I'm so sorry this took so long to update will try and get back into the swing of things now but thank you to everyone who has stuck by this story and reviewed. This chapter is dedicated to you!

Alan could've sworn his heart was about to fly out of his chest it was beating so fast. He knew he was in for it and very lucky there were iron bars separating him from his former comrades. At least they would have a chance to listen to him before they tried to kill him, maybe he had the slimmest chance of surviving this. He met the eyes of the angry men behind the cell door and that thought rapidly vanished. He was going to die.

He briefly scanned down the line of outlaws being careful not to linger on any one face too long and he realised that Will was not standing with them. Upon further inspection Will was positioned at the back of the cell holding a petite body which he immediately recognised at Djaq. Alan cleared his throat nervously.

"What do you want" Robin's voice sounded from the cell. It was quiet and filled not with anger like Alan had expected but hurt and betrayl. It caused Alan to shift uncomfortably, he would have preferred it if he had been shouted at. John must have picked up on this as he shouted

"SPEAK TRAITOR"

"Hows Djaq?"

"What's it to you" Wills voice barely made it through the darkness, it sounded hollow and he was still refused to look up at Alan.

"Look I care alright"

"Then why did you let this happen" Much screeched upon looking at Djaq he lowered his voice "Through all your betrayals and all the times you've crossed the line you've never gone this far. I mean we all figured we didn't mean anything to you anymore but we would of thought Djaq at least" Much's voice was on the rise again but there were also the beginnings of tears in his eyes. "She stood by you and after your brothers death she comforted you, and this is how you repay her by using her to plot in your little schemes"

"It's not like that" Alan pleaded tears also pricking at his eyes. His sudden words bought a silence to the dungeon and he lifted his hands to his eyes and felt the tear.

"Then what is it like?" Robin murmured, Alan said nothing. In a sudden movement Robin slammed his fist against the cell bars making them quake."TELL US WHAT KEEPS PUSHING YOU TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE BUT YOU GETS HURT" He yelled.

Despite still being spereated from the group Alan took a step backwards but paused mid step in his second step.

"Bad decisions" he said almost to himself

"What" Much asked so bewildered he forgot to sound angry

"I make bad decisions" Alan countered "I'm impulsive and don't think things through, I see the short term consequences and don't think about the long term. I learnt that way when I was surviving as a thief because when your a thief there is very rarely a long term. Being in your gang Robin" he looked directly into Robin's eyes "It made me a better person but I was still worrying about surviving we could have been captured or anyone of us killed at any time and it would all be over. I betrayed you to Gisbourne for insurance." He paused for breath and looked at Little John as he continued.

"And it was cowardly but I couldn't stop myself because I was afraid of what would happen to me, what Gisbourne would do and I couldn't face the dissapointment on your face if you found out" His gaze turned back to Robin "Your all here because the job of torturing Djaq had been given to me so the jailor could rest, and I couldn't bring myself to so I fed them knowledge of what you'd do and pretended she told me. I seem to live in the short term"

Silence filled the cell once again and just as Alan was about to voice his plan Will spoke.

"I understand" he spoke the words quietly but the relief Alan felt, he could have cried. "I don't like you for it and your wrong, arrogant and self-righteous but I understand. Robin nodded

"I do to" the others silently agreed.

"Since I have your understanding, would you like to know my plan for getting you out of this place"

"What?" Much, once again, was confused

"Apart from trying to explain myself to you I figured you would want to get out and as part of my apology I figured I'd help"

"How do we know it's not a trap" Much glared

"Haven't we already been through this?" Alan said, irritation seeping into his voice. Much opened his mouth to speak again but Robin silenced him and motioned for Alan to continue.

"Gisbourne is leaving soon to take 50 of the castle guards to Surrey as an offer of good faith to the Black Knights. This means the majority of the guards will be waiting on the Sheriff so I'll help you escape out the castle, we'll have to walk through the sewers underneath though" At this Much wrinkled his nose but as Robin nodded Djaq started stirring.

"Will?" Her voice was thick with sleep

"I'm here, hang in there we're getting out of here" She smiled up at him and chuckled softly

"My hero" she whispered with that Will bent his head down and pressed a kiss to her lips. It was soft and gentle but conveyed the love he felt. He pulled away just before the others saw and Robin turned and said

"Will can you carry her out we need John in case we run into the guards" Still looking at Djaq he nodded. He tightened his grip on Djaq and stood up. His muscles ached having sat in one position for far too long but a whimper from Djaq pointed out that she was in much more pain. Her eyes were squeezed tightly shut as she dealt with the crippling waves of pain emanating from her stomach.

'Come on' she thought 'You can do this' the pain was making her whole body throb and all she wanted was to sleep but she knew she would be even more useless if she didn't try. Djaq hated the ueless feeling because it was identical to the dismissal she had got because she was a woman and she really hated how weak that Jailor had made her feel.

"Hey" Will's soft voice broke through her thoughts "Are you going to be ok" Her brown eyes met with his green ones and saw concern pooling within them. She gritted her teeth and nodded furiously.

"Are you sure Djaq?" Robin asked catching on to the worried vibe that was emanating from Will. Djaq raised her head ever so slightly and sent him the strongest death glare she could muster and even Robin knew it was time to back off and let her pride carry her forward.

Alan had opened the door and before she knew it they were slipping in between stone columns to find there way underneath the castle to the array of sewers. Will had been there once before she recalled when he had wanted to kill the Sheriff for killing his father. She shuddered at the memory. They came to a sudden stop as the Sheriff's voice could be heard echoing along the walls.

"WHERE ARE MY PRISONERS!"

Terror ran through Will at the speed of two hundred stampeding horses and they all broke into a run no longer caring who saw them. Will tried desperately not to hurt Djaq any further as her already battered body was practically bouncing in his arms.

'Get Djaq to safety, get Djaq to safety' was all he could think as they found the enterance to the underground passages.

"BOY, WHERE ARE YOU BOY?"

Alan heard the Sheriff calling for him and he turned. The gang stopped

"I've got to go but I'll feed you information from the inside, I'm really sorry" He said in desperation "Take the second left and it will lead you to an opening on the South side and hurry"

Just as he turned to go Robin grabbed his arm

"You are forgiven my friend" he stated before picking up the pace and running off and for the first time in months Alan smiled a true smile.

They found the opening and no one could have been happier than Much as they smelt the fresh air.

"Freedom" he yelled as he rolled in the grass quickly joined by Robin. Will smiled

"We made it Djaq" and he looked down for Djaq did not answer. Time started slowing down as he saw Djaq's eyes were closed and a dark red stain was coming through onto his tunic.

"DJAQ" he screamed.

Hopefully the long chapter makes up for the long wait. She says hopefully :)