[The Black Gate again creaks and sways open, revealing an army of marching orcs.]

[Barad-dûr looms in the background, its Eye now staring at Aragorn.]

Aragorn: "Fall back! Fall back!"

[Aragorn's company returns to the awaiting army of men.]

[Back on the plains, Sam notices the Eye has turned away.]

Sam: "It's gone, Mister Frodo. The light's passed on, away towards the North. Something's drawn its gaze."

[The hobbits stand up and continue on their way to Mount Doom.]

[Orcs pour out of the Black Gate. Aragorn addresses an unsettled army of men.]

Aragorn: "Hold your ground! Hold your ground."

Aragorn: "Sons of Gondor! Of Rohan! My brothers! I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me."

Aragorn: "A day may come when the courage of Men fails, when we forsake our friends, and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day."

Aragorn: "An hour of wolves and shattered shields when the Age of Men comes crashing down, but it is not this day! This day we fight!"

Aragorn: "By all that you hold dear on this good earth, I bid you stand, Men of the West!"

[The soldiers draw swords.]

[The hobbits start climbing Mount Doom.]

[The orc masses begin to encircle the army of men. Aragorn and his company have dismounted for some reason, and are not using bows.]

[The hobbits scale the slopes of Mount Doom.]

[Frodo looks up at the fiery peak above. The hobbits fall to the ground.]

[Frodo crawls a short distance and collapses.]

[Back at the Black Gate, the army prepares for battle. The Orcs greatly outnumber the men.]

Gimli: "Never thought I'd die fighting side by side with an elf."

Legolas: "What about side by side with a friend?"

Gimli: "Aye, I could do that."