Hi guys. Sorry to say but this isn't an idea all of my own. The story belongs to a mangaka called Akiyama Koito and this is based of their story Silence. I am the one who has decided to use it for a Merthur fanficton so if you like the story please let me know and look for the manga as it is amazing. I also don't own Merlin.

I do plan to do this in chapters but that depends on you guys. Tell me what you think and i'll edit the story with your help.

The story is from Merlin's POV.

Please enjoy!

I have been yearning for a meaningful way to die. If there was someone I could give my life for then i would have something to show for this terrible life. Then on that day...

The wine bottle hit me with more force then necessary when a man in a suit appeared behind my latest master. I was curled up with wine pouring down over my face when i looked up and saw him.

He had his hand inside my master's head.

He soon moved his hand back and my master collapsed onto the floor. He was dead, but that didn't scare me.

I met him.

The man walked up to me, kneeled down to get to me and reached out his hand. I was to shocked to move, the chains didn't help either.

As the man touched the top of my head, his hand began to sink into my head like with master. I shuddered as it happened.

I am going to die in this place.

However, the man looked shocked for a moment an moved his hand out of my head. He then stroked my head and said "I'll pretend I never saw you. Hurry up and get out."

Huh...

And with that, the tall, blonde stranger walked away.

Wait... Wait up. What did you mean?

I tried to chase after him. What did he mean? Where should or could i go? i have been a toy my whole life, no-one would take me in.

As i chased after the man irealised that the mansion was quiet. No-one was after me and there was no signs of a gun fight. How had the man got in? did he kill everyone the same way as he did master? couldn't be possible. But maybe not...

I turned the corner into the main corridor and found single man there in the mansion covered in blood and dead. There was even a man hanging over the balcony. What had gone on? What had that man done?

A few hours Later...

I had been taken by another man into a different building. It definitely had headquarters writtenall over it. The house itself wasn't major but the office i was taken into had 4 men in it, 5 if you count the man who brought me here, with what appeared to be their boss behind a desk in a big chair, like a bond villian.

I was pushed to the ground and with my hands tied behind my back i couldn't stop myself from hitting it. I had recieved meaner treatment before but i still wounds that had yet to heal.

"Boss, i brought the guy Arthur failed to take care of. His name is Merlin Emrys. He appears to have been Cedric's pet." said the man who had dragged me here. i didn't like him very much. Seemed neither did many in the room looking at the other men as i got myself up of the ground so i could kneel.

The boss turned to me, with a smoking pipe in his mouth, "Oh!" was all he said.

"What a babe" whistled one of the men in the room. he was taller the others but not by much and seemed less botheed about me then the rest of them were.

"Looks like he put the money he embezzeled to good use, huh Lancelot?" said the man next to him. this man had the longest hair and seemed the most interest in what i was. Both were sitting in on a sofa but only the second man was looking at me with predatory eyes. He made me want to shiver but i had seen that look too many times before to know that it was definitely a bad idea. If i ended up in his clutches, i bet it would be like with any of the other masters i had previously, all about sex and no love.

I still don't know where i am?

If these people knew Cenred then they are part of the mafia also. This place must be some sort of hideout or headquarters.

"That just means we've got a fine jewel in our hands." A very buff man in a suit walked up to me and knelt down. He took my chin into his hands and he carried on talking. "I wonder where he picked this one up?"

"Probably from some membership only salon" said a smoking man behind him. He was definitley the one who showed interest but seemed more interested in why this Arthur fellow idn't kill me, he was the most like the boss in the chair out of all of the men in the room. "There are some good buyers in the market for beautiful boys out in Camelot." he took out the cigar out of his mouth. "But Cedric was a really foolish man. What was he thinking, betraying the Pendragon family like that?"

The men on the sofa chime up. "He'd obviously be offed for selling out his own comrades." said the first man or Lancelot.

The man with the long hair then said the question i wanted an answer to. "So why is this one still alive? The orders were to kill them all?"

"Don't know Gwaine. Maybe he's Arthur's type so he couldn't go through with it. what you think, Leon?" suggested the buff man.

"Percival, this is Arthur we are talking about. that is very unlikely." said the smoking man or Leon.

"Hmmmmmm, this is very unusual." spoke up the boss. he then had a sip of his tea which i hadn't noticed on his desk.

"This boy was standing in the middle of the room, surrounded by corpses. There is no way Arthur didn't see him." spoke up the man who had brought me here. He wasn't a nice man and only seemed interested in getting more power for himself. He walked up to the desk and slammed his hand down. "This is an ac of rebellion. Traitors should be punished."

