Faint streams of consciousness crept into Kit's head and soon began to grow. He was aware of pain but couldn't yet locate it. Indistinct voices reached his ears and he tried to focus on them. With time the voices became louder but still seemed muffled as if hands cupped his ears. Memories clouded by confusion started to drift into his awareness. The confusion began to fade and the images playing in his mind became clearer. Robyn, darkness, a stranger, a scalpel, chasing, falling, all affronted him and he bolted upright in a strange bed in a strange room. The action of sitting up so quickly with his mind still in something of a disordered state caused Kit to lose his balance and he fell out of bed.

Hearing a clatter in the next room Doctor Cole and Sportacus ran in. Flicking on the light the doctor spotted Kit lying on the floor looking up them with a mix of emotions on his face. Quickly the doctor walked over to his fallen patient and assessed him before asking Sportacus to help get him back into bed.

"So, what were you trying to do?" Doctor Cole asked rearranging the dishevelled blankets.

Kit smiled slightly, "find the nearest fire exit. You can never be too careful you know."

"I can assure you that you wouldn't find one on the floor." Doctor Cole replied chuckling but then sobering continued, "what do you remember?"

"Being in Robyn's room. I thought I saw something and went to check it out. My acting skills aren't as good as I thought they were and someone jumped up from the other side of the bed and stabbed me. They ran off before I could get them so I pulled the scalpel out and ran after them. I knew they were heading for the stairs so I headed that way and almost caught up with them. If I hadn't fallen down the god damn stairs I'd have had them, I was so close. That's all I remember." Kit explained and then sat up sharply again, "what's happened to Robyn?"

Sportacus gently pushed Kit back down, "she's fine. Robbie's with her."

Sighing in relief Kit settled down. "Do you know who it was?"

"No. Robyn thought they looked familiar but wouldn't say anymore than that. We do know that they entered the room shortly after Robbie left. Did you get a look at them?" Doctor Cole asked.

"It was dark in the room and by the time I got out into the corridor all I could see was the back of their head. Not a very useful ID I'm afraid. Wait a minute; you have CCTV around here don't you? Is there any way we can check security logs and cameras?"

Doctor Cole thought for a moment, "I can call the security office and see what they say. All of the stairwells have cameras placed in discreet locations, there's a chance that one of them could have picked up our friend."

Saying this Doctor Cole left the room and went to his office. He returned some few minutes later saying that security would check all of the footage from that night. It would take twenty minutes for security to get back to him.

Meanwhile Robbie sat with Robyn. She was still shaken from her encounter with the stranger and was afraid to close her eyes for fear of waking up and seeing him again. Robbie tried to comfort her but nothing worked. She needed rest badly but resolutely refused to sleep. He could understand her fear but not even promising that he wouldn't leave her alone for a second gave her the reassurance she needed.

Thinking back to a time long past Robbie remembered the times when Robyn would refuse to go to bed for fear of monsters in the wardrobe. It had taken a lot of time for him to work out a solution to this problem and he hoped that that solution could help him now. He hummed a familiar melody which he hoped Robyn would recognise.

Robyn recognised the tune almost straight away and sang along quietly:

"Sleep little Robyn

Come rest your head,

Nothing will harm you

You'll be safe in your bed.

I'll stay here until you're asleep

And dreaming of moonbeams

That light up the sky

If you need me I'll stay here

By your side

My eyes will watch over you

The whole night through

Sleep little Robyn

Come rest your eyes

The colour of bluebirds

And summery skies

I'll be here in the morning

When you awake

Waiting for you

Listening to the course that your

Sweet dreams did take."

As she sang Robyn's voice grew quieter and her eyes grew heavy. Lulled by Robbie's humming she eventually closed her eyes and fell into a deep sleep.

Robbie smiled. The lullaby had always worked and Robyn would sleep all night without so much as a peep. A lot of the time Robyn would fall asleep half way through the lullaby but he'd always finish it just the same.

Yawning Robbie got the distinct impression that his lullaby worked on him. It had been a long, emotionally exhausting day but he wouldn't succumb to sleep. Not until he was sure that Robyn was safe.

The security office had given Doctor Cole a report on their progress. They'd filmed the stranger entering the hospital and climbing the stairs. Further footage showed the stranger running back down the stairs something like twenty minutes later with Kit in close pursuit. There was bad news however, the stranger had obviously known there were cameras and strangely where they were and had hidden their face from view. No positive ID could be gained in this case and it was also uncertain as to the gender of the stranger.

Both Kit and Doctor Cole had sworn when they heard this. Kit hadn't been able to get a clear look either and Robyn wouldn't say anything more than the stranger looking familiar. Sportacus was unsure as to what to do and was anxious that the stranger might strike again.

It wasn't long before he did.

Robyn felt something hot and wet on her skin. Slowly she opened her eyes and saw her father sitting in a chair beside her bed. Looking down Robyn saw blood everywhere and looking at her father again saw that his throat had been slashed. She tried to scream but no sound came out.

Her throat had been slashed too.