Scenes with Will 70
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]
[Will puts his hand on Robin's shoulder]
WillIt worked.
[Robin nods and Will walks up to the rest of the gang]
[Horses neigh in the distance]
Travelers on the North Road.
[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]
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 arrives at the camp as Will is working on a harp]
Right lads! Work to do. We're going to the castle.
Will
Why?
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.
Will
I've already done it.
[Will stands up]
Will
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]
Will
It's a 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]
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
Djaq. It's a flute.
[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]
Will
Much, don't t-!
[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]
Will
This is for you.
[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]
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]
Will
Ah!
[He turns to the side and picks up bells and holds them up]
Will
These are for you.
[He throws them to Little John]
Will
Oh...the...they're just bells.
[Pause]
[Robin and the gang burst into Marian's room]
[Robin walks around the room and stops by the desk]
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]
[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]
[Sombrely] I want you to give note to Marian.
[Robin stands up]
There's been a change of plan.
[He rests his arms on the chair]
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]
Will
Yeah, after the show-down.
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...
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 walks to the door, sighs and turns to the gang]
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]
Will
John?
[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]
[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]
[Voice over] "I may never have the chance again."
[Robin turns around and puts up his hood and cloak]
[Voice over] "And I cannot let this opportunity pass."
[Robin walks away. Scene transitions to him walking down a corridor]
[Voice over] "I must kill them."
[Robin walks through the door shows his ring with the Sheriff's insignia to Gisborne]
[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]
[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]
[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]
[Voice over] "Goodbye, my love."
[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.
Will
Shut up!
Robin's alive. That's a good thing, 'cause for a moment, that was looking...
[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]
Will
So, we're taking money from the rich to give to the...
Will
Right.
[Carter arrives at the fight in Clun on horseback and throws a throwing knife at a guard. Much sees this]
[Robin fights]
[Robin races up near the gallows fighting guards. Carter throws another throwing knife at a guard. He watches Robin fight. Robin continues to fight and Carter runs up to him, noticing a guard about to attack]
[Robin fights the guard and Carter runs up to him. As Robin knocks out the guard, he notices Carter has picked up his bow and is aiming it at a noose. Long pause as Robin and Much watch Carter aiming. Carter fires the arrow which hits the noose, snapping it and freeing a villager]
[Much, Will and Djaq are now gathered behind Carter and Robin]
[Pause]
[Carter hands Robin his bow back]
Will
He's very good.
[Carter nods to Robin and Robin laughs. Carter turns to Much, Will and Djaq and Will nods at him]
[Seeing Gisborne threaten to cut off a finger of a woman who can't get her ring off, as Gisborne, Allan and his men search for Lardner's ring] Stop!
[Gisborne turns and Will and Djaq are now standing up]
I know who Lardner is...and I know about his ring.
Will
Let the woman go.
You're in Robin Hood's gang, aren't you?
Will
Let the woman go!
[Gisborne raises the woman's hand and drops it]
Now tell me about Lardner.
You'll have to catch us first!
[Djaq runs off, Will smiles at Gisborne and runs. Djaq unties her horse, gets on and rides of. As guards chase after Will, he struggles to untie his horse]
Will
[To himself, quietly] Come on!
[Guards arrive and Will kills one with his axe and knocks out another one with his elbow. He flips his axe in his hands and runs away, but is tackled by a guard]
[Djaq, Little John and Much are thinking of what to write to King Richard, with Djaq writing]
Lardner's a pigeon not an eagle. More words, more weight.
It's one word! Same as now.
[Later]
Right. "Your Majesty, no reinforcements. Prince John plans to steal your throne."
Plots. Plots is a better word.
"Your Majesty, no reinforcements. Prince John plots to steal your throne. Come home...now." Short, sharp and to the point.
I'll add "Make peace" before "Come home". "Make peace immediately".
Ah...I do like immediately.
[The Fool appears]
[Much, Djaq and Little John raise their weapons towards The Fool]
And alliterate - alliteration makes it much more memorable.
I appear, I disappear, it's what I do.
