Depressione pt.28

Hello, hope you are having a good day.

Merlin helped Joy sit up enough so that she stopped coughing. When she stopped coughing, she laid down.

"How do you feel?" Merlin asked.

"Not good, father." Joy mumbled.

"I know. How about you, Johnathan?"

"Same. I feel really weak." Johnathan rasped.

"Let's get some sleep." Merlin suggested. The two nodded and Merlin kissed their foreheads. "I love you two."

Merlin laid down and let Joy curl up against him. He wrapped an arm around her and then put his other hand on Johnathan's shoulder. They fell asleep curled up against each other. Then later that day, they woke to screaming and crashing. They woke up and quickly sat up. Merlin hugged his kids tight. The druid looked out the window.

"What is it?" Merlin asked. "What's going on?"

"A building collapsed. We'll be safe." The druid answered. "Would you like some food?"

"Yes, please."

Joy curled up against Merlin who just let her. He pulled Johnathan close.

"Father, can you sleep on the cot with her?" Johnathan asked.

"If you want. Why?" Merlin replied.

"It's hard climbing over you two when you have to go."

"Oh. Ok."

Johnathan moved onto the cot and Joy moved to the wall so Merlin could lay down next to her. He pulled his kids closer and let them fall asleep. When the druid had made them some broth, Merlin woke Joy and Johnathan. The three drank the broth. When Joy was finished, she gave her bowl to Merlin and laid down.

"You didn't drink all of it." Merlin said.

"I can't, father. I feel really sick." Joy mumbled.

"Try to. Ok?"

"No."

"Joy, please finish it. It will make you feel better."

"No, my stomach hurts really bad and I feel like I'm about to throw up."

"Johnathan, handed me the bucket."

Jonathan did as he was told.

"What's wrong?" The druid wondered.

"I don't know." Merlin sighed. Joy grabbed the bucket and puked. When she was done, Merlin saw the blood in the vomit. "She has internal bleeding. That's why she's feeling so sick."

Merlin put the stuff down and checked Joy over.

"I need a bowl of cold water and a cloth. She has a very high fever." Merlin said. The druid got what Merlin needed. Merlin took the cloth and put it in the water and then put it on Joy's forehead. Then he used magic to check her internal bleeding. He healed it. "Her stomach was bleeding."

"What do we do now?" Johnathan wondered.

"Just keep her still and make sure that she's ok."

"Ok."

He rubbed Joy's cheek and saw how sleepy she was.

"Go to sleep, baby." Merlin whispered. Joy went to sleep. Merlin kissed her pale cheek. The druid took care of the dishes and took care of his things. Merlin and Johnathan laid down and went to sleep. Joy woke that night and felt really warm. She opened her eyes and looked at Merlin who had layers of sweat covering his face. He was very breathless. Joy took the cloth off of her forehead and put it in the water. She pulled it our and put it on Merlin's face. She wiped the sweat off of his face and put it on his forehead. Merlin opened his eyes and looked at Joy. "Go back to sleep, baby."

"No, you have a very high fever." Joy whispered.

"You do too."

"You're very breathless."

"I'll be fine. I just need sleep."

"NO. I'll get help."

"Go to sleep. You're in no shape to walk. Your right leg is broken and you have a bad cut on your leg. You can't walk. You might get internal bleeding again."

"Fine."

Joy laid down and put her head on Merlin's chest. Merlin wrapped his arms around her and they fell asleep. That morning, Johnathan woke and could hear Merlin breathing. He sat up and looked at his father. Merlin was very pale and he was still covered in layers of sweat.

"Druid." Johnathan said. The druid came to him. "My father is sick. He needs to be tended to. He might have an infection."

"I will do my best." The druid replied. He did what he could for Merlin. "Several of his wounds are infected. I have done all I can but the rest is up to him."

"Thank you."

Merlin moaned but didn't wake.


"Freya, please try to eat." Hunith said.

"I can't. I'm worried about them." Freya answered.

"I am too but I'm also worried about your baby."

"Thank you, Hunith but I will feel better when they come home."

"Me too."

Hunith held Freya's hand and they smiled. Then Balinor came in.

"There's no sign of them. I'm going to go find them. They most likely ran into trouble." Balinor sighed.

"You might need some help." Leon suggested. Balinor turned around and was greeted by the three knights.

"What are you three doing here?"

"You could say, we are the three musketeers." Gwaine replied.

"We leave in several minutes." Balinor stated. Several minutes later, they left. They rode to the city where they saw Merlin and Joy's horses.

"Look like there are in the city." Percival said.

"Yes, but where?"

"Can't you sense their magic?"

"Just barely. Let's go."

They walked through the city and tried to find Merlin and Joy.


Merlin woke and was moaning and thrashing. Joy and Johnathan were tending to him and were shushing him.

"He's getting worse, Johnathan." Joy cried.

"I know but he can pull through." Johnathan answered.

"What if he doesn't?"

"He will. You'll see."

"Give him some of this." The druid said as he poured alcohol into a cup and handed it to Johnathan.

"Our father doesn't drink that anymore." Joy cried.

"Joy, it will help him." Johnathan reassured. Joy nodded and Johnathan helped Merlin drink the alcohol. When Merlin was done, he groaned.

TBC