torture and death
AW: Are these
the shadows of the things that will be, or are they
shadows of things that may be, only?
A/N: Hey, I
didn't say it was a romance for nothin! I'm building up to
it.
Legolas: Much
like our dread.
Stacie and
Leggy gotta have a friendship first.
Legolas: Says
who? ... wait, that came out sounding wrong.
Don't worry,
LV, they'll be in love before your birthday! =) I'll do
that just for you!
(Legolas
whimpers. Aragorn chuckles
quietly.)
I appreciate
your all's advice and opinions.
Aragorn: Did
anyone else get that?
(Everyone
shakes their heads)
As everyone
knows, I don't own LOTR. But I do wish I owned a certain
elf!
Drew: Lurtz?
Sorry, but I
don't have spell check. =( Well, enjoy the story. And you
have to review!!!!
Drew:
*cough*dictionary.com*cough*
~*~*~
It had been
three days since Stacie had blacked out, and she still
hadn't woken up. Everyone was worried for her. Everyone.
Legolas: Except
me.
Aragorn: And me.
Drew: And
Gandalf, Galadriel, Merry, Pippin- (starts
to count on her fingers)
AW: Fine, Bill
the Pony was worried. ... or was that the crab grass?
Legolas
walked outside on the streets. He had no idea where was going.
His heart was heavy with guilt and something else.
Drew: Heart burn.
Legolas: (to
self)
Shouldn't
have had that drinking contest with Gimli.
He just
didn't know
what it was, and it was driving him crazy.
AW: "...these
five words in my head, scream 'are we having fun yet?'"
He was
normally a
lighthearted elf, always up for a good laugh.
Legolas: I am?
Aragorn: No, not
really.
But ever
since Stacie
arrived...everything changed.
Drew: (Legolas)
I'm rather moody lately. Maybe there is something wrong
with me...
AW: (professional voice) I'm sorry, son
of Thranduil, but you have come
down with a serious case of "the Sue".
Drew: (Legolas)
I'm doomed!
His brows
knitted in confusion when he looked up. He had led himself to
the Healing House.
AW: Bathrooms on
the left and the gift shop is around the corner.
He sighed and
walked in. He somehow found his way to
the room they kept Stacie in.
Legolas: I
followed the trail of glowing reviews and mindless praise.
"I fear she
may not make it." Aragorn said in a hushed voice to
Gandalf. Both stood up from where they were sitting when Legolas walked
in.
"So, she's
going to...die?" Legolas didn't know if he could handle
that. Gandalf cleared his throat.
Aragorn: We all
know she survives, you already said you wanted twenty
chapters.
AW: And it's
highly unlikely that it's all "Blah blah blah".
"She's been
having strange seizures in her sleep; she's also been
talking in her sleep, as well."
Drew: (Stacie, muttering)
Uh... ducks....
"What has she
been saying?"
"Perhaps you
should sit down for this, friend."
Legolas: (unamused) Woof.
Legolas took
a sit
across from Gandalf and Aragorn. "We believe that, well, her father's
death, or murder actually, had a great affect on her.
Drew: (sarcastically) Noooo,
really?
Also, her
caretaker was not as perfect as Stacie described her. When she said
Jennifer showed her the tricks of the trade, well, we think we now know
what the trade was."
Aragorn: Please!
There are children reading!
A painful
expression crossed the wizard's face.
Legolas closed his eyes. He wasn't sure if he wanted to know.
"Killing."
The word stuck in the air like a pungent scent.
AW: (Legolas)
Oh, is that all? Phew! For a second I was worried.
"That was
all she was accustomed to. She did what Jennifer told her to do, and
was always running away from those trying to catch her."
Drew: IRS - They
are Big Brother.
"Her condition is
very similar to what Eowyn's was. If she'd wake up,
it may not be too late for her.
Aragorn:
(Gandalf) But probably not.
But first she
has to wake." Aragorn
said.
AW: Oh, so she's
going to die then? Break out the bubbly!
The Elf stood
up and practically ran out of the room.
Drew: Running
like a girl and whimpering like a pansy.
Legolas: She is making out to be a emotional, flimsy, fawning whey-face!
Once he was
out of the Healing House, he did run. He didn't stop until he reached a
patch of forest.
AW: (consulting
his maps) Well, the closest worth while forest is
Drúadan Forest and that's a good, what.... twenty-three miles
away?
He put his
head in his hands. "What am I doing?" He whispered.
Drew:
(cheerfully) Meanwhile, back at the ranch...!
The moment
Stacie had black out, she felt like she was still awake.
AW: Chocolate
covered coffee beans. They come with strange side effects.
The
room had left her, as well as everyone else.
Drew: (Stacie)
Stella!!!
(Where am I?)
"In the
darkness, where you belong." Came an answer.
Legolas: Got a
nightlight?
"You are afraid?
Good! 'Tis only right that you are!" A hideous laughter came from all
around her.
AW: Paris Hilton?
"Go away!"
She screamed. The laughter only became louder.
