Title: Outlaws2006 - Chapter Forty-Nine: Samara
Rating: T
Author: moonmajik and Tanya
Synopsis: Robin and his gang of outlaws, plus Guy of Gisnborne and the Sheriff, get swept 800 years into the future, to the year 2006, into the ladies bathroom of a Starbucks Coffee House. Follow their journey as they get to grips with their new surroundings. Based on the BBC's 2006 Robin Hood.
Pairings: Robin/OC, Will/OC, Alan/Djaq
Disclaimer: We do not own Robin Hood or any associated comments, such as "We go to Nottingham" or "Not being Funny, but..." Especially do not own the Sheriff. Damn. We do, however, own Charli and Tanya. In the later Chapters, there may be other characters that we own.

The phone rang, jarring Charli from sleep. The events of the day before sprang back into her mind and she wondered how the hell she had slept as well as she did. Then the body next to her stirred and a smile grew on her face as she remembered. He was the reason. She kissed his bare chest and slipped out of the bed, pulling a robe around herself as a bleary eyes Tanya stuck her head through the door.

"Phone for you. Robin answered, so who ever it is might be a little shocked." Charli grinned and padded past her. Tanya shut the door, a knowing smile on her face. The two girls would have to have sit down and have a little chat very soon.

"Hello?" Charli took the phone off Robin, who immediately joined Tanya on the sofa. Will appeared a moment later, and leant against the wall, pulling her into his arms. "Oh. Hi Suzanne." She pulled a face at Tanya, who made the same one back. "No, I don't have a mental home escapee living with me, just a protective friend."

"Who is Suzanne?" Robin whispered as Charli continued her conversation, sounding annoyed.

"Charli's dad's girlfriend. She split Charli's parents marriage up, so there is a little resentment on Charli's behalf – ow," Charli had thrown a cushion at her friend, and when they turned to face her she held up to hands, an arm span apart, cradling the phone with her ear. Tanya grinned. "Okay, a lot of resentment. Now, shush, I want to hear."

"What, today?" Charli looked annoyed. "Right now? As in, you're on your way? But, Suzanne, what if I'm busy? … No, I can't take her with me…I just can't…"

"Uh…Oh." Tanya muttered. She knew the look on Charli's face.

"What?" Robin whispered.

"Shush."

"Alright." Charli sighed. "Alright Suzanne, but you have to pick her up on time this time. I have company; she can't stay the night this time. If you want to bang my father you're going to have to send her to your mothers." Charli slammed the phone down and groaned, pulling at her hair. Tanya too, looked horrified.

"No, no, no, no, no. You didn't," she stared at her. At Charli's nod she screwed up her face. "Child proof the apartment, quickly. Hide everything!" Charli grimaced, the two men looked confused.

"What is it?"

"Samara's coming to stay."

Charli shuddered. "Stop referring to my sister as the creepy girl from the Ring. Her name's Hayley!"

"Your sister?" Robin questioned and Will's expression cleared.

"Charli, is it safe for a four year old?" She shrugged.

"As safe as it is for us. And safer, because we haven't eight people to protect us, we only have six."

"That's true."

"Besides, we have a week! They aren't going to bother us for a week!" As she spoke there was a knock on the door. "Shit!" She glanced down at her state of undress, wearing only short shorts and a t-shirt to sleep in, her hair messy and untidy.

"The monsters here!" Tanya cackled, jumping of the sofa and dragging Robin round to hide behind it.

"Why are we hiding from a four year old?"

"You'll see!"

Charli rolled her eyes and went to answer the door. "Put some clothes on when you answer the door love!"

"Dad!" Charli grinned, jumping into her father's arms. "What are you-"

"Can't stay long sweetie, Suzanne's in the car. She said you were really rude to her!" Charli shrugged. "I wish you would be nicer to her…accept her."

"CHARLI!" Tanya, hidden behind the sofa, winced as a small bundle of fur hurled itself at the legs of her friend, causing her to stagger backwards.

"Hey Hayley!" She picked her up, pulling the fur-covered hood away from the small girls face. "Tanya's here," she whispered. "Go find her!" The little girl screamed happily and wriggled from her sisters arms.

Charli turned back to her father. "Dad, there's someone I…oh. Never mind. Have a nice, child free day, okay?"

