Lost Tears

Disclaimer: I do NOT own Merlin, but someday I will!

Chapter 12

"our target is in the middle of here." Arthur tapped a small circle on a map.
"they have high security, which is growing by the minute." he explained to his men. Percival sat there just nodding as the jeep they were in bumped along the dirt road. Lancelot was giving off an air of concentration, as was Elyan. Leon seemed to be the most calm of the six of them. And Gwaine was drunk, again.

"they seem to be recruiting people like themselves-" Gwaine cut him off.
"like Merlin?" Arthur only nodded, already trying to rid the memory of Merlin lying still, pale and cold, on his bed, motionless from his head.

"as I was saying the only way to get in without being caught is if they were to think we are trying to help them, that's why we have Gili." Arthur gestured to a young man next to him, he had dark brunett hair, it was wild and shaggy, and his eyes were so light they almost looked grey. His skin was pale as well, Arthur began to wonder if everyone with abilities shared the same features. The dark hair, the light eyes, the pale skin. Yup, Arthur was going to question it.

Gili looked them up then down.
"a few of you won't pass as one, you'll have to stay behind." Gili told them confidently almost like he knew what he was doing, which Arthur didn't doubt that he did.
"you, you, and you, have to stay behind." he pointed to Percival, Leon, and Elyan.
"you three would never pass as magical beings, and neither would you two, seeing as none of you have blue eyes, although Merlin has spent more time with you two and his magic is still detectable on you." he told them. Arthur could only nod, he didn't like the idea of leaving half his team behind. But he needed Morgana back.

"our mission will be simple, get in, take Nimueh, get out, and stop her." Gwaine and Lancelot both nodded, Gili appeared to not care.

The jeep the sat in pulled to a stop.
"okay, this is where we get off." Gili offered as he jumped out of the jeep and looked over at the other three men who were to come with him.
"well come on then." he tapped his foot impatiently. Lancelot locked gazes with Arthur and a telepathic conversation started. Arthur could tell Lance was nervous, Arthur could tell he only wanted to be home with his wife, which Arthur fully understood, after all he only wanted to be with Merlin.

But he himself got out with his fellow teammates, the designated ones, which were meant to stay, did so. Half his team gone, and he gained someone who he couldn't fully trust. Gili worked for the British intelligence, and was powerful to some extent, Arthur although was from America, and a previous mission made him wary near this Brit.

"hurry, we don't want to miss our deadline." Gili commanded as he straightened his shirt. He then proceeded to walk across the plain towards the new facility in which Nimueh kept herself contained in. Arthur could already feel the anger bubbling underneath his skin, ready to burst open. He couldn't stand this woman, all he wanted to do was beat her down to the ground.

Problem with that was she had Morgana's body, that Monster!
"come one, keep up!" Gili was already ahead of them, Gwaine was with him but Lancelot was staying behind with Arthur.
"Arthur, we better hurry." Arthur nodded and started to follow the other three. As they walked Arthur was going over his memories with Merlin.

How was it that Merlin had gone through so much pain and yet there he was, smiling and joyful. Arthur remembered when he had first brought Merlin home, how Morgana had been a little odd, how Merlin had fought him on everything, he he destroyed his tv. He remembered when he had tried to take a shower, he walked in in Merlin, and with a squeak and a flash of gold, Arthur was thrown out the door. Arthur could still remember the blush on his face and ears.

He missed it.

"Arthur! Pay attention, we're here!" Lancelot ushered at him in a hushed tone. Before them were two big men, maybe as big as Percival, both bald, with their own tattoos plastered on their heads.
"state you business." the left one spoke firmly. Gili stepped forward, his British accent signaled out.
"we are here to help Nimueh." he stated firmly eyeing the men up and down, sizing them up.
"prove it." the right stated, great, Gwaine, Lancelot, and himself didn't have magic, how could he prove it?
"here." Gili lifted his hand and a snake made out if water coiled itself around his arm, Gili's eyes were ablaze with molten gold.
The bald thugs, classic criminal look, both widened their eyes.

"right this way." they answered at the same time, Arthur began to wonder if they were twins. Gili nodded and continued walking past all the other security men.
"keep your head down, Nimueh will recognize you." Arthur was alittle miffed about being given orders but complied them anyways. Suddenly they entered a concrete bunker, just like the one Arthur's team had entered when they found Merlin.

The memory of Merlin destroying everything flashed before him, quickly shaking it out he refocused on the more important objective. Gili walked forward placing his thumb into the bullit shaped hole.

Suddenly, just like Arthur remembered, the ground started going down, like a giant elevator. Arthur tried to calm his frantic breathing, he had to remain calm, or else he could jeopardize the whole mission.

Unlike the first time Arthur had been in one of these over sized elevators, there was no guns shooting at then or any noise like that, no you could hear the buzzing of people conversing about current events. When the wall opened up in from if them all that was there made Arthur gasp, along with the other two of his men there was millions of them. Women, men, children, all of them of which held magical abilities. And the scary thing was that they were training, Nimueh had raised herself an army.

