A Journey I'll Always Remember (Kili x Reader)

Healing Kili

Any minute now Bofur should be back with the Kingsfoil, until then we have used a damp cloth with water to cool down Kili but it was absolutely useless, his temperature only rose. By the minute he gets sicker and sicker but there is nothing we can do until Bofur comes back. It was torturous.

"Da? Is that you?" Sigrid, the eldest daughter, was outside waiting for her father to come back, no one had any idea where he is considering the whole village is after him. We all jumped out our seats when we heard Sigrid suddenly scream. She slammed the door shut with the force of her whole body before she ducked behind the table and held her siblings tight. My hand jumped down to my dagger, ready for whatever awaits of the other side of the door.

Everyone's eyes widened whe an orc kicked the door down and came running in. They've found us. I immediately grabbed a bowl by my hand and launched it toward the orc but my efforts were useless as the bowl only smashed against the armour embedded into its skin. Bain jumped back when another orc crashed through the ceiling and Sigrid screamed when more came through the front door. We were completely surrounded.

I turned to look at Fili but he was already looking at me, we didn't need to say anything to know what we were thinking. An orc knocked Sigrid back sending her under the table, Fili ran forward to protect the two girls and roughly shoved the orc against the wall. Bain held Tilda back as she tried to get to her sister. "No, Tilda!"

The children began to throw plates, bowls, whatever they could find at the orcs, they fumbled around in the drawers before Sigrid pulled out a kitchen knife and launched it at one of the orcs shoulder which dug into his shoulder, sending him folding onto the floor. I stood next to Kili completely clueless on what to do. Do I help? Do I leave Kili? What if something were to happen to him and I can't get to him?

I pulled out my sword to defend us as I spotted an orc running towards me at the corner of my eye. No time to be afraid now, Juliette. I took a strong step forward before swinging my sword against the orc, the clang of our swords slicing the air. I let out an exhausted cry before I swung my arm and lacerated the orcs face, sending him barrelling towards the floor.

We all continued to fight until a tall woman appeared in the doorframe. The she-elf. More and more orcs come through the ceiling, too many to take on alone. We continued fighting until Legolas made a dramatic entrance through the ceiling, landing on the rubble of the ceiling and sprung into fighting. Fili, Legolas, the she-elf and myself were fighting the orcs off and we were getting through them quickly.

"Ahh!" I stopped fighting and shot my head over to Kili. An orc had snuck past and grabbed his foot, he tried to defend himself but with no weapons all he could do was quick his legs even though it brought him great pain. Without thinking or any hesitation I threw my dagger in my belt which skimmed Kili's head and nailed the orcs temple. I heard a loud thump, and without realising Kili had moved to near the edge of the bed and fallen off.

I dove down to Kili on the floor, grabbing his face and inspecting his bloodshot eyes "You okay?"
"Yeah i'm fine-" He looked over my shoulder and his eyes widened "Watch out!" In one quick movement Kili grabbed my other dagger  strapped to my thigh, and dug it into an orc coming up behind me. I ducked my head into Kili as he stabbed the orc before its lifeless body collapsed onto the wood beside us.

Legolas and the she-elf had managed to fight off the orcs and the remaining ones retreated which I doubt was them running due to fear. We were all panting from fighting and the children came out from behind the flipped table. "You killed them all." Bain starred at the dead bodies scattered all over their floor. "Yes, but more will come. Tauriel." Legolas abruptly walked out the door only to come back when he realised Tauriel, the she-elf, wasn't following.

She stood by Kili who was in my arms and looked down at him with a broken expression.  Kili clutched onto my hand but he was struggling to keep his eyes open. "We're loosing him!" Tears clouded my vision, I looked up at Tauriel and begged her with desperation. "Please, help him." She looked at me and back at Legolas, debating to where her loyalty lies.

"Tauriel." Legolas was waiting for her at the door. And she followed. "What! You can't leave us!" Kili's screams were louder than my booming voice "We need you! He needs you." That stopped her in her tracks as Bofur had finally returned with his hands filled with Kingsfoil. "Bofur! Finally!" Tauriel took the weed out of his hands. "What are you doing?" Bofur said slowly with confusing twisting in his voice. She looked at Kili and back at Bofur. "I'm going to save him."

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Fili, Bofur and I all grabbed Kili and pulled him up onto the table which Bain swiped clean. Kili was completely hysterical as he thrashing his limbs around; his cheeks stained with tears of suffering as well as the large beads of sweat falling down his face. I was watching Kili die right in-front of me and it was too much to bear.

"Hold him down." Tauriel had prepared the weed and now she was ready, she was massaging the weed around her hands ready to begin. Fili and Bofur held him down and I tried to calm him down just a bit so he could stop wriggling. "Kili we are going to help you but you need to try and stay still." I raised my voice over his screaming. I was standing by his head, panicking. I stood as his side and with my burning limbs and held down his right shoulder to prevent him from tossing himself off the table.

"Please, Kili, I need you to stay still." He bit his bottom lip so hard it has turned white, I could tell he was trying to stay still but it was like his body had a mind of its own. Bofur and Fili managed to get a good grip on his leg despite him trying to kick himself free. I brought my trembling hand to Kili's head as I gently placed a kiss on his forehead as he fought to stay still despite his own body.

Tauriel was at his thigh ready to start, speaking in elvish she pressed the weed onto his open wound and I had to look away as the screaming had escalated. At this point there was nothing anyone could do but hold him down; his strength was most apparent when Sigrid and Tilda had to add onto the efforts to hold him down. Everyone struggled as Tauriel pushed the weed deeper into the wound, I looked down the floor and squeezed my eyes shut, not baring to look at Kili's face right now.

I slowly looked back up to see that Kilis efforts were finally dying and his fighting was stopping. It's working. His shoulders relaxed as Tauriel finished. "Did you do it?" I looked up at the tall elf as she walked around the table. "Yes." Was all she said before she took herself to the corner of the room and bit her nail. Everyone released Kili and Fili wrapped a new bandage around his leg.

"Kili?" My hand was so gentle to touch his shoulder; like he would wither away at the moment of contact. The life flooded back into him as he pulled himself up and immediately kissed me. The final tears left in my body fell onto my chin as a smile spread on my face.
"Juliette," He was still breathing heavily and physically weak as he smiled "I've never been so happy to see you, I thought I was gone."

My eyes fluttered closed as he placed our foreheads together and my heart fluttered; my exhausted mind and emotions coming to a suddenly halt. He was safe. "I've been here the whole time, Kili. And I always will be."