Disclaimer: I don't own any characters you recognize (unfortunately for me this includes Robin and Will)
This chapter starts in Robin's POV but then changes to the people in the Holy land
Two months later
Robin lay sleeping on his bunk, his mind wandered to the day four months ago, but this dream was different to the previous dreams; she was with him. She was still as beautiful, still as stubborn and he was still completely in love with her.
Marian's side ached faintly but seeing Robin was worth the pain. He looked different; depressed. He almost didn't look like Robin. Marian could see everything. He was sad yet happy, angry but overjoyed, dead but somehow alive. She could see the love in his eyes as she walked towards him.
Their arms touched and the electricity flowed through them. Her hand gently caressed his face. His hand snaked around her waist pulling her close.
"Robin" she said gently "you have to wake up"
"Marian, don't make me" Robin said gently
"Robin the sooner you wake the sooner I'll come back to you" she said "stop complaining or I won't come back"
"I love you" he said kissing her one more time before waking
"I love you too" said Marian her eyes fluttering open
She woke in a strange bed in an unknown place surrounded by unknown sounds and smells but sitting quietly sitting beside her bed was one familiar face.
"Djaq" she croaked
"You're awake" said Djaq before switching into Doctor Mode "how do you feel, any pain?"
"Djaq I'm fine, just a bit stiff"
Djaq smiled "Will she's awake" she called.
Another familiar face entered the room holding a lock of wood.
Marian smiled.
"Welcome back to the land of the living" Will said smiling as he wrapped his arm around Djaq.
"How long have I been gone?"
"Two months" Djaq said
"That long!" exclaimed Marian
She tried to stand but she was too weak.
"Your strength will return soon" said Djaq offering her a bowl of soup which Marian accepted eagerly.
"Djaq" Will called from outside the window.
"Coming" she called "I'll be back soon" she said to Marian
Outside with Will and Djaq
Will was sitting on a bench under a tree in the courtyard; he patted the seat beside him as she walked over.
They sat silently in the dappled light of the tree. The sun started its slow descending bow.
Will stood suddenly and knelt before Djaq
He pulled out a small velvet covered box and opened it.
"Djaq, will you marry me" he asked quietly his voice almost a whisper.
It took a couple of seconds for this to sink into Djaq's brain. Her mouth widened into a huge smile.
"Yes" she said almost as quietly as he had.
Will smiled and gently slipped the ring on her finger; he picked her up and kissed her.
Marian watched quietly from the room. She smiled but almost straight away
Her smile changed to a frown as she remembered the day that she and Robin last saw each other.
She whispered four words into the empty air. "Wish you were here"
What Marian didn't know was that halfway across the world from her. Robin said the exact same thing.
Robin's eyes were full of tears that threaten to fall. Today would have been her birthday.
One tear escaped from his eye, that lone tear started a flood of tears. The tears he had held within him for months.
April watched from across the camp wondering if she should go over.
April saw that because Robin was depressed the whole gang had become less interested with things. Much only cooked when he had to, Allan barely played any jokes and John had taken over all of Robin's leaderships jobs. The camp was a mess! April had started to clean things up even though she despised the job with a vengeance.
As much as she loved her cousin April knew she had to pull him out of the depression or else.
That night as April lay asleep on her bunk (which used to be Djaq's) a pigeon flew down to the small crate that held three more pigeons. Robin gently picked it up and removed the note he then motioned to the rest of the gang to join him.
The note simply said:
Coming home,
Will be there as soon as possible.
Djaq.
Allan's face brightened when he thought of two of the three people that meant the most to him coming home. He realized that there was now someone else he cared for; he looked towards the bunk where April slept.
John smiled his family would be back together again but not everyone would be present. He sighed thinking of Marian, remembering her still, cold, white body dotted with Crimson blood. His family would never be back together again.
Robin knew that things would get better as soon as Will and Djaq returned. He looked around the camp it was untidy he knew that. The beds had been repaired when Luke had joined them in the forest, but Luke wasn't Will. Will knew how everything worked because he had built it, Will knew where everything was and also Will knew when to be quiet and when to speak. He missed Djaq not just because of her wondrous healing skills but also because she knew how it felt to see war, how it felt to see all she cared for lost. Robin could relate to her.
Luke was glad his brother was coming home, he wanted to show Will how much he had learnt. Inside Luke was still the little boy, who loved his brother, who looked up to his brother and who always wanted to please his brother. But he knew that Will had changed maybe for the better but maybe for the worse. Luke knew that Will loved Djaq he had seen that when their Dad died. Their Dad would be proud of how his boys had turned out. Luke's mind turned to his sister, he didn't even know if she was still alive. Luke's Dad had sent her to live with their Aunt, Emma didn't want to go she wanted to stay. Sixteen, she would be sixteen; his little sister would be grown up. She was ten when he last saw her.
The weeks passed slowly as everyone anticipated the arrival of Will and Djaq.