Suddenly the desolate dull scenery of Rottentown was gone, and in it's place was Lazytown. As bright, colorful and cheery as it had always been.

"I made it!" said Sportacus, extremely relieved, as the time portal closed behind him.

He quickly surveyed the area, and in the distance he could see himself and the kids confronting Robbie Rotten. Without another thought, Sportacus ran towards them, leaping over several fences on the way.

"I've got to time this just right." Sportacus thought, as he hid behind a tree.

He watched as Robbie fired the Zap-it, forcing the past Sportacus to dive out of the way.

"Stay still, will you?" he barked in frustration, then aimed the machine right at Stephanie, and fired.

"Stephanie! No!" The past Sportacus yelled as he dove in front of her, taking the shot.

Suddenly he was surrounded by a bright purple light, and in an instant he was gone.

"Sportacus!" Stephanie cried.

"Ha-ha, I did it, I got rid of Sportacus! Now you all have to do what I tell you to do." said Robbie gleefully.

Sportacus suddenly jumped out from behind the tree, did a triple flip in the air, and kicked the Zap-it gun right out of Robbie's hands.

"No! That's impossible!" Robbie cried.

"Sportacus! You're alright!" The kids yelled in unison.

"Don't worry kids, everything will be alright!" Sportacus told them, as he reached out and caught the falling Zap-it gun.

"Sportacus, give me back that Zap-it!" Robbie demanded.

"Sorry Robbie, you've already had your fun." Sportacus said, and immediately snapped the Zap-it gun over his knee, throwing the two pieces over his shoulders.

"NO!" Robbie yelled, scrambling to get to the remains of the gun.

"Go home Robbie." Sportacus told him as he blocked his way.

Robbie snarled and made a face at Sportacus, then turned around, and stomped angrily out of sight.

Sportacus stood there with his hands on his hips, and breathed the fresh air. It was great to be back, and now everything was back to how it should be.

He was suddenly startled by Stephanie as she grabbed his arm.

"You did it Sportacus!" she said with a smile, and hugged him.

He swallowed hard, and felt a little strange as he looked down at her.

"What's wrong Sportacus?" she inquired.

"Oh it's nothing, Stephanie." he said, shaking off the awkwardness, and quickly changing the subject. "So kids, who wants to play some basketball?"

"Yeah!" they all yelled in excitement.

Sportacus gave Stephanie a smile, and they hurried to the basketball court.

- - - - - - - - -

Meanwhile, down in Robbie's lair, he was sitting down to eat an entire cake all for himself.

"That meddling Sportacus thinks he's so great! Why does he always have to foil my plans?" Robbie complained.

"I was so close this time... I could have ruled the whole town and-.." Robbie started to say, but his cold acted up and his nose began to tingle.

"AH AH AH CHOOOO!" he sneezed, and thrust his head directly into the cake on the table.

He shook with frustration as he sat up and spat a blob of icing from his mouth.

THE END