While Sportacus was being thwarted from reaching her by all the saves he was doing, Sportsicus was being led to believe she had been abandoned.
Tears flowed down her cheeks as she buried her head in her knees, trying to tell herself that Magnus would never desert her, ever!
They were best best friends, after all.
As she was thinking this, she felt a sharp jerk on her hat.
She leapt up and spun around to see who was there.
When she saw who it was, she swallowed hard.
Robbie Rotten stood before her, a smirk on his face.
" What do you want?" Sportsicus asked him, slowly edging towards the wall behind her.
" I heard you crying, my dear girl." Robbie said in a silky smooth voice that sounded as if it was dripping with honey.
" Cry-crying?" Sportsicus gulped.
" Yes, darling, and I see that Sportakook couldn't be bothered to come, uh, comfort you." Robbie stated, a snippet of hate curling out of his mouth.
" I am sure that Sportacus is just very busy saving people." Sportsicus stated, narrowing her eyes at Robbie, who just smiled sweetly.
" Come come, my dear girl, even you should be able to see that he doesn't really care about you. Tell me, when was the last time he said, I love you?"
Sportsicus rolled her eyes. " Robbie, look, it's not like we even have to say that. We know we are special to each other, and besides, what does our private conversations mean to you?"
Robbie looked at her with a kindly smile.
" If you knew that he loved and cared about you, then why are you crying? What about Pinky? Does she care? Or does she agree with the other bra-, uh, kids, who tease you and call you, Sporta-"
" Stop!" Sportsicus had her hands over her ears, though she knew it would make no difference.
" Calm down." Robbie placed his hands on her shoulders and gently rubbed, flicking her ears out from under her elfin cap and brushing his thumbs against them.
Sportsicus had a tingle run down her spine. What was that? She wondered as her body relaxed. It can't be… not Robbie. Not The Touch…no… not from him…
" That's better." Robbie said soothingly, " No flipping, no spinning, no dancing, just relaxing..." And he continued rubbing her tender ears, brushing the tips gently.
Sportsicus moaned softly in bliss and leaned her head back dreamily as he slowly stroked her ears.
" I knew you were an elf." Robbie's voice hissed in one of her ears. " What about Sportakook? Is he an elf too?"
" Mmm-hmm." Sportsicus moaned, letting her eyes close to slits.
Robbie abruptly pulled his hands away.
" Well, Elfie, how did that feel?"
Sportsicus was about to respond when it hit her what she had just said about her fellow elf.
No! her mind screamed at her, as Robbie gently flicked her ear tips with his fingers and she bit back a groan of pleasure.
Sportsicus stood up, her body trying to force her back down. This was getting dangerous.
" Robbie, stop doing this to me. How did you know..?"
Robbie smiled gently, masking the glee he felt at having discovered what he had known for years.
" Let's just say I have known for years, and have kept both yours and that crazy sports freak's secret for many, many years. Want some more?"
Sportsicus gritted her teeth in an attempt to control her tingling ears. She tucked them back under the tight hat, immediately cutting off all feeling to them.
" No." Sportsicus turned and was about to walk away when Robbie stopped her.
" I think you should repay me for what I did for you all these years, not to mention the utter bliss I just let you experience."
Sportsicus hesitated, then said, " If you promise not to tell on our being elves."
" Of course." Robbie purred. " Be a good elf and I'll rub your ears again for you."
Sportsicus flinched. Don't let yourself be drawn in. She told herself firmly.
" That won't be necessary." She assured him.
Robbie looked smug.
Sportsicus cleared her throat. " Lead the way, Robbie."
Robbie turned and led her towards his large cannon a short ways away.
Sportsicus looked at it, then asked, " What do you want me to do with this?"
Robbie grinned. " Well, I need it moved over near the billboard, and I feel like getting some help for it."
Sportsicus smiled. She loved hard work.
" Sure." She replied. " Just let me get some sports candy first, okay?"
Robbie held out an apple. " Here you go, my pretty sweet." He smirked slightly.
Sportsicus shook her head. She knew better then to accept food from Robbie.
" I got it Robbie." She said and jumped up and snatched an apple from the tree over head.
Robbie snarled and leapt forward, knocking the apple out of the surprised elf-girl's hand.
He thrust the sugar apple into her mouth and forced her to take a bite. Instantly, her eyes rolled back and she collapsed to the ground, moaning as the swirling darkness surrounded her, aching from her head to her feet, as sugar meltdowns were painful as well as frustrating, since all their energy melted away when they ingested sugar, and gave them stomach aches and headaches, besides the body aches.
Just then, Robbie remembered something: Sportacus would get affected too!
Robbie gleefully laughed, and waited for the slowed up superhero to arrive.