Saved from evil (a Merlin fan fiction)

Chapter 11 Cave of the dead.

"Morgause, Merlin and Morgana are acting strangely," Said Gaius.
"Oh, it's probably because we got robbed by bandits," replied Morgause.
"Oh," said Gaius.
"I'm sure they'll be better soon," said Morgause.

Part of Gaius wanted to believe Morgause but the other part of him was thinking "They all have magic and magic is no longer banned, so how come they couldn't stop the bandits?"

"Gaius suspects something," Morgause said furiously at Merlin and Morgana.
"Don't seem angry at him!"
"Pretend NOTHING ever happened!"
"Yes Morgause," Morgana said.
"I gave you the purpose to pretend nothing ever happened!" Morgause replied.
"By the way, I told him we were robbed by bandits, play along with it,"
They nodded and went their separate ways.

"I love it!" Gwen said to Arthur.
"Who made it?" Gwen asked.
"The cook,"Arthur said.
"Well I had the idea!"
"Well you know what they say, it's the thought that counts," Gwen said.
They ate until a strange tall man fired an arrow aiming at Arthur.

Morgause was watching as the man did so. "Cenred," she thought to herself.
The arrow hit Arthur, piercing his heart. "Arthur!" Gwen screamed.
The alarm bells rang and Arthur was pulled to see Gaius.

Meanwhile, Morgause went to see Cenred. "You do this to please me?" Morgause asked.
"Of course," Cenred replied.
"Well, that was my job," Morgause said.
"I trust your plan worked," Cenred said.
"Perfectly," Morgause said.
"Arthur suspects nothing,"
"When do I come into this?" Cenred asked.
"Well, you must stop Arthur from getting a cure," She said.
"Already done, this is a rare arrow, forged in a dragons breath," Cenred replied.
"I'm impressed," Morgause said.
"But what shall I do with Merlin?"
"He may come in handy when Morgana takes the throne," Cenred replied.
"Besides, having the greatest wizard to ever walk this Earth on your side can't possibly be a bad thing,"

"Now Merlin is on my side he can't use his strong magic to cure Arthur," Morgause said.
"He has no chance,"
"What happens after Arthur dies?" Cenred asked.
"Morgana will take the throne," Morgause said.
"Why not you?"Cenred asked.
"Morgana is the rightful heir to the throne," Morgause replied.
"Together, we will bring Camelot to mercy,"

"This is like no arrow I've seen," Gaius said worried.
"I fear it is of magic,"
Gaius flicked through his book.

"It's an arrow forged under the breath of a dragon," Gaius said.
"It has to be,"
Gaius couldn't find a cure anywhere
He decided to get Merlin for help.

"Morgause pulled Merlin by the hands, you are not to help Gaius help Arthur!" Said Morgause.
"Of course," Merlin said evilly.

"Merlin Arthur is in real danger!" Gaius said.
"I feel sick!" Merlin screamed as he pretended to faint.
"Merlin!"
Gaius fetched Morgana immediately.
"Do you think you can look after Merlin?" Gaius asked her.
"He's fainted,"
"One minute," Morgana said as she went to ask Morgause what to do.
"Yes," Morgause said.

Morgana went back to Gaius.
"Of course!" Morgana said.
She rushed off to see Merlin and he had fake fainted.
She went into his room and put him on a bed.

"Arthur's wound is getting worse," Gaius said.
He did all sorts of things with it but every timeless touched it or tried using a medicine, it just inflamed and nothing good came out of it.
He tried but this was out of his reach and Merlin had fainted.
He cried. The king was dying and there was nothing at all he could do about it.
He decided to consult with the dragon.

"I will give you advice under one condition," said Kilgharrah.
"After you remove the arrow from Arthur, you must use it to set me free!"
"Yes, I promise," said Gaius.
"The petal of the miscellar flower will cure him," Said Kilgharrah.
"It can be found only in the cave of the dead,"
"The cave of the dead!" Gaius said.
"But nearly nobody has escaped alive,"
"I'm merely an old man,"
"It will not be just you," Kilgharrah replied.
Gaius left quickly setting off to go to the cave of the dead.

"There is nothing you can do for him? Leon asked.
"There is one thing thing," Gaius replied.
"I'll do anything," Leon said.
"There is a flower that will cure him," Gaius said.
"What where can I find it?" Lancelot asked.
"The cave of the dead," Gaius said.
"We leave now,"
"We?" Leon said.
"Me you and Lancelot," Gaius said.
"Ok but be careful," Lancelot said.

They left the castle, riding off to the cave of the dead until they came across a group of people. "Bandits," Gaius said.
They hurriedly rode away from them, just managing to escape.

"I can see a cave," Leon said.
"That's definitely it," Gaius said.
They stared at an enormous pitch black cave.
"Light the torches," Gaius said.
They entered the cave and looked around everywhere but couldn't find a flower.

A strange groaning sound was coming from the cave.
They all went round to see what it was.
"Zombies!" Leon said.
"Draw your swords!" Gaius instructed.
They swung they're swords and tried to kill them but it just wasn't working.
"They could survive without heads it legs or arms.
"Stop!"Gaius said.
"That's my mother,"

Tears trickled down his cheeks.
"Do it," Gaius said.
"Are you sure?" Leon said.
"It's what she would have wanted,"Gaius said.
Thy attacked Gaius mother, the zombie, gently, trying not to be violent for Gaius's sake.
All the zombies dropped dead.

"Anything else in this cave?" Lancelot asked.
Before Gaius could reply, There was a moaning sound.
Ghosts surrounded them, ghosts so horrible it made them want to shut their eyes.they tried killing them with swords but they just went straight through them.
They couldn't think of any other solution.

Gaius cast a spell to vaporise them and it worked. "What its outlawed!" Gaius said.
A disgusting slimy green liquid burst all over them all except Gaius. Gaius laughed.

"Do you think Merlin will be alright?" Gaius said.
"Yes," Leon said reassuring him.
Gaius cared so much about Merlin, if anything happened to him, he didn't know what he would do.

They approached the edge of the cave.
The Rock was cracking and Leon and Lancelot carefully crept to the edge.
"Which flower is it?" Lancelot asked gazing at many different flowers. There was a black and white fitted one, thousands of red ones and a luminous yellow one.
"Get the yellow one," Gaius yelled.

A bony hand wrapped around Gaius's neck.In fact it was only bones.It was a skeleton. "Gaius!" Lancelot screamed.
Leon grabbed a handful of flowers and tucked it into his small bag.The rock separating the two had cracked.
Lancelot jumped over and was just a centimetre away from getting there. He was falling until he managed to grip into the rock and pull himself up.He reached for his sword and cut off the hand wrapped around Gaius's neck.

Leon was behind him and had the flowers but Gaius was knocked out.
"We must take him back to Camelot!" Lancelot yelled.
They ran back to the horses and carefully put Gaius on a horse and tied him to Lancelot's horse. Then Lancelot rode  unbelievably quickly.

They arrived at Camelot and brought Gaius to sleep on the bed. They would have to find a way to cure Gaius so Gaius could cure Arthur but they didn't know anyone who could cure him. "Gwen!" Lancelot said...