An early Happy Easter!
This story is nearing a close with only two chapters left BUT there is a prequel to follow this and it will take place a few months after this story ends but should be uploaded a few days after it ends as the first two chapters are already written. There will be a lot more twists and turns in that story.
Anyway, Enjoy!
Sugar

Much scrambled trying to get away from it.
That face did not belong to that of a human.
He was panicking, limbs in all direction, realising that he wasn't getting anywhere and not wanting to look at the beast he covered his face and waited. Waited. Waited as the door opened and as it touched it him.
"Am I really that scary?" asked a voice…..Abi.
Much froze, that was not Abi looking in the window at him, a monster? Yes.
Perhaps it had masked it's own voice using Abi's, that happened a lot in horror films.
"Much?" she demanded impatiently.
Hesitantly he made a gap between his fingers and looked, it was Abi. He relaxed his arms. A mask lay on top of her head.
"Hi" he mumbled. A five year old, a five year old managed to scare him….although it wasn't really surprising when you looked at who she was related too.
She smiled at him angelically then climbed over him and onto the drivers seat. She took off her Dora the explorer backpack and took out two lollies.
"You want one?"
"Eh no thanks."
"You a funny person, you scared of me and you don't like lollies. I know I'll give it to Alfie."
She unwrapped one and popped it in her mouth and then took out some sort of animal, it looked dead in his opinion.
"Is that thing….dead?"
Abi poked him, getting a grunt as a reply from the ferret she shook her head.
"Abi….how did you get here, wasn't Vince supposed to be looking after you?"
Abi nodded "yeah but he went sleepy time then."
Much had to repeat the words a few time to himself before getting it, he wasn't up to date on his five year old language skills.
"Yeah, he said he'd play hide and seek, then I gave him sleepy food and he went night night."
"Sleepy food?"
"Yeah, those little white things Robbie takes…..well some of the others like John force him to take them when he can't sleep. They real good, he sleep alllllll night then."
"How much sleepy food did you give him?" asked Much cautiously all to aware of the dangers of overdosing, especially when administered by a little girl.
"I put one in his water, it dissolves and he can't taste it."
"Just one?"
"Weeeell more kinda' one and a half, Vince is kinda big. That gives us a few hours 'fore he wakes. Oh yeah, my story, so I went in the boot while you were getting ready and Vince went sleepy. I waited for ages but no one found me so I got out and put on my mask for disguise, that's what your supposed to so no one will know who you are but Robbie's stuff too big . So then I went to the window and then you started screaming which kinda funny at first but…. just weird at the end."
Much just stared at her, what would she be like in ten years time if she was this bad now?


Marian jumped at hearing the voice, resulting in her head slamming off of the container.
"Carter do you mind not sneaking up on us like that" hissed Robin.
"I thought you were supposed to be doing surveillance cos this looks like something else to me."
"We were doing surveillance until you came along. Marian you okay?"
"I banged my head."
"Sorry" said Carter sheepishly.
"Look we're behind as it is" said Robin "Marian I don't want you running around if your after banging your head, Carter stay here with her or head back to the car to Much." He gave Marian a quick kiss on her newly forming bruise before heading off.
"Em you okay?" asked Carter.
"If I didn't have a head ache I would hit you right now" growled Marian.
"I'll stay over here then" he replied edging away to the other side of the container. If her glare was anything to go by he would be a lot safer there.


"…..I spy with my little eye something beginning with…M" said Abi.
"Moon?"
"Yep, kay, something beginning with….J!"
"Is in not my go?"
"No."
Much looked around, J, nothing beginning with J. "I give up."
Abi huffed "your useless, it's jeep."
"Abi this is a car."
"No, over there, jeep."
"Shit" muttered Much, Carter said that no one would becoming this way.
"You said a bad word."
"Abi lets go!" He opened the door and got out pulling her with him but she dragged her heels along the ground refusing to go.
"Alfie has to come."
"Fine." Much grabbed her little purple bag and shoved Alfie in it. "Now lets go!"
"And the mask."
Seeing that she wasn't going to move he grabbed the mask and with both hands occupied he put it on his head and then ran.
The jeep didn't follow them but that didn't stop Much running through four rows of containers a probable record for him.
"Maybe we should hide" suggested Abi to a breathless Much.
Much nodded, hiding did not involve running, good idea. He checked conatiner after container but all were locked. He stopped at one conatiner and remembered the lockers in school, the lock prevented the handle from turning 180 degrees however some locks were thin and the handle could still be twisted if you put in enough elbow grease. Much slowly reached out his hand and grabbed the lock. He started twisting, slowly, slowly, slowly, click! He got it. He pushed Abi in and followed her in closing the door behind him.

