Silence, that's all there was in the entire flat. Murdoc was sitting nervously on the couch being stared down by everyone. Jacob, who knew that Shamus was Murdoc sat next to him. The two boys Stewart and Alphonce were fast asleep. Alphonce was the first to fall sleep after the traumatic scene with Gregory and the crazy lady that tried to kidnap him. Alphonce, just remember seeing Shamus and tried to attack him. It was only when Shamus told him who he really was that Alphonce stopped and stared at him. It was his dead father, not dead but alive, just like Alphonce had always hoped. Alphonce calm himself as he cried himself to sleep in Murdoc's arms. Later on, Murdoc was telling everyone, his short and quick summary of where he has been. Stewart fell asleep next to Alphonce during the storytelling. The two boys missed what happened after the end of Murdoc's story. Everyone was left in a fog of mixed-up emotion. They just stared at Murdoc. The others couldn't decided if they were mad, shocked, sad, furious, or confused. Personally for Murdoc, he wished they were screaming at him instead of silently glaring at him. Murdoc wanted to say more to them but something told him it would be best to stay quiet for now. Russel, 2D, Noodle, and Kim decided to herd themselves into the kitchen to talk in private and think for a bit.

Jacob wanted to talk to them, but Murdoc stops him, 'Let them talk among themselves.' He whispered.

Jacob sat back down, trying not to disturb the two boys sleeping besides them. 'If they walk out. I'll hate them.' Jacob whispers back to Murdoc.

'Don't.' Murdoc responded.

'Dad, they were furious, beyond furious, and they not saying anything doesn't make me feel safe either. Mom, I've never seen her that mad.' Jacob told him.

'Sure she has. When she used to work for me, I've seen that annoyed look on her face almost everyday whenever I bothered her. I'm just sorry she caught my little confession during this nightmare dinner.' Murdoc answered back.

'I know. She was really trying her best to stay cool around those jerks. I was more than ready to beat their arses out the door.' Jacob was still mad at how Ms. Grose just kept saying hurtful things to try and set Kim off, but she stayed calm. It wasn't the first time Kim had to deal with those types of people. Jacob, thought it must have been from years of working with Murdoc that helped build her tolerance towards rude people.

'Yeah, that really surprised me.' Murdoc told him. 'I mean if it was me being that crappy and rude in front of her. My face would have been so swollen with bruises and cuts that nobody would believe it was me, even if I tell them it was me.' He laughed which made Jacob laughed a bit. He felt a bit better, but sadly that feeling was only temporary. Jacob quickly changed the subject.

Jacob explained to him, 'I mean it was just so obvious that it was you dressed in that weak and smelly fisherman disguise. I was just too busy fixing Cyborg to really notice.'

'I know, this whole thing could have played out like some Beatles conspiracy theory.' Murdoc pointed out.

Jacob sighed heavily. 'I know I thought I was going crazy.'

'Well that's what happens when you work too hard, sleep less, and just don't know when to take a break, but yeah I guess Cyborg's working better than when I built her.' Murdoc commented. 'Good job.' He patted Jacob's head.

'I know, I really want to check on her, but right now I'm just scared what might happen now that they know the truth. Are they going to just get up and leave? Are they kicking you out of the band? I'm just stressing out not knowing what they're going to say to you.' Jacob told him.

Murdoc pull Jacob close to him and whispered, 'Just give them some time and space to figure things out.'

Meanwhile in the kitchen, the floor was still littered with broken plates and glass, but no one noticed, only when one of them stepped on a piece of broken glass they'd look down. They were busy with their own thoughts. Noodle and Kim were taking turns pouring coffee into their mugs by the sink. Russel had his face covered by his hands while he sat on a chair at the end of the kitchen's table. 2D was nervously pacing back and forth in the far corner near the basement door. Russel, 2D, and Noodle didn't bother to ask Kim what happened because neither one were in the mood to talk about their day.

