"Arthur?!" Merlin repeated.
The king didn't say anything, he only smiled diabolically and bent over Merlin, who instinctively backed away.
"Arthur? Arthur what are you doing?" Merlin said.
Arthur didn't follow Merlin. He kept bent over Caitlin. He raised his hand. His hand glowed.
"No! Stop!" yelled Merlin. The king ignored him and cackled.
"Ic þé wiþdrífe!" Merlin cast. Absolutely nothing happened.
Arthur turned his head towards Merlin, now advancing upon him.
"Did you seriously think a stupid mortal like yourself could hurt me with foolish human magic?" he said.
"You...-" Merlin began.
"Are a demon?" continued Arthur, raising his hand to his chest, faking a sad expression, "It hurts me, cabbage-ears, that you don't even remember me after only a few hours."
"You... you're... I thought demons weren't able to possess people anymore." Merlin's voice was surprisingly calm.
"Well, times change, people change." answered Sekhmet.
"You killed the druids..." Merlin remembered.
"Oh, don't get your handkerchief in a twist!" she shot back, "I only eradicated one Druid camp."
"And what are you doing here?" asked Merlin.
"Well, making sure that filth is not going to be a bother, see?" she answered.
"I'm not going to let you touch her." Merlin said. Sekhmet genuinely laughed.
"And you think YOU can stop me?" she cackled, "Oh this is rich!"
"No, being defeated by a 'stupid mortal like myself' would be rich." Merlin said. At this point, he was just stalling for time. Come on, Caitlin, wake up! Please, please wake up! Caitlin... CAITLIN!
"Ah well, I'm so scared." she laughed, "It was fun while it lasted. Now die."
The second she raised her hand, Merlin raised his.
"Ic þín sáwol hér beluce, abide þæt ic þé álíese!" he yelled. He was hoping against all hope that the Dragon's spell would work the same way it did when he trapped Cornelius Sigan's soul back in its giant crystal.
The demon stopped right away, eyes widen with fear. Arthur's possessed body started coughing dark blue smoke, puff after puff, until his eyes glowed red and an outburst of orange light poured out of his mouth and a fiery body flew out of the nearest window.
Arthur was on all fours, panting hard. Clara came, running.
"Merlin! I sensed a huge disturbance coming from here! What...-?" she said, losing track of speech when she saw the scene.
"You exorcised a demon?!" she was shocked.
"Do you want someone to hear you?!" he hissed. Merlin glanced quickly over at Arthur in panic, but was relieved to find he had fainted.
"Right. Sorry." she said almost automatically, "It's just that... I can't even do that, and I'm a half-angel!"
"What?!" was all Merlin could answer.
"Clara! Why did you run off like that?" River was running towards them, "Wha...?"
she gasped at the sight of Arthur.
"He was possessed..." Merlin explained.
"I see." River said. "And how did you stop him?"
"Well, I..." Merlin started.
"Used magic?" she helped.
"Does everyone know or am I just too much of a giveaway?!" Merlin asked, angry and confused.
"Actually..." River said, "I was talking about Clara, but yeah, everyone knows. Well, everyone who came with us." she pointed and her's and Clara's bodies.
"You... knew?" Clara asked.
"Biscuits damaging the Tardis' controls? Please." River winked, "I might not be as old as him, but it's my husband who's the only one to believe it." Clara blushed.
"Great, now we have two bodies to carry to Gaius." Merlin sighed.
"One each, then." said Clara.
"Oi! Forgetting someone?" asked River.
"I don't think so..." teased Clara.
"Fine. If that's how you'll be, there won't be any Transylvania for you." River said in a way that made Merlin suspect she was related to his mother.
"Bye, River!" Clara smiled.
"I'll tell them you went to the loo, yeah? I mean... chamber pots..." she wrinkled her nose as she turned on her heels and walked away.
"Well. She's something." Merlin said in an impressed voice.
"She sure is dangerous, too. You really don't want to see her with a gun." answered Clara, hoisting Caitlin up, no doubt with a bit of magic.
