Chapter 16,

This Is An Ambush,

After discussing Gisborne's plan Robin had come up with a few better ideas, "Madison may only be one woman but she will easily destroy us we need reinforcements." Gisborne said, "Because if you will remember the last time we came into contact with Saracen's it took that other Saracen or whatever he was to save you." He added,

"How did you escape you were with the sheriff weren't you?" Robin asked,

"I said they were warriors not scientists I played dead." He replied,

"We'll have to ask Isabella for help she said she would help us this one time." Robin said offering a solution,

"Explain to me why she would do that she hates you and me for that matter?" Gisborne asked puzzled,

"Well at the time Madison told her you had amnesia." Robin replied,

"So?" Gisborne asked again,

"She wanted to tell you things that would get you on her side and get you to apologize for sending her to Squire Thornton." Tuck answered,

"And what would happen if I was to regain my memory?" He asked,

"She would undoubtedly try and kill you again." Robin replied,

"What are her conditions for helping you?" Gisborne asked,

"She wants you." Robin replied,

"Well I'm not going." Gisborne said firmly,

"Obviously you have too if it means saving Much and Allan...tie him up Tuck and gag him too." Robin ordered,

"You betrayed me." Gisborne snapped,

"Well then this is our old friend betrayal calling isn't it?" Robin said as he rose with a grin,

"I'll get you for this Hood." Gisborne threatened, as Tuck tied his hands he put up little fight if any at all because of the pain he was in, but right now, all that ran through him was anger.

They helped him up onto the horse he had obtained from Madison and walked him in the direction of Nottingham, when they arrived; they helped him down and led him into the castle.

When they were before Isabella they shoved him to his knees, he hit the floor with an audible thump, "Well Isabella here before you is our side of the bargain I think it's time you honored your side now." Robin said some- what cheerily,

"Is he hurt?" She asked eagerly,

"No more than what I told you." Robin replied, as he gave a nod to Tuck who pressed his foot against Gisborne's back making him cry out in pain,

"Enough...okay give him to me." Isabella demanded,

"Hmm I don't think so." Robin replied,

"Why not?" She demanded,

"I'm not going to hand him over until you help me save my men, you won't get him any other way." Robin replied,

"It's a deal how many guards do you want and where do you want them?" She asked agreeing with him,

"I'll take a group of soldiers and get them to rally by the cave that's by the river in half an hour make sure you're not late or we kill you're brother." Robin answered placing his dagger at Gisborne's throat, while he lifted his head by pulling on his hair, Gisborne looked at the dagger, but all that registered was a newly found hate and anger and only a flicker of fear.

"It's a deal guards!" Isabella agreed while she called for her guards, and Robin lifted Gisborne to his feet, and then walked him out of the room.

When they were outside they lifted him back on the horse and walked him out of the castle, when they were safely in the concealment of the forest Tuck began to untie Gisborne. When this happened he did not wait for the gag to be removed, instead he jumped from the horse and pounced on Robin, knocking him to the ground.

He had mounted Robin in a short amount of time and had begun to choke him, "Gis...borne." Robin said hoarsely, as he could feel his windpipe being crushed, before John had time to grab Gisborne and get him off Robin, when he did so he removed the gag and let it lay by his neck.

"Don't think I won't kill you Loxley." He yelled, fighting against John's vice like grip,

"Gisborne I was not going to give you to Isabella." Robin defended, while getting up from the ground,

"I'd thought you changed Loxley but it appears you haven't you still resort to torture when it suits you." Gisborne said with a yell driven by fear,

"It was a trick so I could get your sister to help us." Robin said,

"When I get the chance Loxley I swear I will kill you." Guy said, while talking with his teeth barred,

"Now it's your turn you have to take us to the cave, Tuck do you still have the lock picker?" Robin asked as if he had not heard Gisborne,

"Yes Robin it's in my robe." Tuck replied,

"Good...well comeon Gisborne." Robin teased,

"What?" He asked confused and angry,

"Tie us up and take us to the cave." Robin replied,

"What's your game hood?" Guy asked,

"There is no game we're helping you with Madison." Robin replied,

"You trust me?" Guy asked still some-what confused,

"Well I don't have much of a choice do I?" Robin asked, "Make sure you have a dagger with you so you can cut the rope when you enter the cell, and the door that Gisborne told us about." He added, addressing the men that he had left in his gang,

When they were finished, everyone went over the plan before Gisborne directed them to the cave as he rode behind them on Madison's horse, his sword drawn.

"Right this is it Madison should come out any minute now." Gisborne said, and no sooner had he said it but Madison walked out dressed in the exact same clothes the other Saracen women did.

