Warning: Fili Whomp.

Hello everyone! I am so sorry for the many many year break between uploads. Life hit hard and, well without saying more, I have edited the "Chapter 4 of The Sons Of Durin: Goblin Town." page to make it flow better and correct some errors. I will be editing most of the chapters, but if yall are interested...I am hoping to re-find my voice enable to continue the story, with Chapter 14.

Fun Fact from Wiki:
"In the films' continuity, Bofur's family were miners, and he and his cousin also dabbled in toy-making, crafting the wonderful mechanical toys that were so famous in . Life in the Blue Mountains was difficult, but Bofur remained cheerfully optimistic. Bofur maintained a close but feisty relationship with his brother whom he often teased but always looked after. "

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~Chapter 4: I will protect him until Darkness comes for me...~

As both boys stood, not taking their eyes off the enemy, Fili looked from the Goblins to his younger brother.

Kili, overwhelmed by the thoughts of what was to come, was frozen where he stood, too stunned by his fear to move. He looked absolutely terrified.

Fili felt his heart shatter under his wool shirt seeing what his brother was going through, for his sake.

The golden-haired prince took his left arm pushing Kili back against the wall like a protective parent from a suspicious stranger.

Kili was too distracted by the approaching foes to notice what Fili was doing and he unconsciously moved where Fili had pushed him, keeping his eyes on the Goblins.

Fili stepped out in front of his younger brother, now facing the scared brunet and placed his hand on Kili's shoulders, gently pushing him down, causing Kili to lower until he sat on the floor.

"Kili listen to me..." The Golden-haired prince started, forcing Kili to look into his own crystal blue pools. "...Kili stay down here, do not move from this corner... Trust me, I won't let them hurt you." Fili said, feeling the protective rage building within his chest mixing with his own fear and determination to save his kin and company.

Kili, stunned by the look in Fili's eyes, it was all too similar to a great beast, the boy slowly nodded, feeling small but seeing Fili's confident eyes renewed his hope and comforted him. As he looked into the two crystal blue orbs he saw that they were burning with something Kili had not seen since the winter incident so many years ago.

Fili smiled then leaned down kissing the top of Kili's head. "Good... I Love you, little brother" he whispered. As he stood he could hear the door unlocking behind him, so Fili turned to face their enemies.

"The king want's the dark one!" the nasty looking Goblin ordered.

Fili looked across the cell at the creatures. "Well, that is just too bad, because I want the dark haired one to stay right where he is." the golden-haired prince said with a challenging look in his eye that only angered the Goblins more.

"Do not play with me Dwarf!...Now bring the dark one to us!" the Goblin ordered once again.

Fili smirked this time. "I don't think so, he is doing perfectly fine right where he is." he said grinning, as he looked to each Goblin sizing them up, evaluating his best options of attack and defense.

As a warrior, even a young one, Fili knew that the cage only having one entrance was his best defense.

If he could take each one out as they entered, one at a time maybe he would have a chance to take this batch of Goblins out, get the keys from the leader of the party and free his company, and by doing so save his brother from the horrid fate that awaits them.

The Goblin barked. "BY THE GOBLIN KINGS ORDERS YOU WILL SEND HIM OUT NOW!" it was not acustom to people acting as Fili had, at least not in Goblin Town.

Fili laughed sarcastically. "Your king, NOT mine!" Fili responded, glancing over at Thorin,

Thorin had his hands on the bars with a look that could be worry, but it also asked 'what are you doing, Fili?'

Fili tried to give a reassuring smile to his uncle, but he was not entirely sure himself so he turned looking back to the goblins.

The first rushed in with its club drawn back ready to attack, the next Goblin fast on the first's heels.

Before it could land a blow, the princely warrior jolted forward and hit his palm up into its nose, causing the cartilage to release and penetrate its brain making this an instant kill. The Goblins body fell to the ground, and as he did, The prince grabbed its club in his left hand.

Fili swirled the Goblins club once to get a feel for the weight, just in time to hit the next Goblin in the head as hard as he could, sending it flying over onto the bars of Thorin's cage, then he swung the club once more crushing its skull.

Everything seemed to happen in a blink of an eye, with nothing slowing down. Fili quickly knelt, picked up a leg bone that was broken in half with his right hand then raised himself to his feet, not slowing down for a second.

