Category: Lord of the Rings

Rating: M

Couples: Elrond/Thranduil

Warnings: AU, Blood, Torture, Slash, Character Death (sorta)

Chapter: 16

Copyright: Characters & places © By Tolkien, Plot & OC´s © by me

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Elrond floated in darkness, unable to go this way or that. He seemed stuck in it and he knew why: there was a sickening taste in the air, the taste of the foul works of Sauron. He would not have faded this quickly had the Dark Lord not meddled with his weakened soul. Valar damn him.

He had to get out of here, but he was too weak. He couldn't reach anyone with his mind either.

"Elrond!" A deep, reverberating voice came through the darkness. "Elrond, where are you?"

"Here…" He drank of the strength flooding the emptiness. "I am too weak."

"We know." A woman started to pour power to him. "Take it, my son. You will need it."

"You can't help me, Galadriel." Elrond pushed them away. "You prolong the inevitable: I cannot endure without a soul-bond and Celebrian is not here."

"Celebrian has set you free. The elf you were married to is irretrievably gone." Gandalf said. "We will bind you to Thranduil, who was set free by Anduial the same way. You are both free."

"I don't…"

"Do not deny it, Elrond. Take the energy we offer you." Galadriel's voice did not allow him to argue.

"What does Thranduil say?" Elrond reached out, taking the hot energy and reveling in it.

"He accepts, now come…" Galadriel started to pull at him. "Submit, my child."

"I'm not that young, Galadriel." Elrond weakly said as he blacked out.

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"There." Galadriel said, leaning heavily against Celeborn. "That should do it. They will live."

"Well, that means we'll have to call you brother." Elladan told Legolas. "Arwen will be glad she's not the youngest anymore."

"Damnit." Legolas muttered. "Well, better be youngest than a full orphan." He gently stroked his father's cheek. Color was already returning to it and his breathing had become stronger again. "When will they wake?"

"When they have recovered." Gandalf softly spoke. "They were far when we managed to reach them. It will take then quite some time."

"I can't wait for it." Elrohir chuckled. "Those two together. It'll be a war at times."