"Gun?" Merlin asked, lifting Arthur up. The Dollop-Head might deny it as much as he want, Merlin will keep insisting on adding holes to his belt.
"Oh, right. They're like bows from the future." Clara answered.
And they strode on to Gaius' study. When they opened the door, Gaius was beaming at Merlin. He then saw Clara and the unconscious Arthur and Caitlin, and sighed.
"What happened now?" he asked.
"Caitlin, tired. Arthur, possessed." Merlin answered, as they cautiously placed the bodies on sickbeds.
"Possessed?!" Gaius repeated, "How did you stop him?!"
"Like I always do, magic." Merlin said.
"Merlin!" Gaius hissed, staring at Clara.
"It's OK, I already know." she said, laughing.
"How did you stop it, then?!" Gaius' eyes darted back at Merlin, "Exorcising a demon is far beyond your powers!"
"Well, apparently it isn't." Merlin replied. "Anyways, Gaius, can you do something about them?"
Gaius went and diagnosed both of the patients, his eyebrow ever so high, and came back.
"Nothing a good night's sleep can't fix, but they will be weak tomorrow." Gaius explained, "Well, maybe not Caitlin, since she can heal herself, but you'll certainly not heal the king while he's awake."
"Alright. Thanks." Merlin said, relieved.
"I'll just go, I think we all need to sleep." said Clara. "Er... what shall I say when they notice the king doesn't come back with me?"
"Tell them... that he tripped and knocked himself out." Merlin said, Clara snorted.
"He'll have your head if he found out." she said, disappearing through the door.
He turned around to find Gaius giving him The Eyebrow.
"What?" he asked.
"You know what, Merlin." Gaius said, "How many people know about your magic now?"
"Um... Just the time traveling people... and the angels... and demons..." Merlin said, carefully not looking into Gaius' eyes.
"It's a wonder you still have your head, Merlin, regarding your lack of survival instinct." Gaius sighed.
"Oi! The first day we met, I saved your life without a moment's notice, and I'm not going to count all the other times I saved everyone everywhere!" Merlin retorted.
"I was talking about you, Merlin." Gaius said, "You don't look after yourself, you only care about the others. You're too selfless."
"I...-"
"Anyways," Gaius interrupted, "I don't think telling you the same thing for the hundredth time will make you more careful. Come on, bed."
Merlin headed to his room with a groan as a reply, changing into his pajamas with the way Caitlin taught him. This time, his shirt was on backwards, but it was definitely his clothes and they were on him.
"WHAT HAPPENED TO MY SISTER?!" a voice came out of nowhere. Merlin screamed and jumped, taken completely by surprise. It was not his most... manly yell...
"Ooh sorry..." Uriel's voice resounded in his head, but she cracked up and laughed like a maniac.
"Uriel... I hate you." Merlin said.
"Oh man up, at least you didn't wet yourse-... oh... you did..." she answered.
Merlin looked down, but there was nothing there.
"Ha ha, made you look!" Uriel laughed again.
"Are you sure you're an angel? I'd say a demon would behave better." Merlin snapped.
"Oi! Say that again and I'll haunt you until your hair becomes gray!" she said, "Anyways, what happened?"
And Merlin recited the whole scene. Uriel's reaction was... not exactly what he expected... She was panicking and awed and apparently confused at the same time. This did not improve Merlin's mood.
"You exorcised a demon?! Wait, wait, a demon possessed a human?! Wait, no, Satan attacked Caitlin?! Hang on, is Caitlin even alright?!"
"Well, I think so, but...-"
"GABRIEL!" Uriel's voice faded away and the link broke.
"Hmph, leaving without even saying goodbye. Rude." Merlin said sarcastically.
Merlin sat on his bed, laid there for quite some time, but he just couldn't sleep, the last two days kicking in. He went and took one of the remaining sleeping droughts that Gaius recently made for the king, and came back to bed, slowly drifting in an artificial sleep.