Aragorn: Only to
lose it's effectiveness after falling into a fit of
coughs and hacks.
"Aww, is the
poor girl afraid becoming the same as her victims? DEAD?!"
Legolas: We're
not blind - no need to shout.
All of the
sudden a giant creature lept in front of her. It was bat
type of form that stood on its hind legs. It had huge fangs, and long
sharp claws.
AW: (Stacie, hopefully) Are you my father?
Similar, but
smaller, creatures came up from behind him. "Join us!" He
hissed. "We brought you to Middle Earth to give you the
chance of a life time!
Aragorn:
(creature, hissing) We are
the author's plot point. Please pay
attention!
What, Stacie,
is your answer then?"
AW: Fourty-two!
Fear ran
through her.
Legolas: ...and
boy was it tired.
AW: *Rimshot*
Never before in
her life had she ever as scared as she was
now.
Drew: Not even
that type when the goat at the petting zoo ate her socks.
She swallowed
hard.
AW: Ouch.
"What will
happen to me if I do?" Her voice trembled. The creature
grinned.
Aragorn:
(creature) We'll have enough for euchre.
"You shall
become one of us." He motioned to the creatures behind him.
Drew: (creatures
behind) Ni! Ni!
"You shall be
able to do what you do best. Terrorize the people of this
world, bring death to whom ever you want!
AW: (Stacie)
Sweet! When do I sign up?
For that is
what we are.
Terror and death.
AW: (creature)
Except for him; he's Taxes.
But! Answer
no, and we shall keep your soul with us!
We'll destroy it, nice and slow.
AW: (creature)
First, we'll start by showing you the movie "North", and
then "Timeline"! *cackles*
Torture will
be your fate, my dear. So
why not just say yes, and be happy?"
Drew:
(creatures) Ni!!
The thing
took a step near her.
She immediately backed away.
"Why are you
doing this to me?" She said in a horse whisper.
Legolas:
(creature, shrugging) It's a
Friday night.
AW: (creature)
And TGIF Night hasn't been on for years.
Drew: (Cody)
I'll give you a hint: he lives in your driveway, he's
standing in your kitchen,
he's weaing a cheeeeeeeese haaaaaaat!
"We thought
you'd enjoy it! Or has that Elf changed that?! You can't
possibly say that.
Legolas:
(Stacie) What? 'That'?
Aragorn:
(creatures) Ahh! She said the 'word'!
You were only
there for two days!" It shook its head
and clicked its tongue. Her facial expression gave it away.
Drew: She had
bad gas.
"You think
he could possibly love you?!
Legolas: Not
even in fiction would that happen!
AW: Since when
do elves fall in love in two days?
Drew: Since when
does anyone fall in love in two days?
Why, that's
the most ridiculous thing I
have ever heard! You're a born killer, dear. Now everyone knows it!" He
cackled.
Aragorn:
(creature) Ahahahaha*choakstrugglegag*...
"What?!" She
screamed.
AW: Is that you, Al?
"Look, you're
giving it away as we speak!" A window appeared out of no
where.
(AW makes the sound effect of a ReBoot
Vidwindow.)
Stacie could
see herself in a bed.
Legolas: Legolas
marveled at the bad writing.
Beside her
were Aragorn and
Gandalf.
Legolas: He
wondered why her sentences were so short.
She was
speaking about her past.
Legolas: Legolas
started gouging his eyes out.
What were
they doing to her?
She couldn't believe this!
Legoals: Then
the elf started to set random body parts on fire.
"Of all the
nerve." She muttered. Her fist clenched.
AW: The audience
yawned.
She glared at
the
creature. Her fear had disappeared and been replaced by anger.
Drew: (Stacie)
Sue SMASH!
For a
moment the thing had worry flash across his face. Stacie took steps
towards it, causing it to back away.
AW: Hell hath no
fury like a pissed off Sue.
It stopped,
but she didn't until
she was face to face with it.
Aragorn:
(creature) Ugh! Sue breath.
"Send me
back, now!" The creature let out an almost nervous laugh.
"And what do
you plan to do?" He mocked. She just snickered.
AW: (Stacie)
Sorry... I just thought of something funny.
"You just said I was
a born killer, dear. This is the last job I do!"
Drew: (Stacie) I
am... how you say... I am quit!
She jumped
it, knocking it over. It stuck its fangs in her neck.
AW: (creature)
Tonight Ah'm going to suck....... ..... you're blood!
Though
pain shot through her, she tried breaking the creature's neck. Its
little followers attacked her.
Legolas:
(creatures) Ni! Ni!
She screamed.
(I gotta get through this)
Aragorn: If you
don't, don't worry. There's more of you where you came
from.
Legolas had
been sitting in a tree for quite a long time.
AW: What do you
call a skeleton in a tree?
Drew: The 1923
Newfie Hide-and-Seek champion!
AW: *rimshot*
It was nearly
past midnight. He jumped. He heard, no felt, Stacie scream.
Legolas: It
tingled me.
