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Chapter 9
Missed me?
Title: The Healer's Choice 9
Author: Sivan Shemesh sivan325@walla.co.il
Beta: Manon.
Summary: Legolas was hurt in battle, but when Aragorn tries to heal him, Legolas won't let him. What then is the healer's choice? Will he take control and heal his friend, or will he let Legolas have his way?
Feedback: Feed me…
Spoiler: AU. Book-verse.
Disclaimer: I wish but I don't.
Rate: PG-13
Warning: Evil cliffy, violence/physical torture. The usual stuff…
9.
Aragorn ran over to Legolas and began issuing orders…
"Gimli, take all his weapons away from him. Haldir, prepare some bandages for me and boil water, at once!"
Aragorn tried to remove the dagger away from Legolas' throat, which was not easy, as Legolas did not want to give up. He was determined to kill himself. The man was equally determined to stop Legolas; he tried to remove the dagger from Legolas' hands carefully, all the while looking at the elf who was staring at Aragorn.
"Why?" Legolas asked, his voice a whisper.
"You never failed us, my friend," Aragorn said as he took the bandages from Haldir. He began to wrap them around Legolas' throat.
"Haldir, you know why I was doing it. Why did you let them know?" Legolas asked the elf.
Haldir only shook his head. He felt sad, and the dwarf told him to cheer up.
Aragorn stroked his friend's hair and noticed the blood in it. He asked, "Does it hurt?"
Before Legolas could say anything, the darkness claimed him, and he fell into a healing sleep.
Aragorn noticed that his friend had lost consciousness and said, "We will take him to the river. He has hurt his head as well, and he needs healing."
The man watched as the dwarf patted the horse and whispered, "I never thought that I would ever say it, but you lead us to Legolas and helped save his life. " Then Gimli kissed the horse on the nose.
Aragorn could not help it. He smiled, and Haldir joined him.
Gimli turned around and saw their smiles, and shouted, "WHAT?"
"Nothing, Gimli, nothing…" Aragorn replied still smiling.
Aragorn mounted Legolas' horse and took the elf from Haldir. He rode towards the river, while Haldir and Gimli walked as quickly as they could after him.
Once they had arrived they began to set up camp. Aragorn laid Legolas on the soft sand.
The blood had saturated Legolas' hair. Aragorn pressed hard on the wound with one hand, while with the other he replaced the bandage around Legolas' throat as the old one was covered with blood.
Haldir boiled the water, while Gimli took Legolas' weapons to his side, far away from the elf. He feared that the elf would try to do something stupid again.
Gimli glared at his friend lying on the ground, as Aragorn tried as hard as he could to stop the bleeding from Legolas' throat.
'Aragorn looks pale; he cannot get over it the sight of all that blood,' Gimli thought.
"Here, let me help you," Gimli said. He thought that Aragorn might need some air, as he looked too pale to him.
"All you have to do is put the bandage on…" Aragorn tried to tell him.
"I know, Aragorn, I have seen what you have done…" Gimli cut in.
"But not too tightly master dwarf; I know that you want to help," Aragorn said, and gave him the new bandages. He got up and walked to Haldir so he could talk with him.
"I have no intentions of hurting him," Gimli said, defending himself.
Aragorn continued to walk and tried to ignore what the dwarf had said.
Haldir saw him approach and asked, "How is he?"
Aragorn sighed heavily. He hoped his friend was going to survive.
"Aragorn?" Haldir asked as he noticed the worried look on the man's face.
"Oh… What?" Aragorn said, caught up in his thoughts.
"Is he going to be alright?" Haldir asked again.
Haldir noticed as well how pale Aragorn looked.
"I hope so," Aragorn answered.
"You hope?"
"Haldir…" Aragorn said, and then looked at him before continuing, "He has lost a lot of blood…"
"But that does not mean that you are giving up on him?" Haldir asked.
"No, of course not…"
"Think of it as a second chance," Haldir teased him.
Aragorn looked at him, not knowing how to react to this comment.
"I will make sure that he lives." Aragorn's voice was determined.
"Do not lose hope…" Haldir said and added, "Be there for him when he opens his eyes."
"Thank you," Aragorn said, and made his way back to sit with his friends.
"I will take the first watch," Haldir said.
Aragorn turned back to look at him and nodded in agreement, then continued walking towards Legolas and Gimli.
As he neared them, Aragorn watched what the dwarf was doing. Gimli had replaced the bandages, and Aragorn thought that he had done a good job.
