Scenes with Little John 53
You're getting slack, my friend! Could it have been easier for me? Hmmm? If you'd led me by the hand to your little hidey-hole? A clue: no!
Allan. Where are Allan and Will?
[Much looks at John; John nods]
[aiming his bow at the Sheriff] STAND!
[The Sheriff looks around]
Uh, there are two of you.
How many do you think there could be of them?
A dozen or so at the most.
[The Sheriff chuckles]
... And how many of the outer circle?
Wait! Why are they not running? Why are they not running? Hood must be in there!
John, I think we're gonna die.
JJohn
A good day. [paints mud on his face like warpaint]
[After Robin has unsheathed his sword, ready to charge, Much unsheathes his sword]
[to Little John ] It's a good day!
[Robin, Little John, Much, and Djaq, screaming, charge at the guards]
LJLittle John
Come on, then!
What is this? Is this suicide?
LJLittle John
Where were you two?
I can explain. There was this woman, a mother. She was giving birth to this newborn babe, right.
We were going to take the haul. Gisborne's money. We were going to take it to Scarborough.
Yeah, but we're back now. Saved your bacon actually.
[Little John and Much are shocked. Everyone looks sombre]
Marian. Gisborne stabbed her last night and she's-
She's dead. Marian's dead.
[He walks back to the cave]
[In the cave]
We must get her to Knighton Hall...to her father. John...John, I need you to...Djaq, prepare her body. Will...I need you to make...I need you to make a coffin.
LJLittle John
Shh! In good time. First...we say goodbye.
[tears roll down his cheeks] She was a good woman. Kind and considerate.
[steps forward] "Good"? Oh, she was... Yeah, she was...
[steps forward] She was alright. Yeah.
LJLittle John
Her...we liked.
Her we loved. Her I loved. I loved her and I never told her.
[Allan notices that Marian is breathing and walks up to take a look]
I'm not being funny, right, she's breathing.
This is strange. Going without Robin.
It's fine. He's made his decision. It's fine.
[Much stops walking]
[Much shakes his head and takes off his hood]
There is something I have to do. I must find Robin.
[He runs away]
LJLittle John
It's down to us now.
[Much has run away from Nottingham and is in the field. He sees "King Richard"]
Ha! Woah! Your Majesty, welcome home!
[He runs up to "the King" but one of his men pushes him away]
Wha-? Your Majesty, I'm Much! I served in the King's Guard! Your Ma-!
[Much realises it's not the King and stands up]
[He looks to the left]
[He looks to the right]
[He looks back and forth, unsure about which way to go]
There's poor people going hungry.
And we take it all. So what's it gonna be?!
The Sheriff didn't want to say goodbye either. He just wants you dead now. See you on the dark side. Shoot him!
[The archers prepare to fire. But the gang arrive - Much charges with a warlike cry in front of the archers and the arrows fire into his shield. The rest of the gang fight]
LJLittle John
[knocking out an archer] So, it's goodnight from me...
[knocking out an archer. He hits the archer with an axe with the words "goodnight" and "him"] And goodnight from him!
[Will nods at Little John and Little John nods at Will]
Well, it's not the end of the world. I mean, Marian's basically alright and...we've got a camp.
Much, the Sheriff and the Black Knights are going to kill the King. Take over England.
True. It is the end of the world.
[Will nods with his drink]
Well, if we've learnt one thing from today, it's that you are never going to go to Nottingham on your own, again, ever. Because if you'd have died, especially now...
If I had died, Much, or if I die tomorrow...you will carry on without me.
How? We are Robin Hood's men.
You are Robin Hood. And [points to Djaq] you are, and [points to Little John] you are. [turns to Will] All of you! We are not just six outlaws in the forest. [Allan arrives outside the camp] We are the spirit of England and that lads, that is this country's only hope.
[Allan walks in]
Oh, tricked one punter too many.
