Falco
Falco awoke, blinking his eyes a few times before remembering what had happened. Letting out a gasp, he tried to get to his feet, but soon realized that he was bound all over with a thick rope, reaching from his neck to his ankles. Another cloth was tied around his mouth tightly, not letting him speak nor swallow properly, so his throat was dry and achy. He thrashed around helplessly, only causing more rocks to stab in his back. Letting out a muffled cry, Falco tried to get to his knees, but it was useless, the ropes wouldn't let him move.
Suddenly, he felt a nudge coming from the other side. He turned his head slowly,groaning as the pain in his neck grew worse. There was Legolas, looking at him with eyes wide. He was equally tied up, and the ropes that surrounded his wound were stained with red. The king looked weak, and his breathing was heavy as he tried to say something, but he couldn't make it out, as the elf's voice was muffled by the cloth that covered his mouth.
Falco frowned worriedly and struggled more, but the ropes wouldn't come loose. All he could think of was saving his father, but the bounds held him tight, and he wasn't able to untie them. He thrashed about anxiously, his gaze meeting Legolas'. Would he die? Falco couldn't tell. Suddenly, one of the ropes came loose, and he was able to sit up and pull his hands out, untying the rest quickly and then taking the other rope out of his mouth. Quickly, he rushed towards the king and bent over him, removing the cloth that covered his mouth. Legolas breathed in deeply several times, obviously not having had enough air. In the meanwhile, the elf had began untying the ropes till they lay on the floor, and the older elf was soon free, though he didn't get up, as he was bleeding badly.
"My lord..." said Falco, examining the wound and ripping a piece of cloth from his sleeve, as his cloak had disappeared. This made a nasty blackened scar come into view, and he shuddered, remembering how he had got it, but quickly snapped into action and bandaged his father's side again, who nodded and tried to get up. The king wobbled slightly, and leaned on a tree, breathing heavily. Falco inmediatley rushed over, feeling a dizziness come upon him, and helped Legolas stay up, letting the king lean on him. He then began to move towards the trees as fast as he could, glancing around and not recognising the place.
"Whattt have we got... heeereee?" A slithering voice suddenly echoed through the woods "I ssseee thessse onesss are sssstroong"
Falco turned around quickly to see a black figure towering above them. It's ragged black cloak seemed to float in the air and a hood covered it's face entirely, and they could hear a strange sound of sniffing coming from inside.
"B-barrow wight..." whispered Legolas, his blue eyes wide with fear "Run, Falco, don't wait for me!" the king's hand inmediatly flew to his back,searching for quiver and bow, but they weren't there. The wight hissed in what seemed like a shrill laugh.
"Fools!" it said, grabbing hold of Falco's arm and digging it's nails into it. "You will not. escape. from meeeeee" it hissed again, cocking it's head and looking at Legolas "I ssssseee this little elf is keeennn on protecting you" It cackled "But it will .do. no. gooooodd. The king of elvesssssss" she paused "Must not dieeee... he issss faaar too ussssefullll" it cocked it's head again, and then reached out a long, ghostly hand from out of the black sleeve, placing it on Legolas' wound. Instantly, it healed, leaving nothing but the small stain of blood on the bandage. The elf gasped, and then closed his eyes before standing up, towering higher than Falco.
"What do you want?" he said calmly, taking a step forwards and pushing his son behind.
"To takkkee you... to Mordor!" it screamed with a strange, ghostly laugh, and with that, everything went black again for both the king and Falco.