"You have done well," Aragorn mused out loud.
Gimli looked at him and smiled. He said, "I will take that as a compliment, healer."
"A healer and a friend." Aragorn grinned at him.
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In Legolas' deepest mind…
Legolas could hear Namo, the lord of Mandos' Halls, calling to him.
"Why have you done this to yourself?" Namo asked him.
"I failed them…" Legolas said only to be cut off by the lord.
"You failed no one, young prince, you only tried to save their lives," Namo spoke.
"But…" Legolas was not convinced by the lord's words.
"They are worried about you. What does your heart tell you?" Namo asked him before disappearing within the Halls.
'Gimli might kill me if I woke up,' Legolas thought in despair. 'And Aragorn… Aragorn I hope that you can forgive me…"
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"Aragorn?" Gimli asked.
"Yes Gimli?"
"When Legolas wakes up, I do not think that he will want to hear about what he has done…" Gimli spoke quickly.
"Gimli? You are being clever…" Aragorn teased him, and continued, "You will speak first while I…"
"While you do what?" Gimli asked.
"I… I will be there for him when he opens his eyes." Aragorn remembered Haldir's words.
"But he will see me first as I will be speaking to him," Gimli said to him.
"Gimli!" Aragorn yelled. His hands were on Gimli's throat, as if he was ready to strangle him.
"Haldir, help me!" Gimli called.
Haldir came towards them. He started laughing out loud when he saw what was happening.
"What are you laughing about? Come and help me…" Gimli said to him.
Haldir said, still laughing, "Stop fighting like little boys… you will make me cry…" There was, in fact, a tear rolling down his cheek, and he wiped it away, smiling.
"What are you fighting about in the first place?" he asked.
Gimli and Aragorn moved apart and said together, "Legolas, eyes open… see me."
Haldir did not understand what they were trying to say. "One at a time, please," he asked.
"I will speak," Gimli said, and added at once, "That when Legolas opens his eyes he will see me first."
"You mean that he will see me not you," Aragorn said.
Haldir felt that they were about to start fighting again.
"Enough!" he shouted at them.
None of them noticed that Legolas was trying to open his eyes.
End of Chapter 9.
R/R
Title: The Healer's Choice 9
Author: Sivan Shemesh sivan325@walla.co.il
Beta: Manon.
Summary: Legolas was hurt in battle, but when Aragorn tries to heal him, Legolas won't let him. What then is the healer's choice? Will he take control and heal his friend, or will he let Legolas have his way?
Feedback: Feed me…
Spoiler: AU. Book-verse.
Disclaimer: I wish but I don't.
Rate: PG-13
Warning: Evil cliffy, violence/physical torture. The usual stuff…
9.
Aragorn ran over to Legolas and began issuing orders…
"Gimli, take all his weapons away from him. Haldir, prepare some bandages for me and boil water, at once!"
Aragorn tried to remove the dagger away from Legolas' throat, which was not easy, as Legolas did not want to give up. He was determined to kill himself. The man was equally determined to stop Legolas; he tried to remove the dagger from Legolas' hands carefully, all the while looking at the elf who was staring at Aragorn.
"Why?" Legolas asked, his voice a whisper.
"You never failed us, my friend," Aragorn said as he took the bandages from Haldir. He began to wrap them around Legolas' throat.
"Haldir, you know why I was doing it. Why did you let them know?" Legolas asked the elf.
Haldir only shook his head. He felt sad, and the dwarf told him to cheer up.
Aragorn stroked his friend's hair and noticed the blood in it. He asked, "Does it hurt?"
Before Legolas could say anything, the darkness claimed him, and he fell into a healing sleep.
Aragorn noticed that his friend had lost consciousness and said, "We will take him to the river. He has hurt his head as well, and he needs healing."
The man watched as the dwarf patted the horse and whispered, "I never thought that I would ever say it, but you lead us to Legolas and helped save his life. " Then Gimli kissed the horse on the nose.
Aragorn could not help it. He smiled, and Haldir joined him.
Gimli turned around and saw their smiles, and shouted, "WHAT?"
"Nothing, Gimli, nothing…" Aragorn replied still smiling.
Aragorn mounted Legolas' horse and took the elf from Haldir. He rode towards the river, while Haldir and Gimli walked as quickly as they could after him.
Once they had arrived they began to set up camp. Aragorn laid Legolas on the soft sand.