Russel, 2D, and Noodle's day started okay but after the odd phone calls they each received, that's when their day got more difficult. It lead to all three of them driving around town, stopping at each others' job, watching their bandmate give a final middle finger to their boss and telling them they quit. It was satisfying to watch each other calling out their horrible bosses in front of the other employees, but their main objective was to hurry back to the flat before the social worker got there before them. Sadly it didn't worked out that way. The traffic they faced weren't helping them either, roads got closed for construction, getting lost with the detour routes, and waiting for a huge truck to finish backing out without crashing into them. After leaving the last job behind, they had car trouble, and to make things worst they each forgot their phones. The thrill of quitting a dead job was too big to be ignored. They tried to fix it but neither one could find the problem or maybe they were too stressed out to figure out what was the problem. They were lucky to find someone to borrow their phone to call for help, but after that they were stuck waiting for the tow truck to show up. They couldn't take the bus either because they weren't sure where they stopped because of the many detours they've taken all over town. Finally the tow truck came, the mechanic was the one who told them that the problem with their case was that the car's battery was drained, but they weren't in the mood to hear about it. They asked the mechanic for a ride back and again the directions back took longer than they'd thought. When they finally got back to the flat, they stop in their tracks and heard loud screams coming from it. They knew it was Alphonce's scream. They all rushed inside and saw the fight between Shamus and Gregory, Alphonce's red face screaming, things flying around, and Jacob and Kim struggling to hold down a crazy drunk woman. Stewart ran to his dad scared at what was happening. 2D hugged his son, but had to hand him over to Noodle as he and Russel hurried to help Shamus. All three easily threw Gregory out and the strange drunk lady just ran passed them holding a bottle of wine close in her hand chased after him. Then came the biggest truth bomb as Shamus out loud spoke to Alphonce, trying to calm down the screaming child, that he was Murdoc. One more surprise they didn't expect to be waiting for them.

Now, after years of hoping of finding any clues about Murdoc, he was waiting for them inside, and not surprisingly they caught him in a fight, with Gregory of all people. After that they listened to his story. Murdoc didn't give them a sad story to make himself the victim like they thought, he seems to be telling the truth to them, but then again he could have been putting on a good show for them. Still, the fact remains that it was Murdoc, as Jacob reveal that it was him, and he's really sorry for being gone for so long.

Noodle leaned against the fridge. 'It's just like Murdoc to pull this kind of stunt.' She thought to herself. 'I should be furious. He's alive, so why do I hate myself feeling like this? I should be happy.' She sip from her cup and takes a few deep breaths, trying to keep her nerves calm because part of her was really trying to fight the urge of knocking Murdoc's head with her guitar.

2D was quietly muttering to himself, pacing back and forth. Confused, he thought to himself, why didn't Murdoc tell anybody he was alive? He soon remembered that he did felt that there was something familiar whenever he was around Shamus. This made him sad because he really liked talking to Shamus. They'd share their opinions over music and which instrument had a better sound. Their conversation over music should have been a clue.

'Maybe if I try to talk with Murdoc, maybe a bit of Shamus would still come through?.' 2D thought.

Russel was heard sighing a few time, but his thoughts were busy trying to piece together what he might say now that Murdoc was back. Russel was worried when Murdoc disappeared. One minute Murdoc was here and the next he was gone without a trance. Lucky for Russel, Murdoc wasn't shot in front of him, like his old friends, and the thought of Murdoc's ghost possessing him would be have been a new form of torture. He nearly laughed out loud at the thought of it.

2 hours passed and 2D, Russel, and Noodle made their decision. Kim decided to stay behind to clean up her mess in the kitchen. She wasn't ready to look to her so called 'husband', just yet. Jacob and Murdoc were sleeping but Jacob woke up first and was shock to see them looking at them. Jacob woke Murdoc up and he too was surprised they were back already. Noodle was the first to speak.

She questions Murdoc, 'Murdoc, are you...really you? Not some imposter.'

'Yes, it's me.' He answered.

'It is him.' Jacob told her. 'I had an old sample of dad's DNA and Cyborg scanned him and it's a match.'

'Yew, really were lost somewhere and didn't ran away?' 2D asked him next.

'I didn't run away. That's not my style. I was taken against my will, but that was because I screwed someone over and he tried to get back at me.' Murdoc answered.

'It's true.' Jacob jumps in again. 'He told me everything and Cyborg, she would know if he was lying too.' He added. 'He was kidnapped. He lost his memory for a bit but he's okay now. I figured out it was him, but he asked me to be quiet until he was ready to tell you guys.' He answered nervously.

'Kidnapped?' Russel questions him, 'By who?'

'Boogieman.' Murdoc answered. 'Ugly guy that tried to attacked us at Plastic Beach.'

'Plastic Beach? Is that where you were? He took you back to the Plastic Beach?' Noodle asked him.

