Moonbreeze (Legolas x OC)

Part 10

"Frodo!" Sam calls, noticing the glow of Sting, Frodo's sword. It's a telltale sign that that danger is approaching.

"Orcs!" Legolas calls in alarm as the drumming stops and the noise of screeches reaches his ears.

Boromir joins Ithilae, who stood by herself near the doorway. She quickly tugs him back as an arrow comes flying at his head. Their eyes widen at the Orcs rushing towards them, followed by a Troll. "They have a Cave Troll!" Boromir calls to alert the others.

They each take hold of a door, pulling it close and with Aragorn's help; they barricade themselves inside the room. "Get back! And stay close to Gandalf." he tells the hobbits.

They step back, preparing themselves for a fight as the enemy slams into the doors. They start hacking away at it and it is only a matter of time before it is breached. Ithilae points an arrow towards the widening gaps.

Gimli jumps on top of his cousin's tomb, wielding his axe, a look of furious determination in his eyes. "Agh! Let them come. There's one dwarf yet in Moria who still draws breath."

The holes that are starting to grow in the doors reveal the writhing Orcs on the other side and Ithilae, Legolas and Aragorn start shooting. They can hear the screeches on the other side, but the Orcs do not relent. The door comes down under the strain and the vile creatures do not waste time to rush in.

Exchanging her bow for her sword, Ithilae fluidly slashes at the Orcs, cutting them down one by one. It appears as if that is all she has been doing all her life...

Sam, who also fights along with everyone else, brave hobbit he is, pauses at the sight of the troll entering the chamber. It rises up far beyond his tiny figure, even though he is tall for a Hobbit. The broken chain around the troll's neck clatters noisily as it moves.

Legolas is the first to shoot at as it roars terrifyingly, landing an arrow in its chest. Although it pains the creature, it does little to stop it for its skin is thick.

The troll goes for Sam, but he makes his escape by dashing through its legs. As it goes to follow the hobbit, Aragorn and Boromir hang on to the chain, stopping it in its tracks.

The troll turns to them angered and grips his chain. Boromir is too late in releasing it and as it swipes the chain from them, he is flung to the far end wall, leaving him dazed. Ithilae is quick to cover the man as the orcs try to take this opportunity.

"I do suppose I'm glad for you having my back. This is twice you saved me from harm now." he states after recovering and retrieving his sword from the ground before fighting alongside her. The elleth is too busy to comment though.

Meanwhile, Legolas left another few arrows in the troll before Orcs storm at him. This gives the troll a chance to go after the hobbits, minus Sam who has exchanged his sword for a frying pan and is whacking Orc skull with it.

Aragorn tries to rush towards Frodo as he gets separated from Merry and Pippin, the troll having him in his sight. But as he goes to interrupt the troll, he is merely swiped aside by one of its thick arms, knocking him into a pillar and rendering him unconscious.

Having seen this and aware of the peril Frodo is in, Ithilae breaks away from the orcs, or at least tries to. They insist in getting in her way. Angered, she feels her grandfathers presence more strongly and with him lending her strength, she hacks away at them like they are weeds.

"No!" she calls in shock as the troll jabs a spear in Frodo's direction, seemingly piercing his heart. The troll then lets the hobbit drop face first onto the dusty floor. She is too late!