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We Might Fall

Arthur stared up at the flat wall they intended to climb. At first he thought Kevia had been joking but when he saw her remove some rope that was wrapped around her waste he knew she was serious. She bent down and August climbed onto her back. With Edmonds help they tied August's hands together then looped his arms around Kevia's neck. He wrapped his legs around her waste so he wouldn't choke her.

She retrieved a couple large nails from the bag then handed the bag to Edmond. "Follow my lead." She said and began to climb with August secure on her back. She did this by ramming the nails into the wall, using them to pull herself up. There was a nail in each hand. One of them was always securely stuck in the wall. She would hang from that nail as she rammed the other nail in a little bit higher. She continued this way. She was amazingly strong for her size and the nails may have looked rusted and weak but they did their job supporting both August and her weight.

"Edmond will carry you Arthur." Jade told him. Edmond turned around and gestured for him to climb onto his back. Arthur didn't seem to have much of a choice so he let Jade tie his hands together with the rope. He held on tightly as Edmond began to climb the wall after Kevia and August.

"Do you think you can climb this with someone on your back?" Jade asked Percival.

"I think so." Percival said, looking up at the wall sizing it up. He would struggle but he would make it.

Jade tied the rope around Gwaine's hands. "Up you go."

Gwaine groaned as he climbed onto Percival's back. His shoulders still hurt terribly. This just wasn't his day. Percival used the nails Jade gave him to pull himself slowly up the wall.

"Your turn." Jade said, turning to Gwen. "I'll be the one carrying you up."

"Are you sure?" Gwen questioned. "It's very high."

"There's nothing to worry about." Jade assured her. "I've climbed this wall a few times. Edmond even made me carry him once to test me. You can trust me Gwen."

Gwen nodded and let her tie the rope around her hands. Jade easily passed Percival on the wall. Gwen was lighter then Edmond so it was much easier.

Arthur felt like he was going to fall quite a few times but Edmond didn't slow down. Kevia and August were already waiting for all of them at the top. They pulled Arthur and Edmond up. August untied the rope from Arthur's hands. Edmond didn't even look tired. Apparently if you lived down here this was a daily activity. August was still too young to be able to climb the wall himself but he would soon learn.

Soon the others joined them, though they did have to wait a while for Percival and Gwaine to finally make it to the top. Percival fell to his knees, gasping for air. Kevia scratched her right forearm thoughtfully then took the nails back, returning them to the brown bag and reattaching them to her belt.

Arthur hadn't noticed, but as he looked around he found that they were all in a very large room, like a throne room. It was filled with people, though none of them had noticed the group's arrival. They were all staring at something at the other end of the room. Arthur got on his tiptoes to look over the crowd and gasped. It wasn't a something they were staring at but someone. He couldn't make out what they looked like from here.

Edmond pulled out a few cloaks from a sort of closet that was carved out of the wall and handed one to each of them.

"Pull the hoods down so no one can see your faces." August told them. "It's dangerous if anyone finds out you're here. We must wait until they all leave."

"How long will that be?" Percival asked, pulling his hood over his face until it was hidden in shadows. The others did the same.

"It shouldn't be too long." Jade estimated. "Remember, don't bring any attention to yourselves." She walked over to Edmond and pulled his hood down a little more so his face too was hidden in shadow. Arthur didn't understand why Jade, Kevia, and August were not pulling down there hoods to hide their faces and Edmond did.

"Edmond and the Mother Keeper aren't on good terms with each other." August whispered beside him as if he had already sensed the question forming in Arthur's mind.

"Why?"

"Edmond is very powerful, at least when he used to be able to speak he was. She sees him as a threat to her position." He explained.

Silently they joined the back of the crowd that had squished into the throne room. No one moved and no one spoke. Then someone rose from the throne on the other side of the hall. There was something strange about the way they walked. As they moved there was a skittering sound. The person came to the center of the room and the people circled around her. Then she removed her hood.

