Robin's Party In The Barn

[Will Scarlett]

Will raced along the dusty pathway, Djaq, Much and Robin close behind him. "Come on!" he shouted as the rounded a corner and came to a hault at the door of the big wooden barn. He quickly opened the door and let the others through before entering himself and closing it behind him.
As he stepped inside the barn, he saw the outlaws faces break out into big smiles, as they saw the hog roasting on the spit, and the look of utter confusion on their leaders face. They had told him that there was trouble in the barn, and that they must run fast and get there before it was too late... but of course, none of this was true, and the look on Robin's face was priceless!

[sazjj17]

much is looking really confused as to why hes not doing the cooking for this party.
" will its fantastic that you have found such a good place". just then much heard noises out side the barn and said " thats not good i can hear people out there can anyone else hear them".
much was sure he wasnt being stupid...
he thought to him self there cant be people out there.

[Robin Hood]

Robin opened the door curiously. What was going on? He'd been told something about someone beingn in trouble, and to meet the gang there to help- but this place looked pretty empty, with no signs of trouble. As he entered, his bow drawn, he kept an eye out for potential attackers. But he saw no-one! This is odd... He thought to himself, as he stood in the doorway, flooding the barn with light, and wondering what on earth the gang were up too...

[Djaq]

Djaq burst into the barn, and saw an empty room. Perfect for a party. She grinned as she saw the pork roasting on the spit, and then turned to look at Robins face. His bow was drawn and he was staring confusedly into the empty room. She laughed and yelled. "Surprise!" along with the rest of the gang, as they all beamed at his surprised expression.

"Today's your birthday, is it not?" she said, matter of factly, as if to suggest that Robin did not know the day of his own birth. "And you deserved a treat. Saving England is no picnic!" she said laughing. She gestured at Much, who was examining the Pork and said, "It was all Much's idea. He organized it, found the location..." she counted with her fingers, still grinning.

As the rest of the gang started excitedly blurting their congratulations to Robin, Djaq looked around again at the empty barn. Her eyes wondered back towards the pig on the spit, but this time, she saw a man standing there. He was fidgeting, and tugging at his sleeves. He was looking around, and sweating terribly. She frowned at him and wandered who he was and what he was doing there. Much must have hired him or something. As he sharply turned around, and their eyes met, she smiled at him sheepishly, and then turned back towards the gang and listened to their conversation, still half wondering who that strange man was...

[Will Scarlett]

Will smiled as the gang explained about the party to the now beaming Robin before noticing that Djaq was standing slightly away from the group. He moved over to her just as the strange man turned his back and hurried over to the pig on the spit, "Djaq... didn't Much say that all the villagers were going to be here... but it seems that only one has turned up..." he said nodding his head in the mans direction. He turned back to the rest of the group, "Where is everyone? I thought you said the villagers were all coming..." he trailed off and looked over at the man puzzled "Do you know where they are?" he asked. The man looked back at him, panic in his eyes. '.. I'm.... I'm... I'm sorry.... I...er..." he said as he edged over towards the door, before charging out of it, and down the path leading towards the village centre.

[sazjj17]

much shouts " happy birthday" to his best mate and asks if anyone would like some spit roasted pig.
much had forgotten that he said the villagers were coming to robins party.
he looked at the spit and thought that looks really nice.

[Robin Hood]

He looked around, shocked, and jumped slightly at the 'Surprise!'. A grin made it's way across his face, as he closed the door behind him and wandered over to the spit. "How did you know it was my birthday?" He asked; he hadn't celebrated it in a couple of years, what with being in the Holy Land, so he wasn't sure how any of them knew.

"Thanks, all of you..." He paused, slapping Much on the back in a friendly manner. "Thanks Much." Suddenly noticing the newly tense atmosphere, he looked around. "What's the problem?" He asked, and as the man apologised he walked towards the door to a shouting voice.

"We know you're in there, Hood!" He turned to face the gang, a look of dismay on his face. he wasn't blaming anyone, but now they were trapped in a barn, with little food and water supplies, and no means of escape...

[Djaq]

Djaq slapped her forehead with her palm, and shook her head. She knew they should have had the party in the forest, or at camp. As she brought her head back up, she glared at Much, as were the rest of the gang, and they all moaned in unison, "Muuuch!" Now they were completely surrounded, with no means of escaping.

Djaq shook her head again and walked over to the barn door, and crouched down, peeping through a hole in the door. Her eyes widened as she tryed counting the number of men outside. There were too many to count. She took a deap breath in, and out, and looked at Robin seriously. "100, 200, maybe even 1000." she said sadly. "There's no way we could get out." she walked back to the rest of the gang, and looked at each one of them in turn. "What are we going to do?" Her eyes were filled with desperation, as they finally rested on Robin, who was deep in thought.

