Scenes with Robin Hood 188
[Much sticks his dagger into the ground and stands up]
[Henry of Lewes wakes up]
[Matilda holds Alice up. Robin looks and so does Much]
[Henry takes the dagger, Robin notices and points a bow and arrow at him, as Henry breaks his bonds and puts his arms around Much's neck and also points the dagger at him]
RobinPUT IT DOWN, HENRY!
[The gang, Rosa and Matilda turn around]
HHenry
They say you don't kill any more.
Robin
For the King, I kill.
HHenry
The King's finished.
[Robin stretches the arrow]
HHenry
Prince John, the Sheriff, the Black Knights, they all win.
[struggling for breath] Robin.
[Robin fires the arrow at Henry. Allan and Djaq look over to Robin. Djaq looks in shock]
[Henry is in pain and Much takes Henry's arms off his neck and Henry rolls down the mound]
Robin
Not today they won't.
I knew it was him! I knew it was him!
[Robin holds up Will's tag]
[Djaq arrives]
Robin
Will's the spy. The subject's closed.
WILL?! Robin, I do not believe.
I need to speak with you.
Robin
Not now.
Robin
NO, YOU DON'T, Djaq! TRUST ME!
I believe he could have changed.
I didn't know, I guessed.
I knew it was him. Knew it was Allan.
[Much sheathes his sword and walks up to the hill where Djaq and Little John are. Robin and Will walk together]
Robin
Will. You forgive me?
[Will puts his hand on Robin's shoulder]
[Robin nods and Will walks up to the rest of the gang]
Robin
And the rest of you...
[Horses neigh in the distance]
Travelers on the North Road.
Robin
Right. Are you with me?
[Much puts his arms up in a "do you even have to ask?" manner, Little John lets go of his staff then catches it again, Djaq smiles and Will gives a small nod]
Robin
Yeah? Well then let's go.
[He races past the gang to lead them, as he does so, Will pats him on the back, Much unsheathes his sword and they all run to the North Road, following Robin]
[Robin starts walking to Nottingham]
Well you can't just decide to go and leave. Without planning. Without us.
Robin
Yes I can.
[As the gang watch Robin walk off to Nottingham]
Why does he do this? Why does he always, always do this?
[Robin notices Marian's hair pin and takes it from her hair]
[Whispering] Robin! This is not the time!
[Robin smiles. He holds up the hair pin up against the lock and puts it in the lock of the door and starts to unlock the door with it]
Robin
Trust me. I've done this before.
[The lock clinks]
With which girl's hair pin?
[Robin quietly laughs and Marian raises her eyebrows]
[Robin arrives at the camp as Will is working on a harp]
Robin
Right lads! Work to do. We're going to the castle.
Robin
Why? To save England...Marian and her father. The Sheriff is hosting a celebration for the King's birthday except...it's really a celebration for the Black Knights signing the pact. Will, you'll need to find us a way of getting into this party.
Robin
How?
[Will stands up]
The castle announced this party weeks ago, yeah. Put out a call for entertainers and players. Well, it gave me an idea and...I've been busy.
[Holds out the harp]
[Robin nods and says "Mmm?"]
[Will hits the harp, it twangs and he holds up a recurve bow, which has been hidden as part of the harp]
Robin
Ha ha ha ha! [Will gives him the bow] It's a recurve bow.
[Will holds out a flute and gives it to Djaq]
[Will pulls out the top of the flute and a dagger is hidden as part of the flute. Djaq chuckles]
[Much is holding a pipe]
[Much blows into the pipe and a dart fires, Little John moves his head and the dart hits the beam just behind him. Much lowers the pipe in shock and Little John looks at him]
[He hands Much a guitar made with Much's shield and sword, hidden as part of the guitar]
[Will smiles and so does Much and Much also chuckles]
Robin
Will, you're a genius! And a magician!
[Much unsheathes some of the sword up from the wooden scabbard of the guitar]
[Much chuckles and Djaq unsheathes some of the dagger from the flute]
[He turns to the side and picks up bells and holds them up]
[He throws them to Little John]
Oh...the...they're just bells.
[Pause]
[Robin and the gang burst into Marian's room]
Robin
Marian?!
[Robin walks around the room and stops by the desk]
Robin
She's not here.
Robin
I wanted to talk to her before...
[He sits down by the desk]
Before what? What did we have to warn her about?
[Robin opens a small box on the desk where there is spare parchment and he takes one]
[Djaq shakes her head]
[Robin begins writing]
Robin
[Voice over] My dearest Marian, I fear we may not meet again...in this life. For the things I did wrong, for the things I am about to do, but mostly for the life, for the love we could not have...I am truly sorry.
[Robin finishes writing, sniffles and closes the letter]
Robin
[Sombrely] I want you to give note to Marian.
[Robin stands up]
Robin
There's been a change of plan.
[He rests his arms on the chair]
Robin
I want you to wait here for her.
Aren't we supposed to help you and Winchester escape?
[Robin exhales and nods. Will holds up his violin]
Yeah, after the show-down.
