Robyn fought to contain her laughter as she walked into the living room and saw Morgan ensconced in one of the Mayor's more tasteless styled robes and a pair of pyjamas that were miles to big for him. She bit her lip as she could see that Morgan was more than a little uncomfortable under her scrutiny.
"I'm sorry," Robyn breathed trying to quell her urge to laugh, "It's just you look...you look."
"I look ridiculous," Morgan moaned seemingly sinking into the oversized robe.
It was more than she could stand and Robyn began to laugh out loud before she could check herself.
"Oh go on, laugh!" Morgan cried in outrage throwing his arms up in the air, "I'm surprised no one else has joined in!"
"I'm sorry, I can't help it! It's just in that robe and pyjamas with your beard...you look like someone from the Bible"
Morgan looked blankly at Robyn for a moment before exclaiming, "Well I'm sure that's reassuring for the millions of Christians in the world!"
Some of the Network officers seemed to share Robyn's amusement at Morgan's attire and had begun to smile at her reaction. They'd never seen her laugh before and they would have laughed too if they hadn't been thrown off guard by a genuine smile that had started to slowly creep across Morgan's features.
Seeing Morgan smile made Robyn pause in her laughter and she cleared her throat before sitting next to him on the sofa. It wasn't long before his smile began to fade but a trace of it seemed to remain in his expressive eyes. He'd never seen his sister laugh before either and he liked it, it warmed him inside.
"Where have you been?" He asked suddenly, remembering that he hadn't seen her for a couple of days.
Robyn squirmed uncomfortably for a minute before deciding that honesty was the best policy, "I went with some of the Network guys to Lily's hideout."
"You did what?" Morgan's expression had darkened considerably and all traces of the humour he'd previously shared with her had gone. "Do you realise what she would have done to you if she'd been there?"
"She wasn't there!" Robyn protested, "Someone she'd killed was...I picked up on it and..."
Morgan's expression darkened still further but there was a tinge of something else to it as he seemed to remember what had happened to Robyn in the living room of Lily's hide out when she'd sat in Doctor Trent's chair. He'd put two and two together.
"What happened?" He asked, his voice tinged with the same emotion registering on his face.
"My heart stopped. Two of the Network guys got me back with help from Doctor Malone, I had to stay in Hospital overnight and I've only just got back."
As the strange emotion seemed to grow, Morgan looked away. Robyn could see he was becoming intensely uncomfortable again but had her own questions to ask of him.
"How did she find you?"
Morgan knew of who Robyn was speaking and shuddered slightly, "When we escaped I told you about her supporters...one of them must have seen me and followed me to where I was hiding. I should have known better. He led her right to me. She burst in before I even knew she was there and she grabbed me. I've never seen her like that. Normally she toys with her prey, you know that, but this time it was different. I couldn't get away from her. Somehow I managed to break free but she was on me again in a flash. I don't know how I did it but I knocked her off stride and she fell, she must have hit her head or something because she didn't get up...I didn't know if it was a trick or not so I left her. Her supporter had stayed behind but when he saw me leaving and not her he ran. I kept moving for as long as I could and that's when I ended up under the bridge. I just couldn't go any further."
Eyes glittering with tears Robyn nodded. She hadn't expected Morgan to go so far in his explanation. He was now as much an outcast in his mother's eyes as she and she wondered if Lily would give him a second chance or attempt to kill him again if she found him.
A few minutes silence ensued after Morgan's explanation of events leading up to his discovery by Doctor Cole. He was still facing away slightly from Robyn and she was happy to see that his posture had become a lot more relaxed. It wasn't until she heard his breathing shallow that she realised he'd fallen asleep.
Smiling slightly she got up slowly and left her brother to sleep. As she was passing one of the Network officers in the doorway she heard one of their radios beep and a message was relayed.
"Tell Robyn that Kit says 'Sportasmurf' is on his way over. He knows about her hospital stay."