I could have told you that. Here. [hands Allan a cup]
LJLittle John
We are Robin Hood.
ARAllan, Robin, Will, Much, Djaq, Little John
:[holding their cups up] We are Robin Hood!
[The gang smile and drink and as Allan takes his drink, the bag of money from Gisborne in exchange for Allan spying is seen hanging from his trousers. He quickly covers it up and drinks]
Here. [hands little John and Allan a plate of food]
LJLittle John
I thought you said chicken?
Yeah, this is a pretty small chicken, Much.
And have you seen in the trees? No squirrels lately. [Looks at Will, smiling]
All you ever eat is meat and bread. We are surrounded by edible berries and, and leaves! Where's the fruit, the salad?!
LJLittle John
Men? Eating leaves?
There is only one use for leaves around here and you wouldn't want to be eating them afterwards.
[the gang laugh]
[Robin arrives with Daniel]
[Djaq and Will stand up]
We need to go. This is Daniel. His friends are in danger and if I'm not much mistake, so are we.
It's Gisborne. He's creating a new armour. We need to take his toys away, so...arm yourselves.
[The gang get ready]
[Little John looks at him]
[Will looks at him]
[Allan waves at him]
And you must be Djaq, [Djaq smiles at him] the Saracen. Wow!
[Daniel looks at Much]
[Much walks forward, smiles and puts his hands on his hips]
[The gang laughs]
[Daniel looks at Little John]
I just expected you to be taller.
LJLittle John
I'm quite tall.
Men tend to lie about their size.
Right, we need to trade Daniel and the black diamonds in open space. And that's here. [he points on the map of the village that they've built on the table] So when the Sheriff has the diamonds, and we have Daniel back safely...then we can strike.
You can't just nick 'em back though. Well he'll have the place surrounded, won't he? You might as well walk in with your hands in the air saying "Shoot me".
LJLittle John
We could destroy them.
We'll need something that burns quickly.
Straw's fast but it's not hot enough.
LJLittle John
What about wood?
Wood's hot but it's, it's not quick enough.
MMark
Pitch. Fast burning and hot.
[Smiling and pointing at Mark] Pitch! Good thinking, Mark!
[Little John smiles and ruffles Mark's hair]
I could make a new box, choose the right wood - something thin, could line it with pitch, carry the black diamonds in that to the Sheriff and well you could shoot it, Robin with a flaming arrow.
And the rocks will explode.
Good idea, Will. We'll test it in the morning.
[The gang and the boys laugh. Will walks over to Mark and ruffles his hair]
MMark
I can't see any feathers.
No, and we haven't seen any squirrels.
Look, I don't know if any of you have noticed, but I have to do everything you all do and keep the larder stocked! So, if any of you want to run ragged around the forest trying to catch this massive animal, then you can be the servant!
[The gang and the boys continue to laugh - Mark snorts]
[He hands Robin a cup]
[She holds Robin's cup]
[Will, smiling, throws Robin a small bag]
[opening the bag and talking to the boys] Good work, lads.
[Robin holds out four tags]
[Daniel smiles. Robin laughs]
You are now [he passes a tag to the boy sitting by Allan] honorary members of our gang.
[Mark smiles]
[hands Daniel a tag] You are our eyes and ears in the villages. And any time you need us... [He hands Will two tags to give to a boy and Mark, who are standing behind him] you can call on us.
And any time you need us, call on us.
[Robin smiles and winks at Daniel. Will smiles.]
LJLittle John, Will, Much, Robin, Allan, Djaq
[holding their cups up] We are Robin Hood!
MBMark, boy next to Mark, boy next to Allan, Daniel
[holding their arms up] We are Robin Hood!
[The gang and the boys laugh and smile]
[Will turns to them]
I've done the right thing, that's what I've done.
[Holds up the poison]
Yeah, I know. She told me.
Where is she, Will? What have you done with her?
