Help is Always Given

Chapter 15

Morgana's Bane

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The Doctor had called Mordred and told him to ride for Morgana's location. Now, he is waiting for Amy to pick up.

"Yeah?" she finally answers.

"Amy! Mordred is leaving again on a special mission. How are things there?" the Doctor asks.

"Busy. I've been helping Gaius with the wounded. There's so many of them," replies Amy.

"Call Rory and have him help too," instructs the Doctor. "I'm headed to Arthur and Merlin again."

"Alright," Amy ends the call.

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The potion didn't start working right away. It had to blend into his blood stream. Merlin felt a little dizzy at first, but it soon went away. When he makes it to a little village, though it saddens him to steal from such poor people, he takes a horse from the pasture.

Realizing he doesn't have any provisions, Merlin picks some carrots and potatoes from a garden. Thank God no one has noticed me, he thinks to himself.

He rides on, late into the night, only stopping when he falls asleep on his horse and starts to fall off his saddle. Merlin doesn't bother making food, that can wait till morning, he goes right to sleep.

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"How am I supposed to be helping when I have no idea what kinds of medicines there are?" Rory whispers harshly to Amy while pressing a cloth on a knights leg to stop its bleeding.

"You are helping! As best you can, at least," Amy reassures.

Rory just rolls his eyes and ties a bandage over the knights wound after adding some clotting powder to it.

They work together on several more patients, moving past the lesser wounded and only helping the severe.

After a while, Gaius sends Amy on an errand to gather herbs.

"But I'm not sure what they look like!" Amy protests.

"There's a book in my lab on the first table titled 'Herbs'. I think you'll find it useful," Gaius replies before returning to his patient.

Amy hurries down to Gaius's chambers and finds the book.

"This thing is massive! How am I supposed to carry it and look for herbs??" Amy complains.

Nevertheless, she picks up the book and finds a basket and heads to the woods to gather the herbs.

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Merlin stops his horse and signals for Arthur to do the same.

"Saxons?" Arthur asks in a whisper.

Merlin uses his magic to see the path ahead. There's a fire that's barely releasing smoke.

"Long gone," Merlin is relieved. Arthur may be accepting to his magic, but he doesn't want to use it in front of him, not like that.

They continue riding until Arthur falls asleep in his saddle. Merlin looks back and notices, just in time, that Arthur is slipping off his horse. Merlin dismounts quicker than he ever has and rushes to his friend. Merlin puts one hand on Arthur's shoulder, the other on his side to prop him up. Merlin takes a handful of chain mail and lightly shakes Arthur awake. Arthur immediately opens his eyes, and a quiet gasp escapes his mouth.