Chapter 7
Trixie stopped by the Meanswell household just after four o'clock. She had called Stephanie on her cell phone about ten times but her friend never answered. Finding that odd, she tried calling the house but again no one had answered. Now knocking on the door, the prankster hoped that someone would ease her worries.
"Trixie! It is so good of you to stop by. Please come in." Mayor Meanswell smiled slightly.
"I tried calling but no one answered. What's going on?" She asked as Milford ushered her inside.
"I have an announcement to the town to make so I was in my office down the hall and couldn't get to the phone in time." The short round man explained.
"Town announcement?" Trixie knew that something serious must have been going on if the Mayor was making one of those.
"Yes, during the storm yesterday Sportacus was hurt very badly and the doctors think at best he'll be in a vegetative state for the rest of his life." Meanswell said. The girl couldn't believe what she just heard.
"Stephanie hasn't spoken at all since we got home from the hospital. I don't know what to do." He continued.
"I'll try to talk to her. You take care of that announcement." Trixie nodded.
"Thank you. She's in her room." Milford told her. With a quick nod, Stephanie's friend headed down the hallway. The Mayor watched and let out a big sigh. He still hadn't figured out how he was going to tell everyone that the town hero was a vegetable. Slowly Milford put on his coat and hat and then went down to the Town Hall. Miss Busybody was waiting for him; perhaps she would have some words of wisdom.
Trixie knocked on Stephanie's bedroom door and got no response. Opening the door anyway, she found her friend staring out the window. The pink-haired girl looked as if she hadn't slept at all the night before.
"Steph, it's me Trixie." She got no answer and it made her nervous.
"Hey Pinkie this is your wake up call. Anybody home?" This time she got a glare from the distraught girl.
"There we go. Your Uncle told me about Sportacus. I'm sorry." The name struck a chord and for the first time tears began to flow down Stephanie's cheeks. Trixie took her friend into her arms and let her cry.
Meanwhile, the Mayor prepared to announce to LazyTown the awful news when there came a knock on his office door. Finding it odd that Miss Busybody would knock he tried to raise her on the intercom.
"Miss Busybody what is it?" He asked. He got no answer and found that even stranger. Shaking his head, Milford got up and opened the door to find a strange looking man there.
"Who are you?" The Mayor asked.
"There are so many clichés I could say right now but I don't think my creators would be very happy about that." IAC answered.
"Creators?" Milford asked confused. The android just shook his head and asked,
"Are you going to come quietly or do I have to do to you what I did to your secretary?"
"What did you do to Miss Busybody?" Meanswell was getting very upset.
"I'll take that as the non-quite option." IAC said. The next thing Milord remembered was being poked by something that came out of the smart robot's finger.
"Sleep tight fat boy." IAC smirked.
To Be Continued…