Will pulled out the camera as the two jeeps approached.
Out of the first was two men, a father and son Will guessed. Out of the second came Vaisey along with his little sidekick Gisbourne and two big burly men for appearances sake. Just like the movies.
Will pressed the record button.
"You sure this place is safe?" asked Guisbourne.
"Of course" replied the older man taking out a torch. "See, not a sinner" he said shining it around.
The Sheriff clapped his hands "well enough chit-chat lets get down to business."
"Our pleasure, this way, it's not too far."
Will pressed pause. "I have to after them" he whispered to Djac.
"Will don't" pleaded Djac.
"I have too, this is our only chance."
"Will" she hissed, but it was to late he had already jumped off the container and was in pursuit of Vaisey. Her phone vibrated and she flipped it open, it was Viv.
"Weres Will gone?"
She texted back " stay there." But Djac had no intentions of herself staying put.

Abi, what are you doing with that penknife?
Seeing what's in those pakages.
Shouldn't you have something a bit more girly than a penknife…..like why not lipstick or something.
She put her hands on her hips."It's not very practical Much, 'sides knifes are funner."
Much closed his eyes, he seriously needed to have words with Robin. He poked his face and then remembered he still had that mask on but before he could take if off Abi had the package out in front of him spilling it's contents.
"Look, it's just flour" she stated, sounding a bit let down.
Much looked at the flour on the ground, wasn't flour supposed to be more- "Abi put down the package."
"Why?"
"Just drop it"
"Why?"
"Drop it!"
"Why?"
Much reached forward to grab it but she was quicker.
"Why is it so important?" she demaned.
"That stuff is bad" said Much slowly.
"Like when bread goes mouldy?"
"Not exactly. Can I just have it please?"
"No" she stubbornly refused.
"I….I'll tell Robin."
"Tell me whats in it and I'll give it to you, 'sides Robbie aint here."
Much heaved a sigh of fustration that 5 year old was worse than Robin and Vaisey put together.
"Well you see it's…." Much stopped.
"It's what Much?"
Much beckoned her to be silent and cocked his ear.
"He could faintly hear two voices outside growing louder as they approached. "Sugar."
"Ahhh sugar. That's why I cant have it. Robbie says sugar makes me hyper and John says that it ruins my teeth but my teeth are lovely, Robbie said-"
Much placed a firm grip on her mouth. The next few seconds seemed to pass in a blur for Much. First Abi bit his hand causing him to jump and then with door of the container opening he screamed.


Will smiled if this wasn't the perfect evidence then he didn't know what was.
He had caught Vaisey negotiating a price in order for him to keep quite and let true the drugs. And now they were showing the exact location of the drugs, this couldn't be simpler.
"So here we go" said the younger man opening the lock but the creak of the door wasn't the only sound, there was a much louder one, a scream. Something with and alien face, screaming jumped out of the container.
Mayhem then ensued. The torches went flying creating pitch darkness, as a person ran past him he was knocked down to the ground pulling Djac with. Will also heard a thump, he had a feeling it was Allen after falling off of the container judging by the cursing. However there was also an other problem, the camera was missing.