'Yup. He had everyone we nearly died fighting for our escape, but Boogieman screw them over just to deal with me.' Murdoc told them. 'Guy's not that smart. I mean he had an army and he just takes their souls which should have paid my debt, but no. He wanted to be the big man in charge to fight me alone' He added.

'Boogieman.' 2D repeated sounding even more nervous. 'Is 'e coming for us?'

'No.' Murdoc answered. 'He's still out there and I know he'll be after Alphonce.'

Murdoc ran his fingers across Alphonce's soften black hair. He takes a deep breath and spoke in a softer tone. 'Boogieman, wants Alphonce's power, and if he does that, Alphonce will be gone for good. I can't let that happen.' Murdoc stood up and looked at them with a sad look on his face asked, 'Please, I know tonight was a lot to handle. I know I've put you guys through a lot but I promise this is the last time you'll deal with something like this.'

'How?' Noodle asked him back.

'I have a solution.' He answered.

Russel glared at him. 'But you're not telling us what it is. Are you?'

'No, it's better this way. Boogieman would try to look into your minds if I told you. I didn't come back to ask for your help. I came back for something else a bit more important.' Murdoc explained.

'So wat do yew want from us?' 2D asked.

'I know my absence from the band caused a lot of trouble for you all. I don't blame for you being mad at me. I've messed up a lot and it's a wonder even to me, that you lot stuck with me this long. I want to say I'm grateful for you all, and thank you.' Murdoc told them.

Murdoc felt his face blushing a bit. He played with his fingers nervously mimicking 2D whenever he was really nervous. The other bandmates didn't say anything to him.

Murdoc continued, 'I don't deserve your kindness. Looking after my boys, putting up with Gregory, and helping Kim with that guardianship business. I know you did it for Alphonce and not for me.'

'We only did it because we love that boy and we couldn't stand that horrible man being abusive towards him whenever one of us left the room.' Noodle told him.

'We worked our arses to make sure that boy is safe.' Russel added.

'Mu'doc, he missed yew. 'e always asked us for a story about yew before going to bed. We did t'at even if we were tired from work.' 2D explained.

Murdoc felt his chest tighten, his mouth felt dry too, but he pleads to them, 'Please I'm asking you all to give me another chance.'

The group looked at each other, Noodle to Russel, Russel to 2D, and 2D to Noodle. They seem like they had one thing on their minds. They looked at Murdoc, Jacob was biting him lips nervously, and finally Noodle spoke, 'Well that complicates some things.'

'What?' Murdoc asked. 'What does that mean?' Jacob held his breathe as he watched them back and forth. This was it. The answer he was waiting to heard from them.

'We, were talking in the kitchen and we agree that we missed you.' Russel told him.

'Now, hold on!' Murdoc interrupt them. 'You're not mad? I lied to you! Hid the truth and you're not a bit mad? Not even mad enough to bash me on the nose again?' He looks at Russel who did bashed Murdoc on the nose during the Paula Cracker incident.

'We've all been thinking about that before we even knew you were alive or not. I guess we just like you more than we thought.' Russel told him.

'Yeah, I mean Alphonce was 'appy to 'ave yew back. Besides, yew weren't a bad guy as Shamus, but I'll miss our talks.' 2D told him.

'Now that we've all quit our dead end job, we're in need of a new one, and since it is your band, it's your call, really.' Noodle pointed out to him.

Murdoc smiled and started to laughed. He couldn't believe it. He wanted to hugged them so badly. Murdoc clears his throat and tried to play cool, 'Well, I mean you're right. In my last will the band goes to Alphonce but since I'm not dead that puts me back in charge. So since you three need a job, I might need some time to think to give you my answer.' He smiled at them.

Jacob sighed happily and nudges Murdoc, warning him not to get too full of himself. Murdoc laughed, 'Alright, we'll work out the details in the morning. Right now we're all tired so let's hit the sack.'

They all hugged Murdoc. It seems that Murdoc didn't really had anything to worry about after all. His band was back together.

The others soon went upstairs. 2D holding Stewart and Jacob holding Alphonce, they carried them up to their rooms. Everyone was exhausted. If they fall asleep on the their beds they might not wake up for hours, they thought. Murdoc, on the other hand stayed behind to deal with one more issue, and this made him more nervous than dealing with his bandmates. He gulped nervously as pokes his head to see Kim in the kitchen. She had already set the leftovers in containers and was putting them in the fridge. Everything was clean in the kitchen all expect for a couple of trash bags on the floor. She picked them up and that's when Murdoc took the chance to talk to her.

