For those of you who aren't familiar with Tolkien's universe/world, this is set in the Hobbit/ Lord of the Rings world. Based off of the characters from the Hobbit, Tauriel and Kili, in this universe Reyna is an elf and Leo a dwarf. This scene takes place on a mountain range and I think everything else should be pretty self explanatory.
64. Creature
The combination of falling snow, ice from previous years that hadn't truly gone away at this cold height, and steep, crumbling steps were causing Reyna to move with caution, despite the fact that she was restraining herself from running, damn the risk.
She was an elf from Greenwood Forest and if Jason were still by her side he would laugh at her over her seemingly slow pace. He had been gifted with an extraordinary amount of grace and coordination and Reyna, although balanced and as agile as any other elf you'd find (barring the King, perhaps) was no match for her friend.
But Jason had left only moments ago to fight some creature or other, so now there was only her, struggling to make her way to the broken ruin of a tower that loomed in front of her.
The tower where Leo and his few companions had gone to fight the head of this orc army and his guard.
Reyna had to get to them. There was another incoming army of orcs making their way in from the north, planning to ambush the armies of men, elves and dwarves fighting at the base of the Lonely Mountain.
("What you feel for that dwarf is not real.") King Zeus' cold words rang in her ears.
She was risking herself to come and try to warn the dwarves. She knew that. But she would have come anyway to try to save Leo.
She could not let him die.
She passed many orcs as she moved forward, killing them as she went. There was a reason she was (formerly, the King banished you for following Leo to save him) the Captain of the guard.
She made it to what might have been the middle floor of the tower and took in her surroundings in her brief respite of the fighting. Half of the towers walls had crumbled away long ago, the stairs were loose and broken, full of holes and unstable stone.
She would never understand why beings built their towers, castles and strongholds on the face of mountains. The view may be pretty, to be sure, but it made no strategic sense.
She looked for curly hair and a war hammer, looking up at what she could see of the higher levels.
"Leo!" She called. "Leo!"
"Reyna!" A faint reply, full of worry, relief and fear.
Reyna's veins filled with relief at the sound of his voice- right before she was slammed into the stone stairway by her side.
The stench of orc filled her senses.
Quick reflexes saved her from the creature's mace.
He was huge and strong, taller than she, but she was quick. That was the only thing keeping her alive.
She was losing.
"Leo!" She screamed.
She couldn't land a blow and before she knew it was happening, a huge hand was wrapped around her throat, raising her in the air, causing her to kick at the air weakly.
Then, miraculously, Leo was there. Jumping from the level above he landed on the beast's shoulders, causing it to drop her.
Reyna blinked, stunned, as the orc threw Leo off and pinned him to the ground, his spear point resting on Leo's chest.
"No!" She screamed, scared at the sound coming from her mouth but too horrified to regret it.
Leo turned his head and Reyna felt tears pool in her eyes when they met his.
With an evil smirk, the orc drove the spear point through Leo's chest.
Reyna let out an agonized yell before picking herself up and throwing herself at him, grabbing her boot's dagger.