She was sinking... something pulling her further in…
Two beautiful women reached to touch her, Eve moved away, that only made them smile. Their voices reached her ears. "Ssshe sstill hasss fire insside her…"
"Sshould we wait for her to drown further?"
Tentacles laced around her legs, as she looked down Eve saw another woman, uglier and bigger than the other two, gripping her foot.
She tried to struggle, to find the strength to move away from those disgusting, slimy appendages. But they merely increased their grip.
Crack!
Eve screamed, but only bubbles left from her mouth, as the little air disappeared from her lungs she noticed red lines floating and dissipating in the water, her vision tunnelled...
They spoke again.
"Ah! Sshe's giving in, I can feel the fire dissipating from her blood."
The tentacles slithered around her, they constricted her chest and neck.
She was suffocating, her body went limp, the cold numbed her senses... something deep inside her was going out…
She lost the strength to struggle.
In the distance, she heard laughter, before she knew it darkness encircled her. "That's right little Phoenix, give in, to the cold and the darkness, and let us take your powers."
She did...
She opened her eyes and gasped fighting to fill her lungs with air.
"Hey, hey? What's wrong, lass?" She tensed at the voice and her head snapped to the side. There, looking at her was her commanding officer.
"Sir?" She asked unsurely. What was he doing here?
"You look like you've had a nightmare, have the deaths finally caught up to you?" He mused as he returned his attention to the roasting he had by the fire. He tapped the coal and threw more wood into the embers.
"Uh!" Another voice sound in front of her and soon she realized she was surrounded, by familiar faces. "If you need me to hold your hand Phoenix, you know I'm always available." One of the men said in a jest, as he wriggled his eyebrow.
"Shut it, Johnson! Before I call that wife of yours!" Laughter filled the campfire as Johnson quivered at the thought.
Eve stared around, confused, this… was her headquarters. They were her mates, her friends… Was this… home? But how? How was she here? Where was Arthur?
Had Merlin taken her back, before she died? Or… had it all been a dream from the start?
She watched as the perverted blokes jested, laughed and sang silly songs around the campfire. How they passed around the beer while complaining about their commander's cookings, who snipped back at them for it.
A smile etched at the edge of her lips, this was calming, nostalgic…
She'd been with these idiots most of her life. They fought back to back, went on missions together, she saved their lives just as many times as they saved hers.
Her shoulders slumped, with a sigh, and she lowered her gaze to the beer in her hands, her fingers tapped the glass to the rhythm of the song.
Maybe she'd dreamed it… the inn, the city, Clara, Sylvia, Lack, Tristan, Blue... Arthur... His roguish smile, his scent, the way he held her hands, the way he kissed her forehead, how he brushed his hands through her hair or how his voice softened every time he told her 'I love you…'
She stared at her friends, at their smirking faces... Her eyes lost their shine and the world seemed to dim.
"Where is she?!"
A shiver travelled down her spine and she shot from her seat, suddenly on high alert as she looked around.
She heard a whisper... her comrades asking what was wrong, Eve ignored them and concentrated on the voice.
'Who is it? Who's calling me?' She thought. 'I know that voice… but who?'
"Where's EVE!?" The voice resounded all around her and suddenly she was snapped from her trance.
"Arthur!" She shouted.
She clenched her fists, it couldn't be a dream! She still remembered it, so vividly! The kisses, the touches, the wounds, the pain that came from them… It hadn't been a dream! 'No… THIS is the dream!'
"Lass?"
She scowled as she looked back at the illusions of her companions, but then Evelyn paused...
She could see the tension in their shoulders, the worry in their gazes, the caution, as they scouted the surroundings for enemies...
Her heart clenched… They were her family…
"Are you alright, lass?" Her commander asked with his heavy accent, as he looked at her.
She looked down and only then did she noticed the water by her feet. Eve stared at her hands and body, she was dripping wet...
'It is a dream...' She thought, she could feel it now, she was still drowning, dying... she closed her eyes and sighed.