'Here, let me help.' He takes the bags from her. 'Out to the corner?' He asked not sure if it was trash day tomorrow.

'Yeah.' Kim answers plainly to him. She wasn't looking in his direction as she finishes wiping the kitchen's table clean. Murdoc tried to leave but stopped and drops the trash bags on the floor.

'Look, just yell at me or something, okay? Anything is better than you tightening your lips.' He pleads to her.

Kim didn't say anything to him. She just had her back facing him. Murdoc bit his lip nervously.

'Kim, I'm sorry I lied. I'm sorry I didn't tell you after our night, but I've been going through a lot.' Murdoc answered.

'I just want to go to bed right now.' She spoke softly, but Murdoc what she said.

'Yeah, sleep sounds so good.' Murdoc agreed.

'You can sleep somewhere else.' She told him.

'Okay. You don't want to see me. I understand, if it makes things easier you can wear a blindfold. Turn off the lights if it helps too.' Murdoc turned off the lights in the kitchen. He smiled nervously hoping this joke would make her laugh. Kim just stood in the dark. Murdoc could tell her arms were crossed. He took a step closer.

'Kim, please.' He reached to her. His hand on her shoulder only see her with tears running down her cheeks. Murdoc was shock at what he saw. Her eyes were red and swollen. She quickly grabs a paper towel and roughly wipes away the tears off her face. Murdoc wrapped his arms around her. Kim turn around and cried into him. He felt her arms coming around him. Murdoc smiled and kissed her forehead. Kim smiled and sighed happily.

However they would never know that whispers were being spoken, but not from them. An ominous figure stood outside, whispering to himself as he stares at them in the dark, through a crack in the board that Murdoc placed over the broken window. A black mist covered him completely and he disappears into it. He seeps through the crack and moved around them as he made his way upstairs. In his mist, he spreads himself all over the floor and enters into the rooms of the others that were fast asleep in their beds. He stopped at one particular door and slide under it. Boogieman's next plan of action was starting right under their nose.

Murdoc and Kim didn't say anything to each other as they walked upstairs together, holding each other in a loving embrace, neither one wanting to let the other go just yet, but at the top step they stopped. Something wasn't right as they enter the hallway. They turn their attention at Alphonce's door. It's probably nothing they thought, but they felt an odd pull moving them closer to the door. They looked worryingly at each other. Murdoc extended his hand and turns the doorknob, light from the hallway flooded quickly into the dark room. They stood froze at what was inside.

'Well, guess the love birds, aren't going to bed just yet.' A deep voice hissed at them.

As if this day wasn't done with it's surprises. Kim felt her entire body going limb. Murdoc held her close to him.

'So.' Murdoc spoke to Boogieman. 'You've finally show yourself.'

'You thought you've escaped me, but I got what I was after.' Boogieman spoke as he creepily stroked Alphonce's cheek. Alphonce was scared. His eyes were pleading to his parents to save him. Murdoc bit his lips as he scowls at Boogieman.

'Leave the boy alone. You're business is with me, remember?' Murdoc told him.

'This boy possesses high demonic powers. I know I've only seen a tiny bit of his powers.' Boogieman told them.

'You were watching us?' Kim questions him next.

'Oh, perhaps this form can answer for me.' Boogieman lifts his arm over his head and transforms before Murdoc and Kim into Gregory. Alphonce's eyes widen surprised at this reveal. He wished he could scream but Boogieman covered his mouth. Being held captive by the monster that took his dad was bad, but seeing it in Gregory's body was more terrifying.

'It was you the whole time?!' Kim screamed at him. 'This whole scheme was you?!'

'Not, really. Gregory was the one that planned to kidnap the boy, but I offered him something better when the drunk was passed out. I told him if he let me take over his mind and body, I promised him great power, and he easily accepted the offer.' Boogieman laughed as he continued, 'As for the woman, she too was taken as a soul payment. She didn't even noticed that Gregory changed. Revenge isn't cheap you know.' He told them.

'Go, get the others.' Murdoc whispered to Kim.

She broke off and ran to get the others but in every room she bust into they were all fast asleep. 'Wake up!' She screams shaking each of them, 'Noodle! Russel! Stuart! Jacob! What's wrong with them!?' She cries running back to Murdoc's arms.

