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Title: Attack in the woods
Chapter 3: Arrive at camelot
It had been 30 minutes since merlin had broke out in screams of pain and have long since quited from exhaustion. They were just arriving at the gates of camelot, strutting through at a now slower pace so they didnt hit anyone as they entered. As they rode through the gates of camelot they got horrified looks from the guards as they looked up at the bloodied prince.
"Sire, what happened? Are you okay?" asked one of the first guards they encountered when they first got into camelot.
"Im fine" Declared the worried prince.
The guard looked around for the source of blood when his eyes fell upon the bloodied form of the princes servant. "Get the physician!" Yelled the guard.
Arthur looked to the guard and nooded a thanks to him as he continued on the steps of the palace.
"I need help here!" Arthur yelled and he was soon surrounded guards and the 2 knights that had gone with him. Arthur handed down the unconscious servant to one of the guards who quickly put him on the ground to look over his wounds. Blood continued to fall freely from the open gashes in merlins side and his labored breaths were short and shallow. Arthur quickly got down from his horse and joined the guard at examining the young warlock. "Oh no merlin, hang in there youre going to make it."
Arthur heard merlin mumble something, As he leaned closer he could barely make out the words but still recognzed them. "Arthur, no please dont" Arthur eyed Merlin trying to think of what Merlin could of possibly be dreaming of. Arthur put the thoughts aside and continued to examine him lightly touching his chest."hes getting worse, we need Giaus and quick." Arthur said, and as if on que Giaus made his way through the crowd of people and to the side of Merlin.
"What happened to him Sire?" Giaus asked as he touched the boys chest "bring him to my chambers." Giaus said before Arthur could answer.
One of the guards made an advance twoards Merlin to pick him up but Arthur took control and picked merlin up himself. putting one hand under his legs and the other under his arms, Arthur slung one of merlins arms around his neck and started to carry him. Once they got into Giaus's chambers Arthur put him on the first bed he saw making sure not to hurt the young warlock. Giaus grabbed a bucket of water and a rag and made his way over to the bedside. Once he arrived next to the bed he removed merlins shirt where he saw the extent of the wound.
"oh Merlin what have you gotten yourself into?" Giaus mumbled under his breath. The scratches were leaking blood at a slower rate then earlier but still too fast for Giaus's liking. As he cleaned away the blood he could see that the wound had become infected, each scratch had red irritated skin around it.
"Is there anything I can do to help?" Arthur asked as he felt useless just standing around.
"could you go fetch me some water from the well?" Giaus asked as he continued to clean the wounds and add pressure to the scratches to stop the bleeding which was gradually beginning to slow. Merlin was looking as white as a sheet from the blood loss.
"Yes I'll go get some." Arthur said as he left the room in a rush. The whole way to the well memories of Merlin bleeding in his arms flashed through his mind. A question came to Arthur's mind. 'what if he doesn't make it?" Arthur's tried to push the thought aside but it kept coming back.
When Arthur returned to Giaus's chambers he saw that he was stitching up the 1st scratch. "Oh Arthur you're back good I need that water" Giaus said to the prince.
Arthur made his way over to Giaus, his eyes never leaving Merlin's chest. "Is he going to be okay?" Arthur finally managed to ask.
"I don't know, I can't tell yet but believe it or not, Merlin is a strong young man." Giaus said giving Arthur a reassuring smile before looking back down and continuing stitching. "What I'm really worried about is this bruising on his rib cage."
Arthur looked down at the badly bruised spot on Merlin's chest.
"Prince Arthur" said one of the guards as they entered the room. "The king has requested to see you at once."
"Tell him I'm busy taking care of Merlin" Arthur said back a little annoyed.
"That's what he wants to talk to you about." The guard said back before leaving the room with Arthur following.
To be continued...