Robin smiled to himself as he heard Carter yelp, he had a feeling that Marian had physically expressed her mood.
He walked through the maze of conatiners but stopped suddenly, that shiver he just felt momentarily could have easily been brushed off but Robin knew that 6th sense could be acting up, telling him something was wrong. He began walking again, this time at a faster pace. Then he heard the sound of engines, he began to jog. Then finally a scream, Robin quickened into a run.
He skidded as he turned a corner, his eyes were bearly able to make out the outline of a person.
His hand instinctively reached down and hovered over the heavy metal that was lying in his waistband. He slowed his pace as he walked towards the figure.
"Nice evening isn't" the figure called-Vaisey.
"It is" replied Robin "I thought they were giving rain."
"You can never trust that bloody weather forecast" grumbled Vaisey as Robin stopped in front of him.
"It's a perfect night for sneaking around thought isn't it? Moon is covered, nice and dark."
"What are you doing here Hood?"
"What are you doing here?" Robin returned.
Vaisey frowned. "You know, I'm starting to get worried Hood, this so isn't you! I mean where's the gunfire and bombs? I was nearly tempted to just give you bombs or something to liven things up but I think you have enough equipment it's just that your not usuing it. Why is that Hood?"
"Well if I told you it would ruin the whole surprise."
"Oh goody, a surprise" said Vaisey clapping his hands.
"Well, I'll leave you to it."
"Yes Hood, run off to your ickle buddies now and sort them out they're causing a lot of disruption. These things, fun as they are do cost money."
"I'll see you tomorrow then" Robin said walking past him.
Tomorrow? Thought Vaisey to himself, what was happening tomorrow?
"Will you enjoy tomorrow?" called Robin "A clue? No."
Vaisey turned around "hey that's my saying!" But Robin was already out of sight.

Robin picked up the camera and wiped some mud off of it. Wasn't Will supposed to have this? On closer inspection he saw that it was still recording. He pressed pause and shoved it into one of his pockets. He shined his small torch along the ground looking for anything else but all there was, was a flurry of undistinguishable footprints. He flicked it off not wanting to draw any attention. With no sight of the gang he headed back to the car which served as RV point.
There he found them.
There was Allen nursing a sore arm and trying to shelter if from Viv.
Will and Djac were covered from head to toe in mud.
Carter was pinching his nose and holding his back. Marian stood beside him a smug grin on her face.
Robin turned to whom he assumed Much wearing a Halloween mask.
"Hi Robbie!" called Abi jumping up and down "I found piles of sugar!"
"I'm assuming that this is one of these 'it's a long story' type thing" said Robin slowly looking from person to person.
No one seemed willing to talk to him about what happened for some strange reason.

"Much you practically saved her life, you're so brave!" said Eve awestruck.
"Well, I knew I had to protect her so I just jumped at them…"
"I'm presuming Much left out the part where he screamed" whispered Robin in Allen's ear.
"Yeah, and the rest is pretty exaggerated."
Robin chuckled to himself thinking of a screaming Much. It was good though that Eve was showing some interest in him, he deserved it. Having received more info from Eve and her father about Vaisey enterprise and combining it together with their own it was starting to look as if they might actually have a good chance at the court case tomorrow. But it was still only a chance and a risky one at that.
Saying 'night' he left the living room and went up to his bed.
"Shouldn't you be asleep" he asked Marian lying down beside her.
"Mmmm" she replied staring at the ceiling.
"You okay?"
"Just thinking."
"About what?"
"Everything. School seems so far away doesn't it?" she paused " Does it get easier, the pain of having lost both your parents."
"No" he tucked a strand of hair behind her ear "it does get easier to live with it over time though."
"Another question" said Marian "I don't really want to go back to my house, not yet. I was wondering if I could…. Y'know camp here for a while."
Robin smiled "you're honestly asking that question? I suppose if I must I could put up with you for a while."
"One last thing. Tomorrow it's my fathers…..fathers…funeral. I know your probably b-busy with the case and all that but-"
"Don't worry Marian I'll come, I'll be right beside you the whole way through."
"You sure?"
"Of course, you know I'd do anything for you, I love you."
"And I love you too Robin Locksley."
"Will you sleep now?"
"Will you stay with me?"
"Yes, this is after all my bed Marian."
Marian nodded, true. With no further ado she snuggled into his warm open arms and closed her eyes. Sleep would now come that little bit easier tonight


Next chapter, court case!
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