'Don't bother to wake them,' Boogieman told them. 'I've taken care of them with wonderful dreams to entertain them. Nothing can wake them up unless I disappear from this world and that's not happening just yet.'

Boogieman held Alphonce closer him as his black mist begins to formed around them. 'No!' Murdoc jumps to them. Kim watches Murdoc dive into the mist and when it cleared Murdoc was still there but Alphonce didn't disappeared, only Boogieman. Murdoc hugged his son, but they stop when they heard a loud scream. They look to see Boogieman holding Kim as his hostage now.

'Mommy!' Alphonce cried.

'Boogieman!' Murdoc screamed.

'Oh, that's not me.' Boogieman spoke not from Gregory's body. He slides out from Gregory's shadow. Boogieman freed himself from Gregory's body. He still had Gregory under his control.

'The boy or this woman?' Boogieman threatens Murdoc. 'It's one or the either.'

'Mommy.' Alphonce cried in his dad's arm. 'Make the monster let mommy go, daddy.' Alphonce pleaded to his dad.

Alphonce's body shivers with sheer terror. This was just too much for him to handle but he couldn't bring himself to use his powers again. Alphonce knew that if he used his demonic power like he did during dinner he might end up hurting his mother too.

'Daddy, do something!' Alphonce cried again.

'Boogieman, you're business is with me.' Murdoc reminded him. 'You don't want to mess with her.'

Being held down on her knees, Kim could hear an eerie chuckled coming from Boogieman as he answers, 'Okay.'

Boogieman snapped his fingers and frees Gregory from his control. He was confused at where he was, but when he saw Kim locked in his grip. He started to tighten it. However he felt a sharp pain coming over him. Kim had kicked Gregory's private with the heel of her shoe. Gregory groaning with pain loosen his grip over her. Kim took the chance and quickly moved to hit Gregory in the gut, throat, and a punched him straight on his nose. His nose squirted blood, which surprised him to fall onto his knees, and passed out. Everyone all stared at her.

'It was self-defense.' Kim told herself. 'Self-defense.' She repeated those words like a sacred mantra easing the tension she felt around her body.

Boogieman was surprised. Alphonce was shocked. He never would have believe it until he saw it. Murdoc was the only one started to laugh. 'And that my son, is why I love your mother so much. Gentle like an angel, but can kick arse like angry she-devil.' He told him.

Boogieman, seeing that things didn't turn out into the way he thought, quickly turns himself back into the black mist and circles around Murdoc and Alphonce. This time Alphonce did disappeared from Murdoc's arms. Alphonce screamed as he was merges into the black mist. It moved above Kim and Murdoc as it escaped through the open window.

'After him!' Murdoc shouted.

They saw the black mist transform back into Boogieman with Alphonce in his arms as he flew with their son into the dark sky. They chased after him. Boogieman really didn't expect his plan to turn out this way.

'That was unexpected, guess she's not the damsel in distress type.' Boogieman spoke.

'Of course she's not.' Alphonce spoke in a calm tone. 'She's a good mom and you tried to hurt her!' Alphonce bit down hard on Boogieman's arm. Boogieman screamed and grabs Alphonce by his hair, ignoring the spikes, and pull the boy off him. He landed them in a nearby graveyard and held Alphonce up. The small boy was screaming and trying to kick him. He saw Alphonce's eyes were back to being bright red as he glared at Boogieman. Boogieman was getting annoyed now.

'Enough of this! I deserve your powers! A half demon brat like you using such a gift, is an insult!' Boogieman lifted his gas mask and tried to suck in Alphonce's power but he was met with a swift contact of Alphonce's fist to his face.

Alphonce smiled, but it was quickly faded when he started to hear Boogieman laughing at him. 'What's so funny?!' Alphonce screamed.

'You.' Boogieman spoke. 'You're holding back.'

Alphonce pulled back his fist quickly and stared at the horrifying scarred face grinning at him. 'Go ahead.' Boogieman taunts him, 'It's because deep down you want to hurt people.'

'What? No. Only bad people hurt people.' Alphonce told him.

'Do good people hurt bad people the same as when bad people hurt good people?' Boogieman asked him.

Alphonce stopped moving and wasn't so sure what to answer. He remembered using his power to hurt his bully but that was different. 'I'm not a bully!' He yelled.

