~Now, in Goblin town… Chapter 13: "I'll sing you a lullaby."~

Fili stood back near to the back wall, heavily relying on Bofur for support. The prince was more than upset by Thorin yelling at him, it would have most likely hurt Fili, if it had not been for his worry for his younger brother, Fili could see Kili being passed to his uncle, and not moving in the least, his body limp. The Eldest heir's heart sank and he slowly started to move forward again, as the gate was locked by Nazel.

"T-Thorin…is he...?" but to the prince's dismay, Thorin did not answer. He did not look to him…nor did he give any hint to have heard him at all.

Thorin's gaze was cast down on Kili, the king looked physically sick as he stared down at his nephew. Fili moved closer, and if not for Bofurs help yet again, the prince would have fallen hard.

"Thorin…How is he?" The prince asked again, a bit louder, desperate for an answer, he did not realizing that his uncle could be in shock. To the blond's surprise, there was an answer, but it did not come from Thorin...It came from Nazal.

"Kee-Lee Lives, he did not die if that is what you ask…Kee-lee, is, strong." The beast spoke.

Fili had forgotten about the mix, the shadows hiding most of it. The creature continued to speak and Fili looked to it, hatred in his eyes. "His organs are untouched, his heart is safe, no lung damage…only bone have been broken and skin lashed and blistered…the dark one will live" the mix explain that he did not wound anything that would cause death, not realizing the infection, blood loss and the overall combination could kill the dwarf.

As Fili listened to Nazal speak he felt tears assault his eyes, "You...you did this to him?" the blond asked, holding back anger until he knew, he did not expect the answer he got…a straight answer….

"Yes, I made sure only I was to touch Kee-Lee" the hybrid felt like he had protected Kili, knowing the other would had done worse to the youngest, only to kill him in the end.

Fili though, did not see things the same way, he felt his body shiver with anger, with rage, he dropped to the ground taking Bofur by surprise who did not have time to catch the prince this time, having been too distracted by the beast.

Fili reached out to the bone pile, picking up a leg bone, not worrying about what it had come from, and then jolted toward Nazal hitting the cage "OPEN THIS DOOR! FACE ME BEAST!" he shouted, before screaming out in agonized pain. Fili dropped to his knees holding his ribs moaning in pain as he still tried to hurt the creature.

"Have you no soul? K-Kili is pure, he is young! He took my place! You are a monster! A Mahal forsaken beast!" he spat holding his throbbing ribs as his body shook with his own pain.

The next thing the prince knew is Bofur had an arm around him and was trying to help him up, as the beast finally responded, it sounded wounded.

"Nazal has a soul…mother gave me one…If I faces you, Kee-lee will be sad…he was sad the last time, that you were beat." Nazal was strong, and he knew without trying he would beat Fili which would break Kili's heart. The mix had seen how Fili tried to protect Kili in the beginning and how Kili reacted when Fili was beat down, they had a bond like the mix had never seen before and he would not dare break something so beautiful. The Mix looked to Kili, then without waiting for a reply he turned walking away.

They did not know how much time had passed, as Thorin held Kili's sobbing form to his own shaking body. Thorin was more fearful now then he had ever been in his life, more afraid then losing Erebor 100 times over. His nephew's back was becoming infected, and there was nothing that he could do to help him, they were trapped in the dark, scummy, limited chambers of Goblin Town, with little water and no clean bandages or salves. The stoic king heard Kili's sobs and pulled the prince closer to his own chest, holding the dark haired dwarf as close to himself as he comfortably could, not wanting to hurt Kili anymore than he was. Thorin started to gently brush Kili's hair back gently with his free hand as his own tears escaped. He had almost wished that Kili had not woken up, if to spare him from this awful pain.

Thorin felt like an invisible force had its claws wrapped around his heart squeezing the life from it, clawing down the emotional wall he had built. The king was feeling emotionally weak himself. Thorin had to look away for a moment to swallow the lump forming in his throat. He needed to try to distract his mind for even only a moment, from the lacerated, broken, bloody dwarf that laid in his lap, the one that he called his youngest nephew.

Something possessed Thorin to look back down at Kili. It was then that he saw Kili's suffering, glassy brown orbs… They looked to be longing, as though they were expecting something from Thorin, needing something from him, and it was then that he was reminded that he had to be strong for them, he had to be strong for those deep brown pools as well as the crystal blue sapphires, with that thought Thorin glanced back over his shoulder to Fili. The young dwarf's face was shadowed out by the darkness of the cell, the torch light not reaching the heir's features, but even so, Thorin could tell that the prince never took his eyes off of Kili.

Kili was Fili's world, Thorin had known this to be true since the boys were young. Fili would have done anything for Kili and his wounds proved that. Thorin found himself worrying about Fili, knowing how this must be affecting his oldest.

A cry brought Thorin's gaze back to Kili, his nephew's eyes were squeezed shut with tears escaping as the prince gritting his teeth in anguish. This expression lasted for several moments then Kili's eyes stayed shut but his features relaxed some as Thorin smoothed his hair back, like he did when Kili would catch flu as a child. The king then did something that he had not done since they had been in the shire, he took in a breath, then began to sing to his nephew.

