The Next Day...
"Yes, Gordon…it's me, Sheriff Harry Truman. From Twin Peaks…yes, that's right…no the weather's been fine. I said: the weather's been fine! Listen, Gordon, I feel I oughta tell you…something's the matter with Agent Cooper. AGENT COOPER! Yeah, he's a fine agent. That's what—yeah, he's done a bang-up job with this case. Gordon, listen to me for a moment: Agent Cooper went missing for a while. No, not emfishing/em…I don't know, salmon probably…look, he was in the Black Lodge. I saw him disappear through red curtains in the forest…RED CURTAINS…and when he came back, hours later…yes, he had both of his shoes. Why would you ask—? Never mind. He rescued Annie Blackburn. We took them to the hospital. No no, Annie's fine. Yes, she's a pretty girl. Gordon, it's Cooper we have to worry about. He's not doing so well. Mentally. MENTALLY, Gordon. He told us he'd been in the Lodge with Agent Earle and the cast of characters from his dream. Yes, the one with the dwarf. To hear him describe it, this place sounds like hell on earth. HELL ON EARTH. That's right. He said it felt like days, but he was only gone for…yeah, about that. And he claims that Windom Earle is trapped there now. Gordon, when he was first recovering, something happened. To Cooper. COOPER. He hit his head. HIS HEAD. Point is, I think you should send someone up here. He's acting real strange. Yes—right out of it. Keeps asking us over and over again 'How's Annie?'…"
A/N: Well, that's all she wrote, folks...until Part III! Thanks for sticking it out with me on this ride, and for your encouraging messages and reviews! Special thanks to users/writers/fellow Peakies Colonel Cooper and A Vague Shape In The Dark for being awesome betas and editors and friends, and especially for letting me bounce ideas off of them-you should see our PM logs! ;) Stay tuned for Part III, which will most definitely be out before our favourite show begins airing new episodes! (Which is SERIOUSLY AWESOME NEWS and hasn't even really sunk in yet...what a crazy time to be alive, innit?) ~ xoxo Lynzee005