Arriving back in Crazytown Doctor Cranium headed straight for his office in his safe house. He was startled when he went to turn a light and it turned on without his touching it. He heard a low chuckle and turned around slowly, not knowing who this intruder could be.
"Ah, it's, ding, you my dear. I wanted to see you."
"How did it go?" Purred the intruder.
"Rather well in fact. The baby is healthy and all we need is for to say yes or no to Mr Rotten keeping your child, Lily."
Lily smiled one of her devastating smiles, "Let him keep the brat. I have no time for it. Give him something to be happy with. He doesn't necessarily deserve it but he can keep it just the same."
"This seems, beep, rather out of character for you, ding, my dear."
"I know. It's more for my benefit than his. I can't carry around a screaming brat. Who knows? It might turn out as stupid as him and by then I'd never be parted with it. Let him lose sleep and get dirty."
"Very well, beep, I shall send Mr Rotten a letter, beep, tomorrow to let him know your decision."
"Not that quickly you oaf! Leave it a few days! You have to find me first remember! Let him suffer a little bit first!" Lily screeched.
It took Doctor Cranium a few minutes to recover his hearing. He hated it when Lily screeched like this, he still couldn't work out why he'd let her seduce him. She was very beautiful but her personality was atrocious. He'd have to find some way of locking her up again, he was too frightened to do so though after seeing what she'd done to Robbie's cheek.
"Was my brother there?" Lily asked breaking the silence.
"Is he, ding, the man in blue, beep?"
"Yes that's him. The one with the unusual facial hair."
"Ha ha, ding, I noticed. If you're enquiring after his health I never asked him. He looked to be very healthy though, beep. Mr Rotten, ding, on the other hand seems very fragile at the moment."
"How so?" Lily asked with growing interest.
Doctor Cranium wondered if he shouldn't have said what he did, it was too late now.
He had to answer.
"He seems, beep, to have fainting attacks, ding, when he is scared by, beep, something or becomes anxious. You must, ding, have really scared, beep, him."
"That's extremely interesting Doctor." Lily got up from the desk and left the room.
'What have I done?' Doctor Cranium thought sadly.
It was extremely late and Robbie had only just managed to Robyn back to sleep after she had woken him. It hadn't taken him long to figure out she wanted changing this time. As for himself Robbie had been unable to sleep deeply, he was much too concerned for what would happen to Robyn.
Against all odds he'd become quite attached to her and couldn't think of letting her go to that awful place he'd spent much of his life in. Sometimes he still woke up from nightmares about what had happened to him there. Mr Snail was well known for being very good to the children in his care; this reputation was false by all means.