Mel nodded and put her hands on Kili's shoulders firmly, restraining the dwarf when he yelled out painfully and thrashed around. "Stay...still...!" she growled through her teeth at him, "Stay still! It'll be over soon."

Tauriel stopped when she felt Legolas' hand on her arm and looked ahead to see the Orcs too. Narrowing her eyes, she nodded at him and drew her daggers, lunging forward when they were within striking distance.

The chamber was eerily silent as the hobbit reached the bottom of the stairs, and he wondered if there even [i]was[/i] a dragon down here. Surely, he would hear it if there was? A beast that large had to make a lot of noise. Foolishly, without thinking, he knocked on the side of the wall, whispering. "....Hello?" as he tried to peer forward and see if he could see anything that would alert him to the Fyredrake's presence.