Moving on

Disclaimer: I don't own Lazytown or any of the characters in it. Ché, Kit, Robyn, Greta, Cain Doctor Cole and Doctor Palley are my own characters.

Part twelve of the Robyn series

A lone mourner stood in the cemetery and listened to the service the chaplain was reading. Their sky blue eyes were fixed upon the coffin as it was lowered into the grave and guilt filled them. They'd been the cause of the person's death. They'd driven them to it with their words of truth. Words that had cut the listener like a dozen razorblades. So cut and bled by the words the listener took their own life. An action that did much more damage to the speaker than killing them would have.

With the coffin safely in the grave the coffin bearers departed leaving the chaplain and the mourner alone. Silently the mourner held out an envelope for the chaplain to take.

The chaplain shook his head and lowered the girl's hand. "No Miss. Keep your money. There's no charge for my work. I believe there's nothing worse than being buried with no one by your side. The poor beggar was lucky he had you here at least."

Nodding the girl returned her eyes to the coffin as the chaplain departed as well. She was left alone in the cemetery save for the grave diggers waiting to bury the coffin. Without a word the girl turned around and began to walk away also. There was nothing more she could do there and her goodbyes had been said.

Silence reigned in the house. A silence left long unbroken. Sportacus, Kit and Robbie sat surrounded by the silence lost in their own thoughts. They were concerned for Robyn more than for themselves. She hadn't spoken a word since Cain's death nearly a week ago and appeared to be a shadow of her former self. The vivacity and strength of her spirit seemed to be completely extinguished. It was uncertain whether her spirit would ever flare back into the fire that it had once been from the drowned spark it was now.

"I tell you," Kit began breaking the silence, "Robyn's heart works in mysterious ways. A guy attacks her, attacks her family, threatens her, burns down her garden, kills himself in front of her and yet she goes to his funeral. Is there anything she can't forgive?"

Robbie cleared his throat a little, "I doubt it. It's strange I agree but she sees things in people no one else can. In a way she's a testament to us all. Where reason beats us down Robyn embraces it. No matter what Cain did to her we have to remember that he was her brother. A brother she never knew she had."

"It reminds me of the time you told me to go to Lily's funeral. You told me that if I didn't go and say goodbye and tried to ignore what was going on I'd regret it for the rest of my life. That's why you let Robyn go isn't it?" Sportacus asked.

"Yes. I have a sneaky suspicion that Robyn blames herself for Cain's death, that somehow she made him do it. Until she talks to us we won't know what happened."

Sportacus was about to comment about what Robbie had said when the front door opened and admitted Robyn. Rather than going straight up to her room and to bed as she was wont to do these days Robyn went and sat next to Kit resting her head on his shoulder. Kit put one of his arms around Robyn's shoulders and rested his head on hers glad of the change in Robyn's usual actions. It was a sure sign that the barriers she had erected were beginning to come down.

Instead of the silence in the room resuming Kit prevented it by singing a little ditty that he'd made up himself. It was in the tune of 'old McDonald had a farm,' but the words had been changed to 'old Mayor Meanswell has a town'. Instead of the song containing animals it contained the names of everyone in town.

As the song went on Robyn smiled her first smile in days. It was really quite funny and not even her damaged spirit could withstand the humour. With that small smile Robyn was taking her first few steps back into the light. Once again Kit had pulled her from the darkness with the smallest of actions.

Robyn's smile didn't go unnoticed and it eased the spirits of those that cared for her the most. There was tranquillity in that smile, an indicator that the winds of change were to blow and restore the equilibrium of life where they were felt. There was still a long way to go but Robyn's smile instilled confidence in her guardians that they could help her. As wounded as it was her spirit was still there and her eyes shone with a determination to put the past to rest and start afresh.

Once Kit had finished his song he was given a round of applause and Robbie called for an encore. Kit shook his head making an excuse that it would have to wait until he got himself something to eat. His stomach rumbled backing up his story. Kissing Robyn fondly on her temple he detangled himself from her and entered the kitchen. No one noticed as he slipped out the back door.

Trixie, Stingy, Ziggy, the Mayor, Bessie, Stephanie, Doctor Cole, Doctor Palley, Ché, Greta and surprisingly Pixel were waiting for Kit when he arrived at the garden. They were all in old clothes and were ready for their instructions.

"Thanks for coming guys. One thing though," Kit turned to Pixel, "I thought you were fixing your lab."

Pixel shook his head, "to hell with the lab. This is more important."

Everyone looked at Pixel with sheer disbelief. He'd just said that something was more important than his lab and computers. Since converting Robbie's old lair into a brand new techno dungeon Pixel had rarely spoken of anything else. The only thing that had extracted him from playing with his new toy was the explosion almost a month ago. Stephanie was also another reason.

Kit ran up to Pixel and placed a hand on his forehead, "Doc. You might want to call an ambulance. This man is very very sick. He needs to go the hospital. He's delirious."

The group laughed at Kit's melodramatic statement and Doctor Cole played along. He sauntered over to Pixel and checked his pulse. Satisfying himself that Pixel's pulse was normal he checked his temperature. This was also normal and Doctor Cole shrugged almost completely at a loss.

"I could use your assistance Doctor Palley. As far as my expertise goes I'm at a loss with this patient." Doctor Cole said turning to his associate

Doctor Palley smiled wryly, "perhaps that cardinal's hat it upsetting your judgement, Cardinal Bouchet."

Moments of levity were becoming much more common with Doctor Palley. Instead of him being his previously poorly natured self he'd changed to be more kind hearted. No one knew what had incited this change but it was a welcome one. As for Robbie's secret he'd promised to keep it for the same reasons Doctor Cole had agreed. The Crazytown safe house was the last place he wanted to end up.

Doctor Cole chuckled sarcastically and stepped aside giving Doctor Palley room to also examine Pixel.

"I believe that the only thing wrong with this young man is a great eagerness to get started doing some work. Something I think everyone else is suffering with. The treatment I'd suggest is work. Let's get to it then." Doctor Palley concluded.

With the game up Kit instructed everyone with what he wanted them to do. Ché and Greta would do the heavy work while Stephanie would take it as easy as possible with Bessie and the Mayor. Pulling out Robyn's plans for the garden that was supposed to be built at the outreach clinic Kit gave everyone an area to work.

Once everyone had been told what they were to do they went straight to work. There was no doubt that when Robyn was better she'd help them. So far their laying the foundations for Robyn's new garden was a secret which would soon be revealed.