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Chapter 34

I had just finished slipping everything into the satchels when I heard a whooshing sound. Turning I saw Malcolm holding a hollow stick to his mouth, aimed at Robin and Guy. The two men were on the ground passed out… again. I sighed and walked over to Malcolm.

"You knocked them out again?"

"Yes. This way they won't know anything more about me. I'm leaving now and will never see them again. Plus, I don't want them to know that I won't last long after this. And because of that I am going to have to do to you what I did to them… I apologize…"

Before I could react a dart embedded itself into my neck. My vision immediately blurred and my mind could no longer comprehend what was going on. I collapsed to the ground, consciousness leaving me almost immediately. But not before I saw Malcolm turn in to the forest; gone forever.

I could feel my shoulder being shaken roughly and my name frantically being called out. It wasn't a clear sound either. More like "Deeeneeee", any words spoken were mumbled and sounded as if they were coming from underwater. I felt groggy and hung over… minus the fun drinking the night before.

"I'm up! Stop shaking me or I'll get a worse headache!"

The shaking stopped and was replaced with questions. Which were completely pointless since I couldn't hear correctly. I blinked a few times trying to clear out the blurs. Once I was able to see I immediately wished I had been blind still. Guy knelt right above me with worry. I felt my face turn bright red and I scooted out from under him.

"Dani? Are you alright?"

"Yea, I'm fine. But if I ever see that guy again I'll kill him!"

I was serious too. I never ever wanted to get knocked out by a dart ever again.

"What did he do to you?!"

My eyes grew wide and I could feel my face contorting into a "What kind of question is that?" expression.

"Nothing. He just knocked me out with those darts. I never want to do that again…"

I squeezed my eyes shut and opened them again, testing out my eyes. Robin was looking around the camp. Guy offered me help up and I took it gladly. My legs were still wobbly, so I held onto his arm until I was sure I could stand and walk on my own. When I realized that his hands and arms were hovering around me I stopped breathing.

I honestly had never been this close to him before. He was warm despite his attire; light shirt and a pair of pants. I was about to have him elaborate on the girl and his night out here when Robin spoke up.

"Alright. Let's go. We've got to go find my men and then the three of us will go to York for Archer."

I took an experimental step away from Guy and towards the horses. When all was well I began my slow trek to them. The good news was Robin was letting me go with them. The bad news was that we only had two horses. I sped walked to Jacques and mounted, claiming him before anyone else could. I giggled a little when I pictured Robin and Guy on one horse. I wouldn't make them do that, of course. But it was funny to play with the idea.

"Hop on Guy. Unless of course you want to share with Robin?"

He looked a Robin with a nearly invisible sneer and walked towards Jacques and me. He grabbed the back of the saddle and heaved himself up. His hands slinked around my waist and stayed there. I had expected him to take the reigns.

"I'll let you drive, yes?"

For some reason that sent shivers down my spine, in which it took everything I had not to shiver. I obviously didn't do well since he chuckled. I humphed and kicked Jacques into a sprint. Guys grip on my waist tightened, cutting off circulation temporarily. He wasn't happy with my little trick and grumbled.

I had no way of finding the Outlaw's Camp, so I followed Robin as best I could. I started to recognize the area and realized that we were nowhere near the camp. In fact, we were closer to the stables that had a dozen horses or so there. Robin slowed Monty and dismounted. He walked inside the cabin for only a short time before coming back out again with an old man. The old man opened the gate and went in. Guy and I just watched as the old man brought out a horse.

Guy must have gotten the clue because he traded Jacques and I for Monty. Monty was his horse and it was kind of Robin to want to make our trip more comfortable, but I felt a twinge of sadness when Guy got off. One: he was really warm, and two: it was nice to have him there. We'd been separated for quite sometime, and just to have him there made me feel… secure.

Robin and the new horse joined us and we began our trip to the camp. We were in no hurry, so we walked the horses. The area was very familiar to me now. I recognized the small creek and the road to Nottingham from Locksley, with which we crossed with caution. The small canyon like area was where we stopped. Not out of exhaustion but because the whole ride to the camp had been nothing but petty bickering and I was getting real tired of it.

I wasn't paying enough attention, but one of them tackled the other to the ground, rolling down the hill in the process. Both the horses were left with me at the top of the hill. I rolled my eyes and just sat there, waiting for them to come to their senses. I wouldn't get involved; they needed to settle whatever they had against each other now, or we'd never get anywhere.

Out of nowhere Much, Allan, Kate, Tuck, and John came to Robin's aid. They held their weapons up, ready to attack Guy. That's when I decided to intervene. I grabbed the two horses reigns and carefully went down the hill.

"No! Don't! He's with us now! Stop!"

I shouted to them as I went down the hill. From some I was greeted with smiles and others uncertain glances.

"He's trying to kill Robin!"

Guy looked at me from the ground with thankful eyes; they'd stopped advancing and helped Robin up instead.

"No! He's not! Well… figuratively speaking, yes. But not literally! I'm serious, he's on our side now."

I dismounted and helped him up. Kate hated him, glaring at him the whole time. She kept tugging on Robin's arm, obviously trying to get him alone to talk… or something. I stood close to Guy to make sure nothing would happen. None of them trusted him, and with good reason, but now it was important to put all of that aside.

"She's right. He's with us now. And we've got something to do. Let's get back to the camp and then I'll explain everything to you."

He pulled away from Kate and began his walk to the camp. The others followed, Kate keeping a close eye on Guy.

"Kate, we'll be right there. We're just going to grab the horses."

She looked from me to Guy and then turned to leave. I let go the breath that I was holding and turned to face Guy. As I did so I immediately face planted his chest. He was hugging me.

"I was waiting for some privacy… This may sound odd, but I was worried about you. The whole time I was in the cell I prayed you weren't captured… or worse."

I nodded my head against his chest and wrapped my arms around him.

"I was fine. Robin found me and let me stay with him and the others for the duration of your imprisonment. They were very kind to me."

I pushed away from him a little bit and looked up at him, a question clear in my eyes.

"What happened to the servant girl?"

He looked pained and sad. I kept my breathing under control but I could not do the same for my face; it mirrored his completely, though for different reasons I was sure.

"She died. The night Robin aided my escape."

"What was her name?"

He looked over my head, slipping out of my grasp.

"Her name was Meg. And she was like Marian…"

I stood there confused and watched him grab Monty's reigns and walk towards the camp. Regaining my composure I reached for Jacques reigns.

I walked slowly and quietly behind Guy, trying to understand what he meant. Was she like Marian in looks? Did she act like Marian? I had very little to go on, and I was upset about that. Had he fallen for someone so similar to her in such a short time? I was sad and mad. If he did then shame on me, if he was so mobile amongst women then I'd be wasting my time here. I was not going to let any other man make me feel happy. Not in the way I'd felt happy with Guy. And if Guy gave up on what I thought we had, then fine. I'd give up to.

I decided to ignore him until I thought it fit to speak again. We approached the camp and tied up the horses. I stood by Kate, across from Guy, and crossed my arms. Robin explained to them everything that happened. If I had a camera it would have been a perfect time to take pictures of the expressions on everyone's faces when they found out that Guy and Robin had a brother. A brother related to them both. I also would have captured their expressions when he told them that the three of us were going to York. Without them. I kept my gaze to the fireplace until Robin called for my attention; we were departing.

Wow. That escalated quickly... XD I think Dani's a little emotional? No? Oh well. Leave a review and let me know what ya'll think!