The blood had saturated Legolas' hair. Aragorn pressed hard on the wound with one hand, while with the other he replaced the bandage around Legolas' throat as the old one was covered with blood.
Haldir boiled the water, while Gimli took Legolas' weapons to his side, far away from the elf. He feared that the elf would try to do something stupid again.
Gimli glared at his friend lying on the ground, as Aragorn tried as hard as he could to stop the bleeding from Legolas' throat.
'Aragorn looks pale; he cannot get over it the sight of all that blood,' Gimli thought.
"Here, let me help you," Gimli said. He thought that Aragorn might need some air, as he looked too pale to him.
"All you have to do is put the bandage on…" Aragorn tried to tell him.
"I know, Aragorn, I have seen what you have done…" Gimli cut in.
"But not too tightly master dwarf; I know that you want to help," Aragorn said, and gave him the new bandages. He got up and walked to Haldir so he could talk with him.
"I have no intentions of hurting him," Gimli said, defending himself.
Aragorn continued to walk and tried to ignore what the dwarf had said.
Haldir saw him approach and asked, "How is he?"
Aragorn sighed heavily. He hoped his friend was going to survive.
"Aragorn?" Haldir asked as he noticed the worried look on the man's face.
"Oh… What?" Aragorn said, caught up in his thoughts.
"Is he going to be alright?" Haldir asked again.
Haldir noticed as well how pale Aragorn looked.
"I hope so," Aragorn answered.
"You hope?"
"Haldir…" Aragorn said, and then looked at him before continuing, "He has lost a lot of blood…"
"But that does not mean that you are giving up on him?" Haldir asked.
"No, of course not…"
"Think of it as a second chance," Haldir teased him.
Aragorn looked at him, not knowing how to react to this comment.
"I will make sure that he lives." Aragorn's voice was determined.
"Do not lose hope…" Haldir said and added, "Be there for him when he opens his eyes."
"Thank you," Aragorn said, and made his way back to sit with his friends.
"I will take the first watch," Haldir said.
Aragorn turned back to look at him and nodded in agreement, then continued walking towards Legolas and Gimli.
As he neared them, Aragorn watched what the dwarf was doing. Gimli had replaced the bandages, and Aragorn thought that he had done a good job.
"You have done well," Aragorn mused out loud.
Gimli looked at him and smiled. He said, "I will take that as a compliment, healer."
"A healer and a friend." Aragorn grinned at him.
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In Legolas' deepest mind…
Legolas could hear Namo, the lord of Mandos' Halls, calling to him.
"Why have you done this to yourself?" Namo asked him.
"I failed them…" Legolas said only to be cut off by the lord.
"You failed no one, young prince, you only tried to save their lives," Namo spoke.
"But…" Legolas was not convinced by the lord's words.
"They are worried about you. What does your heart tell you?" Namo asked him before disappearing within the Halls.
'Gimli might kill me if I woke up,' Legolas thought in despair. 'And Aragorn… Aragorn I hope that you can forgive me…"
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"Aragorn?" Gimli asked.
"Yes Gimli?"
"When Legolas wakes up, I do not think that he will want to hear about what he has done…" Gimli spoke quickly.
"Gimli? You are being clever…" Aragorn teased him, and continued, "You will speak first while I…"
"While you do what?" Gimli asked.
"I… I will be there for him when he opens his eyes." Aragorn remembered Haldir's words.
"But he will see me first as I will be speaking to him," Gimli said to him.
"Gimli!" Aragorn yelled. His hands were on Gimli's throat, as if he was ready to strangle him.
"Haldir, help me!" Gimli called.
Haldir came towards them. He started laughing out loud when he saw what was happening.
"What are you laughing about? Come and help me…" Gimli said to him.
Haldir said, still laughing, "Stop fighting like little boys… you will make me cry…" There was, in fact, a tear rolling down his cheek, and he wiped it away, smiling.
"What are you fighting about in the first place?" he asked.
Gimli and Aragorn moved apart and said together, "Legolas, eyes open… see me."
Haldir did not understand what they were trying to say. "One at a time, please," he asked.
"I will speak," Gimli said, and added at once, "That when Legolas opens his eyes he will see me first."
"You mean that he will see me not you," Aragorn said.
Haldir felt that they were about to start fighting again.
"Enough!" he shouted at them.
None of them noticed that Legolas was trying to open his eyes.
End of Chapter 9.
R/R