Dan tried to figure things out by talking to his reanimated cat. Bob and Herbert quickly looked at each other, both wondering how exactly this would help. The cat jumped off his table and walked toward the door.

"I think we should follow him," Dan said.

"Why?" Herbert and Bob asked at the same time. They looked at each other again. Bob shrugged at Herbert still unable to figure out why they were speaking and acting alike.

"I think he can help us find Meg."

"I'll take your word for that," Herbert said.

They opened the door and went out into the hall, Rufus with them. He had a key in his mouth. He suddenly went off in a different direction and the group followed him. He dropped the key on the floor and pushed it toward Dan. Dan picked up the key and unlocked the door.

"Is Meg in there?" Dan asked Rufus.

The cat did something that looked like nodding. Herbert didn't entirely trust the cat, but he and Bob still went in the room. It was mostly because they wanted to stay with Dan so he couldn't get in trouble, badly injured or worse. Herbert was also concerned about his friend's mental status, though he wouldn't admit it to Dan's face.

They slowly walked into the room after Rufus. They started to look around the room for Meg and that's when Rufus sneaked toward the door.

"Rufus?" Dan asked as they walked further in. They walked toward a desk and heard the door slam.

They turned after the sound had stopped.

"Rufus?" Dan asked.

They rushed to the door. Dan rattled the doorknob, hoping that they would get out of the room.

Rufus meowed in a teasing manner from the other side of the door.

"Open the door," Dan said to his cat. They all imagined Rufus on the other side of the door, shaking his feline head in response.

Herbert and Bob looked around while Dan continued to bang on the door in desperation.

"Rufus!" Dan yelled.

Rufus continued to meow in a snotty way.

"Open up you mad...!" Dan shouted with all his might. Rufus meowed smugly. "Rufus!"

Herbert noticed that Dan looked like he was going to start begging and like he was going to strain under the pressure of still being in the room. "We'll find a way out of here, don't worry." He walked over to his friend and put a hand on his shoulder. "Just take a deep breath."

Dan heard a noise from Rufus that could be an insult. His hand dropped from the doorknob and he turned. He and Herbert noticed Bob staring fixedly at the ceiling.

They followed his line of sight and saw two odd-looking monsters hanging downwards. Dan whipped out his shotgun.

Dan stepped in front of Herbert, knowing he couldn't fight monsters like these with a shovel and also because he didn't want him to get hurt or worse, and approached the monsters. He looked briefly at Bob, thinking that he could help with the fight. He gave him the handgun.

"Could you help me?" Dan asked Bob.

"Sure."

"Thanks."

"I'll fight one and you fight the other," Bob suggested. Dan nodded in agreement and they both took aim at one of the monsters.

Herbert stood by, feeling the sting of being left out. "Is there any way I could help?" he asked, hoping the others weren't too busy fighting to hear him.

Dan looked at Herbert for a split second. "If either of us get hurt, you can give us some of those healing items. And you could also give us spare ammo if and when we need it."

"I'll do just that, if it is necessary." Herbert sighed out of boredom.

Dan and Bob defeated the monsters after a long, arduous fight. They didn't notice that a third monster the same as the other two dropped from the ceiling. It began to attack Dan.

Herbert noticed this and tried to warn his friend by jerking his head in the direction of the monster. Dan did nothing so Herbert had to take action, say something or take the attack. He finally decided he would do two of the three, if not all three.

"Look out!" Herbert shouted. He ran full speed toward Dan.

Dan crossed his arms. "I'm not falling for that again, Herbert," he said, recalling the first time Herbert said those words when they had to deal with the real reanimated Rufus.

"Really, Dan, I assure you I'm not saying this for my personal pleasure this time." He pushed Dan out of the way and got strangled by the creature's feet in place of his friend. He looked seemingly lifeless and limp.

"Herbert!" As he ran to his friend's side he hoped that he wasn't dead. He felt a pulse and practically began to cry tears of joy, glad he wasn't going to lose another important person to death by asphyxiation.

That was when the monster tried to drag Herbert up into the ceiling with it. He looked at Bob and Bob nodded in recognition of what Dan wanted to do. They both aimed their guns at the monster and fired away. Herbert fell back to the floor and awoke, albeit in pain and gasping for breath. Bob and Dan continued to fire until the monster was dead. They all looked up at the ceiling, and sighed in relief when nothing happened. They heard the distant sound of sirens.

Herbert quickly noticed that Dan looked unusually faint. "Dan, are you alright?"

Unfortunately, Dan seemed to be somewhere else. He felt like he was being taken along a hospital hallway on a stretcher. "Dan...Dan...Dan," he heard Meg/Maggie's voice whisper.

"Dan..." Herbert said. His face was the first thing a groggy, half-awake Dan saw.

"Great to see you're okay," Bob added.