Re-telling of TSOM but from Robin's view and more adult.
"One trap, two catches," Robin laughed as him and his men sprung into the clearing. The young man ripped down the piece of black cloth covering his face so it hung around his neck and advanced on Maria.
"What do you want?" The girl asked, narrowing her eyes as the boy laughed and adjusted the bowler hat on his head.
Another one of them jumped out from behind Maria, grabbing hold of her arms. She flailed wildly, trying to free herself and the boy in front of her laughed again. The echo of birds songs mixing in with his chuckle.
"That's girls, catch an animal and they can't resist coming to help," Maria attempted to free herself again but the man behind her held on tightly. Instead, she stared at the man in front of her, the red feathers at his neck poking out like daggers.
"I know who you are," She growled, giving a final jolt before relaxing, nostrils flaring, "You're bandits and plunderers,"
The men around her laughed jovially and the leader bent down to look at her with a wry smile.
"Oh I think we're a little bit more then that," He smirked.
Maria gave another wretch and managed to free her right arm, she swung round to the blonde, leather clad man behind her and began to jab at his face with half hearted blows. He shielded his face with his hands and for a second Maria thought she was actually winning, but over the sound of her fist meeting his arms and back, she could hear him faintly chuckling.
"She's a fighter!" He laughed.
"That's enough," Suddenly there was a pain in her scalp. Robin grabbed hold of her red, curly locks and hauled her backwards. Maria yelped out and reached up towards the source of the pain, overbalancing and collapsing in a heap of Robin's feet.
"Get her Robin," The man Maria had just attacked snarled, kicking a pile of dirt up at her.
Maria thew another punch towards Robin's crotch in the hopes of incapacitating him but he caught her hand just in time. Maria looked up at the hand clasped around her wrist and gasped. There was a long, brutal cut running through his knuckles.
"You," She breathed and watched him bristle.
He hauled her to the feet by her hair and Maria's face wrinkled in pain, trying to get up quickly so she wouldn't be pulled up.
"You're coming with us now," He informed her with a smile, cocking his head to the side as if she had a choice in the matter, "My father is just dying to make your acquaintance,"
The boys around them laughed again and Maria's face blanched, her stomach turned and she was sure she was going to throw up. Somewhere near them, an eagle screeched and Maria flinched at the sound, prompting even more laughter.
Until a huge dog leap out from the undergrowth, baring it's teeth as it pounced on one of the men, pinning him to the ground. The man screamed out as the dog sank it's salivating jaws into his leg.
"Ahh!" The men wailed in agony, eyes flickering madly from the dog to his leg, pouring with blood.
The dog barked twice and the men made his escape, scrambling into the undergrowth.
"It's a demon dog Robin! A demon dog!"
In shock Robin released her but didn't run, instead he glared at the dog, as if he was simply frustrated with it's presence. The rest of his men had already sprinted away screaming. One paused at the tree line waving for Robin to move.
"Robin let's get out of here!"
Robin growled lowly under his breath, staring out the huge beast. The dog barked loudly and Robin flinched, his eyes switching back to Maria for a second before reluctantly, he sped off into the distance, leaping over a fallen log as he went.
"We'll be back princess," He yelled loudly back to her before he dissave again.