"Charli-" But she had already shut the door.

Charli turned away from the door and growled, running her hands over her face tiredly. "This is gonna be a lot of fun."

"Hey Samara," Tanya rolled her eyes as the small girl found her hiding behind the sofa.

"Tanya!" Charli said, a little sharply as she headed over.

The little girl giggled, until she caught sight of Robin. Her eyes widened and she hid herself behind Tanya. Robin flashed his teeth. "Hey Samara-"

"Her name is HAYLEY!" Charli finally joined them, rolling her eyes when she saw the small child hiding behind her friend.

"Come on Hayley. This is Robin, he doesn't bite." Tanya chuckled as she pulled her round in front of her.

"Unless your name is Tanya," Charli muttered, smirking. Tanya swatted Charli away. "Hey Hayley, have you eaten breakfast?" The little girl shook her head.

"Did someone say breakfast?" Much appeared in the lounge.

"Knew you'd come running," Charli murmured. "Okay, looks like we'll be cooking for all of us then."

"I'll help," Will said, looking down at Hayley a little warily.

"You don't have a choice." Charli took his hand smiling. "What do you want Hayley? Pancakes? Cereal?"

"Pancakes!" Much cried.

"Is your name Hayley?" Charli raised an eyebrow.

"No," Much muttered sulkily, sitting down on the couch.

"So Hayley," Charli looked down, "hey, where did she go?" The little girl was nowhere to be seen, Much's appearance having diverted the girl's attention.

"I dunno." Tanya shook her head. "But the doors shut, she couldn't have gotten far."

"She may have opened the door." Robin pointed out, and then regretted it as Tanya glared over at him. But Charli shook her head.

"No, she can open the doors, but she never ever shuts them. She wont have left the apartment." Charli sighed. "It's not even 9AM and we have already lost a child. Why do I get the feeling this is not going to be a good day."

"The way things are going at the moment just be thankful they aren't going to get much worse." Tanya smiled wryly as there was a crash coming from the kitchen.

"You were saying?" Robin muttered as the five followed the noise. Hayley was sat in the middle of the floor amidst several broken plates, crying.

"Oh Hayley," Charli snatched her up, handing the crying child to Tanya.

"Oh great, give me sniveling Samara." She complained. "Come on Robin, come and help me calm her down." The two of them left.

"Why doesn't Tanya like her?" Will asked.

"Forget that, who is she?" Much asked, crouching down to help Charli pick up the bits of pot. "She isn't just a random child you picked up on the street, is she?" Charli stared at him. "It happens! Ask Robin, we found a baby in the forest!"

Charli shook her head and rolled her eyes. "Why am I not surprised?" Will shrugged. "Hayley is my sister."

"Your sister?"

"My sister." Charli confirmed.

"Your sister?"

"Much, shut up!" Charli laughed.

"Why is she crying?" Robin frowned as he and Tanya headed back into the lounge.

"Because she just smashed a load of plates." Tanya rolled her eyes. "Hey, ssh, ssh! It's okay." She tried to comfort her, but Hayley, continued to scream.

"May I?" Robin held out his arms.

Tanya looked at him hesitantly before shrugging. "Sure."

Robin took the child from her arms and began to walk around the living room, gently bouncing her in his arms and shushing her. "What's all the fuss, ey?" He asked sweetly.

Tanya smiled as she watched him, shocked when Hayley finally stopped crying. "Well I'll be god damned." She shook her head. "I think I've seen it all."

One of the doors burst open and a tired, disheveled Alan burst into the room. "Who's crying?" He mumbled, taking in Robin and the now silent girl. "Did I sleep for four years?"

Tanya laughed at his comment and shook her head. "No, Alan. This is Sama-"

"Hayley." Robin interrupted as he continued to keep her busy.

"Sorry, Hayley. She is Charli's sister."

Alan's eyebrows rose in surprise. "Oh really? Can I hold her?"

"Sure." Tanya said at the same time Robin yelled "NO!"

Hayley began to cry again. "Great Alan, now look what you did!"

"Alan?" Alan looked surprised. "How is that my fault?"

"You made me shout," Robin said, "which made her cry! Sssshhh!" He jiggled Hayley again, and the little girl was promptly sick on his shoulder. There was a silence, and then Tanya quickly burst out laughing.

