Bring On The Wonder[Thorin Oakenshield]

Chapter Eight: The Chase Is On!

The deranged wizard set off with his plan to distract the orc pack, for as long as he could so Gandalf and the rest of the company could get a good head start to get as far away from the danger as possible. The dwarves, Bella and the burglar watched from behind a overly sized rock to see Radagast on his sled being pulled by his Rhosgobel rabbits. His plan seemed to be working because the wargs went straight after the wizard; who disappeared over the hill.

"Come on!" Gandalf whispered to them and the company began running in the opposite direction down the hill side across the rocky plain. They had been running for awhile when Thorin came to abrupt stop when spotting the warg pack not far off from them on the ridge, still chasing the old man on the sled. "Stay together."

"Move!" Thorin ordered. They wasted no time and began running in yet another direction that they hoped would lead them away from the pack that was still searching for them. They group was running along side a massive rock. Bella was a head beside Thorin when they both came to an immediate stop, having seen the wargs again. The others had managed to stop when they noticed their leader had halted but Ori(the youngest), kept going. "Ori, no!" Thorin yelled as he yanked the lad back before they could be seen. 

"All of you, come on! Come on. Quick." Gandalf hissed, when he saw it was clear for them to continue on. The dwarves, Bella and Bilbo started running down the hill leaving Gandalf and Thorin; who waited for the others to go.

"Where are you leading us?" Thorin demanded. The king had kept his mouth closed till this point but now he was growing suspicious and they weren't going to be able to run much longer. They were getting tired quickly. Gandalf said nothing but followed behind the others leaving Thorin no choice but to follow wherever this old man was leading them. 

Radagast plan had managed to work this long but one of the warg's had caught the scent of something else and it sniffed the air, looking for it's source. The company had gotten a little further but it wasn't too long before they saw the pack even closer this time and they ran over to the side and pressed themselves up against the slab of rock to hid themselves just in time as they heard the warg approaching. 

Thorin was standing beside Bella and Bilbo, he looked over to his youngest nephew and nodded for him to make a move. The dwarf pulled out an arrow from his quiver and readied his bow.He stepped away from the rock, revealing himself to the warg and orc, letting go of the arrow it pierced the warg, bringing both creatures down to the ground in front of them. They screeched for help to the others when Bella finally put the orc out of it's misery. A few dwarves did the same to the warg. But it was too late. The beast had alerted the others to their whereabouts and the pack was no longer pursuing the wizard. 

"Move! Run!" The wizard roared. The company followed the wizard, they were no longer running across the rocky plain where they had nifty boulders to hide behind. Instead they were now running through a grassy plain where it would be easier for the orc pack to spot them. Bella continued to run beside the hobbit; keeping him motivated to run even though they were all in desperate need of a break. 

"There they are!" Gloin shouted pointing in front of them a few warg's he had spotted coming right towards them. 

"This way! Quickly!" Gandalf ushered them. He was leading them somewhere. Where? they had no idea. And they continued to feel the sweat that dripped down their faces as they panted. Thorin saw another one show up in the direction they were going and he stopped, looking around to see more coming; they were circling so they couldn't escape. 

"There's more coming!" Kili shouted. 

"Kili! Shoot them!" The dwarf king ordered. Kili began loading his bow and aiming them at the approaching warg's. 

"Were surrounded!" Fili yelled, pulling out his blade. 

"Where's Gandalf?!" Dori asked as he searched amongst them to see the wizard was no longer with them.

"He's abandon us." Dwalin accused, knowing the wizard would pull something like this when their situation would become life or death. Bella had her sword out in front of her, ready to go down fighting. 

"Hold your ground!" Thorin encouraged them all as he pulled out his new sword he had discovered in the trolls cave. The wargs had moved in closer. Growling at them as they stalked towards them. 

"This way, you fools!" Gandalf voice shouted from behind them. They all turned around in surprise as he disappeared down a crack in the rock. 

"Come on, move!" Thorin shouted at them as he raced over and jumped onto a near by rock. "Quickly! All of you!" Bofur was the first to slide in. Then the hobbit, followed by Balin, Gloin and Bombur. Thorin counting off as each person went in. He looked up to see Bella was still out fighting a warg that had approach her, leaving her with no choice but to fight it. The young woman managed to kill the warg and orc it had on the back but she hadn't heard the one sneaking up behind her to strike. 

"Bella look out!" Kili shouted. Bella whirled around only to be knocked to the ground, her sword still in her hand. The warg clamped it's teeth around her leg and the woman let out a agonizing scream that even Thorin couldn't bare to hear. 

"Bella!" Fili yelled as he ran towards her and the warg that still had a hold of her by leg, sinking it's teeth into her skin deeper. Kili release an arrow, striking the warg, forcing it to release it's grip on her. Thorin had dashed over to his oldest nephew ordering him to go with the others. Fili insisted he wasn't going anywhere without his brother but the leader shoved him towards the rock. The warg went to approach the wounded woman, who was trying hard to move but she had already lost to much blood. Kili released another arrow at the beast, causing it to stumble over. Thorin took this opportunity and rushed to Bella's side. The dwarf instructed her to wrap her arm around his neck as he lifted into the air, cradling her in his arms. The warg tried yet again to attack both of them this time but Bella managed to have the strength to stab her sword right into the beast eyes and collapsed. Thorin was running towards the crack in the rock, Kili continued to shoot down any wargs that charged at his uncle. 

The leader was at the top of the rock and turned around. "Kili! Come on!" Kili started running over. Thorin slid down the rock. Still holding onto the young woman, both his nephews coming in right behind him and as the wargs approached the edge of the crack only moments later a horn blew alerting the company that another presences had engaged their enemy. Thorin looked down at the woman, she was going in and out of consciousness and the dwarf's eyes went to her excruciating wound. A dead orc fell into the cave rolling right towards Thorin and came to a stop. He reached over and yanked the arrow that had killed it. "Elves" He muttered in disgust. " Oin, get over here." Thorin ordered their medic dwarf when he felt the woman suddenly go limp against his chest.