"Gaius, thank you for letting me stay here," he nodded.
"It is no problem at all, I actually needed a bit of work done and you are a much better assistant then Merlin," she couldn't help it laugh but it was shortened as she looked at Merlin.
"You can sleep in my bed," said Merlin.
"No, I really couldn't," Merlin nodded.
"Hey I am more than happy for you to sleep on the floor, but Arthur would kill me, slowly and painfully," she laughed.
"I'll take care of him," she said.
"Well today is your birthday," said Gaius. "And it is tradition to give a present. This is for you," he passed her a leather bound book. She opened the inside.
"The History of Camelot," she smiled. "Gaius did you write this?" he nodded.
"It's everything that has happened to Camelot whilst I have been here. I knew you would be able to appreciate a lot of the science in it," she moved over and hugged him.
"Thank you so much Gaius," she immediately opened the book and started reading it. They left her to it for a while, and soon it was rather late and the sky was dark. "Merlin," she called out and he walked over to her. "Do you think Arthur alright?" he laughed.
"I'm sure he will be fine, half the guards and knights are outside his room," she suddenly looked at Merlin, a look of understanding on her face.
"Wait," she said standing from her stool. "One of the battle strategies Uther used in this book. He warned the enemies of the opposite to what he was actually going to do. This meant the actual target was easier to get to," she grabbed Merlin's arm. "Arthur isn't his target, Uther is," Merlin looked at her.
"But that means," he said.
"That Uther could be dead now," she ran and grabbed the sword lying in the corner of the room.
"What are you doing?" said Merlin.
"Go get Arthur, tell him to hurry to his father's room," she said as she opened the door.
"Where are you going?" she looked back at him quickly.
"To save Uther," and ran out of the room. Merlin quickly ran towards Arthur's room as she ran towards Uther's.
"Arthur," said Merlin, panting from lack of breath.
"What has happened to her?" was the first thing he said.
"She thinks that Mordred is actually going to try and kill your father. That you were just a distraction. She has gone to his chambers to check on him," Arthur ran beside his bed and grabbed his sword rushing out the door past the guards without a word. Merlin quickly followed behind.
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She reached Uther's room, the two guards outside were both dead. The door was ajar and it only took a small push for her to be able to open it. She stepped in, one hand tight on the sword's grip. A man in a black coat was standing over an unconscious Uther, holding his dagger tightly.
"Stop," she said, her voice slightly trembling. The man turned to face her and pulled down his hood. It was not Mordred. His hair was an average shade of brown and his eyes were just as uninteresting. "Put down the dagger," she said her voice stronger.
"You are Emilia are you not?" said the person and lowered the dagger onto the bed, reaching for his sword. She drew hers at the exact same time. "I get a bonus if I kill him and bring you back unharmed. And I always get my bonuses," he lunged for her and she quickly blocked his attack. They continued like this for a couple of minutes. Her chance came when the assassin heard footsteps and he quickly looked towards the door. The moment of distraction allowed her to slip her sword behind his and his flew away from him.
"Emilia what….." Arthur trailed off when he saw her. She pointed her sword at the assassin's chest, waiting for him to move, give her a chance to kill him.
"Why do you defend Uther?" said the assassin. "He has never done anything for you, he prevents you from being with him," he pointed a finger at Arthur.
"I do it for him. I may not approve of Uther in any way, but I know how hurt Arthur would be by his death. And that would be worse than anything else. So you will not kill him, I will not let you," he reached for the dagger and she shoved her sword straight through him. She looked at the assassin once more before pulling her sword out of him as he feel to the ground, dead. Emilia dropped the sword and it clattered to the ground. She looked up to see Uther awake.
"What are you doing here? Guards!" he yelled.
"They are dead, they won't come," she said moving away from him to Arthur.
"Why didn't you wait for me?" he said.
"If I had your father would have been dead," she replied, wrapping herself in his arms.
"Thank you," he whispered.
"What is going on?" said Uther, standing from his bed. Arthur faced him.
"Mordred sent an assassin to kill you. Emilia figured out his plan and just saved your life," Arthur moved over to his father. "Are you alright?" said Arthur and Uther just managed to nod. Guards rushed into Uther's room, looking between all the people in it. "Merlin, take Emilia back and keep an eye on her," Merlin nodded and Emilia stared once at Arthur, then at the man she had just killed before walking out.