"Always with the archery contests!" Much yelled.

"Thought you were on the phone!"

"Fun for you, but not for us!" Alan continued Much's usual objections.

Robin glared at him. "I'm getting my bow," he made for the bedroom.

"No-hold it!" Tanya went after him. "How do you even know where it is? We hid them from you!"

Robin laughed at her. "Tanya, you honestly thought we didn't know where you were keeping them all this time?"

"We checked the wardrobe when Gisborne first broke in." Charli pointed out. "Don't try and make out your smart!"

"I still knew where they were there before that," Robin shrugged as he entered the room and marched to the wardrobe.

"Robin! Do we have to so this?" Djaq called from the lounge.

"Yes!" He yelled back as he picked up his bow. "I've missed this." He said quietly as he ran his fingers along the curved wood. "Have you used a bow and arrow before?" He asked Tanya who was now stood watching him curiously. She shook her head quickly.

"I'm not playing with sharp objects!" Charli insisted, as Robin joined the others again. "And, I'm going to sound like such a party pooper, but please not INSIDE the flat! I don't want holes in my walls!"

"Fine, we'll go outside then."

"What?" Tanya scoffed.

"Outside." Robin shrugged as he drew the string on his bow to get a feel for it again.

"You're letting us go out?"

"You make it sound like I'm holding you prisoner." Robin lowered the weapon and laughed.

"You are." Tanya pointed out.

"I don't want you to go outside!" Charli suddenly looked panicked. "Please don't!"

"We'll all go together, and we can stay right outside the flat. It will be okay." Robin reassured. "Besides, I have my bow."

"Should I feel better?" Charli gulped.
"Well, this is the part were we find out whether the legend is true, don't we?" Tanya smirked.

"What legend?" Alan asked.

"The legend of Robin Hood and his perfect aim."

"See!" Robin grinned. "I knew I was special at archery. I wasn't imagining it!"

"So there's a legend then?" John asked curiously. "About Robin Hood and his…aim?"

"Hell yeah, that's what he's supposedly famous for!" Tanya nudged Robin causing him to momentarily lose the grip on his bow.

"But apparently he can't even hold onto it." Charli watched as it clattered to the ground. "As much as I want to see him cleave an arrow in two with another arrow, I really, really do not want to go outside!"

"Stay here then!" Tanya rolled her eyes as she picked up the bow and began to study it. "I on the other hand, would like to see this." She tried to pull the string back, but found it to be tougher than she'd first thought. "Ow." She let go quickly and shook her fingers in pain.

"Aren't you in the slightest bit worried?" Charli asked.

"Of course," Tanya handed the bow back to Robin. "But I'll be damned if those two pigs are going to stop me living my life."

"It's dark anyway." Charli pulled the curtains up. "How will you see to shoot?"

"I have my methods!" Robin told her, glaring. He'd be damned if he was going to let Charli spoil his fun too.

"What are you going to do? Light a match?" Charli sniggered.

"Oh don't fight!" Tanya snapped. "You'd have thought you two could make an effort to get along!"

"We DO get along!" Robin flashed his teeth as he placed his arm around Charli, pulling her closer. "And that's why she is going to let me take you outside so I can show you exactly how I shoot."

Charli snorted at his choice of words, which earned her a glare from her friend. "Come on, let's go."

Charli sighed, knowing when she was beaten. "Alright, alright. But we ALL go!"

There was general agreement, and everyone stood, filing out through the door. Alan, Djaq, John, Will, Charli, Tanya and Robin all made their way downstairs, Tanya eagerly awaiting the archery, Charli nervously expecting to be jumped on at any moment. Will sensed her discomfort, and slipped his arms around her waist.

"See, the light is not too bad here," Robin's eyes darted around, giving the area a once over, before glancing up at the orange coloured street lamps lined along the road. "It will do."

"Go on then." Tanya urged. "Let's see how good Robin Hood actually is!"

