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The icy water was lapping at the posts holding the wooden boardwalk up, as the Company crept along towards the armory.
She felt bad betraying Bard, but the dwarves couldn't accept the weapons, and she was not about to let them go alone. If they were going to recklessly burglar a town's weaponry, then someone responsible had better be involved. The Valar knows it wouldn't be any of the males.
So when Thorin had stalked to the door, and moved the protesting Bain to the side, and left, Alenia had just offered an apologetic look to the boy, and had followed the Company out the door.
"Shh! Keep it down." Dwalin hissed, as the clumping of their feet grew louder.
The group quieted, as a watchman strolled past their hiding place, before Thorin pointed to Nori and said, "As soon as we have the weapons, we make straight for the mountain. Go, go, go!"
The dwarf ran to the hidden pyramid of dwarves, bounding up their backs, before he reached an overhead window and rolled in.
"Next." Thorin said, and Bilbo went.
Alenia followed soon after, leg screaming in protest as she barreled up the dwarf ladder, before she rolled in the window and landed. She hissed on impact, and Kili shot her a concerned look. She attempted a smile, which was more of a grimace, before she stood.
The half-elf moved to the walls lined with weapons, sheathing a sword at her hip, daggers in her boots and a bow over her shoulder, along with a quiver.
"You all right?" Thorin asked, as she struggled to lift a cluster of weapons in her arms, her wound aching.
Alenia nodded. "I can manage. Let's just get out of here."
The Ranger moved to the stairs, but as her foot hit the first step down, her leg gave out, and she fell with a cry, the weapons clattering to the ground below.
Men cried out from outside, and rapid footsteps approached.
Kili leaped down, and hauled Alenia to her feet, just as the soldiers burst through the doors. The dwarf shoved the half-elf behind him, as the men held swords up to them.
The soldiers wrestled the weapons off of the two, before the lovers were shoved out the door to rejoin the rest of the Company.
"Fuck." Alenia said, as she felt her warm blood soak through the bandage she had wrapped around her leg, causing her to stumble.
