BE PREPARED (GAIUS)
He didn't usually accompany them into battle but he felt that he needed to be here. He needed to do something. He set up a hospital tent for the wounded in the camp. He busied himself until it was time for the King and Queen to lead the Knights unto the battlefield.
The night before he had asked the Queen to stay with him and tend to the wounded. She told him that her place was beside the King now. He understood but he still had to ask.
He watched as they went off to battle. He stood at the edge of camp and waited for the first of the wounded. It was all an old man could do for his King.
He heard the battle cry and felt sick. He knew lives would be lost. There will be widows and fatherless children when this was all over. It was the same for every war.
He waited listening to the sounds of battle. When he heard nothing, he still waited. He wanted nothing more than to rush out of camp and find those he cared about the most.
In the failing light he saw them coming back. The King and Queen were in front holding hands as they walked. The four Knights of Roundtable fame followed. Percival was carrying an unconscious Elyan. Merlin was in the back of them looking over his shoulder, ever the protector of those he held most dear.
"Put him over there." He instructed Percival. He looked at the deep gash in Elyan's arm and started to clean and stitch it. Elyan had lost a lot of blood but he will heal.
He looked over and saw the Queen tending to a minor wound on the King's cheek. Merlin was dressing a wound in Percival's shoulder. Gwaine and Leon were keeping an eye on things.
The King had given orders to a group of soldiers to look for wounded. Wounded were now coming into the tent some on their own and some being helped in.
His work was just beginning as the sun went down. He had been prepared for anything and now it was here.