Robyn stood in her garden warmed by the bright sun. The garden looked just as it had done before the fire. It looked as if nothing had ever happened, as if the fire had never happened. Everything seemed strange somehow like everything was close but far away at the same time. When she reached out to touch a plant it trembled and disintegrated into ashes under her fingers.

"This isn't real. Nothing here is." A familiar yet altered voice said from behind her.

Turning round Robyn came face to face with the speaker, "Cain? What are you doing here? What is this place?"

"I'm waiting judgement for all of my actions in life. All of the bad things I did as well as any good things. Until the judges reach a decision I'm to be kept here."

"Judges?"

Cain nodded, "every action we take in life, every decision we make is recorded. When we die we are judged on those actions and the judges decide whether we are granted eternal peace, eternal unrest or eternal torture. My crimes were numerous and I'm to be condemned to torture. Before the judges finalise their decision I wanted to talk to you so I brought you here."

"What would we have to talk about?"

"I wanted to say thank you. You showed me the real person inside myself and lifted the veil from my eyes. With your help I found the good inside me and I don't want you to blame yourself for what I did. You didn't kill me, you helped me."

Tears sprung to Robyn's eyes, "you're sure? I thought I'd driven you to it with what I said."

"In a way you did but I had to be punished and I inflicted it on myself. I don't blame you for what happened I thank you." As if hearing something beyond the hearing capacity of Robyn Cain turned away. "They're calling me. The decision has been made. Before I go I wanted to warn you that there is danger ahead, great danger. A threat bigger than myself is coming. Be careful and stay alive. You must stay alive."

"What danger? Why must I stay alive?"

Before Cain could answer Robyn's questions he vanished.

Robyn woke up sharply in bed. She didn't remember going upstairs or lying down in bed. Whether or not her conversation with Cain had been a dream her heart beat a lot easier and the guilt had gone. Feeling something on her fingers Robyn looked at them and gasped when she saw residual trashes of ash on them. Whatever had happened before she woke up had been much more than any dream. Much more than any trance where she could see, hear, feel and hear the thoughts of people long gone. It was also much more than what had happened when she lifted Robbie's memories from his mind after touching his back. It disconcerted her. Her ability was growing, changing into something more than being able to see past things and present happenings.

Kit walked into the bedroom to check on Robyn. He saw her sitting up in bed staring at her hand. "Princess?" he called softly to see if he could get her attention.

Robyn turned around at the mention of her name and smiled at Kit. "How did I get up here?"

"You fell asleep on the couch again. Whenever you do that it makes your dad tired and he has a nap so everyone has to stay quiet. Sportacus reckoned you were better off up here than on the couch. It's nice to have you talking again."

"I'm sorry about before. I've not been very approachable recently."

Kit shook his head, "its fine. We all understand. Seeing Cain doing himself in really shook you up and you went into shock. All the garden stuff didn't help either."

Smiling Robyn got out of bed and hugged Kit. Kit hugged back pulling away a little kissed Robyn tenderly on the lips.

"I love you," Kit whispered when the kiss was over. "Something that I don't say nearly enough."

"You don't have to." At Kit's puzzled look Robyn continued, "every time you wink at me, smile at me, make me smile and laugh tells me you love me. Every kiss, look and hug does the same. Your actions speak much louder than words."

Warmed by Robyn's words and her better spirits Kit kissed her again. It was a thoroughly delicious kiss which left Robyn in doubt as to Kit's feelings for her. He'd saved that kiss up for nearly a year and he thought it high time to give it to her. Robyn's words had conveyed to him just how much she loved him as well and if he'd not asked her to marry him already he would have done so right then.

The romantic mood in the room vanished when Kit's stomach gurgled demanding food.

"My stomach loves you too." He joked.

Chuckling Robyn patted Kit's stomach and then bent down a little bit to blow on his belly button making a noise. Kit laughed and playfully pushed Robyn on the bed where he did the same to her. It seemed that they'd been overheard laughing and making the raspberry noises as Sportacus and Robbie both entered the room with bemused expressions on their faces. Seeing what the two were up to Robbie decided it might be fun to join in, it had been a long time since he'd played the game with Robyn.

Instead of taking on Robyn Robbie took on Kit and soon laughter filled the house, it had been over a week since anyone had really laughed. With her partner having been stolen by her father Robyn tried to blow on Sportacus' belly but he had other plans. The two rough housed a little each trying to protect their own stomachs while blowing on the other person's. Seeing that Robyn was having trouble Kit called a truce with Robbie and it was everyone against Sportacus.

The belly battle continued for some ten minutes until everyone called a truce because they were too hungry to continue. After rearranging clothes and tidying up the mess they'd made everyone went downstairs to find something to eat.

Robbie looked in the fridge trying to find something he fancied cooking but he couldn't see anything. Turning to the others he said, "I'm feeling lazy. Why don't we just telephone for pizza?"

"Yeah. We can have on of those four topping things, each of us can choose a topping then and have one big pizza rather than four little ones. It's quicker than cooking. There's also no washing up involved."

Rifling through the phone book Robyn found the number and handed it to Kit. "You're turn to call it in."

Kit pulled a face and wrote down everyone's toppings.

"Right. Robyn's having sweet corn, ham and mushroom. Robbie's having anchovies, yuck. Sportacus is having ham and pineapple, yuck again. And I'm having pepperoni and mixed peppers. Everyone go in the living room and make yourselves comfortable while I call it in." Kit said picking up the phone and dialling the number.

Five minutes later the door bell rang and Robbie went to answer it. He paid the pizza boy and tipped him for being quick with the food before putting the box on the coffee table and opening it. Everyone took their share of pizza with their toppings on and ate in companionable silence.

Taking a bite out his last slice of pizza Kit pulled a face and went into the kitchen to spit it out in the bin. "There was an anchovy in that one with a piece of pineapple," he explained once he'd washed his mouth out.

Sportacus chuckled, "you should always look before you eat."

"I'll remember that when I slip a bit of candy in your cereal." Kit replied threateningly coming back in from the kitchen.

Robbie and Robyn laughed. They both enjoyed Kit's and Sportacus' little arguments. Both men were as bad each other when it came to provoking the other.

"It's good to know you're feeling better Robyn. It really is." Robbie said when he'd stopped laughing.

Robyn smiled and went over to hug her father. She was feeling better. Much better.