ok here is the continuation of the cliff hanger (even though it wasnt much of a cliff hanger :) )

ok in this chapter we find out exactly what happened to Helena :)

please enjoy

Chapter 10 ~ Lost

A small robin red breast flew down from the sky and landed on something. If it had been even a day or two older it would have known that the thing was a human. All it saw, however, where the strands of gold much like the stuff that coated his nest. Lowering its beak it grasped some of the stuff that had fallen across the things face and tugged hard. Instantly two eyes below him (the robin was sitting on the creatures forehead) opened. For a second the robin and the human stared at each other until the robin squeaked with fright and took of into the sky with a flurry of small wings.

Morgause watched the robin fly high into the bright blue sky with some puzzlement. Why was she outside? Morgause sat up and instantly regretted it as the whole world spun sickeningly before her eyes. Putting a hand to her head she realised why; there was a spectacular lump rising on the back of her head. And suddenly everything came rushing back causing Morgause to gasp Nimueh's army! Opening her eyes she was thankful to see that the world had stopped moving but then she frowned and gasped in astonishment. The land was completely bare. There was no churned earth; no rock statues no sign what so ever that a magical battle had taken place the night before. Well almost. Lying not far away from her, sprawled on his back was Merlin. Morgause pulled herself up onto her hand and knees and crawled towards him. When she reached him she shook him 'Merlin! Wake up!' He couldn't be dead, he just couldn't.

Pressing her fingers to Merlin's neck she felt the distinct beat of his pulse. Sighing with relief she snapped her fingers causing a cascade of water to splash down onto Merlin's sleeping face. He opened his eyes instantly and said, a clear look of indignation on his face 'Morgause! That's hardly the way to wake someone up' he winced slightly rubbing his chest, he thought that a couple of ribs might be broken; he was certainly going to bruise anyway.

Morgause smiled slightly then said in a rather puzzled voice 'you should be dead Merlin'

Merlin sighed 'trust me this isn't the first time I should be dead' seeing her expression he elaborated 'its something to do with being the greatest warlock that ever lived' he looked around then frowned 'Morgause, where is Morgana?'

Morgause looked around in alarm 'I don't know, I haven't seen her' she had been so preoccupied with checking that Merlin was alive that she hadn't noticed her sisters absence. Merlin began to call Morgana's name and Morgause closed her eyes, trying to focus on her connection with her sister. 'Merlin' she called softly after a minute.

Merlin stopped calling franticly for his love and looked at her a desperate expression on his face 'she's not…' he couldn't bare to continue

Morgause shook her head 'she's alive…but I don't know where she is…she must be pretty far away'

There was a silence then Merlin tried to struggle to his feet, standing shakily he said 'well let's go find her'

Morgause grabbed his hand and used it to pull her self up 'Merlin don't be a fool, neither of us are in any shape to go looking for her, we need to get back to Camelot and rest, you especially'

Merlin sighed 'fine but…' he frowned in concern looking into her eyes noticing that her pupils were unfocussed 'are you really in any state to get us back? You look like you've got bad concussion'

Morgause put his arm around her shoulders and supported him 'I'm fine, its you who needs to get back quickly' and with that they both vanished.

Lancelot, Arthur and Gwen were in Arthur and Gwen's room. Lancelot was standing at the window staring out at the courtyard; Gwen was sitting on the bed watching as Arthur paced up and down anxiously. He had been doing that since he and Lancelot had returned and it was getting on the other two's nerves. 'Arthur! We understand how your feeling right now but can you please stop!' snapped Lancelot.

'Sorry' said Arthur sitting down in a chair. To the others annoyance he began to tap the arm with his fingers in agitation. 'Do you think we should send out a search party?' he asked Lancelot anxiously.

His friend sighed and shook his head 'no, we don't know that the fight isn't still going'.

Arthur was about to reply when suddenly Morgause and Merlin appeared in mid air. For a moment they remained suspended above the ground before both suddenly crashed to onto the table. Morgause released Merlin and tumbled off the side of the table to the floor while Merlin managed to grip the edge to stop himself falling. Both sat up, Morgause blinking, her hand to her head wondering when the room was going to come into focus, Merlin ruefully rubbing his sore chest. For a moment no one moved then Lancelot sprinted across the room, picked Morgause up and hugged her to his chest, spinning her around and shouting with glee 'you made it!'

