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Chapter Eleven: Ambush.
The walked quietly towards the castle. They did not speak as they saw the many fires were smoking above the citadel. They could hear screams and voices but they made no noise. Then Arthur spoke
"What happened since we were gone?" then out of nowhere a black tendril stretched towards him. It wrapped around his neck and he gasped. Merlin tried to force it off but another kept him back. Then Arthur fell. The tendril loosened. Then a black creature emerged from the trees. It was tall and had a face with six gold eyes but no mouth accompanying it was two other creatures similar to the one Merlin had fought in the woods with Gwaine and Lancelot. One suddenly leaped at him.
"Emraaldasrske" Merlin said and the creature flashed green before collapsing. The other one let loose a torrent of flames that flew at Merlin.
"Voucendrei" he shouted. And the flames compressed into a ball and were flung at the creature. It disintegrated. The other creature watched him. Before grabbing him with hundreds of tendrils. They grabbed his throat body and face. They swarmed every inch of him and he was dragged towards the creature. The tendrils suddenly began shimmering black and Merlin felt something being sucked out of him. Then a flash of a blade came town and the tendrils recoiled. Merlin staggered and saw Gwaine. He fought the creature but it grabbed him from behind and wrapped him up.
"Reppoloxoriar" Merlin shouted and Gwaine was blasted away. He hit the ground and the creature turned to Merlin. It screeched and its eyes glowed for a second before a red bolt flew at him. Merlin dived and it hit Gwaine. He collapsed and fell into a deep sleep. Merlin used the vines to wrap it up but the tendrils simply ripped them apart.
"Venorax" he shouted and blue light erupted from his fingertips and hit the creature. It then erupted in black smoke and vanished. Merlin sighed in relief and didn't notice as the black smoke hovered over Arthur's body. He turned and saw it fly up through his nose. Arthur's eyes opened and hundreds of lights burst from him. Merlin dodged and Hit a spell at Arthur. The smoke left him and Arthur collapsed again. The creature reformed and resumed its attack. Merlin looked at the monster and raised his hands.
"Emraaldasrskemaxoma" he told it before a green jet of light burst from his hands and smacked into the creature. Killing it instantly. Merlin sighed as he heard the cracking of branches. He looked in horror as a legion of the creatures approached him.
They were all identical and Merlin turned to run as the creature swarmed him in tendrils Merlin felt them begin to drain the life out of him. He tried to resist but that only made it worse. He tired his magic but it was contained inside. He tired using it to reach out to their minds but he quickly discovered they had none. His eyes closed as a vision overwhelmed him.
Morgana sat on the throne. Using magic so powerful Merlin could feel it from his position inside the creatures tendrils. Morgana then opened her eyes and next to her eyes were four distinct golden circles. They glowed and creatures marched in. Bowing to her. Merlin then realised the creatures had no individual mind but were controlled like bees, a hive mind. Then Merlin realised Morgana was the hive mind. The vision faded and he was still trapped. Merlin writhed but felt weaker and weaker with each passing moment. He closed his eyes and awaited the end.
Cliff-hanger!