Disclaimer: I do not own Robin Hood as it is the property of the BBC.

When I was reading through my story, I realised that I hadn't done episode 2x04, so here it is. I know it's in the wrong place, and in the show it was much earlier and would have come before many of the chapters already here, but hopefully you won't mind.

Also, if you have a particular request for ay of the series 1 episodes to be written up in this story, just let me know.

Chapter 34

Two days after Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine was sent safely on her way, the gang were all awake and were going about their business.

Robin looked around at them all - well, the ones who were still in the camp. John was darning holes in some of the clothes - again. Much had gone hunting with Djaq, as Robin had refused to let Ava go with him since they never actually cam back with anything.

' How do you fancy going to ambush travellers for a while this morning? ' he asked her,' not the North Road of course, those carriages would require more people, but the other? '

She grinned - she always loved that bit of adventure, and it was even better when there were just two or three outlaws at it because it meant that she got to take a more active role. ' What just you and me? ' she asked.

'No,' he replied, clapping a hand on Will's shoulder,' just you and Will. I'm going to practise my archery and Much and Djaq'll be gone awhile. There's no use in you two just sitting around here, when you could be out getting us some money.'

Both Will and Ava agreed and after collecting their weapons - bows and arrows for this occasion, as they were a better way to conduct an ambush than using a sword - they left together for the road.

They had worked out a good system between themselves a while ago when it came to the perfect ambush on few people with few people.

One would go and talk to the travellers, and demand the money, and then the other would shoot arrows from various angles and positions to make the travellers think that there were many outlaws hiding in the trees - instead of just two. This way they would feel more inclined to hand over the money.

They sat around talking queitly in the trees, where they were hidden out of sight, whilst keeping an eye on the road, and then taking it in turns to go and approach the occasional travellers.

The pair of them had been at it around an hour when they saw more travellers coming up the road.

' I believe that this one is yours? ' Will said to his companion.

Ava grinned that devilish grin - which she had never possessed until meeting her father - left his side, to casual stroll along the road towards the travellers.

She leant against a tree a short distance in front of them and watched as they approached - there were two of them, both dressed in cloaks of a sort of dark brown colour.

' Good Morning, Gentleman,' she called as they got closer, pushing herself off of the tree and crossing her arms over her chest, as she came to stand in front of them.

In the trees, Will waited, poised with the bow and arrow, ready to jump in. He watched as she spoke to them, but he couldn't hear what was going on, and couldn't see the people properly becuase of their cloaks.

' Um ... can we help you? ' asked one of the travellers - a man with grey hair and a lined face.

' It's more about what you can do to help,' she replied with a grin. 'The poor of this area are starving, you see. They need a little money to get them by. It'd be much appreciated if you'd give me some of your money.'

The other traveller scoffed, ' For the poor? We are the poor.'

Ava narrowed her eyes as she studied the face of this young man. He couldn't have been any older than she herself was, he had black hair and green eyes, and was at leats a head taller than her.

' You seem somewhat familiar,' she told him curiously,' have we tried to ambush you before? '

' You call this an ambush? ' the younger scoffed,' there's only you,'

' That's what you think,' she smirked, as several arrows, one after the other, landed by the feet of these two strangers , as Will had managed to hear this last comment.

' Let's just give the woman her money, and we can be on our way, son,' the elder man said, as he began taking his bag off his back so that he could dig out some money.

' You know, people like you are a disgrace,' the familiar looking one was telling her,' going around and demanding money from innocent people,'

She shrugged,' It's for a good cause,' she told him.

He glared,' And how do we know that you won't be out in the tavern tonight spending all of this money? How do we know that you're really going to give it to the poor? '

' Give it a rest, son,' the grey haired man told his son, as he searched through his bag.

' Because,' Ava said,' and once I get back to camp, this money will go staight in to the collection that we'll be delivering this week.'

' What? ' the younger asked, lifting his eyebrows.

' I'm with Robin Hood,' she said.

This simple sentence seemed to have a great effect on both of them. The older man stopped searching through his bag, and the younger grinned, his eyes lighting up.

' Robin Hood's here? Now? ' asked the somewhat familiar looking traveller.

' Not here,' she told them,' he's back at camp.'

' If you're with Robin, then you'd know William Scarlett? ' asked the elder.

' I do indeed,' she nodded.

' Can you take us to him? We've been looking for him,' the younger said.

Ava regarded them carefully - could they be trusted? Who were they? What did they want? She decided that the two of them would be no match for herself and Will if any trouble began and smiled at the travellers.

She looked over her shoulder in to the trees and called out,' Uncle Will! C'mere Uncle Will! '

The two travellers exchanged looks of confusion at this term - "Uncle" Will? Who was this girl? She was no niece of Will, because the Will only had one sibling, Luke, who had no children. And she was too old to be his niece - she was about Luke's age.

Will frowned when he heard her cry out - there did not appear to be any trouble, anything that she couldn't handle alone - but dutifully tightened his grip on the bow and ran down to meet her.

' Something wrong? ' he asked as he reached her side, barely giving the people she was stood with a second glance in order to make sure that she was alright.

She nodded,' I'm fine, yeah, but these two said they were looking for you,' she told him, diverting her gaze from Will to the two strangers.

When Will follwed her eyeline, his own eyes widened in suprise, and his lips parted.

He threw himself forward and embraced the older man, and then the younger tightly.

' So you do know these people? ' asked Ava looking between her surrogate uncle and the other two males.

' Ava, meet my father, Dan Scarlett,' Will announced.

Ava looked at the elder man in suprise - Will had told her of his family, of course, but weren't they supposed to be in Scarborough?

She then focused her eyes on the younger man and put two and two together,' So you must be ... ' she trailed off.

' My little brother Lukey,' Will confirmed, ruffling his younger brother's hair.

' I'm not little! ' insisted Luke, swatting Will's arm away.

' Fine then. Ava, meet my little big brother Lukey,'

As the two new Scarletts surveyed her, she suddenly felt rather embarrassed that she had just tried to ambush Will's family.