More fic that's not going to get written

[cdybedahl]

Calm had fallen over Pelennor Fields. Most of the Gondorian and Rohirrim armies had retreated within the walls of the city, leaving only their healers and the gravediggers to care for the wounded and the dead that almost covered the ground. The healers hurried from body to body, giving a swift end to those beyond help and what aid was needed to those who might get better. The gravediggers were gathered around one of the dead oliphaunts, scratching their heads and trying to think of a way to get rid of the thing before it began to smell.

Among the healers were two that didn't look like the rest. They were, for starters, women. They were also rather less heavily clad than everyone else.
One of them was tall and dark. She was dressed in what looked like a very skimpy leather dress with bits of bronze stuck on it, and she was carrying a sword on her back and a circular thing at her hip. Her companion was shorter and blonde, and she wore a red sports miniskirt with matching sports bra and knee-high boots. Two serious-looking dagger-like weapons resided in sheaths attached to the boots.
The pair walked from soldier to soldier, the dark woman doing what needed to be done while the blonde one handed her herbs and bandages as she asked for them. They worked in silence, quickly and efficiently, until they reached a soldier who wasn't like the others.

"Hey, this is a woman," Xena said.
"Dead or wounded?" Gabrielle said.
Xena removed the woman's breastplate and arm greaves, and looked for wounds.
"One arm has had a nasty shock," she said. "Give me a couple of those purple berries that smell like Joxer's cooking."
Gabrielle did as she was asked, then sat back while Xena treated the patient.
"So," Xena said after a while, "that should take care of it. Let's get her out of here."
She began to gently lift the wounded woman, and when she had her sitting up she opened her eyes.
"Huh?" she said. "Who are you? Where am I?"
"Take it easy," Xena said. "You're hurt, but you're going to be fine in a couple of hours. Lucky for you I came along, not many healers have the skills to treat Nazgul Burn."
Gabrielle stepped in and supported the woman's other side, and they got her upright, walking by herself but leaning heavily on Xena and Gabrielle.
"What's your name?" Gabrielle said.
"Eowyn," the woman said.
"And what were you doing fighting while wearing all that metal?" Xena said. "That's no dress for a warrior woman. See where it got you."
"I've never known any other women who fought," Eowyn mumbled. "I took what seemed best."
Xena and Gabrielle looked at each other. Gabrielle let her arm slide down Eowyn's back until her hand rested on a shapely buttock.
"Don't worry," she said. "We'll take care of you."
Eowyn, who was fast feeling better and could now almost walk by herself, gave Gabrielle a questioning look.
"Where are we going?" she said.
"Our camp," Xena said. "You still need to lie down for a bit."
"I wouldn't mind a bath," Eowyn said.
"Don't worry," Gabrielle said, her hand gently squeezing Eowyn's shapely ass. "We'll get you out of those filthy clothes, clean you up and get something comfortable into you."
Eowyn frowned.
"Didn't you get that backwards?" she said.
"Only if you insist," Gabrielle said.

Comments

[madralaoi.livejournal.com]

*laughs*

Now that's a scene I would have loved to have in the Extended version!
Well written. :)

[pinkdormouse.livejournal.com]

*smirk*

Got back from seeing RotK and there it was waiting for me.

*warm happy glow*

Gina

oliphaunt.avi

[nordgren.livejournal.com]

Given the Xenaverse's rather inconsistent level of technology, the combination of the Dynamic Duo and dead oliphaunts made for some unfortunate thoughts.

What's Greek for "we're not sure just exactly how much explosives it'll take to disintegrate this... thing", anyway?

Re: oliphaunt.avi

[cdybedahl.livejournal.com]

I can see Ares trying to show off by blowing it up with his godly powers of destruction, with very similar results.