The silence in the room was cut by a loud wailing noise, the outlaws jumped, having been settled down in front of the television with nothing to do since Hayley and John had fallen asleep; all that was about to change. "Make her be quiet!" Alan placed his hands over his ears quickly.

"How?" Much frowned.

"Give her to me," Robin rose from the floor where he had been sitting and took the child from John's arms.

"How long have I been sleeping?" The man stirred.

"Four years." Djaq chuckled as Robin gathered Hayley up.

"Shut up already!" Robin glared.

"What's the matter? Can't take a joke?"

"It's not funny anymore, in fact, it never was funny."

"Will you guys stop arguing?" Will said calmly. "You're scaring the child."

"Alan, pass me that soft thing." Robin indicated a small cuddly toy, ducking as the man tossed it at him. "Thanks." But even the cute animal couldn't persuade Hayley to stop crying.

"This is too hard!" Much moaned. "Get Charli."

"You haven't even tried!" Djaq told him. "Stop being a wimp."

"I don't want to try! Get Charli!"

"We're NOT getting Charli!" Will stated. "She is sleeping, she needs a break. We are going to look after Hayley...we've done it before," he gulped.

"We have?"

"Seth."

"He was a baby! Bit different!" Much protested.

"Well Hayley is a baby too!" Robin pointed out as he looked at her and continued to try and quiet her. "She's just...a bigger baby."

Will rolled his eyes. "If we don't stop her crying she'll wake the girls."

"Good." Much came over to the couch. "Then they can shut her up."

"Much!"

"Leave the girls to sleep, we'll be able to-OW!" Robin frowned when Hayley suddenly stopped crying and began to punch him in the chest.

"Bitch, bitch, bitch!" She began to struggle in his arms.

"I don't think she likes you anymore," Alan chuckled.

"Who taught her that word?" Robin held her at arms length.

"Idiot." John rolled his eyes and took Hayley off him. "Here, let me."

"Tanya taught me that word first, so blame it on her, I didn't even know it until I came here." Robin laughed despite himself.

"I assume it's not a good word." Much grinned. "So her parents will murder you - hey! She's stopped!" The outlaws all looked over at John who now had a very quiet Hayley in his arms.

"How did you do that?" Robin asked incredulously.

"Witchcraft." Alan teased, but John just glared.

"It's not. It's called just knowing how to handle a child."

"John, not being funny, but you've never had to handle a child in your life!" Alan said in disbelief.

"I have!"

"Oh yeah? When?" Alan argued.

"Alan! Leave him alone!" Djaq scolded.

"Alan! Alone!" Hayley began to yell, picking up the words of others yet again.

"Well, at least she isn't cursing this time," Robin shrugged as he fell back on the sofa.

Hayley pointed at him and grinned. "Robin! Bitch!"

"Forget I said that." He rolled his eyes before leaning forward and smiling sweetly at the girl. "Would you like to come and sit up here with Robin?"

"No!" She shook her head violently. Robin's face dropped and the rest of the outlaws began to snigger.

"Bet Tanya wouldn't have said no. She'd probably be sat on your knee right about-OW!" Alan was cut off when a fluffy toy smacked him clean in the face. "That wasn't very nice!"

"I'm not in a very nice mood. Don't talk about her that way."

"Ooooooh," Alan said in a high pitched voice. "Touched a nerve-OW! OH MY GOD!" Alan cried as he was cut off yet again by another stuffed animal; this time thrown by Hayley.

She stamped her foot and glared at him. "Alan! Bad!"

"See, even the four year old agrees with me," Robin chuckled.

"Can I throw it back?" Alan sulked as he rubbed his nose.

"No, you can't!" John rose from the chair and headed over to Hayley. He bent low and tried to scoop her up, but failed when she quickly screamed and darted away giggling.

"Catch me! Catch me!" She demanded as she began to run in circles around the sofa.

Much watched her, his eyes beginning to water. "All dizzy now. I think I'm going to be sick."

Will, who was sat beside him, eyed him warily. "Long as it's not on me."

"Catch me!" Hayley screamed again.

"Ugh…make her stop," Alan cringed.

Robin growled playfully and swiftly pushed himself up from the sofa to go after her. Hayley screamed even louder when she saw him approach and began to run to the other side of the room. He was upon her in moments, laughing, and in one fluid motion he scooped her up off from the floor and placed her on his shoulders.

"Again, again!" Hayley clapped her hands joyously.

"Yeah, again!" Much clapped excitedly too.

Robin turned, his eyebrow cocked. "You want ago or something?"

Much coughed. "No."

