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Chapter 5

Gaius looked at Arthur not sure how to answer his question at first or how to explain how he knew the warlock's location. "Well you see Sire after your father put a death sentence on all those with magic, Maverick looked for sanctuary.

The only place that anyone like him would feel safe, is in the company of the druids who have protected his kind in the past." Gaius informed Arthur in a soft tone of voice, while Arthur paced back and forth in front of Merlin's bed not looking any happier.

"So you know where the druids are? right?" Arthur asked Gaius as he stopped in front of Merlin's bed looking serious and trying so hard not to lose his temper. Gaius nodded his head at the question.

Then took a deep breath before closing the book while keeping a watchful eye on Merlin. But before he could say anything Lancelot ran into the room. The look of panic was all over his face as he tried hard to catch his breath.

"Sire the sick are pouring in from all over the kingdom. They in a state of panic," Lancelot said between breaths. While at the same time trying to hide how worried he was. Arthur looked at Merlin than back at Lancelot letting out a sigh before nodding his head.

He knew that he had a duty to let the people know, that they were working on finding a cure. "How many people are out there?" Arthur asked in a calm voice. However, Lancelot took a step towards Merlin and Arthur.

When he saw how pale Merlin looked Lancelot became more worried. For a moment Lancelot didn't show any sign of hearing Arthur's question instead, his eyes remain watchful on Merlin. Once Arthur started to glare and tapped his foot loudly, that's when Lancelot turned his sights to Arthur.

Lancelot than stared for a moment as he tried to remember what it was that Arthur had asked. As he stood there the blank look all of a sudden disappeared, as the question finally came back to him. "There maybe a little over one hundred people so far, and the scouts are reporting more are on their way."

Once Lancelot told them the numbers they looked a bit shocked, that the sickness had spread that far in a short amount of time.

"Gaius get your herbs and help treat the sick." Arthur said trying to hide the feeling that things were going to get worse unless they found that Warlock. Gaius didn't say a word instead, he walked over to his shelves and started to grab different size bottles and placing them in a bag.

While Gaius was doing that Lancelot walked closer to Merlin before placing a hand on his shoulder. As soon as Lancelot's hand touched Merlin's shoulder, he felt the heat radiating from his body. He looked at Gaius in shock, not believing Merlin was worse than the others.

"Gauis! Merlin is burning up. Isn't there anything you can do for him?" Lancelot took the cloth off Merlin's forehead and placed it into a nearby bucket of water.

Slowly Lancelot lifted the cloth out. After ringing out the extra water, he folded it until it was long enough to fit Merlin's forehead. Once Lancelot placed the cloth back on his forehead, he heard a low cry coming from Merlin's dry lips.

Shaking his head, he walked over to the table after grabbing a cup. Pouring a bit of water in it. After walking back across the room he stopped at the side of the bed, carefully lifted Merlin's head up.

"Merlin you need to drink this, it will help keep you hydrated," Lancelot spoke to Merlin in a soft tone of voice. But every time the cup got closer to his lips Merlin moved his head to the side. Arthur and Gaius stood there and watched, as after five tries Lancelot was finally able to get Merlin to drink some water.

Lancelot placed the cup down on a nearby table, then carefully put Merlin's head back on the pillow. He then turned his sights on Gaius, wanting for him to answer his question but instead Gaius said nothing. Once Gaius finished getting what he needed, he turned and finally looked at Lancelot and Merlin.

"Lancelot I am doing all that I can to help Merlin, but without the warlock. There is nothing that I can do to save him," Gauis told Lancelot his voice breaking between each word, as a sense of hopelessness and dread filled Gaius.

"Lad I need you to drink this, it will help with your pain and fever," Gaius added in a soft tone. As he lifted Merlin's head, he got Merlin to drink the herbal tea without any trouble. After placing Merlin back down, Gaius pulled the blanket up so it was completely covering the young man's chest.

Than Gaius placed a hand on Merlin's head giving him a sad grin, as he turned to face Lancelot and Arthur. Gaius hated to break his promise to his old friend but, at the same time, he couldn't bear the thought of losing Merlin. Gaius had a feeling that Arthur was thinking that same thing as him because the young king, took a deep breath and took a step towards them.

"Gauis tell Lancelot where the druids are, Lancelot I than want you and Gwaine to leave right away and find this warlock Maverick. Once he is found bring him back to Camelot alive, tell him that as long as he helps us he will not be executed." Arthur said in a serious tone before leaving the chambers.

For a moment Gauis and Lancelot looked at each other as the sound of Arthur, walking down the stairs faded away. Once the noise had completely disappeared, Gaius took a seat by Merlin's bed.