'Bad or good. You're always going to make the choice of hurting others just because you can. You wanted to hurt that man, Gregory. I sensed your bloodlust rising behind that scared face of your when he was holding that woman in his hands. If she wasn't with him, you would have killed that man, and think it was a good thing.' Boogieman told him.

'No.' Alphonce got quiet. He argued again to sound tough, 'That's different! He hurt people. He hurt my bio mom. He hurt me, but I would...' Boogieman interrupts him, 'Hurt him the same way he did to you.' He chuckled. 'Why bother to split the difference when they're all the same? You could have done a lot worst to him as he did to you, but your 'family' had you promise not to used your true strength. Just like during that dinner, you couldn't stand it when that woman talked down to your 'mother', but again she made you promise to be her 'good boy', a 'normal' boy, but you're not normal.' Boogieman told him.

'No.' Alphonce felt tears coming to him. 'I'm not normal.' He mumbled.

Boogieman took the advantage and pinned Alphonce on the ground. 'It's better, if you just went away. Stop trying to pretend to be something you're never going to be.' He opened his mouth again started to drain Alphonce's power and soul from him. Alphonce cried as he struggled to push Boogieman off, but Boogieman was getting stronger as he sucks in Alphonce's powers. Alphonce felt his body going cold and limb.

'Alphonce!' He heard someone calling for him.

It kept calling out for him. Alphonce slowly opened his eyes and sees something shiny moving towards him but misses and hits Boogieman. He knocking off him. Boogieman let out a painful scream. He twitched and jerked on the ground as it the hit was caused him by something else. Alphonce took a deep breath and coughed. He opened his eyes wider to see his dad standing in front of him. Murdoc was holding a metal bat in his hands. The bat was drawn with a crosses all over it and wrapped with a beaded rosary. Alphonce blinked for a moment, he felt dizzy, and cold, but felt a warm embrace over him when his mother hugged him.

'Alphonce!' Kim cried. 'My boy. You're okay now.' She kisses him on the cheek.

'Mommy?' He spoke, his voice tired.

'Yes, I'm here. Daddy's here too.' She points to Murdoc standing in front of them, keeping an eye on Boogieman still flinching on the ground.

'Alphonce,' Murdoc spoke, not looking in his direction, 'Don't listen to whatever crud Boogieman said about you. That's a cheap trick people like him use.' Murdoc told him.

Alphonce stared at his dad. Murdoc looks at him and smiled, 'Besides, things would be boring if we're all 'normal.'

Alphonce smiled a bit. Even in Kim's arms he still felt cold. She noticed and she quickly wraps her jacket around him. They turn to see Boogieman, still groaning with pain. His green skin felt like it was on fire. 'What did you do to me!?' He screamed at Murdoc.

Murdoc stayed quiet. He digs into his pocket to find what he needed. 'Here. Draw this. Make it big and hurry!' He hands Kim a piece of paper and white chalk.

Kim didn't asked why and took it. She picks up Alphonce and runs away leaving Murdoc behind to finish his duel with Boogieman. Alphonce watches over to see Boogieman getting up and tries again to attack Murdoc, but Murdoc kept swinging the bat and hit Boogieman a few more times. Boogieman collapses on the ground, groaning with the burning pain everytime he got hit by the bat. Murdoc closer to him.

'I've got you this time. Now all that's left is my final move.' Murdoc growled. He drops the bat to the ground and pulled out a knife.

'I'm not done just yet!' Boogieman groaned and jumps Murdoc.

They wrestled with each other for bit. Murdoc tried to stab him a few times but Boogieman quickly turns into his mist form and enters inside Murdoc's mouth. Murdoc gagged and gasped as Boogieman got deeper inside him. Murdoc laid lifeless on the ground for a bit, but soon picked himself up from the ground. He staggers getting on his feet, but he straightens himself and ran to the direction where Kim and Alphonce were waiting for him.

In a empty basketball court, Kim was quickly drawing a large image of a complex circle on the blacktop, carefully watching her steps, not to mess the drawing as she kept adding more details into it. Alphonce was ordered by her to stay out of the circle, no matter what she told him, not even to see what is was that she was drawing. He watches her draw but soon his eyes looked in a direction where he saw something coming towards them. As Kim drew the last shape into the circle, she checks to see Alphonce staring at something and turns her head in the same direction. Kim saw it was Murdoc coming towards them, but as he got closer, he had wicked grin on his face. He held up the knife and charges at her.

