Legolas appears through the door, and began using his daggers to kill off the orcs, who were attacking the children. To get out of the ensuing chaos, Maleficent quickly and carefully moved Kili off the table, and to the bed nearby. An orc was about to hit her from behind, but she was quick to turn around and fend it off, to keep it away from the injured Kili. However, one of them manages to escape. "Oakenshield has gone!", he told Bolg in Black Speech, who was nearby. "Fall back! Regroup at the bridge!", the leader ordered as the orc pack retreats. "You killed them all", Bain gasped in astonishment. "There are others. Tauriel, come", he said to his comrade before beginning to leave.

"The Arkenstone. And what’s that?", the hobbit asked them, a little curious now. "That, Master Burglar, is why you are here", Thorin told Bilbo from behind while the dwarves look upon him; he suddenly realized the task ahead of him.