Arthur couldn't believe his eyes. A slam across the room made the four men jump in surprise as a twelve year old boy stepped forward. The boy himself had the, no surprise there, usual look of what most magical people had. The icy cold eyes, the pale skin, and the dark hair. He asserted he crowd before him.

"for too long we have hidden what we are!" he shouted out, his voice was loud and commanding, the sound of a leader.
"for too long! We have had people beat us down becuase they see us as freaks! Monsters! Deamons!" he yelled out again.
"BUT NO MORE! We are not inferior to those pathetic creatures outside! We are stronger! Smarter!" he raised his hands up and people started to cheer with him, this so could not be good.
"so come with me! My brothers! My sisters! This is our time! Our time to rise up and take what is rightfully ours!" the cheers instantly grew and exploded out. Arthur's eyes widened, even the children were cheering about taking down the rest of the human race.
"I know most of you have heard that Emyrs has betrayed us, and those rumors are true! He is a traitor!" people began to boo.
"but that's okay, we do not need such a weakling!" more cheers, what had Arthur gotten himself into?
"We will take the world as ours, with or without Emyrs!" cheers rung around the crowd and all Arthur could do was watch, they were talking of Merlin, his Merlin.

"soon will be our time to strike!" more cheers.
"and, as Mordred, I promise you, WE WILL WIN!" Arthur eyes were opened, this was Nimueh's son. The one she didn't care for. Arthur stared at those fiery eyes of hatred, starting to realize what it was this boy had probably been through. He had no love from anyone, and here he was leading an army to take over to world. It was like world war 3 was knocking on their door, and Arthur sure as hell wasn't going to open it.

"quick we need to get Nimueh." Lancelot ushered out in a hurried voice. He obviously was a little uncomfortable with all these, uhm, violent people. Gili nodded in agreement and soon they were on their way, none of them realizing that two icy cold orbs were following their every move.

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Arthur along with Lancelot, Gwaine, and Gili, stalked up the corridor hiding in nicks and crannies trying to avoid the security cameras and the soldiers walking back and forth.

"Nimueh's room is just ahead." Lancelot gave them, a few nods and they were back on their way. Soon they were met with a door that was similar to the one that had held Merlin. It was almost like dajavu.

"give me a minute." Gili told them, his British accent seemed alittle more thicker than usual. He was nervous. He then placed both of his hands on the sides of his head. He closed his eyes but not before Arthur and the other two men saw the flash of gold. Slowly clicks were heard coming from the door, then as if it was magic, which it was, the door opened up to reveal a room.

The room was dark and when the four men entered the lights flickered on.
"motion sensored." Lancelot told them happily that they hadn't been found out.
"oh but they're not." the men jumped in surprise to see a a woman in black. Nimueh, but all Arthur could see was his half sister's kind face morphed into a scowling disfigurement.

"Let her go Nimueh!" Arthur yelled at the women before him. Morgana's hair was in a wild style, and she wore a raggish black dress. Her scowl looked misplaced on her usually happy smile.

"what have you done to her!" Gwaine shouted out in horror. Arthur turned to Gwaine to see Gwaine's hands smacked against his cheeks giving him a fish look.

Even during times of danger Gwaine still found a way to be silly.
"Mordred sweetie, disable the British one." and out of the shadows Mordred stepped out. His eyes were emotionless and he walked forward and thick metal band in his hand. Gili's eyes widened and suddenly he started to try and run away from the boy.
"No! NO!" he continued to shout out as he pulled away running towards the door, which quickly shut locking them inside. Gili clawed at the door trying to find any way out.

"shhhh...it'll be over soon." Nimueh, or Morgana, told him happily. Mordred continued forward and opened up the collar. Gili then turned to the three Americans. He began to mumble words that Arthur couldn't make out. Suddenly his eyes flashed gold and Arthur felt odd. Just then Mordred placed the collar around his neck and snapped it into place. Gili's eyes widened and then fell to the ground, looking seemingly dead, blood started to pour out of his nose and mouth.

Just like Merlin...

And then silence, Arthur and the other two Americans where thrown backwards and where they landed was no where near where they once were.

Arthur opened his eyes to see the jeep again and the rest of his team.
"we need to get home NOW!" Arthur realized what he had to do.

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Arthur ran up the steps to his house, he was still in the clothes he wore when they had tried to kidnap Nimueh. Arthur barged into his room, there Merlin was cold, silent, pale, motionless, and more or less dead. Blood was still falling from his nose, but new blood streaks were appearing near his eyes. There looked like tears, except the red proved they were anything but that.

Arthur slowly grabbed Merlin's cold hand the other one stroked his head.
"I'm sorry I've been so blind." Arthur mumbled and then he reached forward and unsnapped the collar around Merlin's red neck. Arthur watched as color returned to Merlin, the bleeding instantly stopped and all Arthur could do was watch in wonder. Merlin took in a deep breath as if he had just gotten out of water. And then his eyes snapped open.

They were gold.

A/N: Tada! Sorry I've been sick and doing tennis camp, so busy as ever, but I hoped you liked it. I wanted it to be longer since the last one was he shorted chapter I had ever done. Boo! Anyways there you go!

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