Kit smiled when he saw Robyn coming downstairs but then frowned with concern and walked up to her. She didn't look well at all. She was pale and was trembling perceptibly. Before Robyn could protest he picked her up and carried her upstairs. This hadn't gone unnoticed by Robbie and he dialled the number for Doctor Cole. Once he'd done this he followed Kit upstairs to see what was going on.

Robbie came to the top of the stairs and paused. He had a strange feeling of déjà vu; it was something he couldn't pin point the reason for. Shaking off the feeling he walked the short distance to Robyn's room. Again he was assaulted with a different feeling. It was one of fear and dread. 'Robyn's ability must be rubbing off on me.' He thought to himself before entering the room.

"How's everyone doing?" Robbie asked trying to keep his tone light.

Kit looked round, "not too good I don't think. Doctor Cole on his way?"

"Yeah. He said he'd get here as quickly as he could."

"I hate to break up the party but I'm not feeling too good in the tummy department." Robyn said weakly.

Kit pulled a little face and went to get a bowl. Robyn didn't look to be in any condition to be running backwards and forwards to the bathroom. There was something really wrong with her and as far as he could remember she'd been fine the night before. One thing was for certain, if Robyn was going to be sick it would be Robbie that would have to be in the room with her. Kit and sick didn't mix very well.

Robyn really didn't feel too good. In fact she felt terrible. Her head pounded and it felt like her stomach was doing somersaults. Whenever she moved or sat up she felt dizzy enough to swoon and all of her muscles ached. The pounding in her head affected her hearing and made everything sound like she was underwater. She also felt cold, ever so cold.

Doctor Cole arrived fifteen minutes after Robbie had called him. He rang the doorbell and heard someone call for him to let himself in. After doing what he'd been told he headed upstairs and after knocking on the door to Robyn's bedroom entered. Upon seeing Robyn he expressed great concern. Instantly he went over to her side of the bed and narrowly avoided sticking his foot into the bowl Kit had left behind. He was rather alarmed that the bowl had been used and that the contents evidently had blood in it.

After examining Robyn and taking samples from the bowl for analysis as well as some blood samples he asked Robbie to follow him out of the room. Robbie did so and he didn't like the look on the doctor's face after he'd turned round from closing the bedroom door.

"What's wrong with her?" Robbie asked wanting any bad news to be given to him quickly.

"I can't say for certain. With her symptoms it could be any number of things. Her stomach is very slightly distended and painful when touched. As you can see she's a nasty shade of pale and is trembling. Her temperature is below normal which explains why she feels cold. I've given her something for her nausea and would really suggest that she not be left alone for too long. Try to push some fluids into her but refrain from giving her any food. I'll head off to the clinic now and will ring through when the lab comes up with the results from the blood I've taken."

Robbie nodded, "she can't be pregnant can she?"

"Of course not," Doctor Cole replied looking vexed. "I wouldn't suspect or suggest such a thing. For my part I can see where you're coming from but I should tell you that you are wrong for a number of reasons. One being that she is wise enough to have protected sex and would only do so when married and secondly because Kit is sterile. I won't go into the whys and wherefores about that because it's not my place."

"I didn't know that. And I'm sorry, I should have known better. It's just I-"

"Panicked." Interrupted Doctor Cole, "I know some of the symptoms sound a lot like those of pregnancy and as a father it's to be expected. I really must be going now before the bloods clot. Good day."

Before Robbie could say anything further the doctor left. 'What a strange little man.' He thought and then realised what he'd seen to be different about the man, 'at least that Cardinal's hat came off finally.'

Remembering what Doctor Cole had said about leaving Robyn alone too long Robbie walked back into her bedroom. When he was just inside the door he heard someone ring the doorbell and called for them to come in. He heard the front door open and after a few seconds Sportacus appeared on the stairs.

Sportacus smiled when he saw Robbie, "I wondered where everyone was. What are you doing up here?"

"Robyn's sick. Doctor Cole was just here and said she shouldn't be left alone for too long."

"Oh no." Sportacus sighed, "Does he know what's wrong with her?"

"He doesn't have the faintest idea. He took some blood samples and another kind of sample; he's going to ring when the tests come back."

Sportacus nodded, "anything you need me to do?"

Robbie thought for a moment, "in fact there is. Can you sit with Robyn while I go to the store and get her some soup?"

"Sure. I take it her stomach's not been too great either?"

"It's been really bad. I guess the main indicator of that is Kit not being here. I don't blame him, it took me a while to get used to the whole throwing up thing and unlike him I've had experience with dealing with it."

"Me too." Sportacus grimaced.

After saying goodbye to Robyn and promising to be back soon Robbie left for the store. Sportacus entered the room once Robbie was gone and sat on the other side of the bed.

Well knowing that when she was sick Robyn could get very unhappy about it indeed Sportacus thought of a way to cheer her up. Thinking back on previous occasions when she'd been ill he remembered a little game he used to play with Robyn. Taking off his goggles and then his hat he put his hat over his like a sock puppet and added the goggles which made the hat look like it had eyes.

Carefully he brushed back a few strands of Robyn's hair to alert her to his presence and she responded. She turned over slowly and smiled when she recognised the game.

"Mr Hatty," she whispered weakly.

For a little while Sportacus did a little 'puppet show' with Mr Hatty which seemed to lift Robyn's mood a little. He stopped it when Robyn fell asleep and gently tucked the sheets around her.

Little did anyone know that Robyn's apparent sleep was nothing but a vision. Another visit to a world beyond the capacity of normal eyes.