Chapter 6: Recruited

'We can't be seen together,' Robin said.

'We'll never get in anyway,' Much stated.

'Yes, we will,' Penny argued. 'The Sheriff needs this to look authentic. He won't have every entry guarded.'

'I'll try the east gate,' Marian stated.

'And we'll try the west,' Robin agreed.

Marian dismounted and Robin, Much, Penny and Myra rode off. She started to run to the east gate.

'Marian!' Robin's voice stopped her in her tracks.

She turned and saw him ride back and ran over to him. 'Robin!' she called.

He leaned down and cupped her head. She leaned up and they kissed. It was just as she remembered it as she poured all her love for him into the kiss and she felt him do the same as she gripped his arm and he gripped her head. She wanted to kiss him forever. But they both knew they both had to go and they broke the kiss.

Robin sat back up and turned the horse around before following Penny, Myra and Much, grinning the whole time. Marian couldn't stop grinning if she tried as she watched her love go and then went herself.

She had to save her father.

'Climbing,' Much stated as Robin prepared to shoot the arrow. 'Master, you know I hate climbing.'

'Any other ideas for getting up there?' Penny asked him. 'Because we're all ears.'

'No,' Much answered.

'Then don't complain,' Myra told him.

Robin shot the arrow.

'Do you wish to give evidence against the Sheriff?' the scribe asked.

An arrow suddenly shot into the table and the scribe raised his head to reveal himself as the Sheriff. Robin Hood laughed.

'A clue: no!' he stated.

Then he ran out and ushered Edward and Penny out. Much had run ahead to expose the fake King.

Robin fired the arrow and it ricocheted off several surfaces before it hit the Sheriff's sandal. Marian had come in and stopped by her father in the meantime. Then a troop of guards came in and Robin's gang threw a curtain around them and Penny and Myra tied the other end of the rope around them. Little John pushed them over, causing the leverage and causing the Sheriff to flip up and be suspended from the ceiling of his own court. Penny and Myra laughed in delight.

'I think we can safely say…' Robin grinned, '…an audience with the king has been suspended!'

Penny sniggered.

'Come on, lads.' Robin winked at Marian. 'Let's go home.'

Marian just grinned.

'Penny. Myra,' Robin turned around and addressed them. 'These are yours.' He dropped the wooden dog tags into their hands. 'Anyone who wears one of these is one of my gang.' He told them.

Penny and Myra grinned at him.