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Chapter 19 – Suicide Mission
Uther has cornered Merlin, he won't be able to keep lying for much longer – G
'Shit,' Arthur whispered angrily as he drove down the Diana Avenue with speed, he closed the message from Gwen and abandoned his phone on the seat next to him, the signal didn't work in Avalon and he could only hope he hadn't been betrayed already by someone in the airport, it was all a race right now and the goal was to move across Avalon's capital, reach Morgana and then leave for Mora with her where they could restore their relationship and make some short of pla. He knew he was causing the perfect reasons for war but right now, Morgana was carrying his child and he had to stop any more harm coming their way. He had enough.
He looked around him as he kept moving inside the car he had arranged, even in Avalon he had some helpers of his throne and of course many enemies and spies and that made him move even faster. He had to go to Morgana before they could get to them. A few more miles in this suicide mission and he would be with her…
The thought of seeing Morgana made him sigh for a moment, she was the most important person in his life, and she was carrying his child, their child, he had been desperate and in love with her before he could know about the pregnancy, now she was his first priority no matter what.
He wondered how they could prevent war, he found no way, Morgause and Uther finally both had the perfect reasons to start war and he and Morgana were left with no other choice but fuel the fire, but how else could they stop it? Cenred had tried to keep Morgana down and have the baby removed, only at the memory of Morgana talking about in the phone made Arthur curl his fingers around the wheel until his knuckles turned white.
III
Morgana took a deep breath as she rushed through the secret corridor to the garage of the main department of the palace. She could feel she was being watched so she hurried down the steps and tried to move through the doors unnoticed, she could see no one and yet she could feel pairs of eyes on her back. She sighed and kept moving, a small bag full of clothes and shoes with her, cash and her royal identity in case people in Mora thought she's just a shape shifter who pretends to be Morgana of the Isles, especially since she will be by Arthur's side, she needed to persuade everyone it was her in her kingdom.
She finally reached the garage and glanced at the amount of cars in there, all belonging to the royal family of the isles. She had already taken the keys of her personal car so she moved close to her black Aston martin and unlocked it. She hadn't used her car in weeks if not months. She got inside, put her bag in the seat next to her and took a huge breath as suddenly, all her nerves tensed up. She was pregnant, she wasn't Arthur's sister, she was about to see him, after so many excruciating weeks, they were leaving for Mora, they were creating the perfect chance for Camelot and Avalon to get in war, Morgause and Uther had lied, she was escaping Merrick, the prophesies were becoming true… Nimueh was free… this was suicide!
'Oh dearest Goddess, help me.' She finally whispered after she turned on the engine and the radar of the back door of the garage caught the movement and opened to reveal the way for her, she knew how to get outside the gates without drawing attention, by now she would have expected Morgause to rush behind her but she was certain she had placed someone to follow her anyway, she was thankful it was finally getting darker and she could try to get lost in the traffic like she did so many times in the past when she wished to avoid paparazzis and the palace's sneaky dogs.
The Diana Avenue wasn't as crowded to the palace's area but she made it to move through cars and motorbikes, all the while checking her traffic mirrors, she would swear there were at least two black cars following her all the time or maybe it was just her being paranoid. She finally turned at a small corner of the avenue and inside the forest. She shut the lights and kept on moving in the bumpy little path, she loved the few extra features of a royal's car for them not to get noticed.
She kept moving inside the path that circled a big part of the western area of the forest above the palace and got out in the Diana Avenue again, she had told Arthur, about three miles in the avenue from the forest's start, he would see a car with shut lights by the apple trees.
She shut her engine and tried to hear around her, she sighed in relief as she heard nothing but the forest's sounds, she had done it? She hoped she had… as she sat in her car in tense silence, she tried to think over things. Arthur had made it to get in Avalon, Goddess knew how, he was coming for her, he had learnt the truth and he had informed her. Morgause had lied against her and Uther against his son… and she was pregnant with Arthur's child. They had to find a way to survive through all that, now that the masks had fallen, they had to master a plan. Maybe leave beyond the Narrow Sea to the rest of Europe? Leave their thrones and run away… asking refuge from kingdoms down there… defying the Saxons that would pay for both their heads and their child…
No, that wasn't an option, she had to find a way to deliver her baby in safety, even if locking herself up in Mora and defying the ruling isle of Avalon and the entire Camelot. Morgana took another huge breath… her baby, her little child, a life was growing within her and she hadn't even realized it yet. Her dreams returned in her memory, she and Arthur with a boy named Mordred and another baby girl on the way, children she had seen playing with her in those first nights in Camelot. Could they be visions?
