Four riders hunt along a street towards Queen Annis's kingdom. As Arthur shows his hand they stop: "This is a good place to rest. Down there is water for the horses, there is a little creek." The king jumps off his horse and looks up to Sir Gwaine. Sir Gwaine's view follows the street: "We can't rest, we need to hurry! The slave traders, I'm sure they made it into the city." Arthur shakes his head: "Gwaine, the horses need to rest." But Sir Gwaine doesn't listen: "Maybe Merlin is sold in that moment!" Arthur shouts at him: "Gwaine!" Sir Gwaine looks arround to his king. "Gwaine, we will find him. But we need our horses for that. If we want to ride into Queen Annis's kingdom, the horses need to rest." Sir Gwaine looks back towards the street: "I.." But Arthur reaches him again: "Gwaine, I'm worried as you are. But we have to keep calm. Riding our horses to death, won't help us." He pauses and adds: "Come on, water the horses!" Sir Gwaine nods and jumps off his horse. King Arthur turns towards his other knights: "Sir Percival, Sir Galahad, I want you to have a look arround here." Both nod and jump off their horses to disappear in the woods. Sir Gwaine grumbles and leads the horses towards the little creek.

He goes on his knees to refresh his face and drink. As he stands up again, his attention is catched. Carefully he makes a step into the water and lifts something up. It is Merlin's scarf with still some bloody marks on it. Panic comes up, he looks arround shouting: "Merlin! Merlin!" He searches behind every tree, through every leaf pile and in every bush. Nothing. Arthur appears: "What is it?" Without saying something Sir Gwaine shows him Merlin's scarf. Both look each other in their eyes. Sir Galahad and Sir Percival return: "Here is nothing arround. All we found are some trails of a heavy wagon. Somebody stayed here last night." Arthur nods: "You know what that means, don't you?" Sir Percival adds: "That slave traders." And Sir Gwaine adds: "And they have Merlin. Look what I've found!" All look horrified towards Merlin's scarf. Sir Gwaine turns arround and jumps on his horse: "If they have hurt him, I'll.." Arthur walks over to Sir Gwaine's horse and holds it: "Gwaine, don't! The horses need to rest!" With tears in his eyes Sir Gwaine answers: "Don't you see that? Something is wrong with Merlin. Maybe he is already dead.." His king interrupts him: "No, he isn't. He is alive. And now come on, I promise we go on looking for him as fast as possible." Sir Gwaine jumps off his horse again. Arthur touches his shoulder and turns towards the others: "And now let's eat. We won't find him, if we are to weak to stay on a horse."