I should say while I know what I want to do, I'm not great at techno babble but I hope you enjoy it. This my first lazy town story but not my last. I have a slew of ideas and this is a feeler. Thanks for reading.
Ziggy was looking out the window. "Here they come! Huh? They're all flipping. That's weird. Sportacus isn't wearing his cap."
Pixel looked at Ziggy. "Not wearing his cap? That is weird. Do they have - wait! all? Flipping?"
"Yup! And yup!"
Pixel ran to the window and watched her flip and jump following Sportacus. "Wow. She's awesome." He said softly tilting his head. "I bet she has a melodic voice."
Ziggy looked at him. "Pixel, what's wrong with you? You've been weird ever since the storm."
"Huh? Oh nothing. Just thinking." He said quickly and went back to his work.
Sportacus put his cap back on. He stepped in front of Elena. He pointed to his cap. "No." He shook his head. He really did like wearing it.
They arrived at Pixels house. Elena stopped and looked curiously at the dish on the roof.
"Why don't you go in and let Pixel know we're here."
Stephanie nodded and headed in.
Sportacus saw her looking at the top of the house. "It's a...satellite dish. It's ok. It won't hurt you. Trust me." He held out his hand. She reached out and took it without question. They headed inside.
The door opened and they walked in. There was so much strange activity and she was seeing it differently than before.
"I'm gonna go home and change and let my uncle know what's going on. I'll be back later."
"Ok Stepanie. See you." Sportacus walked over to Pixel. As he opened his mouth to talk to Pixel, his cap was lifted off and tossed. He sighed and shook his head. "She doesn't like it when I wear my cap."
Ziggy chuckled. "It's ok Sportacus. We don't mind."
Sportacus smiled and picked it up and tucked it in his belt. "Thank you Ziggy. Have you found out anything Pixel!
"Well...there is a lot of programing that's missing from the game. I think it's in her. That's all I know so far. I'll need to hook her up to know for sure."
"Hook her up? What do you mean?"
"Oh, just a few wires to the computer. I wrote a program that'll read, interpret and analyze all information since she got here. I may be able to download a program enabling her to talk. As long as everything is compatible."
"Program her? You can do that?"
"All available data says ninety five percent success. As long as there are no incompatibilities."
"And if there are?"
Pixel looked uneasy. He looked up at Sportacus. "Um, well, I don't know. I guess we'll have to..." He turned back quickly. He didn't want to finish the sentence. Aside from a beautiful woodland warrior princess being in his house, being brought to life from a computer game download, it was just amazing from a technology standpoint. Either way he was going to do everything he could to keep her here.
Sportacus was uneasy enough about his answer but programing her? "Pixel, I'm not sure that is such a good idea. I think she is learning. Starting to understand. She even copied all my moves."
Pixel looked at Sportacus. "Well, she is programmed to have moves in the game. But I'll find out what I can."
Elena walked around looked at everything. She was comfortable now. She looked at the monitors on the wall and all the various pictures. She looked at one of the monitors tilting her head trying to see something.
Sportacus walked over to her. He smiled. "What is it?"
She looked at the monitor closer then at Sportacus.
"Ah. You've never seen yourself. Pixel do you have a mirror?"
"Roger that!" He pressed a button and one slid out from a panel and turned flat against the wall.
Sportacus was always amazed at Pixels gadgets. He brought Elena to the mirror. She hesitated. "No, no. It's ok. Come look." She looked in the mirror. She saw herself for the first time. Her eyes widened. She looked at Sportacus.
He smiled. "It's you."
She stared at her reflection, tracing her face. She turned around and looked at herself from every which way she could. She smiled from ear to ear. She spun on her heel and hugged Sportacus.
A surprised Sportacus hugged her back. "Um, you're welcome." With every passing moment she was becoming more real. He saw no evidence of her being a computer game.
She started examining everything in Pixels house with a new outlook. She picked up video game controls, various gadgets, tools, remote controls, whatever she could pick up, she did.
She came across the paper with her picture on it. She looked at it then held it out to Sportacus.
"Oh. That's a bit more complicated. We'll talk about it later." He took the paper and set it down.
"Ok." Pixel started. "I'm ready." He turned in his chair and looked at her examining one of his unfinished inventions. "I-...so beautiful." He was in love. He'd been hooked ever since he saw her picture. He did everything to get picked for the game test. He never dreamed that she would end up in his house. But here she was. In real life...