Right now with all this mess, she highly doubted it.
She saw the lights of a moving car and she got out of hers, again her eyes scanning around her to make sure, she still couldn't shake off the feeling of being watched but she had done her best not to be. Her heart skipped a beat when she saw the car moving closer, slowing down and finally stopping by the trees she had stopped her own car, it had gotten dark by now and she waited for the person inside to come out so she could make sure it was him.
She felt her heart kicking inside her chest once again and her knees almost giving way when she saw the blond hair, the sapphire eyes and the tall body coming out of the car, her eyes locked with his immediately the moment he was out of the car and for a numb moment they both remained completely frozen with a couple of feet separating them. They just stood there, savoring the moment, trying to will themselves to believe that they were once again close to each other, trying to believe this was happening, there was no more lies separating them, trying to realize how empty and in incomplete they had been until that moment.
After that, they couldn't understand how they met somewhere in the middle, or how Arthur wrapped his strong arms around her so tightly she could barely breathe, her legs wrapped around his waist and he supported her from her bottom as her own arms wrapped around his shoulders, her hands gripping at his body, wanting to make sure he won't be gone, their lips met in the most passionate kiss two lovers could ever exchange, their lips and tongues fighting for domination and savoring the taste of each other.
Arthur's hand moved up to her rich mane and fisted in it while her own hands massaged his head and shoulders before they could break off the kiss in the need of oxygen.
'You're here…' they whispered to each other, their lips less than an inch apart. 'You're with me,' they added in the same whisper in unison and smiled at each other before they could share another kiss, this time lighter and tender as Morgana moved back to her unsteady feet but remained in Arthur's arms.
'I missed you so much…' he whispered when they parted their lips once again.
'I thought I lost you, I thought I was going insane… and Morgause only pushed for more and more.' Morgana whispered back and she finally felt her tears escaping, all this tension, all this fear and hope rising up inside her finally vented in tears of so many emotions, Arthur took them all away.
'We'll find a way, we must start moving, but I promise you, we'll find a way.' Arthur whispered as his hands moved to her face before he could kiss her again. They broke the kiss as Arthur's hand moved to her stomach and she placed her own hands there, now that they had united, they finally realized that pieces of themselves resulted to a tiny life inside Morgana's womb. 'Wow…' he whispered and the smile she gave worked like hot air against his cold skin.
'I know… ' Morgana said in a tone of sympathy and understanding and joy, the concept was still too big in so little time.
'We'll find a way,' Arthur tried to reassure both once again as he took her hand and they both moved in her car, it would be best if they used hers since he had found a car though a lot of law skips and troubles.
Arthur got in the driver's seat as Morgana sat next to him, they were ready to start the car and drive again in the Avenue when a sudden advance of lights and noise started around them.
Morgana's heart jumped as she realized the Avalonian Guard was permitted to use spells of disguise that were forbidden for citizens for security reasons. In her blind panic to leave the palace without Morgause, Cenred or their dogs for spies, she forgotten how her own guard could trap her, and consider Arthur an enemy to the crown.
'Arthur Pendragon, you are under arrest for the intrusion of the Avalonian borders and the attempt of abduction of Morgana Le Fay, Princess of Mora, get out of the car with your hands in the air, you're in Avalonian territory and under the command to remain in silence.' One of the guards commanded as he pointed his gun at Arthur's head. Arthur remained calm as both he and Morgana stayed still in the car.
'I'll get out and try to distract them, you will run away,' Arthur started but Morgana was ready to protest, he gripped her hand between them where the guards couldn't see the movement, he squeezed it without looking at her as both remained to stare at the guards, Morgana also noticed Alvar behind an opened door of a vehicle. 'Don't protest in this, the last thing I want is for you to return to Merrick, run, do as we said, go to Mora and we'll find a way. I promised you that much…'
'I SAID REMAIN SILENT!' The guard screamed from outside the car, more guards pointed their guns at the car but didn't dare shoot as their princess was inside too.
