When Augustus finally made his way to Whispering Rock camp, he wasn't sure what to expect when he got there. Even though it seems like just another summer camp, it was not the first thing that came to Augustus's mind when he thought of where his son was to run away from home.
As soon as Augustus set foot inside a building that appeared to be a mess hall, he came across children playing with instruments set up on the stage.
"Excuse me. I am looking for Razputin," Augustus said, forcing the two kids to look up at him.
The girl with headphones was the first to speak up. "Last I saw, he was still with Sasha and Mila," Phoebe answered.
"Think they still at that Asylum," Quentin mentioned
After taking in the newfound information, Augustus thanked the two children before moving on to the next part of the camp.
Razputin had always been the most afraid of water out of all his children. So Augustus was surprised to discover that to reach the Asylum, he had to cross a small lake.
Once Augustus managed to get one of those boats to take him across a lake. After seeing the degree of destruction that had occurred to the building, he was taken aback.
While wandering through the ruins searching for his son, Augustus called out to him, "Razputin.".
Having searched for quite a while, Augustus was finally able to spot Razputin stumbling about. His son was dressed in his town clothes, which included his aviator hat and goggles.
'Razputin, it is time to return home,' Augustus said with the sternest voice he could muster. At this point, he expected Razpuitn to attempt to argue with him to engage in a conflict.
Razputin invoked this voice in the monotone that Augustus was convinced had ever come out of his son's mouth: "Teee Veee."
He reached out to his son's shoulder with both hands as he got down on his knees. Razputin's face was absolutely vacant as he looked at his eyes which were now just completely empty.
"Razputin," Augustus said, "What did they do to you" He questioned.
At this point in time, Augustus had tried to use his mental connection with Razputin, which he made when the boy was still a baby. Only Augustus felt no response from his child as if Razputin were not even present in his own body. Razpuitn instead kept repeating the phrase Tee Vee over and over again.
The tears of Augustus poured out of his eyes as he said, "I am so sorry.". Thinking about how the last memory he would ever have, Razputin still being himself, would be of Augustus yelling at him. As if Razpuitn was a toddler again, Augustus ended up carrying his child out of the camp and back to their circus.
In the end, it took quite some time for Sasha and Milia to untangle Coach Oleander's brain from Razputin's brain. When it was over, they listened to Oleander explain that he was no longer bent on taking over the world.
"Raz," Lili yelled, looking for her boyfriend's brainless body. She was not that surprised that Raz had been able to keep moving around, although he lacked a brain. "I can't find Raz," Lili shouted back.
In an attempt to calm down the young girl, Milia reassured her, "Don't worry, darling, he probably went back to camp.".
On their way back to camp, they were all surprised to find out that while they were all busy, Raz's father had come and picked him up. Only he just took home Raz's body, not his brain.
As Lili waited for information about what was happening, she became increasingly nervous and anxious. Milia had been trying to get connected with the Raz family again. Only the Aquato and picked up and moved again. They couldn't figure out where they were.
Sasha was unable to communicate with Raz about what was going on outside in the meanwhile. As a result, he could not get past Raz's mental defences to tell him about what was going on.
Then they got the call about Lili's father, Truman Zhanotto, the head of the Pyschounts had been kidnapped by Doctor Loboto. So, in other words, Re-braining Raz will have to wait for a while.
