"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Courage screamed as he ran down the hall of the farmhouse's second floor.

Letting fear be the main force propelling himself forward Courage in record breaking time reached the attic stairs before promptly bolting up them and dashing inside. After this was done he once more in record breaking time brought up the ladder, closed the attic's door, then proceeded to barricade it with objects he seemed to be getting from thin air, one of which being an unexplained bath tub. Taking only but a moment to look at the now towering mountain of objects he had atop of the attic's door to ensure it was somewhat safe, he then made his way towards his chair in front of Computer before quickly taking a seat.

"Well look who it is." Computer began in his usual British tone "Tell me, are you here for pleasantries or are you going to just smash my keys as you always do?" It continued, with it's typical sarcastic banter.

"NOWHERE POLICE!" Courage shouted as he hastily typed into the keyboard, ignoring Computer all together.

"I'm afraid that won't work." Computer stated, this time gaining the other's attention.

"And why not?!" Courage asked, unable to cease in his panic.

"If you'll recall, your "guests" practically blew up all of Nowhere before coming here, meaning no police or anyone else for that matter." Computer answered.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Courage shouted into the air as he pulled on his ears.

Suddenly though as if things weren't going bad enough a sudden rhythmic bashing was heard coming from the attic's door, being accompanied by the sight of the previously mentioned mountain of objects slightly bouncing as a result.

"WHAT DO I DO WHAT DO I DO!?" He asked, as he typed out the same question.

"I don't know why you're asking me, it's not MY head they're after you twit." Computer replied.

Unfortunately for Courage before he could even respond the faint but clear sound of a fuse burning away reached his ears, causing him to look towards the makeshift blockade.

"Good luck." Was all Computer had to say before it's screen turned off.

Running in place within his chair Courage unsure of what to do to avoid what lied on the other side of that door looked around the room for any possible escape, which of course he did find but it wasn't something he was looking forward to.

"Oooooooooh I know i'm gonna regret this." He said before jumping down from his chair, then taking a running start towards the attic's window.

However, just as he leapt into the air the bomb from beneath the blockade went off causing the previously mentioned unexplained bath tub to go flying from it and towards Courage. With the only action available being to scream Courage did just that as the tub smashed right into him, through the attic's wall, and flew a good few yards from the farmhouse before crashing into the ground. Letting the pain just make itself at home within him Courage with whatever strength he had left pushed the tub off of him and let out a small bout of laughter, coming of course from not only the intense pain but also his new found delirium before passing out.

Much like the day before the farmhouse was quiet, but in all honesty that had become the natural way of things after Muriel and Eustace passed away. And as you might expect, even though the the once somewhat lively abode was now as dark, dusty, and seemingly void of life as a graveyard, there was of course still one person left, more specifically one dog. However, even with the Bagges having passed away almost three weeks prior to the current day, Courage while no longer crying and curled upon their once warm bed was still very much so depressed, as one would be given the circumstances. Unfortunately due to Courage's current state he didn't really bother with anything such as cleaning, tending to the garden, or even passing the time with Computer, which caused the farmhouse to accumulate a mass of dust, cobwebs, and pests of all kinds.

Even so, Courage just didn't have, for a lack of a better word the Courage to face life anymore, not saying that he was contemplating joining the Bagges before his proper time of course, but still without the comfort of Muriel or even the constant harassment of Eustace he just didn't have the strength to properly deal with being all alone again. But alas, even in his very saddened state Courage did need something every once and a while to break the silence, so when these times would arise he found himself laying on the living room rug before taking the remote into his paw and watching the TV. However, before he was able to turn the TV on a sudden knocking at the door caught his attention, causing him to look towards it in curiosity.

"Who could that be?..." He asked aloud, his voice seeming to be tired and heavy which was more than likely due to his irregular sleep schedule.

Deciding that there was no point in laying there and waiting for more continuous knocks before the individual on the other side understood no one was there to deal with them, or at the very least no one who cared, Courage willed himself off of the rug before heading over to the door and opening it.

"Look I don't want any trouble so just-" He began to say, until he saw who was on the other side to which his formerly drooping eyes shot wide open.

Standing there was not one, not two, not three, and not even four but an entire group of villains that he was ALL too familiar with, especially one in particular who seemed to be leading them.

"Hello dear boy." The calm sophisticated voice of Katz greeted, before it's owner looked down at him with his dagger like gaze and glowing yellow eyes.

