Rebecca slowly opened her eyes. She was in bed, but that's all she really knew. Next to her was a mirror. So, she picked it up to-

"Ahhhh!" Rebecca's face was... Peeled back? Revealing a mechanical head and red eyes.

Agent Walker came in to find his special agent in shock.

"What are doing here?"

"Rebecca, you had an accident. You fell off a cliff. Your head was crushed. Here, let me go get Dr. F, and have him take a look at your head. It shouldn't be peeling like that."

"Okay, thanks," Rebecca sat in her bed for a while to think. She knew that man somehow, but how exactly?

After a few minute's Dr. F came in and fixed Rebecca's head. Apparently, he forgot to actually glue down her skin again. After he left, Rebecca walked around her room. She looked down at her hospital gown and wondered what she was wearing last before her fall. Where was she when she fell anyway?


"Buddy, how have you been?" Lyndsey put her elbow on the check-in desk at the hotel. She came to visit the town, but it was hard. She wasn't from here anyway, and seeing the town so sad, she just felt out of place. It was easier for her to deal by being so far away, but she knew it hurt Buddy too.

"Fine," Buddy was playing a video game, and had his face hidden from his friend.

"No you're not. I bet that you've been playing Plane vs. Eye for the past few weeks-"

"Days actually, thank you very much" Buddy paused the game and looked up at Lyndsey. "What do you really want?"

"Buddy!" Lyndsey saw the bags under Buddy's eyes. "What is wrong with your face?"

"That's what days and nights of crying does for you…"

"That's not good Buddy. How long have you been staying up all night?"

"I don't know-"

"Tell me right now or I'll tell Mayor Rosalyn to give you time off-"

"Fine! Two months-"

"Two months?! Buddy, I'm not leaving here until you take a nap. Now give me the game," Lyndsey stuck out her hand.

"Lynds…"

"Now."

"C'mon, it's noon. I can't just take a," Buddy yawned. "Take a nap."

Lyndsey raised an eyebrow. "Oh really? Give me the game."

"Okay," Buddy forked over the game and looked at Lyndsey.

"Good. Now let's go up to your room. I want to be sure that you go to sleep."

The two took the elevator to the second floor. From there, Buddy curled up on the couch and fell asleep.


Later that evening, Buddy awoke to find Lyndsey at the kitchenette, making tea.

"Finally, you're awake. See, I told you that sleep would do you good. I put tea bags under your eyes to help get rid of those bags under your eyes."

"Well thanks. I really needed that."

"No problem," Lyndsey walked over to Buddy and handed him a cup of tea. "Mayor Rosalyn said that no one's come to the hotel anyway. I've been here with you. Man, it's so different now. The town's wondering what to do with the… the buildings, ya know?"

"Yeah…" Buddy stirred his tea for a moment. "Lynds?"

"Yeah Buddy?"

Buddy didn't look up from his drink. "Was it my fault?"

Lyndsey put her tea down and got closer to Buddy. "No Buddy, of course not. Nobody could've done anything. I mean, on the bright side, the Nightmare Crown got broken."

"I betcha Morcubus has already fixed it by now though."

"That's not the point and you it. Let's go out to Chef Watanabe's. My treat."

"Can we get Turkey on a Fork too? Or some pizza? What about ice cream?"

Lyndsey smiled. "See? Now that's the Buddy I know." She was definitely planning on staying for a while, Buddy needed her.