Merlin POV

Merlin woke up on a hard cold stone floor. He felt tired, he tried to stand but his vision was blurry. He fell back down. He was in pain and felt useless. "Our guest seems to have stirred!" cackled the guy who kidnapped Merlin.He gave Merlin a hearty slap on his face "what was that for?" groaned Merlin, face stinging"i felt like it!" replied the man. He left and slammed the door shut, which made Merlin flinch. " ooh Merlin you really don't look good!" said a voice. Merlin's heart leapt

"Gwaine is that you?" questioned Merlin

"it sure is!" laughed Gwaine

"What are you doing here?"asked Merlin

"You know: wrong place wrong time, wrong drink!" Merlin laughed, same old Gwaine! Just as Merlin was about to open his mouth a man came in with a couple loaves of bread. He chucked them into the cells. He went passed Merlin and didn't give him one. "excuse me, can i have some." whispered Merlin.

"no you can't, well unless you can reach it!" he cackled. Merlin went up to grab it but only made it halfway through the cell before he noticed two iron cuffs around his wrists which were constraining him. He tugged them, the smell of the bread was so exquisite. "thought so!" smiled the evil man. He walked off pleased with himself. Gwaine passed him half of his bread to Merlin "thanks Gwaine, so glad that your here a-" Merlin said but before he finished the same guy came in "how dare you eat! You will only eat when food is given by me or your other betters puny minion!" he screamed "for this you shall pay!" Gwaine stared in disgust as the man began to kick punch and slap Merlin who was yelping in pain. "that is more like it." he said looking down at a bleeding Merlin he slammed the door shut. unconsciousness took hold...

Arthur POV

He was missing Merlin's insults, stupidty everything. He wished he could see him now unharmed but he knew that would be unlikely. He knew the man who kidnapped Merlin : Ethan, famous for his violence and close bond to the Lady Morgana. He could still see the fear in Merlin's eyes and the drip drop of his blood on the flagstone floor. But someone else was missing... Gwaine. At first he thought Gwaine probably got lost searching for new taverns to go to but it had been two days! Surely he couldn't have been that long - even for Gwaine. He only hoped Gwaine had a plan.....

Gwaine POV

His plan was excellent, intelligent oh boy was he proud of himself! He knew, once he had sobered up, that at 5:45 everyday food was served, but not to Merlin, At 7:00 Merlin was taken to some kind of hall and goodness knows what happened there; he came back worse every time.. So at exactly 12:00 they would escape. Merlin would usually grasp back to consciousness by then. He also had a full(ish) stomach and they would be ready. "Do you know what you have to do?" asked Gwaine. Merlin nodded and it was almost time....