Chapter 13

June 7, 2022 at 1:00 pm

Amanda and Robbie sat in a cell in the basement of LazyTown Police Headquarters. Luckily, Joe and his surviving goon, Mikey, were down the hall but the couple were still nervous about their chances. Just then two police officers came down the hall and stopped in front of their cell.

"Get up." One ordered. Quickly, Robbie and Amanda obliged. The two were removed from their prison and escorted upstairs. They were split up and placed in separate interrogation rooms.

"Mister Rotten, I see that you are no stranger to the law." A detective sat across from him.

"No, I'm not but if you'll notice I haven't committed any crimes for a long time. I'm not the man I used to be. I have a wife and daughter now." Robbie said nonchalantly.

"I see that. Too bad you dragged your wife into this mess. She was an upstanding citizen until recently." The detective continued.

"Listen, if I could have I would have never involved her but I had no choice." Robbie defended himself. The detective gave him a look and was about to open his mouth when the interrogation room door opened.

"Mister Rotten I'm sorry for this state of affairs but I've been retained as your legal counsel and I advise you to not say another word." A handsome man in a suit walked into the room. Robbie turned as he recognized the voice but couldn't believe whom he saw before him.

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In the scuffle that had followed the shooting, Stephanie had tried to grab Joshua and Samantha to pull them out of the way. However, Samantha had seen her father jump from the tree and she followed him. Joshua had chased after her but he had been knocked around by the crazy mob of people running for their lives.

Stephanie grabbed Joshua and pulled him away. The two ran for cover behind the nearest park bench. It was the safest place to be.

"Where is Sam?" She asked.

"I lost her in the crowd. We have to find her." Joshua was obviously upset.

"We will but we have to wait until things clear up." Stephanie said.

"No! We have to go now!" Joshua argued.

"Listen to me! Everything will be fine!" His mother raised her voice. Joshua could feel that she was hiding something from him but he couldn't tell what. Both his parents had become good at blocking him from reading them.

Samantha followed him back home to the ex-lair. She was far enough behind to watch a strange man pull him inside. The ten year old didn't know what to do so she ran to the nearest tree and climbed up into it to avoid being seen. Samantha was only up in the tree a few minutes when she saw police officers empty out of a van that read SWAT. She watched as her parents and two strange men were led from their home. Tears reached her eyes. What had her parents done? Samantha climbed down from the tree and ran toward Joshua's apartment.

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"Detective Webster meet Mr. Goodbody, Attorney at Law." His lieutenant introduced the two.

"Well just when things were getting interesting." Webster smiled. He shook hands with the lawyer and winked.

"Thank you, Detective. I'll be collecting my other client and then heading to the court house. We have a meeting with the Special Prosecutor." Mr. Goodbody said.

"Very good. I'll have the paperwork filed." The lieutenant smiled. The police officers left the room and Robbie stood up.

"Mr. Goodbody? A little full of ourselves aren't we?" The ex-villain smirked.

"You're welcome, Robbie. Come on, we'd better get Amanda and head over to the court house." Sportacus smiled.

"I must say though, you look good in a suit." Robbie told him.

"That's what Stephanie said." The above average hero replied.

"Before or after she took this one off?" That question got Robbie a punch in the arm and the two left the interrogation room. Amanda joined them and they made their walk to the court house.

To Be Continued…