"You see why 'Samara'?"

"Yeah, yeah." Robin scowled. "Not funny."

"Is too." Tanya continued to laugh.

"Is not. Anyway. I had reason to shout. The last time Alan held a baby he tipped it upside down!"

"You tipped it upside down?" Charli sounded amused as she emerged from the kitchen, but suddenly stopped. "Oh Robin... Tanya, why didn't you tell him that Hayley does not respond well to being jiggled?" She disappeared into the kitchen again and appeared moments later with a cloth.

Tanya frowned. "How the hell am I supposed to know that? She's not my child." She defended as she snatched the cloth from Charli and headed over to Robin. "Here, give her to me?" She wriggled her fingers at him.

"I'm fine." Robin took a step back.

"No you're not. Let me have her."

"I can assure you, I'm quite alright."

"She's not mine either," Charli snapped back. "But I would prefer it if you didn't have a tug of war with my sister. Ugh! How are we going to survive a day?"

"We'll be fine," Robin insisted. "I managed to make her stop crying didn't I?"

"But she's crying again now." Alan pointed out.

"Oh my god, what is all that NOISE?" Djaq appeared looking more than a little bleary eyed.

"Robin's kid," Alan sank down onto the sofa, "who also happens to be Charli's sister."

"Okay." Djaq stared at him. "What did you drink? Because I don't think that is possible."

"Just ignore the man, she is not my child...obviously," he glared at Alan as he explained. "She is Charli's sister though."

"You can have her if you want." Tanya told Robin as he managed to calm the girl down for the second time. "Take her back with you!"

"Tanya!"

"What?" She grinned evilly. "You think I'm joking?"

"Well I happen to think she's sweet." Robin shrugged, smiling at Hayley as he began to walk the room with her again.

"Oh no! That's it! We're doomed!" Much cried as he emerged from the kitchen too. "Nottingham is going to fall into complete turmoil because Robin chose to remain in 2006 for the love of a child!"

"A little dramatic, don't you think?" Alan raised an eyebrow.

Much shrugged, sitting down next to his friend. Robin rolled his eyes and Charli disappeared back into the kitchen. "Pancakes. Five minutes!"

"I was hoping for a lie in this morning!" Came another deep voice. All heads turned to find John half stumbling into the room. "Guess that ain't gonna happen you noisy bunch of buggars!" He glanced around at the occupants of the room, and at the girl who was staring up at him in wonderment. "Whose baby?"

"Robin's." Came a chorus of voices.

Instead of looking at the man, John's eyes turned to Tanya instead. "You've been busy then?"

Tanya's mouth dropped open, her cheeks flushing red. Robin did not seem swayed by John's comment, only focused his attention on the child in his arms. "Think she's scared of you John!"

"Well, think about it!" Charli appeared, a plate of chocolate chip pancakes in her hand. "Johns about six times her size."

"John is six times ANYONES size!" Djaq pointed out. "I was scared the first time I met him," she teased.

"I'm still scared." Alan grinned. "Especially when he knocks Robin out..." There was laughter as the plate of pancakes was passed round. Hayley was given one and immediately preceded to make one very large mess.

Charli rolled her eyes. "As much as I love her, this is exactly why I never want kids."

"You don't?" Will asked a little too quickly.

"Well..." It was her time to blush this time, as she looked down at the floor smiling.

"Oh dear..." Alan muttered to himself. "We've started something now."

"It wont make any difference will it…" Charli pointed out suddenly. "I mean, you'll be in 1192, I'll be here in 2006...it's not like we can..."

Will frowned and looked down at the floor, he stayed like that for a while, looking deeply troubled, only Charli noticing. Before she could say anything to him, Hayley had slipped down from Robin's knee and was now pulling on her sleeve. "Play with me!" She demanded.

"Hey yeah!" She smiled, a fake, happy smile. "And then we can go to Starbucks and get some coffee!"

"Yeah!"

"Oh no! We are not giving that child caffeine! She's bad enough without!" Tanya threw her hands on her hips

"Don't talk about Charli like that." Alan smirked.

"Oh ha, ha!"

"Whatever!" Tanya folded her arms. "We're not going to Starbucks."

"Maybe we should go?" Djaq suggested, looking at all her friends and biting her lip.