"Now, don't get carried away, Agravaine." said the boss, looking fed up with the man already. "Lets give the man in question a chance to defend himself."

Everyone turned around and saw the man from the mansion. He stood lean up against the door frame and looked really annoyed to be called to the room. He was wearing a white suit with a tie. He looked very handsome. the way he looked at Agravaine

"Arthur, Lets hear your reasons." said the boss, calling for Arthur to walk into the room.

Arthur walked into the room and stopped next to me.

Oh, its him was my only thought as he walked up to me.

"Right well, I sensed something weird about him." Arthur started talking.

"Weird?" asked the boss.

"When i looked into his heart, i felt something weird..." finished Arthur.

"Right. That body restoration seitai thing, was it?" said Lancelot.

"Huh? That has other uses then killing?" asked Gwaine.

"Well, if i touch him directly like this..." Arthur then put his hand on my head. He looked directly into my eyes like he had in the mansion but this time I felt no threat from him.

Wait... So he saw into my heart

"What? Geez, Does this mean you've been able to read my thoughts the entire time?" said Gwaine. He looked as confused as i felt.

"No." was Arhtur's answer. "What i am able to read are the electric signals that travel between the brain and the body. Not concrete thoughts."

"For example, if he was to hold a gun up to your head, he would be able to tell if you were scared or not and no amount of faking it will help." stepped in Leon.

"So, like the body's language?" asked Gwaine.

"You could think of it like that." answered Leon before taking another breath of his cigar.

"With that answered, what was this weird feeling?" asked the boss.

"Its the fact... that i couldn't read anything...from him at all. The only thing that i could see inside of him was a 'deep silence'. It was like a fogged covered image." said Arthur as I looked at him confused. "It seems that, for whatever reason, there is an irregluar disconnect between his mind and body."

I give Arthur an inquisitive look but he ignores me.

"I don't understand but you're basically saying that it would be a shame to kill such a 'rare case'?" said the boss with a slight smile in his voice. I wasn't sure i liked where this was going. "What am I going to do with you?"

Agravaine then stepped up in front of the boss man again, "Hey, wait a second boss, Are you just going to let this go?" he asked with a shake in his voice. "That explanation's obviously bull. He's probably just dying to to get a taste of this 'Pet'"

Agravaine then grabbed my arm and pulled me to llie on his chest with a thump. He then lifted my head so that i was looking directly at Arthur.

Isn't that right, Arthur? This guy has been giving you one hell of a look this whole time." Agravaine almost yelled. It seemed he either hated Arthur or wanted me for himself. I really didn't want it to be the latter.

Arthur turned and looked at Agravaine with a smirk. He reached out his hand and grabbed Agravaine's jaw. "Agravaine..."

Agravaine looked shocked and confused until Arthur said "Pipe down, the boss is trying to have a conversation with me." with the most threatening voice i had heard for a while. Arthur then preceded to apply more pressure on to Agravaine's jaw and soon the sound of a bone breaking was heard. I was dropped to the floor as Agravaine moved to save himself, holding on to his jaw when Arthur let him go.

"Wow. Looks painful." said Gwaine, with a slight smile. It really did seem that no-one liked this man. I definitely didn't and i only meet him 2 hours ago.

"Agravaine, I don't think you need to be reminded that his incident goes back to your mismanagement. Almost all the bodyguards I sent with you were scarficed. Before finding faults in the performances of others, reflect on your own." the boss said with finality in his tone. He walked towards the big window behind his desk as if to stare at his empire. Everyone else looked at the boss with smug little smile, these guys reall didn't like Agravaine. "Let's leave the Fate of this one to Arthur. Got it?" said the boss. Everyone agreed and then bowed towards the boss.

I still had very little idea as to what was going on but it seemed as if i was going to belong to Arthur for a while, at least.

That night...

Arthur removed the blindfold that had been placed on me. I new this was my new place. the room we were in was a lounge with a massive sofa and TV. there was a table with a newspaper and one coaster on it. There was a bookcase with a limited number of books on it. The room was bigger then many rooms i had been in but the place itself didn't scream 'dungeon' or 'prison' but more, 'living space'.

"We're here." was all Arthur said as he removed my blindfold. As he moved to sit next to me, he looked into my eyes with an expression i couldn't quite place. "This is were i live. Sorry about the blindfold, I'm required to put that on when we're in transit."

