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A/N: Who should go? (Self explanitory after you read the chapter.) Happy reading.

Leaving

After Liam and Arthur had their talk, they returned to the fort where Liam went to Kida's shed and Arthur to the stables; he had to do something, but he did not know what. At the stables he found the other knights talking. When he came in they stopped and looked at to see how his talk with Liam went. Arthur shook his head and began to unsaddle his horse. The knights shook their head and sighed. They did not understand Liam's obsession in protecting Kiran…Kida.

"I don't get it," Galahad said. "What's wrong with Liam?"

Gawain shook his head and said, "We don't know."

Galahad looked confused, "What do you mean? I thought he was upset about Kir..Kida."

"He is, it's just he's taking it to the extreme," Dag said.

"Why?" Galahad asked.

"Because he's Liam," Dag said. "He has always been protective. By he stories about Kida it is obvious that he was her protector and I suppose he is having a hard time accepting that she doesn't need him as her protector any more."

"That and the guilt he feels for leaving her. I think he feels that it is his fault that she was even taken as a knight," Gawain added.

"Yes, but how do we make him see that it's not his fault?" Galahad asked.

The knights shook their head. They did not know what to do. If they did, they would have done it already. "I'm at a loss on what to do," Arthur admitted. "I tried talking to him but he didn't want to listen to what I had to say."

Dag looked at Arthur, "The girl is restless. She doesn't like how Liam is treating her. Today she circled the yard many times mumbling to herself."

"Do you think she might get him to understand?" Arthur asked.

"I don't know, but if he keeps acting the way he is she'll do something about it," Dag said.

"And how do you know that?" Lancelot asked him.

"If she's anything like Liam, she will."

Kida sat on her cot thinking. She would try to reason with Liam first, if he would not listen then she would have to resort to plan B, when she thought of one. How was she going to get Liam to understand her? He was too absorbed in being her elder brother to listen. Out of all the reactions she imagined her brother having, his actual reaction was not even conceived of. She never thought he would behave so oddly. The other knights took the news better than she could have hoped for and they kept her secret but Liam would probably end up revealing her if he thought it would protect her.

As she thought, Liam walked through the door. He looked upset. Kida looked at him and said nothing, by the look on his face he would not listen to what she had to say. She sighed and smiled at her brother. He sat down and looked at her. He did not say a word; he just sat for a few minute then left. Kida shook her head and began to pack. She could not stay here and cause Liam such grief. She would go back to her post and serve the rest of her time there. Maybe when everything was over Liam would be less protective of her.

Arthur and his knights were in the stable when they heard something in the shadows. They all drew their weapons while Arthur went to investigate. He looked but saw nothing, and then there was a little flash. He lunged and caught it and pulled it into the light.

"Let me go!" a voice demanded.

Arthur's arm dropped when he saw who it was he held. Kida looked furiously up at him. "What are you doing?" he asked.

"I'm leaving," she replied. The other knights found their voices at that remark and all spoke at once.

"Silence!' Arthur ordered. The stable fell silent. Arthur turned to Kida and said, "Why are you leaving?"

"Liam," she said. "He is a danger. In his desire to do good, he would do a terrible wrong that no one could fix. I must get away and let him settle down."

"That's preposterous, where would you go?" Bors asked.

"Yes, if you leave you would be considered a deserter and hunted," Lancelot pointed out.

"Not if I go back to my fort," Kida replied.

"No, that's too risky. Your charming commander might find out that you're a girl and not take it as well as we have. He could find out like we did and then you would be as good as dead," Lancelot said.

Kida turned to Lancelot and said, "I didn't know you cared."

Lancelot glared at her and said, "I don't. I just thought I'd let you know all the possibilities before you die."

"Aren't you so thoughtful," Kida remarked. "I know what I am doing. I have hid the fact that I am a girl for the past seven years, I think I can continue with my charade."

"What about Liam," Dag asked. "He would go after you."

"He can't follow me if he doesn't know where I am," Kida replied.

"And how do you intend on leaving without him knowing?" Tristan asked.

"Well, before you caught me, I was going to leave tonight, but now with seven witnesses I have to rely on your ability to keep secrets."

"What if we refuse to keep it?" Lancelot asked.

"Then I'm dead, but that's up to you," she paused. "Now if you will excuse me, I have a very long journey ahead of me and I would like to get a good head start on my brother before he finds out I'm gone." The knights moved and let Kida saddle her horse.

The knights looked at each other baffled. What were they to do? Do they let her go, where she would probably end up dieing, or keep her here where she would most likely be found out and killed? They had no clue what to do and turned to Arthur for a decision.

Arthur looked at his knights and nodded. They would let her go. At least this way she would not have Liam hovering over her and perhaps Liam would gain some sense once he was removed situation.

Kida nodded at the knights as she rode past them into the dark. Lysander had left the fort the day before, furious that he did not have her with him. She decided to catch up with them if she could and ride back with them. She did not want to face Lysander but his hatred would be better than Liam's love, at the moment.

She rode all night and reached Lysander's company around noon the next morning. As she rode up, Lysander glared at her and met her at the edge of the camp, demanding to know where she had been. She replied that she had been on an errand for Arthur and had just been able to return to him. The answer seemed to appease him and he left her without another word.

Lysander had been furious when he received the orders to return to his post immediately. He had not found Kiran and was determined not to leave without him, but he could not defy his orders, and withdrew from Hadrian's gate fort grudgingly. When he found Kiran riding up he felt a grim satisfaction to have the young knight under his hold again. Kiran gave some feeble excuse to his absents and he accepted it willingly and moved his knights out.

After Kida left, Arthur and his knights looked at each other. How were they going to Liam about Kida's departure, they did not know but would try their best not to tell him where she went. "Are you sure we made the right choice?" Galahad asked.

"I don't know," Arthur replied.

"What if she gets, you know, wounded again?"

"I don't know."

Arthur looked at Galahad who fell silent and then to his other knights. "Why do you look at me like that?" he asked, as they looked at him sadly. In a way, they felt responsible for what happened to Kida and did not want to see her get hurt, discovered, or killed.

"We could bring her back," Dag said.

They looked at each other and shook their heads, bringing her back was out of the question and once she reached Lysander's camp he would not let her leave it. "Maybe we should send someone after her," Gawain suggested.

"To do what?" Lancelot asked. "We can't bring her back, and I doubt her commander would not find it odd that a knight comes to joins his out of nowhere."

Arthur thought for a moment, he could send someone to watch her, Lysander was in desperate need of men and it would be easy to get a document drafted and send one of his knights over as a replacement, but which one could he, would he send. He could only send one of the six present and he knew to ask one of them to go was a great test for them the actually agree. He was also low on men, after the last scrimmage with the Woads, but he could spare one knight, possibly. "One of you could go, as a replacement and watch her," he suggested.

"What?" they all gasped. Arthur willing to send one of them away when they were down fifteen in numbers was inconceivable.

"How? We lost half our forces," Lancelot said.

"I know, but it would make Liam feel better to know someone was there watching over his sister," Arthur stated.

The knights looked around at each other. Who would be the one to go? There were so many questions over one girl's fate that they had never met before except in Liam's stories.