"What do we do Pixel? Pixel?"
"Uh oh, he's out of it again. He zones out every once in a while. Is he getting sick, Sportacus?" Ziggy asked.
"A little bit I think." Sportacus smiled. "Pixel!" He said firmly.
"Huh? Oh ok yeah. Um, sit her in the chair over here." He pulled up 4 wires that were plugged in the computer.
"Elena. Come. Sit." She walked over and sat down.
Pixel watched her as she sat down. His eyes softened. And he just stared.
Elena looked at him, confused. She tilted her head.
"Uh, Sportacus. Maybe we should call a doctor."
He chuckled and waved his hand I front of his face. "Oh, Pixel."
"Huh? Oh sorry."
"Maybe you need a nap, Pixel."
"I'm fine Ziggy." He said embarrassed. Pixel took the the wires he was holding and stood in front of Elena. He nervously reached out to put a wire on her and she jumped out of the chair.
"No, no, it's fine." Sportacus didn't want to lose her trust.
She looked suspiciously at him. Sportacus took one of the wires from Pixel and put it to his head. "See it doesn't hurt. We are trying to help you. Look." He sat down. "Pixel hook me up and show her what you're going to do."
Pixel hooked up Sportacus and ran the test. When he finished Sportacus stood up and waited. "See? It's fine."
She sat back down and let Sportacus put the wires on her head. He got a chair and sat next to her. She held up the wires and held them out, questioning.
'She was asking a question?' Sportacus thought. 'She is learning. But how?' "Uh, we are going to help you."
Pixel turned on the program, scanned her and started running the test.
She set the wires back down looking uneasy.
"What is it?" He asked her pulling his chair to face her. "We just want to find out as much as we can about how you came to be here."
"Wow! This is amazing! And it explains a lot."
"What?"
"You."
"Me? What about me?"
"Just give me a sec. I'm gonna double check something."
Meanwhile-
Robbie had just got to Pixels house. "Now to win over the princess and become king!" He stood tall.
He reached his hand up to knock but stopped just short of hitting the door. He turned away. "What am I doing? I would have to marry her! I'm not the marrying kind! Am I out of my mind?
But Robbie," he said turning his head to the side. "you will be king! Surely a little thing like marriage is not going to stop you."
He turned to the other side. "But what if she doesn't want to marry me? What if she wants to marry Sportanerd?"
He turned again. "Why wouldn't a beautiful girl like that want to marry a handsome fellow like you? Besides, you have the paper that declares you prince of Lazy Town!"
Alright fine, I talked myself into it. But if this backfires, I'm blaming you!"
Inside-
Elena looked at the door eyes narrowed.
"What is it?" Sportacus went to the door and heard talking. He opened the door and there was Robbie Rotten dressed in a fancy deep purple sport coat with navy blue lapels and a dark pink trim. "Robbie? What are you doing? Who are you talking to?" He looked around.
He was taken by surprise. "Uh, Nobody! He answered quickly and marched past Sportacus.
"Why are you all dressed up?" Sportacus asked.
"Uh, I always dress like this after lunch."
"You do?" He questioned incredulously.
"Now, before we-"he gasped. "What are you doing?!" He went and stood in front of Elena.
"Speaking of lunch, I'm going to go home before my tummy starts to play the samba." He chuckled.
"Bye Ziggy."
"Bye! And relax Robbie. We're just running tests." Pixel pointed out.
"What kind of tests?"
"Tests that will give us some answers." Sportacus answered.
"Wow this is...incredible !" Pixel was excited about the results. He was as amazed by that as he was her.
Robbie walked around the room clearing his throat.
Sportacus looked at him strangely for a moment then went back to Pixel.
"Now, I was doing some light reading in a history book and I found out something very interesting." Robbie began.
"Pixel."
"Ok, when I turned off the computer it was just before the download completed.-"
"And history," he started walking back and fourth. "as we know it has a place in the present.-"
"And?-"
"The lighting hit causing a feed back of the program and somehow created her. I don't fully understand that part but it's the best explanation I've got. Anyway, when the lighting hit the two of you, your crystal not only protected you both but, it used your energy and gave her life.-"
"So, as we look back to the past, it seems Lazy Town has a long line of royalty that has been long since lost. Until now.-"
Elena was going back and forth between the two conversations, understanding neither one.
