"Oh great! Another psychic! One's enough but two? Especially when one of them is insane." Kit exclaimed standing up.
Robyn shook her head, "He's not psychic. He's delusional. He just thinks she tells him things. If she were here I would have seen or sensed her. The only way he'd know where I was and whether or not I was in the hospital would be through observation."
"That still doesn't answer how he'd know about you." Kit countered.
"It does. I'm sure you know as well as I do that she couldn't resist telling her son about uncle Sportacus."
Robbie nodded, "There aren't many people that don't know where to find Sportacus. All he'd have to do is look it up somewhere or ask."
"No offence but you and Cain look awfully alike. From what I saw of him anyway." Ché added.
"One always recognises family." Doctor Cole quoted. "Why attack you now though? If he's five years older he'd have been ready to target you a long time ago."
"I'm not sure. Perhaps he wanted to watch as long as possible. Waiting for the right moment. It may have taken him a long time to find where we were as well." Robyn explained.
Everyone had a lot of food for thought. There was a new enemy on the loose who could easily be as dangerous as Lily had been. It was an unsettling thought that they'd been watched from afar while Cain selected his target and acquired information of the people he was watching. Despite all of their vigilance over Robyn he had still slipped through the net. It was true that before this latest attack and the attack before that they had been distracted by other things and normal daily life. No one knew how long Cain had been lying in wait for the right moment to strike.
After a lot of thinking Robbie struck upon the key which would unlock the rest of the story. The missing piece of the puzzle that would make the whole picture complete. Going over it before he shared his knowledge it made perfect sense, it was the rest of Cain's untold story. The whole town would be involved in this and had to know about Cain and what the small group in the garden knew already. Pulling the Mayor aside once he was back in town he asked for him to call a town meeting. The Mayor conceded and scheduled the meeting for that afternoon once everyone had had lunch.
Bessie, Pixel, Stephanie, Stingy, the Mayor and Ziggy all tried to absorb what they'd been told. Now they knew who the stranger was and his connection with Robyn they were left as confused as everyone else when it came to why and how Cain knew where to find Robyn and attack her.
Pushing down his confusion so the meeting could proceed the Mayor asked for everyone's attention. "I believe Robbie has something to add to this. Hopefully it should help to dispel some of our confusion."
"It will." Robbie replied. "I've been thinking very hard on a theory of what Cain has been up to since Lily apparently abandoned him. When Lily was admitted into the safe house Cain would have been found and put in the Crazytown orphanage."
"This would put him a stone's throw away from here and uncle Sportacus who we can assume was the original target." Kit interrupted.
Robbie nodded, "exactly."
"I heard tales that Mr Snail fiddled with some of the children at the orphanage. Maybe that accounts for this guy being a little weird." Doctor Cole suggested.
Kit shook his head, "About six months before Snail died a teenage girl had a baby. A DNA test was done on the kid because she pointed the finger at Mr Snail. The DNA test confirmed he was the father and he was being investigated for it. No one would be stupid enough to carry on doing dirty business while they were being watched. Turn a blind eye and no one gets hurt got thrown out the window. He was lucky he died when he did, they were going to hang him when all the evidence came out against him."
"Something tells me that when Lily came to kill you she knew she wasn't going to leave alive. Why die and leave two children?" Sportacus asked.
"Having Cain locked away in the orphanage would keep him out of harm's way. It would give enough time for all the hate, anger and nuttiness to grow. I figure that Lily had enough time to tell Cain what a nasty little man she thought you were and that you were going to kill her. He's told she's dead and whammo, a psychotic pansy assed mamma's boy is born. As for Robyn perhaps she thought she'd turn out just like her mum and finish off anyone else that she didn't get. That's why she left Robyn alive." Kit explained.
Bessie nodded, everything was coming together nicely now. "And with that order she put in the hands of Mr Snail, Robyn would be brought up in the orphanage to grow up as sick and twisted as her brother. Lily's little plan went wrong and Robyn's had a much better life than Cain would have had."
"Which is why I'm the new target. Get rid of me and he can finish what she started." Robyn concluded.
"Maybe Lily wasn't so crazy after all." Sportacus thought out loud.
There were very few people in the town square that didn't grimace at this realisation. They were being held under siege by a new evil with old associations. It seemed as if all of their lives had been predetermined long before they even knew what was happening. They were pawns in a grudge match between a brother and sister which had spiralled out of control. The outlook was beginning to look grim.
Cain nursed his wounds in his hideout. Ché had inflicted some nasty bruises on him when he'd been grabbed and subsequently dropped. The giant had held no care for his person and had paid the price. As formidable a figure the giant posed he was no match for Cain. He would fall with the rest.
This most recent meeting with Robyn lay fresh in his mind. Contrary to all of his expectations the girl had faced her fears. The outcome had been something that he hadn't thought of and he wanted to explore it further. Both of their meetings had been unfortunately interrupted. There was much he had to say to his sister. Much she had to know. Time was a problem. There was always too much interference. Robyn was too well protected for him to get at her long enough to say what he needed.
After several long hours of contemplation Cain finally came up with an idea. Now that he'd been caught the town had undoubtedly been alerted to his presence and would watch for him. Instead of trying to get at Robyn in the daytime he'd have to lie in wait at night. Darkness was his ally and embraced him like a lover. It would serve his purpose well. A diversion would have to be set up to give him enough time to speak to Robyn, one that would keep the rest of the town occupied for at least ten minutes.
Gathering up afuel can and some matches Cain waited for night to fall. This night he would act and forever remind the town of his name.
