I was sitting with Marian, smiling and laughing with her when the pain came. I doubled over clutching my stomach.

"Robin?" Her voice was worried.

"It's nothing, just stings!"

Marian squatted next to me, "It is Djaq, she is giving you some sort of medicine."

I cringed, "Why does it have to hurt so much?"

"You baby."

I looked into her eyes and forced a smile.

"Come on." Marian grabbed my arm, pulling me up, "Lie down, it will help."

I sighed as the pain subdued, and stood, glad of her hold on my arm.

"Now, just breath, that is good."

"Thank you. I am fine now."

Marian smiled, I leaned in, and she moved closer, we were soon locked in a kiss, unable to stop.

I sucked in a breath as Djaq continued to work on me, but I soon recovered, and was back in Marians arms.

"No!" I stopped, listening. I could have sworn I had just hear Djaqs voice.

"What?"

"Did you hear that? It sounded like Djaq, like she was somewhere close."

Marian gasped.

"What?" I looked up at her, making sure everything was OK.

"Look at your hand!"

I held my hand up in front of my face, and jumped. It was translucent, I could almost see right through it. "What is going on?"

Marian looked at the ground, tears in her eyes.

"What is it my love?" I moved closer and tried to wipe the streaks of water off her face, but I could not touch her, my hand just would not make contact.

"You are being called back, it is time to say goodbye." Marian sucked in a breath and looked into my eyes.

"No, not so soon."

"That is not for you to decide. They are calling you, our friends."

I sighed, she was right, there was no way to weasel out of this.

"Alright, but could I not say goodbye?"

"Talk, we have but a little time." Marian grasped my hand and somehow I was able to hold on.

"How, how can I go on without you? I cannot even live." I confessed although I knew she already knew this.

"Robin, I know it is hard, but somehow you have to find a way, you have to have hope for the future, hope for our future up here. And when all this is over, when we have won, then we can be together." Marian smiled and leaned in to kiss me one last time.

And then I was waking up, the pain, once so little now overwhelming. I groaned and immediately they were surrounding me, my friends.

Djaq was practically crying, "You are alright."

I stifled a grin, "I'm always alright."

"Master, we thought you were gone!"

I shook my head, "I would not be gone, just not present." Then I looked around recognizing my surroundings. "Why are we in Acre?"

"We came here, to get help from Djaq." Allen explained.

I groaned as I sat up, "Well, great help."

"Where were you?" John asked.

"What do you mean?" I said although I knew full well where I had been.

"You kept murmuring. In your sleep." Will smiled. "And it is nice to see you."

"I was," I sighed, not really wanting to talk a bout it just yet, "Far away."

"Now what do we do?" Much spoke up.

"Now we go home." Will stated.

"All of us?" John asked.

"Yes, all of us. Will and I missed you all so much. We have decided to join up again, if it is OK?"

Everyone turned, their eyes on Me.

"What are you looking at me for, you guys are able to make decisions for yourselves aren't you?" I smiled as they realized I did not care either way, as long as they were happy.

"Then that settles it, you two will accompany us back to Sherwood!"

"No, Much, back home." Will smiled again, this time looking directly at me, I had a suspicion that he knew a little more about what I had been up to than the others did.

"Before we leave, is it alright if I visit Marians grave?" I asked, they all fell silent.

"As long as you won't do anything stupid." Djaq spoke for everyone.

"I won't, I promise. For real this time Much, I know what has to be done." with slight diffaculty I got out of bed and hobbled out into the desert air.

Marians grave was not far, I had but a mile to walk and I would arrive.

Once there I sat on the ground next to her.

"Oh my love," I spoke softly. "Already I am missing you."

I sighed, I had to get back to England, as Marian had said, there were people who needed me.

"Don't worry my love, I will see you when England is right again. I have hope, hope of a life together in haven, because our life on earth was too darn short."

the wind ran through my hair, like she was answering me, telling me to go.

"Goodbye, I love you." And I stood and started the long journey back to Sherwood.

Form haven Marian watched as Robin walked towards her grave, her eternal resting place in the earth. He whispered words to her, secret words only she could hear. "I love you too." she wanted to shout, but he would not hear her. So instead she made the wind blow, telling him it was alright to go. They would meet again, soon, like Robin had said, when England was right again. "Goodbye my love." she whispered as he walked away.

OK, the next chapter will be a little funny because I have to tell what happened when Robin was up there with Marian. So the next chapter will take place before this one, but I am not going to re-write the end of this chapter so you will just have to live with it being from Robins pov. Well thanks for sticking with me this far, just one more chapter, just one!!!