"Again, Robin!" Hayley began to pat the mans head from where she sat.

"Just a little quieter, maybe?" Alan suggested. "If you wake the girls, we're all dead."

Robin rolled his eyes, but knew he was right all the same. He grabbed the child's arms and lifted her down, spinning her in a somersault in the process. Hayley began to giggle wildly again.

"I think he's having more fun than he should be," Djaq whispered to the rest of the gang as they all watched the man play with her. Everybody nodded in agreement, a little surprised at what they were seeing.

"Hayley, no!" Robin hissed. Their smiles dropped when she ran into the corridor and straight for Tanya and Charli's room. Robin ran after her, grabbing her hand before she could start banging on their door. "No Hayley." He whispered. "We can't play here."

"Why not?" She said loudly.

"Sssssh," he eyed the door warily, half expecting one of the girls to emerge in fury any second. "We can play, just not here. Let's go back into the living room." He scooped her up and carried her back to where to rest of the gang where. Grinning down at Much evilly, he placed Hayley quickly in his lap. "Here, Much. Your turn!"

"Oh no I-" Much looked around in panic before looking down at the small girl on his knee. "Um..." he managed a weak smile, but his eyes widened in shock when he saw her bottom lip start to quiver. "Oh no, please don't…Robin…" He looked up at his friend, pleading for help.

"Much! You made her cry!" Alan shook his head as the tears began to pour down Hayley's face.

"I beg to differ! I did not ask for her!" He picked her up and, heading over to Alan, placed her down onto his knee instead. "Here! See how you like it!"

Alan pulled his face, as he looked down at the crying child. "She's making too much noise."

"Then I suggest you shut her up, before the girls wake up." Djaq smirked.

"How?" He looked around. "Oh I got it-"

"NO!" Everybody cried together, causing Hayley to abruptly stop crying.

Alan smirked too. "See, it worked-OW! MARY MOTHER OF…" Alan quickly picked her up and handed her over to Djaq, his eyes watering and his hands immediately going to his groin where she had hit him quite hard. "See that?" He squeaked out as he rolled over on to his side.

"Yeah, and I wish I had one of those video camcorder things, or whatever they are." Much sniggered.

"That was so painful," Alan whispered.

"No children for you," Robin nodded at him, a smirk on his face also.

At least, for the time being, Hayley had stopped crying. In fact, she seemed to be fixated with Djaq, studying her face in awe. She lifted her hands and began to play with her features, touching her nose, mouth and eyes, and then her hair. She then began to pull; hard.

"Ow, ow, ow." Djaq winced. "Yeah, guys. A little help here, please." She tried to pull her tiny fingers away, but to no avail. "Not funny, why are you all laughing?"

"I'm not laughing!" Alan gasped from where he still lay uncomfortably at her side.

"Here," Will headed over and tried to untangle her fingers. "Hayley, come on darling. Let go."

"Really hurting me now." Djaq's eyes were watering.

"I'm trying." Will finally pulled her hands away from Djaq's head, but not before receiving a smack in the chest from her. "Wow. She's strong."

"Yes," came a chorus of voices in agreement, each nursing some kind of bruise somewhere on their body.

"Black and blue springs to mind. Charli and Tanya are going to wonder what happened to us." Robin chuckled.

"Yeah, but I seem to be taking the brunt of it!" Alan said as he managed to sit himself up.

"You just have one of those faces." John tried to hide a laugh.

"What do you mean by that?" Alan asked, trying to summon the energy to be annoyed but failing, the pain still evident on his face. "Was that an insult? Are you insulting me? I'm not being funny, but that's not very nice."

"It's just not your day is it, dear?" Djaq rubbed her head better, smiling none the less.

"Forgive me for not being an expert on baby-sitting four year olds," Alan shot her a dirty look.

"And forgive me for BEING an expert on baby-sitting four year olds." Djaq smirked as she looked around at the rest of the gang.

The men just stared at her, completely missing her point and she rolled her eyes. Hayley slipped off Djaq's lap and ran to her toys, picking up an armful of Barbie dolls.

"Play Barbie!" She gave one to each of the men, and then handed out an assortment of clothes.

"Barbie?" Much asked curiously.

"Why is mine not wearing any clothes?" Alan's eyes widened as he studied to doll in his hands.

"I think the whole point is to dress her." Djaq pointed out.

"Dress her? But I have never dressed a woman in my life!"

"Bet you've undressed a few though," Much sniggered.