"Gisborne you came back how nice to see the present you brought me." She said as she walked over to Robin,

"I told you I could do it Robin was always a gullible kind." Gisborne said as he dismounted the horse, it was now his turn to taunt Robin,

"Robin of Loxley I've finally met you, the one man who has managed to give my brother the worst time of his life, you destroyed his coronation." She sneered as she drew a dagger and swiped it past his throat,

"Prince John will never be King as long as Robin Hood fights for King Richard and England." Robin replied,

"Yes well I'm sure my brother will enjoy the present I have brought him, it does not make up for the crown but it does offer some relief." She said, "And who is this I didn't know Robin had a woman amongst them?" Madison asked,

"This is Kate I killed her brother." Gisborne said with a chuckle, he didn't want to laugh because in truth he was truly sorry for what he had done,

"Oh she must hate you then toobad Kate revenge will be Prince John's instead of yours I'm sure you can live with that." Madison sneered,

"You will all rot in hell for this." She yelled,

"Oh really just for this?" Madison asked mockingly, using the same line that Vaisey had used,

"Take them inside Gisborne and lock them up here's the key." Madison said as she handed him a metal key, so Gisborne marched his prisoners inside and over to the cell,

"We'll get you for this Gisborne." Allan said,

"Shut-up and enjoy your new friends." He said as he opened the door and threw Robin, Kate, Tuck, and Little John into the cell.

"You're a dead man walking Gisborne." Robin yelled,

"It never did you any harm." He replied before he locked the cell door and walked away,

"It's okay Allan Gisborne is on our side." Robin assured,

"How can you say that he betrayed us?" Much demanded,

"Because he did it so he could escape and find me so he could rescue you." Robin replied, Robin then slid his dagger from his shirtsleeve and cut the ropes that bound him, after that everyone else did the same.

"See he's on our side." Robin said,

"In that case he's out there with a killer." Much said,

"Its allright Madison and Gisborne know each other they were together in the plot to kill the King." Kate said,

"That might be but how are we to escape?" Allan asked,

"Isabella is sending a group of her men to come and help us they will be here shortly so we need to escape." Robin added,

"No offense master but we're surrounded by ten ton of rock and a thick door how do we do that?" Much asked,

"That's where the lock picker Tuck has comes in...Right get to work Tuck." Kate chimed in, as Tuck walked over to the lock and started to unpick it,

Meanwhile,

Isabella was leading her men towards the cave, when they could see the cave they stayed out of sight until they heard Robin's signal, but little did Robin know that she had planned it differently, because she planned to capture all of them and turn them in to Prince John herself.

"Comeon Tuck do you have it yet?" Robin asked,

"Nearly...nearly...got it." He finally said,

"Good let's get out of here." Robin said as they started to filter out of the cell,

"You know Gisborne I always did find you very attracting." Madison said kindly,

"I felt the same way towards you too Madison." Gisborne replied as he cupped Madison's cheeks in his large hands,

"When we go back to Prince John you can stay with me." Madison said happily,

"I'm not sure that will ever happen Madison Prince John wants to see me dead," Gisborne replied,

"Not if I express my love for you." She said quickly,

"It would never work Madison because Prince John will fall and so will you." Came a voice from in the cave, as Robin stepped out into the sunlight,

"Now Isabella!" He yelled, which caused Isabella's men to surround all of them,

"What is the meaning of this?" Madison demanded,

"This is an ambush guards take them all alive, sorry Robin but what would Prince John think if he knew I was cooperating with an outlaw." Isabella asked mockingly proud of her current position,

"You'll pay for this Isabella." Robin said,

"Not as much as you're going to when I deliver you to Prince John myself." She replied, "Get them!" She yelled,

After that all pandemonium broke loose, Robin and his men began attacking Isabella's guards, "You tricked my Gisborne now you're going to die." Madison screamed as she drew her duel swords and Gisborne drew his,

"It wasn't meant to go down like this." Gisborne said as he ducked a sword swipe from a guard,

"Well it is now and I am going to kill you." She answered, as she sliced a guard's throat,

"Madison you can still escape." Gisborne yelled, as he was pushed out of the crowd by Madison, while avoiding her deadly attacks,

"So I can spend the rest of my life behind solid stone not going to happen one of us has to die and I assure you it won't be me." She yelled while chasing Gisborne further from the crowd,

After Robin had killed a guard he grabbed his sword and started fighting the rest of them, Much kicked a guard in the stomach and stabbed him as he went down. Allan was dueling with one before he quickly turned to stop another from stabbing him in the back, after that he turned to face the guard which he soon disarmed and stabbed.

Kate was busy kicking them before she either killed them or knocked them unconscious; Tuck who never took a life resorted to punching them or hitting them with a scepter he carried most of the time.

Gisborne and Madison had fought their way into the forest instead of the clearing where the others fought, Madison kicked Gisborne in the leg, making him fall back on a tree, he grimaced but stopped Madison from finishing him off, by kicking her backwards causing her to fall on her back. She recovered quickly and they engaged in a deathly duel, "I trusted you Gisborne and you let me down!" Madison yelled, as she plunged a dozen attacks,

"I thought you were dead I thought Robin had killed you in the Holy Lands." Gisborne said as he blocked several of her attacks but was scratched by one of them,

"Fighting is useless Guy you know I will defeat you, I am a Saracen and you are a mere Englishman." Madison said before she kicked in Gisborne's leg making him fall to the ground on his back,

"Say your prays Gisborne." Madison said cruelly,

"Not today." He replied before he kicked her in the stomach, giving himself time to get to his feet, the deathly battle continued as Gisborne and Madison continued to fight, in one parry Gisborne managed to scratch Madison's left arm with the tip of his sword.

"Maybe you aren't such a useless fighter as you appear to be." Madison mocked, before she drove an attack straight at Gisborne's chest,

Sorry for the group of cliffhangers lately but this just seemed to be the right spot to end it. Rate me in your review :)