chap 13 here! Sorry I'm late :/
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They woke up early next day. Lance and Gwen would leave at noon and they wanted to have all the time they needed if they were going to break into Uther's personal computer. They quickly got dressed and went to the kitchen. Lance was already awake and was having breakfast while Hunith was in the garden, watering the plants. Gwen was still asleep.
They joined him and got themselves a slice of bread with marmalade.
"Good morning" he told them. "I've been looking for a way to crack Uther's email password and I think I've found one. Come here"
He turned his computer so that they could see it too and then opened Google Chrome and some strange software. He entered some passwords and sequences of numbers and then, suddenly on the screen appeared an email service. Typed at the upper right of the screen was: Pendragon, Uther.
"This is it." Lance told them with a smile. "You can look as long as you like." With that he left for his bedroom, probably to resume packing up.
Morgana and Merlin sat in front of the computer.
"Here are thousands and thousands of e-mails. How on earth are we going to find what we are searching for?" Morgana complained.
"What exactly are we searching for?" Merlin inquired. "We could use the search toolbar. This one, see? The only thing we have to worry about is choosing key words."
"Ok. Let's try….Let me think. Vivian?"
Merlin wrote it and pressed enter.
No results found. .
"Missing? Father? Mother? Gorlois?"
No results. No results. No results.
Morgana swore loudly.
"How the hell can Uther have done so much harm to so many people and still have a clean record. There has to be something in here."
"So what else can we try?"
Merlin typed Ygraine, his wife's name.
A few results appeared under the toolbar. Merlin clicked the first one, and then the next and the next but nowhere was there something related to Morgana, Vivian or the Le Fay family.
"I think I'm giving up" Morgana said defeated and sat on the sofa next to her. Merlin at first tried a couple of other words but his efforts were vain and soon he joined her. After a couple of minutes Lance and Gwen came from their (separate) bedrooms.
"So, did you find anything?" Lance asked.
"Nope" Morgana answered and Merlin nodded. "Nothing at all"
"You mean you're giving up." He continued.
"Exactly" Morgana answered. "Unless we find that damned key word, that is."
"Guys, we're leaving. Merlin would you like me to set this software up in your computer? Then you will have all the time you want to do your research."
"Ok, why not" Morgana answered in his place. "That's a great idea, isn't it Merlin?"
Lance did as he promised and within ten minutes, the interface of Uther's e-mailing service was on Merlin's computer too. After they had left, Hunith being away too, shopping, they sat again in front of the computer. An hour of fruitless searching followed. Morgana asked Merlin, frustrated.
"Can we please go out for a little walk? Just get some fresh air?"
Merlin agreed and soon they were entering the car to go for a stroll at the local park.
"Can I drive? I got my license but Uther never got me a car. Arthur was always the lucky one, talking of that."
"If you're sure you know how, then yes, you can."
Morgana giggled and entered the driver's seat. Merlin sat next to her. Morgana did indeed know how to drive and they arrived at the forest safe and sound.
They got off the car and started walking around in the small path between the trees.
"Strange, isn't it?" Morgana wrapped her woolen shawl tightly around her. It was December and in the countryside it was getting colder and colder.
"What?" Merlin asked.
"Everything, we have gotten ourselves into. I mean, who would believe us if we told him about it." She smiled at him.
He smiled back. They spent a long moment gazing at each other with loving eyes. Then Morgana fast covered the distance between them and pulled Merlin into a searing kiss. She felt him smile again. After some time she pulled away, her cheeks now turned pink.
"We do indeed spend far too little time as a couple you know." She said.
"How about making up for the lost time?" Merlin pulled her close.
They returned to their car some time later.
"Mum will be wandering were we are. We should have left a note..."
"Oh, come on, Merlin. We were only having a bit of fun." Morgana's eyes gleamed with mischief. He bent down for a small kiss. They entered the car.
Morgana was driving again. They had just got out at the large central road when a police officer stopped them. Morgana looked at Merlin worried. She did not have much experience in driving cars. "Have I done something wrong? Am I going to cause more trouble to Merlin?" She thought frantically.
"Yes?" she said to the huge police officer who was now coming nearer, trying to sound calm.
"Driver's license?" he asked.
"Here it is" she opened her bag, took out her purse and gave the cob the license.
"Let me see…Morgana Le Fay, daughter of Gorlois and Vivienne. Is the car yours?"
"No, it's Merlin's. He's my boyfriend." Merlin showed his driver's license too. E looked a bit distracted, Morgana noticed. Like he had just found the missing part of the problem.
"Your licenses are fine" , the policeman said, "You are free to go."
They left and after a couple of minutes they were safe at home. Hunith told them off for not leaving a note on the table and then left to prepare dinner. Morgana promised she would go and help but first she turned to Merlin.
"You've found something, haven't you?"
"Yes, I have. You see your mother's name was spelled Vivienne, as it seems, not Vivian. Perhaps that's the word we need."
They wrote it on the search toolbar.
A single result appeared in Uther's inbox. The title in bold letters was.
Re: Vivienne. Payment Received.