[Will Scarlett]

Will looked around at the panic stricken faces of the gang as voices started chanting from all around the outside of the barn, "ARE WE GOING TO KILL THEM??!!!"
"YEAH!'
"ARE WE GOING TO LIKE IT?"
"YEAH!"
"ARE WE GOING TO KILL THEM..."
Although he was trying to keep calm, hearing the shouting voices made it very hard to think straight and not to panic. "What will we do? We don't have enough weapons to even dent their army, let alone defeat it and we only have enough food for... well... not very long... what will we do when we run out?" he asked the rest of the gang whilst desperatly trying to think of way out of this mess...

[Djaq]

"We don't have enough weapons..." she repeated Wills words, thinking hard, "But they don't have to know that..." she looked over at Will and then at Robin, who was taking in what she was saying nodding slightly. She looked at the gang again and then sharply walked over to the pig on a spit. "I'm sorry Robin..." she said, whilst removing the pigs head and wincing slightly, "This was meant for your birthday." She fumbled around in her pocked and brought out some powder. Robin would not be too happy about this...

She shoved some of the powder into the pigs head, groaning and trying not to look. She then ran quickly over to the door, opened it slightly, and then chucked the Pigs head with all her might. She quickly slammed the large wooden door and ran back over to the gang, smiling to herself.

A few moments later, there was an almighty bang and screams from the men outside. Djaq smiled at Will, then Much, then John and then sheepishly at Robin. "That should keep them away..."

[Will Scarlett]

Will tried to suppress a laugh, because an exploding pigs head was quite a funny concept, but Robin didn't look very amused, so instead, he just smiled to himself and then went over to a nearby chair, took out his knife and stared to whittle on a longish stick that was gradually becoming arrow-shaped whilst watching Djaq and Robin intently, wondering what Robin's reaction was.

He was still trying hard not to laugh but he was quiet good at hiding his emotions, but still, he found Djaq's ability to come up with something as clever and 'outside the bow' as an exploding pigs head very funny. Amazing, but funny. He smiled at her with admiration for her and her amazing ideas as she stood there in front of Robin looking anxiously at he started to question her.

[sazjj17]

much becomes increasingly worried about what is happening outside, hes blames it on himself and says " i should have never told the villagers about this", after a while the rest of the gang try and persuade much it wasnt his fault. but he just wanted his good friend robin to have a wonderful birthday but they couldnt now that they were trapped.
" Im sorry" he said bursting down into tears.

[Robin Hood]

He paced the barn, trying to think of some miracle by which they could escape this place. Surrounded by thousands of armed soldiers, who didn't care how long they had to wait; it wasn't looking positive. He racked his brains for different plans to escape, but each was more impossible than the last, and eventually he stopped, as Djaq apologised.

"Djaq. Is that, Black Powder?" He asked, their conversation stopping whilst Djaq threw the exploding head. "Is that the black powder I told you to destroy? You disobeyed answers?" He asked, looking at her sternly, before smiling. "Thank God you did." He ran to the door, and opened it a fraction again. "How much have you got left, Djaq?" He asked quietly, and - not waiting for an answer - shouted out to the soldiers.

"We've got plenty more where that came from! And enough food and water to last us a week! If you're just going to wait there, I'd give up if I were you." And so it was all lies - at the minute, that was all they had. As they began to ask frantic questions, what they were going to do, he had never felt like less of a leader. He didn't know how to answer them because at the minute? He hadn't a clue how, or if, they would get out of this mess.

He sat down, and began to eat. "We eat." He answered simply, "We might as well, we can't plan on an empty stomach..."

[Djaq]

"I have no more Robin..." she said helplessly, as she watched him effortlessly bluff to the soldiers outside. As Robin got back, and suggested they should eat, she nodded and walked over to the spit. "We shouldn't eat too much though, we might be in here for some time..." She handed each member of the gang a good sized portion of the pork, and they began to eat.

The gang was silent, and everybody was thinking about how absurd the situation they were in was. They were on deaths doorstep, and there was nothing they could do about it. Djaq remained silent also, her brain whizzing. It was surprising how calm she looked in this situation, but inside she was anything but calm. She took a bite out of her meat and stared at the remainder.

She looked up suddenly and then looked at the gang. "You know what we should do?" she said sternly. "Kaleila." she looked at the rest of the gang, who were staring back at her puzzled. She shook her head and laughed. "Kaleila?" Their faces remained blank. "Alright, alright. Basically, you say things. Things that, well, you wouldn't really say unless under circumstances like these..." she smiled as the gang started nodding their heads in agreement. "Alright then Much. You like to talk. You start!"

[sazjj17]

much looked at evryone and thought to himself why has it got to be who starts. he looks over at djaq and says " i dont want to start i have nothing to say", he lookes hopeless and djaq hoping she would start off this Kaleila thing.
much looked so worried he didnt know what it was.