Morgause laughed weakly 'yeah…do you think you could stop?' she murmured

Lancelot stopped immediately and looked into her eyes 'are you all right? I've never seen you appear like that'

Merlin who had just been embraced tightly by Gwen and clapped rather hard on the back by Arthur winced and said 'I told you that you weren't in a fit state to teleport, I have learnt some things from Gaius you know' when Lancelot looked at him he said 'I'm pretty sure that she has severe concussion'

'Mmm… I meant to appear in Gaius's room…must of over shot it' muttered Morgause swaying slightly. Lancelot led her over to a chair and sat her down firmly 'mmm alright' she murmured.

Arthur looked around smiling 'where's Morgana and Helena?' his smile fell as he looked from Morgause's face to Merlin's and saw the expressions on them 'their not…'

Merlin shook his head 'Morgana was taken by those things for some reason, Morgause thinks she's pretty far away from here, probably with Nimueh' he tried to keep his voice calm but it wobbled slightly.

Arthur looked from one to the other then said quietly 'and Helena?'

Morgause looked up at him with slightly unfocussed eyes 'when the battle started those things went straight for her… Nimueh knew that she was the most experienced…the last time I saw those things were carrying her off…there was nothing we could do' she could hear the pleading note in her own voice.

Arthur sat down heavily and said 'of course it wasn't your fault…I don't think any of us where expecting that' he glanced at Merlin and murmured 'its not your fault either Merlin, not about Morgana either'

There was a long silence broken by Gwen saying desperately 'there is still a chance that Helena survived' they all looked up at her and she continued 'think about it, Helena is a really skilled sorceress, if they where carrying her off she could have placed a spell on her self to turn her invisible or something'

'Its possible' said Merlin slowly 'but then why didn't she revel herself when we where looking?' he asked.

Gwen hesitated 'maybe she was hurt. But its worth a try'

Arthur stood up and nodded 'your right Gwen, I'll organise a search party'

Lancelot moved forward 'I'll help you' Arthur nodded and both moved towards the door 'I'll tell Gaius to come up' said Lancelot. Then he and Arthur exited.

Gwen looked from Morgause to Merlin and said slowly 'why weren't you two taken?'

Merlin hesitated 'remember what Helena said? Those zombies could only see people that could cause them harm…Morgause and I where unconscious' he turned to Morgause and asked 'was Morgana?'

Morgause shook her head 'I heard Morgana scream before I passed out' she moved one hand to the lump on her head and whispered a spell and sighed with relief as she felt the bump sink back into her skull and as her vision cleared. She gave her head a shake to clear it then looked at her two friends 'it looks like we were wrong about the fact that Nimueh wanted to kill us…she wanted us captured…why?'

Merlin's eyes suddenly widened 'Nimueh would know about The Prophecy…and her ultimate goal is to become the most powerful person who ever lived… what if she wanted to drain this power the three of us are meant to have?'

There was a silence then Morgause said 'that's impossible. Its not possible for someone to drain someone else's powers, their energy yes but not their power' but she sounded uncertain, what if it Nimueh had found some way of doing just that?

Merlin seemed to have guessed what she as thinking for he said 'we have to find Morgana' both Morgause and Gwen grabbed his arms and forced him to sit down.

At this point Gaius walked in and raised his eyebrow at the three of them struggling. He walked over and poked Merlin in the chest. Merlin let out a squeak and sat down heavily 'Gaius!'

Gaius shook his head 'the things you get into Merlin' he began to feel Merlin's chest gently prodding it and running his hands down his ribs. He even muttered a spell, which sounded odd to Merlin hearing his mentor say magic, but the spell seemed to have no effect. Finally he sighed 'as far as I can see there isn't any internal bleeding and you haven't broken anything…it looks like you just have sever bruising'

'Just! Gaius this means that I wont be able to go look for Morgana!' said Merlin desperately.

Gaius shook his as he moved behind Morgause examining the back of her head critically 'your no use to Morgana unless you're fully healed' he removed his fingers from the back of Morgause's head and walked around to face them both 'I admit Morgause you seem to be quite advanced with healing spells but that doesn't mean that you shouldn't rest as well'

Merlin frowned as Morgause looked defeated 'I don't understand how that works'

Morgause looked over at him 'when you heal yourself you are only healing the physical evidence but there is still…your body basically needs to catch up with the process. Its like if you break a rib and heal it your body still needs to go though its own process normally even if the physical evidence is gone. The only way to stop your body from doing that and to bring it up to its full strength is either to rest (depending on how sever the injury) or to transmit some energy from some where else to your self…which is very risky'

