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Lancelot was the first to stir awake. He tested shifting his arms and legs to see if he was tied, he wasn't. When he realised this he tried to sit up, it took him a few moments as he was still feeling a bit dizzy from just waking up but when me . When the dizziness subsided he took note of where he was.

He appeared to be in some kind of cell in a dungeon. It was difficult to see anything considering that there was a very limited light source, and his eyes were still adjusting. The air was damp and smelt of blood and sweat. Lancelot could hear other people (still sleeping) lying close by, he was relived to see that it was the other Knights, Arthur, Gwaine, Percival, Elyan and Leon and…. Hang on where was Merlin?

He shuffled around the cell, outlining the perimeter, it wasn't very big, but it was large enough for them. It was around this time when he closed his eyes (not that it made much difference) and tried to block out the never ending drips of the water drops. He blocked out the very distant cries and screams that could be heard, he quickly blocked that noise out and instead listened for any sign of where Merlin could be. Then he heard a small weak voice whisper, "Hello? Who is that?" Well at least he found Merlin.

"Merlin it's me Lancelot, are you alright, where are you?", when Merlin replied, Lancelot felt himself tense they had done something to Merlin and it sounded like he was trying to put a brave front on, but Lancelot could tell straight away that Merlin was in pain. "Lancelot, I'm in the cell next to you. Is everyone aright where's Arthur is he alright, Lancelot where are they?" it was so typical of Merlin to worry about everyone else and not himself.

When Merlin had woken up he had discovered that he was shirtless and his arms had been chained from shackles that were hanging from the ceiling. He was so cold and he could barely feel his arms anymore. When looked around, he could just make out the outline of other cells, similar to his.

He couldn't believe it, there must have been over a hundred people in this dungeon, but none of them were speaking, all they were doing was sitting on the floor, trying to look as small as possible.

When he heard someone in the cell next to him moving about he whispered quietly "Hello? Who is that?" When he heard Lancelot's voice respond he felt like a weight had been lifter. He was beginning worry due to the lack of Knights that he could see. The next worry was whether Arthur was alright, if any of the others were there they would be more than making up for the eerie quietness. When Lancelot asked him a question he answered "Lancelot, I'm in the cell next to you. Is everyone aright where's Arthur is he alright, Lancelot where are they?"

"It's alright they are all here, there just unconscious, none of them are hurt" at least they were ok Merlin mused.

"Merlin" Merlin could hear the hesitancy in his voice, "what was the bracelet, what did it do?"

"It blocked my magic, I'm powerless against them with it on I feel so weak without it. If I still had it, we would already back at Camelot"

"Try it anyway, you're the most powerful warlock ever Merlin surely it won't effect you as much" Lancelot suggested, he knew that Merlin was the most powerful warlock that would ever come to be and that he was also known as 'Emrys', according to the druids.

"I can give it a go but I don't know I have never felt such powerful dark magic before, it's difficult but I can give it ago""Ic ia tóspringe". The effect was immediate; his body became felt like it was bring being thrown into a furnace, he tried to pull on the chains, but he couldn't it was so immense. Then it was gone, Merlin felt it ebbing away leaving him gasping for air. " He managed to gasp "I want be doing that any time soon, owww" Merlin's voice wavered slightly towards the end; he had no idea how they were going to escape.

He certainly wasn't looking forward to what was ahead, he had already seen first hand that these men, where

When a scream erupted in the room, the rest of the Knights awoke with a start, they reached for their swords, then cursed when they realised that someone had searched them while they were out cold.

"Merlin!" all of the Knights turned towards the sound of Lancelot's panicked voice.

Percival dimly realised that it had been Merlin's cry that had brought them back to the present.

"Hey Lance", Gwaine said "what the hell is happening?"

The rest of the Knights gave a general grunt of agreements. Meanwhile, Lancelot quickly tried to come up with an idea of what Merlin when he was interrupted by Merlin saying "I twisted my arm wrong, when I tried to get out of the shackles I'll be alright in a moment" Arthur was puzzled, how come no one else was in a separate cell or still were shackles.

"Any suggestions on how we're going to get the hell out of here?" Leon asked.

Before anyone could talk they heard a door slam open and Scarface, and several bandits walk through.

Gwen stood staring out of the window, the Queen was beginning to grow worried, she had woken up on the second day after Arthur had left to go hunting with a terrible feeling that she couldn't shift that something had gone wrong.

'Stop that Gwen' she thought to herself ' Arthur is the King, he can look after himself, he has his Knights with him and Merlin', she sighed it seemed that no matter how many times she repeated this to herself this feeling wouldn't go away. She reassured herself again ' They just went for a two day hunt, they'll be back this time tomorrow, besides Arthur's not by himself, he has his most loyal Knights with him, and Merlin' it's funny, where ever Arthur goes, Merlin always go, he's like a lucky charm, when he goes Arthur always comes back home safe

Gwen smiled to herself, feeling herself calm down a bit; of course Arthur is fine he has his lucky charm with him after all – what's the worst that could happen. She took one last look at the view of her people before she turned and swiftly made her way out of her room. Everything was going to be fine…