hello again, long time no see! so due to the lack of updates, some complaints of the shortness of chapters, and the fact college is in just two weeks for me. I've decided to combine the remainder of the chapters into one giant document, upload that, and be finished with this story. I hope you all enjoy cause this will definitely be my final BBC Robin Hood fanfic. I have long since lost interest in the show and even if i still care I wouldn't have time too. But please let me know what you think, critique means a lot to me, especially now that you are reading the work of a future english major. So without further ado I present to you the finale of The Broken's Healing.

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The Brokens' Healing

Chapter Seven

Reunion

Lady Gisbourne marched briskly through the dense wood, leaving the camp and warmth of the fire behind her. Whirls of deep emotion raced through her mind, those of shock, anger, and above all sadness.

She was shocked that Robin of Locksley, the most selfless man she knew chose himself over his duty. She was angry that Robin had the chance to save her father but refused, and she was sad that it was those events that tore her and Robin farther apart.

"Do you think that because we called off our engagement when I left for the Holy Land meant that I stopped loving you? You hated seeing me with any other woman but you. How do you think I felt when I saw you with Gisbourne, donned in a bridal gown, in Locksley of all places?" Marian recalled Robin's words, the last words she heard before she stormed off into the woods alone.

She walked through the woods lost in her thoughts not sure where she was going or who was following her.

She soon came to the edge of a clearing and once long forgotten memories came rushing back to her. For it was in a very similar clearing in the middle of the woods that she and Robin shared their earliest memories with one another. Long ago when they where young and full of hope. She remembered those moonlight nights when she would sneak out to the clearing to meet him. It was another time, another place, another world. So different from the life she now led.

"Little late to be out in the woods, Marian," came a dark voice from right behind her. She felt her stomach drop that very second. Her instincts told her to run but strong arms ensnared her in a locked embrace, dragging her back through the forest. She kicked and screamed, trying to break free. This can't be happening! Her husband's grip was unwavering.

Gisbourne dragged her back to where his horse awaited him and panic rose within her knowing he had every intention of bringing her back to the hell he called home.

Chapter Eight

Realization

"Let me go, Guy!"

"No! You left me! Your rightful husband, for another man! You are coming back to Locksley with me! Where you belong!" Guy practically screamed through clenched teeth as he tried to lift her onto his horse.

"I didn't leave you for another man! I left because I hate you! Because you lied to me!"

She felt his gloved fist strike the side of her head and the next thing she knew she was on the ground, her head throbbing.

"Don't lie to me! I know full well that this is Hood's neck of the woods, not far from where the dogs lost track of you. I know you've been with Hood, Marian," He screamed, his voice filled with rage as he stood over her. His eyes where filled with malice and hatred.

Marian fingered the hilt of the dagger she kept on her, knowing that the blow to her head was just the start of the abuse.

"I'm surprised he would take you in anyway, after what you did to him. I always suspected that you where cohorting with him but his feelings for you where never a mystery. Though I do have to thank you for breaking him. He hasn't bothered the Sheriff and I since our wedding day."

Marian felt her heart sink. It had never occurred to her before that she was the cause of Robin's pain. In her mind Robin was always strong and brave, able to endure anything. She then realized that she had seen more then guilt in Robin's eyes just minutes earlier, it was heartbreak. She choked on her own guilt because she had never loved Gisbourne, only Robin.

A swift kick to her stomach drew her out of her thoughts. At first she curled within and cringed from the blows he reigned on her but then she heard a voice, Robin's voice, calling to her from deep within the wood. Without a second thought she grabbed the dagger at her belt and flung it at Gisbourne who still stood above her.

She heard him yelp in pain, but didn't stay to watch. Smacking the rear of his horse she sent it running deep into the woods, before she herself took off as fast as her legs would carry her back towards Robin's camp.

Chapter Nine

Renewal

The trees and brush of Sherwood flew past her as she ran from Gisbourne right into Robin. She clung to him as Robin rocked back on his heels, his eyes wide with surprise at her sudden change in behavior. Yet he instinctively wrapped his arms around her as her whole body shook, trembling with fear.

He had never seen Marian so broken and so afraid. He wondered what she had come across since she stormed out of the camp. He had gone after her, searching and calling for her when she suddenly ran right into his arms shaking and near tears. A distant shout from an angry Gisbourne answered the questions racing through his mind. The whole scene only added to his hatred for Gisbourne.

