Right, this is my second Robin Hood story. This is a sort of fix it for the end of series two as I didn't like how it ended. Here we go.

Robin couldn't breathe, or speak; his wife was lying in the sand before him, her white dress stained with her own blood. She was dead, he couldn't believe it, he did not want to believe it. Little John touched his leader's shoulder and the younger man looked up from the pale face of his wife to the tanned and rather hairy face of the father figure of the camp.

The look on John's face was clear, it said that they had to move her, so dejectedly he stood up and allowed the large, but gentle man to pick Marian up. The king moved aside to allow the giant to carry the woman who had saved his live by giving her own away from this terrible place.

In that moment, King Richard, decided to end this war and return home.

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John carried Marian's body to Bassam's home where Djaq set to work; preparing the other woman's body for burial. She sewed up the wound, then cleaned the blood from around it, it was large and deep and Marian was lucky that she hadn't suffered for longer.

Just to make sure that Marian was really dead, she picked up the knife that was beside her and held it under the noblewoman's nose. A faint cloud of moisture gathered on it, then disappeared, followed by another. Djaq was shocked, she held the knife there for a little longer as she didn't believe that the other woman could cheat death again, but she had, as Djaq discovered when she took yet another breath. She put the knife down and tapped her face.

"Marian." she said in her thickly accented voice. She repeated herself while still slapping her cheek gently.

Suddenly, Marian took a deep breath and coughed. She opened her eyes and caught sight of Djaq

"Where was I?" she asked the Saracen woman standing beside her

"I do not know." was the answer that she received. She smiled slightly and the other woman left.

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Robin was an emotional wreck. He was standing, staring into space, he was still in the spot where he had married Marian as she lay dying in the sand. He wanted nothing more than to find Gisborne and run him through, but he couldn't do that.

Suddenly Djaq came running, calling his name "Robin!" she shouted. He turned and looked at her, she was smiling; what was there to smile about? He followed his Saracen friend to Bassam's house, what he found when he arrived there was a shock. Marian was alive; she was lying propped up on pillows, smiling at him. "Marian?" he said, as though he thought that this couldn't be real.

He didn't believe what he was seeing, Marian was dead, how could she be lying there smiling at him. He stood for a while longer, just looking at her, trying to make himself believe that she was alive.

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They stared at one another, Robin was confused and happy at the same time. Knowing that the only way he would believe this was if he could touch her and feel her warm flesh beneath his fingers. He crossed the room in three steps and reached out to touch her face, he felt the heat of her body on her face and then he wrapped his arms around her, holding her close. Marian returned the gesture, she noticed that he was being more gentle than usual, she presumed that that had something to do with the wound on her stomach. He pulled back, but didn't let go. "Don't ever do that to me again." he told her, before he pressed his lips against hers.

"I love you, my wife." he said as he broke the kiss, smiling at her

"I love you, too, my husband." They kissed again.

Meanwhile…

Gisborne and the Sheriff were leaving the Holy Land as quickly as was possible, so as not to be caught and hung for treason.

They didn't stop moving until they reached the port that would return them to Europe. They eventually got on board a ship and left the Holy Land, knowing that they needed to return to England quickly before Hood had any hope of returning... maybe they would hang a few of his villiagers...

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Sir Guy of Gisborne could not sleep, every time he closed his eyes, all he could see was her, Marian, her face when he had stabbed her. The look of shock that had over taken her features as the sword was plunged into her gut, the shock was followed by a look of pain and fear. Every time this happened, he felt something, guilt, this was not an emotion that the Master at Arms normally felt, in fact, he couldn't remember ever experiencing the emotion before. He had not intended to kill her, but when she had said that she loved Hood and was going to marry him, rage rose up inside him and his instinct was to silence her.

He regretted the action immediately and when the Sheriff had told him to come with him, he did so, so that he would not have to see her die.

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The gang walked slowly to Bassam's house, all of them wondering what Djaq had been smiling about. When they arrived, they saw her, she was still smiling and she pointed them into the room that was beside her. They entered and saw Robin hugging Marian tightly. They were shocked, she appeared to have cheated death itself

"Lady Marian?" asked Much, who clearly didn't believe his eyes.

Right, I need a title for this…any suggestions…..I'll post the next chapter as soon as I get the name.

TTFN

Julie