Sportacus arrived at the Crazytown safe house just as the commotion over the dead nurse had abated somewhat. As soon as his feet touched the ground from the ladder he was greeted by Doctor Nichols. He was surprised to see Doctor Nichols there and was surprised to see the man looking stressed. Before he could open his mouth to speak Doctor Nichols grabbed his arm and dragged him forcefully away from the crowd and into a quiet part of the gardens.
"We have a problem. You saw that crowd when you came in didn't you? That crowd is there because a nurse fell from a third storey window onto the ground. The nurse was giving Robyn a bath just before whatever happened, happened. The problem is that we can't find Robyn. We're not assuming anything until we know the facts. Patrols have looked all over this place for Robyn and there's been no sign of her. She must have got out unnoticed in the commotion." Doctor Nichols explained quietly.
"What do you mean when you say 'we're not assuming anything until we know the facts'?"
"The window had safety chains on the bottom to stop it opening too far for safety and security purposes. Those chains were broken somehow and the last person to see Robyn was that nurse. There's nothing underneath the window for anyone to stand on and nothing can be moved. I don't want to think any more than you do that Robyn pushed her."
"What are we going to do? We have to find her!"
"There is no sign of here. The whole building has been searched from top to bottom and the grounds as well. I'm no psychologist but there's only one place I can think she'd head to."
"Where?"
"Home."
At that word Sportacus ran for the ladder of the airship and found himself closely pursued by Doctor Nichols.
"You're not going without me. You know something, I can tell. You can tell me it on the way." Doctor Nichols climbed the ladder after Sportacus.
A lone girl walked into the Crazytown/Lazytown tunnel. She sang a haunting melody as she walked. The sound reverberated off the walls of the tunnel and added an extra element to it. The sound echoed out of the tunnel and could be heard in both the towns the tunnel connected. No one knew where the song was coming from but it sent a chill down the spines of all that heard it. As the song continued the light faded and an early darkness fell all around. The haunting words sung again and again:
You thought I'd gone but I've returned,
I'll have the revenge for which I've yearned.
Sleep with fear in your beds,
For I own your sleeping heads.
You thought I'd gone but I've returned,
I have the life force for which I've yearned.
Once I've fulfilled my blood lust,
Your town will be nought but dust.
The siren's song was interrupted by the honk of a car horn and she turned to see who had done it. A car pulled up alongside her and she stopped walking. The driver's side window was lowered and she looked inside at the driver. The driver was a young, well built man and seemed to be extremely pleased with the beautiful young lady he'd caught the attention of.
"You want a lift?" The man asked indicating his car.
"If you can give me one." Robyn answered smiling a sly smile.
"Where are you headed?"
"Lazytown."
"You're in luck, I'm heading that way. I can drop you off in the outskirts of the town as I'm not stopping there."
Robyn's smile grew, "that will do nicely."
With that Robyn walked around to the passenger's side of the car and got in. This was going to be easier than she thought it would.
Sportacus had almost finished filling Doctor Nichols in with what the residents of Lazytown had seen in Pixel's bedroom when they heard a strange song seemingly coming from nowhere. Both men trembled with fear when they heard the words of the song as clearly as if someone was singing it in the airship. Doctor Nichols gasped in shock when he saw the sky turn black, Sportacus turned from looking at Doctor Nichols to look at the windows and he gasped as well.
Bessie dropped her mug of coffee in shock when she heard the song that was being sung. She knew that voice from somewhere and when the sky grew dark her fear escalated. She looked to the others in the room and they all shared her fear. Something was dreadfully wrong.
No one calmed down when the song was stopped suddenly. The sky remained black and the air had grown cold. Even though the doors and windows in the town hall were shut tight an ice cold draft ran through it and shifted papers on desks. There wasn't one person out of the Mayor, Bessie, Ziggy, Pixel, Trixie, Stephanie and Stingy that didn't want to run and cower under their beds until whatever was coming to Lazytown had left again.
A light blue car was parked on the outskirts of town. The engine was still running but the handbrake had been engaged and the car was going nowhere. There was no passenger in it despite the passenger door being open and only the driver remained. He was a young, well built man.
