Forty-eight hours have passed. The doctors determined the horns Rocky grew were not contagious and the vaccine they gave him was not the COVID-19 vaccine but an experimental drug called Heffer-29.

They released shadow and Baudelaire, and they allowed them to see Rocky. “Rocky, I’m so sorry we abandoned you. They wouldn’t let us see you. They put us in quarantine rooms until they knew your horns weren’t contagious. Apparently, some idiot gave you the wrong shot, and you got an experimental shot instead. It’s why you grew horns,” said Baudelaire. “hopefully, they have an antidote to reverse the process,” said Shadow. “Shadow, I need to tell you something. Nurse Blissful is hurting me at night. She comes into my room at night and digs her fingers into my wounds.

“What!” said Baudelaire and Shadow in unison. “I’ll scratch her eyes out,” hissed Shadow. Just then Miss Blissful came into the room. “Ah, I see the happy family is reunited,” said Nurse Blissful. Nurse Blissful made her way toward Rocky, and Rocky flinched. “We know you have been hurting him at night. His reaction to you getting close to him proves that,” said Baudelaire. “Plus, Rocky doesn’t lie,” hissed Shadow. “This is preposterous. I never laid a hand on him,” forcibly said Nurse Blissful. “We are taking him home today,” said Baudelaire. “You’re not taking him anywhere,” snapped back Nurse Blissful. “We still need to conduct tests on him to determine how to remove the horns,” said Nurse Blissful in an authoritative voice. “You’re not conducting any more tests on him. He goes home with us today,” said Shadow. “We’ll see about that,” said Nurse Blissful as she stormed out of the room headed toward the Director of the Infectious Disease Department…