Rating K+
Word Count: 150
Challenge Given: Explore existing events, add an extra scene or explore what might have happened in the immediate aftermath of the episode that has been asigned to you.
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1.06 A Remedy to Cure all Ills
Gaius entered his chambers thoughtfully, frustrated by the conversation he'd just had with the king. "In the fight against magic you're the one person I can trust," he'd said. The physician sighed at the irony.
"Gaius, you're back!" Merlin quickly moved something behind his back and his broad smile looked far too false to be reassuring.
"What have you got there?" he asked suspiciously.
"Where?" Gaius just stared at him, one eyebrow raised. "Well, you see ..." Merlin moved his hands forward to reveal a familiar looking box and winced.
"I thought I told you to destroy those beetles?"
"Oh, I did but ..." Again Gaius waited. "One escaped and I caught him, but then he just ... looked at me."
"Looked at you?"
"Yes, it was quite pathetic really and so I thought perhaps ...?"
"No, Merlin," Gaius replied with a long suffering sigh, "You cannot keep an Elanthia beetle as a pet."
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