"So, my crystal brought her to life? What about before the lightning?-"
"She was still a part of the game but not...activated, I guess is the best word. She would've stayed like that of the lightning hadn't hit...I think. This is new territory. she does have some programming that's a part of her so I think I can fill in the gaps to enable speech.-"
"So after closer examination, I traced the line of royalty to a person right here in Lazy Town. A prrrrrince.-" he raised his finger continuing his path around the room.
"I don't know. Is it safe? Can you do it?-" He looked worried.
"I can make a few modifications to the program I wrote, now that I have all the data. Everything should be fine.-" he turned around and went to work.
"Now, I happen to have in my pocket a royal scroll with the name of the family line." He started searching his pockets. He gasped when he didn't find it. "I know it's here somewhere.-"
Sportacus looked uneasy. He sat back down in front of Elena. He took a deep breath. "Do you-? No. Have you-?" He was trying to find someway to explain what he and Pixel were talking about. He scratched his head. "Pixel thinks he can...help you to communicate with us. Do you understand?-"
She nodded.
"I know I have it here somewhere." Robbie started spinning around in circles. "Maybe it's on the floor.-" He went down and started crawling around.
Sportacus looked at Robbie again seeing him disappear to the floor. Then went back to the matter at hand.
"I will be here but, do you want Pixel to try?"
She looked at him. She saw his concern. She thought for a moment then nodded.
"I will be right here. I'm not going anywhere."
"Ok, I'm all set."
"Ow" Robbie hit his head on the TV table. "Ah! I think I see it!" He crawled under the sofa.
Elena took a deep breath and sat up straight.
Pixel typed a few keys and hit enter.
Elena looked at Sportacus waiting for something to happen.
Pixel kept watch on the monitor.
"Pixel. Is anything happening?" He asked keeping watch on Elena.
"It's gonna download in 3, 2, 1!"
All of a sudden Elena went rigid. Her eyes started moving wildly left and right.
"What's this?" Robbie was still looking for his royal scroll he was near a filing cabinet by the door. "Hm, a piece of toffee. I think I'll hold on to that. Ah! There it is." He found the edge of it sticking out from behind the cabinet.
"The program is downloading. She's processing."
Sportacus glanced at his crystal from time to time expecting it to beep. He had a very bad feeling.
Robbie wedged the scroll out. He got up and brushed himself off. "Now, I hold here the name of the royal descendent on this realistic looking scroll." He began unrolling the scroll.
There were a number of beeps and everything stopped. Elena's head drooped. Her long blond hair blocked her face.
"Pixel?"
"And the royal name is-"
"Sportacus!" Pixel yelled.
"Sportacus!" Robbie repeated. "What? No! Not Sportacus! It's-"
Elena's head flew up and her eyes were completely white! All of Pixels monitors started going wild was showing all files, videos, and programs and games.
"Pixel? What is happening?" He asked looking at his crystal that he was waiting for to beep.
Robbie gasped. "What are you doing to the princess?" He saw Elena, eyes white and stiff as a board. He hopped over the sofa, falling to the floor between Sportacus and Elena. "Ow!"
"Her programming is interfacing with the computer, searching for a way out! I have to stop the program before she finds her way to the net."
"What then?"
"Her mind will be lost in cyber space!" He hit the keys wildly trying to block any exit portals. He had to keep her here.
Sportacus's crystal beeped. "Pixel! I'm going to take the wires off!"
"No! You could fry her brain if you do! I'm trying to create an algorithm to shut everything down!"
Elena stood up and the chair rolled away. Her head arched back.
"Pixel! We have to do something now! She's in danger! What can we do?!"
Pixel was panicking. He was typing as fast as he could but it wasn't fast enough. "I-I don't know I-!"
Robbie stood up facing Elena. "I meant to do that." Her hands went forward and latched onto his arms. He felt a jolt of electricity and his eyes went wide. He couldn't move.
"Robbie!" Sportacus shouted.
Pixel was losing her. She was trying to access the internet. "Oh No!"
Admittedly Sportacus was out of his depth but he had to do something and do it fast. If he didn't he could lose Robbie and Elena forever