Arthur sat next to me, loosened his tie, and then kept talking. "Merlin, was it? Your name?"

I nodded.

"Why didn't you run?" he asked as he looked directly into my eyes. This man actually seemed to want an actual answer rather than something else. I wasn't sure how to answer him so I just loooked at him. Arthur was waiting for an answer but seemed to realise i wouldn't give him one.

"All right, thn how long have you been living there?" he asked.

I looked at him strangely, why would he want to know? but i would answer as i felt bad that i couldn't answer the last one. I started counting on my fingers. I held up 8 as i had been at Cedric's for 8 weeks at least. What i didn't notice was the look on Arthur's face as i started counting, the looked seemed to mean he was surprised by something.

However, as i lifted my hands to answer him, he gently grabbed my hands. "you..." was all Arthur said. I looked at him with a confused look, i didn't know what was going on. Holding on to my hands, Arthur leaned in closer and the rested his head on his arm that had moved to the back of the sofa. All this time he was staring me in the eyes but all i could give him was a confused look.

"those eyes of yours are amazing. Don't give some guy you just meet that look. It will ause a misunderstanding." arthur said after 5 minutes as he tossled my hair.

That's... I don't know how else to look at people. Or how to act in this situation. He's totally different from my previous masters...Hitting me or ordering me around or toying with me...I don't get the sense that thats what he is after. What could he possibly want? I am not sure but it is likely something inside my heart. But that's...

"hey" said Arthur, dragging me out of my thoughts as he leaned in closer so that our foreheads rested against each other. "Your face speaks volumes. If you aren't sure what to do in a situation, just do what you would normally do" Arthru then leaned back to give me breathing room but still hadn't let go of my hands. "So? What would that be? What do you usually do whn you're taken into a room for the first time?"

I looked at him shocked. He really wanted me to do that. His tone and face seemed to suggest that he didn't want that but maybe i just read him wrong. I looked away from Arthur and started to strip. Arthur didn't look too shocked that i was doing this, almost as if he expected it but that didn't help me.

Soon enough, i was naked in front of Arthur, showing him all my scars and bruises from years ago. There was one major cut that had healed a long time ago but it reminded me of my fate for a long time. (A.N.If anyone has seen Soul eater the anime then the cut looks just like the one Soul recieves after fighting Chrona but without sitich marks and is also surrounded by bruises. However, if you haven't watched Soul eater and aren't interested in watching the anime then i am unsure of what reference to give you as that is the only one i can think of)

Arthur reached out and touched the scar that went from my hip to my shoulder very gently, as if still scared it would cause me pain.

"These are some terrible scars...you have all over your body." was the first thing out of Arthur's mouth. No-one had ever said that before.

"And this?" said Arthur as he shoved his hand into my belly, like he had with my head only half a day ago. I gasped and grabbed onto Arhturs shoulders for supprot,the pain was too much.

"Keep still. I almost have it." said Arthur as he wrapped his other arm around me to keep me still and pressed up against his chest.

After a few more seconds of pain, Arthur pulled out an old metal twisted thing that had been in my body. I was still shaking so i held on to Arthur for support. "It's...a metal fixture from a rusted toy. So it broke off inside you and they just left it, huh." said Arthur with a calm and soothing tone. "That must have hurt" He place the metal on to the table. "I'm gonna calm the inflammation now so stay put for a bit."

I nodded my head, still shaking as i held on to Arthur's neck.

Arthur's hand then slipped back inside my belly. "Well, i say that but i am not that good at using this part of my ability." He slowly started to rubbed the area the fixture had been and slowly the pain went away.

However, Arthur's arm slowly become blood red and viens starting being more prominent. Soon Arthur moved his hand out of me and started to move. The pain i felt was gone so had let go of Arthur as he moved away. the colour of his arm scared me. I wanted to help him.

Arthur's clothes (shoulder) was soaked with blood. I got to follow him.

Let me tend to..."I'm fine" said Arthur."it will heal soon enough."

I grabbed him and forced him to turn around. He did and then we were staring each other down. I must have looked worried and guilty as the Arthur said "It's not like its your fault. Like i said, I can't use it well."

I started to mime out a box as we needed the first aid kit. Where is the first aid kit?

Arthur looked surprised, "Merlin, Where did that voice come from just now?"

Arthur reached around the back of my head to grabbed the back of my neck. I didn't kow what he was talking about so i looked up at him confused.

"Could it be that...you...can't talk?"

Until that night, I never knew those words could be spoken...with such a gentle expression.