"The Presence of the Enemy" (Rose)
My heart begins to pound, like our footsteps in the corridor as we near the door. Arthur pauses just in front of it, and leans in to listen for but a couple lingering seconds. Merlin does the same, only a few seconds more, and Arthur promptly yanks him away before kicking in the door.
He stomps through the frame and into the room, drawing his sword. Merlin and I are just steps behind him as Morgana declares in horror, "What on earth do you think you're doing!?"
"I-" Arthur stammers, "I had reason to believe there was an intruder in here."
He and Merlin both scan around the room, Merlin looking suspicious and Arthur more baffled. I gaze around myself, and even though I see no one, I can sense the presence of the enemy. Morgana's current attitude is jabbing at my instinct in a funny way, too. Something about her is off, and I know it.
"Right now, Arthur, the only intruder is you," she bites.
"Camelot has been infiltrated. Did you not hear the warning bell?" he counters.
"Of course, I did," she says in exasperation mixed with agitation, "I was hoping I'd be safe in my chambers ...?" she drives the dagger of embarrassment further into Arthur's chest.
"Well," he stops, "If you'll just permit me to search your room ..."
"You'll do no such thing!" she proclaims indignantly in warning. She regains a bit of her composure, "Arthur do you really think that if there was someone in my room I wouldn't know about it?"
He just looks away in thought as she closes her mouth in frustration and persistence. I can't help but wonder why she is so wound up about this. She's definitely hiding something, and I'll bet it's the boy.
"Please accept my apologies," Arthur says with a subtle sigh, before turning on Merlin, sword in hand. Worrying me, and certainly concerning Merlin as he back away, bending away from the blade. He heads out the door, looking over his shoulder, and I can't help but do the same. All I want to know is, what is going on?
"The One that Got Away" (Merlin)
"I don't understand," I say quietly, thinking to myself that I have no idea how Morgana got past Arthur that easily.
"Oh," Arthur begins exaggerating his sarcasm, "I'm sorry, Merlin ... Which bit didn't you understand- the making a fool out of me or making a fool out of yourself?"
"There was someone in there," I insist, to no avail I'm sure, "I know there was."
He nods it off, "Word of advice, Merlin- in the future, stick to what you do best ... NOTHING!" he shouts in my face and walks away in a huff.
Rose looks over at me with a hurt look on her face, but I have my mind on other things that don't concern Arthur insulting me. I turn my eyes to the chamber door and listen in. I make a small motion with my hand for Rose to join me. She quickly comes to a spot next to me and waits for noise ... But there is nothing to hear. I decide to just walk away, and as I do, I am sorely puzzled on how he always manages to be the one that got away.