Morgana tried to consider their choices, if he did something stupid, they could shoot him, kill him she had no idea what orders and information they were given, they were thinking he was attempting to kidnap her or was it just another false charge to add to his already out of law presence in Avalon? Would Morgause go for a raw killing? Or use him while alive like Uther lied about her own life? She had no idea but she had to somehow help in this, she had to get in between.
'You won't risk more, you're with our child, you will run, take the car I got here with and run, they won't dare harm you,' Arthur murmured, his lips barely moving as he finally squeezed once more her hand and opened the door of the car. 'I love you' he whispered as he rose his arms to show he was unarmed. Morgana felt like chocking but mastered the strength to do the same and get out of the car, he was sacrificing everything in their failing escape, for her and their child, she had to do the same.
'I request a legal adviser of your territory for my defense at court,' Arthur said clearly as he moved a couple of steps forward, Morgana went rigid as all the guns followed him.
'Remain silent and kneel down, put both hands behind your head!' the main guard ordered in a loud voice. Morgana glanced at Arthur with wide eyes and then back at the guards and Alvar, he was calm and watching from a distance, like her, they both glanced at the abandoned car at the same time. Morgana then glanced at Arthur and he glanced back, he gave the slightest of nods and instead of kneeling down he made a run for the opposite direction from hers.
Morgana ran at full speed as she shut her eyes for a moment, whishing with all her power not to hear gunshots, she stormed inside the car, thankful for the keys to be in the engine and as she glanced outside of it, she saw all the guards having circled Arthur. She saw at least two having trapped him down on the ground and at least two more using force to keep him there. Morgana wanted to run back out, close to him, use her own name and body as to prevent him from getting hurt but he had asked her to run for her life and the baby, she knew if she returned now, she would lose her child one way or the other. She had just found Arthur and lost him again but she had to focus in the part of his growing inside her.
In her blind panic she noticed Alvar getting in a car as well, she turned the car clumsily but made it to move back in the avenue, her eyes full of tears of despair as she sped up. She saw from the traffic mirror Alvar following and felt her heart rising up to her throat. He would capture and drag her back to Morgause, Cenred and Merrick and they would have no problem to kill Arthur. She cursed under her breath, took away her tears in her sleeve and kept running with the car, she had to reach the airport, she had to use magic and even kill Alvar, she had to protect her child.
She saw Alvar's car speeding up more and trying to pass before hers as to block her, she made a zig-zag to stop him and felt her blood freezing when their wires almost touched in her try to block him, one more attempt and they could both end up smashed against the forest trees around them. Morgana felt her heart kicking as he sped up once more but didn't have the time to reach her as she saw with terror through the mirror his car levitating in the air and then suddenly, by an invincible force, the roof of the car smashed on the inside, making the vehicle look like it had just been pressed by something, the car was sent against a row of trees and was set alight.
Morgana was still in shock as she drove with speed ahead, not sure if she had used magic in her fear. She had no time to hit the brakes when she saw a woman suddenly appearing in the middle of the avenue. But she didn't run her over as her car suddenly stopped on its own, the woman had outstretched her hand, her piercing blue eyes visible as the car's lights were showering her face.
Morgana remained frozen in her stopped car to stare at the woman before her in complete shock, the car dead by magic, the two women stared at each other for a few moments before many men and women could show up from around the trees. Morgana didn't recognize them either as Avalonians, the Guards or Morans.
The woman was dressed in a red dress, her hair in braids and tresses, her deep blue eyes could see through souls, Morgana would swear. She was pale like Morgana, fair and beautiful but her eyes had a wild dose of wisdom and will for power.
Morgana knew she had no way of escaping this, this sorceress had murdered Alvar and stopped frozen her own car, she could only get out and have at least a chance to negotitate.
'Do not fear, Morgana Le Fay, seer and sorceress of the Isles.' The woman finally spoke and Morgana felt her heart sinking inside her chest, the woman knew who she was. 'I wish you no harm, only help in your try to save your son and soulmate, your sister and his father have made many ills in the past and are ready for more now… I wish to help you stop this tyranny… for all of us.' the woman said and Morgana went rigid when she realized the woman was no one else but the powerful sorceress Nimueh.
OOOH OK shit is about to get real! we had the meeting of the two! and the split upp again don't hate me! i just love angst :P but now Morgana united with Nimueh? could Nimueh want to hurt our queen? what u think guys? i wanna know your opinion and have your support in this! stay strong before the finale of the series 4... we knew it would hurt like hell!
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