Fern was walking down the street; it had seemed to her that no one cared about her thoughts or feelings on what Buster did. She had simply decided to go home as she had no one.

She was still annoyed with the Brain, however the Brain was on to something Fern was obviously traumatized by this whole experience but he knew that she was in denial; she had decided to just go home.

The next day Fern had visited Sue Ellen in the hospital, "I am glad that you have came to visit."

Fern didn't really respond.

Sue Ellen was a bit worried, "What's the matter?"

"I don't want you or George to get upset at what I have to say…"

George interrupted her, "What?"

"Consider the following; when Buster flipped out and went on that rampage, I was wondering why you were lucky to survive."

"Everyone knows Buster always got the lowest score on laser tag," George chuckled nervously.

Fern concluded with a final question, a question which was a bit risqué, "Yea, but Sue Ellen do you think for one moment that Buster wanted you to die slowly and painfully?"

Sue Ellen didn't really reply, "This is what I remember."

(Flashback Scene)

Sue Ellen was running down the hallway, her heart was beating ferociously as Buster was catching up to her. Buster had pulled the trigger and a bullet came flying into Sue Ellen's leg.

Sue Ellen screamed and fell to her hands and knees, she was limping towards the classroom door as she heard Buster say, "Sue Ellen, I hope that you are going to enjoy the last few minutes of your life in constant pain!"

She had opened the door of the classroom and slammed it shut, as she lay against the door crying in pain.

(End Flashback Scene)

A tear welled up in Sue Ellen's eye, "I think Buster was jealous that I was to help everyone with the mail sorting and delivery."

George put in his two cents, "Buster left me for dead, and he stopped me from making a big mistake."

Fern almost was reduced to tears, "I know I keep on thinking about it I sometimes wonder about why it happened for."

The Brain had walked into the room hearing Fern's nervous words, "I know you are in denial about being traumatized by this whole experience."

"I told you I am not!" Fern yelled and she left in a huff.

Sue Ellen looked at the Brain, "Did Buster want to kill me?"

"He was angry and he wanted revenge; he seemed obsessed when you were in charge, he wanted to go out for blood."

Sue Ellen got up from the bed and limped towards the Brain, she was favoring her leg, "It hurts…"

The brain had his say, "You should stay in bed…"

"I can't…"

The Brain was confused, "Why?"

"I have to soon start walking again, the bullet tore some of the muscle in my leg and damaged some nerves, I was lucky it didn't hit the bone."

George looked at the cat girl with some concern, "Are you sure?"

Sue Ellen sighed sadly and she turned to him, "Yea, I also need to get Fern some professional help."

"She is avoiding the questions, she is denying the fact that she is traumatized, Molly went to a grief councilor shouldn't Fern?"

Sue Ellen and the Brain left the room, to the cafeteria, they had both sat at the closest available table, she had brought up some more details, "Buster wanted to kill me, he said so, he wanted me to die slowly."

"I know that, Muffy was saying how rude Fern was…"

"Fern probably means well, but I just want things back to normal."

Muffy had walked in and she sat down, "Fern is so rude, she was saying a lot of bad things, I know we lost some friends, but she doesn't need to rub it in…" Sue Ellen didn't say anything, "Like it is totally unfair what happened, he needed professional help, he didn't need to yell at me because I messed up, I wanted to speak up but he was always yelling and swearing at me for doing something wrong."

The Brain had sighed, there was no stopping Muffy when she talked; she talked.

TBC