Unfortunately for Katz and the other villains present, before they could even attempt to say another word or make any kind of sound the scream for which they all knew too well rang out through the air, followed by the slamming of the farmhouse's door in their faces. Not wasting a second after having slammed the door Courage shot right up the stairs with his legs seeming to be on autopilot as they steered him towards the attic.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" He screamed as he ran before suddenly stopping "Wait a minute!" He exclaimed, before coming to a screeching halt "Why does this all seem so familiar?" He asked, placing a paw to his chin.

"Because dear boy this is a dream you're having." Katz informed him, causing the other to jump back in surprise.

"D-DON'T COME ANY CLOSER!" Courage shouted back, pointing a finger towards him.

"There's no need to be afraid Courage." Katz stated as he walked over, arms behind his back "I'm nothing more than a figment of your mind, in fact all of this is." He added, gesturing to the hallway surrounding them.

"B-but that still doesn't explain why all of this is so familiar!" Courage rebutted.

"Oh my, don't tell me you don't recall as to WHY you're dreaming in the first place?" Katz questioned, only to receive an unsure look and shrug as a response "Hmm...it seems you were dealt FAR more than just a temporary state of unconsciousness..." He muttered, as he placed a paw to his chin.

"What do you mean?" Courage asked turning his head to the side out of confusion.

However, instead of getting a verbal answer Courage received a far more physical one, as Katz brought down a mallet onto his head knocking him out as it did.

"Hmm, I wonder if this will worsen his amnesia given it's just happening in his mind?..." He asked, before shrugging it off and heading towards the stairs with the mallet over his shoulder.

"Look he's waking up!" A voice exclaimed, it being hard to make out due to it being the first thing to break the darkness.

Speaking of which, after having been whacked on the head by a mallet from dream Katz Courage was surrounded by a veil of darkness, but only for a few seconds as his eyes began to open and light poured in. Taking a few moments to blink as to adjust to the sudden brightness of his surroundings, Courage then raised his paws to his eyes before promptly rubbing them in order to not only wake up faster but to see more clearly. But as he slowly began to take his paws away from his eyes so he could fully take in where he was, by god did he wish he hadn't. For as his eyes finally could make out the things around him they soon shot wide open, as the sight of Katz, Cajun Fox, Le Quack, Big toe, and Weremole all stared directly at him.

What made it even worse though was as he saw all of them just standing there looking at him, he noticed that not only were they in his living room but he was also being held by someone, and upon slowly tilting his head back to see who it was did he discover it was in fact the queen of the black puddle.

"Why hello there Courage~" She spoke in her usual smooth soothing tone, which to anyone else who was not familiar with her would find relaxing, but because he was familiar with it all that resulted was him screaming.

"AAAAA-" He began to sound, until a muzzle was suddenly clasped on his mouth.

"There will be no more of that dear boy." Kats stated, as he drew his paws back from the muzzle whilst staring into the terrified eyes of Courage "Now you no doubt have questions which you of course want answers to, so when you are ready to ACTUALLY speak instead of just screaming your head off then I shall remove the muzzle." He explained.

Taking a moment to think on what he said Courage, although unsure as to whether or not he should even be trusting whatever it was that was going on here, decided that since he wasn't dead yet that maybe he was somewhat safe, which did calm him down significantly.

"Are you ready to speak now?" Katz asked, earning a nod in response "Very good." He added before removing the muzzle.

Raising a paw to his mouth to make sure the muzzle didn't leave any kind of mark even in it's short time of being on his face, Courage after doing this wasted no time looking straight towards Katz, putting his hands on his hips, and giving him his most stern glare possible.

"What've you done with Muriel?" He asked, hoping to get an answer.

However, instead of a laugh, chuckle, or even just an immediate response from not only Katz but ANY of the villains, what Courage got instead was confused looks from all of them.

"What are you talking about little doggie? you know exactly what has become of zat old woman." Le Quack replied being the first.

"No I don't, one minute I'm sleeping all nice and cozy with Muriel in bed, the next I'm waking up with all of you here!" Courage responded, his glare ceasing to falter.

"I think the dog's got a screw loose or somethin, his memory seems to not be working see?" Big Toe asked, to which his other toes replied with a resounding "YEAH!".

"It does seem like he's completely clueless about everything, which MIGHT be due to a certain little birdie blowin him clear across the way." Cajun Fox added, looking towards Le Quack as he did.