Something
was wrong.
Drew: He was
suddenly channeling Diana Troy.
He ran as
quickly as he could back to the Healing House.
Aragorn: Into
the elf-mobile. Elf-boy away!
Legolas: Holy-out-of-character, King-man!
"So you guys
are killable after all." She muttered after she snapped
one's neck.
AW: I'd like to
know how you can kill torture and death.
Legolas: With a
lollipop?
The one in
charge had disappeared somewhere, and now she
was stuck fighting its drones.
Aragorn:
(creatures) Braaaaaaaaaainssss...
All of the
sudden they all disappeared.
Drew: Leaving
only a fresh scent of pine. *sniff* Ahh.
"Now what?"
The window reappeared.
(AW makes the vidwindow sound again.)
She looked in
it. Aragorn and
Gandalf were gone and now...Legolas was there?
Legolas: No.
He was holding
her hand
and tell her he was sorry.
Legolas: I
killed your goldfish. With arsnic. And then flushed them.
"Sorry for
what?" She muttered.
AW: Hey, yeah!
Tears spilled
down her cheek. He had no
reason to be sorry.
Legolas: Darned
right!
She had to
get back and turn things right.
Aragorn: Just
stop writing.
Legolas: Oh please get "writer's block".
She
sighed. She looked to the right of the window and gasped.
Drew: (Stacie)
Ellen has her own talk show?
There was
mirror type of thing there.
Legolas: (sarcastically) You're descriptive
powers astounds me to no end.
When she
looked inside of it, she saw her
apartment.
AW: Goodnight
room. Goodnight moon. Goodnight kittens. Goodnight
mittens....
Policemen
were gathered around it. Jennifer was there.
Drew: And you
and you and you were there!
The
mirror did a close up on Jennifer.
Legolas: Look!
We can see up her nose!
She was
talking to one of the
authorities.
Aragorn:
Aragorn's mind was becoming numb with the simplified writing
style.
AW: Good night, moon. Good night, room.
"She told me
she couldn't handle it anymore." Jennifer said. "I warned
her against it, but I guess she just went on a killing spree." Fake
tears spilled down her cheek. The policeman nodded.
AW: (policeman)
Righto. Care to go get some Chinese?
Drew: (Jennifer)
Yeah, let's get 'em.
AW: (policeman)
I meant the food.
"So Stacie
Emeril is the serial killer we've been after all of this
time?!"
"Yes." Stacie
gasped.
Aragorn:
Wait,... I thought Jennifer was talking to him.
"I can't
believe this! I thought I could trust you!!!" She screamed at
the mirror.
Legolas: Oop...
there she is.
AW: Did you miss
her?
Legolas: Not
really.
She turned
away from the mirror in disgust. Once more a
cackle arose out of no way.
Drew: Here beta
beta beta beta....
"Not fair, is
it?" It was the 'thing' again.
AW: Thing can't
talk. He's a freakin' hand!
"No, it's
not."
Aragorn: I know
you are, but what am I?
"Watch your
attitude, young lady! You've proved your strength. I'm
giving you a chance to go back..." the invisible voice began. "...to
your own world."
Drew:
Um...aren't all voices invisable?
"NO! That's
not what I want!"
Legolas:
(Stacie) I want a pony!
"Well, we
don't always get what we want, now do we?
AW: Unless
you're rich enough. Then you just turn into a big jerk.
You have
three
choices.
Drew: (excited) Oh oh! Curtain #2!!
Stay here in
this black place forever and only watch the two
worlds go on without you,
Legolas: (shouting) No no! #1!!
then the
option of joining us,
Aragorn: (waving his arms) #2!
or you can go
back to your world and always be running from the authorities.
AW: (chanting) Sprinkles! Sprinkles!
Drew: (chanting) Gummi bears! Gummi bears!*
Of
course they'd eventually catch you, and then you'd of course get the
death sentance.
Legolas: No.. I
change my vote to #3. #3!
It's your
choice!" The voice laughed again.
"I choose to
go back to Middle Earth where I was." She said sternly.
Legolas: But I
don't want you back. You have cooties.
"That is NOT
an option! You're lucky you even get one."
Legolas: #3!
Aragorn: #2!
AW: Sprinkles!
Stacie looked
into the window. Legolas was still there by her bedside.
Legolas: Going
through her pockets for loose change
She shook her
head.
"Y'know, I
think I don't need you to get back."
Aragorn:
(Stacie) For I am Sue! Beware my powers of Sueage!
AW: (grinning) Got that right.
A/N:
I had to stop somewhere before the chapter got too long and started to
drag on.
Legolas:
Too late to worry about that.
Don't
worry, chapter ten'll be up soon! All in good time.
AW: (witch) My
dear, all in good time. (cackles)
But before I
post it, I want five more reviews! Heehee! Torture, ain't it? >=)
Drew: I'm not
even going to try and come up for something there.
Hey, I'm not asking for much. Just five reviews.
Aragorn:
(author) And your undying devotion, and your first born.