Chapter Nineteen

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Soon, they approach a bridge between two walls of the cavern. As they try to cross it, the Great Goblin suddenly breaks through from underneath the bridge and pulls himself up onto the bridge, in front of the Company. 

As the Company pauses, hundreds of Goblins approach them from all sides. "You thought you could escape me? Wizard." says the Great Goblin. The Great Goblin swings his mace twice and it causing Gandalf to stumble back and almost fall. 

"What are you going to do now, Wizard?" asks the Great Goblin. Gandalf leaps forward and strikes the Great Goblin in the eye with his staff. 

The he drops his mace and clutches his face in pain. "Ow, ow, ow!" yells the Great Goblin. Gandalf steps forward and slices the Great Goblin in the belly, the Great Goblin falls to his knees, clutching his belly. "That'll do it." he said. 

Gandalf again swings his sword and slices the Great Goblin's neck, causing him to fall down dead. His weight causes the bridge to start shaking, suddenly, the section of the bridge on which the Company is standing breaks away from the rest of the bridge and starts sliding down the side of the cavern. 

The bridge slides at a terrific speed down the cavern's wall, demolishing everything in its way; the Dwarves cling on, screaming in terror. The bridge slows down and lands at the base of the cavern, breaking apart and burying the Dwarves in the timber and wood. 

Gandalf gets up from the pile of wreckage and inspects the rest of the Dwarves, who are still stuck in the wreckage. "Well, that could have been worse." said Bofor. 

 Suddenly, the heavy corpse of the Great Goblin lands on the wreckage, squishing the Dwarves further. They cry out in pain. "You've got to be joking!" says Dwalin, glaring at Bofor. 

As the Dwarves extricate themselves from the rubble, Kili looks up and see's thousands of Goblins running at them. "Gandalf!" yells Kili. "There's too many! We can't fight them." said Dwalin. 

"Only one thing will save us: daylight! Come on! Here, on your feet!" said Gandalf. The Dwarves get up quickly, helping each other out of the rubble, and they run away, following Gandalf.

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