Will

Allan and I have scoured the whole of Nottingham no one has any idea what happened to her.

"Come on." Allan says, on our third day of searching. He drags me towards the Tripp Inn,

"Allan." I say, "I don't particularly feel like getting drunk right now."

"No, but that is the hub of all of the underhand dealings. If Djaq has been kidnapped chances are someone here will know who did it."

We walk into the Tripp and Allan orders us two pints. We sit at a table.

"Ok tell me one more time, what happened?"

"We were doing our deliveries in Clun, we had finished and we had decided to take a detour back, we were heading through the forest when suddenly I was hit over the head I span round and pulled Djaq with me, there were four of them. They all went for Djaq, not one of them bothered with me. I tried my best to get to her but I couldn't. I kept pulling them off her and she was screaming, but she was fighting them off. I kept dragging them off her and I managed to knock two of them out, but one of them turned round and knocked me out. when I woke up she was gone. She looked so scared Allan and I didn't help her, I couldn't help her!"

"Will all we have to do is find out who those four guys were. Then we can get her back! The fact that they were definitely after Djaq is helpful."

"Yeah and terrifying! Why would they definitely want Djaq?"

"Slavers." Allan whispers,

"What?" I ask,

"The slavers. The one we rescued her from! The way I'm thinking about it they are the only ones who would want her specifically!" Alan says, part of me agrees with him and I hate that part, I promised her that I would never let her go back there.

About a month ago Djaq had woken up in the middle of the night yelling, I had woken up with her sobbing and I had taken her outside to calm her down.

"Do you want to talk about it?" I had asked kissing her forehead,

"Not yet." She had whispered, "Could you just hold me please?"

I had smiled and let her sob into my chest, my lovely amazing smart strong Djaq, who is amazing, and independent and strong was crying and weak. She had cried herself out and then kissed the hollow under my neck.

"Thank you, I'm sorry." She had whispered,

"Nothing to apologise about," I whispered.

"But you need sleep and I woke you up being foolish and girlie!"

"You are not foolish or girlie, you are amazing and strong and we all have nightmares."

"Really?"

"Course we do." I laughed, "Haven't you noticed? Allan mutters in his sleep, John misses his family, Robin and Mutch have nightmares about the holy land, and I have nightmares about my father losing his hand, and now his life, I can see my mother dying when no one noticed, I can see the noose being put round Luke's neck, and I see you."

"Me?" She whispers, "Why am I a nightmare?"

"You being captured, or hung, or in that horrible cart."

"That horrible cart." She had whispered. Looking at the ground, it had clicked in my head.

"The cart?" I whispered,

"Yes, the cart." She said, I had pulled her into my arms,

"I've got you, I'll protect you."

"I don't need protecting Will Scarlett," she had almost growled. It had made me laugh,

"I know you don't, darling, but I'm here to help you protect yourself." I had smiled,

"Thank you, I woke up and I thought that I had dreamed all of this, that I was still there. It was horrible, I was so scared. Will I don't want to have to go back."

"You won't! Ever!"

"How can you promise that Will, they could come back any second and take me!" she had tried to pull away from me but I had grabbed her arms gently and made her look at me.

"Djaq, have you not just told me that you do not need to be protected?"

"What?"

"When I said I wanted to protect you. Did you not growl at me that you did not need to be protected?"

"Yes I did…" she had said,

"Ok so if you are alone, you can protect yourself, however, you are my life Djaq, my whole entire life, and I promise you that I will give everything, everything in my life to protect you. Like you said you don't need it, however if I am around nothing will hurt you, I promise."

"Promise?"

"I promise." I had said staring in her eyes and pledging my everything to her with all my heart…and now I had broken that promise.

I look at Alan and sigh, "The slavers."

"I think that's our best bet." He agrees,

"Then we need to find them and get her back, quick!"

"Right lets move we need to make progress."

We finish our drinks and then we go outside. We search the cities again and then for the first time I venture out of Nottingham, we are just entering the next town when I see him on the gate.

"Allan." I say nodding, "That's one of them!"

"The dude on the gate?" he asks, I nod,

Allan walks up to him and whilst talking to him I move behind him and knock him unconscious. Allan ties him up and then we carry him back to the camp.

"Not being funny Robin but I have a gift for you." Allan laughs.