Hi here is the next chapter, sorry it took me so long to upload the next chapter, but I have been busy writing a story for the incredible hulk, anyway enjoy the chapter.
Chapter 5,
The Truth Comes To Light,
Guy didn't know if Isabella even cared about questioning him anymore, or she just wanted to see to it that he suffered, if that was her real motive then she was succeeding because Guy was already in a world of hurt. He then heard a voice that he had never heard before; perhaps he was the latest edition since the old sheriff was killed, "Now tell me where Robin's camp is." The man said, Guy didn't know his country of origin but he could tell it wasn't English,
...Guy didn't answer...
He then heard a whistling sound, from the man who obviously stood over him, then there was a rattling in the distance, then a hissing, crackling sound soon followed.
"As you can probably tell even though you cannot see we are not people to mess with, if you don't answer me when I ask again I can guarantee that you will regret it." He threatened,
"Now tell me where Robin Hood's camp is." He ordered,
"You can tell my sister no matter how hard she tries she will never get me to betray Robin." Guy sneered,
"Hand me the rod son." The man ordered, so the boy who placed the rod in the fire drew it out and handed to the interrogator, he then swished the hissing burning metal infront of Guy's face.
Guy could feel the heat radiating from the device that would surely bring him a great deal of pain, he could only imagine how evil the red and white glowing end looked, but he wished he hadn't attempted it as memories flooded back to him, the memories of the tortures he had overseen.
He had overseen the torture of innocent men, he had overseen his sergeant's torture, he had allowed Lambert his friend, his best friend, to be killed by the sheriff's evil hand, why hadn't he listened to Marian and done as she had suggested. No he couldn't do as she said, because if he did she would have been killed along with Lambert, and he couldn't allow that, but what was the point of that? In the end it hadn't been the sheriff who killed her, it had been him, he had killed the woman he professed to love a hundred times over, so what was the point?
"This is the last time I'm going to ask you...Where is the outlaw camp?" The torturer asked,
Guy said nothing, but he quickly grinded his teeth, ready to feel the scorching hot metal come in contact with his bare skin, and he wasn't to go disappointed because he soon felt the painful burn.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrggghhh!" Guy broke out in a painful scream, as the steel rod dug into his side offering as much pain as possible,
Meanwhile as it grew dark, Isabella sat at her desk in her room writing a letter to Prince John,
"My Prince, I bring you good news, to compensate for your coronation being ruined I offer you a present. My brother Guy of Gisborne has been long awaiting a death sentence, and I am passing on to you an invitation to see him die. The great hallwill be modified so that his death can be viewed by the nobles of Nottingham shire, while you my lord receive a front row seat. He will be executed the same day that you receive this letter, so I erg you to arrive as soon as possible as I have already made arrangements, and have proclaimed his death to the people." Isabella.
When she had finished writing out the letter she soon handed it to a messenger that stood by silently waiting to be sent on his errand, she soon applied wax to the letter and stamped it with her royal seal.
"You may take the letter now, and make sure you deliver it to Prince John tonight I don't want him to be late." She ordered, as she handed him a silver coin,
"Yes Milady." The boy acknowledged, as he bowed before he left her chambers,
Isabella soon left her chambers as she had to make preparations to the great hall, she also ordered her guards to post a proclamation in the courtyard where the markets were, as her letter announced that she had done so already, when she had finished speaking with her guards and ordering them their tasks, it was quite late now. So after that she decided to see what progress was being made with her brother, she was hoping that he would talk before he was executed. So that she could please Prince John Further by offering him Robin as well, but it didn't seem like that was going to happen so she would just offer him the death of a rogue.
She made her way into the dungeon, to the place where Guy had been brought that day for a more strenuous interrogation, she was worried that he might die from the torture, but she was not by any means worried about him. She was only worried that he would be dead before she had a chance to let Prince John witness his execution. She opened the prison door to the cell where Guy was being held, and briskly walked in; she saw that they had used burning him to extract the confession, as there were burn marks on his battered body.
The torturer soon walked over to Isabella to bring her the news,
"Has he talked yet?" She demanded,
"No Milady he hasn't." The torturer answered,
"What have you done to him?"
"We tried to make him talk by burning him but that didn't work so we used more painful measures." He answered,
"So what did you do?"
"We broke his right leg." He answered, "And he's unconscious now." He added,
"And he still didn't talk the stubborn cur." She cursed,
"No Milady."
"Right that's all the torturing we're going to be doing put him back in his cell, and give him a pitcher of water and some cloth." She ordered,
"I don't understand."
He is to be executed tomorrow...and I want him to be awake enough to know exactly what's happening to him I want him to feel every last bit of it." She said evilly,
"At once Milady." He acknowledged realizing what she had in mind,
So guy was unstrapped and was taken back to his cell, where a pitcher of water, and some clean cloth, soon accompanied him, his shirt was slipped back on, and the strings hung untied and loose. While in the courtyard Robin and his men snuck about making their way to the gate, which was conveniently still open, as Isabella was expecting her messenger back, only Robin was oblivious to this fact. When they distracted the guards long enough to get in they soon hid by the door into the castle itself.
"Right the rest of you stay here I'll go in alone, if you all come in the chances are greater that we might be caught." Robin said,
"But what if you get caught again this time." Kate asked,
"Don't worry I have an idea." Robin assured,
"If that was meant to reassure me Robin it was a terrible attempt." Kate protested,
"Well just don't worry my idea can't fail." Robin said childishly,
Quietly his slipped into the castle, but there was a guard by the door, so as silently as he could, he knocked the guard out stealing his outfit, dressing as quickly as he could, he then dragged the guard outside where his gang would soon dispose of the body. He soon began to walk down the corridor, and it wasn't long until he ran straight into Isabella, and there was no getting out of it he had to face her.
"You." She called,
"Yes Milady?" Robin asked, disguising his voice to sound different, and he did an excellent job at it too,
"Go and see to it that the great hall is complete by tonight, I don't want Prince John coming to see Gisborne executed, when the preparations haven't even been completed." She ordered,
"At once Milady." Robin said, bowing slightly as he walked away, all the while his mind was waking up to Isabella's plan,
She had tricked them to make it look like Guy was a traitor so he wouldn't suspect that she actually was going to kill him, she had done this to ensure that he wouldn't try and rescue Guy. It was a clever plan but it made Robin angry, that even though he had threatened her life earlier she had still followed her little scheme, and if this was the case he knew exactly where Guy would be, 'in the dungeons.'
He quickly made his way into the dungeons, but as he did so he was confronted by another guard,
"Stop Isabella doesn't want anyone down here." He said,
"It's my turn to stand watch." Robin said, still disguising his voice,
"Why?"
"Because Isabella sent me to tell you to make sure the great hall was complete by tonight, Prince John coming and all." He explained,
"In that case...I better go don't want to make the Prince angry, that'll mean my head." He said, as he walked away,
"You're not wrong." Robin agreed, but he stole the guard's keys as he left,
When the guard was gone Robin engaged in finding the correct cell the held Guy, he feverishly peeked into each cell, seeing prisoners in nearly every one he passed, but he stopped when he saw a slumped figure in the next cell he approached, he knew it had to be Guy.
Hi me again, I probably didn't mention that I was a fan of cliffhangers, well at least now you know, so watch out for my next chapter, can't promise when it will be uploaded.
