The next day, Robin went out to dinner with Adam. She was having a good time with him. Barney was there, as well, but he was watching from a distance.

"So far, Adam's behaving himself," Barney said to himself. He was standing at the entrance. People were walking right through him, but Barney didn't care.

"So you go to MacLaren's often?" asked Robin.

"Sometimes, on my way home from work," Adam answered as he sipped from his wine glass. "My job is pretty demanding. I need to wet my whistle every now and then. Since you're not on the air anymore, what do you do now?"

"I'm a researcher for World Wide News," Robin replied. "I've been given an opportunity to return home to Canada but I haven't made up my mind, yet."

"Well, it's nice to see your home again," said Adam wistfully. "I know I miss mine. I've been in the U.S. since 2003, New York since 2006. Haven't returned home once."

"You don't miss your parents?" asked Robin.

"They've passed on," Adam said sadly. "I've got no one else but aunts, uncles, and cousins there."

Robin took the last bite of her cheese ravioli and put her fork down.

"Ready for dessert?" Adam asked, noticing Robin was finished.

Robin nodded. "Let's see what they've got," She grabbed the dessert menu and looked at the variety of desserts. "Ooh, here's something new, a tiramisu cheesecake!"

"Why don't you get it?" suggested Adam.

Robin smiled. "Sure," she said. She flagged down the waiter. "Hi, can we get the tiramisu cheesecake, please?"

"Certainly," said the waiter as he took the order down and walked away.

Barney shook his head sadly and disappeared...

Days went by, and Robin went on more dates with Robin. Barney kept trying to advise her not to go, but she would not listen. Barney would still go with Robin except for when she went to Adam's apartment. Barney could not hang out there. Instead, he went back to Robin's apartment and sat with Stormy, who seemed to be the only other being who could see him.

One night, Robin came home to find Barney sitting on the couch petting Stormy.

"Surprised Stormy can see you," Robin spoke up.

Barney looked up. "Yeah. Starting to like the little guy," he said. He pulled a piece of string with a bell attached to it and dangled it front of Stormy, who batted at it with his little paws.

Robin smiled. "I'm glad," she said. "Wanna go to MacLaren's?"

"Sure," Barney said, giving the toy to Stormy, who began to chase it around on the floor.

They made it to MacLaren's where the rest of the gang was.

"So how's Adam?" asked Lily.

"He's awesome, but there's something he asked me," replied Robin.

"Please tell me he didn't Mosby you!" joked Marshall.

"Hey!" cried Ted.

Everyone laughed.

"No, you know how he works at the New York branch of that Canadian bank?" Robin asked. "Well, his job is going to transfer him back to Canada and he asked if I wanted to come with him. I mean, it's going to be in Toronto, which is exactly where my job wants to transfer me, as well."

Everyone's expressions saddened.

"But Robin, we can't lose you," whined Lily.

"She's right," said Ted. "We already lost Barney, we can't lose you, either. Our group can't have two missing pieces."

Marshall nodded in agreement.

"But you guys can always come visit me and I can come down here to visit you guys!" Robin said. "This is the perfect opportunity for me."

Everyone remained silent. Even Barney, who watched in silence. He himself was just finding out that Robin was planning on going back to Canada with Adam. He knew his terrible secret but he didn't want to hurt Robin's feelings. His job was to protect her from all harm, but both outcomes would be harmful to Robin.

"Robin, I need to talk to you," said Barney. "I'm begging you."

Robin excused herself from the table and went outside with Barney. "What's going on, Barney?" she asked. "What's so important?"

"Listen, I know Adam makes you happy and everything, but please, reconsider your decision," begged Barney.

"I haven't decided on whether or not I'm going," Robin said.

"But Adam has a terrible secret," Barney told her. "I need to tell you! I don't want to see you get hurt!"

"You're just jealous!" cried Robin. "You're jealous because I'm going out with Adam. Well, here's something different between the two of you. Adam's alive and you're dead! You're never coming back to life! You're six feet under!"

Robin pushed Barney away and stormed back into the bar. Barney stood there, dumbfounded and hurt. Robin had never said anything that mean to him, ever. Not even when he was alive.

"Looks like desperate times call for desperate measures," Barney said to himself.

Barney decided to visit Marshall and Lily later that night. He knew Lily was Robin's best friend, so he could probably get through to her. Luckily for him, he didn't have to do much because something surprised him...

He sat in Marshall and Lily's easy chair in their apartment when the couple arrived home from the bar. Marshall turned on the light and screamed at the sight.

"Marshmallow, what's going...on...?" Lily asked until she saw Barney sitting in the chair. "Barney?"

Barney jumped and was so startled that he fell backwards in the easy chair. "I'm okay!"