The next goblin entered as quickly as it could and swung its sword at the prince who blocked with the club, then took the broken bone that he held in his right hand and rammed it into the goblins heart. He then released the bone and quickly grabbed the Goblins sword and claimed it as his own in one swift movement.

Now with two weapons, Fili felt complete, he had missed his dual axes as he kept his system going with his club and goblin sword. The very next Goblin to enter put up more of a fight but Fili was quick to remove its head, blood splatting across him yet he still did not slow down, thoughts of his Kili's frightened face racing through his mind with each swing, bringing with it more power and force.

Fili could hear the dwarves around him yelling, the Goblins yelling and screaming, yet he could not make out the words. He released his inner beast and fought with every fiber of his being, taking one Goblin down at a time.

Unfortunately for Fili, the Goblins were smart, Smarter then Orcs. After he killed 6 more of their kind, he knocked the seventh down, killing it with a swipe of his sword before the one directly behind it tackled him to the ground with full force, as the others rushed in surrounding him.

Fili tried to fight the goblin off, but the crude creature saw the blood on Fili's shoulder from his wound and it punched down into his wound as hard as it could with its jagged chipped finger-nail, causing Fili to scream out in agonizing pain, this simple action caused intense pain that made his vision start to fade white for a split second.

In that split second, the prince felt a sharp jabbing pain pushing into his already wounded shoulder, This caused the prince to feel like vomiting as the burning sensation took over his shoulder causing his vision to blur more as he screamed again.

He wanted to punch the pain away, he wanted to return the pain to the Goblin's but weights were now holding down his arms and legs.

He could hear Kili but he couldn't fully make out the words, he was vaguely aware of Kili fighting a Goblin near him but he was so close to passing out that his mind was too clouded to make out what Kili was saying. He then felt the pressure release, then the pain eases up after a few deep painful breaths.

Once the golden-haired Dwarf's vision started to return, he looked up panting, still seeing blurred images. His vision started to come back into focus just in time to see a boot coming toward his head, he looked to each of his arms seeing they were pinned down by ugly goblin feet. 'Kili!' he thought, panicking now, he looked to where he last saw his brother.

Just then the boot struck causing Fili to see stars,

He saw Kili was still there, but now with a Goblin tying his hands behind his back, while a different one held a dagger to Kili's throat, a small drop of blood under the dagger.

Fili's heart sank as he finally registered what Thorin was yelling.

"LEAVE THE BOYS ALONE! YOU WILL NOT BENEFIT FROM THIS! TAKE ME INSTEAD!"

The well-spoken Goblin laughed at Thorin's pleas "You dwarfs are stupid all alike" The goblin then felt Fili try to get loose and looked down to him "Especially this one, you killed a good number of my kin...I say one good beating deserves another." he said, taking his foot off Fili's shoulder "Have fun boys" he said to his men, then he turned to look to the two that held Kili, "Bring him" it said walking out of the cell.

"Kili! No! Kili!" Fili yelled, before feeling a great pressure come down on his abdomen knocking the air out of his body, he gasped trying to get his breath back, then felt the same pressure to the side of his rib cage.

He started feeling the hits and kicks all over his body as the Goblins started kicking and punching him to their hearts desire.

At some points, he thought he felt clubs come down on him but he didn't dare uncover his face which he was trying to shield with his arms. He prayed and hoped for the moment it would be over.

Fili heard Thorin's yells echoed in the background, he uncovered his head just long enough to try to see Kili one more time, then he caught a glimpse of a foot coming for his abdomen so he took in a deep breath through his teeth tightening his abdomen out of reflex, then when the foot hit knocking the breath out of him he curled his shoulders inward, trying to bring his knees up to his chest.

He felt like vomiting as a sudden dizziness took over his mind causing him to drop his head down keeping his eyes shut tight, groaning as he wrapped his arms around his stomach.

Fili felt his heart speed up as he tasted a bitter taste in his mouth as he tried to catch his breath but before he could the next set of blows came, from where he did not know, nor did he know of how many Goblins were delivering these blows.

He tried to curl inside of himself but there was no escaping the Goblin's wrath. With each pain ridden blow and white flash of his vision, he couldn't help but think, 'I deserve this...I let them take him...They took Kili...What will they do to him?...I failed him...'

He felt the blows coming from all around, but the one he felt the most was a blow to the nose; he felt a warm, wet liquid on his face and tasted copper as a sharp stinging between his eyes, automatically causing his eyes to water.

