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"Get back! Stay close to Gandalf." Aragorn calls out as the screeches and other unnatural sounds of the orcs sound in the chamber outside the door. Tatsuo is growling as she is on four. Her eyes glinted dangerously, telling how mad she was and not to be played with. she stood before Gandalf and the hobbits, twice their size. In the meantime, Boromir and Aragorn slam and wedge the doors. The man of Gondor suddenly catches sight of something and looks at the true king of Gondor with shock. "They have a cave troll!" he says. Behind the giant wolf, Gimli climbs upon his cousin's tomb and growls rise, almost matching the wolf's guttural noise as her sensitive ears pick up the sound of many feet. With them are a set of heavy ones, probably the troll. this I will win, she thinks as she flicks her tail. "Let them come! There is one Dwarf in Moria who still draws breath!" Gimli yells behind her, and Tatsuo almost laughs in amusement. 

With a boom, the door slams open, and 20 orcs and goblins charge into the tomb, followed by a vast disfigured cave troll. It growls at the sight of the giant wolf and swings its maze against her but she ducks and rolls out to the way, snarling and charging at it. She bites it in its arm, making green blood flood out. It floods Tatsuo's mouth, and she gags almost at the sour and foul taste. The troll sees that her grip has weakened and takes this opportunity to slam and shake her away. With much trouble, the troll, in the end, manages to get the big wolf off and growls as it hits the wall with a thud. "Tatsuo!" Aragorn yells, but the wolf answers not cause it blacked out briefly. The battle rages on now with double intensity. 

Sam the Gardner is backed up against a wall with a sword in one hand and a saucepan in the other. In desperation, he swings wildly at a goblin with the saucepan. It keels over, and Sam looks surprised. He wallops another goblin, and it too drops. "I think I'm getting the hang of this," he says.

Meanwhile, the cave troll lunges forward, thrusting at Frodo's chest with his spear "Aragorn! Aragorn!" Sam screams as frodo is lifted off his feet by the spear tip and slammed against the wall. "Frodo!" Aragorn calls out, shocked. At this moment, as the battle rages on and the attendees are fure from their comrade's seeming death, a thunderous roar or snarl sounds in teh chamber. Then, everything stops, and the fellowship, the troll, and some remaining orcs turn to see the big black wolf standing, its blue cobalt eyes gleaming in anger. 

The troll makes a confused sound as the wolf stares it down. The orcs charge at her, but Tatsuo grabs them with a crushing force in her jaws and shakes them, taking their head off. She drops their heads when they're dead and charges at the troll with open jaws and bloodied teeth. 

A true force of battle. 

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"He's alive," Sam says as he, Merry, and Pippin, along with Aragorn and a tired Tatsuo, kneels the coughing frodo. "I'm all right. I'm not hurt. "he says and looks around at his friends' faces. when he meets Tatsuo's eyes, he smiles a little, making her smile back. "You should be dead. That spear would have skewered a wild boar." Aragorn says, surprised as he studies the little creature under him. "I think there's more to this Hobbit than meets the eye," Gandalf says, and tastuo hums standing up. Frodo looks at her, and she nods, reading his thoughts. He opens his shirt to reveal the glimmering mithril. where the wound should've been, there's nothing. "Mithril! You are full of surprises, Master Baggins," Gimli says, smiling. tastuo jerks at the sound of drums and their moment is cut short. Gandalf looks at them and says, "To the bridge of Khazad-Dûm!" 

they all run through the dwarrowdelf chamber. "This way!" Gandalf calls, and they hurry to a distant door. Goblins suddenly start crawling down the walls and pits like characters. tastuo bares her teeth which are pointed but seemingly ordinary. They all stop as the goblin army surrounds them, sneering. Tatsuo grabs Frodo's hand, giving it an assuring squeeze. Suddenly a roar fills the air, and a fiery light begins to emit from a room dancing down teh hallway. The goblins freeze, looking around, scared and nervous. They back fearfully away from theapproaching beast ... melting into the darkness. Boromir steps up to Gandalf and whispers in his ear, "What is this new devilry?" tastuo closes her eyes, focusing on the evil yet familiar energy that dances in the room. A demon of the ancient world, alright. she shudders and opens her eyes. "A Balrog ... a demon of the ancient world! This foe is beyond any of you!" Gandalf says and glances at Tatsuo, who gives him a blank look.

"Run! Quickly!" he then urgently yells, and they all start to run. Aragorn and Tatsuo lead the fellowship to the bridge of  Khazad-Dûm, meeting on a  dizzyingstairway. Behind them, Gandalf flows as well as he can, but he leans heavingly on this staff as if the demon drains him for energy. Aragorn turns back to him, looking concerned at the old wizard. "Lead them on, Aragorn! The bridge is near." Gandalf says as an answer to his gaze. Aragorn hesitates and makes to help the grey wizard but snaps at the man and flinches away. "Do as I say; Swords are no more use here." Aragorn nods and turns, running after the others with Gandalf in tow. 

They all race down a stairway, which ends in a gaping chasm. they all stop, but Boromir stops too late and tumbles in, but Legolas and Tatsuo grab his cloak and drag him back to the safe ground. They all jump across until it's Gimli left. Aragorn makes to throw him, but the dwarf raises a hand stopping the grey-eyed man. "Nobody tosses a dwarf!" he then takes a mighty jump missing by a hair light on the other side. then tis frodo and Aragorn left. Tatsuo watches in fear as teh two nearly tumble over. But they manage to come over at last. The fellowship runs down to the slender stone bridge without a kerbor rail at the far end of the hall; as they race recklessly over the dizzying bridge, Gandalf pauses and turns to face the Balrog. frodo and the others depend, but the ones who show the most horror on their faces are Tatsuo and the young hobbit. "You cannot pass!" Gandalf shouts to the taller monster. "Gandalf!" frodo calls out and clutches the hand of the tattoo that she had let him hold. 

"I am a servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the flame of Anor. The dark fire will not avail you, the flame of Udûn." Gandalf yells, and the Balrog puts one foot on the bridge anddraws up to its total height, wings spreading from wall to wall. It's bigger than any monster they've ever seen. status growls as her dragons want to challenge this demon. It is the reason that Balin, her long-time friend, is dead. It's why the dwarves she knew and considered family deadly. Her eyes glow, but as she feels Frodo's hand in hers, they fade to their normal glittering. she can't leave his side now; that way, she can't do anything. "Go back to the Shadow!" Gandalf snarls at his opponent, and the dominion of Morgoth slashes at the grey wizard and the wisest of the Maia, who lifts his sword in challenge. 

swords meet, and the shadow and flame ones shatter in molten fragments making its wielder huff in anger. "You shall not pass!!" Gandalf booms raising his staff and summoning his last reverse of strength. He thumps the bridge with his staff. A blinding sheet ofwhite flame springs up ... the staff shatters the bridgebreaks right at the demon's feet. The bridge splits into the gulf, and for a moment, the great servant of Morgoth remains poised in the air, then plummets down with deadly speed. Relief fills the fellowship, and Gandalf turns, taking a deep breath. But Tatsuo's eyes widened as she saw the whip of fire curl around Gandalf's knees, dragging him over the brink. 

the great wizard manages merely to hang on from his fingers. "Gandalf!" frodo yells and rushes forward, but Boromir grabs him holding him from running to his death. But unfortunately, Aragorn has a little worse with Tatsuo, a grown woman. The grey wizard's eyes meet the two who struggle for a moment, and he says soft but fierce, "Fly, you fools!" he lets go joining his enemy, falling down the bottomless pit... only death could await him there. 

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