"The last time I heard from Maverick was a week ago, according to the letter they had a camp in Forest of Ascetir. Though I don't know if they will still be there, they like to move around a lot to keep themselves from being spotted by any of our scouts."

Gaius informed Lancelot while hoping that he was wrong and that they were still there, but he knew with the druids everything was unknown. Lancelot nodded his head, walking over to Merlin before placing his hand back on Merlin's shoulder.

"I promise Merlin, we will find this warlock and see him safely to Camelot. We will save you and the others. I swear I won't fail, my friend." Lancelot looked at Gaius who stood up and nodded his head, before walking out of the chambers with Lancelot trailing behind. When they got to the area where the sick were being treated, they saw that Arthur had calmed the people down.

As Lancelot looked around he saw Gwen helping a young boy, onto a makeshift bed. After looking around Lancelot spotted Gwaine helping to keep all the sick and their families. "I'm going to go get Gwaine, tell Arthur we will send word once we found the Warlock."

Gauis nodded his head and watched as Lancelot walked away from him and headed towards Gwaine. Once both men were gone, Gauis took a deep breath and started to walk towards his first patient. As he walked to the closest bed it only took Gaius, a second to realize who his patient was.

That it was Tina, the older sister of the young girl, who had died in his chambers. Seeing her in the shape her sister was before dying shocked Gauis, he saw a younger man holding the girl's hand. "Sir, if it's alright I will begin to examine her."

Gaius stood there after speaking in a soft tone to who he assumed, was her father but he wasn't too sure. The man nodded his head, Gaius looked at the man to see his eyes were red and puffy As Gaius started to check the girl's pulse he looked down, to see that her chest was barely moving.

He watched her for a moment longer before he noticed that her chest stopped moving altogether. Gaius got ready to try and do something when he saw that she had started breathing again. Gaius fell back into a chair as he let out a sigh of relief that she was still alive.

"You're the one that tried to save my daughter Lily aren't you?" The man asked Gaius, his voice breaking at the name of his daughter while trying hard to hold back the tears. "I know they aren't sons, but Tina is all I have left of their mother."

The father added, he then fell to his knees and took Tina's pale cold hand into his and gave it a kiss as he looked at her with tears in his eyes. Gauis's eyes looked around to see that there were more people sick then he thought, it was only a few people not enough to fill Camelot's courtyard. As he looked down he realized that he didn't grab enough Wolfsbane to help the people that were already with them.

So he looked around and spotted the servant girl Fanny, giving some people water with a kind smile on her face. He didn't know much about her, only that her family left her village to come to Camelot looking for a better life. "Fanny, come here please."

Fanny walked over to Gauis with long fluent steps, her black hair pinned up at the back so as to not cover her beautiful brown eyes. "Did you need something, Gaius?" She asked as she filled the cup with water and helped Tina drink it, before placing her head back down on the pillow.

Gaius was amazed by Fanny, some of the servants were very quiet and did nothing unless they were told. That was the opposite of Fanny, who did all she could to help. "Yes, I need you to go to my chambers to get some more wolfbane, it's in a drawer under where the bottles are.

Also, check on Merlin, I was going to go myself you see but I don't think I will be able to get away anytime soon." Gaius said while still overwhelmed by the number of people that were already with them. As he looked at Tina, he noticed how paler she was becoming.

Gaius was so busy tending to Tina that he didn't notice that Fanny had already left. Slowly making her way to Gaius's chambers. "Wyatt right?" As soon as the man heard his named he nodded his head.

"I have to check on everyone else, but as soon as Fanny returns with the wolfbane I'll come back." Gaius talk again in a soft tone not really knowing how else to comfort the grieving father.

He started to look for someone who hadn't been taking care of. As he looked around he spotted a young woman, holding the hand of a small boy. The child didn't look more than three years old and looked so fragile and small in the bed. Gaius was almost to the bed when Fanny ran up to him with a frantic look on her face and out of breath.

Before he could say anything she whispered something into his ear. He looked at her in shock, before quickly making his way to Arthur. Gaius found Arthur helping Gwen with an elderly woman. "Sire, Fanny went to my chambers and found that Merlin is gone. Someone as taking him." Gauis voice broke in between words, but everyone looked at him in shock.

Sorry for the late update guys, I had a busy week and only started the editing progresses yesterday. I don't have a sixth chapter written out it's on the way so I will get it to you as soon as I can. But I don't think I will have the next chapter written out and edited by next week. Sorry for making you guys wait for that. In the meantime I hoped you like this chapter, please leave a review telling me what you think and I will try and push through and get that next chapter done.