Doctor Cranium and his associate, Mr Snail, arrived in Lazytown early in the afternoon. Mr Snail seemed extremely curious to the kids as he walked backwards, they'd been told that two men from the town beyond the mountains were coming and that they'd be peculiar. Doctor Cranium spotted the kids and went over to them.
"Excuse me, ding, can you tell me, beep, where I might find, ding, Mr Rotten?" He asked confidently.
Trixie stifled a laugh, she found Doctor Cranium's 'speech impediment' very amusing as did the others. Unable to talk she just pointed in the direction of Robbie's lair. Both men headed in that direction and when the kids were satisfied that the two men were out of ear shot they let loose the laughter they'd struggled to contain. After a succession of 'beeps' and 'dings' they went back to their game.
Robbie, the Mayor and Sportacus waited anxiously for the arrival of the two men that would decide Robyn's fate. Robbie's heart almost stopped when he heard the all too familiar sound of someone coming down the pipe leading to his lair. In seconds Doctor Cranium flew out of the pipe and was closely followed by Mr Snail. Robbie's heart almost stopped a second time when he recognised Mr Snail as the man that ran the Crazytown orphanage. Mr Snail was an exceedingly cruel man who controlled everyone with his fists and temper.
Robbie couldn't fight his fainting fit anymore and would have fallen to the ground if Sportacus hadn't caught him. The Mayor gave Robbie some water and he soon recovered. To Robbie's defence the Mayor explained that Robbie had been terribly traumatised by Lily's attack, he'd said this when he noticed Doctor Cranium writing something on a clip board he was carrying with him. Doctor Cranium nodded; he accepted this as the truth. It was the truth whether he believed it or not. He had had testimonies of Lily's violent behaviour and the scars on Robbie's face backed it up. Only Doctor Cranium knew where Lily was and why he'd released her, if the secret came out it would ruin him.
"We've met before haven't we Mr Rotten?" Mr Snail asked, already knowing the answer.
"Yes we have." Robbie answered plainly. He wanted the two men to leave and didn't want Mr Snail digging up his secret past.
"You know why we're here?"
"Yes I do."
"Really, ding, Mr Rotten. These, beep, short answers, ding, will get us nowhere. What is the name of the child and how long have you had the child in your possession?" Doctor Cranium broke in.
"Her name is Robyn and she's been here nearly two days now." Robbie answered. He was glad that Mr Snail had stopped asking him questions for now.
"Very good," Doctor Cranium wrote what Robbie had said on the clipboard, "I see, ding, that you have all the provisions necessary, beep, for keeping a child which is to your credit. May I, ding, see the baby now?"
Robbie went to get Robyn and brought her over. Mr Snail took Robyn out of Robbie's arms rather unceremoniously and looked her over in just the same way. His own personal inspection done he handed her over to Doctor Cranium whose ears were being severely tormented with Robyn crying loudly. He gave Robyn a basic examination and found her to be perfectly healthy, he handed Robyn back to Robbie. He was very much amazed when Robyn quieted almost immediately after being taken back by Robbie, this displayed that they had bonded quite successfully already and he wrote this on his clipboard also.
"Well Mr Rotten, beep, I see no need to, ding, trouble you further this afternoon, beep. We won't make a decision on the future, ding, of Robyn yet, beep. If we can find some way to contact Miss Lily, ding, we shall do so and gain her consent, beep, or refusal to allow you to keep the baby. We will contact you again, ding, in due course. Do, beep, you have anything, ding, to add Mr Snail?" Doctor Cranium turned to Mr Snail who vigorously shook his head.
After writing something down on his clipboard Doctor Cranium and Mr Snail departed.
Robbie breathed a huge sigh of relief. He knew that it wasn't over yet in terms of what was to come but at least he still had Robyn for now. He felt Sportacus give him a pat on the back.
"How do you know Mr Snail?" The Mayor asked. He'd been puzzled as to Robbie's extreme reaction when he'd seen the man.
"I don't want to talk about it," Robbie said dismissively. He prepared a feed for Robyn as she was more than likely rather hungry by now.
The Mayor looked at Sportacus and shrugged. It was obvious that Robbie would speak no more on the subject, it was bound to come out sooner or later but he wouldn't press it now. After saying their goodbyes the Mayor and Sportacus left Robbie alone. They didn't much like the idea of watching Robbie change Robyn after her feed and thought he should have as much time alone with his daughter as he could get before she was taken away if things were to come to that.