When Bali awoke the next morning, he knew immediately that something was wrong. He had never been roused by Kili to take second watch. He jumped up, wondering what time of the day it was. Kili was sleeping next to the fire, that had long since burned out.
Sleeping on sentry? That dwarf! And where is Durin? He stopped at his last question and looked around the camp.
Where was Durin? He was not among those sleeping in the campsite. Bali went over to Kili's unmoving form. Maybe he could shed some light on this mystery.
But when he shoved the dwarf roughly, Kili didn't move. Leaning down, Bali soon found a large lump on the back of his skull. The dwarf had been knocked out, cold.
Hurrying over to Eruantalon, Bali shook him awake. "What is it, Bali?"
"Wake the others up, quickly. Durin is gone!"
[ April 05, 2003: Message edited by: Himaran ]
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