Chapter 4
Five minutes didn't give them a lot of time but it gave them just enough to wish their friends the best of luck. The police had set up barriers and the SWAT team kneeled behind them, automatic weapons at the ready.
"Do we just knock?" Sportacus asked. If he was nervous, the tone of his voice didn't give it away.
"I guess. Actually why don't you announce yourselves first; we wouldn't want this maniac to shoot someone because he thought it was the cops." Chief Dooright told them.
"Ok here we go." The above average hero gave Stephanie's shoulder a squeeze before they walked up to the doors.
"Sir, it is Sportacus and Stephanie as you requested." The blue elf called out.
"Come in. Don't try anything funny or I may have to shoot your beloved Uncle, Stephanie." The words made Stephanie cringe. Ever since she'd moved to LazyTown everyone she cared about managed to get hurt or permanently damaged. A thought raised in the back of her mind that maybe they'd be better off if she disappeared, but she pushed it completely out of her head.
Sportacus used his massive muscles to push the doors open wide enough for them to squeeze through. He could have broken the chain but he didn't want to set the guy off. Stephanie watched the effect it had on his physique and she shivered. No time for being horny now, she chided herself. Although the thought of it being possibly the last time crossed her mind she knew that they had to work together to avoid making that statement true.
"Ah there you are. So nice of you to join us. I would hate to have to kill an innocent bystander because of you." Josam smirked as he watched them climb under the chain and around the benches.
"Be so good as to push the furniture back to where it was." He continued. Sportacus didn't say anything as he did what he'd been told.
"There that's better." Surprisingly, the assassin lowered his weapon and placed it on the podium. Well it was surprising until he lifted up his vest.
"Any attempts to move near me and I'll push this little detonator button." He showed off the detonator in his hand and Sportacus stared intently at the bomb he'd strapped to his chest.
"Nice use of explosives." The hero commented.
"Nice to know my handy work can be appreciated. Although you know more about explosives than you're letting on." Josam smiled as he laid the bait.
"Only enough to know that if you push that button, I'll be joining my father and Odin in Valhalla earlier than I should." Sportacus didn't bite and the game of cat and mouse continued. While the hero kept Josam distracted, Stephanie noticed the pen in her Uncle's breast pocket. She gave a slight smile to him and he nodded.
Over at Pixel's house, the Gizmo Guy was watching the live feed from the video pen in the Mayor's pocket. Glad that he'd been supplying the Mayor with pen refills he quickly dialed Robbie's number. He needed some help when it came to this type of stuff. The ex-villain knew more about explosives than anyone else in town. He needed to know if the button was pushed how many people would in fact be killed or if the new villain was yanking everyone's chain.
"You'd better get over here quick. We've got…" Pixel didn't even finish his sentence as Robbie appeared on the platform for the Teleporter.
"It's all over the news. What have we got?" The purple suit wearing man wanted to know. Pixel quickly rewound the video and showed him.
"He disguised C4 under his vest to make him look like he was a little overweight. Genius." Robbie muttered.
"Focus." Pixel reminded him.
"Of course." Robbie shook his head and retrained his eyes on the screen.
"I'd say he has enough to cause catastrophic failure in the supporting beams of the room. That in turn may cause the rest of the building to collapse. Do you have the plans for the building?" He asked.
"Coming up." Pixel quickly retrieved them and put them on a separate screen so they could keep an eye on the situation.
"Get the Chief on the line." Robbie told him.
To Be Continued…