Hercules & Goliath + Robyn Starling: First Meeting

It was a sunny morning in San Fernando Valley. This area of Los Angeles is where a group of baseball playing boys known only as The Sandlot Kids play. However, today, a young girl named Robyn Starling was trying out for the team. The team captain: Benny "The Jet" Rodriguez and co-captain Scotty Smalls were introducing her to the team.

**BENNY:** Alright, guys. This here is Robyn. I want you guys to treat her like an equal during her tryout. We're gonna see if she's got the right kind of skills to join us. If she does, we'll make her an official sandlot kid.

Hamilton Porter, or Ham for short wasn't impressed by this at all.

**HAM:** Awe come on, Benny! She's a girl!

**ROBYN:** And what's the matter with that, Pork Chop?

Robyn's joke caused the other sandlot boys, Benny and Smalls included to laugh because Ham and Pork Chop were similar.

**HAM:** That's not funny, guys.

**BENNY:** Shut it, Ham. This little girl lost her parents and now she's living with an evil aunt. She could use some friends for a change. So, I say we all decide as a group what she should do to prove she's baseball material. Smalls, what do you think?

**SMALLS:** Well, I think it's time she met our mascots.

Benny, Smalls, and the other sandlot kids knew exactly what they were talking about.

**BENNY:** All in favor of having her meet our mascots say aye!

All the sandlot kids are unanimous in voting. All of them raise their hand and say aye.

**ROBYN:** That's all I have to do? Just meet the mascots? Who are they?

**BENNY:** Wait and see.

Benny then leads Robyn to a fenced area.

**ROBYN:** So... the mascots are in there?

**BENNY:** Yep, all you gotta do is withstand them for... let's make it... one hour. and if you can last that long, you can hang with us. But, if you chicken out, you have to leave.

Robyn started piecing the puzzle together, big fence, one hour to "Withstand" them. She figured it out.

**ROBYN:** It's a dog, isn't it?

**BENNY:** Figure that out on your own, did you? Yep.

**ROBYN:** This is gonna be easy.

Robyn then climbed up the fence and dropped down to the other side. She could see that there wasn't a single dog or creature in sight. But, little did she know that the thud she made when she landed on the ground caused Hercules, the big mastiff otherwise known as the beast to wake up. He smelled the air and he could tell that someone, a female had entered the fence. Goliath, one of his sons also woke up. He smelled the same thing. They looked at each other and they both agreed that whoever came in smelled good. they then walked out from their hiding place and that was when Robyn saw them. She noticed that one of them was a tan-colored mastiff and the other was brindle.

**ROBYN:** (Gasp) Wow. They're big guys.

Robyn got down on her knees and patted them.

**ROBYN:** Come here, boys. Come on.

Hercules started walking normally, but then, to even his surprise, Goliath started running towards Robyn. She wasn't expecting even one of them to be so fast.

**ROBYN:** Uh oh. Whoa. Slow down, boy! Slow Down!

But of course, he didn't. At that moment, Goliath slammed into Robyn by pinning her to the ground with his big paws on her shoulders. She couldn't get up now and Goliath had her right where he wanted her. He then began giving her right cheek several big licks. Each one covered the entire right side of her face. Robyn couldn't help laughing.

**ROBYN:** Ahahahahahahaha!!! Hey! That tickles, boy! Hehe! Heheheheheheh! Cut it out!

Goliath couldn't cut it out just yet, he was still keeping the dog kisses coming, this time, he alternated between both her cheeks and her entire face. This kept up until Hercules came over to where they were. He then barked a signal to his son telling him to stop. Goliath obeyed and backed off. Robyn sat up still in a fit of giggles. She tried to wipe her face clean, but she was drenched in slobber. She didn't mind, though.

**ROBYN:** Hahahaha, thanks, boy. What's your name? I'm Robyn.

She took a good look at his name tag.

**ROBYN:** Goliath? That's a great name.

Goliath took that as a compliment and gave her face a few more big licks.

**ROBYN:** Hahahaha! You're welcome.

She then petted his head and turned to the tan mastiff, who was of course Hercules because it said so on the shirt he was wearing. She could see it.

**ROBYN:** Is this your son? I'm glad he likes me. So, what's your name, big guy? Wait a minute... Hercules? Come here, Herc.

Hercules obeyed and came to where Robyn was. Just like the time Smalls saved him, Hercules looked at Robyn a good long time.

**ROBYN:** You know, the guys at the sandlot called you the beast. But I can tell right now that those rumors aren't true. You're a big, kind, and gentle giant. Kind of like the real Hercules.

Hercules was touched by Robyn's kindness so much that he came closer to her, so much so that his paws were behind her waist. He then started licking her the same way he licked Smalls. This made Robyn shut her eyes and wear a big grin.

**ROBYN:** Awe, hahahahaha. Good boy, Hercules. Come here, you.

Robyn wrapped her arms around Hercules as he was licking her face to death. This only made Hercules pick up the pace on his licking.

**ROBYN:** Ahahahahaha. Hey, Hercules, that tickles.

Hercules decided enough was enough... for now. Then, he grabbed gently onto Robyn's wrist because he wanted to show her something. Robyn stood up and followed him, not knowing what he was gonna show her.

**ROBYN:** Hey, where are you taking me, boy?

Hercules then showed her his secret stash of baseballs that he had gathered over the course of the sandlot boys games. He then picked one up and dropped it in front of her. She picked it up and polished it on her shirt.

**ROBYN:** Hey. You know, Benny told me that this was what I needed to do to be part of the team. I now know what he meant. You wanna play, boy?

Goliath showed up as fast as he could because he could hear Robyn say that.

**ROBYN:** You too, Goliath? Ok, let's go.

She leads the two dogs to the center of the fenced up area and she imagines herself on the mound in a baseball game against the dodgers.

**ROBYN:** On the mound, Robyn Starling. Making her debut as pitcher for the yankees. This is a 3,000 mile battle as old as baseball itself. She gives it the windup and... the pitch!

She then threw the ball forward causing Hercules and Goliath to both go after it and see who could retrieve it first.