Gah! I'm REALLY sorry for the slow updates! In my defence, between my Mighty Boosh fics and my Torchwood fics, I have 7 stories on the go at once! 7!! I'm really gonna have to start ignoring those plot bunnies. So, yeah, that's why it's taking me ages! Sorry guys!

This chapter is going to focus completely on Howard's world.

Disclaimer: Not mine. If it was, only I would ever see it. Mwahahahahaha…etc.

Howard sighed, closing his eyes briefly. "I'm not going to like this, am I?"

"Well…no. No, probably not."

"Why am I not surprised?" he ran a hand down his face. "Ok, Naboo. Hit me."

"You're going to have to go through. To the other universe."

"What?!"

"Last time was a…coincidence. If we don't make sure Vince is ready to jump in the river, it might just end up with both of them being stuck over there."

"What happened to balance? I thought they couldn't be in the same universe?"

"Exactly."

Howard groaned, then a thought struck him. "But…hold on, what about Julian?"

"Hmm?"

"Well…surely me and him cant be in the same universe either?"

Naboo stayed silent for a few moments. "That's…sort of why you wont like it. This is dangerous, Howard."

"How dangerous?"

"I…it should be ok, but…look. Basically the universe is in a delicate balance. So if that balance is disturbed…well…lets just say things start to fall apart."

"Fall apart?" Howard had gone pale. "But…if I don't do this, we cant get Vince back, right?"

"Well…eventually. But not for a while."

"Then lets do it." Howard said instantly. Naboo nodded.

"This should provide you with enough power to open the portal from the other side."

Naboo smiled. "Cheers, Den."

"And I'm going to need you to give these to Julian Barratt and Mike Fielding." the head shaman said, holding out two small blue pills.

"Ok." Naboo pocketed them and walked back over to his carpet, then paused and turned back. "Wait, what are they?"

"They're to make them forget."

"Forget?"

Saboo sighed loudly. "God Naboo, are you thick or what? People can't know about the link between our worlds…"

"It would be catastrophic!" Tony Harrison added.

"Was I finished talking, Tony?" Saboo snapped.

"I don't know, do I? It sounded like you'd finished."

"Don't interrupt me Tony, or I'll send you to the Crunch."

"Oh here we go, the Crunch again. What is it with you and the Crunch?"

"How dare you bad-mouth the Crunch?"

Dennis sighed and turned back to Naboo, ignoring his bickering colleagues. "If people knew about the link between our universe and theirs, they might want to come here, take our magic and potions for themselves. The results would be devastating for both our worlds."

Naboo frowned. "I don't think they'll agree to forgetting about Vince. Besides, what about Noel? Should he be made to forget too?"

"I don't think that will be necessary. The pills should create new memories, so Julian and Mike will remember caring for Noel, and then him running off. He wakes up talking about being here, everyone remarks how amazing the human brain is, and then they all move on. Everyone wins."

"Yeah." Naboo said, thinking about the excitement in Noel's face when he talked about everything he could tell Julian about his time in the Boosh when he got home. "Everybody wins."

Howard sat on the sofa, nervously jiggling his leg. Naboo had disappeared off to sort out some last minute stuff with the shaman council, saying he'd be back by seven, and it was already ten past.

"Howard, relax." Noel muttered, putting a comforting hand on his shoulder. "I'm the one having to hurl myself into a river, remember? All you need to do is fetch Vince."

Howard smiled weakly. Noel hadn't been told about the potential danger in Naboo's plan in case he decided it wasn't worth the risk. Howard didn't think he could wait any longer to see Vince again. Before the accident, he'd spent almost every day for the past 10 years with the Electro Poof, and it still felt wrong him not being here.

"You two ready?"

Howard jumped as Naboo's voice came from behind him and leapt off the sofa. "What the hell took you so long?!"

"Nothing. Sorry. Let's go."

"Are you ok Naboo?" Howard asked. The shaman's face looked strangely guarded.

"Fine. Stop wasting time."

Howard cast a look at Noel, who shrugged. He followed Naboo out of the flat and onto the carpet, unable to shake the feeling he was hiding something.

About 10 minutes later, they found themselves beside the river where Vince had first fallen in. The place all the madness had begun.

"Are you sure you want to do this, Howard?" Naboo asked, "Because once I open a portal there's no turning back."

Howard looked across at Noel and swallowed. "I'm sure."

"Ok then." he muttered a few words and the air seemed to swirl and shift in front of him. It wasn't how Howard had imagined it would be; he'd been picturing a swirling mass of colour, spiralling into the distance. This just looked sort of like a heat shimmer. "Noel." Naboo said turning. "Assuming this works, when Vince goes into the river and comes back here, you should get an urge to jump in. Don't fight it. It should happen before we get back."

"So…this is the last time I'll see you?"

"If it works, yeah."

"Oh. Wow. Ok…um….Naboo, it's been great. You've been so nice to me…I just wish I could come back here sometime."

Naboo smiled sadly. "Yeah."

"And Howard." Noel smiled. "I know we got off to a bad start, you calling me a twat and all that, but…it's been nice spending time with you. You're a decent bloke, and I'll try to be nicer to you in scripts from now on, ok?"

Howard nodded. "Sure." he grinned. "And don't take this the wrong way or anything, but I really hope I'll never see you again."

Noel laughed. "Bye Howard."

"Goodbye Noel."

The younger man stepped forwards and gave Howard a hug. Howard froze for a second before hugging him back, patting him awkwardly on the back.

"Ok, Naboo." he said when Noel stepped back. "Lets go."

The shaman grabbed hold of his arm, and together they walked into the shimmering air. Howard instantly had the strangest feeling; as if he were being pulled vertically down but without falling, almost as if gravity had been reversed.

They were off.

I'll try to update as soon as I can! Please review, I really wanna see if I can hit 100 with this story! Lol xxx