"Did you see her?" A voice called out as he passed through the room his housemate was seated in and disappeared into the kitchen.

Sportacus shook his head to himself in answer, he'd seen her and though his and his daughter's dialogue had far surpassed his basest expectations things hadn't ended in any vestige of a way he could have imagined. He relived Robbie's anger in his mind, the harrowing scene of Robyn struggling against Langford as he'd been led away and the horror that had momentarily stopped his heart at being faced with one of his most painful memories. He sighed loudly as he tried to remove the cloying feeling of despondency at having no idea where she was and being escorted back to the home he now shared with an unexpected friend.

He'd met Kathleen at a food shop in Greentown and had remembered her from the nursing team that had helped Robyn before and after her surgery for her Epilepsy. She'd recognised him too and even though they knew little of each other she'd offered him a listening ear and they'd met again two days later for lunch. As he'd recounted his ordeal over the last weeks the flood gates had opened and he'd told her everything about his fights with Robyn, her disappearing and his failure to stop her, Lily attacking him and coming very close to taking his only daughter away for good. Kathleen had listened to everything and having heard Sportacus tell her where he was currently residing she'd insisted that he come and stay with her until his new airship was ready.

It had been difficult at first for Sportacus to accept Kathleen's charity but he'd eventually agreed. He'd also come to realise quite quickly that Kathleen's offer of a place to stay hadn't been entirely selfless. Her original housemate had moved out suddenly following the revelation that Lily had been working at the hospital under the guise of Ellen and had feared a reprisal following having an argument with the woman and accusing her of misconduct. She'd not admitted it to herself at first but she'd become lonely and had her own misgivings about living alone in a house that Lily had once visited.

Kathleen got up from her place on the sofa after Sportacus had failed to emerge from the kitchen and joined him. He was stood facing the window, head down and shoulders hunched arms ram rod straight as his white knuckled hands clung to the edge of the sink. Concerned for her friend and the state of his relationship with his daughter she walked over to him and slowly placed a hand on his shoulder.

Sportacus tilted his head towards Kathleen as she spoke, "I saw her. She made me coffee and we talked, she apologised for everything she'd done. She accepted my offer to take her to dinner too. She seemed surprised at first but even offered to pick me up if we went to Greentown."

Kathleen was stunned, "Wow, I never would have expected that. Not this soon, that's a big milestone. If it went so well why are you so unhappy?"

"Robbie burst in just as I was leaving," Sportacus sighed, "He was furious that I was there but it wasn't me he was mad at. He yelled at Robyn and called her a liar, he told her to get out."

"Oh my god! Where's Robyn now? What happened?"

"She ran out of the house, Langford grabbed her and took her away in the car somewhere. I got escorted home in my car by one of the Network men not long after that. I don't know where she is or how she is."

Kathleen nodded and silently hoped that Robyn would be ok. The young woman had been through a lot and she hoped that this turn of events wouldn't drive her over the edge on which she'd spent so long teetering.

Robyn sat bolt upright as she took heaving gasps for air, refilling her lungs, her eyes and mouth open wide. She fell back almost as quickly as she had risen but a folded up coat had been pushed quickly in the space her head had occupied to keep it from striking the hard concrete when it returned. As she laid flat her eyes fluttered closed until she felt a hand brush back her hair from her face. Her eyes opened slowly and she saw Doctor Malone looking down at her.

"You'll be ok now," He said, panting slightly as if he'd experienced some exertion, "We very nearly didn't get you back."

Robyn smiled as she remembered and her eyes looked up to where she'd been, "I was up there. I could see you. You brought me back, thank you."

Doctor Malone looked at Langford as Robyn had spoken, "It's not me you need to thank, it's this gentleman here. Nothing I've done would have been any use if he hadn't acted as quickly. He and his men all helped you and I hope they're proud as they certainly should be. At any rate, we need to take you to the hospital and make sure everything is ok. All being well, you'll be out tomorrow morning and we'll just keep you in for observation tonight. My only immediate concern is how long you were without a proper supply of oxygen, you seem ok but given your history I'd quite like to give you a CAT scan."

For once, Robyn made no objection to going to hospital as an ambulance arrived and she was lifted onto a stretcher which made Doctor Malone question momentarily whether any damage had been done. Shaking his head and dismissing the thought with a smirk he climbed into the ambulance before the doors were closed behind him and it drove off.

Langford stood silent, observing Robyn being put into the back of the ambulance and it leaving until a voice broke his reverie.

"Orders, Sir?" Orucov had said.

"We head back to town," Langford answered as he faced his men, "Peters, go with Toksvig and drive the Doctor's car to the hospital and stay there with Robyn. Report back every hour until we know what's going on and let us know immediately if anything changes. Make it clear to the staff that you're not going anywhere until Robyn is discharged, whether you're there out of visiting hours or not. As soon as we get back to town I'll let her family know what's happened and bring them up to you. Grant, compile what you've recorded and send it with a report to headquarters. Include everything. They'll know if anything is missing or has been edited and it's likely to have them throwing accusations around.

With the same smoothness at which they'd carried out their original mission, Langford's men embarked on their new one. Though Peters was looking forward in some way to his next task, Toksvig most certainly wasn't.