Hold On

Chapter Four

Roxy drove through the busy and bustling London streets as fast as she could. She didn't care if she broke the speed limit along the way! There were more important things to worry about then just a simple speeding ticket.

Eggsy was in the back seat, holding on for dear life. Every time the car jolted, Harry groaned and Eggsy felt more and more helpless. Eggsy was still trying to look for the injury to help him out but had found nothing so far.

"Roxy, I know this is a bit of race against time but could you possibly go over the next speed ramp a bit slower?" Eggsy asked after the hundredth time they had gone up in the air.

"You want to try and drive this thing!" Roxy snapped back.

"Don't... Shout..." Harry tried to calm his agents.

"Sorry Harry. Roxy...." Eggsy tried to say but something in his throat stopped him from saying anything.

"Don't worry about it. Just hold on, we'll be there in a minute." Roxy said that more to herself than anyone else. 

"Mer... Merl.... Merlin?" Harry struggled to say.

"Merlin's fine. He'll meet us when we get there." Eggsy responded.

"Yeah..." Harry said before closing his eyes once again. 

"No come on Harry! Don't fall asleep come on stay awake!" Eggsy wriggled around on the seat so that Harry stayed awake.

Nothing seemed to work however. Harry's eyes remained shut much to Eggsy's disgust and worry. Roxy looked in her mirror to see how Eggsy was doing. She could see how much Harry meant to him. She tried to put her foot down but she also didn't want to get shouted at by Eggsy again! 

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Merlin sighed as Arthur closed the door behind them. His phone hadn't rung since Roxy and Eggsy had left. He was getting more worried, he trusted the two agents to do the job but it wasn't exactly easy to get back. He then looked up as Arthur sat down. Arthur had pored a drink for both of them and welcomed Merlin to sit down. This never boded well! 

"Unless you've got somewhere else to be Merlin, would you join me in going over the next few training exercises?" Arthur asked waving his hand at the nearest seat.

"I'm just waiting for a call. I think it might be important." Merlin crept closer and closer to the door.

"Now Merlin!" Arthur demanded in a tone Merlin hadn't heard before.

Merlin got out his phone behind his back and typed something into it for Lancelot. Arthur had no idea and just smiled in quite an eerie way. Something was telling Merlin, that Arthur wasn't the same man that had started at Kingsman all those years ago.

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Roxy quickly looked down at her phone as it beeped. She saw Merlin's name flash up on the screen and the message in capitals. She fumbled around for it and passed it back to Eggsy.

"It's from Merlin. Read it out." Roxy muttered, trying not to disturb Harry too much.

"Alright." Eggsy took the phone off of her.

He read it in his mind first before reading it out loud. 

"Gone to HQ. I'll send you coordinates for a new place to go." Eggsy read out before another beep came.

"What does that one say?" Roxy seemed to be getting flustered as the car drifted a little bit.

"Relax it's the coordinates." Eggsy said passing the phone back so Roxy could plot them.

Roxy took a quick glance and then gave out a loud groan. Eggsy checked Harry was still breathing and then continued to speak. He needed to do something to get his mind off of what was happening.

"Do you know where it is? Only it sounds like you have history with this place." Eggsy smirked hearing Roxy moaning about something!

"It's a safe house. I was told about it when I officially started, it's used by agents when they need to disappear." Roxy sighed.

"So why are you sighing?" 

"I think something is wrong at Merlin's end. He wouldn't send us there unless it was absolutely necessary." Roxy kept checking her mirror as she said this, giving Eggsy the impression that they might be followed.

"I think Merlin can deal with it." Eggsy said before diverting his attention back to Harry as he shifted.

Harry still didn't open his eyes and was just quietly moaning. Eggsy wiped his brow with his hand as he began to sweat a little more. 

"Eggsy, he'll be fine." Roxy mumbled sweetly to Eggsy in her best mother voice.

"Yeah. Yeah you're right. He's going to be fine. He's going to be fine...." Eggsy kept repeating to himself. 

Roxy blocked this out as she tried to remember the way. Being in a blacked out car the first time wasn't exactly helping. Not to mention getting through London traffic. Her phone went again and Arthur's name flashed.

"Oh no." Roxy mumbled, hoping Eggsy wouldn't hear.

"What is it?" Eggsy said as he heard her little mumble.

"Arthur. He's probably wondering where we are. Not to mention he's probably wondering why Merlin is reacting the way he is." Roxy rolled up her sleeves as if that would help.

Eggsy was about to say something else, but before he could Harry let a loud and agonised groan which made Roxy jump with fear. Eggsy then felt his coat become soaked.

"Roxy.... Roxy!" Eggsy shouted even though she was only a few millimetres away.

"Try to find the wound and put pressure on it. Maybe use your jacket, it might help better." Roxy sounded a little panicked but still calm (ish).

Eggsy didn't have to be told twice and quickly took off his jacket and put it around Harry's chest. By the looks of it, the blood seemed to be coming from there. Harry's eyes opened once more which seemed to calm Eggsy a bit. His eyes looked glazed over but at least they were open. He was holding on for now.