OH MY GOSH GUYS THANKS SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR FEEDBACK! FIND OUT WHO MERLIN HAS HIS EYES ON ;) LET ME KNOW IF I SHOULD CONTINUE THIS AFTER THIS PART THANKS AGAIN! :)I DON'T OWN MERLIN BUT I'M PRETTY SURE IF I DID I WOULDN'T BE WRITING FANFICTION ABOUT IT.
Merlin was cut off by a scream in the distance. The two looked at each other, Merlin could see the fear in Gwen's eyes.
"Stay here!" He told her, not that she was going to argue with him, not when her brother was probably dying.
"Be careful! Merlin, if you die, I'm going to kill you for never telling me." She said, her voice was shaky with fear for her friend.
"Yeah." He laughed nervously.
He knew that scream, he also knew that under most circumstances they would not have had their head turned by a woman, no matter what she looked like. Well, maybe after a few tankards of mead. Merlin decided that the only thing protecting him must be his magic. "Good job, Merlin! You just told your second biggest secret to someone else!" Merlin ran towards where he thought he had heard the scream. His heart felt as though it would pound out of his chest he was dreading what he would find when he got there. As he ran through corridors he found an archway into a side room. He stopped dead he knew what he would see and he tried to mentally prepare himself. Slowly he poked his head into the room, if it was in there he didn't want to be seen. The room was almost empty except for one stone chair. In that chair caused the young wizard to fall to his knees. The man was slumped over the arm of the chair. Merlin felt his eyes fill with tears.
"Gwaine!" He felt dizzy and sick. Distantly he heard more screams. He didn't care, they weren't important to him. All that mattered was Gwaine had been attacked. The young wizard gently shook his lover. Gwaine moaned softly, that was good he was still alive. Merlin caressed the knight's stubbly cheek. Merlin kissed his knight's head gently.
"I promise you I will fight for you..." He whispered resting his head on the unconscious mans shoulder. Merlin let the tears flow he had no idea what was wrong with Lamia's victims and he didn't know how to heal them. He wished above everything that Gaius was here. But Gaius was back at Camelot. He drew a shaky breath, crying wasn't going to do anything. It wasn't going to get Gwaine to safety and it wasn't going to find the other knights. Gwaine moaned again, it sounded like he was in pain. The young wizard felt the knight's head. He was burning up with fever, Merlin was shocked he wasn't sweating yet. Merlin was reminded of the first night they had spent together, the first time ever for Merlin, however it was an old habit for Gwaine. Merlin sighed deeply, he got up and ran his hand through his hair trying to think. He tried to get Gwaine out of the chair. Fortunately the young wizard was stronger than he looked. Once he had the knight standing he pulled his arm over his shoulder, taking mostly Gwaine's dead weight. Being significantly smaller, Merlin stumbled. Eventually he regained his balance and began to half drag, half carry his lover to safety. As the pair made their way back to Gwen and the fire, Merlin began to see something moving in the shadows. He quickened his pace as much as he could while still supporting Gwaine.
"Oh I wish you would wake up!" He whispered, they were close now, Merlin could see the light of the fire. Something moved to the left Merlin whirled around trying to see what it was. Suddenly everything went quiet, everything seemed to slow down. Merlin turned and came face to face with none other than Lamia.