Robyn couldn't help but smile as she walked over to Kit and saw him locked in an ancient set of stocks that had been pulled out of storage in the Town Hall's basement. He smiled back at her, revelling in the light that he could see in her eyes. All of their problems seemed to have been put aside as she stood close to him and laughed slightly at his predicament.

"It's good to see you smile." He said softly.

Robyn's smile grew as her eyes found her feet, "You know you're the first person in three hundred years to be put in those."

"Woohoo, another record smashed!" Kit cheered, "When are they going to start pelting me with rotten vegetables? I'm starting to get hungry."

Kit started laughing as Robyn laughed at his joke. His stomach grumbling loudly interrupted his laughter and he started to look around as if expecting Network officers with armfuls of rotting vegetables to come out of nowhere and start throwing them at him. There was no such luck as it just appeared to be him and Robyn. She seemed to take pity on him as she looked up at the airship and shouted, "Apple!"

An apple fell from the airship and she skilfully grabbed it. She turned it over in her fingers by way of offering it to him but he pulled a face.

"I wonder what would happen if you shouted, 'burger and chips!'" He mused out loud, raising his eyes to the airship.

"I can't say I've ever tried." Nine responded as he walked up from behind Kit, making the clown jump.

Kit craned his neck to see Nine and smiled at him, "Hello, Grumpy. I know love to chat with Robyn but can I have a couple of minutes with her and then you can talk?"

This request seemed to catch Nine off guard and he looked at his granddaughter. She took a deep breath and nodded, her eyes misty. He wanted to refuse but the atmosphere around the two seemed to plead with him to do as Kit asked. Reluctantly he agreed and walked back the way he had come, leaving his granddaughter and Kit alone.

Silence reigned between them. Both waited for the other to speak first, an action that confused Robyn as it was Kit that had asked her if they could talk. She could feel discomfort radiating from him and knew its ultimate destination. It was a bitter pill to swallow, made harder still by the proximity of Christmas.

Kit eventually broke his silence, "Things have been pretty rough recently. What with everything that's happened it's made me revaluate a few things."

"You're doing this now?"

"Hear me out Robs, please. I thought that this practical joke I pulled would help me vent a lot of the frustration I've been feeling about us and get us back on track with each other. I think it kind of did, I feel better about things and I want to try and make things work again. Can we do that?"

There wasn't a concrete answer she could give him. A lot had been said between them, things that should never have been spoken. He'd put her on the spot, asking her to make a choice she wasn't sure she could make straight away. He seemed to register this and he smiled glumly.

"Do you want the apple?" Robyn asked him eventually, at Kit's nod she smiled wickedly and threw it at him, laughing as the apple bounced off his head. "Sorry, I couldn't resist."

Kit laughed; happy he'd got his wish of being pelted with some sort of food stuff.

Sportacus looked over the rather vulgar banner that Kit had created for his 'Nude Day', holding one of it while Boris held the other. It was amass with drawings of penises, bottoms and breasts but there was one image that stood out more than the rest and really didn't seem to fit.

"What is a cat doing on this?" Sportacus wondered out loud.

Boris shook his head, "I haven't the slightest idea. The things that boy comes up with. When Robbie comes out of hiding I want words with him too."

"He was part of this?"

"When Kit told me about today I asked Robbie and he confirmed it. I'm also guessing Kit couldn't write what was on his back on his own." Boris couldn't help but chuckle slightly before he continued, "Or cover himself in butter to that degree."

An incredulous look crossed Sportacus' features, "You're not angry?"

"Not at all, I think the whole thing was pretty hilarious. Several of the other men do too. Langford, on the other hand, he's what he calls 'fuming'. He'll get over it though. If anything Kit has taught us to be a little more careful and remember our training."

Boris put down his side of the banner when a radio signal came over his ear piece, asking him to come outside and see something. He motioned for Sportacus to join him and they exited Robbie's house, spotted the group of his men stood over by the Mayor's house and jogged over to them.

Responsible for calling Boris, Tobias put his finger to his lips as Boris and Sportacus approached and made a 'ssh' sound. Moving his finger he then pointed to a suspicious looking bush a hundred metres away. Every so often the bush appeared to twitch and a pair of eyes would become visible amongst it purple leafed mass before it shifted slightly. It seemed completely oblivious to the fact it had an audience and Sportacus couldn't help but roll his eyes and tut.

No matter how much time had passed, people grew up and altered, some things never changed.

"How long has be doing this?" Boris whispered to Tobias.

"Ten minutes," Tobias replied looking at his watch, "We've just found it too funny to stop him."

Robbie was convinced no one could see him in the bush. He'd keep going around the town for a little while until the heat died off then he'd find a quiet spot and jump out of his disguise. Kit had been caught but he wouldn't be.

Ziggy and Stingy were busy quarrelling about something when they inadvertently bumped into Boris and the small group of Network officers watching Robbie. They found themselves being told to hush by one of the officers and Stingy huffed as he lifted his nose high into the air. Ziggy merely shrugged and licked his lollipop, the object of his argument with Stingy. He quietly whispered to the group asking what they were watching and Tobias pointed him in the right direction.

There was something strangely familiar about the moving bush to Ziggy but he couldn't quite put his finger on it. He tried to ask his friend but Stingy paid him no heed as he continued to sulk. It was only when everyone heard the bush sneeze did Stingy come out of his sulk and observe it.

The sound of something coming towards him, snuffling, caused Robbie to almost break cover as he popped his head up slightly to see what was going on. To his horror, Skip was tottering over. There was one thing he knew Skip liked to do in bushes and he tried to shoo off the dog without revealing himself. Skip wasn't listening and Robbie burst out of his disguise just as Skip started to pee.

"Robbie Rotten!" Stingy and Ziggy shouted in unison before looking at each other with expressions that said 'just how did we fall for that again?'

Robbie casually looked around him and shrugged. Keeping his right arm close to his body he bent it at the elbow and pointed left before striding off right, straightening his waistcoat as he went.

Once the Network officers had stopped laughing, Tobias turned to his leader. "Any action, Sir?"

Boris shook his head and waved his hand, "No, leave him. We got the ring leader. Let's get back to work everybody; we've had enough disruption today already."

Satisfied with their orders, Boris' men went on their way and while some were coming on duty others were finishing. Each of them kept in mind to be very careful of what they believed when it came to Kit.