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Robin looked around cautiously. He could see the cart already driving up butstill couldn't see Marian. At the moment he could only hope that Much managed to stop the others, and that Edward had already found Marian. Because if that wasn't the case...
"Now a little help would be useful, God" he whispered as he observed the moving carriage.
A slight move returned his attention to the branch. He slowly moved in the direction of trees, behind which he noticed the outline of a slender figure.
"Marian," he whispered, knowing that he must act quickly, she already geared up for the attack, and the two of them alone wouldn't be able to defeat soldiers.
He stole up on her from behind and seeing that he didn't have time for lose he caught her quickly suppressing her outcry with his hand. He lowered his mouth to her ear and whispered,
"Quiet, we don't want to alert them, do we?" he smiled but his eyes were still observing the carriage.
Marian identified his voice and she loosened up, her fear changing into irritation. She took his hand away from her mouth and asked,
"What are you doing?!"
" It's a trap," he answered quickly and caught her hand, "Let's go!"
Marian nodded and they started retreating, once they were out of view they started running.
"Where to now?" Marian asked, looking around.
"We must find the others!" Robin answered, now when Marian was already safe his mind again started working quickly.
He had to find others and as quickly as possible escape from soldiers searching for them, the long-drawn-out whistle stopped them.
Robin looked around, and fit an arrow to his bow.
"Master!" Much called from his hiding place.
"Much!" Robin and Marian ran in his direction "Where are they?"
"They are waiting for us!" Much answered, happy that he could see his Master safe, "We found Lord Edward - he collapsed!"
"Father?!" Marian asked with fear and she looked at Robin. He squeezed her hand reassuringly,
"Everything will be fine!" he said and turned to Much "Lead the way!"
The three of them moved almost noiselessly and as quickly as they could.
"Here!" Much stopped and they both saw Lord Edward sitting under a tree with Alan standing on guard. Marian ran up to the father. He was very pale, but at the sight of his daughter he smiled. She was safe. Alan came up to Robin.
"John and Will went to check the way," Alan explained,
Robin nodded and came up to Edward. An older man didn't look good and Robin knew that they must got him out of forest quickly.
"The road is blocked!" John shouted running to them with Will behind him
Robin cursed loudly and the four men looked at each other, the road back to their camp was blocked.
"We could go along the 'Death' path," Alan suggested.
Marian looked into Robin's eyes and he shook his head. Edward wouldn't be able to walk this road, and they could not carry him because this footpath was too steep.
"No, we must turn back and get out of the forest, Lord Edward must reach home quickly," Robin decided and Marian smiled her thanks at him. This decisionensured safety of her father.
"Where is Djaq?" asked Will who had until now been silent, but had noticed her missing small figure.
"In the camp, I left her in case you came back," Robin answered not looking into young man's eyes. "We must go now. John, Will, help Sir Edward. Allan, take the lead!" Robin gave the order as Will looked at him carefully.
Something was definitely not right. And he didn't like it.
" Quickly!" Robin bit his lip, Allan got up and moved, and the rest moved behind him, walking away from the direction of their camp, and of Djaq.
"I'm sorry Djaq," Robin whispered to the silent forest, "but we cannot split now, we will come back for you. I promise."
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Djaq slowly opened her eyes.
She didn't know how long she had been sleeping, but the fire in the cave had gone very low and she shook with cold.
She slowly got up and looked at the sky. It was getting dark. The pain in her side had grown worse and Djaq decided that it was time to change the dressing. The last thing she needed was an infection. She bathed the wound, clenching her teeth in order to stop her outcry into the otherwise silent cave.
"Please don't leave me behind," she whispered, she wasn't afraid of pain but she has always been afraid of being abandoned.
She didn't want to be alone.
She reached for the blanket when suddenly she stopped dead in her tracks.
Somebody was outside of cave.
A stranger.
Djaq grabbed her sword and she soundlessly moved into a dark corner.
"Hurry up, Robin, please."
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"You left her wounded?!" John asked, shocked.
They had reached sir Edward's home an hour ago and now rested while Marian was looking after her father.
Robin nodded, "I didn't have other choice," he explained quietly.
"We must go back." Alan rose from the table.
"Not now, storm is approaching," Robin tried to calm them "She'll be alright. In the camp she is safe. We will set off when a sun rises "
"We can go now," Alan said worriedly. John laid his hand on his shoulder.
"Robin is right. At night and during the storm we can only come across soldiers. It is too dangerous both for us and for Djaq. We will set off at dawn, all right?"
"All right" Alan sat down and Much nodded his head.
Robin turned the look to the only member of the group which not said a word all the time and almost shuddered at the sight of cold fury burning in the eyes of usually calm Will.
"Will?" he asked.
"I'm going to bed" Will rose quickly.
His fists were clenched, as if he was stopping himself from throwing himself on Robin.
"I will take the first guard," John offered and he moved toward the door.
"John, you understand my decisions?" Robin asked the man who he regarded as his most trusted friend
"I understand that each one of us has his own priorities," John answered calmly holding his stick and disappearing behind the door.
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Not quite half an hour later the slender figure slipped away from the room in which Alan Much and Will were sleeping.
"Watch for yourself Will, and for her," John whispered, observing as the young man, who was not paying heed to the more and more violent wind, disappeared in the forest.
'I'm on my way Djaq,' Will thought, running as fast as he could 'And if something has happened to you, God help me, I will kill that bastard.'
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