Gabrieal cursed under his breath. No no no no no ! He wasn't supposed to be found! And on top of that, cornered! If his situation had been less dire, he would have groaned audibly. But unfortunately for him, Gabrieal had been backed into a corner, with Galahad pointing a bow with a loaded arrow into his face.

"HOW DARE YOU!" Galahad screamed, his eyes like a cat's: slits of dark fury. His hands shook with emotion, but he held the bow steady.

"YOU MURDEROUS BLOODY TRAITOR!" Galahad seemed to loose all self control, and it showed. "YOU RUN AWAY TO THE BLOODY SAXONS AND BLOODY BETRAY US! I BET IT WAS YOU WHO SHOT LANCELOT!"

Gabrieal look sharply to the side. It was true. Lancelot had been shot. But he hadn't done it! He had only been watching! But he would have. Wouldn't he?

"BLOODY SAY SOMETHING!" Galahad demanded furiously.

But Gabrieal could not.

"Galahad!" Gawain's shout tore impatiently through the still air, and every knight watching cringed. They all had briefly registered the absence of Arthur.

"Galahad, let him be! He's not worth it!" Dagonet shouted, stepping forward.

"Let him rot with the other Saxons." Bors declared angrily.

Tristan was silent.

Gabrieal was finding his situation-though certainly dangerous-more and more humorous. "He's not worth it dear Galahad!" He mocked, laughing. His arrogance shone through like the moon's light, now, and he didn't try to mask it.

Underneath his jerkin, in a small pocket none but himself knew about, Gabrieal hand clutched a dagger.

"He betrayed all of us, and nearly killed Lancelot! He's unarmed and outnumbered and I will NOT let him go so easily!" Galahad protested.

The young Sarmatian stepped forward with his bow and arrow. "I never liked you." He said, voice shaking. "I always thought you were a good for nothing scamp. A bloody, whining, little SCAMP! And I was bloody RIGHT! You belong with these ugly brutes. But you don't even deserve THAT! Because of you all of us nearly got killed! One of us might still! And it's all because of you! I WILL KILL YOU!" Galahad took another step forward, pulling the bow back and-

"NO!" It was Tristan. He sprung to Galahad's side and lowered his arm. "No, Galahad. Do not murder one of your kind."

"SHUT UP AND GO AWAY!" Galahad said, sounding more like a thirteen year old than a seventeen year old knight. "I am old enough to make my own choices!"

"But apparently not old enough to know anything about the consequences!" Tristan said loudly and forcefully.

"He was going to kill ALL OF US! We're his kind!" Galahad shouted.

"He was wrong! But so are you!" Said Tristan.

Galahad opened his mouth to protest and Gabrieal seized the opportunity. Leaping forward, he swiftly pulled out his dagger, pinning Galahad and aiming it directly at his throat.

"NO!" Gawain shouted. Tristan moved forward but Gabrieal spoke first.

"If any of you move any closer, than I will kill him." He spoke with such a calm certainty, it chilled any watching. "Listen to me."

No one spoke, though several hands clutched weapons.

"WHY SHOULD WE?" Gawain said loudly, angrily.

"Because I will kill him."

Gawain was silent.

"Stop bloody stalking me! I made my own choice. It was all your faults, anyway! I will do what I want to do and you-NONE of you-will change my mind!"

Gabrieal paused. Well, this was it. He would kill Galahad, and then sprint back to the Saxon camp. He had run over it hundreds of times in his mind, and now everything was going according to plan.

But his hand would not move.

He cursed himself for his cowardliness. What an idiot he was! Just KILL him! But Gabrieal could. Not. Do it!

Was nothing fair? Nothing right? Was the whole world created to do battle against he, Gabrieal? He couldn't always fight! He just wanted...

Anything.

Choking, with tears blurring his vision, Gabrieal stood quickly, and sprinted out of sight.

Galahad stood up at once, and Gawain instantly ran over to him.

The knights breathed again. Some in anger. Some in relief.

Except for Tristan who knelt on the ground, dark eyes studying the blade of a dagger left behind.

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Thanks for all the reviews! You all rock! Sorry about the shortness of this chapter! I'm afraid that this story is going to reach its climactic point on the next update (I'm shooting for tomorrow), and then start wrapping up. I will tell you one thing: Yes, Gabrieal is the scout in the movie. Lol, those who guessed it: Good work! Thanks again for reading!