A couple of days had passed since Manny had attempted to escape only to fall sick in the process and easily brought back to the house by the teachers and the boy was still bedridden with a fever which had gone down a little during the past few days but was still pretty high and he still had a bad cough which was beginning to loosen up due to him being made to take disgusting tasting medicine to help get rid of it.

"When will this dumb cold go away?" he moaned after having another spoonful of yucky medicine "I'm bored of staying in bed all day."

"Well like we discussed a couple of days ago, you're not to get out of bed until your fever breaks and that nasty cough you have goes away" Tony told him firmly "and if you keep taking the medicine then it'll go away quicker, then you can get out of bed but remember, you're not to venture the house alone unless one of us is with you or you ask permission to do so, do I make myself clear?"

"Yes sir" Manny replied, staring at the ceiling before turning his head in Tony's direction "but I want to know, why do I have to have somebody with me all the time when I'm going around anywhere?"

"Because that's the way it has to be" Tony replied "now I'm going downstairs to attend to some business and I expect you to stay put, can you do that?"

"I'm kind of tired anyway" Manny replied innocently "I think I'll take a nap."

"Very well if that is what you want to do then by all means, take a nap" Tony said "you're still sick after all so maybe a nap is what you need if you are to recover." With a small nodded, the child closed his eyes and knowing that he wouldn't be bothering him for at least a few hours, Tony left the room and went downstairs but planned on coming back up after he finished doing what he needed to do.

It was almost half an hour when Manny woke up to a churning feeling in his stomach, like he had wanted to throw up and he had the urge to quickly run into the bathroom to do so but knowing that he was forbidden to get out of bed was making the situation more difficult and as the urge to throw up grew stronger and not having anytime to worry about whether he would be punished for getting out of bed or not, the child slowly sat up and climbed out of bed. A huge wave of dizziness swam through him and that made his urge to throw up worsen and despite his still weakened state, dashed to the bathroom and proceeded to throw up.

Once he got back upstairs, Tony went straight to Manny's room only to find that his bed was empty which made him non too pleased, he had strictly ordered the child to stay put but it was obvious that the boy had disobeyed his orders. The only thing to do was to find where he had got to and then teach him a lesson about disobeying his orders and as he was about to do so, he heard a retching that was mixed with a coughing sound coming from the bathroom so he decided to go and investigate and as he got there, he found Manny kneeling in front of the toilet and it was obvious that the child was throwing up and unaware that Tony was leaning against the bathroom door, arms folded, watching as the boy finished throwing up before slowly getting to his feet and beginning to sway which indicated that he was going to pass out so Tony strode into the bathroom and caught the child before he hit the floor.

"Dear me, what are we going to do with you?" he asked, looking at the sick child he was holding, his face now a deathly pale, eyes closed and fluttering before proceeding to carry him back to his room and after he put him back on his bed, Manny opened his eyes by a small fraction but could just make out Tony standing next to his bed, arms folded.

"W-what happened?" the confused boy asked, putting his hand to his head.

"You were throwing up in the bathroom then you passed out" Tony replied "lucky for you though I managed to catch you before you hit the floor. Now I was going to punish you for getting out of bed but seeing as you had a perfectly good reason for doing so then I'll let you off this time." Without saying a word, Manny nodded before closing his eyes again, falling asleep. Knowing that the kid would probably be out for at least a couple of hours, Tony picked up a nearby crossword and sat down at the desk that was at the other end of the room and proceeded to go through the crossword whilst Manny continued sleeping and he was having that weird dream again and he had been having it for the past couple of days, he would wake up to find himself in a dark room and there would be a phone ringing.

"Who keeps calling?" he wonder as he walked through the dark abyss, following the sound until he came across that same red phone that was laying in the middle of this darkened room and every time he answered it, he would hear one of his missing friends on the other end of the line, trying to tell him that he needed to get out of that house but before they could tell him the reason why he needed to get out of there, one of the teachers would always come along and take the receiver from him, telling the person on the other end not to call again and this dream was no different, the child walked towards the red phone, crouched down, picked up the receiver and put it to his ear.

"Hello?"

After spending half an hour working on the crossword, Tony got up from the desk and headed over to Manny's bed but was shocked to discover that it was empty again.

"He better have a good reason for getting out of bed like before but if he hasn't then he'll be in big trouble" he muttered before heading to the bathroom to see if he had gone in there to throw up again but the boy wasn't in there.

"Where the hell did he get to?" he muttered "he better not be trying to runaway again." He was about to look around the house for the kid when Colin came walking up to him, looking rather confused.

"I think you'd better come a see this" he implied.

"I don't have time for mucking around Colin" Tony replied, arms folded "the brat's wondered off somewhere and I need to find him, make sure he hasn't escaped again."

"But that's just it, it's about the kid" Colin replied "I think he's sleepwalking."

"What do you mean, sleepwalking?" Tony asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Well he came downstairs a few minutes ago but he didn't acknowledge that me and the others where down there" Colin explained "it was like he was in his own little world, he just wondered into the kitchen and started speaking into the telephone." after he finished explaining, Colin told Tony to follow him into the kitchen and when they arrived, they saw the Pyjama clad child stood at the other end of the kitchen, holding the receiver to his ear whilst the other teachers stood watching with confusion.

"Hello, who is this?" he asked "who keeps calling, who are you?"

"We don't know what's going on" Paige explained "he just walked in here like he was in some kind of trance and just picked up the phone and started talking into it, but there's no one on the other end." Nodding, Tony strode over to Manny and stood in front of the boy to see that his eyes where closed but there was a confused expression on his face.

"Hello, hello, who are you?" he asked again.

"I think he must have been sleepwalking but it appears he's having a dream too" Tony said "I bet one of his foolish friends must be trying to contact him, trying to get him to leave this world."

"I hope you don't mind if I asked a question" Shrignold implied "but if one of the other two is trying to contact him, why doesn't he know who they are?"

"I think" Tony began "maybe he's beginning to forget about his friends, it's only a matter of time until he'll forget them completely and soon, he'll begin to trust us, he won't even think or speak of them again." Tony then grinned evilly as he watched the child continue speaking in the phone, calling out to whoever was speaking despite the fact that he was just dreaming and that no one was actually on the other end.