A/N: Hi! I missed this story. I know you did too. You might have to reread it to remember what it's about, but... more exciting, eh? Please don't hate Cenred too much xD

chapter7

Arthur was sitting down on a couch, Morgana next to him, then Lance next to the woman, holding her hand. Arthur stared around at the now empty party room with narrowed, worried eyes.

"Where is he?"

Morgana gulped dryly then reached out and grabbed her brother's arm. "That's what the cops are here to find out." She whispered sadly. Then eyed the cops who were looking around outside with flashlights.

"Be glad for your status, Arthur."

The brother and sister looked at Lance.

"You have the money, so the cops know there is a chance that if Merlin really is missing and they don't look, you could sue the pants off of them."

Arthur's brows narrowed. "What is that suppose to mean?"

Lancelot's brows raised. "Oh, I didn't mean it like that-"

"Of course you didn't." Morgana said low. She turned back to her brother. "What he means is, if you were any other person, the police wouldn't have a search party out here until Merlin was missing 24 hours."

Arthur blinked

"And he's right." Morgana whispered. "This is when you should be proud of being called a Pendragon, Arthur."

XOXOXOXO

Merlin struggled and pulled, anything to get away from the bedroom Cenred was now pulling him inside. "Let go!"

Cenred easily dominated the weak, smaller boy. But to be sure he really had the upper hand, the man sent a slap to Merlin's face, stunning the boy so he had to close his eyes long enough to pull his hands over his head and use a pair of cuffs to tie his wrists to a metal pipe over his head.

Merlin grunted when his arms were pulled roughly. He exhaled a deep breath then opened his eyes and stared at Cenred, who stared back with an unreadable expression.

Merlin looked up and saw that his hands were cuffed together, one end of the cuffs were tied to one end of another, then cuffed to the pipe above.

Merlin's blue eyes trailed back to Cenred. "Why are you doing this?" He said low.

Cenred didn't answer. He only turned and walked near the bed then kneeled down. Merlin heard the man looking through something, then Cenred leaned up and turned to the Merlin's trembling form.

Merlin's eyes traveled to the man's hands, but Cenred had whatever he had behind his back. He walked over to Merlin.

Merlin tried running but only his legs seemed to move, seeing as how his hands were cuffed and he couldn't go anywhere.

The man reached him then leaned closer and pressed his lips to Merlin's.

Merlin quickly pulled his lips away.

"Now, Merlin. We can do this the easy way, or the hard way."

Merlin's answer, he sent his foot out and kicked Cenred in the leg. The man only grunted and took a huge step back. His brows suddenly narrowed, making him look much more dangerous.

"Fine." He reached out and grabbed Merlin's hair in a harsh grip. Then quickly brought his other hand to the boy's throat.

Merlin scream and again tried to kick, it didn't take long for Cenred to do what he wanted and he pulled away with a satisfied look on his face. Merlin's eyes widen at the feel of the cold heavy metal around his neck. His breathing quickened more.

"What is that?" He asked shakily when Cenred turned and picked up a box he had to hold on to with both hands.

The man turned back around with his finger pointing down. "I don't want to hurt you. So say you love your master, Merlin, and I'll go easy on you."

Merlin's brows narrowed in anger. After what he was doing, the man excepted Merlin to love him! He didn't even like him at the moment. "Never!" The boy spat. He suddenly scream when there a shock around his neck that lasted at least three seconds long, but it felt much longer. He gasped for breath when the shock ended and he looked back at Cenred.

"Let's try this again."

Merlin eyed the device with an even more worried face.

XOXOXOXO

Arthur stood in the middle of his living room, a look on his face that easily said sadness. The blond blinked his royal-blue eyes and looked towards the photo at the small lamp table near the couch. He walked over and lifted the picture of his and Merlin's wedding picture. Arthur in a black tux, Merlin in a white one. Arthur had never seen a bigger smile on Merlin. His perfectly white teeth showing thought pale-pink lips. His raven hair shined in the light the photographer had stuck over their heads, also making the bright red back ground look even brighter.

Arthur brought his lips to the photo right over his love. He kept his lips there for a few short seconds before finally shutting his eyes and breaking into sobs, making his shoulders shake violently. He held the photo close to his chest , making sure to not move his lips from Merlin.

Why does Merlin always have to go missing during what is supposed to be their happiest times? Where ever he was, Arthur knew Merlin didn't go on his own terms. Especially since the cops found his cell phone in the park across the street.

Arthur knew Merlin needed air that night, because of all the visitors at their anniversary party. Why didn't he go with him? He was his husband, he was supposed to look after him.

If something happened to Merlin, Arthur would never stop blaming himself. He felt it was what he deserved.

XOXOXOXO

Morgana wiped the makeup off her face as she got ready for bed. She looked down to throw the tissue into the waste basket then looked up. The woman gasped, but suddenly took a deep breath. "You scared me."

"I'm sorry." Lance leaned down and kissed her hair.

Morgana smiled and nodded. "It's ok. I'm just... really jumpy is all." Then she sadly shook her head. "My brother and Merlin, they have it hard, you know?"

Lance nodded.

"Now Merlin's missing... again." She sighed. "I just want them to be happy."

Lance smiled. "I know Arthur wants Merlin back, but he wants you to be happy too. I know he does care about you."

Morgana nodded. "I know. But I don't want to tell him yet." She said knowingly.

Lance sighed then turned towards the bed then threw himself down.

"Lancelot." Morgana stood up, her white gown reaching only her thighs, and walked over to the bed then slowly straddled the man's thighs. Lance couldn't help but reach out and grab the woman's firm thighs.

"You have to realize that I don't want to feel happy when Arthur is so miserable."

The man's hands slowly slid up until his hands touched Morgana's hour-glass shaped waist. "I know." Lance agreed. "But we have a right to feel happy too."

Morgana smiled sweetly. "I know." She grabbed his strong hands and brought them to her lips. "And we will have our moment. But right now this is about Merlin. I don't want to tell them about the proposal just yet."

She leaned down and sent a kiss to his lips. "Or the baby." She whispered.

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