Robin
I'll deal with Winchester. Use the distraction to go down to the dungeons to release Sir Edward. Then take him and Marian to the forest, I'll meet you there.
How are you and Winchester going to escape? If the castle guards find you...
Robin
Just do as I say. Please. I want you to give me your word.
[Djaq nods. Robin looks over to the other outlaws and Much and Little John nod. Robin nods]
Robin
Good.
[Robin walks to the door, sighs and turns to the gang]
Robin
And thank you, my friends.
[He leaves]
[Much is pacing]
I don't like this. I hate it. It doesn't make sense. If Marian's in danger we should be looking for her! Robin's up to something!
[He stares at the letter and picks it up]
No! You cannot open people's private letters!
[Much sighs and looks at Will who nods in a "she's got a point" way]
[Pause]
[Much looks at Djaq and opens the letter and looks over it, then holds it out for Djaq to take]
[Djaq takes the letter and reads it aloud]
"My dearest Marian, I fear we may not meet again in this life."
[The gang all look up to Djaq in shock]
"We are both to be betrayed by Winchester".
[Scene transitions to Robin getting ready - wearing his Black Knights costume and sheathing throwing knives]
Robin
[Voice over] "I cannot allow it. All the Black Knights will be gathered together: [As he says their names, he sheathes a throwing knife] Winchester, Durham, Rotherham and the rest of the Sheriff's traitorous gang."
[Robin sighs]
Robin
[Voice over] "I may never have the chance again."
[Robin turns around and puts up his hood and cloak]
Robin
[Voice over] "And I cannot let this opportunity pass."
[Robin walks away. Scene transitions to him walking down a corridor]
Robin
[Voice over] "I must kill them."
[Robin walks through the door shows his ring with the Sheriff's insignia to Gisborne]
Robin
[Voice over] "I only hope you remember me well and forgive the brutality of what I'm going to do."
[Robin walks over to his chair and looks at the Sheriff]
Robin
[Voice over] If England is to live... [Winchester sits in his chair] they must die, and so I fear must I."
[Robin sits in his chair]
Robin
[Voice over] "Go to the woods to fight again. Go with my lads. I will see you in heaven."
Let the walls enclose us.
[The door slams shut]
Robin
[Voice over] "Goodbye, my love."
[Allan and Robin are standing on a plan of wood above a large cauldron with burning oil, with clubs in their hands being forced to fight each other]
Robin
[Quietly] You don't have to do this, Allan. Don't give them the satisfaction. Even if you do kill me, they won't let you go.
[Quietly] Y'know, if you'd have listened, you might have understood. You should have given me a second chance, Robin.
[A guard pokes him and he swings for Robin. They begin fighting]
Robin
How did you get to be so low?
[Allan laughs]
That's always been your problem. So high and mighty, eh? So much better than everyone else.
Robin
No. Just better than you.
[Robin swings for him]
[Much is angry and hits the soup bowl with a ladle]
I'm trying to think of a good bit. Even on a bad day, there's always something good, as my mother used to say. There must be something!
The Sheriff's got the pact, Allan is Gisborne's man, Marian's galloped off...! [Pause] I mean someone help me, because I'm struggling.
Robin's alive. That's a good thing, 'cause for a moment, that was looking...
Robin
Much, shut up!
[Much sits down and takes a bowl of stew]
Well we can't just eat in silence!
RLRobin, Little John, Will, Djaq
SHUT UP!
[They all throw bread at Much]
[regarding John of York, who has appeared at the top of a turret, pointing a bow and arrow at the Sheriff] What's that man doing?
Robin
Yes. He's in love.
[John of York unsheathes his sword, ready to attack Canon Birkley]
BBirkley
At-at! You made a promise to God not to hurt me.
[John of York sheathes his sword. Robin nods]
Robin
He did.
[He punches Birkley, who falls down the stairs]
Robin
I didn't.
I am truly beholden to you all.
Robin
It's what we do.
No. You have no idea what she means to me.
Robin
Let me guess, you can't sleep for thinking of her, you can't turn a corner without hoping she'll be there.
[Robin turns, smiles and turns back]
Robin
I'm just guessing.
[Marian is caught in Robin's trap]
[Robin and his men arrive]
Robin
Yes, my love?
Robin
But you look so good up there!
You will pay for this Robin of Locksley!
Robin
Honestly! You look gorgeous from any angle!
[Marian gets out of the trap and punches Robin in the stomach. The other outlaws say "Ooh!"]
How do I look from that angle?
[Regarding why she can't live in the forest] Well, green doesn't suit me.
Robin
It's your father, isn't it?
I can't turn my back on him.
[Pause]
Robin
What I said earlier...
Robin
You know, up there. [he gestures to when she was caught in the trap] I said you were gorgeous.
[Marian smiles, then so does Robin]
Robin
I meant it.
[They smile. Marian notices John of York arriving]
[She gets on her horse]
One day, you will pay Robin of Locksley.
[She smiles at John of York, then at Robin and rides off. Robin and John watch her ride off]
[to Robin] "Just guessing". Liar.
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