"Oh? and what was YOUR brilliant plan to get him out of le attic hm? because if I recall correctly not one of you had any better plans than just to ram it till it gave way." Le Quack responded, defending his reasoning,

"Enough." Katz spoke whilst looking over his shoulder, bringing silence to the room once more before he returned his gaze to Courage "Dog, do you have any idea as to what day it was when you went to sleep?" He asked.

Unsure as to where he was going with this, Courage deeming it best to just go along with it so he wouldn't get maimed or worse put a paw to his chin to think on it, doing his best to give as accurate of an answer as possible knowing very well that's what Katz was expecting.

"Well..." He began whilst squinting his eyes as he strained for details "Before we went to bed we ate one of Muriels pies...it was blueberry...and we only have blueberry pie for dessert usually on a Saturday...so I guess Saturday." He finished, reopening his eyes as he did.

"And you have no idea in the slightest what the month that day was in happened to be?" Katz asked with an eyebrow raised.

Returning to his previous pose Courage thought as hard as he could as to what month it was, why it was important he didn't know but even with the threat of Katz or the others for some reason getting mad at his lack of an answer, no matter how hard he tried he just couldn't come up with what the other was looking for. So after a few more moments of contemplation he reopened his eyes once more, before giving a shrug as to say he didn't know.

"I see..." Katz hummed before closing his eyes "Dog, go into the kitchen and wait for us to beckon you back here understand?" He asked.

Still confused as to what was going on as well in addition to being worried about Muriel, Courage still devoted to staying on their good side hopped down from Queenie's lap and walked to the kitchen. After waiting a few moments for the kitchen door to stop moving back and forth, all the villains eyes then went to Katz who still had his closed, obviously thinking about the situation at hand.

"So what's the plan then pussy cat?" Cajun asked as he crossed his arms "It's obvious he don't remember a thing about what's happened, again probably due to a certain fowl who shan't be named." He added while "subtly" pointing to Le Quack with his thumb as he did.

"I do not care for your tone fox." Le Quack responded, before pulling out his medical bag from nowhere "How about I fix zat for you hm?" He suggested.

However, before the two could continue with their little squabble Katz simply snapped his fingers to reestablish order before opening his eyes.

"Here's what is going to happen." He began, before looking towards each villain one by one "It is clear that he has a case of amnesia, and whether or not it was caused by the earlier explosion is irrelevant, for what truly matters is the upside to such an occurrence." He informed them.

"Which is?" Queenie asked as, she rested her head on her hand.

"We all came here to check up on our adversary since the word of his owners passing reached us." Katz began once more "And we all knew very well how...shall we say challenging it was going to be to help him through this time, given the state he was more than likely to be in." He continued, before looking towards the kitchen door "But now thanks to this sudden amnesia that is no longer an issue, we can restore our enemy to proper health now without having to deal with any sort of complications." He concluded.

"And what exactly makes you think the dog's gonna let us stay here? let alone help him get back to a hundred percent? not to mention he thinks we have the old lady see?" Big toe asked, earning a collective "YEAH!" from the other toes.

"It's simple really, the amnesia benefits us in more ways than one mainly with the belief that the woman is still alive, we can use that to reinforce our place here by simply telling him that if he wishes to get the woman back unharmed he must do exactly as we say." katz explained.

"But won't he get suspicious of us when he realizes what we're forcing him to do isn't trying to kill him?" Le Quack asked.

"No, because I have every bit of confidence that anything Cajun tries to feed him will be proof enough we still wish for his utter demise." Katz assured.

"Yeah!...HEY WAIT A MINUTE!" Cajun began to shout, only to be bitten on the leg by the Weremole "OW!" He exclaimed as he gripped his shin.

"Thank you weremole." Katz said earning a nod from the other "But in all seriousness everyone, if we're going to make this work than we're going to need help getting this place into proper shape" He stated, as he wiped off a very thick amount of dust from the rocking chair's arm with his finger "And I know just whom to call in that regard." He added, before heading towards the stairs.

"Where are you going?" Queenie asked, as she and the others watched him ascend.

"I'm going to use the computer we saw up in the attic to send a message to those who shall help us, in the mean time the rest of you begin cleaning as well as make sure the mutt doesn't go outside, we can't have him stumbling into the barn." Katz instructed, before disappearing from sight.

And thus with their orders in hand the villains got to work, all the while Courage remained in the kitchen hiding and shaking under the table.

(A/N: To keep this short called BWQ Queenie because it's shorter and easier, same goes for Cajun Fox being simply called Cajun)