Chapter 20

*Kili*

Personally, Kili thought the idea of being eaten was not very thrilling at all. He found the idea of his brother being eaten even less exhilarating. But he knew that if he kept his captors arguing, it would give Fili enough time to find them, and Kili knew exactly how annoying it was when your food was making a lot of noises (long story). Before his wonderful brother showed up, he had learned both Orcs' names. The small one was called Codak and the big one was Gluk. When Kili heard that name, he had a hard time keeping it together. What kind of name is Gluk?! That's just ridiculous! Kili was afraid that if he did not do something soon, he was going to burst out laughing and that could possibly be more painful then he wanted it to be; so he resorted to saying random things like, "Blue pony goes around in a circle" and, "Cat stew teats like hair" until the Orcs had come to the conclusion that he was completely mad.

Kili snapped back into the present when the sound of metal clashing together reached his ears. He struggled against his bonds till he was in a better position and he looked around wildly for his weapons, not that he would be able to do anything when tied to a tree. His bow and quiver were dropped in a pile across from him and Kili swallowed down his anger at the treatment of his beloved bow. His sword and dagger were next to the tree adjacent to the one rudely poking him in the middle of his back with a sharp piece of bark.

Fili and Gluk were battling it out on the top of the bank Kili had noticed, parrying blows and returning the strokes. Gluk was defiantly not has good as Fili, but its shear strength was still being put to good use. Kili watched as the Orc swung at his brother with all the strength it could muster, but Fili remembered his training and did not directly block, but instead held his sword so the Orc's blade would slide off rather than meet and tire Fili as much as it did Gluk.

In a blink of an eye, Fili found a weak spot in his opponent's defense and went for it. One blade bit into the Orc's side.

"This is what happens when you mess with my brother!" Fili said in Gluk's surprised face. Then he swung his other sword and cut off the despicable creature's head.

But Kili wasn't too happy when the severed head rolled down the bank and hit his boot.

"Aaaa! Get it away! Thanks a lot Fee!" Kili shouted, pulling as far away from the head as possible. Fili grinned, but he did knock the repulsive thing away. Then he went to the tree and cut the ropes that had been blocking the blood flow to Kili's hands.

"Oh, look!" Kili said holding his hands out in front of him, "I do have these wonderful things that come in handy."

"Oh Durin! Kili, really!"

"Ha, you're a poet and you didn't even know it."

Fili put his hands on his hips and gave Kili an exasperated look.

"Kili, it's not even afternoon yet, you have been captured by Orcs and the only thing you can do is make puns and point out my unintended riming." Fili said and Kili smiled.

"Well, would you rather me say 'this tree is killing my back, my hands feel like someone's trying to cut them off, and Orcs smell bad'?"

A/N Sorry this is sooooo short, but I really hit a writer's block here. Sign your name in the box below to bop me on the head and have the ideas come back. Hey, at least they're together again and they can't be mad at me for that, though. You know something funny? After the last chapter, the reviews went up…

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