Chapter 29: Your Fate Still Lies In Me

When everyone woke they found Gwaine's place empty. "We have to help him." Lyra said.

"Do what?" Gwaine asked from behind her, Sefa and Eira by his side.

Lyra embraced them. "I was worried sick!" She stated, giving Gwaine a kiss on the cheek.

"Where's Arthur?" He asked her.

"Here!" Arthur shouted from behind a tree.

Gwaine laughed as Arthur fell on the ground after tripping over a root from the tree he was behind. "What were you doing over there?" Morgana asked.

"I was guarding..." He said as Lyra helped him up.

Gwaine was silent for a while. "Mordred is coming. I don't know how he found us but he knows where we are." He said.

"It's my fault." Sefa said. "Mordred was going to hang Eira unless I told him where you were. I'm so sorry." She said.

"It's not your fault, Sefa." Lyra assured her. "If t wasn't for you, I'd be locked in my own chambers at this precise minute."

"We should get a move on, or we'll all be dead by this afternoon." Merlin said, looking around for any sign of Mordred or knights.

"I never thought I'd say this, Merlin. But you're right." Arthur jested to lighten everyones moods. It worked.

They ran through the forest unsure where they were heading, all they knew was that if they were caught, they'd be in a lot of trouble. "We should split up, it'll be harder to track us." Arthur declared. "Merlin you go with Lyra. Gwaine you go with Sefa and Eira. And I'll go with Gaius."

Merlin and Lyra ran together and minutes later the others footsteps were unheard.

"We'll never out run them! We're only on foot, they've got horses!" Merlin shouted, much to Lyra's annoyance.

"If you keep bellowing like that they will find us easily!" She hissed.

They had ran for hours. "I'm starving!" Merlin stated.

A few minutes later they had come across two dead rabbits on the floor. "Oh, rabbits!" Just as Merlin was about to pick them up, Lyra noticed there was a trap and pushed him out of the way. Without warning, she was in a net handing from a tree.

"Merlin!" Lyra yelled. "Cut the rope!" She said.

Merlin looked around for the rope but when he found it he realized it was too high to cut, even with magic. "I can't, it's too high!"

"Find Arthur! Quickly!" She ordered.

Lyra had fallen asleep in the net and was awaken when she came tumbling down and fell on her back.

"I'm sorry, did we wake you?" Mordred asked her, Lyra tried to get up, but Mordred put his boot on her stomach. "Not so fast!" He chuckled at her pathetic attempt to escape.

"Let me go!" She hissed.

Mordred laughed. "Why should I? You are my wife after all."

"I will never e yours!" She cried as his boot pushed down on her.

Mordred grinned. "You keep telling yourself that, but just know, your fate still lies in me."

"My fate lies with Arthur!"

"There's no point denying it, my love. You're mine." He puled her up by her hair, and got a knight to tie her up. Then they headed back to Camelot.

"I will find your precious Arthur and when I do, I'll drive this sword in him. You'll be there when I do." He walked away locking the royal chamber door behind him...