"You'll make his head grow bigger." Alan warned, watching as Robin notched an arrow to his bow, and drew the string back.

"Where shall I aim?"

"We could get arrested for this!"

"Charli, you're such a pessimist this evening!" Tanya scolded before looking around her. "Ummm…that tree, over there!" She pointed excitedly.

Robin looked sideways at her and frowned. "Too easy."

"Well you pick something then!" Tanya cried, exasperated.

Robin rolled his eyes; all the women in his life seemed to be highly emotionally strung. "How about that orange thing over there?" He pointed to a traffic cone at the other end of the road.

When no one answered, he shrugged and, lifting his bow, took aim. He narrowed his eyes as he focused on the target, switching off from the rest of the world so as not to distract him. He released the grip on arrow effortlessly, watching as it shot through the air, embedding itself quite easily into the traffic cone.

There was a silence amongst the group as the cone clattered across the pavement; no one spoke for several minutes until. "I think that was too easy as well." Charli smirked evilly. "I want to see you hit..." her eyes scanned around, looking for something that would surely impress her. "How about that small knot over on that tree?"

Robin narrowed his eyes, squinting over the road to where Charli was now pointing. "That's tiny! I can't even see it!" Alan protested as if he were the one shooting the arrow.

"That's possible." Robin said.

"But not probable," Charli grinned as the others peered at the target she had picked out. "Oh God, what are you lot? Blind? I thought you ate lots of carrots?"

"Carrots?"

"You know...orange things that grow in the ground..." She received nothing but more blank stares. "Forget it. Anyway, I think we need a wager here," she continued.

"Try me." Robin smirked.

"Okay, if you don't hit it, you'll have to eat snails again." She grinned evilly.

"And if I do, which I will?"

"You're choice." Charli shrugged.

Robin narrowed his eyes, smirking. "Okay, if I hit the target, the men and I get to have a Bond night, we stay in, watch the movies, and drink ale. Strictly no women, no interruptions, no questions."

"Ale?" Tanya pulled a face, but Charli looked indignant.

"Its my house!"

"Flat."

"Whatever! Its still mine!" She glared at him.

"Do you want this wager or not?" Robin challenged.

"Of course, I want to see you lose."

"That, my friend, is not going to happen," he smiled confidently as he notched another arrow onto his bow and drew it back.

"And where the hell are Tanya and I supposed to go?" Charli tried to distract the man as he took aim.

"Starbucks." Robin shot back "As you seem so keen to go there. Now shut up!" He had not taken his eyes from his target.

"We could go you know," Tanya whispered to her. "Have a look around."

"No, you're not going. Not without us. In fact, you're not going ANYWHERE without us," Robin finally released the arrow, sending it flying right into the small knot with ease. He turned to look at the girls and grinned. "You'll have to stay in the bedroom all night. Um, shall we get the ale now or later?"

"No way! I'm not having that! Best out of three!" Charli protested. "It's my flat!"

Tanya rolled her eyes. "He won the wager fair and square, Charli. Anyway, I want to have a go now."

Alan snorted. "You'll kill somebody."

"Yeah, hopefully you," she shot back.

"Can you try and win the flat back? Oh gosh, suddenly had a friends moment..." Charli collapsed her hand over her mouth.

Tanya laughed. "I'll give it my best shot, but I don't think it's going to happen. May I?" She extended her hand out and Robin happily handed her the bow and arrow. "Um..." she manouvered it around in her hands clumsily. "How the hell do you..."

Robin chuckled and moved to stand behind her, demonstrating how to use the bow. He ran his hand along the length of her arm before wrapping his fingers around hers and drawing the string back with her. "Find the target, and keep your eye on it."

"Yeah, I can see the target, it's hitting it that's going to be a problem.."

"Um...what exactly are you aiming for?" Djaq enquired.

"I...I don't know actually," Tanya shrugged.