[Will arrives in a guards' uniform and as he speaks, he removes the "mask"]
Will
He's with me.
[They unsheathe their weapons]
I thought you were caught.
Madam, manacles are mere mist for me and my... [He looks at Will] my mate.
[Will looks back at him]
Will
Have you heard about the pigeon?
Yeah. Robin and Marian have gone back to the tree to get it.
Will
Yeah, well, so has the Sheriff and Gisborne. They've got them surrounded in that tree.
What have I got to be cheery about?
Well we've got a visitor.
[Robin notices the Fool]
Will
No, not him.
[Will unveils Lardner from is sleeve]
Will
It's Lardner. Say hello.
[Robin laughs]
[Will shakes his head and smiles]
When you want something to disappear, the trick is to divert the audience's attention.
Will
We switched the birds.
I just happened to have a spare stuck up my sleeve.
[Will laughs]
Will, I want you to look after Marian.
Will
Yeah, sure.
Will, I need you to promise. She has to live...even if no-one else does.
[He gives Marian's engagement ring to Will]
[Allan walks up to Will, who is by the gate of Nottingham, looking at the dust that the army is creating]
I don't think we're going to get out of this, Will.
[Allan is thinking]
But if we do...do you reckon I could come back?
[Will scoffs]
Will
It's too late, Allan. Miles too late.
Alright, I made some mistakes.
Will
"Mistakes"?! You deliberately betrayed us!
Yeah, strictly speaking. But it's not that simple, Will. I know how this place works now. It'll help Robin. What do you think - the old team back together?
Will
You're with Gisborne now. There's no coming back from there.
[Will leaves]
[Will walks up to Marian]
Will! Any news from Robin?
[Will shakes his head]
Will
Marian... you have to live.
Will
I promised [He holds out her engagement ring] Robin you'd be safe.
[He gives Marian the ring and walks off]
Will
You have to do it.
There must be another way!
Will
Marian, there is a ring of steel around Nottingham. Even if you got beyond the walls, you'd be cut down.
Then we'll fight as best we can.
Will
As much as I hate Gisborne...you have to marry him.
Will
Wherever you are... Wherever you are, Robin will move heaven and Earth, he will find you.
[He emphasizes the following words and gestures with his hands]
Will
Just stay alive.
[Marian walks away]
[Everyone is looking at the two messages, with the second on top of the first]
No, no, no. Look, it's the night sky. Djaq? See - that's the moon, there's the night sky and there are the stars.
No, Much. They don't work that way.
Will
And that's the sun, if anything.
PPaxton
It could be a circle?
Will
[pointing at the message] Yeah, these could be stones, foundation stones of a building and the sword is pointing at the entrance.
[Whistling is heard]
[Legrand's men unsheathe their swords]
[Whistling is heard again]
I think that might be for you.
Yeah. Carry on working. I'll be back.
[Robin leaves]
PPaxton
[To Much] That signal... is that a member of the gang?
[Scene transition - Robin looks around for Marian, who is sitting on a high tree branch. Marian smiles and laughs as he looks around for her]
[Robin smiles goes over to her, and she moves down from the top branch of a tree to the bottom]
[They kiss twice]
[They kiss]
I've missed you. Do you know what's happening in Locksley?
Gisborne's turned out all the villagers. He's made it a garrison for his mercenaries.
What about the people? Where are the villagers?
In the forest...or with families from other villages.
Right, well...we'll get food to them.
We can't. Allan told Gisborne about the secret food store and he's taken everything.
But if we move now, we could take the garrison by surprise.
I know, but...we can't. Not just yet.
We've had word from the King, Marian. Now, I promise I'll restore Locksley, but I can't until we complete this mission.
And what are the villagers supposed to do in the mean time?
You know I would go to them if I could. King Richard needs me now more than ever.
[Marian looks despondent]
Hey...we'll be together soon. I promise.
[Marian nods and then so does Robin. They kiss and look at each other. Robin sighs and walks away]
Promise me you won't do anything is Locksley alone.
[She rolls her eyes]
I promise. I promise I won't do anything.
[Robin walks away]
But the Nightwatchman might.
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