chapter3
Morgana was in her kitchen cleaning, while Merlin sat on the couch playing with Cheeto. She couldn't help but look back when Merlin stood quiet every few minutes. Her fear for her friend's safety was the first thing on her mind. The fear that something bad would happen to the sweet, innocent, very fragile Merlin hurt Morgana even more. When she first met Merlin, he walked into the restaurant and had no idea where he was. She was so scared when the boy walked in with bloody bruises, torn clothes and literally falling over, she never wanted to see him like that again.
When she tried to get close to Merlin, Morgana remembered the way Cheeto stayed looking at her with an evil glare. She remembered not wanting to get close to Merlin afraid that the dog would chew her hand off. She got the wolf to trust her by calling her instead. It took a fatal few minutes, but in the end, Morgana was able to drive Merlin to the hospital, where they had told her he had broken bones, burns on his legs and cuts and bruises.
She didn't want to leave him alone after that. So she promised she would always be there for him, and when he asked to sleep over, Morgana couldn't say no.
It took a while for Morgana to get the story out of Merlin, and when she finally did, she wished she hadn't. Now that Merlin told her the full story, the truth about Uther trying to rape him, trying to kill him, Morgana wanted nothing more than to find the bastard and feed him to Cheeto, because she knew the dog would eat the man slowly and painfully, seeing as how the dog protected Merlin with all her might, Morgana knew Cheeto would know Uther meant Merlin harm.
"Merlin, I'm going to throw the trash now, I'll be back in two minutes."
Merlin nodded. "Ok. Go with her Cheeto." He gently pushed her. "She needs her last walk for the night." Merlin told Morgana.
The wolf whimpered then barked and jumped off the couch. When she reached Morgana, the wolf started jumping, almost reaching the young woman's chin.
Morgana laughed. "Ok, ok. Would you like to come too, Merlin?"
He shook his head. "No thank you."
Morgana sighed. "You'll have to leave the house sometime, Merlin. You've been here for two weeks already."
"I will. I just..." He trailed, not really having an excuse. He exhaled.
Morgana smiled sadly. "Take your time."
Merlin smiled to himself as he heard the door open and Cheeto started howling.
"Don't eat that, Cheeto! That's disgusting!" Morgana scolded and the door shut.
Merlin laughed then rose from the couch. He took a deep breath. "Ok." He whispered, trying to recall the instructions Morgana told him. "Stand up from the couch, behind me is the kitchen. To my left is... the door. In front is... the TV and radio." He blinked then walked with his hands stretched out. "Oh!" He gasped when he almost dropped a small... statue. Merlin smiled, and felt around again, making sure to put the statue directly back on top of the TV, so it wouldn't fall.
Merlin turned. "Couch is front of me now." He said low. "Door is on my right now. In front is the kitchen. To my left is... guest room." He whispered with a smile. He walked forward. Before he could make it, Merlin heard the door squeak open then closed, but no other sounds after that. No footsteps, no talking, no breathing... no Cheeto barking and running up to him.
Merlin frowned. "Morgana?"
Nothing.
Merlin gulped. "Mor-"
"Hello, Merlin."
The boy's eyes widen, his chest quickly rose and fell with his sudden fast breathing. "Uther?"
The man chuckled. "You know you can't escape me. Give yourself up, and no one will suffer." The man laughed evilly.
XOXOXOXO
Morgana laughed as Cheeto bounced as they walked up to the house door. "Take it easy girl. You're going to give Merlin a heart attack if..." Morgana gasped when she brought her key to the door knob, but noticed the door was open. She quickly pushed the door open.
Her brows narrowed when she heard the laughing and the whimpering. Cheeto ran towards the living room snarling and Morgana grabbed the nearest knife then ran after her.
"Give yourself up, darling. I will be back."
Morgana stopped in her tracks at seeing Merlin on the floor with his hands to his ears rocking back and forth, and Cheeto trying to get her master's attention by sniffing all over his face and head. The wolf looked towards Morgana. The woman ran over to her friend and wrapped her arms around him making him scream and pull back.
"It's me! Merlin it's me!"
He quickly leaned into his friend calming only slightly. "Make him go away." He whispered.
Morgana looked to where the voice was coming from, got up and walked over. She opened the radio and pulled out a small tape. The woman snarled and slammed the tape on the table, not minding that the wood was now chipped.
XOXOXOXO
He pulled the phone out and dialed.
"News, I hope."
"I delivered the tape, just like you wanted."
"And the woman?"
"..." He gulped.
"Get rid of her. Tomorrow. I get what I want. I don't want her in th way. " With that, the phone was hung.
The man sighed and shook his head, and stared at the house to his left.
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