"If you know...what...I mean..."

"I think we should. Stop living in denial." Charli said as Hayley brought out the box of toys kept at Charli's flat for occasion's such as this - not that her mother approved this happening very often.

"Look...I'm just dreading it, that's all," Tanya sighed as Hayley began to take out the toys and throw them about the room, most of them seeming to hit Alan and Much.

"But yesterday you were all for it!" Charli frowned as she began to pick the toys up after her.

"Well that was yesterday," her eyes flicked over to Robin.

Charli rolled her eyes, but before she could say anything, Much was hit in the eye by a well aimed soft toy. "Owww!" He yelled, chucking the toy back at Hayley. The girl giggled, while Much sat on the couch, his eyes watering.

"Great Aim!" Alan grinned at Hayley. "I think I could get to like you." Hayley continued to giggle excitedly before picking up another toy and throwing it at Alan's head, this time hitting him square in the face too. "Ow! Okay I take back what I said." He sulked as he rubbed his face better.

"Hayley no!" Tanya said, taking the toys away from her. She then grinned wickedly. "If you're going to throw them at anyone, try…him!" She quickly threw a teddy at Robin, who in turn, caught it single handedly.

"Bitch," he muttered causing everyone to stop.

"Excuse me?"

"Don't swear in front of a four year old!" Charli clamped her hands down over Hayley's ears. But it was too late. Hayley, delighted with the new word, shouted it out.

"Bitch!"

Charli groaned, her head in her hands now. "My dads gonna kill me."

"Now look what you did!" Tanya threw another toy at Robin.

"Tanya! That's enough!" He warned, but she threw another anyway. "Right! That's it!" Robin growled as he marched over and picked her up.

Hayley watched, mouth open, as Robin carried Tanya off, kicking, screaming and laughing. "Bitch, bitch, bitch" she muttered delightedly, making a stuffed dinosaur she had in one hand attack her sister. Charli caught the dinosaur and picked up Hayley.

"Stop saying that Hayley. Robin said a bad word!"

Hayley's stopped what she was doing, her bottom lip starting to quiver. "Uh oh." Alan cringed.

"Please don't start." Will said, wide eyed.

"I'll take her." John offered as the waterworks began. Charli still looked more than a little stressed from the night before, tired rings had appeared around her eyes, and a crying baby looked like it would be her breaking point. The girl gladly handed the toddler over to the large man, who sat down again, Hayley and the dinosaur in his lap.

"What is that?" Alan poked the stuff dinosaur as John tried to get Hayley to stop crying.

"A dinosaur," Charli sighed. "Please don't make me explain."

"What's a dinosaur?"

"Alan! I said-" Charli stopped mid sentence when she heard a scream from the bedroom. Rolling her eyes, she tried to ignore it and continued. "I'm not going to explain. I'm too tired."

Much, however, leapt to his feet. "What was that? We should help them!"

The scream had stopped Hayley from crying, if only due to startled curiosity, and Little John took the opportunity to get her talking about the dinosaur. While Much, Alan and Will ran towards the scream, Charli watched John. "Have you had children?"

John stopped what he was doing for a moment to look up at her. "Um...yes...and no..."

"Yes and no?" Charli frowned. "How-"

"I mean, yes I have a son, but I wasn't aware until recently. So you could say no..."

"Really? You seem like a natural with children." Charli smiled, leaning back in the chair, watching as Hayley told John all about her world of dinosaurs. "John...not all dinosaurs were called Sally, just so you know," she grinned.

"Oh..." he looked from Hayley to Charli and smiled. "Well that's okay. I don't even know what a dinosaur is."

Charli chuckled. "Let's just say it's a large animal that used to exist long before we came here."

"How Lo-"

"You don't want to know." Charli assured him. "Believe me-" There was another cry from the bedroom, this time of outrage and Charli groaned. "What have they done this time?"

"I dread to think," Djaq rolled her eyes as she headed over in the direction of the commotion. Charli pulled herself to her feet, leaving John with Hayley and followed Djaq. "What's going on?" The Saracen asked, shouting from the corridor.

"Nothing!" Much came running from the bedroom, his hands over his eyes. Alan followed, whom in turn appeared quite amused. "Everything is fine!"