Gray hair fell from her head with a few black streaks running through it. Her skin was dark and wrinkled. She tilted her head to the ceiling and opened her mouth. Her lips didn't move but a beautiful tune came out, echoing off the walls. Soon others voices joined hers as they began to sing. More and more voices joined in as the song moved through the crowd towards them.

Jade was the first out of the group to open her mouth and sing. It wasn't in any language Arthur knew. It was beautiful. Everyone's voices just seemed to blend together perfectly. Arthur and the others from the surface world felt no urge to sing so they only listened. Edmond didn't join in either but he looked like he was in a trance. Arthur saw his eyes sparkle to life as they turned a beautiful gold under his hood.

Arthur didn't have to see the eyes of the other people to know they were doing the same thing. Then the room began to shake but the people stood strong. None of their voices wavered from the song. They even sang louder as if to be heard over the rumblings of the tunnels.

Then everything went still and the people in the room stopped singing, but the song was still playing. The walls still echoed their voices as it was lulled to sleep. The song had done its job and the tunnels went back to the way they were. Something about the music had calmed the raging tunnels. If only one of the people had been singing then it wouldn't have worked. It took all of them to finally stop the tunnels rage.

Without another word the people began to leave the room. Soon it was empty except for the woman in the center, a few people who looked like guards, and the group. The woman had her back to them now.

Jade led them slowly across the room towards her, stopping a few feet away. They waited in silence for the woman to notice them. Now that they were closer Arthur saw what had been making that scuttling sound. Under the woman's cloak were six long black insect legs. The top half of her was human enough but the bottom half was that of a giant spider.

Her long black legs twitched and moved as she turned to face them. There was no smile on the woman's face. Her red eyes looked them up and down, assessing her new visitors. Then her eyes fell on Jade who stood at the front, waiting for her to speak.

"Mother Keeper." Jade knelt down on one knee and bowed before the Mother. The others did the same, following her lead. The Mother Keeper waved her hand for them to stand.

"Why have you come to see me child?" Her voice was old and crackly.

"We have come seeking your help Mother." Jade explained, hesitating before she continued. "As I'm sure you are aware, the world above has come under attack."

The Mother Keeper narrowed her eyes at Jade. "What concern is it of mine?"

"Camelot has been our protection for years. If it falls we will be vulnerable." Jade was getting nervous, which was unlike her. "We must help them."

Her eyes widened in anger. "We must? What have they ever done for us? They would have us killed. How could you ask this of me?"

"But…"

"They don't even have the courage to come ask me themselves. No one outside this place knows it exists. That is what's keeping us safe."

"But Mother they have come to ask us." Jade gestured for Arthur to come forward. Arthur came up beside her and removed his hood.

"I am King Arthur Pendragon of Camelot." He introduced himself.

"I know who you are Pendragon." She spat. "And I don't trust you."

"Camelot is under attack. If we don't get help soon we will not last."

"Who told you of this place? How did you get here?" Her beady eyes stared at him.

August was about to step forward but Edmond held him back, stepping forward instead. He let his skull mask be seen under his green hood.

"You." The Mother Keeper stared daggers at him. "How dare you. You have doomed us all. If they know we exist they will kill us."

"But Mother Keeper we wish to live in harmony. I promise no one will harm you." Arthur tried to convince her.

"More Pendragon lies. You lot up there are evil and only wish to destroy us. Why don't you leave us alone?" She screamed. "We just want to be left alone to live in peace."

"But we want peace too and…"

"I thought I could trust you Jade." She cut him off, her eyes falling on Jade who looked absolutely terrified. "I never expected you would be the one to betray me."

"But I haven't betrayed you. I want to keep this place safe just like you."

"Enough!" She screeched. "You will destroy us all."

"But…" Jade took a step forward toward the Mother Keeper.

"Get away!" The Mother Keeper lashed out. Her right arm appeared from under her cloak. It was covered in the shell of a spider and looked like a claw. It stretched out towards Jade, growing in length to reach her. Jade didn't have time to react as the claw smacked her to the side, sending her flying. She crashed into the wall, knocked out cold.

Edmond ran to her. He knelt down beside her, brushing some of her long black hair out of her face. He looked back at the Mother Keeper, anger clear in his eyes.

