Hey, so here is the next chapter. This story is almost done, just one of two more chapters. I do not own BBC Robin Hood, I just enjoy it! Thanks everyone for all the kind reviews!

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Robin and his gang were ready to leave the next day, but the King and his guard had to pack, and both armies had to take down their camps. King Richard, his guard, Robin, and his gang were all going to the same place; Marian's dream of being married in Locksley to Robin was going to come true. Before the wedding though, the Sheriff and Gisborne would hang, and the people of Nottinghamshire would be able to witness it, and their fears washed away. Robin would then be announced as the new Sheriff, and would take over the position as soon as he had some time with his new bride Marian. It was over.

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Will was on the balcony that Robin had sat on every night watching the opposing army. Will stood there, leaning over it, watching the couple below. It was Robin and Marian. They were on a walk again, and both looked so happy. Will wished he could be more open with Djaq. Yes, he fine with taking her hand, or riding close to her; but when they weren't riding to Hastings, or fighting a battle he didn't know what to do. Would she go on a walk with him? Just walking around town that they knew so well. It worked well enough for Robin and Marian; he shrugged and went to find Djaq.

He found her alone in the kitchens. She was packing enough food for the journey home.

"Er Djaq. I was wondering if you…would… well I was… wondering if you… I mean, would-you-like-to-go-to-the-market-with-me? I… need supplies for the trip home." He lost it. He was thankful at least that it was market day.

"I'll go with you," Djaq smiled. She always thought it was adorable when he got nervous around her. She left her work knowing unless Much came down it would be left untouched.

They walked out of the castle together in silence. Will kept looking at her, but his throat was too dry to talk. It was always so much easier when they had a job to do for Robin.

"Will you send for your brother?" Djaq asked.

"Luke?" Will asked.

"It is over, why not send for him?"

"Oh um, I thought about it." He had a question for her, on the tip of his tongue, but he wasn't sure he could get it out. "I have to ask someone's opinion first." He managed to say. He was sweating now.

"Who?" Djaq asked.

"Djaq, I… I mean… you know, Luke is family… but I… um well, I need to see Robin!" He ran off back to the castle hoping that Robin had returned by now. Robin was not yet back though. Panicking, Will went back to the town hoping he would not run into Djaq. How could he run from her? Why couldn't he just say it? She must think he was losing his mind.

Will sat down on the steps of a random house. He knew what love was of course, his parents love each other, they loved him, and he had seen Robin and Marian together. They seemed to have no problem proclaiming their love for each other. Why couldn't he say it?

He looked up hearing Robin's voice coming down the street. Will got up and met them half way down the street.

"Robin, can I talk to you?" Will asked.

"Of course."

"Do you mind if we talk alone?" He asked sheepishly.

"It's about Djaq, right?" Marian asked. "If you are asking about love advice, I'm staying. Who knows what he will say."

Will looked confused, and Robin shrugged. "Robin, how do I tell her I love her?"

Marian laughed, but stopped looking at Will's face, "I'm not laughing at you Will. I just can't wait to hear how Robin is going to answer this."

"You get half concussed, and you have no idea what you are saying," Marian hit Robin's arm.

"What?" Will looked panicked.

"Will," Marian took pity on him. "Just say it. Take her aside, maybe give her a gift, something you've made, and just tell her. Don't wait. She knows that you do, she can see it in your eyes, so just say it."

"I just say it?"

"Once you do, it becomes much easier," Robin told him. "You're parents said it all the time."

"But they were married," said Will.

"At one time your father was nervous to say it," Robin said knowingly. He had heard the story from Dan before. "Trust me, and trust Marian. Just say it."

"All right."

"Oh and Will, if she says she loves you too, and you want to marry her… don't ask her over a freshly dug grave. Do it somewhere nice and appropriate."

"Don't listen to her, if you have the right words, anywhere is good," Robin smiled at Marian.

"You're impossible," Marian laughed.

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Robin and Marian finished their walk while Will walked away, thinking about the advice. At the doors of the castle, Djaq was waiting, and she pulled Marian away from Robin. Both women gave him a look, so he went inside leaving them alone. Robin went into the Great Hall to find the King packing up some of his maps. Robin joined him. They were there for awhile, talking about different battles, enemies, and what was going to happen now.

"Robin!" Will rushed into the Great Hall. His eyes searched the large, mostly empty room for Robin until he found him at one end of the large table. "The Sheriff and Gisborne have escaped!" He said breathlessly, as though he had run the whole way from the castle's dungeons where they were being held.

"WHAT?" Robin yelled.

"Escaped! We found guards in their cells. I think one of them might have had a knife on them," Will explained.

"We have to find them! Get guards to look, send Matthew-" but he stopped at the sound of a woman screaming. He froze for a second, his gut had been hit hard, and he couldn't speak.

"Marian!" Will recognized the voice.

Without a word, Robin came to, and started running out of the room toward the sound of her scream. He was followed by Will and the King. Outside the Great Hall, in the middle of the courtyard was Gisborne with a dagger to Marian's throat. It was the same dagger that had been used to stab her in Locksley, and was already bloodied; Robin knew how they had escaped the dungeons. Will came up behind Robin, sliding into him, Robin had stopped short at the sight of Marian.

