BE STRONG (SIR GWAINE)
He looked over the Queen's shoulder at the enemy below and smiled. We have no chance, he thought, just the odds I like. He shook back his hair and looked at the other Knights standing in the row beside him. They all looked nervous and tense. He just smiled.
He saw the Queen give a glance to Merlin who was standing oddly still and wearing shiny new chainmail. Not on Arthur's suggestion, he was sure.
The King and Queen of Camelot were holding hands and whispering. No doubt some last minute love words before the battle.
Arthur's sword scrapes eerily as he pulls it from the scabbard. He shakes off the chill it gives him. This is not a time for the willies. He has people to kill.
Arthur and Merlin nod in that 'we're gonna die' way they have. Somehow it reassures him.
He smiled at the sweet kiss the Sovereigns shared. Someday he will have a pretty girl to kiss before a battle.
The Queen pulls her sword and holds it with a shaking hand. He knows she can hold her own even if she doesn't believe it now.
FOR THE LOVE OF CAMELOT! Arthur gives the battle cry.
The other Knights repeat the King but he just laughs. It's time for his fun to begin.
They follow the King as he charges down toward the enemy. He and some of the other Knights take the right flank and work to keep the enemy from spreading around behind them. They are outnumbered for sure but Arthur is skilled in strategy that this bunch has no idea of.
They fight. He kills and maims many disarming and then removing said arm on occasion. The fight is bloody but he doesn't care. It's the thrill of it. The surge of adrenaline pumping through his veins that makes him fight grows as he fells one after another. Then there is none left for him or the other Knights in his group to kill. He looks at them and notes there are a few that have fallen. They will be remembered well.
He hears Arthur call out to Gwen. Its sounds a little worried. He waves the other Knights to follow him back to the king.
He gets there just in time to see Gwen slam into Arthur's chest. He watches her kiss him and wishes he had that pretty girl now.
He chuckles to himself and vows that just what he'll do when they get back to Camelot.
He looks at Merlin and nods as Merlin smiles. They are alive to fight again. He wonders when that will be.