Above ground, Rocko sat outside of the run down church, looking up at the perfectly clear starry sky. “The sky is so clear out here,” he said to himself. Thoughts of the events from his visit to Undaville rushed through his mind. He pulled out a folded photo from his pocket. Unfolding it, a picture of a young Rocko and his mother became clear.

“I don't fully understand what’s happening Mum… I wish you could have been here with me. I am sitting here, looking up at the clearest sky I have ever seen, I have never seen so many stars! Did you ever see a sky like this? You were such a wonderful person, you went to church every Sunday… Why did Danny take you away from me? I hate him mum. I can't forgive him for what he did to us,” a tear appeared in his eye, his voice turning angry, “I will find you Danny. And you will pay for this.”

“Revenge will never satisfy,” a female voice spoke up from behind him.

Rocko spun around, “Hina?”

“Through all my time walking this earth. I have seen revenge ruin some of the finest people,” Hina sat next to him as she spoke, “Is that your Mum?”

“Yeah…” Rocko said, showing her the photo briefly, “She was the nicest lady and Danny stole her from me,” he now had tears running down his cheeks.

“What would you do if you met him again?” Hina asked curiously.

Kaminari lit up and Rocko had a strange look in his eyes, “I would kill him.”

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“Roooockoooo!” Paige’s voice interrupted them, “Ahh, there you are. What are you doing up here?”

She ran over and joined the two. Rocko stood up as she got there, “You have been crying, is everything ok?” she asked with the most sensitive voice she could muster.

“Just leave me alone,” he walked off, leaving the girls looking at each other.

“Rocko!” Paige grabbed his arm as he stepped away.

He shook off her hand, “Paige... Just leave me alone.”

Paige stood bewildered as Rocko disappeared into the dark of the night.

“What’s his problem?” Paige asked, sitting down next to Hina.

“He will tell you when the time is right. He has had a painful past.” Hina said.

“Yeah well he isn’t the only one, no need to be a jerk about it.”

Hina laughed, “Yes… Life is hard.”

The next morning at Nan's, Rocko and Paige were quietly eating breakfast when Paul raced in.

“Something’s happening on Rogue Island. You two need to go back,”

“What’s happened?” Paige asked in a shocked voice.

“Has it ever snowed there before?” Paul asked rhetorically.

“No, we get all sorts of weather but it is far too warm for snow,” Paige replied.

“The whole island is covered in snow. It was on the news this morning. I was speaking with Hina, and we decided that this is not natural. We need you two to head back and make sure everything is ok,” Paul threw their things to them, “I took the liberty of packing your stuff up, it is waiting in your car.”

Paige looked disturbed and was just about to object with a rant about privacy, when Hina walked in, “I am going to come with you. It’s been a long time since I have seen the beautiful Rogue Island.”

“Yeah, you can tell us more about Eden on the way!” Paige said excitedly.

“If Paige can stop throwing up for five minutes…” Rocko joked, causing Paige to shoot him a dirty look.

Hina smiled, “Good, let’s get going then.”

“I’m driving!” Paige declared, running towards the stairs in a hurry.