Back in Melbourne, Danny was making coffee in his shitty little apartment and trying to forget that Melbourne was being attacked by flying robotic animals. He was discovering that, unfortunately, it was a difficult thing to forget.

It didn't help that he was just a little bit high.

His attention was caught by a tapping at his window. There were three quick taps, then a pause. Then the tapping came again.

He walked slowly across the tiny apartment and lifted up the window. Outside, a three foot long silver squirrel was hovering there just over his balcony, one paw outstreched.

Danny said nothing for a moment, briefly wondering whether he was hallucinating again. He remembered seeing this squirrel before, at the airport on La Perdita. He didn't know what the hell it was doing here.

"You are Danny Hearn?" The squirrel asked.

"Uh... yeah."

"Then Robo Squirrel is successful! Beep!" The squirrel said, then flew into the apartment and circled a few times.

"Hey! Wait! Get the fuck out!"

"Robo Squirrel has found you. This was important."

"What the hell is going on?"

"I am Robo Squirrel. I am a member of Vanguard International."

"...no you're not."

"...I was." Robo Squirrel's usually chirpy voice had lowered at this point.

"Wait, no, no you weren't. That makes no sense."

"That doesn't matter now! Beep!"

"How did you find me?"

"Whitepages.com.au."

"Oh, right. Okay. Why are you here?"

"Vanguard International needs you!"

"No, no, no they don't," Danny said, throwing his arms in the air, walking back across his apartment and sitting on his couch.

"Yes! Yes they do! Your team needs you. More than they need Robo Squirrel."

Danny buried his head in his hands. "I betrayed them. I killed people. I tried to kill all of them."

"It is Robo Squirrel's understanding that your body was being controlled by another consciousness when those incidents took place."

"It doesn't matter. I let Hal in. I brought him back from the future."

"You were used."

"Yes."

"Beep."

"Um... yeah."

"Now you must return!"

"Why?"

"Because you are a Vanguardian."

"Not anymore."

"Always."