Lily was the first to awaken at eight. She got up and after using the bathroom she went to check on Ted.
She groaned as she saw the bed was empty. She quickly ran out and shook Marshall. As he groaned she moved to Robin then she went back to the bathroom for Barney.
"Too early" Barney muttered.
"Too bad Barney, Ted ran off last night and we should find him" Lily told him and the suited up man sat up.
She took his hand and helped him out of the tub.
"Where do we start Lil? He could be anywhere" Barney asked. She nodded in agreement. "I know and he seems very delusional with his fever so high, I guess we just have to search for him" she answered.
She went back out with him following. The other two were awake now and yawning.
"What's going on? Is Ted okay?" Robin asked.
"I don't know Robin…he kinda ditched us last night" she answered and the woman groaned.
"Can I borrow some clothes Lily? I don't feel like wearing the same outfit twice" Robin asked.
Lily nodded. She looked to Barney who scoffed. "Please" he said and Lily shrugged.
"Whatever you want Barney, you can go and start searching then and we'll catch up" she told him.
Barney nodded and left. He called Ranjit and soon the man pulled up.
"Mosby ran off and we need to find him" he told the man as he climbed in.
"Where do you want to start Barney?" Ranjit asked.
"Drive around and keep an eye out. Maybe we'll get lucky and he'll turn up somewhere" Barney suggested.
They drove around the block and as they circled around the other three walked out. Barney waved to them and they climbed inside.
"We'll look for a little while and if we don't find them we can split up and keep searching" Lily suggested.
"What happens if we do find him? His fever seems to be turning him against us" Marshall asked.
"We'll worry about that later, if we don't look for him he'll never believe we're still his friends" Barney pointed out.
Ranjit drove around and after an hour they didn't see him so they split up and went into pairs.
Barney took Robin to central park. They found Ted on a bench, his head was in a woman who looked to be in her sixties lap. She was stroking his forehead gently.
"Oh thank god we found him" Robin said. She texted Lily and quickly moved to her friend.
The woman looked up and smiled. She gently shook Ted's shoulder.
"Wake up Ted, your friends are here" she told him. He stirred and opened his eyes.
"How you find me?" he asked.
"I'm your bro Ted and its my job to protect you" Barney answered.
Ted laughed. "Then why didn't I hear from you for two weeks?" he asked.
"Everyone gets busy in their lives Ted but you shouldn't hate or punish your friends for that" the woman said.
"Thanks…I'm Robin and this is Barney…we're sorry he troubled you, he's pretty sick and ran off from us last night" Robin told her.
"It's okay, he was nice company" she answered.
"Where did you come here last night Ted?" Robin asked.
He shrugged. "Felt like it…got cab and he took me here…paid with cash I found in Barneys clothes…fell asleep on bench" he said.
"Glad I could help" Barney muttered.
"Sorry Cathy…I should go now" Ted answered. He stood and felt dizzy.
Robin caught him. "Yes, you should come with us and let us help you" she told him.
"Fine…" Ted answered. "Sorry I left…I just wanted to see if you all would come after me" he answered.
"I had a feeling that was the case but don't do it again bro" Barney told him and he nodded.
"Fine…just don't leave for two weeks without ever calling me" Ted answered.