Stephanie couldn't bear to face Sportacus after the exchange that had just taken place. She brushed some dirt from her skirt and put on the most genuine face she could muster.

"I fell over. I'm so clumsy, sorry to keep you all waiting,"

Sportacus raised an eyebrow. Stephanie was not the clumsy type. Even though she moved a lot, it was always with grace and balance.

"Stephanie…"

"Ha ha! All better, see?" She jumped up and forced a laugh. "Let's go on some rides before the rest of Lazy Town arrives and we have to queue!" She ran back towards the others leaving a very confused Sportacus staring after her.

By the time Sportacus returned to the kids they were already running off towards the biggest roller coaster in the park; the Lazy Town Heartwrencher, so called because of the tremendous drop halfway through in which you had the feeling of all your internal organs flying up as you fell. Sportacus eyed it warily, but didn't want the kids to go on by themselves.

Stephanie and Ziggy were already seated and buckled in the front seat, giggling giddily and behind them were Trixie and Stingy, Stingy looking even paler than usual. Pixel gestured Sportacus over and the two of them also buckled in, ready for the ride to start.

Almost as soon as the roller coaster began the riders were separated. Each seat had its own cart and the three pairs flew off in different directions around the site connected by train-track pathways. Sportacus had the brief image of Trixie tightening her hold on Stingy's hand, and Ziggy pointing out the huge drop ahead of himself and Stephanie before he and Pixel flew over a hotdog stand and into a tunnel.

His eyes quickly adjusted to the dramatic change and he anticipated the bends and drops in the ride easily. He was a little worried about Pixel getting motion sickness, but the teenager was coping well, even letting out a little yell of amazement every so often.

"Did you see the mechanism on the coaster's carts?"

Sportacus smirked. In the distance he could hear excited screams of what he imagined were Stephanie and Ziggy falling the immense drop. He hoped it wasn't too scary for them.

A short while later the tunnel abruptly ended and they were out in the sunlight again. Searching the ride for the others he noticed it was Trixie and Stingy's turn for the drop, they were nearly at the top and Stingy in particular was gripping the safety railing very very tightly. Something inside of him wanted to stop the ride so that they would be safe, but he knew that if Stephanie and Ziggy… Wait a sec. He scanned around once more but couldn't find the two other passengers. Tilting his head back he knew they weren't behind him either.

"Pixel, have you seen Stephanie and Ziggy's cart?"

"Not since we entered the tunnel… I wouldn't worry Sportacus, all the carts join up towards the end. They're probably in a similar tunnel to our own. Plus, if they were in trouble, you'd be the first to know about it," he glanced towards Sportacus' chest and the crystal placed carefully on it.

Sportacus nodded grimly, his crystal was a means of keeping Lazy Town's inhabitants safe. Whenever someone was in trouble it would flash and alert him to trouble and the person who needed his help. Then a thought struck him. When Stephanie had fallen over, or whatever had happened that had brought her distress, his crystal had not gone off. Did that mean it was somehow broken? He tapped it gently to check, but it seemed to be in working order. He had always known when someone was in trouble… except for that time when Robbie Rotten, Lazy Town's resident villain, had switched it for a fake. The thought scared him that it may have happened again and he wanted nothing more than to make sure it was working properly. However, secured tightly to the ride with no way of escaping, all he could do was sit tight and watch over them as best he could.

Stingy and Trixie had reached the top of the drop and before they fell he heard Stingy scream, "This roller coaster is definitely not mine!" and then the two of them plummeted. He hadn't witnessed Stephanie and Ziggy's fall but seeing the kids plunge like that made him question the ride's safety.

When their cart reached the bottom he breathed a sigh of relief and grinned as Stingy laughed along with Trixie. He then noticed that it was finally his cart's turn to fall. Feeling a little nervous he made sure that Pixel was still feeling ok.

"Isn't this great?" His friend smiled encouragingly and Sportacus nodded back nervously.

As the ride panned upwards, a feeling of power grew inside of him. He could see the entire park from his position and at that moment Stephanie and Ziggy's cart emerged from a tunnel at the other end of the park. Feeling in control once again he prepared himself for the fall as he and Pixel dropped into seemingly empty sky.

Stephanie watched Sportacus' cart from her position outside the tunnel. She wasn't sure if it was his first time on a roller coaster and if he would be able to cope with the thrill, but then again he controlled an airship by himself. As they fell she heard Pixel shout the word "Banzai!" and exchanging a look with Ziggy, the two of them burst into laughter.

She hadn't realised how much she had missed her friend's company until today and it saddened her to think that soon she would go back to studying again and not see them for months.

Unbeknownst to the group on the roller coaster, another person had expectantly been watching their progress. Disguised as a ride attendant, Robbie Rotten greedily sniggered at the thought of Sportacus free falling to his doom. He wished that he could rig one of the rides to make it unsafe for him somehow… Spinning around to observe the rides surrounding him, he noticed one perfect for the job. Laughing loudly and rolling up his sleeves, he began his evil plan.

"One that will make that Sportadork leave town FOREVER!"

The last word reverberated around the park and he clamped a hand over his mouth to quieten the noise. "Forever!" He whispered.