"Why don't you just concentrate on firing the arrow first, never mind actually hitting something." Charli suggested.

"Just don't hit someone...in fact, we are going to go stand over there..." Charli continued grinning at the glare she received from Tanya.

"There's no one about," Tanya muttered as she closed on eye and tried her best to focus on an object, ANY object.

"Both eyes open," Robin whispered to her.

"For gods sake," Charli muttered.

Tanya released the bowstring and the arrow shot forward, falling to the ground fairly quickly. "I did it!" She jumped up ecstatically.

"Where were you aiming?" Charli cackled hysterically, grins forming on the faces of the outlaws.

"Oh shut up!" She snapped. "Let's see you try it!"

"Okay then!" Charli stepped forward, snatching the bow from her friend.

"This should be interesting," Alan mumbled.

"Give the girl a chance," John warned him.

Charli took the bow and notched an arrow, raising her arm and picking out a target. "I mean, how hard can it be?"

"Famous last words." Tanya retorted.

Robin watched silently as she pulled back the bowstring carefully against her chin. Letting go, she swore and swung her body round, which caused the bow to move and her aim to change. The arrow flew in Alan's direction causing the outlaw to yell and duck. But Charli didn't notice, she was clutching her arm, tears of pain and embarrassment in her eyes.

"Are you okay?" Will asked.

"Yeah," she gasped. "Just my arm...who did I hit?"

"Me!" Alan cried, outraged.

"Sorry," Charli continued to rub her arm better whilst Tanya began to laugh.

"Not so cocky any more are we?"

"That damn hurt!" Charli protested. "You didn't say it hurt, Robin!"

"That's because it doesn't hurt me." He said simply. "Obviously if you've never used one before-"

"Exactly! And that you should have told me!"

"Straighten your arm." He peered at it as she did so. "Yup. See, there's your problem, that's not straight! No wonder you have done that," he indicated the graze and the beginnings of a bruise on her forearm.

"But, that is straight for me!" Charli protested.

"Yeah, she has these funny gymnastic arms. They're so bendy and weird. Guess you're not made for archery," Tanya smirked.

"It hurts! I'm glad I'm not made for it!"

"Right, you can split your heels on the beam, yet you can't take a graze?"

"It's a stupid sport anyway!" Charli stuck out her tongue, and Robin glared.

"That SPORT has saved our lives many a time!"

"Yeah but still..." Charli tried to argue but found she had nothing else to say. "Whatever! Alan! It's your turn!"

"Oh no. No one can beat Robin, there's no point in even trying...lets just go and have our Bond night!"

"Robin's not included! If he were, well...like you said, there'd be no point in even trying! Come on Alan, your shot."

"Hey, I'm not included?"

"No," Charli pulled her tongue out at him.

"But the contest was MY idea!"

"I don't care. You can just sit out and-" Charli stopped dead when the sound of a bottle being kicked in the distance interrupted her. She stepped closer to Will and looked around worriedly. "Um…"

"Oh its just some kids Charli," Tanya said, half way between concerned and annoyed. "Try and stop being so skittish, okay?"

"You weren't the one with a knife at your throat!" Charli defended herself.

"It could have been me though," Tanya pointed out as Alan moved forward and took the Saracen bow. In a matter of seconds he had notched and fired the arrow, hitting the tree, not to far from Robin's arrow.

"Nice shot," Robin applauded him. "Who else wants a go?"

Djaq, John, Alan and Will all took there turn before the girls made another attempt. Charli managed to fire the arrow in the right direction this time, still only landing several feet in front of her. Tanya snapped several of them, much to Robin's disgruntle.

"This is stupid!" Tanya groaned, after snapping the fifth arrow.

"Told you!" Charli grinned, receiving a glare from the girl.

"Right, that's it." She snatched another arrow from Robin and marched up to the tree, sticking the arrow into the bark with force. "Look!" She turned round, her face bright. "I did it!"

