htbookreader1: Thanks for reviewing. I loved reading your reaction lol. I love Robin like that too. Robin will always be there to the rescue.

I had to see my neurologist today (after some intense shopping with my friends on Oxford Street) and I have to have another MRI scan at Harley Street, London for my head. He thinks I have a chronic migraine and will need quite a bit of treatment, but wants to make sure it's nothing else.

So to cheer me up I wrote this chapter for you all.

Here it is,

Enjoy,

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Chapter 53

Marian tried to stay strong. She felt his hands on her but just closed her eyes and thought about everything except from his man touching. She kept imaging Robin, him and her with their baby together. She felt awful for being distant with him. She now understood exactly why he wanted her away from here. He wanted her to be safe, away from dangerous situations like this where she didn't have to worry about being caught and captured as a prisoner.

But she had got herself into the scenario Robin had wanted to avoid. She should have listened to him. She should have listened to everyone. They only had her best interests at heart. They all cared about her welfare. She wished Robin was here right now to stop him, but she knew that he was away and would not know what was happening.

She kept trying to push him away to get him off of her but he was very persistent. She felt his hands move towards her stomach and immediately placed her hand over it, as a reflex action, to protect her baby from him. She would never let anything happen to her baby.

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Robin ran as fast as he could towards the castle, not stopping once for breath. There was no time, he needed to find Marian and make sure that she and his friends were safe.

There were two guards standing armed at the gate. Robin sighed in frustration, urgently trying to think of a plan to get him through. A part of him wanted to just run through boldly, regardless of the consequences, but the other part of him desperately thought of a plan. Looking around at his surroundings, he noticed that there was no one around and so decided to take matters into his own hands.

He took an arrow and positioned his bow upwards towards the sky, which would land just in front of the guards on the ground. He pulled back the string and released the arrow, moving his position so that he would not be seen. The arrow hit the ground with a thud, catching the guards by surprise, causing to jump and release their swords. They moved away from their posts by the gate, walking forward to get a better look at the area around them.

Robin then fired another arrow straight ahead but from a different direction, past the guards, to confuse them, which it did. They followed the arrow's movement like a hawk and watched it land, completely mystified as to how it got there. If the situation had not been so serious, Robin would have laughed at their stupidity. As expected, the guards moved closer towards the arrow, hoping to find its perpetrator. However, Robin had other matters to attend to and ceased his opportunity to run through the gate.

But as he ran through the gate, one of the guards spotted him and yelled, "Robin Hood!" attracting the other guard's attention as they attempted to run after him, even though they were some distance away. As Robin ran inside he hid amongst a large crowd of people. However, looking into the crowd, he noticed very familiar faces hiding behind their cloaks. He sneaked over and joined them, startling them all.

"Robin! Where did you come from?" Will asked.

"I just arrived at the camp when Matilda told me what happened?" Robin explained, catching his breath, stopping as he saw the guards enter the courtyard and look around.

"Where's Marian?" Robin wondered, panic evident in his voice.

The gang shuffled uneasily at Robin's question, looking at one another awkwardly.

"Well?" Robin repeated, more desperately now.

"Well she didn't come out like she was supposed to," Allan informed him.

"She's in there?" Robin spoke, outraged. "How could you let that happen?"

"Well we didn't really have much of a choice," Allan pointed out. "You know what she's like."

"I have to find her," Robin told them. "How did Marian get in?"

"She got inside one of those wagons," Will described.

"We will do just the same," Robin nodded in agreement.

"There are two," Robin indicated. "Much and Allan you come with me, John you go with Will and Djaq in the other one.

The gang then followed him as he ran over to the wagons, each carefully stepping into it and covering themselves up.

"It's rather hot and stuffy under here," Much moaned.

"Oh shut up," Allan groaned, nudging Much.

"Shush," Robin ordered, as he heard voices approaching them.

However Robin was slightly frustrated when the wagons weren't moving. He was about to get out and check when finally he felt them move. Much froze in fear and Allan merely laughed at him, causing a scowl from Much in return. Robin ignored the both of them, focusing more on the fact that his wife was alone in the castle somewhere. Anything could have happened to her and he tried his best not to think the worst.

When the wagon stopped moving and they heard a large door bang shut, Robin leapt out of the wagon and without delay headed for the door. Much took a tad bit longer, feeling a little out of sorts after their ride, but John did his best to steady him. They cautiously followed their leader out of the room and along the castle corridors, watchful of any unsavoury characters lurking.

Robin did not know where to look. He was relying on instinct and adrenaline to keep him moving. She could be anywhere, he kept telling himself.

"Why don't we try the front, near where the courtyard is?" Djaq pointed out. "Maybe she is trying to leave but cannot escape the guards."

Robin nodded at her suggestion and changed direction towards the front of the castle, hoping that Djaq was right. After turning yet another corridor Robin stopped them all in their tracks. They could hear the sound of a male voice in front of them; an evil male voice. They all shook in worry as they heard the additional sound of a struggling female woman; a woman whose voice matched that of Marian.

Robin tensed up as he heard the voice of his wife. He gripped his bow tightly and turned walking closer to the corner where he leaned over to see the figures themselves. To his dismay, it was his beautiful Marian that was being trapped by none other than Lord Wilfred. Before Robin could think, he prepared his arrow on his bow and stepped round the corner, walking closer to them, his eyes never leaving Marian and the sights of his hands and lips on her, the fear evident in her eyes.

"Leave her alone!" Robin's cold voice ordered as he glared at Lord Wilfred.

Lord Wilfred, retreating, took his hands off of Marian and turned to face his enemy with a confident stare.

"Well, well, well, if it isn't Robin Hood, come to rescue his Lady Marian," he stated smugly.

"Step aside and leave her be," Robin repeated, not removing his arrow pointing towards Lord Wilfred's chest.

"And why would I do that? I could easily click my fingers and have many guards come and capture you at once."

"Because my arrow could kill you in half the time it takes to call your guards," Robin advised him.

"Ah yes well that may be so, but what would happen to all of your villagers them hmm?"

"They would be much better off without you."

Lord Wilfred was about to add something else when the gang emerged from the corner and surrounded him, also armed with their weapons.

"See, Lord Wilfred," Robin explained. "I fight for good and for justice and if anyone gets in my way, I will see to them. Now let Marian go."

"Oh very well," Lord Wilfred moaned, throwing Marian onto him.

Robin tried to hold onto her and hold onto his bow and arrow at the same time, but she indicated to him that she was alright and stood behind him with a hand comfortingly on his shoulder to reassure him that she was there.

"Now you will let us leave," Robin informed him. "And leave the castle, without any guards, is that understood?"

"Perfectly," he smiled evilly in return.

Robin, not trusting him, indicated for his gang to go ahead with Marian and leave. Robin followed on last of all, not disarming himself until he had turned the corner. Lord Wilfred walked over towards where they were walking and over to the courtyard entrance. He indicated for his guards to let them through, much to the gang's and everyone else's surprise and the gang ran, as fast as they could out of the castle and towards the forest.

Robin joined his hand with Marian's as he helped her run, anxious to get away from the castle grounds and take her back into the forest, where he knew she would be safer.

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