Melanie laid on her bed admiring the rosary Ochocinco slipped to her. It was a simple rosary, a metal crucifix with red beads, but elegant nonetheless. She couldn't believe her driver had given her something so precious to him.

Melanie felt her hope rise. The rosary felt like a sign from heaven letting her know that she was being rooted for and that even if she fell, she would be lifted up again.

The door creaked open just then, and Melanie quickly hid her rosary under her pillow, fearing that it would be taken from her.

To her relief, it was 505 who entered the room.

"Oh, 505!" Melanie said in relief. "What are you doing here? Did you get out of doing your chores so you could hang out with me?"

505 nodded happily.

"Sweet!" Melanie exclaimed. "Do you want to play some of the videogames I have on my console?"

505 nodded vigorously, shut the door behind him just as a group of Hat robots went to finish cleaning up the dining room, and merrily skipped over to the bed to play some videogames with Melanie.

After a few hours of playing videogames, Melanie reluctantly made herself enter the bathroom to get ready for bed while 505 continued playing videogames.

As soon as she stepped out of the bathroom wearing a purple tank top and blue-striped pajama slacks to sleep in, Melanie heard a knock on the door.

"Hey, Melanie," Flug's voice called out from the other side. "Are you in there? It's me."

Melanie rolled her eyes. She dreaded what was coming as she pulled on her blue denim slippers and reluctantly made her way across the room to open the door.

When Melanie opened the door, she saw Flug standing there with a bottle of pills in one hand and a bottle of water in the other.

"Good evening, Melanie," Flug said. "I'm here to announce that it's time for you to go to bed…"

"Thanks," Melanie replied with heavy sarcasm. "I'll try to keep that in mind."

Melanie then attempted to shut the door.

Flug stopped the door from closing with his shoe and added, "And, to give you what your parents and I agreed upon."

Melanie crossed her arms and said, "Which is...?"

"Your new medication to help you sleep," Flug said smugly.

Melanie sighed and said, "Fine, hand it over."

Flug twisted open the lid, picked up a pill, and handed the tablet to Melanie along with the water bottle.

Melanie stood there expecting Flug to leave, but he stood there waiting.

Melanie struggled to keep her composure. She wanted to break down and cry at the stress she was feeling. Melanie refused to cry in front of this crazy scientist, but he wouldn't leave until she actually swallowed the pill.

So, with a heavy heart, Melanie put the pill in her mouth and drank the water to swallow it down.

"Thank you," Flug said cheerfully. "I'll see you in the morning."

With that, Flug stepped back and shut the door.

Melanie walked back over to her bed and sat down. She didn't feel any different yet.

505 sat down next to Melanie and gave her a hug to help her feel better.

Melanie looked up at the bear and hugged him back feeling warm in his loving embrace.

"Hey, 505?" Melanie asked. "Do you want to watch videos on my phone with me?"

505 nodded happily as he scooped Melanie into his arms and settled himself in the middle allowing his back to rest against the bedframe and Melanie to get snug in his lap as she pulled up videos on her phone to watch.

It was only gradually that Melanie began to feel sleepy. It snuck up on her so slowly that she didn't know how drowsy she was until she was struggling to keep her eyes open 20 minutes later.

Without warning, Flug opened the door and asked in surprise, "How are you still awake?!"

"I'm not tired enough to fall asleep yet," Melanie replied. "So, what? This video we're watching is really interesting."

Flug snatched the phone from Melanie's hands to notice that Melanie and 505 were watching an animated music video of what looked like two imps singing a love song.

"That's…surprising…" Flug said as he laid the phone on the bedside table and plugged it into its charger connected to the nearby outlet out of Melanie's immediate reach.

"Hey!" protested Melanie struggling to sit up on top of 505. "I was watching that."

"You can watch it again in the morning," Flug replied annoyedly. "Now, 505, tuck Melanie into bed and let's go."

505 looked at Melanie as gently as a mother looked at her baby. Then, as gently as possible, he picked her up, stood up, and tucked Melanie snugly into bed before turning to follow his Dad.

However, before 505 could walk away, Melanie grabbed his paw and said, "Wait! Dr. Flug, c-can he stay until I fall asleep?"

Flug sighed and said, "I suppose. 505, find me when you're done."

Flug shut the door behind him as 505 sat down on the floor next to the bed, rested his tired head next to Melanie's, and held her hand.

"Awww!" Melanie said drowsily. "Awww! You're like a giant teddy bear. God bless you."

Finally, when Melanie had fallen asleep, 505 got off the bed, rubbed Melanie's head, crept out of the room, and gently shut the door behind him.

To his surprise, Flug was waiting there in the hall.

"Daddy is very proud of you, 505," Flug said. "You're doing an amazing job looking after Melanie."

505 smiled contentedly as he and his Dad started walking down the hall.

"But I need to ask you something," Flug asked immediately getting 505's attention. "Daddy is going to keep needing your help to help Melanie become a villain. She doesn't like me, Black Hat, or Dementia. She's also very unhappy right now. She doesn't want to listen to us or even be here, but she loves you and will listen to you. So, we need you to keep an eye on her to be sure she's doing what she needs to do. If Melanie is not taking her medicine or doing something she's not supposed to, I need you to tell me even if Melanie wants you to keep it a secret. Okay?"

505 stopped and gave Flug a confused glance.

Flug sighed deeply and said, "Buddy, I know she's your friend, but Melanie needs our help. She just doesn't understand it yet. Melanie has a brain that needs medicine to work properly, so she has trouble understanding why she needs to behave and why she needs to listen. I need you to help me take care of her. Okay?"

505 thought for a second before enthusiastically nodding his head.

"Thanks, 505," Flug said affectionately giving 505 a big hug. "I knew I could rely on you."