"I'm so sorry Robin, I'm so sorry," Marian sighed into his chest, her grip on him unrelentless.

He felt as if a weight had been lifted off of him. Holding her closer he whispered in her ear," It's okay Marian, you're forgiven."

Marian found peace in the sincerity of his words and she knew then and there that she never wanted to part from him again.

They could have stood there for an eternity in each other's arms but the shouts from an angry and hopelessly lost Gisbourne told them differently.

Clouds thundered in the dark skies overhead as they packed up the meager camp and saddled Robin's horse. Within minutes Marian was sitting on the back of Robin's horse her arms around his waist as they galloped through the forest. Rain soon began to fall soaking through their clothes to their skin, refreshing their bodies in souls in nature's baptism.

It was then she felt the weight of her wedding band on her finger. In one swift motion she removed it from her hand and tossed it carelessly into the woods. Free at last from Gisbourne, free with her Robin, but not of the scars Gisbourne had left, yet.

Chapter Ten

Storm

They rode deep into the night, to the cave where Robin had last seen his gang, the very same cave where he had almost lost Marian. But none of it mattered she was here with him now and neither had any intention of leaving.

The sky thundered and the rain poured in thick heavy droplets, mud sloshed and sprayed from the horses's hooves as they slowed down to a stop. Lightening flashed across the night in a blinding white light as the two took one another's hands and made their way into the cave, safe from the storm.

A fire was soon lit and the quiet cave quickly became warm and peaceful.

The past few nights had been spent with them sleeping on either ends of the camp, far from one another. But now, all Robin wanted to do was to be close to her and hold her in his arms. He slowly made his way over to her taking her in his arms and planting a gentle kiss on her lips. He couldn't help but notice how at first she cringed at his touch, but yet kissed him back with equal passion.

There wasn't a doubt in his mind that he wanted her and he found himself kissing her neck and collarbone, his hands wandering across her clothed form.

Thunder crashed outside, resonating throughout the cave. Marian suddenly became stiff in his arms, her breath deep and forced, and her eyes scared and distant. As if she was reliving a nightmare.

"Marian?"

Her blue eyes met his, They where not the eyes Robin knew. They where broken and fearful. What had Gisbourne done to her?

Marian said nothing. She curled up against Robin's chest, buried in his arms and warmth, praying to the Lord above that the storm in her mind would pass.

Chapter 11

Taken

Marian wanted Robin, she always had. And now when she can finally have him the scars Gisbourne left seeped open, pain of the night he had forcibly taken her rushing through her sense, shaking her very core. She tried with all her might to banish it from her mind.

The familiar feelings of being soiled and violated put her to shame. She was surprised to find that Robin still wanted her, knowing she had laid with his arch rival. Her hatred grew evermore that night. He had taken from her all that was pure and all that she loved.

Robin's warmth embrace and steady breath made her feel safe. Listening to his heart pound within his chest she was grateful to love a man who loved her for her, not what Gisbourne had made her.

She grazed her hand over his chest pushing the edges away from his shirt feeling his smooth toned chest. It didn't take long for his eyes to open and his mouth to curve into a familiar smile.

Marian's longing for him only grew and she wondered why she didn't know where her heart was. It was right here, between her and Robin all along.

Chapter 12

Healed

They where greeted the next morning by the brightness of sunshine and the warmth of two newfound lovers.

Robin took a deep breath of Marian's skin, savoring her sweet scent. It had been months since he felt this content. His lips grazed the tender flesh of her neck as she began to stir from slumber.

"Good morning my love," where the only words she spoke before her lips met Robin's once more.

"So what do we do now?" she eventually asked.

Robin sighed, he had neglected his duties to the poor these past few months, not too mention his gang. He knew what he had to do, what they had to do.

Her hair tickled his face as he whispered in her ear, "Come and join my gang?"

Marian smiled she had been waiting to hear those words for awhile. Her shirt life as the Lady Gisbourne had been too protected, too pampered, too predictabe, too boring. She missed being the nightwatchman, helping the poor, the excitement and the rush.

She knew her answer the second he spoke it.

"Of course my love, my Robin Hood."

The End.