Hiya i'm back again, i would have updated sooner but i was to absorbed in watching Im a celebrity, omg Joey was hilarious hahah.

Anyway I hope your enjoying the story so far, sorry if it doesn' seem very organised, but this is my first and i am still trying to improve the sturcture. This story has taken a completly different turn for what i had in mind but oh well i'll see where it gets me. I mean i can just write another story like this if this one isn't good enough. yaay

anyways... enjoy this next chapter :D

Everyone turned their heads as the door opened and several men walked through looking heavily armed and carrying torches. Following them was Scarface who remained in his cloak.

The men carrying torches had begun lighting the dungeon up, and judging by how the rest of the prisoners were covering there eyes when, this was not the usual procedure.

Scarface walked up to the cell that Arthur and the Knights were in and stood a foot away from the bars as he stared at them all before he talked.

"I hope you are finding your new accommodations satisfactory, I know its not as good as you warm clean room back in Camelot, but I think it will do for you and your people." He gave Arthur a mocking bow, it wasn't as impressive as the ones he was used to receiving by Merlin, but it was good enough to rile him up.

What the hell do you want with us? Is it money you want? Are we being held here for a ransom?" Arthur asked trying his best to pour all of his anger into those words- he thought he succeeded.

Scarface merely looked at him indifferently before walking towards Merlin's cell.

Arthur could not believe that he had not been paying attention to his surroundings. All rather he had not been paying attention to Merlin.

He was still unsure about what had happened when they were captured. Before that man had whispered something in his servants' ear, Merlin had looked shaken, but he still bore the look in his eyes of that stubborn determination, but afterwards it seemed as though he had given up, Arthur had seen the fire fade from his friends' eyes as the bracelet was placed on his wrist. Arthur knew one thing for sure, at least, and that was that he had absolutely no idea off how things had gone downhill so quickly.

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As the fire torches kept getting passed down lighting up the next torch the room had begun to light up.

The knights were shocked by what they saw. Leon and Percival were the first to notice the people in the other cells, Leon in particular noticed a pair of aged women huddled next to each in the opposite cage, they were positioned as far back as they small cell would allow them. Every single one of them wore clothe that looked like dirty torn bits of rags perhaps in the past they would have once been their clothes, but not anymore more.

It was the Elyan who looked around and tried to use the time that he could see to his advantage, perhaps there was another way out. As he looked around as discreetly as possible he noticed that there was only one door. However there was a window that, if push came to shove (quite literally) could get a man through. 'Well at least we have a starting point in our escape plan' he thought…

Gwaine and Lancelot were not focusing on any of the surroundings; all of their attention was with Merlin. They couldn't believe how quickly someone could change.

They could see that Merlin had his armed chained to shackles that were hanging from the ceiling. His shirt and neckerchief had been taken off revealing his chest.

That is what had drawn their attention. The scars. All over his chest and back scars of all shapes and sizes could be seen. There was a particularly nasty looking one in the middle of his chest that looked like burn.

'How the hell did he get those?', Arthur thought as he stared in shock, almost forgetting where he was until he saw the men open the cell Merlin was in and began to unchain him.

That caught the attention of the Knights. They watched as Merlin drop like a sack on the floor before he was lifted and quickly dragged out of the cell and though the door.

Merlin put up no fight to his treatment. He didn't dare, if he misbehaved then Arthur was going to suffer the consequences, he would just have to play along for and wait till the right moment.

"Where are you taking him? I command you to leave him alone he has done no wrong. If it is me you want then take me, not him. He's just a servant!"

Although Merlin knew that Arthur didn't mean saying that he was just a servant, he still felt a pang of hurt. It was true he was just a servant but that didn't mean he wasn't Arthur's friend. 'Friends don't keep secrets from each other, they don't lie everyday', a voice inside Merlin said.

The men holding Merlin paused for a moment but continued pulling Merlin out of the room after Scarface inclined his head towards the door, when the men left Scarface remained behind.

"Where are you taking him"" Arthur demanded, Lancelot added on "What do you want with him?"

Scarface looked at them, before sighing, a tired sigh. 'Wait. Wasn't he meant to be the evil sorcerer why was he looking like the victim?' Gwaine thought furiously.

Elyan noticed that the man who had but a couple of minutes ago had so much confidence in himself seemed to deflate, looking like a man who had seen to much.

When Scarface next spoke a hint of sadness could be heard, "I'm sorry that this has happened, if it was in my control this would not have happened. But it appears I can't do anything to stop it. I tried to send the boy warnings, it seems that he either ignored them or didn't understand them".

Leon frowned "What do you mean what warnings?"

"Did you notice Merlin being of today? Yeah I was behind that."

"Why are you telling us this, what are you doing", Elyan voiced in.

"Yeah I mean, I think you're a bit confused, you're meant to be doing a spell or something, not talking to us" Gwaine interrupted.

"The person who commands me has something that belongs to me, I want it back. I thought that by finding the boy she would give it back, it seems that I was mistaken. If I had known at the time I would have acted differently however it's too late now. They have him and I don't know what they're going to do next. All I know is that he has information that the witch wants and she is determined to get it no matter what the cost" he began to speak more quickly looking over his shoulders to check no one else was listening, "she's looking for someone named Emrys and she believes the boy knows".

"Why are you telling us this?" Arthur demanded, he didn't trust this man.

"Because It seems that my only chance of getting out is by your help. I know it's pathetic, but I won't out, I once stood in the very spot were you are standing, now look at me so believe me when I tell you that your only chance of escape is with my help, but in return you help me, otherwise your friend is going to suffer much more than.", and just like that the mask of cold indifference appeared again.

Scarface turned and walked out as soon as he finished talking.

The bandits had not taken the light with them so Lancelot was still able to catch the shocked looks on everyone's faces. He could easily see what they were all thinking.

What the hell was that about with Scarface? One minute he was ready to kill us all and now he wanted our help? Should we trust what he is saying?

And what about Merlin, why does everyone think he knows of this Emrys guy, everyone was assuming he was a powerful sorcerer; why else was everyone so desperate.

Arthur was perturbed. He had so many questions running around in his head; and he still wanted to find out how Merlin managed to get all those scars, ' typical Merlin, being such an idiot that he is managing to get himself into trouble' Arthur thought.

We'll just have to wait and see. They didn't talk to each other, all of them absorbed in their own little worlds, they would have to wait until Merlin came back (if he came back) to find out the answers to these questions.

Indeed, that was what they were planning until they heard the familiar distant screaming of someone.

In another separate room Merlin stood alone waiting. He had been dragged down a hallway and then thrown into a dark room. It wasn't long until he heard someone else enter the room.

He heard the footsteps stop. The next voice he heard was a voice froze him where he stood.

"Hello Merlin. Isn't this a surprise?" the voice said, it was cold and laced with poison.

Merlin stiffened before replying, "Hello Morgana".

Wow i didn't see that coming!

BTW i want to apoligise now. I know that some of the characters are probably acting completly out of character, trust me i know, but give a girl a chance and i work on it :)

Also if you haven't already maybe you'll want to check out the other story i have started, bring her back to me . Its centered around freya coming back to life.

anyway please review i want to know what people think of this story, i have to admit, i'm not quite sure what i am going to do next in the story. OBVIOUSLY though there is going to be ALOT o HURT!MERLIN yaaaay heheh can;t wait but aprat from that i don't know oh well. :D