'Die, you witch!' He shouted in Boogieman's voice.

Thinking quickly, Alphonce used his powers again, only to stop Boogieman, and just in time. Kim opened her eyes to see Boogieman was frozen in place. He tries to move his arm, but Alphonce had a strong hold over him and kept him from moving. Carefully Kim moves away from him and hurries to Alphonce.

'What's happening to daddy?' He asked her. Alphonce, still felt weak from when Boogieman tried to steal his powers, and felt he couldn't hold him much longer.

'It's part of the plan Alphonce.' She told him. 'Good job holding him.' She kissed him on the top of his head. She turns to where Boogieman stood. She yelled at him, 'Murdoc! Murdoc, he's in the circle! Do it now! Alphonce, release him.'

Alphonce didn't understand, but let go of Boogieman. He tried to move but this time he felt someone else fighting for control. It was Murdoc fighting back. He was trying to move his arms together. Boogieman looks as the knife got close to his hand and that's when he saw the marks he was standing over. It was demonic trap, set ahead to trap him. Boogieman tries to stop Murdoc but felt the sharp cut being drawn and watches the drops of blood hit the ground. It was too late. The drops of blood let loose a wall of pitch black fire. The intense heat burned Boogieman. He let loose a demonic scream. Alphonce and Kim watched from outside the circle. Alphonce screamed when the fire suddenly appeared. He wanted to save his dad, but Kim had to stop him.

'No! If you enter that circle, you'll get burn alive too!' She told him.

'But, daddy's!' Alphonce screamed.

'Daddy is safe, just watch,' She points to where Murdoc's body stood. He was jerking and flinching but he wasn't the one being burn alive. Boogieman flew out from Murdoc's mouth, but the black fire clings to him. They watch Boogieman burns into ashes. Soon the fire begins to die down, leaving only scorched marks and Boogieman's ashes. Murdoc stood, staring at them for a bit and collapsed. Kim and Alphonce ran to him. It was safe for Alphonce to run across to his check his dad. Murdoc was coughing and wheezing, but he was okay. He smiled at them and whispers, 'It's finally over.'

Epilogue...

Three weeks later...

Alphonce and Stewart were running around playing with Jacob and Cyborg. Russel, 2D, Noodle, and Murdoc were moving the boxes into their new place. It's not a permanent stay but it's better staying in the old flat. At least the new location will give them a fresh start. The others noticed that things were getting better when they woke up. They didn't know what happened and Murdoc and Kim didn't want to go over it. All everyone knew was that it was time to start over and move on to the next project for Gorillaz. Cyborg was working fine when Jacob checked on her and this made him very happy.

2D and Noodle were happy with the move. Russel was glad to have a room for his drums. They were all happy to get back doing what they love, making music, and they eagerly were counting down the days when they get to play in public. They had to set up special interviews to reveal that Murdoc was back and ready to take over once more. Everyone they went, Murdoc's smug grinning face was practically on everywhere. Every post was about him, his interviews and answers about where he has been, but for now he asked his loyal fans to be patient.

Murdoc was carrying a box to the room where Kim and he were going to stay. Kim was laying on the bed, she hasn't been feeling so great, and felt more tired after she woke up. Murdoc checks on her, 'You alright, love?'

'Hm, my stomach feels like it's in knots, but...' She looks at Murdoc.

'What?' He looks at her.

Kim blushed a bit, 'Well, I tried something and I wasn't so sure if it's right, but...'

Alphonce comes running into their room and jumps on the bed. Murdoc grabs and tickles Alphonce. Alphonce laughed.

'Easy, son. Mommy isn't feeling good.' Murdoc told him.

'That's because Big Sister Cyborg said she's expecting.' Alphonce told him.

Murdoc's eye twitched and looks at Kim who was trying to look innocent, he asked Alphonce, 'What did she say?'

Alphonce giggled, 'I don't know, but mommy told me that I'm going to be big brother!' He smiled.

Murdoc looks at Kim. She slowly pulls out a pregnancy test from her pocket to show him. Murdoc took it and saw the plus sign. He sat on the edge of the bed and laid down. Alphonce giggled as he crawls on Murdoc's chest. Kim moves herself close to him and kisses Murdoc. He smiled, 'Oh, yes things are changing for us.' They huddle against each other. And they were very happy.

THE END