Marshall went over to Barney and helped him up. "Buddy, is that really you?" he asked. "Are you alive? Did you fake your death?"

"No, my death was real," said Barney as he dusted off his white suit.

Lily's eyes filled with tears as she walked over to Barney and gave him a hug. "Oh, Barney, we've missed you so much!" she sobbed.

"Are you a ghost?" Marshall asked, still in shock.

"Honey, if he was a ghost, I wouldn't be able to feel him," Lily pointed out. She let go of Barney. "What are you now?"

"I'm an angel," explained Barney. "Robin's guardian angel."

Marshall and Lily smiled.

"Wow, I'm surprised you didn't go to hell!" Marshall said in awe.

"Nope, avoided! High five!" said Barney, holding out his hand. Marshall slapped him a high five.

"This is awesome!" Marshall said excitedly. "I've got my buddy back!"

"I'm not here to stay, Marshall," Barney said sadly. "I have to help Robin otherwise I won't earn my place in heaven. An apartment just like the one I had here on Earth! Except no porno. But I'm here tonight because I have to protect Robin from getting hurt! She won't listen to me when I try to tell her that Adam is not who she thinks he is."

"How do you know?" asked Marshall.

"Because several years ago, back at GNB, we had to redo some extensive background checks, without everyone's consent!" explained Barney. "In our background checks, we learned that Adam is a wanted con artist in Canada. He's lived in California, Dallas, Washington DC, and Florida, all between the years of 2003-2006. He had to leave because he was caught scamming people back then. So when he started over in New York, he was able to blend in and he got a job at GNB. He worked there for two years until we did our background checks and we learned that Adam was stealing money from us. That was when we had to fire Adam. But that's not the worst part!"

"What's the worst part?" Marshall and Lily asked in unison.

"The worst part is that Adam used to work at the Canadian bank a year ago, but he was fired after six months!" Barney continued. "Now he's trying to pull what I used to do. Be a womanizer, sleep with women, and steal their money, except I didn't steal their money. Now that the NYPD has found out who he is, they posted his face all over the city in hopes of looking for him. When he discovered that Robin was hoping to move to Canada, he figured that would be his clean escape. He's going to go with Robin, clean her out, and then leave her!"

"That's horrible!" said Lily. "We have to stop him!"

Marshall put a hand on his chin, thinking. "Hmm..." he mumbled. "I think I have an idea..."

Lily and Barney turned to Marshall.

"Barney, since you're an angel now, can you do ANYTHING?" asked Marshall. "And by ANYTHING, I mean stuff humans can't do?"

"You mean like fly and do this?" asked Barney, holding out his hands and confetti shot out of them while lifting himself off the ground.

"Yes!" exclaimed Marshall. "What if you can use your powers to help break up Robin and Adam?"

"Yes, yes, me likey the sound of that..." Barney said thoughtfully.

"You could maybe expose Adam for who he is!" Lily said, catching on to the plan.

"And I have just the plan!" said Barney. "I can maybe go inside of him and control him! Ooh, this gives me an idea! Who wants to mess with Ted?"

"I do!" said Marshall. "I haven't had any fun since before you died."

Barney grabbed Marshall and Lily by the shoulders and they all disappeared into thin air. They reappeared in Ted's apartment, where he was sitting and working on a sketch of another building. Ted began to fall asleep at his desk. Finally, he put his head on his arms and dozed off. Barney took the opportunity to go inside Ted's body. Ted's body opened his eyes, which were now Barney's blue eyes and smiled. He stood up.

"Look at me!" he said gleefully. "I'm Ted Mosby! Let's go to Victoria's Secret!"

"I can't believe you, Barney!" Lily said in disgust.

Marshall was too busy laughing. "Come on, let's go!" he said.

So they went to Victoria's Secret where Barney (in Ted's body) went inside and went to the ladies dressing room.

"Hello, madame, I am the great bra fitter, Ted Mosby!" Barney introduced himself to a naive young woman. "Would you like me to fit you for a bra?"

"Yes, please!" said the woman.

So Barney got some measuring tape and measured the girl's chest area. "Hmm, nice and big," he said.

Lily, who was waiting outside with Marshall, suddenly heard a girl's scream and a slap. The young woman ran out of Victoria's Secret and Barney in Ted's body ran out.

"Wait, I wasn't done!" he yelled after her. "Honka honka! I AM THE GREAT BRA FITTER TED MOSBY! That's T-E-D, M-O-S-B-Y!"

Lily rolled her eyes while Marshall was on the floor, laughing hysterically.

"Oh man, that is CLASSIC!" Marshall said tearfully.

The next morning, Ted woke up with his face hurting.

"Ouch, why does my face hurt?" Ted asked himself cluelessly.