"Find the Sheriff," Robin said in a low voice, knowing that the Sheriff would not care about Gisborne needing his revenge. Will disappeared, and Robin was left with just a few members of the King's army. "Let her go." He addressed Gisborne, he tried to keep his voice calm, but inside he was shaking.

"I don't think so. If I cannot have her, then neither can you! She will die, like she should have died a long time ago!"

Marian's eyes, full of pain, had a twinkle of hope in them now that Robin had arrived. She was being held tightly by Gisborne, and the dagger was so close to her skin, the cold metal kept touching her throat. She shivered when it touched her.

"You let her go now!" Robin said again.

"Or you'll do what? You do anything and she dies," Gisborne threatened.

Robin stood on the stairs, staring at Marian. He had to get her out of this; they had come too close to fulfilling the plan for this to happen. Their happiness was almost here, and nothing could stand in the way of it.

"I should have known it's so obvious now. You always seemed to know what was going on, things always worked out for you," Gisborne said seeing the look that Robin was giving Marian. "I should have guessed that something was going on, she was always there! What a perfect spy! Using me... using my love for her. I will make you pay for all of that!"

"You will not harm her!" Robin yelled. He started to run down the stairs, his need to hurt Gisborne overwhelmed his or Marian's safety. He had come so close to losing her to him so many times, it had to end here. Before he could reach them though, Gisborne and Marian were knocked to the ground by a cloaked figure, he put himself between Gisborne and Marian, and she fell away from him. Little John came out from the side, scooping up Marian, who screamed and tried to get away before realizing it was the outlaw who had her. The cloaked figure had picked himself up off the ground now, and hit Gisborne in the face. Gisborne still had the dagger in his hand, and he tried to stab the man with it, but he rolled out of the way. They fought, exchanging blows; the hood of the man never came off.

"Thanks for everything!" the cloaked figure said and hit Gisborne in the mouth again. He fell back, but quickly got up, charging into the stomach of the cloaked figure, sending both of them to the ground. Gisborne quickly got up.

Much appeared, and in his hand was Robin's bow and arrows. Robin took it, and as Gisborne charged, with the dagger in his hand, over his head ready to strike at the cloaked figure that was on the ground after taking a punch from Gisborne, Robin shot an arrow straight at Gisborne. He fell onto the cloaked figure, an arrow in his heart, and the cloaked figure pushed the now dead man off of him.

Robin ran to the ground, who were gathering around the body of Gisborne. Marian ran to Robin, hugging him, and she looked ready to cry, but no tears fell.

"I'm not being funny, but don't I deserve a hug more than him?" Marian untangled herself from Robin, and threw herself at Allan, who surprised at the force of her hug.

"Thank you," she kissed his cheek.

"I owned you my life," he shrugged. The gang looked on confused, not sure when Marian had saved his. He glanced at Robin who eagerly shook his hand.

"Why did you have a hood on?"

Allan shrugged, "I was just investigating the local taverns. Not playing or anything… just looking. I learned my lesson, but I was bored."

Robin rolled his eyes, "Some things never change." As they all stood around the dead figure of Gisborne, Robin realized something, something important. "Where's the Sheriff?" He torn his eyes away from Gisborne's dead body, knowing he would let his thoughts return to his dead enemy later.

"Where's Will?" Djaq asked.

They all stared at each other, not knowing the answer to either question. Robin was about to send everyone off in a different direction, when from somewhere nearby, Will's voice yelled his name a second time. "ROBIN! I GOT THE SHERIFF!" Without hesitation everyone ran, back inside the castle, where it seemed Will's voice was coming from. "ROBIN!" They heard him yell.

"Down this way!" Robin was thankful for Will's shouts. They turned away from the Great Hall, to a hallway that was near another exit of the castle. There, on the ground, was the Sheriff, who had Will kneeling on his chest, a dagger to his throat. The Sheriff was fighting, his legs kicking out. Will had a black eye, and a split open lip, but he held onto the Sheriff.

"Stop Vaysey," Robin took out his bow, and quickly loaded it. Marian took out her sword. "It's over." Robin told him, both of their weapons joined Will's dagger.

Djaq ran down the hallway. She, like the others, had heard Will's shouts, but she had lost Robin and Marian as they charged into the castle. As she reached the Great Hall, not knowing that it wasn't the right way, she nearly bumped into Carter.

"I heard shouts," Carter said.

"Will! He has the Sheriff," Djaq said.

"They came from this way," Carter pointed down the hallway that Will was down. Djaq took off, Carter ran past her, and she reached Will a second after Carter.

"Problem Robin?" Carter asked about to take out his weapon.

"Not anymore," Robin told him. "But I could use your help. Help me hold him?"

Carter nodded, and they relieved Will of his burden. Djaq walked up to him, and gently felt around his blackened eye, and bloody lip, "Anything else hurt?" She asked.

"No," He leaned into her touch though, and she led him to her room so she could wash off the blood on him.

"Nice try Sheriff," Robin shook his head. "Gisborne is dead. I killed him. You will not deny the people of Nottingham the peace they deserve. They will see you hang! If the King is ready or not, we leave today." Robin made the decision. "John, hold him. I'll go inform the King."