Dragon Inc. Tower

Infirmary

Gwen was lying in the bed, wondering at the almost fluorescent light.

She was still alive.

But how?

She heard the door opening and turned to see who was there.

"Arthur! "Gwen pulled the blanket aside.

"Yes, me. Do not stand. You are still too weak. "Arthur said and Gwen obeyed, and snuggled up in bed and watched how Arthur holds the big bouquet in his arm.

"My guess is that you saw a dream where the ducks and gooses were flying." Arthur laughed. He looked tired. He had apparently not been sleeping much.

Suddenly Gwen realized and her eyes became moist, and she turned her head away, shutting her eyes. "Merlin, he is..."

"Missing." Arthur said firmly, and Gwen was silent. She could never say it out loud. Arthur had to believe that his friend would still be alive as she was.

"What about the Great Hall?" She asked.

"Lost."

Gwen decided, after all, to get up, and walked to the window and watched the urban landscape. Far away she saw the sea-blue open ocean. She longed for the wind on her face. But the view seemed familiar.

"Where am I? "

"Dragon Inc. Tower. In the infirmary." Arthur replied. "How are you?"

"Headache, but otherwise I feel fine."

"Sure, because you slept for three days." Arthur walked next to Gwen, and wrapped an arm around her shoulders. He had been deeply concerned about the girl's recovery. But now everything seemed good, perhaps even better. Only thing was that he missed Merlin.

Gwen leaned against Arthur. How strangely familiar these faces were felt right from the start. The feeling was almost the same when she had faced Morgause and Lancelot. But, much more powerful. She observed the man's face.

"I can't read your thoughts, but don't you need to do something." Gwen wondered.

"They need to be doing a few checks, but it seems convincing." Morgana walked in the room and sat down on the edge of the bed. She was perhaps even more tired than her brother.

"So, they have been running a couple of tests ... "Arthur went on, and silenced with a smile.

"Well, I wonder. What is it about? "Gwen snapped.

"Look in the mirror." Morgana stretched out the hand mirror. "Perhaps you find yourself."

Gwen grabbed the mirror, lifted it and hesitated.

"Just do it." Arthur encouraged. Gwen looked.

She watched in silence as large, dark brown irises stared back, which she hadn't seen in a very long time. This was what Kilgharrah was meant. The last time Guinevere. The last time. So, when the hologram had scanned her. Examined her and then he knew. Mirror flew in an arc into the air and she crashed into Arthur.

"I'm free! I am normal again. Do you realize? Normal."

Arthur hugged her.

"Better than normal I dare to say."

"Thanks."

"We got message from the higher ups. I mean our father… Uther says that you are officially under our protection." Morgana told her.

Gwen smile widened even more, but then she remembered.

"What about Lancelot? And Morgause?"

"Disappeared into thin air." Morgana shook her head.

"Evil thoughts out of mind." Arthur shagged the flowers finally to Gwen. "Please, let's go out tonight?"

"Arthur, She is still recovering." Morgana said.

"It's nothing. Then we just wait a few days for fun." Arthur shrugged.

"Well done. The hospital isn't the romantic dating place." Morgana laughed. She was happy for her brother's sake. Buts she knew that loss of Merlin would apply him for a long time. It would apply to her, too. The idea that Merlin would have died, had somehow incomprehensible and Morgana knew her brother attitude issue by banning everything.

"But I am not a slave of usual." Arthur reminded his sister. Gwen smiled to the siblings and turned to look out the window. From the higher ups, Morgana had said. Somehow she was sure that Merlin would appear at the scene someday. But until then, she would be keeping his secret as she had promised.

On the door's other side, Merlin began to walk toward the secret door that led to secret passageways around the building.

"Did you found them?" He asked from Kilharrah.

Yes. Jones and Smith. Or do I say, Gwaine and Leon. Their real names. Now they are runaways. Can I ask what you are going to do with them? Hire them to the Dragon Inc.'s agents?

"No. Uther runs the place well enough, so I thought of doing something else. To create something new." Merlin halted in front of a wall panel and put his hand against it.

Are you going to never tell them?

Merlin looked at the direction of Gwen's room.

"In time. I think that Gwen guesses the situation more quickly than the others. And I promised to tell Arthur the truth."

Why, then, go into hiding?

Merlin hesitated.

"In the Great Hall, I touched Morgause's mind. Something bigger is going on. I want to be able to observe the current page before I make decisions."

Hmm?

"And don't you think that I could earn just a little break after the past ten years. "Merlin chuckled, and the panel slid aside, revealing a staircase and was soon gone.

Arthur glanced at the corridor, and frowned. He was sure that someone had been behind the door, but saw no one. The building was largely deserted during the weekend. He walked to the corridor and leaned against the wall.

He was tired, and he closed his eyes for a moment. When he lifted up once again, his eyes hit a small glittering object on the floor. It was a tie tack. And presented as a golden sword. Arthur looked the thing is in hand. He was sure that he had seen it somewhere and put it in his pocket. It was best to leave it in the reception desk. He returned back to the room.