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Djaq froze, watching as a tall figure blocked the light from the entry to her hiding place.

She tightened hands more firmly on her sword, gearing up for the attack andpraying that there weren't too many of these intruders.

The man entered the cave and Djaq slowly relaxed tensed muscles.

He was alone.

"Damn it!" he swore suddenly as he collapsed on his knees, clutching his side with one hand.

Djaq rose cautiously from her spot. This man, whoever he was, was obviouslyseriously injured.

She neared him and reaching her hand she turned him on his back uncoveringhis face.

"Aah!" Djaq shouted suddenly, jumping back.

She knew this face too well.

Guy of Gisborne.

The man opened his eyes hearing her shout and his gaze fell straight on her.The flash in his eye confirmed what Djaq had been afraid of. He recognised her.

"Where is he?" He asked, not raising himself from the ground. Djaq warily came closer again.

"Who?" She asked, as she glanced at his side. It didn't look good.

"Don't play with me!" He snapped, "Your leader!"

"He's not here," She answered truthfully and moved her hand closer to his wound.

"What are you doing?" He barked, catching her wrist with one of his bloody hands.

"You are wounded. I want to help," Djaq responded.

"Forget it," he returned "Better get your friends here before they'll arrive"

"Robin really isn't here" Djaq said feeling her anxiety growing.

If Gisborne was alone and seriously injured, then who were the ones who chased him? Gisborne rose his head and for a while he fixed his eyes on her face all the time clenching her wrist so strongly that Djaq was afraid that in a minute he would break it. But she didn't move, hoping that he would realisethat she told him the truth.

"Figures," Gisborne let go of her hand "One and only time this bastard would be really needed and he isn't here"

Djaq massaged her aching wrist and again reached to the wound.

"I'll stop the bleeding" she said.

"Why?" he asked examining her.

"Because you are wounded and I am a physician," was her simple answer.

Djaq took care of her patient listening to the more and more intensifying rain.

' Please let Robin come back before Gisborne's men' her silent prayer was carried to heaven.

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They both heard horses outside the cave at the same moment.

"Hell!" Gisborne cursed under his breath. Djaq knew that there was no sense in asking who the people outside the cave were, as she knew for certain that those weren't her friends.

"Check the caves!" A man's voice gave the order.

"I am checking."

"Bloody rain!"

"Shut up and keep looking, weâ ve got to find him!"

Djaq listened, counting the voices to guess how many of them there were. So far she could hear five different voices. She didn't have a chance against five. She glanced at Gisborne.

"You should have fled while you had the chance," he muttered.

"Who are they?" she whispered, but Gisborne didn't answer.

She wanted to ask him again when she heard voices coming closer. They would find them within a few seconds.

Djaq quickly ripped off her tag from her neck and tossed it to the pile of bandages lying behind stones, hoping that the rest would find it and treat it as call for help.

"What are you doing here, Gisborne?" The tall man asked, appearing up opposite them. Gisborne didn't answer.

"Kill them?" One of his companions asked, reaching for his sword

"No, your idiot, we can't leave behind a trail like that. We will take them with us," the man which had entered first, clearly the leader, decided, "Can never have too many workers!" The rest of them croaked quietly with laughter.

"And what if someone is looking for them?" The shortest from the group asked.

The leader directed his stare at the two prisoners

" Nobody will care about what happens to Gisborne," he turned his eyes toward Djaq, "And I don't think anybody would bother to search for his little Saracen servant."

Djaq closed her eyes, hoping it wasn't true, that this man was wrong and that somebody would look for her. Faces of her friends passed in front of her eyes.

'You will search for me, won't you?'

Will's face appeared in front of her, his calming voice, his expressive eyes...

'You won't leave me, will you?'

"Load them onto the wagon," the leader ordered, "We should be at the Nottingham borders by now," he headed to Gisborne, who was being held up by two of the men, and punched him in the gut, "but we wasted our precious time chasing our little friend."

Gisborne started to cough with blood and Djaq bent her head expecting her own portions of blows. Fortunately they were in hurry. Someone's hand grasped her arm and twisted it badly as they dragged her out of the cave, straight into the stormy night.

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Will ran as quickly as he could, ignoring as branches hit him in the face, and the cold rain falling from the sky.

He had Djaq's face before his eyes all the time, just as she had looked like when they went their different ways that morning. His intestines were clenched into a tight knot and no matter how much his common sense wanted to slow down, his body protested. Djaq needed help. He just knew it.

When he got to the campsite, in half the time it usually took to get there, he was so exhausted that he didn't notice a root sticking out of the ground so he tripped and fell.

As he rose slowly from the ground, he noticed that there was huddle of horses outside the cave.

In a flash of lightening, Will saw a man leading a limping Djaq towards the wagon.

There were five of them, so he couldn't risk open attack.

'Damn you Robin, and your waiting for bloody daylight!' Will watched as the rest of the men got on their horses, at such a intense rain chances that there would be left enough tracks to find them after few hours were minimal.

'So much for tracks' Will thought with resignation as one of men intentionally stayed at the back to cover up the markings.

He could only follow them and wait for the right moment to free Djaq.

Without even considering the idea of waiting for the others, he followed them in the shadows, grateful that the mud didn't let them move to fast.

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