"Leo!" Logan called out. "Deputy Leo!"

Eli had to run to keep up with Logan.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa." Leo said. "It's just Leo now. I'm not with the department any more."

"What are you doing here?" Logan asked. "Have you heard anything from Veronica?"

"No. I haven't." Leo confided. "I was just checking out the E-String Strangler's old place… But there's no one there." He looked up the hill behind them. "Then I saw this place… Back when Keith Mars and I caught the Strangler there was a painting of him, posing with a guitar in Viking helmet… I know how it sounds, but the background… It looks like that rise over there."

"Then let's go." Logan volunteered.

And the three began making their way up the steep embankment toward the distant sound of a lone electric guitar…

Veronica's head swam. Images of Logan and Duncan swam before her.

"Get me a microphone." Lynn called out. "Hook it to a monitor with Veronica on it."

"Over here Lynn!" Mr. Fennel called out.

Lynn strode confidently over to the camera. "Veronica…" She called out. "Can you hear me?"

Veronica shook her head to clear it. "No." She answered.

"Just hold on Veronica, okay?" Lynn asked. "Please?"

"Lilly?" Veronica asked. "Is that…"

"No dear." Lynn answered. "It's Lynn Echolls."

"Oh, Mrs. Echolls… "Veronica blinked twice. "Am I dead?"

Lynn swallowed. "No. You're not. You're just… Close."

"I don't want to die." Veronica began to cry. "It would ruin Christmas for… Dad…"

All across heaven, observant hearts began to break.

"Do you want to know a secret Veronica?" Lynn asked.

"I'm listening." Veronica sniffed.

"Lilly's not here any more Veronica. She's moved on."

"What do you mean?" Veronica asked. "Is she okay?"

Lynn smiled. "The last time I saw her… She called me and asked me to hold her place." Heaven gasped. "Because she was being reborn and she needed to get out of her body to warn you…"

"About the bus crash!" Veronica realized. "Oh my God! Is Duncan's baby…?"

"That's right Veronica!" Meg called out. "Duncan's baby, my baby… Its Lilly! She's already back on Earth!"

Veronica began laughing and crying as she began to fade out of consciousness.

"I'm going to try to break out of here!" Veronica called out. "Even if it kills me!"

"Okay!" Lynn conceded. "But please, Veronica… Not just yet."

"You have to live through this Veronica!" Meg called out. "You have to tell Lilly how much I love her! Please!"

And suddenly Veronica had lost the voices to a darkness and silence akin to that of the grave.

Mac sat down on the edge of her bed. She had been crying and Curly sat with her, empathizing.

"I'm done." Mac said. "I'm not going to take the pills. I swear it. Can I just… can I just wake up now?"

Curly shook his head. "I'm so sorry. It doesn't work that way."

"Then how does it work?" She asked. "How do I get out of this?"

Curly shook his head. "Let me tell you something… There's a lot more happening behind the scenes here than you can know. Like me, standing here… Did you know that every time heaven sends a soul to earth to intervene, they also have to send a soul to hell for the same amount of time?"

"You mean…"

Curly nodded. "That right now, Felix Tombs is sitting in Hell. Just so I can talk to you."

"Then go back! Get him out, get…"

"No." Curly said firmly. "He volunteered, like his brother Gus did and his friend Servando…" He laughed. "Those PCHers stick together…" He looked at her. "And they stand up for their own."

"I'm no biker Curly, I…" She crossed her arms and he interrupted her again.

"You're a good soul Mac. You are one of them."