DISCLAIMER: I own nothing of LazyTown. To any nitpickers out there, my computer is set on Icelandic keyboard while I´m learning the language and is fussy. I can´t find some of my keys like the quotation marks, so please deal with it.

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Sportacus was standing in front of a mirror in a dressing room at the local LazyTown sporting goods store. Under normal circumstances, he would be enjoying himself. Sometimes he would drop in to see what new sports equipment was in, or to pick up a new ball for the kids. But today was different.

Earlier, he had met Stephanie and Trixie coming out of the Town Hall visiting Stephanie´s Uncle Milford, the mayor. Stephanie was wearing a one piece swimsuit edged in white, with several shades of pink stripes. Sportacus blinked twice at Trixie. She was wearing a red bikini with orange polkadots.

'Hi, girls! Did LazyTown put in a pool when I wasn´t looking?'

'Hi, Sportacus! Not exactly. Pixel dug a big hole at the edge of town. He heard the weather report for all the rain we were supposed to get, and knew it would fill up in no time. Since the rain stopped yesterday, and it´s so hot today, we all thought we would try it out,' Stephanie explained.

'Hey, Sportacus, why don´t you come with us?' Trixie asked.

'Yeah! That would be so much fun! Please, Sportacus?' Stephanie begged.

Sportacus shrugged his shoulders and gave a lopsided grin. 'I...I don´t have a swimsuit.'

The girls looked startled for a moment then blushed slightly. Trixie recovered first.

'But, you CAN swim, right?' Trixie asked.

'Yes, but...' Sportacus thought about the kids swimming without anybody to watch them, and on the edge of town, too. 'All right. Give me fifteen minutes and I´ll be with you.' Sportacus grinned at the girls, then grinned bigger because they looked so happy. As the girls walked down the street, Sportacus headed for the sports store.

Sportacus had picked out several swimsuits and was trying them on. It didn´t help that the sales lady was hovering right outside the dressing room. He slowly stripped down and grabbed up the first pair of trunks. They were blue of course, but a wild pattern, like bermuda shorts. He imagined what the kids would think. Okay. Maybe. He quickly changed into the next one. Sportacus pulled it on and looked in the mirror. He gasped, turned light pink, and quickly reached for the next choice. Speedo´s were definately out. The kids would pass out from shock and require therapy the rest of their lives. He might as well go skinny-dipping as wear a speedo. He turned a deeper shade of red as he put on his final choice. Yes. This was it. This suit was perfect. It fit his body like a second skin. It was similar to a scuba diving suit, but was sleeveless and the legs stopped right above the knee. He zipped it up to his chin, put his hat back on, and positioned his goggles above his forehead. Smiling, Sportacus gathered up his superhero suit. Unbeknownst to the superhero, every rippling muscle in his body was emphasized.

He didn´t notice the appreciative gaze of the saleslady as he walked to the register, then out the door. He hoped the kids hadn´t jumped in the water hole yet. He hurried to catch up.

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Stephanie wiped the sweat from her forehead as she trudged along behind Trixie.

'Slow down, Trixie!' Stephanie gasped out. The humidity was high and the temperature was even higher.

'Come on, Stephanie, I want to jump in all that water.'

'Well, at least slow down a little,' Stephanie sighed.

'Move it, Pinkie!' Trixie laughed as she picked up her speed.

Stephanie continued behind Trixie. At the edge of LazyTown, the girls caught up with Stingy and Ziggy.

'...then I´m going to do a superman dive, and then a cannonball, and then a belly flop...'

Stingy interupted Ziggy, 'With all the candy you´ve been eating today, all your dives will probably be belly flops.'

Ziggy started in again, ' But the candy gives me lots of energy I can do anything I can dive from a housetop, or...or even the water tower I can keep going and going and going...'

Stingy turned to Stephanie and Trixie as they caught up to him. 'If he was pink and had long ears, he could get a job as a stand-in for the energizer bunny.' The girls shook their heads and chuckled.

Trixie added, 'With all the hot air he has bottled up inside, he should be able to float good.'

'Bottled up inside!' Stingy looked at her incredulously. 'Does that sound like it´s bottled up? If he was a soda pop he would have fizzeled out by now! He´s been like this since he woke up!' Stephanie and Trixie just laughed harder. They had the same picture in their heads. Ziggy sleeping peacefully, then Stingy shaking him to get up and get going. Stingy trying so hard to screw the lid back on, and Ziggy fizzing all over.

'Hey, guys! Come on in, the water´s great!' Pixel hollered from above them. He was sitting at the top of a slide when he spotted them. Ziggy was already climbing up the ladder.

'Hi, Pixel!'

'Ewwww, Pixel, the water is so muddy.'

'Awww, come on guys! It´s cool, and there aren´t any creepy crawlies in it.' Pixel finished by sliding into the water with a splash.

Ziggy was right behind him. 'Wheee! Look at me, I´m flying!' He shot down the slide head first, arms outstretched.

A second later Pixel surfaced, spewing water and laughing. 'Wow, that was so cool! You have to try it!'

Everyone watched for Ziggy. Just as a feeling of panic began to grip them, suddenly, Sportacus bounded out of the bushes, dropping his superhero suit next to a tree. He took in the scene before him and instantly knew his crystal had gone off because it was Ziggy in trouble. He pulled his goggles down and dived into the muddy water. The kids waited and waited for Sportacus to surface with Ziggy.

'Pixel, exactly how deep is the hole?' Stephanie asked as her gut continued to knot.

'Uh, I´m not really sure, but i figure it´s a couple of stories deep.'

Stingy whispered to Pixel, 'How deep?'

Stingy, Trixie, and Stephanie looked at Pixel with enormous, frightened eyes. They turned back to the muddy water trying to spot any movement. And they waited.

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