Gaius produced two small bottles from his bag and handed one to each of them 'which is why you two need all the rest you can get. These are two of the potions I used to give to Morgana…they will definitely work on you Merlin...' he glanced at Morgause in question

Morgause nodded 'they should work on me, the only reason they didn't work on Morgana was because she didn't know how to control her Seer powers and still doesn't fully… it breaks though when she is stressed or worried' she smiled slightly 'I was taught how to control those powers since the moment I started to show them…this should work on me'

Gaius nodded 'good I want you both to drink all of it…that should put you out for several hours' he packed up his things and went to the door where he stopped and looked back 'don't worry about Morgana for now, there is nothing you can do at the moment'

When he was gone Gwen turned to her friends and frowned 'you know I always thought that magic was a very simple thing…but its sounds pretty complicated'

Morgause and Merlin both drank their potions and Morgause said 'trust me Gwen magic is anything but simple'

Before Gwen could say anything Morgause's head suddenly jerked like she'd received a blow to the head; her eyes unfocused then closed and she relaxed into the chair, her head resting on Merlin's shoulder. Merlin looked at Gwen, who thought he looked rather drunk, and then went limp in the chair, his head lolling back into the high backed chair. Gwen smiled slightly then walked over to the cupboard and pulled two blankets out she then walked back to her sleeping friends and tucked one over each of them pulling it up to their chins in a rather motherly way. Just then Gaius opened the door again and whispered 'they're both out?'

Gwen nodded 'see for yourself'

Gaius smiled at the pair then said 'I gave Morgause a slightly stronger draft'

Gwen looked surprised 'why?'

Gaius smiled at her 'from my past experiences Seers are usually able to fight off the effects of a sleeping draft, especially when they're stressed'

Morgause was back on the battlefield, back facing that army. Yet she was detached, not part of the actual fight. She saw herself, Merlin, Morgana and Helena fighting with magic; this was before Helena had died yet after Arthur, Lancelot and the knights had left. She watched as Helena blasted one of the zombies to dust when it touched her. She desperately struggled with the effects of the sleeping potion Gaius had given her; she didn't want to see Helena being taken again. But it was no use; she felt like she was trapped under a thick blanket that had some how managed to coat her brain as well. Very faintly, on the edges of her consciousness Morgause was aware of the sounds of people yelling from somewhere.

Morgause watched, helpless, as she had been last time, as the zombies pressed forward in a great surge of dead, stinking corpses. She watched as they slowly cut Helena off from Morgana, Merlin and Morgause. She watched as the three of them realised what was happening just as the zombies struck. Helena's beautiful face looked surprised as the several dozen zombies all launched themselves at her at once, there eyes the same colour as Nimueh's. Morgause heard the screams of Morgana, Merlin and herself as Helena fought them off before going down under the sheer weight of numbers. She heard their screams turn into strangled sobs, as Helena didn't emerge.

'Helena!' cried Morgause, hearing the strangled sob in her own voice. Struggling desperately she managed to fight of the drowsiness that coated her brain and open her eyes. It turned out that there was a blanket covering her though it wasn't as thick as she had thought. Struggling to sit up Morgause rubbed her eyes, slightly surprised to find that there were tears on her cheeks. Glancing over at the window she saw to some astonishment that it was already dark. When she looked around, blinking the last tears away, she was surprised to see Merlin asleep in the chair beside her. Morgause reached over and shook him slightly and he immediately opened his eyes and gave her a slightly drowsy smile 'I feel much better, you?'

Morgause stood up and walked to the window nodding. Merlin frowned at her 'what woke you up?'

'I think there was a commotion out in the court yard' replied Morgause searching the dark courtyard with her eyes.

At that moment there was a pounding of feet coming along the corridor and as Merlin stood up and Morgause turned towards it the door was flung open. In the door way stood an out of breath Lancelot. Merlin and Morgause rushed towards him stopping, however, when they saw that his hands and shirt were covered in blood. Morgause's eyes widened in horror as she moved towards him but he shook his head 'its…not…mine' he was gasping as he spoke and there was something about his wide eyes that sent a chill down the in-laws spins.

Morgause grabbed his shoulders and said urgently 'what do you mean its not yours, who's is it?'

Lancelot swallowed and gasped out 'we found…'

Merlin moved quickly forwards his heart beating quickly 'who Lancelot? Who have you found?'

Lancelot took a deep shuddering breath and whispered, the fear evident in his voice 'we found Helena'

Slowly Morgause and Merlin looked down at the blood on his shirt and hands.

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