Chapter 14

"There's been a development down here in LazyTown! The police station has returned to its original size leaving LazyTowners to question why the other shrunken buildings have not returned to their original size, not to mention the people. The search for clues however might be dampened as the clouds move in. That severe rainstorm they've been predicting seems to be heading our way. Back to you Chet," the male reporter from FunTown's biggest news station reported in and Stephanie had had the volume on the TV turned up.

"That has to be good right?" Stingy asked.

"I would hope so," Stephanie smiled. Still it bothered her that Sportacus hadn't changed back. After all he'd been shrunk before anyone else had. She felt a poke in the arm and she looked down. Sportacus was jumping up and down and pointing toward the window. Stephanie turned to look and Stingy followed suit.

BOOM! Thunder shook the building and the lightening quickly followed. Stingy looked back at Stephanie who was already picking up her room phone.

"Bessie! Where is Uncle Milford?"

"He's down at the police station trying to figure out what was going on. We've managed to get everyone out of the small buildings and it seems like just in time. We're getting word that the roads are flooding. It's possible that the buildings could…"

"Bessie? Bessie?" Stephanie lost the connection with her Uncle's faithful companion. She quickly tried to dial the line again but got nothing. Stingy pressed his call button and a nurse came in.

"What's the matter?" Sarah asked.

"Are the phone lines working?" Stephanie wanted to know.

"They were the last time I checked," the nurse was a little confused.

"I just got cut off from Bessie. She's in LazyTown and…" Stephanie never got the rest of the sentence out of her mouth as a loud ringing noise sounded. The source of that noise was Sportacus's crystal. As the ringing grew louder, the hero grew bigger. Soon he was normal size and sitting on top of Stephanie's tray table.

"Wow does that feel good!" He was all smiles.

"Sportacus!" Stephanie wrapped her arms around his waist.

"That table isn't meant to hold your weight," Sarah said and the hero broke Stephanie's embrace and hopped down.

"I have to save Bessie and LazyTown. Be back as soon as I can!" He shouted before placing a quick kiss on her forehead and racing off.

"Ok now I've seen everything," Sarah shook her head and exited the room. Stingy and Stephanie were so excited that they both quickly called up Trixie and Pixel. Both were excited to hear the news and hoped that the citizens of LazyTown were all right.

Sportacus ran as fast as he could toward LazyTown. His muscles were sore from not being able to use them to their full extent for some time but he ignored the pain and continued speeding toward the danger that lie ahead. He zoomed past the news crew on their way back to FunTown and quickly the reporter phoned in what he saw.

The rain continued to pour down. Lightening flashed across the sky and thunder deafened the people who were attempting to sand bag around their properties. The heavy rain had caused flash flooding as the streets' drains overflowed and the nearby creek swelled over its banks. Sportacus made it to the Mayor's house to find it without power. A transformer nearby had been struck by lightening and the surrounding homes were dark as well. He shouldered the locked door in and went looking for Bessie.

Robbie heard the news from his temporary holding cell at City Hall. The security personnel guarding him whooped and hollered when they saw a blue streak zip by on their television screen as the local news station had picked up on the reports. The villain knew his time was growing short, as the hero would want answers after he finished averting the current disaster.

To Be Continued…