Heart hammering so loud he was sure the other dwarves could hear it, especially the goblin king. with a fearful glance over at his brother, Fili he gulped, a mask of anger covering his fearful look, he refused to look scared in the presence of the great goblin.

But as soon as the goblin pointed at him and said with a loud voice for all to hear "if they will not talk, we will make them squawk. let's start with the youngest!" His eyes had widened, he could feel himself paling quite a bit. They were going to torture him! In front of everyone! In front of his uncle, his brother and the rest of them unless someone could do something. That mask of anger had faded away to one of fear in the heat of the moment.

Glancing at his brother who stood only a few feet from him, that look on Fili's face mirrored the one on his. Fili's blue eyes widened and his mouth was open in an "O" of surprise, then quickly that had changed to one of a fierce protectiveness, one Kili knew meant his brother would fight for him.

With a short glance over toward his uncle who stood closer to him, Thorin's eyes had widened only a little, and his grip on Kili's shoulder had tightened, with a certain protectiveness.

That is when it hit him, the great goblin didn't know he was Thorin's nephew, he didn't even know that Thorin stood among them yet. If he could stay quiet then his uncle would be safe.

As a goblin made a move for him, he couldn't help but duck to the side, feeling his uncle's grip tighten even more so protectively. He could hear his brother fighting to get to his side to help, while the goblin king just found this all amusing. Laughing upon his throne.

"Why so much protection over the youngest member?" The Great Goblin questioned the company of dwarves in front of him.

Silence was his answer, the only sounds was the goblins chattering amongst themselves. and the sound of Fili fighting his way to Kili's side.

Now the Goblin king could tell this young dwarf was of some importance to have most of the dwarves overreacting as the did, smirking he reached out and grabbed Kili by the throat.

Kili winced, for the most part keeping a straight face. shooting a glance back at his brother who watched and had made it to Thorin's side only to be held back by their uncle, looking back at the goblin king, Kili raised an eyebrow as if challenging the Goblin king to do something.

Fili had made it to where Thorin was, only to be held back by Thorin. Leaning over, Thorin whispered something into Fili's ear, one word

"wait"

Fili looked at his uncle, eyebrow raised, he didn't want to watch his brother get hurt. but he listened to his uncle, if that goblin lay a finger on his little brother though, he would go to his rescue, as he watched there was a fierceness in those blue eyes of his, one of a protective older brother.