Chapter Ten

Two weeks until the wedding, Arthur returned to work, but was restricted to desk work. Work that he can only get done with only one good arm and hand with his left one still in a sling. Good news was that his ribs were making good progress. However, even with a doctor for a fiancee, he was still unable to be cleared for field work. So, there he was, stuck behind his desk. "Having fun?" He looked up to see Aggie and the newest probie coming back in from an interview.

"Tons," he said. "Catching up on some overdue paper work."

"About time you do some work," Jacobs said coming around the work.

"I found that intel you were looking for, boss," Arthur said. "It's on your desk," he added.

"Good," the team leader said. "Merlin's taking you home," he said. Arthur looked up to see Merlin ready to go.

"But my day isn't over yet," Arthur argued. "I wanted to catch up on some paper work," he said.

"I took care of it," Jacobs said. "Go home and help that fiancee of yours plan the wedding." Arthur stood up as if he was going to argue, but a glare from his boss had him grabbing his coat and Merlin grabbing his bag. The two friends headed to the elevator.

"You caved too quickly," Merlin said.

"Shut up, Merlin," Arthur snapped hitting the button to call for the elevator. Merlin chuckled under his breath and Arthur would've hit him too, but Merlin stood to Arthur's left side and the forensic scientist was much too quick for Arthur to try to hit him with his right hand. The elevator arrived and they stepped into it. With the them turned around now, Arthur was able to hit the British goth and clapped him upside the head.

"Ow!" Merlin quipped as the elevator doors closed and Arthur smiled.

Dulles Airport was a busy place. Arthur stood with Gwen waiting for his two sisters, Morgana and Morgause and Arthur's nephew, Mo, to arrive from England. Even with the wedding only two weeks away, the two sisters felt that they should arrive early. Hotel rooms were already booked and Mo had expressed excitement to see his Uncle Arthur and soon to be Aunt Gwen. "Did they get the same flight?" Gwen asked.

"Yeah, they did," he said.

Further on towards Customs, Morgana Pendragon was getting her and her son's luggage together as they waited for Morgause to clear Customs. "Now, Mo, remember what I told you about your Uncle Arthur," Morgana said.

"He's still hurting from his car accident," Mo said.

"Yes, thank you for remembering," she said as she saw her younger sister coming towards them.

"Let's not keep the bride and groom waiting any longer," Morgause said. They gathered their luggage and headed toward the front of the airport where Arthur and Gwen were waiting for them. Mo was the first to spot his uncle.

"Uncle Arthur!" he shouted before sprinting toward him.

"Mo, remember what I said!" Morgana shouted causing her ten year old to slow to a fast walk before he came upon his uncle.

"Hey, Mo," Arthur said as his nephew approached him.

"Hi," he said stopping just in front of Arthur. "Is it okay to hug you?" he asked. Arthur chuckled.

"As long as you don't squeeze me too hard," he said and Mo put his arms around him gently and gave him a small squeeze. "You're getting big, Mo," Arthur commented.

"I grew an inch last month," he said holding up a finger.

"Wow," Arthur said. He looked up to see his two half sisters coming out of the crowd.

"Hey, big bro," Morgana said. She gingerly hugged him before kissing him on the cheek. "How do you feel?" she asked.

"Sore," he said as Morgause came up to him and greeted him in the same fashion as Morgana had. "This is Gwen," he said gesturing to his fiancee beside him.

"So good to finally meet you," Morgana said before enveloping Gwen into a hug. "I feel like we're sisters already," she said causing Gwen to chuckle. She pulled away from her future sister in law so that Morgause could greet her. She pulled away and Morgana had Mo standing in front of her. "This is my son, Mo," she said.

"Just 'Mo'?" Gwen asked.

"Actually it's short for Mordred," the ten year old said, "but I didn't want to be portrayed as the one from the legend who killed King Arthur. I like my Uncle Arthur too much." Gwen chuckled. "You're pretty."

"Thank you," Gwen said.

"Hey, let's get you guys checked into your hotel," Arthur said.

"Why can't we stay with Uncle Arthur again?" Mo asked his mother.

"Because there isn't enough room," his mother said.

"Cheer up, Mo," Arthur said. "I'll take you on a tour of the NCIS building before you leave."

"Really?" Mo asked. He had always wanted to see his uncle's place of work.

"You bet," Arthur said. He grabbed a hold of Mo's hand and he and his nephew walked ahead while Gwen helped Morgana and Morgause with the luggage.

The next day, Arthur was taking Mo through the NCIS building with Morgana and Morgause walking behind them. "This is MTAC," he said, "but we're unable to go in."

"Why not?" Mo asked.

"It's top secret. Only those with clearance can get it."

"Can you get in?"

"Yeah," Arthur said leading them to the elevator. "Hey, Morgana, you remember Merlin?" he asked causing her to groan out. "Nice to remember a failed date, huh?"

"I don't even know why I agreed to go out on that date in the first place," Morgana said.

"Oh, he was that date?" Morgause asked.

"Yes, that date," she said to her sister. "Every time he saw me he apologized profusely for it. How is dear Merlin?" she asked Arthur.

"Why don't you ask him yourself?" Arthur asked hitting the elevator button. "He's our forensic scientist."

Merlin looked up from his work when he heard the elevator ding and looked behind him to see Arthur coming in with a small child. "Who's this?" Merlin asked.

"Morgana's son, Mo."

"Is she here?" Merlin asked and just then Morgana came into the lab. "Morgana," he said. "I would like to say ..."

"Merlin, it's been five years," she said. "I think you can stop with the apologizing," Merlin let out a nervous chuckle before looking down at Mo.

"Want to see something cool?" he asked.

"Yeah," Mo said. Merlin gestured to follow him and he led him to the AFIS.

"This is the AFIS program. It contains millions of fingerprints and when we need to compare a fingerprint to a suspect's, we run it through here."

"What if the suspect's prints aren't in the system?" Mo asked.

"Then we keep looking until we find someone with a match," Arthur said.

"Want to see how it works?" Merlin asked. Mo nodded and Merlin grabbed Arthur's hand and placed his index finger on the scanner. "Scanner will scan your uncle Arthur's finger and go through the database," Merlin said as the scanner scanned Arthur's finger.

"Nice print," Morgause mused. Arthur chuckled as the machine began to search the database.

"And since your uncle is a federal agent, he'll be in the system," Merlin said. "So, a match should be found." Soon enough the machine beeped and Arthur's profile appeared on screen.

"Cool," Mo said. "Mum, can I try it?" he asked.

"Go ahead," she said. Merlin helped Mo put his finger on the scanner and it scanned his fingerprint.

"There you go," Merlin said. "You are in the system," he said.

"Wicked," Mo said causing the adults in the room. The program started to compare his print with others, but in the end, it came up empty and 'NO MATCH FOUND' came across the screen. "What does that mean?"

"Means you have no criminal record," Arthur said. "Ready for more?" he asked and Mo nodded. Arthur led Mo out of the lab and Morgause followed them.

"He looks like you," Merlin said to Morgana.

"Thanks," she said before turning to leave.

"It was nice to see you again," Merlin said causing her to turn. "Maybe I could make up for that really bad date while you're here?"

"Maybe," Morgana said with a smile causing Merlin to smile. "I'll see you later," she said. Merlin nodded as she left and when she left the room, he jumped out and down with glee.