AN: Okay, so to make up for my recent lack of posting as well as because I am having fun with this story, I am posting yet another chapter tonight. Thanks to everyone who has added this story to favorites or alerts as well as everyone who has reviewed the story so far.

Disclaimers: Anything you recognize, I don't own…although believe me, I would love nothing more. Also, I make no money from this, it is purely for my own enjoyment and love of the characters. No copyright infringement or harm meant.

Spoilers: None, except that this takes place before Allan was Guy's man so an indeterminate part of season two as everyone is still alive and Allan hasn't betrayed anyone yet

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Wills POV

We made our way slowly back to camp, Much practically having to carry Heather because she was so weak from lack of food and from being tortured. I saw the swollen black eye as well as the bruise on her cheek, indicating the beating she had taken, probably at Gisbourne's hand. I also noticed all the bruising on her arms and legs as well as the bloodstains on her skirt, which was torn almost to pieces. Djaq came up to me and gave me a small, sympathetic smile.

"I will need to examine her when we get back to the camp, things are much worse than I feared. I am afraid that Gisbourne…." she trailed off. I nodded my understanding as John went over to Much and lifted Heather up into his arms, receiving a grateful smile from Much. I heard Heather whimper slightly as she was jostled between them and it was then that I really understood exactly what Djaq had meant when she didn't finish her sentence.

I hurried to catch up to Robin as he ran ahead to scout out the forest and make sure we hadn't been being spied on or followed.

"Robin, Djaq said she thinks that Gisbourne….well…" I couldn't bring myself to say it and I felt the blush creep onto my face as I thought about the implications of what had really happened in that dungeon.

"I know Will. I feared that when I saw her up on that platform. Gisbourne is extremely cruel when he is given free reign by the sheriff to torture prisoners. Although I never thought he would stoop to forcing himself onto an innocent girl like this," Robin said angrily.

Heather's POV

I tried my hardest to walk on my own without help from Much but he ended up carrying me most of the way through the forest from the castle because I simply couldn't make my legs work.

"You'll be okay when we get back to the camp. Djaq will clean you up and make sure that you are comfortable and taken care of," Much said. I smiled slightly as I listened to his words of comfort and allowed him to carry me a bit further before he finally tripped and nearly dropped me. I groaned slightly as he helped me to stand and John finally came and picked me up in his strong arms, letting out a soft whimper of pain as I was jostled a bit too hard for my liking when he began to walk.

"Sorry," John mumbled, causing me to wince slightly. "We aren't too much further from the camp."

I was extremely grateful when we finally came over the top of the final hillock and I could see the familiar path down to the camp.

Once we got into the camp, John set me down as gently as possible on one of the beds before Djaq ordered all of the men out of the camp with various projects to occupy their time. Once all of them were gone and there was silence, she went into the kitchen and began to concoct a mixture, bringing me a cup of the same strawberry flavored water to drink a few moments later.

"Now, Heather…what happened in that dungeon? Tell me everything so I can know what I am looking for specifically when I examine you," she said softly. I took a sip of the water before I answered her.

"Gisbourne, he….he forced himself on me when I wouldn't tell him what he wanted to know about the camp or the gang," I said, feeling the tears spring to my eyes once again as I remembered, very clearly, the physical pain of his attack.

Djaq nodded, her lips pressed together in a thin line.

"That is what I was afraid of. Finish that water and then lay back. The water will make you sleepy much like last time but it will help to relax you and your body while I tend to your wounds," she said softly in her strangely comforting accent.

I nodded and did as she said, finishing the water before laying down on the bed and closing my eyes. It didn't take sleep long to claim me and I slept dreamlessly, feeling nothing.

Okay, so there is the next chapter. I had a lot of fun writing it, although I do apologize for all the prose and internalization that happened. However, I thought it was important to the story to get inside the characters heads and see how they dealt with the subject matter that I was writing about because this will affect how the relationship progresses between them.

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