The Mother Keeper took a step back on her spider legs. The guards came up behind her, ready to fight to the death for her.

"You're meant to protect us." Kevia yelled at her. "If Camelot falls then we truly are doomed. Camelot protects us. It is time we returned the favor."

"You have been misled by these outsiders." The Mother Keeper concluded. "They have turned you against me."

"You aren't seeing straight." Kevia tried to get through to her. "Do the walls not speak to you anymore? Camelot has changed. They no longer hunt us."

"How dare you. I am the Mother Keeper. The walls tell me everything. Camelot is the same dark place that it always was. They would never accept us." She refused to see.

"You are the one who is blind. Open your eyes. If we don't move now we will seal our fates. Make the right choice." Kevia would not give up.

"My eyes are clear. I should have left you to die where I found you Kevia. I always knew you were trouble. This is your fault. You are the one who has corrupted them." This made perfect sense to her. "You deserved to die in that snow."

The Mother Keepers arm sped towards Kevia in a fist. It hit her square in the chest, sending her flying back. There was a terrible cracking sound as it hit her. Percival tried to catch her but she hit him too hard and he stumbled back.

"No!" Arthur yelled as he saw them slip over the edge.

Gwaine ran and tried to reach for Percival's hand, but it was too late. Percival and Kevia disappeared over the edge. Arthur ran to Gwaine's side, staring over the edge, but he couldn't make them out. They had already disappeared into the darkness of the deep pit.

"You killed them!" Gwaine yelled, drawing his sword. The guards drew theirs as well.

The Mother Keeper looked surprised at what just happened. She hadn't meant to hit her that hard. She stared down at her hands in shock.

"What have you done?" August cried. "What did they ever do to you?"

She remained quiet, still in shock at what she just did. She absentmindedly waved for her guards to lower their weapons.

"You want your precious Camelot to be safe from the monsters?" Her voice was quiet and dark. "I will not send my people up there to fight your battle Arthur Pendragon."

"So you won't help us?" Arthur razed his hand to block Gwaine from charging her.

"I never said that." She pulled a scrap of cloth from a pocket inside her cloak. "If I help you then you must leave this place and never return. You will not speak a word of this place to anyone. If you break my terms I will give you hell."

"I understand."

"Take this." She gestured for Arthur to take the cloth in her hand. "There is a mark on it."

Arthur took the cloth and examined it. Sewn into it were three black bolts of lightening that met at the center. "What does it mean?"

"To save Camelot you must find the one with this tattooed on their arm." She explained. "The blood of only one must be spilt to end the war. Find them and kill them. Only then will the monsters leave. The magic that drew the beasts here will be anchored with that person."

"Do you know where they are?"

"It will be easier to find them then you think. I do believe you have already met."

Arthur thought back to all the people he had met since the invasion had begun. "You know who it is don't you?"

The Mother Keeper nodded but said nothing.

"Then why don't you just tell us?"

"It is not my place. You must discover them on your own. Now leave before I change my mind." She flicked her wrist and a tunnel appeared leading away from the throne room.

"One more thing. Are they human?"

"In some ways yes. In others no." That was all she would give them.

Edmond picked Jade up into his arms and led the group out of the room. Gwaine walked backwards after the others, still pointing his sword at the Mother Keeper. They lost Percival that day, another friend to mourn. Arthur was last to leave the room.

"Remember Arthur." He stopped and looked back to where the Mother Keeper stood. "This person must die to save Camelot. There is no other way. Either they die or we all fall."

Arthur left without speaking another word to the Mother Keeper, her words still rung in his ears. Why was she warning him that there was no other way? When he found this person he would run them through the heart himself. They deserved to die for all the lives they ruined.

The group made their way down the torch lit tunnel. They got the help they came for but still they left defeated. The walls whispered to them, showing them the way.

Arthur couldn't understand the words it whispered in their ears even if he had been listening. The walls watched them closely.

Arthur did not understand but Edmond did. He heard the walls fear as it whispered. "We might fall. We might fall."

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