His vision blurred for a short time as he gasped, groaned and cried out in pain, unable to keep it to his self any longer.

Thorin had been yelling and doing his best to get released from the cages, he had not only seen his eldest nephew bravely protect their Kili from the attacking Goblins, but he also witnessed the Goblins take down his eldest nephew, Kili had attacked the Goblins and tried to help his older brother, but to Thorin's despair, he was also forced to watch the brunet take an elbow to the eye then be captured and pulled away, fighting every step of the way.

Thorin then quickly looked back to Fili in hopes that maybe he could escape in time to help the brunet only to have his hopes crushed... Thorin's heart fell into despair, seeing Fili getting beat down... The king of Erebor found himself unable to look away from the prince, watching as the goblins continued to beat his heir, relentlessly.

Thorin's stomach cringed, and his grip tightened on the bars until his knuckles turned white... He felt utterly helpless...

The king noticed Fili had vomited at one point, but that did not stop the Goblins from beating the prince, Thorin saw his oldest nephew was no longer moving, no longer trying to guard himself, his now limp body was just taking the hits with no movements besides the ones that the blows themselves caused.

"ENOUGH!" Thorin's voice rumbled then echoed through the caves. His voice was full of power and authority even though it had no control over the Goblins.

The Goblins stopped, a little frightened by his tone as they looked to their group leader for direction.

Their leader, the well-spoken Goblin, looked into Thorin's icy glare, then to Fili's motionless body and grinned "We do need to get back to the darker one's punishment" it laughed walking away from Fili's body and waved for his goblins to follow.

Thorin had thought that it was not possible for his heart to sink any deeper, but it did...he felt his heart sinking deeper at the Goblins words, then, if it was possible, it sank even more as his eyes found their way back to Fili's battered and bruised body. Thorin fell to his knees trying to reach Fili through the bars but it was no use, his reach was not long enough no matter how hard he tried to reach his nephew.

Even though Thorin kept his composure as he always did, a result of his Training when he was young, learning to be a prince that would someday be a king...even with his training, he was breaking on the inside, wondering if the heir to his throne and his oldest nephew had just been beaten to death before his eyes, he could not see Fili's chest rising and falling with breath nor could he see any movement at all. He felt sick with worry.

The Dwarf King then realized Bofur was talking, but he knew not for how long as he heard Bofur's plea "Please,...please put me in with the lad... I will cause you no trouble I swear..."

Thorin looked to who he was asking... no, to what he was asking, it was a degusting looking Goblin with one blind eye and no nose. It looked like it had seen more battle then any Goblin has the right to see.

It narrowed its eyes at Bofur but before it could refuse, Bofur started talking again "I beg you... I am a simple toymaker...the lad use to hang out in my shop...please let me in with the boy" Bofur's words were so sincere and so heartfelt that it warmed Thorin's heart as much as anything could at this point.

Bofur pulled off his hat holding it close to his heart as he let his eyes finish his plea.

The Goblin sighed "I suppose keeping it alive could help." it responded

Thorin was forced to stop watching at the sound of his own cell's door unlocking.

Balin looked towards Thorin's cell door from where he knelt next to Dwalin.

A group of Goblins stood there, one holding wrist chains. "The king wants you." It said looking to the grieving king.

Thorin stood and walked over to the cell door. Everything within him wanted to attack them but then he thought about it, he knew if he attacked them Kili would be lost to him, maybe forever.

As they opened the door then put the chains on Thorin's wrists. The dwarf leader looked over toward the other cells, seeing Bofur as he entered Fili's cell, Thorin thanked Mahal that Fili had someone to look him over, even if it wasn't Oin.

As he was pulled away, Thorin heard Bofur ask the same Goblin "could we possibly have some water... without water we will most likely lose him and your king may be against that..." he tried to make it look like it would be in the Goblins favor to bring water.

Thorin watched them as he was pulled, or rather guided away considering each time they pulled on his chains, he yanked back on the chains, keeping his pride. They continued on until he could no longer see them or hear them.

Now out of sight, Thorin's only thoughts were of his nephews and the guilt he felt due to bringing them along, for introducing them to this danger and torture.

Thorin carried a heavy heart. He knew he had to get his nephews and the company out, but he still was not sure how.

(To Be Continued)
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