"You cheated!" Alan cried. "Try shooting the arrow, like everyone else!"

"I did, and I can't do it," she shrugged as she re-joined the group.

"I have to say, I have never known anyone perform archery in such away." Robin chuckled.

"That's because it's wasn't archery," Charli rolled her eyes. "It was 'let's take an arrow and stick it in the tree'."

"Simple, yet effective!" Tanya smirked. Charli began to retort, but there was a scream from behind them. Everyone whirled around, Robin fitting an arrow to his bow and aiming it in the direction of the shriek; Much had come barreling out of the block of flats, screaming about kidnap and murder and lack of ice-cream.

"Much!" Robin lowered his weapon, his heart racing ten to the dozen. "Don't do that!" He fumed.

"Oh Master Robin! You're alive and-ALAN! I never thought I'd be so glad to see you. Tanya-Charli! You're all here!" He picked Charli up and spun her around on the spot.

"How much sugar did he have?" Tanya whispered to Robin.

"I thought you'd all been kidnapped! SLAUGHTERED!" He continued his rant as he placed Charli back down and made his way over to John. "I'll not try and pick you up, but thank god you're alright!" Much hugged him anyway.

"Well WE aren't!" John quickly pushed Much away. "We are all fine!"

"What are you...oh," he caught sight of the bow. "So it's not okay for Tanya to leave the house on her own, but its okay for you to hold an archery contest outside?"

"Charli wouldn't let us do it in the house!" Robin protested.

"Beside, we're all together anyway," Tanya defended him too.

"YOU are all together!" Much sniffed and he straightened his hat. "I on the other hand, was left all alone up there. Did you not stop to think for one minute that something could have happened to me?"

"Um...no one would have gotten into the flat without us seeing them first." Charli reasoned.

"Through the window!" Much hissed.

Charli laughed. "Right, after scaling the wall of the building!"

"It's possible!" Much threw at them. When he couldn't think of another valid reason to argue with them, he marched forward and snatched the bow from Robin. "Well, in that case...where's the target?" He asked.

Charli pointed and Robin laughed as he took an arrow and fitted it. "Both eyes open now Much."

Much did not reply. He simply narrowed his eyes, aiming at the target. Pausing for a moment, he released the bowstring. The arrow made perfect flight and embedded itself in the centre of Robin's, in the middle of the target. Everyone, Much included, stared, astounded.

"Oh wow..." Tanya began to laugh, patting Robin on the shoulder. "I think, my darling, you have just been bettered."

"What...how..." Robin whirled around and gaped at his friend. "How is that possible?"

"I guess you just need to come to terms with the fact that you're not the greatest at everything." Much shrugged as he handed the Saracen bow back, trying desperately to mask the huge grin on his face.

"Well, that settles it then! Much wins!" Djaq patted him on the back also. "What would Much like to celebrate?"

"Oh, oh! I got it! I got it! I want a Bond night! With Bond movies! Ale and FOOD!"

The group let out a collective groan as they made there way back towards the door. "What did you do?" Charli turned to Robin. "You must have told him to say that!"

"How Charli? You would have heard me!" Robin turned to face her, giving her a cheeky smile. "Much and me just think alike!"

"Right...do you know telekinesis? Mind Control?"

"Tele-ka-what?" Robin frowned as they entered the building and began to make their way back up stairs.

"Forget it." Charli rolled her eyes.

"This is going to be a fun night!" Charli said sarcastically, pushing open her door and heading straight for the kitchen. "Luckily, I have something that might make it better!" She grinned, re-appearing with a bottle of vodka, a bottle of diet coke and a huge tub of ice-cream.

"Since we can't go clubbing, this will have to do. Vodka and coke float!"

"Mmmm vodka," Tanya moved forward and took the bottle from her friend. "It's been a while since I got incredibly drunk. I think it has been earned though. Let's do it!" She opened a cupboard and began to take out the glasses.