she will carry it."

"Buffy, are you entirely sure you know what your doing?" Joyce asked.

"I know what's at stake mom." Buffy answered quietly in a whisper. "We have to try."