As soon as Kitleft the room went dark and the temperature dropped. Robyn looked around nervously, she knew what was coming. Part of her found it hard to believe that the Judges would do this in such a public place but it was hardly surprising. She'd escaped them again when they'd most meant to have her dead. This had been the first time that she'd been left totally alone in the three hours she'd been in the hospital.

Familiar silhouettes lined the walls and had she been feeling strong enough she would have gotten out of bed. Sitting up had been the most she could do for a while and was in no condition to get out of bed and move away from the walls where she'd be safe. All she could do was watch helplessly as the events that happened in her bedroom played themselves out again.

With the arrival of the Watchers a feeling of dread came over her. Perhaps they had come to do what they'd started, was there any chance of another bargain now? It appeared to be doubtful. The Watchers advanced on her and surrounded her bed, there was no escape now.

A Watcher who was standing at the foot of her bed spoke in hissed tones, "you should be dead now. We have been sent to give you another chance at bargaining for your life and the life of your family unit."

"What is it you want me to do? I know that any bargain I make will be irrelevant." Robyn replied with a tremor in her voice.

There was silence. The Watchers were consulting with each other and the Judges, the decision wasn't theirs alone.

"You must keep the knowledge of Lily's escape secret. No one is to know, not even your confidant. If the knowledge is shared your father will be killed. No matter where he is his life will be ours and his spirit doomed to eternal torture. You will be kept alive to forever wallow in your pain and the realisation that it was you that killed him." The Watcher replied at last.

Robyn nodded, she couldn't refuse them or people would die. "Tell me what you did to Doctor Palley. No one remembers him."

"We removed him from their memories and added alternatives of our own. What we have done to him personally is of no concern to you. Neither is what we did to Detective Miller. Both were punished and are to be forgotten. Mention them to anyone and the same consequences will apply to the sharing of knowledge about Lily."

"What about the expansion in my abilities? What can I or can't I tell people about spirits being able to touch me and me touching them?"

Again there was silence.

This time a Watcher standing close to the head of her bed spoke, "Only the confidant may know. Tell him what you will but abide wisely by our rules. There is to be no mention of our changing their memories and altering time for the day to start again. You cannot tell him of our conferences either. Be assured that we will be watching you and will know if you disobey us. Your life is your own for now, do not make us take it."

With that the Watchers disappeared taking the Guards with them. Once she was sure they were gone she drew in several deep breaths with hand holding her oxygen mask. She hadn't noticed Kit watching her and he walked over to her bedside concerned for her. Seeing his worried expression she caressed one of cheeks gently with the back of her left hand. Her right hand had an IV in it which was starting to irritate her.

Kit calmed at Robyn's touch. He'd been worried for her when he saw that she was breathing deeply. Still he had no idea of the reason and guessed it was something he couldn't know. It was uncomfortably obvious that Robyn's affairs with the ethereal realm had little or nothing to do with him. He knew that she wouldn't tell him anything and understood that it was for his own safety and peace of mind.

"What did daddy say?" Robyn asked breaking the companionable silence in the room.

Kit smiled, "he said ok and is un-cancelling the party now. It's only going ahead as long as you feel up to it; if you take a down turn then it's going to be cancelled again. He'd have come to tell you himself but what with the police hovering about he didn't want to be recognised for obvious reasons."

"It's fair enough I guess. Doctor Cole should be coming back soon with my toxicology report, it'll make for interesting reading."

"I guess it will. How are you feeling? You look better than you did earlier."

"I'm feeling a little bit better. My stomach has stopped doing somersaults and I'm feeling a little warmer. The dizziness has gone down a bit too but I've still got a slight headache."

"Poor Robyn's head." Kit cooed sympathetically, "Kit kiss it better."

Robyn laughed when Kit kissed her head all over. When he was done she kissed him back after taking off her oxygen mask. After she'd kissed Kit she put it back on and hugged him. Without his knowledge she lifted some of his anxiety from him and took it into herself.

Doctor Cole stepped into the room and observed the couple. It lightened his heart to see such a strong bond between the two. Love came easily for them both despite earlier struggles in life. Most would have fallen to bitterness and shunned the world but Kit and Robyn embraced it. Together they were strong and Doctor Cole knew there was nothing they couldn't face down.

It was two minutes before Kit and Robyn's hug ended and they smiled sheepishly when they noticed the doctor standing there. Neither of them knew how long he'd been standing there but guessed that it hadn't been long.

Glad that he'd been noticed finally Doctor Cole walked over to Robyn's bedside, "There is still some of the poison running through your system but the IV should help with that. We're still looking at a possible discharge tomorrow afternoon but we'll see how things go tonight before we finalise anything. I've been told to inform you that your father is coming with your uncle and they're bringing dinner with them."

Kit smiled, "that's good news then. I was wondering what we'd do about dinner. You'll cover for us as usual right?"

Doctor Cole nodded, "Of course. I can't subject you two to the horrors of the food here any more than I could subject myself. This will stop one day though; you can't rely on me forever."

"We wouldn't dream of it," Robyn chuckled.

With a nod Doctor Cole left the room.

Kit plonked himself down in a chair beside Robyn's bed. He was sure he felt better than he did before he'd hugged her and couldn't put his finger on why. Either way it was welcome, he hated feeling so worried about Robyn. His worry would gnaw at his insides leaving him with a horrid feeling. Nothing he could do would shake the feeling and it would stay with him until he could convince himself that Robyn was fine.

Forty minutes later Sportacus and Robbie arrived with a pizza. They'd picked it up at the Greentown Pizza Palace on the way to the hospital. It was with some annoyance that Robbie realised he'd forgotten drinks and asked Kit to go with him to the drinks machine in the hospital foyer.

When they were halfway to the foyer and in a quiet corridor Robbie asked the question he'd been waiting to ask all day, "Since when were you sterile?"