Night had fallen as Robyn pushed open the front door to her house. Doctor Cole, Kit and Robbie turned away from where they'd been watching the TV and smiled at her. She gave a weak smile back and closed the door before heading for the stairs. Kit got up from his seat on the sofa and brushed her arm as she walked past him.

"I didn't think you'd come back here tonight." He told her.

"I wasn't going to but I don't think I have any clean clothes in the airship. I'm just going to pack a bag and get up there before Sportacus goes to bed."

"Before you do that, can we talk..." Kit paused as he looked at Robbie and the Doctor, "Alone?"

It took a few seconds but Robbie picked up on the cue and awkwardly shifted himself out of the chair before grabbing his coat, "I was going to go out anyway. Ziggy said something about needing help eating some of the chocolate he got for Christmas. You coming Doc?"

"Yes, I suppose I could." Doctor Cole sounded doubtful, "Just as long as I know there aren't going to be any more arguments."

"There won't be." Kit reassured him, "I just think me and Robs need a bit of alone time to sort through things."

Doctor Cole didn't seem satisfied but he followed Robbie's example and got his coat. He spared a glance at the two before exiting the house. Once they were gone Kit motioned for Robyn to sit down and she did so. An awkward silence filled the interval before Kit spoke again.

"We can't go on like this." He stated plainly.

Robyn nodded, "I know."

"I've been vile to you, I won't deny that. After the nude day stunt I said I'd revaluated a few things, I think maybe I didn't revaluate them enough. I was pissed off about you helping Morgan, I still am and it's made me think about a lot of things. The truth of the matter is Robs that I don't think I can do this anymore." Kit's eyes shone with unshed tears as he spoke.

"Do what anymore?" Robyn choked, knowing the answer but not accepting it.

"Be with you. I don't think I can be with you anymore."

Tears fell from Robyn's eyes and slid down her cheeks, "But you said we could get through anything together. When we were in the car in Toronto and Sami was fighting Cain you promised that no matter what we'd be together. You put a ring on my finger, our wedding ring. When we got back together after splitting last time you told me if I took you back it would be as close as we could get to forever! You've always promised me that no matter what you'd stand by me!"

"You're not the same Robyn I made those promises to." Kit almost shouted as he stood up, "When I sang that song to you at Christmas it made me realise how much you've changed since we met. I don't know when it happened; maybe it was after your operation but you changed. You ran away, twice. The first time you ended up in Toronto and the second time you shacked up with Lily. Then when you came home you stopped eating. You had fights with Nine and you got cosy with LaCroix. Then it was the drinking then the drugs. You confided in Morgan over me then you help him escape and when he kills people you defend him. I don't even know if I know who you are anymore. I don't know that after all that's happened I can keep going. I don't know if I can cope with anymore. All I know is you're not the same Robyn I fell in love with. All I know is I can't truthfully say that I still love you."

Closing her eyes, Robyn tried to calm the silent sobs that racked her body. She opened her eyes again and stood, "Perhaps then I think maybe you should take these back." She said as she slid her wedding and engagement rings from her fingers and placed them in Kit's palm.

Kit stared open mouthed at the two rings in his palm; his tears ran over them as they dropped from his eyes. He saw Robyn bring her hand to his, cupping it under his fingers and watched as she closed his hand. Raising his eyes to hers he could see her heartbreak as she let go of his hand. His own heart hurting badly he placed a gentle kiss on her temple before walking past her and out into the night.

Running her fingers absently through her hair, Robyn looked all around her. She raised her eyes to the ceiling as she struggled to breathe through the sobs that were overtaking her, every time she closed her eyes and reopened them more tears cascaded down her cheeks, her body felt as though it was weaving as she fell deeper and deeper into despair.

Kit's feet felt as though they were made of lead as he sloped from the house. He held his closed hand to his chest as he squeezed the rings in his palm tightly, tears running down it as they dropped from his chin. Every step he took away from the house pulled more and more at his heart. He could hear nothing but his own cries as he walked blindly, his eyes clouded by tears unshed. He couldn't walk any further as his legs buckled beneath him and he sank to the ground outside of Pixel's house, his chin striking the earth as he landed on his front. His tears mixed with the melting snow as he lay on it, his heart wrenching cries deafening him to the shouts of his friend as he ran out of the front door. Pixel looked around him desperately as he knelt beside the distraught Kit and yelled, "Help! Help! Help me please!"

Torn apart by grief Robyn fell against the sofa. She buried her face in the seat cushion as she clung to it. Her whole world shattered as her sobs gave way to wails of desolation. There was no light anymore, only darkness. Losing him, her lover, her life, for a second time after everything they had survived felt worse than death and she longed for an end to the pain. Every choice she had made, every bad decision had led to this, had led to her undoing and losing the one thing that kept her going when the black tide of her mother's evil had threatened to sweep her away.

Langford rushed over with Doctor Cole as both Sportacus' responded to Pixel's shouts. They turned Kit onto his back before sitting him up and as soon as they saw the two precious items he held onto dearly it all became clear. Despite the turmoil of his emotions Sportacus remained strong as he tried to console Kit while his father ran full pelt for Robyn's house.

"Oh you haven't..."Langford couldn't find the words.

"We have," Kit choked, "It's over and there's no going back...we can never go back..."

She was numb to the strong arms that enfolded her, the familiar voice that tried to break through and save her. Another pair of arms held her tightly, another voice whispering to her, soothing her. In those arms she found she found a glimmer of comfort, a small pinprick of light in the void. Her tears lessened as she felt him rock backwards and forwards, his movements becoming hers.

Nine sat back as he watched Robbie rock Robyn to and fro, his face pressed against the side of her head as he whispered in her ear. Every so often he would see Robbie move his head slightly as he released his own tears while Robyn's still trickled from her eyes. For a fleeting moment his eyes met those of the man he'd always considered to be villain who would never change and in that briefest look he knew he'd been wrong.