"That," Alan stared at him pointedly, "is not the point. Ow! Djaq!" Alan picked up the cushion and flung it back at the Saracen, who ducked easily aside. Alan picked up the dress he was supposed to be putting on the doll and inspected the Velcro. "How does this work?"

His question was answered when Hayley opened the back of her Barbie's dress by ripping open the Velcro. Alan blinked. "Wow. I could use some of this."

"I don't want to know," Will rolled his eyes as he tried to place a pair of tiny jeans on his dolls legs. "Ugh, the real things are so much easier."

Much snickered and Will glared at him, but the man didn't notice, too absorbed with trying to get the skirt over his doll's head. Hayley, who had perched on the floor at his feet, snatched the doll off him. "No! Silly!" She pulled the skirt on properly and threw the Barbie back. This time it was Will who snickered.

"I've done it!" Came John's voice, his being the only Barbie fully dressed, hair done and everything. The outlaws blinked at him. "What?"

"What is wrong with you?"

"Who are you?"

"Where's the real John?" Robin, Will and Alan asked their questions together, while Much simply snickered. Djaq had received a Ken doll from the thoughtful Hayley, and was too absorbed in inspecting its six pack.

John blushed a deep shade of red and went back to dressing his doll, while Djaq continued to stare at hers. "These are very detailed, are they not?" She said in awe as she ran her finger over its chest.

"Djaq! What are you doing?!" Alan snatched it away from her. "That is a child's toy!"

"And?" The Saracen looked up at him innocently. "You're just jealous because you don't look like that!"

"I happen to think I do actually!" Alan defended himself. "Almost."

Much rolled his eyes. "Alan, you've got to be kidding me."

"Yeah, I've seen your body." Will said absentmindedly. "It's nothing like that."

"Play Barbie!" Hayley stamped her foot on the floor and screamed, causing most of the outlaws to quickly throw their hands over their ears.

"I bet Vaysey and Gisborne don't have to put up with this." Alan complained, but was quickly silenced with a deadly glare from Robin. "Sorry."

"Vaysey. Bitch." Hayley commented, and Robin looked up, delighted.

"At least we taught her something worthwhile now! Hey Hayley, can you say Gisborne is a bastard?"

"Robin!" Djaq gaped. "Charli will kill you!"

"No, I want to hear her say it too," Will placed the doll to one side and leant forward. "Hayley, can you say it. Gisborne is a-"

"ENOUGH!" Djaq yelled. "We may think what we like about those horrible men, but I will not have you teaching a child such terrible words. You two should know better!"

"Why should we?" Alan asked, innocently, as Hayley walked over to him and picked up the Barbie, pulling off the clothes that Alan had so carefully put on the doll. "Hey! That took me ages!" He took the doll back and Hayley cried "Mine!" the tears welling up in her eyes again. Alan hastily handed the doll back to her.

"Do you want to be murdered by those two?" Djaq thumbed over in the direction of the bedroom.

"Not particularly, no." He shrugged.

"So I suggest you know better!" Djaq advised and Alan grinned sheepishly.

"Oh yeah."

"I'm sleepy," Much yawned, falling back against the sofa and abandoning Barbie completely.

"You're not the only one," Robin began to yawn too.

"Oh no! If I'm awake, you're awake!" Djaq began to prod at the pair. She looked around at the rest of the men but found, to her horror, they all looked a little bleary eyed too. "Guys...come on...don't you dare..."

Even with the curtains drawn, it was still light, and even though she was tired, Tanya did not sleep for long. Rolling over, she caught sight of Charli, still fast asleep, curled up in a ball, fist clenched against her chest. But at the movement of her friend, the girl's eyes flickered open.

"Did I wake you?" Tanya whispered, and Charli shook her head, yawning and stretching out so she was lying on her back, staring up at the ceiling.
"Hardly, I haven't really been sleeping. Too much on my mind."

"Me too," Tanya sighed, rubbing her eyes. She would have given anything just for an extra hour; it seemed it was not going to happen. "How are you feeling?"

"Oh, I'm fine." Charli nodded. "Just...a little worn out with everything that's happened since the arrival of the guys. You know?"

Tanya nodded. "You didn't get much sleep last night either?" She grinned. "I saw you all curled up with Will when I came in to sleep. Had you forgotten I share this room with you?"

Charli blushed a few shades of red. "No, of course not. I was just a little pre-occupied."

Tanya giggled. "Don't worry about it." She eyed her warily. "As long as I wasn't interrupting anything...I think luckily I missed that part?"

"I don't kiss and tell." Charli tried to keep a straight face. "Remember? Now you, on the other hand…screaming like that! I should buy you a gag!"

