Zoey awoke the next morning to a bright sunrise, but what had really stirred her from her sleep was the ringing of the telephone downstairs, She heard her mother answer it, then she heard her say "Zoey…it's for you."

"Ask whose calling." Zoey yelled down.

"He says his name is Wesley and he needs to speak with you right away." Her mother replied.

"Can you take a message?" Zoey asked.

When she came down for breakfast her mom handed her a piece of paper that read, 'Meet me at RM. 407 at the hospital…and come quickly, I'll give you an excuse from school.'

"Why would Wesley want me to meet him at the hospital?" Zoey thought to herself.

When she got there she saw Corina and Bridgette had also arrived, they were sitting with a rather sullen looking Warren who had bandages on his hands, "I mean I tried to keep the chip a secret, but how high is your tolerance for pain when someone's cutting into your hands with a broken piece of glass?" Warren asked them. "Warren…don't be angry at yourself, it wasn't your fault what happened." Corina told him.

"Yeah, but how can't I not blame myself for what happened…I had the chip, I was the one who was kidnapped, she came to rescue me and she got hurt…I can't help but feel like I was the reason! And if you ask me since I lost the chip Elliot probably thinks so too."

"What's going on?" Zoey asked, stepping towards them.

"Warren here was the victim in a kidnapping by Htarw." Bridgette told her.

"Well…what happened, why did Wesley and Elliot call us to come here?" Zoey asked.

"Go up to Room 407…you'll see why." Warren told her, "Kikki and Elliot are still up there, I wouldn't be surprised if the little primate is already crying."

Zoey went up to the room and saw why she'd been called here, in the bed laid a rather beaten Renee, Elliot was asleep in a chair to the right of the bed, Kikki was sitting on the opposite side, she looked at Zoey, "She looks so peaceful, doesn't she?" Kikki asked in a weak sobbing voice.

"You're here…thanks," Said a voice behind her, Zoey turned around and saw Wesley standing behind her, "Elliot contacted me after he had called for the ambulance, I didn't want to believe Renee had been struck down but when I saw her body on that gurney last night—." He then looked away and said, "The doctor said if we'd called in another 30 minutes…it'd probably would've been too late.", Warren then entered the room and looked at Renee, he then placed her left hand in his, then looked at Zoey and asked, "What kind of monster would do this to a lady, what type of fiend would stoop to such a heinous act!"

Warren then took his hand away and squeezed against the side of the bed so hard that Warren's knuckles (if you could see them) turned white, "I promise you this Renee…I'm going to find that Cyniclon Sympathizer, that excuse for the Tin Woodsman and send him back to his master in OZ piece by bloody piece, I'll make him pay for what he did to you!"

Suddenly Elliot woke up, he looked at them and said, "Htarw did this, I'm sure you all realize that."

"But how did you know Htarw did this?" Zoey asked.

Elliot held up the quarter and said, "This was taped just below her eye, Walter knew all sorts of cop movies, and he saw the Godfather movies…usually the mafia would leave something at a murder scene like a dead bird to say that the guy 'Sang like a canary'."

"So what does that quarter mean?" Corina asked, Bridgette wasn't far behind.

"It means 'Call somebody who cares.'." Elliot told them.

Suddenly a vase of flowers were delivered to the room, "These came special delivery for a Mrs. Renee Roberts." Said the delivery man.

Wesley took one look at the little tag that came with it, frowned, and then slid the vase off the table.

"What did you do that for!" Zoey demanded, "Yeah, those could've been from someone who cared about her." Corina added.

"Yeah…if 'cared about' is another way of say 'adding insult to injury', just look at the tag that came with the flowers." Wesley handed Zoey the tag, the others gathered around to see what it said, it read:

Get well soon!

-Walter

"That CREEP!" Zoey protested, "To think he can get away with something like this…this…this is just like how you had put it Warren, heinous…at the most!"

"Shhh—settle down Zoey or you'll get us kicked out of the hospital." Elliot told her.

Warren then looked at Renee and said, "You girls should go home and put this behind you…Elliot, Wesley, and I will stay here and keep an eye on Renee…we'll call you if anything happens."

As they were leaving Zoey looked at the hospital, "Sleep safe Renee…come back soon."

Later that evening Renee finally woke up, Warren saw this and quickly yelled, "ELLIOT—WESLEY, COME HERE QUICK!"

Renee tried to sit up, but her lower back felt like it was on fire, Warren helped her back down and said, "Easy…easy, you had one rough night last night. To us you're lucky to be alive."

She then saw Elliot and Wesley entered and said, "It's good to see you here."

"I never really liked hospitals when I was a kid." Elliot mentioned.

"Warren here refused to leave your side while you were out." Wesley told her.

"Thanks Warren." Said Renee.

"Hey, I'm just looking out for you…so think nothing of it." Warren replied.

Renee then looked at Wesley and Elliot, "Can you two leave the room…I want to talk to Warren alone."

"Okay, Warren…come and get us and we'll take over your shift." Wesley told Warren.

When they left Renee turned to face Warren and said, "Warren…I had a pretty strange dream while I was 'out of it' as you would put."

"Really, tell me more." Warren beckoned her.

"Well, in my dream you were sort of this action hero—." Renee told him.

"And let me guess, you the lady in distress?" Warren asked.

"Pretty much so, yeah…" Renee agreed, "I'd been kidnapped by at least several guys in leather jackets and black ski masks, then I saw you kick down the door, take care of the bad guys and rescue me."

"I'm going to assume there was a passionate kiss somewhere in this dream?" Warren asked.

"Near the end before I woke up, but that's where it also got a little…well maybe I should tell you, after the kiss I heard something hit the floor…I looked down and by your side was a part of your face, sort of like a porcelain-like mask material, then I looked at the part the mask has fallen off of and I saw…I saw, well unlike me you haven't seen what Htarw looks like behind the helm, but that's what I saw. Then I woke up and was here in this hospital room."

Warren/Htarw then felt his spine freeze, he then stood up but before leaving he heard Renee say, "Warren…about that contract, I'll sign it tomorrow after you come back from work."

"Okay…you just get your rest." Warren told her, "SCORE!" Htarw thought to himself. But still it disturbed him that her dream felt to him like a warning, as if her dreams were trying to warn her of him.

"Doesn't matter…even if she does figure it out, after she signs that contract…she'll be mine, no matter what." Htarw thought to himself.