Hello everyone! I just wanted to thank those who have read my story up to this point! This is my very first fan fiction and I'm really excited about it! I don't think I'll be following the exact plot line of the original story, I'll keep it pretty close though but since I've added a whole new mode of transportation who knows how out of whack the story might get! Please bear with my writing skills, I haven't written in years and I am very rusty. Though I've gone through and tried editing myself there are probably plenty of things that I've missed. If you have any fun suggestions for this story please send me a note or review, I'd love to hear them! This is all fun for me and I hope to make it fun for everyone else as well! Please enjoy my latest chapter.
The dwarves ran up to the strange metal contraption. They looked up at it, it was towering, and even Gandalf was not tall enough to see over the top of it. The metal was painted a dark sand color and it gleamed in the sunlight. The wheels that it stood on were not like any wheel they'd come across. They were black with patterned pits rolling down the center of them. There was also the odd fact that the thing had doors, not dissimilar to the kind found on a house. The whole thing was rumbling. The sound was unsettling and not natural in the least. Thorin paused and gave a questioning glance at the girl standing beside it. She motioned for them again.
"Come on, just get in! Those things are coming!" She tried, panicking. The dwarves glanced behind them. Orcs and wargs were rushing their way. Gandalf was already around the front of the car and stealing the single seat in the front. The dwarves were close to follow. Balin, Gloin, Thorin, and Bilbo packed into the backseat. Bifur and Bofur heaved Bombur into the trunk, followed by Oin, Dori, Fili, Kili, and Ori. Two unfortunate dwarves, Dwalin and Nori, grabbed onto the tailgate, their feet balancing on the bumper.
Once they had all scrambled into the vehicle I whipped the passenger door closed. I glanced at the oncoming attackers; they were closing in quickly. I looked around to the back of the car and pointedly spoke to the dwarves clinging to it.
"Hold on tight!" I yelled in panic. The two gave me serious nods. I raced back to my seat and pulled myself into the car, slamming the door behind me. The dwarves looked back nervously as I shifted into gear.
"They're coming!" Thorin shouted. I looked over my shoulder.
"Brace yourselves!" I warned hurriedly and slammed the gas pedal down. The kick of power that came from the contraption had the dwarves thrown about. Gandalf reached for the handle on the door and held on for dear life, Fili and Kili nearly back flipped, and Bombur rolled over everyone in the trunk. The car screeched as the timing belt slipped again.
"Come on Grandpa, you can do it, please just get us through this alive. Don't give out on me." I murmured to myself tapping on the dash soothingly.
A cry sounded followed by a loud crack. I glanced into the review mirror. The wargs had caught up. Dwalin and Nori had switched their grip so they were holding on with one hand while brandishing their weapons in the other. A fallen orc could be seen fading into the distance. The rest of the pack pulled up along side us. The dwarves shouted as they came into view. Bilbo backed as far away from the sides of the car as he could. Thorin glanced at the orcs, snarling and screeching, as they raised their weapons to attack.
"Woman!?" he called warningly.
"I know! I know!" I replied with panic. "Prepare for impact!" I roared. The dwarves stared at the woman with worry. She couldn't be serious. Thorin glared menacingly.
"Woman, if you get us all kil…" I promptly ignored his threatening and swerved the car left, into the nearest warg. There was a bang and the sound of cracking bone and all the inhabitants of the car lurched to one side. The yelping warg flew back and landed a ways off. The dwarves groaned at the impact and righted themselves only for me to yell, "Round two!" while spinning the car into the warg on the other side. This time the impact was greater and although the warg had been sent flying so had some of the dwarves. Ori nearly flew across the car into the opposing window. Dori had grabbed onto him midflight and pulled him back down. Fili and Kili had grabbed onto Dwalin before he could be thrown off the edge of the bumper.
Hearts were racing as we finally began to outpace the pack. As we pulled away from the wargs I could hear the orcs screaming in protest. The dwarves all cheered as the orcs fell farther and farther behind, their shouts of fury fading. I released the breath I'd been holding.
"Alright, time to gain some ground," I stated as our speed few higher. No one protested but looks were exchanged as the scenery around them blurred and flashed by.
Gandalf would loosen his grip on the handle every once in awhile to point out the direction the woman should take, then he'd reach back and steady himself as the car bumped along the uneven earth. The ride was by no means smooth. Driving across pavement and an untamed field were two very different things and while my Land Cruiser was more than capable of taking on the terrain, it was not so kind to its passengers in the process.
Once we reached a certain speed the bouncing and jostling was just too much. Everyone's teeth were chattering and a few dwarves and an unhappy hobbit were looking quite sick in the face. After a brief glance back I eased off the gas. I was not in the best state myself. My head was throbbing from all the knocking about and blackness was starting around the edges of my vision. I pushed my eyes closed then opened them again hoping to clear some of the fuzziness from my head. Thorin finally spoke, now that he wasn't afraid of biting his own tongue off.
"I thing we've gained enough ground, we've gone well past their traveling range. I believe we can stop and camp for the night," he called to the woman in the front. The other dwarves grumbled in agreement. The woman did not slow the "Grandpa" as she had called it.
Gandalf scrunched his eyebrows together and looked toward the young woman curiously. Her head had lolled back onto the cushion behind it and her eyes closed. His eyes widened and he called out to the leader of the company.
"Master Dwarf, I do believe we are in a bit of a predicament," He stated, staring at the girl. Thorin lifted his head, what was it now? Gandalf gestured toward the woman in the front, "I seems the controller of this grandpa has all but fainted," he stated. Thorin pushed to the front grabbing the woman's shoulder in the process. Her face was blank of expression and her eyes were definitely shut. He shook the shoulder he had in his grip. She did not wake. He huffed exasperatedly.
"She's fainted?!" Cried Kili lifting his head to look for himself. "Then why is this thing still moving… and who is steering?"
Alright everyone! Another chapter down! Thank you all for your support, I'm so glad you're enjoying it! If any of you have any suggestions for a pairing for this story just let me know. Also send me notes about who you think should learn how to drive ;D