Tanya's jaw dropped open. "Charli! I-not fair! That was him!"

"Sounded very much like it was you, to me."

"He made me...oh my god. I'm not even going to explain."

"Good, because I don't think I want to hear it."

Tanya grinned, her cheeks red. "But I wanna hear about Will!"

"Perve!"

"I'm not a perve, I'm just curious...what happened?"

Charli smiled softly. "What do you think?" She rolled over onto her front, resting her head in her arms. "God Tanya. I love him so much. This isn't fair!"

Tanya smiled in understanding. "I know, it isn't." She sighed. "What are we gonna do? When they go back, I'm gonna be so miserable! It's gonna be-ugh! I don't even wanna think about that!" She threw her head into the pillow.

Charli glanced sideways at her and shrugged. "At least we can be miserable together." There was a few moments silence before Tanya began to giggle, her laughing muffled by the pillows, Charli joining her. "Life's a bitch, and then you die."

"Tell me about it." Tanya ran her hands through her hair. "Charli, what are we gonna do."

"I'll tell you, we're gonna get up and-"

"No, I mean…we have seven days. Six now. What if we can't do it? What if they don't find a way back?"

Charli gulped. "I don't know."

"I didn't like the way he looked at you," she said, feeling suddenly sick, thinking of Gisborne and his obvious intentions. "It was frightening."

"I know…I'll be okay. WE'LL be okay. They won't let anything happen to us. Gisborne will get what's coming to him in time."

Tanya nodded. "God, I hope so, but still…I don't think I've ever been so afraid in my entire life. Sh'it like this doesn't happen to us, Charli! One minute we're shopping and buying coffee, the next we're caught up with Robin Hood and his adventures."

"I'd hardly call them adventures," Charli frowned, "more like issues."

"Which proves my point even more!" Tanya rolled her eyes.

The girls were silent for several moments, Charli biting down on her bottom lip as she studied her friend. "You wouldn't have it any other way though, would you?"

Tanya shook her head quickly. "I would rather die tomorrow than live a hundred years without knowing him."

Charli nodded slowly. "You mean it's worth the risk, right?"

"Everyday."

Charli smiled. "I hear you."

"I know you understand, and thanks. But there is one problem…"

"What's that?" Charli frowned.

"I don't hear them," Tanya pushed the covers back and climbed out of the bed.

"Oh sh'it," Charli mumbled as she quickly followed her friend to the door.

"Guys?" Tanya called as she stepped out into the hallway. "Guys, you're worrying me now. Please say something." Tanya's voice rose as she made her way into the lounge, Charli hot on her heels.

"Are they even here-oh…" Both girls stopped dead when they took in the scene that lay before them in the living room. Each of the outlaws seemed to have passed out, Robin, Alan and Djaq squashed together on the sofa, along with Hayley on Robin's knee, and Will, John and Much sprawled out on the floor, legs and arms everywhere.

"Well, would you look at that?" Charli whispered, folding her arms across her chest as she leaned against the wall. "These guys are on the run, are chased by the law everyday and live rough out in the wild, and they are worn out by a four year old."

"Amazing." Tanya shook her head in disbelief as a huge smile spread on her face.

"Do you have the camera?"

"Oh! Yeah!" Tanya quickly tiptoed over to a set of drawers and pulled it out. Quickly and as quietly as possible, she began to snap a few pictures. She stopped for a moment and cringed when John let out a grumble, but both girls giggled when he turned over and began to snore.

"Shall we wake them?" Charli asked.

"Nah, let them sleep. They've let us rest, we should do the same for them. These guys hardly get a break," she said as she linked her friends arm and led her back to the bedroom.

"You're joking me aren't you?" Charli hissed. "They have had the biggest 'break' of their lives. WE, on the other hand, haven't stopped since they arrived."

"True…but just give them another ten minutes at least."

"Sure, Suzanne will be here soon to pick Hayley up anyway. That should be a barrel of laughs when she starts hurling obscenities such as 'bitch' at her." They both laughed as they re-entered the room.

"Would be true though," she threw herself down onto the bed again, staring up at the ceiling in thought. "You know, I don't like it when it's this quiet. It doesn't feel right."

"Imagine what it's going to be like when they're gone…" Charli stopped her sentence when she saw the look on her friends face. "Sorry…didn't mean to say that."

"No, it's okay. I guess we need to start facing the truth sooner or later. And when Robin decides he wants to 'talk about it', we will have to discuss going over to Starbucks."

"He'd better hurry. It's been over a day already."

"I know," Tanya sighed heavily. "Tomorrow, Charli. We HAVE to sort this out."