So I hope you all like my last chapter and I hope you all enjoy this one as much as the last.
Arthur looked around frantically the minute Gwaine finished his sentence.
"Where is Merlin?!" Arthur yelled as he ran around the camp. Gwaine grabbed him by the arm and turned him around so that Arthur was facing him.
"What do you mean where is Merlin?! He would have been with you!" Gwaine yelled looking like he was going to punch the king.
"He was! He was right behind us!" Arthur yelled as he broke free of Gwaine's grip.
"We will go back as close as we can and look for any sign of him." Leon said as Lancelot and Elyan started for follow him.
"God please let him be alright." Arthur whispered under his breath as he ran to follow the other knights.
They followed their tracks that they took to get to the camp back to the castle wall. They stayed in the bushes so that they didn't get caught.
"I can't see anything." Leon said as he tried to see any sign that Merlin had made it out of the castle.
Arthur squinted his eyes to try and focus as he saw people walking towards the gate.
"Shhh get down." He said as he ducked his head.
"Morgana said he wants this spot guarded so you two stay here." The tall, rough looking man said to two much smaller looking men who looked sheepish compared to him. He then turned to look towards two other men and spoke "You two are to go get the prisoner and bring him to her. She wants to have a chat with our 'guest'." He walked away down the hall that they had escaped from only hours before.
"That's got to be Merlin." Arthur said as he made his way towards the gate being guarded by the two men.
Leon grabbed his arm and started pulling him back. "You can't go in there! You don't know for sure that it is Merlin. He might have gone out and got separated we need to keep looking."
"But what if it is him? I can't just leave him in there!"
"I am not telling you to leave him! I am telling you to keep looking for him out here and then if you can't find him then we can go in. But before we do we need to get help."
Leon had a point and Arthur knew it. They needed help in order for them to take back the kingdom but it killed him thinking he was leaving Merlin to the mercy of Morgana.
"Alright, let's go back and keep looking." Arthur said as he turned to walk back towards the camp.
Merlin woke up in a dark cell that was a part of the dungeons under Camelot that he spent more time in than he wanted to admit. He couldn't believe that he got caught. He was right behind Arthur and the other knights when someone grabbed him from behind and covered him mouth before he could call for help.
He remembered that a rag was put over his face and he was dragged down a hallway away from his friends and away from escape. Half way down the hall he found it hard to stay awake and after trying to fight to stay awake he succumbed to whatever was on the rag and he blacked out. As Merlin sat up his head started pounding and he moved his hand to his head and winced.
"On your feet! The queen would like to see you." A tall man appeared in front of Merlin's cell. He had scares that covered most of his face and his arms. One scar went through his left eye which made him seem 100x more scary than he probably was.
Merlin was going to correct him by telling him that there was no queen only a king but one look at him and Merlin knew that he would hit him if he did. Merlin decided to listen to him and he tried to get up but the pain was too much that he only made it half way up before he had to sit back down.
"I said get your ass up!" The man threw the cell door open and ran inside. He grabbed Merlin by the arm and dragged him up causing him pain that made him scream.
"Shut your mouth!" he yelled as he dragged Merlin all the way from his cell to the throne room. Along the way Merlin saw what had become of the castle. Walls were broken with holes in them, windows were smashed and some boarded up. But that wasn't the worst part, the worst was seeing all the bodies of innocent villagers that littered the halls and the main court yard. Men, women, and children.
The doors to the throne room were opened by two men who were just as scary as the one leading him. Suddenly Merlin was thrown into the room and forced on his knees.
"Welcome Merlin. I hope you enjoyed the view as you were walking here." Merlin looked up to see none other than Morgana sitting atop Arthur's throne wearing Arthur's crown. The sight of it made Merlin physically ill.
"Morgana, why am I not surprised that you are the one who attacked Camelot? Looks like you stole the throne and crown as well." Merlin breathed out as he clutched his side to try to keep the pain subsided.
"I didn't steal the crown and throne Merlin. I just took back what was mine to begin with."
"The rightful ruler to the crown is Arthur."
"Tell me Merlin if he is the ruler of Camelot then why is he not here right now protecting his kingdom?"
Merlin clenched his teeth. He would be here if he could. Merlin thought as he looked back down at the ground.
"Oh, nothing to say? He isn't coming back you know. He is a coward, he abandoned his kingdom."
"He will come back! He is much more than you make him out to be! Arthur is a great king and he would not abandon his kingdom!" Merlin was yelling, he could not believe what Morgana was saying about him.
"If he didn't abandon his kingdom then I will ask you again. Why isn't he here? Face it Merlin he ran away like a little dog with his tail between his legs so why do you think he will come back?"
"He will come back for me."
"I wouldn't count on it. Take him back to his cell." Morgana said as she got up and walked away.
"Let's go! I have a little surprise for you." The man said as he gave a wicked smile and started dragging Merlin back to his cell.
"By the time I'm done with you , you will wish you were dead."
Oh no! Whats going to happen to Merlin. I know this chapter wasnt written as well as the last chapter but I'm not very good at describing things or people. I do hope you enjoyed the chapter and please leave reviews I do love reading them!