I've stood up to the Sheriff. It's what we all should have done a long time ago.
Even if all of Nottingham dies?
[Robin pushes Will up against the wall, takes the poison and drinks it]
LJLittle John
Robin! Ro-!
You want to watch people die? Then you can start with me.
Robin, I can't let the Sheriff live!
[Emotionally] My dad...he did it for me. He stood up to the Sheriff to prove himself to me!
Then prove yourself to him. Show that we are stronger men than the Sheriff.
[Robin moans in pain]
[Much grabs Robin and helps him to to the floor]
[Emotionally] Robin, why did you have to do this?!
To prove my point. Will Scarlett still believes in the right thing.
LJLittle John
Will, do this.
[Will races off]
[Much and Little John help Robin up]
Go! Go! To the Sheriff's Quarters. Go! I'll see you there.
[Allan, Much and Little John run to the Sheriff's Quarters. Robin is bent over, breathing and then gets up and tidies his hood, picks up the poison and exhales]
[The gang burst into the Sheriff's Quarters]
[Djaq throws the remedy to Robin]
Will...this is your call.
[Will walks over to Robin]
Prove to me Will Scarlett still believes in doing the right thing.
You didn't drink the poison, did you?
No. But I think my point still stands so... [He gestures to the Sheriff]
[He kneels next to the Sheriff and applies the remedy onto his lips]
This is to the memory of my good father... [quieter] Dan Scarlett, [normal, quiet voice] and the people of Nottingham.
[The Sheriff doesn't awaken. Robin looks at Little John, Will looks at Robin then at Much]
[Robin shakes the Sheriff]
This is just getting weird now. I want him to live. I don't want him to live.
[Robin continues shaking the Sheriff]
[The Sheriff awakens]
Oh, I don't think so, now I've had the remedy, hm?! GUARDS!!! GUAAAAAAARDS!!!
[Will is building a monument to remind him and Luke of Dan]
It's good to have you back, Lukey!
Are you both ready for this?
Look, what's he doing up there?
I thought you said Will was going to build something to remind you of your father.
He is. Wait for the light.
[Will races over to Luke, as they look at the sunlight]
Any second. [Pause. The gang except Will and Luke look at what Will has built] Now.
[The sunlight shafts through the holes that Will made in stone and gets projected onto the rock. The gang follow the light to the rock and see Dan's face projected onto the rock via sunlight and Will's monument. Robin smiles.]
[Will has his arms around Luke]
[He nods]
[Much comes back to camp, angry after Robin "suspects everyone"]
What's your problem? Ey! D'you speak to Robin then or not?
Well we wanna know what's going on. What's the plan?
Did the messenger get through to the castle?
Yeah, is Robin gonna kill him?
Like to know his plans do you? What's the Sheriff and Gisborne's plan?
I mean is: there even a Henry? Or is it a trap?!
[to Will] How much do they pay you?
[Little John returns with firewood]
[Pause]
There's a spy. In the camp. One of you is a spy! [He points to Allan, Djaq and Will] And Robin knows! So...you're done for!
[As he says that he points to Little John and Allan]
It's obvious! I mean, Gisborne is always five or...six steps ahead of us.
Are you calling me a traitor?
LJLittle John
Traitor?! Trai- [He sighs]
[Will looks at Allan]
What you looking at me for?
[Will scoffs]
Well you're the one who tried to persuade me to steal from Robin. Y'know, the time when we thought the King was coming.
We thought about it, we decided against it, didn't we?
[They begin to fight. Little John cuts between them]
LJLittle John
STOP IT...NOW!
Yes! If anyone's gonna kill the traitor, it's gonna be me!
What makes you so high and mighty? He obviously doesn't trust you either, does he? Or why's he sent you back here?
[Much screams and lunges for Allan, trying to fight him]
[Little John stops them]
LJLittle John
Stop it the pair of you! [To Much] Off him!
[He pushes Much away from Allan]
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