Chapter 11
His eyes opened slowly and they came into focus just as slowly. There was a pounding pain in his head and he found that his ribs stung as well. Sportacus slowly sat up and realized where he was.
"Robbie!" He almost spat the words out as his ribs reminded him that they were sore. That's when he saw a pink lump lying about ten feet away from him. As quick as he could Sportacus crawled over to it.
"Stephanie. Stephanie." He tried to get her to come around. The above average hero gently brushed her face with the back of his hand. A smile crossed his face as her eyes opened slowly.
"Hey there." He said.
"Sportacus? Ow, my head." She smiled slightly. Carefully Sportacus helped her to sit up.
"What happened?" He asked.
"Well you weren't responding on the walkie-talkie so I called Pixel but I lost contact with him. The storm was getting worse so I jumped down the tube. I found you lying on the floor and then Robbie came after me with a shovel. I fought him off but…" She coughed and then continued.
"He tripped me and the last thing I remember is feeling something hit my head. Is it hot in here?" Stephanie asked. Sportacus immediately felt her forehead. The fourteen year old was burning up.
"We have to get you out of here. Come on." He told her. The above average hero helped her stand up and then the two moved toward the tube. Snow was continuing to fall through the opening.
"I found whatever Robbie used to create the weather. We have to get it to Pixel to see if he can turn it off." Stephanie said.
"Ok we'll get there after we get out of here. Do you think you can climb out?" He asked.
"I can give it a try." She smiled.
"Then you go first." Sportacus said as he helped her up to the ladder. The two made their way up and soon they had exited Robbie's Lair.
"It's over there." Stephanie pointed out. Sportacus followed her finger and dug through the snow that now almost reached his waist. He found what he was looking for as a wide cylinder. The above average hero ignored the pain in his ribs and head as he cleared all the heavy wet snow away from the machine. Normally he wouldn't have any trouble lifting something this big but with his ribs sore there was no way.
"We have to get to Pixel's and see if he has something we can lift this with." The above average hero told Stephanie.
"Easier said then done. The command seat is missing." She said. For the first time he realized that it was gone.
"Robbie must have taken it, which means he's probably in the airship." He clenched his fists. The first thing they had to do was to get the machine to Pixel; he'd have to worry about the airship later. If they couldn't get the machine turned off LazyTown would have to be renamed FrozenTown.
"Sportacus, I…" Stephanie never finished her sentence. She collapsed in the snow that was up to her stomach. Quickly the above average hero knew he had to get her to the doctor's. Doctor Melior's was closer than her uncle's and he could easily make it there. Scooping her up in his arms he plowed through the waist deep snow to the doctor's office.
"It's a good thing you brought her here when you did. I'll lower her fever and check out her head." Doctor Melior promised.
"Thanks. Call her uncle and tell him that we've located the weather creator and I'm going to have Pixel help me get it to his place." Sportacus said.
"No problem." The doctor nodded. With that the above average hero headed back out into the storm and headed toward Pixel's.
In the airship, Robbie carefully walked around, making sure not to hit any buttons like he'd done the last time he was inside it.
"All right. Now how do I send this thing on a collision course with the Town Hall?" The villain asked no one in particular. Looking around, he decided his best bet was the command seat again.
"The autopilot button worked before might as well try it again." Robbie shrugged his shoulders and pressed the button.
"Enter the coordinates or name of your destination." A female computer voice told him.
"Town Hall." The villain said.
"Error. Voice print not recognized. Please try again." The computer told him.
"Town Hall." Robbie reiterated.
"Error. Voice print again not recognized. Activating security measures." The computer said. Immediately the computer activated some code and restraints popped up from the control seat's arms and from the pedals.
"Airship now in lock down mode." The computer informed Robbie.
"Oh great." He muttered.
To Be Continued…