"Everything is NOT fine!" Robin emerged shirtless in the doorway, looking more then a little peeved.

"Oh dear." Charli smirked, watching Much run past her. "Robin...we have a child in the house! Please try and keep it in your pants until she's gone!"

"What?" Robin looked shocked and Charli grinned.

"I've just always wanted to say that!"

"Keep what in my-OH!" He began to grin then, as Will also emerged from the room looking extremely red and apologetic.

Charli laughed when she saw his face. "Scarred for life, right?" She kissed his cheek tenderly. He nodded quickly.

"You guys are unbelievable! Go away," Tanya appeared at Robin's side, a blanket wrapped around her.

"Us, unbelievable? Tanya...you're doing it with a four year old in the next room! What are you, insatiable?" Tanya glared at her. "Get dressed and get back in the living room, before I tell Suzanne!" Charli made claws with her hands. "You can cat fight it out with her!"

Tanya huffed and stomped back into the room. Robin chuckled and turned to follow, but Charli was quick to stop him. "Ah, ah, ah lover boy. You're not going back in there. The two of you will NEVER come out. This way," she took his wrist and dragged him back into the lounge. "Much! Get the man a shirt will you."

Much sighed and climbed to his feet, avoiding looking at Robin as he walked past. Robin rolled his eyes and collapsed onto the sofa next to John and Hayley, who happily shouted "Bitch" at him.

"Yes, she is, isn't she?" Robin grinned up at Charli.

"Shut up." Charli glared. "Right, here's what we're going to do. We're all going to behave like ADULTS for the afternoon," she stared pointedly at Robin, "if it's not too much trouble."

"I WAS behaving like an adult!" Robin argued.

"I said shut -" Charli was cut off again by yet another scream. "Oh. My. God. NOW what?"

Her question was answered when Much came running back into the lounge followed closely by Tanya throwing items of clothing at him. "Haven't you ever HEARD of knocking! If you want a shirt! ASK! Do not just walk in when I'm getting changed!"

There was a silence in the room as Much dived behind the sofa to hide from Tanya. Then the giggles started. Charli sank down to the floor, head in hands almost hysterically laughing.

Tanya, a hand raised in the air and about to throw a shoe at Much, stopped midway and cracked a grin. Everybody started to giggle then; in fact, the only ones not amused were Hayley and John. Walking back over to the sofa, Tanya plonked herself down. "If I don't laugh, I know I'll cry," she looked at Charli on the floor. "I'm sorry. It's just been the craziest twenty-four hours."

"Know the feeling," Charli mumbled, her laughter fading. She sighed as everyone else continued to laugh.

"Hows your neck?" Tanya asked over the laughter.

Charli's grin completely faded then, her fingers touching the small cut on her skin. "I hadn't noticed."

"Sorry."

"Not your fault." The girl smiled. "Look at that," she changed the subject, nodding over at John and Hayley. The little girl had fallen asleep and so had the big man.

"Oh my..." Tanya smiled again. "Shall we leave them?" She looked around at the rest of the group who had stopped laughing to also look at the pair.

"Oh yes please!" Charli leant back against the chair. "Otherwise she will run around and get really hyper and stuff... and with these kids it will be like running a crèche. Hate crèches!"

"Ditto." Tanya sighed. "Anyway, why don't you get your head down while she's asleep?" She suggested to her friend.

"Good idea." Charli hauled herself to her feet. Leaning over, she pressed her lips to Will's. "Come and wake me if anything happens. I'd like to have a flat tonight!"

Tanya fell back against the sofa, nodding her head in agreement. "We will...now go sleep," she yawned too.

"You look like you're in serious need of some sleep too," Djaq pointed out. "I suggest you join her."

Tanya waved her off, here eyes dropping low though. "I'm fine."

"Go," Djaq said, pointing with her hand as Charli walked out. "We will be alright, Hayley is asleep, Much and Alan are entertaining themselves with her toys...nothing will happen. Go."

Tanya chewed on her bottom lip. "Okay..." She said before finally pushing herself to her feet. "You know were we are if you need us."

"Can I come?" Robin caught her hand, but was pulled away by Djaq.

"Its your fault she's so tired. Go and play with Much!"

"That's not the same." Robin complained.

"I don't want to know, do I?" Tanya grinned, heading towards the bedroom.