Camelot Castle
Ben, Jay, Arthur and Artie were looking for Agatha and especially Guinevere.
"I've sent soldiers to the east and south of the castle."
Artie informed them.
"That doesn't make sense."
Ben said, looking at the map of the castle that the king had given them.
"Why? They are not in the north and west areas."
"If I were a villain, I wouldn't want to be so exposed."
Ben reminded them, pointing to the underside of the castle.
"Are there any abandoned rooms around here?"
Jay asked as he tried to look through Ben's reasoning.
"Downstairs, there are two rooms we don't use."
"Of course, where we keep the old stuff."
"Get ready, if that witch is there, things aren't going to be great."
Jay warned them, picking up a sword.
(...)
"Is your magic coming back?"
Chad asked Agatha.
"Yes, I'm not quite, but I'm almost there. They're coming."
She said, looking up at the ceiling and feeling men walking.
"Who? The royal guard, they must have missed the queen."
He pointed to the queen who was tied to the chair.
"What are we going to do? I don't want to be arrested."
"We still have those guards, right?"
She asked, talking about the soldiers who had tried to attack a few minutes earlier.
"Yes."
He said, showing the seven men lying on the ground.
"Good."
She cast one of her spells, turning them into her zombies.
"Now what?"
"First that." She snapped her fingers and did what had turned the king and prince into zombies on the queen. "Now listen up, you're going to have to fight and no offense, I don't trust your strength very much little prince."
"Good, I don't either, can I hide now?"
"There's someone inside you that no one knows about, your dark side now comes out."
She recited the spell and suddenly Chad was totally disfigured, turning into a...a... a monster.
(...)
The men had already arrived at the ward they believed Agatha was in.
"Are we in the right place?"
Jay asked.
"Yes, we're sure..."
Arthur was about to speak, but stopped as soon as the boys looked elsewhere in the corridor.
"Aren't those your men over there?"
Ben asked, seeing seven armed men coming towards him.
"Looks like them."
"Do they want to attack us?"
Ben asked.
"That's what it looks like.
"Well then, let's answer their call.
Jay replied, taking out his sword.
(...)
The wizard managed to manipulate the woman and recited a quick communication spell.
"Merlin? Merlin is that you?"
Guinevere said using "A magic telephone"
"Guinevere? Guinevere, what's up?"
The wizard, who had just gone to his hut to get some water, answered the woman's call.
"No, it's not okay, Agatha broke in here, I need to get out of here."
"Come here, Mal and Rashid are here."
"I'm coming, but I need your address."
"You know where I live."
"Yes, of course, but I can't remember the end of the road, we haven't seen each other for a long time."
"The dense trees, you always forget. I have to go Mal needs me."
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"The girl is there now, but what for?"
"The boys are coming here."
"Your turn, queen."
(...)
The boys walked a bit until they saw the queen.
"Artie! Baby!"
Guinevere came screaming out into the hallway, hugging her husband and son.
"Guinevere?"
The family hugged each other tightly, leaving Ben and Jay to analyze the scene.
"Mom, where were you?"
"I'm fine, I managed to escape."
"Escaped from Agatha? Hard to believe."
Jay whispered to Ben.
"And how did you do that?"
Ben asked the queen.
"Did what?"
"Escaped from Agatha."
"She's weak, it was easy."
She answered Ben, who was already looking at Artie and trying to talk to him just by looking at him.
"Come on, Mom, I'll make you some coffee, you need to rest."
"Sure, let's go."
In one swift movement Arthur got out of his seat and pinned the lady with his sword, preventing her from leaving.
"What are you doing, love?"
"Guinevere hates coffee."
"Damn."
On the other side of the room, Agatha undid her magic, freeing Guinevere who simply fainted in her husband's arms.
"I'll meet you later. Artie's going with them."
Arthur said. They took off running, but what he saw immediately afterwards wasn't very good.
"That's not good!"
Ben said as he saw a huge blue monster that he didn't know how to describe in front of him.
"Man, that's..."
Jay was about to ask if that was Chad.
"No, that's not Chad. It can't be."
"Whether it is or not, I think it wants to kill us."
(...)
"If it makes you feel better, I can go there."
He offered sincerely and with a generosity she hadn't known until now
"Would you do that for me?"
She asked, since Rashid was still one of those who had caused this from the start, it was hard to trust him so much.
"Yeah, I guess so. Tell Merlin I'll be right back."
He smiled at her with the thought that, on the one hand, she was right about him, on the other, she had no idea half the things. He was gone in seconds, leaving Mal alone. Rashid landed in the castle and what his eyes saw as soon as he landed was the boy lying on the ground.
"Artie, what happened?"
He knelt down to Arthur's son, who looked as if he had been stabbed in the arm.
"Ben and Jay, you need to find them."
He said weakly.
"Where are they, Agatha and your mother?"
"Agatha... Agatha was... Agatha was controlling her... and... a... a... a monster, a huge monster attacked us."
I tried to say it, but I felt a pain when I tried to complete the sentences.
"Monster? I'm going after the boys." He nodded and ran through the castle in search of his friends. "Damn! Mal won't like that." Ben and Jay were hurt, more hurt than Artie was. His limited medical knowledge allowed him to conclude that Jay had broken at least two ribs and would have to receive two stitches in his hand and arm, while Ben had certainly hurt his leg badly, as it was bleeding a lot and he would have to put stitches in his head and, to make matters worse, they were unconscious. "I'll be right back, guys." He disappeared again.
After a quick search of the floor, he realized that Agatha wasn't there, but apparently the monster was. "Ah, so you're the monster." See you later Rashid disappeared again.
(...)
Merlin's house
"Rashid, what happened?"
Mal asked when she saw his distressed countenance.
"Agatha happened. She did something, magic, I'm not sure, a huge monster."
"Ben and Jay, where are they? Why didn't they come with you?"
She asked, thinking of the worst-case scenario.
"They've both been hurt, possibly in a fight, I don't know."
"What? I'm going over there."