VI
A loud crash sucked her from the beautiful dream, with a surge of adrenaline she lurched out of bed, her survival instincts kicked in and she hid behind the wardrobe, no weapons around except a belt. That could work. The world was spinning, her dream was still with her and she expected that her brother would come up behind her, the dragon venom was working fast, making her hold onto the wall to stay standing.
She stopped breathing when she heard the door unlatch and open. She gripped the belt tightly in her hands; she would have to be on the defense, never the side she preferred.
"Kathryn?" a voice softly whispered, it was a voice of wisdom, the owner had been witnessed to many things both glorious and terrorizing. "Kathryn," it continued like music, "I am not going to bring you any harm; I am here to help you." She remained in her place, but her world was growing dim, her legs felt heavy. "Merlin informed us that your name was Kathryn, is that correct?" Her hear stopped, everything did, the sounds of the earth, the movement of the wind, everything, only one thing hung in the air. Merlin.
She evacuated her hiding place and found the medicine man sitting on the bed, he knew exactly where she was, it wasn't the best cover obviously. Her veins were on fire, her hands were freezing and she started to sweat, she was near the end, no¸ she thought, not until I see him. The medicine man could help her.
"Hello there," He smiled as he stood. "My name is Gaius. You are Kathryn aren't you?" She nodded tears beginning to well up in her eyes. "Merlin will be thrilled."
"Where am i?" she forced out, her throat was coarse, and it hurt to speak.
"Camelot."
"CAMELOT!" she should have known, something had to have been wrong in order for her to feel safe. She leapt to run, but fell in the floor hitting her head on the bed, blood gushed from her wound, Gaius lifted her gently.
"you have no reason to be afraid my dear."
"I must go. Its not safe."
"No one can hurt you." He grabbed a cloth and pressed it against her head, trying to subdue the bleeding.
"You said you knew Merlin."
"Yes I do."
"How do you know him?"
"I for lack of a better word am his guardian, he lives with me, this is his room actually." That was it. Her safe harbor was Merlin, the smell she couldn't quite figure out. It was different, but the same. Kind of like a wine that gets richer with age, her heart grew heavy. She took the cloth from Gaius, " Thank you so much for all you have done, but I must go."
" Why is that?" he asked concerned, it was a good feeling to feel cared about, but this was something she could not negotiate.
" If I don't go. It will be the end for many."