Bofur had been setting next to Fili in the shadows, watching Thorin care for his youngest nephew…He had never seen his king so wounded, so emotionally defeated. The toy maker was thinking over this horrific time when his attention was drawn away by Thorin. He heard his king start to hum, then sing...Bofur stood as he watched Thorin and Kili from the distance, the words that he heard his king sing brought tears to the dwarfs eyes.

Even with his voice breaking at parts from sorrow, Thorin sang;

"Lay down your head and I'll sing you a lullaby

Back to the years of Erebor and Thrain

And I'll sing you to sleep and I'll sing you tomorrow

Bless you with love for the road that you go

May you sail far to the far fields of fortune

With diamonds and pearls at your head and your feet

And may you need never to banish misfortune

May you find kindness in all that you meet

May there always be Mahal's guards to watch over you

To guide you each step of the way

To guard you and keep you safe from all harm

Loo-li, loo-li, lai-lay

May you bring love and may you bring happiness

Be loved in return to the end of your days

Now fall off to sleep, my dear youngest prince,

I'll just sit for a while and sing loo-li, lai-lay"

When the king's song came to an end Bofur glanced around the area seeing all the dwarves standing, except for Fili and Kili. The company was staring at their king, most with glassy, tear filled eyes. Bofur thought back to the last time that he had heard that song, it was back when Kili was just a toddler, with a bad chest infected. Bofur, being the nearest to Thorin now, besides Kili of course…he could hear something he had not heard before: Thorin's sobs.

"T-Thorin?" Bofur asked, concerned for his king, Bofur took a few steps closer.

What Thorin said next stopped his friend's heart. "We are going to lose him…"

"Don't say that! He…he just needs rest" Bofur tried to reassure. Then he looked to Kili and his heart skipped a beat at the image, the light from the torches reaching the boy for the first time since his return. Kili's eyes were blistered from the heat of the iron, his face bruised and dirty, his chest bloody and bruised, but worse he did not look to be breathing.

"He...he is asleep...I can feel him breathing, his breaths are very light though." Thorin said, he must have seen Bofur's concerned expression. The king then added in, "His wounds are too grave, his body too broken, and there is too much filth here to properly care for him...He will take to infection here...Kili is too weak to survive this…" Thorin said.

The king had lost so many dear to him. He had always feared the worse when those he loved fell ill, but he had always put on a strong face for them, he believed in them...but this time, to believe in Kili's survival would be to believe that Thorin could take down a dragon single-handedly...it was an impossible dream.

Before Bofur could speak, Thorin said, "I should have never brought him here Bofur…" then the king glanced to Fili, resting against the wall...the blond was beaten and broken as well.

Bofur followed Thorin's gaze, he didn't know what to say for a moment, Thorin's grieved expression was hard to adjust to. After a few moments the toy maker found his words as he knelt near Thorin, placing his hand on his kings shoulder,

"Thorin, you know Kili…There is no way that you could have left him behind…I know all seems hopeless now, but we will find away… Kili is strong willed, he will not so easily give in, and we won't either…We will find a way to care for him properly"

Bofur's words of comfort, seemed to pain Thorin worse, the king stopped petting Kili only long enough to swat Bofur's hand away from his shoulder.

"Do I look like a child Bofur? False words of comfort mean nothing to me…I see things for what they are, now leave me with my nephew" he growled as he took his piercing cold glare from Bofur and looked to Kili with a sorrowfulness that Bofur had not seen before, at least not in Thorin before.

The toymaker took his leave, turning to return to Fili, who must of heard at least some of their conversation, judging by the look and the oldest heirs face.

Bofur sat next to Fili, between the prince and Balin and Dawlin's cell. The toymaker then spoke "He doesn't mean it lad… he's just scared…" Bofur tried to comfort the young dwarf.

Fili offered a weak, hollow smile "I know…" he whispered, wanting to believe in his brother, but the faith just wasn't there. "I'm…going to go check on them" Fili forced himself up, walking toward Thorin.

Balin walked over sitting next to the bars closest to Bofur "If we are to lose Kili, we will lose Thorin as well…"

Bofur frowned, "I'm afraid you are not entirely right Balin…. if we are to lose Kili…we will lose all three of them…" the toymaker responded as he watched Fili stiffly work his way to the ground to set near Thorin. Bofur could see the movement was clearly torture on Fili's body, he could see the prince sharply gasped as he quickly cradled his ribs finally reaching the ground. Fili was in more pain then any of them knew, and he was just hiding it well. Bofur saw a short word exchange between Fili and Thorin, then the two seemed to sit in silence for the time.

Balin's voice broke through the thoughts that were cluttering the toymaker's mind "I say you are right about that lad, and I fear there is little we can do for them, that you have not already done." Balin said regrettably.

Bofur gave a slow nod "Aye…"

The toymaker considered the boys poor mother, if she knew of this…if they all died here, would she ever know what came of them? Would she know the pain her sons suffered…would the beautiful Dwarfdam suffer the loss of her only remaining family? Worse…would she blame the brother that loved her so dearly?

As his thoughts traveled he watched the Durin's... Thorin's back was to him and Fili's right side, he could see Kili's legs but Thorin's body blocked most of the prince's…The toy maker sat, watching them a long time as his mind worked.

~To be continued~

So that is all she wrote this time around=).

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