12. The Fate of Merry and Pippin
[Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli ride towards the burning carcasses.]
[Gimli starts to go through pile and pulls out a charred belt.]
Gimli: "It's one of their little belts."
[Legolas bows his head and closes his eyes.]
Legolas: "Hiro hyn hîdh ab wanath." (May they find peace in death.)
[Aragorn kicks at an orc helmet. He yells as if physically injured as he falls to his knees.]
Gimli: "We failed them."
[Aragorn looks to the side and tracks catch his attention.]
Aragorn: "A Hobbit lay here, and the other."
[Pippin yells as he looks up at a pair of thrashing hooves bearing down on him. He rolls over, avoiding them.]
Aragorn: "They crawled."
[Aragorn starts to follow the tracks, with Legolas and Gimli behind him.]
[Merry and Pippin crawl away from the battle.]
Aragorn: "Their hands were bound."
[Pippin rubs his bonds against an axe.]
Aragorn: "Their bonds were cut."
[Aragorn holds up a broken rope.]
Aragorn: "They ran over here… and were followed."
[The hobbits run away from the battle, dodging under a horse.]
[As they flee, Grishnák grabs Pippin by his belt.]
Merry: "The belt! Run!"
[Pippin undoes his belt and the hobbits run off into the trees.]
Aragorn: "The tracks lead away from the battle! Into… Fangorn Forest."
[The three look up into a very dense forest.]
Gimli: "Fangorn! What madness drove them in there?"
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