"Sorry…" She whispered and lifted her gaze to them. "No matter how much I miss your dirty jokes, your stupid remarks and these lovely camping outings… I... can't stay." She forced herself to smile, but she knew... it was a half-assed-smile.
"Why not, lass?" She eyed her commander, a man she respected, the person who thought her everything she knew... the person whom she considered her father, and she grinned.
"I'm late for a date with my King."
Water flooded in, bursting from cracks in the sky and falling on top of them.
As she was immersed, Eve took one last glance at her buddies, and she was surprised to see them smiling...
She was glad she was underwater, for that meant they would never see her tears…
Evelyn turned to the tiny flame that resisted the cold and the wet and, for some reason, she knew she had to touch it.
The fire leapt towards her, enveloping her, a rush of energy raced through her veins.
With one last glance towards her team Eve woke...
Her eyes snapped open and saw nothing but darkness. However, she knew they were there, smirking, waiting for her to die.
She clenched her jaw and fists. How dare they show her that dream!?
Her fury fueled the flame inside her, the cold no longer bothered her.
The water grew hotter and hotter until bubbles began to form from the heat.
She heard a screech and the tentacles released her, Eve smirked as she noticed how they hissed and held their appendages, she had burned them. 'Serves you right!'
Their lovely faces morphed into a hideous scowl, they showed her their fangs and sharp claws. Their scream filled the water.
Eve covered her ears, trying to muffle out the painful screech as it resounded all around her, when she regained some clarity she noticed a coral knife being branded towards her.
It was hard to dodge underwater but against all odds Eve was able to grab the beast's wrist.
She smiled when she heard the gorgon cry and she clenched harder. She fought her, and the other sisters didn't seem too happy to see their kin suffer.
She really didn't care... For some reason they couldn't touch her, the water around her was already boiling, and even though they screamed they dared not approach her.
Eve glared at them. These monsters stole Arthur's family from him, they tried to EAT her and showed her that dream! She was certain there were more terrible sins she didn't know, but she could care less.
She concentrated on the energy that pulsed in her veins, she nurtured it and made it stronger.
They made a big mistake when they messed with the ones she loved, and she was going to make sure they knew it.
"Go to hell." Somehow her blurred words reached the three sisters who screamed terrified.
A flash of gold surfaced in her eyes and Eve smirked.
An explosion took place underwater, her fire engulfed everything and burned all it touched. She watched as the beasts, boiled and then turned to ash...
When it ended the underground lake was but a hole in the ground, all that remained was a cloud of steam...
She stood at the bottom and took but a moment to examine herself...
She flexed her hands and patted her body. She realised her wounds were completely healed. 'Neat.' She thought.
Evelyn concentrated on her power and watched as golden flames burst from her. They didn't burn, not her skin nor her clothes...
Satisfied, she walked towards shore, when she reached the bell Vortirgen had ringed, Eve glared at it and walked straight to the stairs.
It was time to find Arthur.
Amidst the steam, a golden light flickered for a moment before it disappeared.
The bell pole was no more.
AN: HALOOO! Okay, I've had too much sugar, that or not enough xD
Well, well we are here, finally we are closing in on the ending! Holy cow... we are almost at the end! Ah! What am I going to do after this? Shaiza! I need to think of another story...
Anyway, I'm rambling xD I hope you enjoyed this new chapter, the next one will be up, I assume, next week, and YES it shall be the END! (Pause for minions on the background to sing the tan-tan-taaaan! Let's see what will happen with Arthur and Evie? Won't we?
Now, disclaimer time! I do not own Arthur or the gang, all I own is Evelyn and all the other OC's I've added to the story. Nevertheless, the movie NOT mine! Nope, not one-bit xD
Thank you time! Yes, I do those, mind you. And you all have no idea how gitty I get every time I receive an e-mail or update saying someone is following/favourite/reviewed my story and for that bundle of joy, I thank you all very much, well then, enough sap, see you again, my pretties!
Pendragon! Bring me my SUGAAAR! (Look's back at Arthur who facepalms in the corner, while saying something on the line of 'Why, god? Why do you hate me?')