I awoke the next morning to the sounds of people whispering, but I couldn't tell who they were. I yawned, stretched, and turned my head to my kinnon friend.

"Did you see them come in?" I asked him, my voice a low whisper.

"Hmmm?" he wondered, his voice a little croaky.

"Oh. I guess not. Sorry I woke you," I whispered.

"No problem," he replied, yawning and falling back to sleep.

I looked at the clock, and it was too early for people to be working. It said 07:00, and they didn't open until 08:00. I squinted through the darkness, and I saw faces I recognized.

"Hey! Ruby! Iris! Misery! Frank and Len! Poe! Scaredy! Doom! Skull Boy! Hahaha! Even Mr. Buns!" I cried, my voice a high whisper, so as not to wake my friend.

"Karina! Come and look what we have!" cried Skull Boy.

He led me to a door, and opened it. As if planned, a young, but oddly familiar-looking kinnari flew in.

"Skull Boy had made her in order to trick Narisara and your friend! You can come with us now!" laughed Iris.

I jumped up and down in delight, excited. She looked so much like me, that I couldn't even see one flaw in this plan.

"He had even told her about you and your friend. As for the Thai language, she probably earned that as a bonus gift from a god or something. I don't know how she learned Thai. She'd been speaking it off and on though," explained Ruby.

"Wow! He won't know I'm missing! This is rich! Thank you guys so much!" I cried, hugging Ruby, and watching the new kinnari fly over to the kinnon.

"I love you," I heard her say in perfect Thai, and he awoke to look at her.

"I love you too. I'm so glad you're here now," he sighed.

"Me too," she smiled, and they put their arms around each other with affection.

We stood there a moment, watching the two engage in a sudden love-filled kiss. The kinnon had managed to get his fingers tangled in her hair, but all she did was moan in pleasure, mumbling, "Keep going. Don't stop." I smiled at them before turning back to face the gang.

"Oh. And she already knows how to do the things you do. I think Skull Boy had given her notes on how to use her powers. He had a book on the kinnari," Ruby added.

"Thank you again guys! I don't know how I could possibly repay you!" I cried, jumping up and down.

I then got everyone together and hugged them all at once. Doom huddled between my legs, and we all hugged and played with each other's hair. Except for the guys and Misery, who just gave me pats on the shoulder.

"WOOHOO!" cried Frank and Len.

"I'm so happy we found you!" laughed Poe and Scaredy in unison.

"Skull Boy had also built this machine that took us here within about half an hour," added Iris.

"Well, what are we waiting for!? Let's go back home!" I cried, and we headed for Skull Boy's machine.

"So how did she learn how to use her powers so quickly?" I asked Skull Boy.

"Well, she was just a very quick learner. She's very quick at picking up skills," he replied.

Just before we left the exhibit, I saw the new kinnari dancing with the kinnon. They had their hands resting on each other's shoulders, and big smiles on their faces! I began to cry with happiness, and put my arm over Skull Boy's shoulders, leaning in close.

"I have no words to describe how thankful I am for you. In fact, I have been rendered motionless. I could thank you until the day Misery turns five-thousand years old and it still wouldn't be enough," I said through my tears.

"Shucks. It's nothing. We'd do anything for a friend," he laughed.

"Misery? I notice your rash is gone. How long was I away for?" I asked after a while, my voice confused.

"Three days, I think," she replied, her voice low and croaky again.

I had been knocked out for three days straight! Incredible! I wondered why it took Narisara so long to get back to Thailand. That didn't matter now though, since there was a new kinnari in my place, who had my brain implanted in her, so to speak.

"Welcome home!" laughed Ruby, hugging me as we landed.

"Thank you!" I laughed, and we soon taxied into the driveway of the gloomy gang's mansion.

As I climbed out of the little plane, I decided to do a dance to show how happy I was. I began with some graceful gliding, so that I looked like I was flying. Then I spun around and let the wind take my hair in its hands. I smiled the whole time I danced, and for a moment, I was so absorbed in my dance that I didn't know the gang was watching. That is, until Iris shouted, "Keep going! Keep going!"

"Yeah!" cried Ruby, and soon everyone had joined in.

I stopped eventually, pulling out a little instrument from my bag. It was a flute. I played a little sequence of notes, the gang putting the movements to the rhythm I played. My eyes glowed as I played, and I swayed with the music, so I could be sure to keep in time. I was so happy that I almost sped up. But luckily I was able to catch myself and bring the song back to the original tempo. I may have sped up a little, but the gang was still dancing.

"You guys really caught on!" I laughed.

"It's all thanks to you!" said Misery, laughing slightly.

We headed inside, and I yawned. I was tired. I didn't know if the drugs were still affecting me, or if it was the dancing. But Ruby looked closer at me, and saw that my eyes had a strange shine to them.

"Did someone drug you?" she wondered, her voice nervous.

"Yeah. But it was because I wouldn't calm down when Narisara tried to take me away," I explained.

"That should go away within a day or two," Misery said.

"It was only yesterday I woke up, so I guess I have to wait another few days," I sighed, heading up to my room.

Ruby followed, sitting down at the foot of my bed. I climbed in, and she sprawled out next to me as soon as I got comfortable.

"How does it feel to be home again?" she asked.

"Great. I love it here. Despite the gloominess, I enjoy the place very much," I admitted, yawning again.

I put my hand in Ruby's, almost as if to say, "Don't leave." She seemed to catch on, and she put her fingers around it, rubbing her thumb along the back of it. My muscles were so weak from the sudden tiredness that I couldn't copy her motions, but I just decided to go with the current moment, and absorb every little bit of it.

"I'll let you sleep this off. Welcome home, Karina," laughed Ruby.

"Thank you," I managed through the grogginess, and I fell quickly and soundly to sleep, just barely noticing Ruby let go of my hand.