A/N: This chapter is rated a Strong T. Enjoy! :)
Chapter 21
"Put me down!" Robbie screeched as they approached the castle tower. Unfortunately for him, Sportacus did as he asked but not exactly gently. Suddenly Robbie found himself falling and landing on his rear.
"Ow!" He cried out.
"Shhhh!" Sportacus clamped a hand down over the ex-villain's mouth. Robbie then licked the hero's hand and Sportacus quickly pulled it away from his mouth.
"That's disgusting." The above average hero said.
"All's fair in love and war." Robbie smirked. This only caused the hero to roll his eyes before focusing on the tower. No one stood outside guarding the entrance. It would have raised suspicions with the locals and it made it more difficult to tell how many people were inside.
"Any ideas?" Robbie wondered.
"We can't wait for SWAT. We have to go in." Sportacus told him.
"Yeah, a cripple and a muscle-bound man with no weapons. Don't know about you but I don't need any nine millimeter sized holes in me, thanks." The ex-con shook his head.
"Then we need a little backup." The above average hero whistled and Robbie could see the airship moving towards them.
"Must be a new feature." He muttered wondering what the blue elf had up his sleeve. The more he thought about it the more it made him nervous.
"Oh come on now, why can't I have a little bit of fun?" Doug asked the leader of their group.
"If by fun, you mean assaulting the pink one, I think not. We have a job to do and we're going to do it." The leader shot him a glare.
"But Bobbie, they're going to die anyway." Doug tried to give a reason for what he wanted to do and all it did was make Bobbie's stomach turn. The Ministry had been letting their standards slip when they let that sicko into the fold.
"I said no. Now get back to setting the explosives with Paul." With that order, Doug went back to work rigging the explosives to the timers.
"And they gave him the injection." Danny said as he walked up to Bobbie.
"Yes, I wish we could leave him behind but there'd be a good chance he'd survive the explosion plus I'd get demoted." Bobbie told him. Danny nodded. Doug must have known someone because he certainly got away with a lot of things.
"We're all set." Paul called out.
"Not a moment too soon. Seems we have company." Sean yelled from his position near the door.
"Who?" Bobbie wanted to know.
"It's a giant blue airship." The Irishman reported. This Bobbie had to see for himself and he ran over to the door.
"It's that hero's blimp. Well he's about to find out the hard way what happens when he tries to mess with us. Open fire on it boys." He gave the order and the group of men headed for the roof of the tower to shoot the airship out of the sky. Unfortunately for them, they were met by two pairs of fists instead. Bobbie heard the fighting on the roof and immediately bumped the timers on the explosives up so they would go off in two minutes.
"Time to go boys!" He called up the staircase and the goons quickly made attempts to get away from Robbie and Sportacus. The two let them go as they rushed down inside the tower. Bobbie had escaped through the door and now sirens could be heard in the background.
"Help is coming." Robbie said as they quickly undid the gags in the girls' mouths.
"They've rigged this place to blow! Get out of here!" Stephanie jerked her head in the direction of the timer. Sportacus saw the digits as they clicked down to only ten seconds before an imminent explosion.
"Go!" Stephanie yelled at Sportacus but he refused to listen. He was untying the girls as fast as he could. Tears ran down Stephanie's face as she could see the timer continue to tick. Eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one.
BOOM!
To Be Continued…