AN: Thanks for all the feedback from chapter 2. As usual I do not own OUAT

CHAPTER 3

Since Robin was not a fool he had already planned for this day. While he was the founder of the merry men, he had not failed to notice he was the only human and would always the odd man out. He knew that there was resentment towards him for being their leader when he did not represent Brudos and their way of thinking. He knew they did not approve of his harsher punishments and did not like that they seemed to take part on less missions now that Roland was born. When Marian had been alive she had warned him of the sounds of dissent she had heard from the Neptunians. Now that Marian was gone those same resentments had seemed to sprung up and what was worse Will Scarlet was his betrayer. Will whom he had saved, trained and promoted through the ranks had been the one to stab him in the back. He was angry and wanted to fight the young pup to the ground but he had Roland to think about.

When Marian had been alive she had shown him a variation of a ship used by refugees to escape Martian colonization. It's called a Kal-el because it was based on the craft used to ship the comic legend Superman from his home planet. It was a conical ship that was big enough to fit one human. Robin hoped it could fit one human and one child. Illegal Saturnian immigrants to Earth had devised the cones. The cones attached to larger ships headed to earth and were completely undetectable. Once you arrived on earth the trick was to get out of the ship and assimilate with humans, without the CISS noticing your arrival. The CISS was the Confederation on Immigration Special Services, it had been created by the United Nations to control the number of aliens allowed to live on earth based on their Registration Earth Number (REN). The CISS also kept records of humans residing on other planets and Meta sectors but Robin had managed to avoid Roland's registration.

Robin had no doubt that him and Roland would be able to easily assimilate on earth. Robin had lived on Earth for the first seventeen years of his life, before he had moved to the Meta Sector. Robin had a REN number and children were not required to register for a REN until they started school. Robin's only worry now was to find a ship that was heading to Earth. He checked the intergalactic departures list from Balinor airport. Balinor airport was the closest airport to Sherwood. Robin could easily get there with is hover motorcycle. There were no Spaceships heading to London Gatwick but there was one flight to a sector 81, USA leaving in two hours. Robin theorized sector 81 was just as good a place as any to start. It wasn't as familiar as London but perhaps that was a good thing.

Robin knew he could not take much of his stuff, otherwise it might look suspicious to the rest of the merry men. He packed the forged medical papers he needed. There were three copies, one was supposed to have been for Marian but he could not dwell on her death now. He grabbed Roland's favorite toys a stuffed monkey and some plastic army soldiers. He grabbed a few change of clothes for them and finally his gun. He hoped, he would never have to use it but one could never be sure. Guns were highly illegal in the USA but here in the Meta Sectors everyone had one, because it was a bit like the Wild West in these parts.

"Roland my boy" Robin said as he picked up his boy and put him in his lap "How do you feel about a little trip?

"Where are we going Daddy?"" Roland asked

"Earth" Robin looked at his little son as he said this and decided he'd be completely honest. "We have to because there are some Brudos who want to take you away from me, for a really long time."

Roland's eyes widened to an almost comical shape. "I don't want to be away from you Daddy."

"I know my boy, which is why we are going to go to Earth to stay safe. But you must be very quiet on this trip and you will have to be my brave little soldier."

"I will be really brave, as brave as a merry man." Roland promised, nodding his head to prove his vow was true.

Robin winced; braveness was never a problem for the merry men. Loyalty though was a whole other matter. Rather than answer his son, he decked him in his little leather jacket and picked up their small Rucksack of meager possessions. He disabled the codes for the ship and for the garage, he knew the men could fix the codes in an hour or less but hopefully by then they would already be on the ship. As he walked out of his flat he ran into Jeffrey, one of the newest merry men in the corridor. He gave him a perfunctory nod and told him he and Roland were going out to enjoy the rest of the day. Robin went to the garage and found the compacted Kal-el ship. He placed it on the back of his Harley and placed Roland in front of him. They had to speed to the airport if they wanted to get there in time for the flight. While on the way there Robin ran through his plan with Roland. Making sure Roland knew his part.

Robin got to the airport and bought a ticket for him and his son to go to Mercury. There was always a flight to Mercury since it was one of the premiere vacation spots. He quickly grabbed an airport workers vest he saw on the back seat of a Starbucks. He put it on and stuffed his leather jacket in his Rucksack. He walked towards the luggage carrier section and went straight through the back doors. He carefully placed his bag and the Kal-el in a corner behind some ghastly pink Louis Vouitton travel set.

Roland started to wail and cry louder than he ever had before. All the other luggage attendants turned and ran up to Robin with the crying child.

"What is wrong with the child ?" was the collective ask by the four attendants who crowded around. Robin made quick work of reading their tags and quickly found the leader, Bob.

"Boss, I found this child on the luggage trolley, crying his little eyes out. I guess his mom is missing." Robin told Bob

"Hey little man, want me to take you to lost and found so they can find your mommy?" Bob asked as he reached to grab Roland. Roland wailed even louder.

"I guess he is fine with me since we are both Humans boss. I went to lost and found but there was nobody at the desk." Robin responded

"Again?" Bob spat. "Those idiots are useless. They are never at their desk. They never do any work. We slave away all day, can never take a break. They are always on a break with a bit of work in between. Now I have to go talk to management.

"Want me to go with you, Boss?" Robin asked

"Well you will have to won't you, since the child only want to be with those of his own kind?" Bob said as his skin turned white, confirming to Robin that he was in fact Uranian. Robin had been to the airport a couple of times and he had noticed Bob, the Uranian. Uranians had problems recalling people with vision and were better with recalling people with smell. However the merry men removed their scent from their body every day. It made it easier to avoid dogs and Uranians. There was a human who worked back here with them. Robin knew him quite well since he was Ameila's boyfriend. Amelia had planned a romantic date for the two of them today and Robin suspected he would not be in to work.

Bob led him into the management elevator, the elevator that was only used by pilots, airport techs and managers. As soon as the doors shut Robin hit Bob hard in the face and he passed out. Robin loathed committing such acts in front of his son but there was no other way for it. Roland held the doors open with a wood block as Robin stuffed in their luggage. He pushed the button to the lowest level and made for the Intergalactic ships. They were lucky that most of the men on the lower level were too engrossed in their own work to pay attention to one baggage handler carrying a lot of large luggage.

Robin found flight 199306 travelling to earth and released the Kal-el from its case and hit the power button. It automatically locked itself to the luggage dispenser area of the plane. It was surrounded by clear reflectors all around and Robin's hope sparked alive that they may actually get away with it. He hopped in with Roland and strapped the two of them to the interior of Kal-el. He dumped their luggage and snacks at the bottom and they were almost ready for take-off.

Robin offered a drink to Roland, which Roland happily gulped away. Ten minutes later Roland was fast asleep, Robin had spiked his drink. He hadn't wanted to but he knew this five-hour flight back to earth would be a lot for any child and he was afraid that Roland might give them away, especially when they got to earth. He had a small window to get them off the flight and as parts of the grounds crew before CISS noticed them and then they were just a trip away from going back to London. Robin closed his eyes and said a silent prayer that it all went according to plan.