Chapter 5
Pixel walked over to the raft, which floated in about a foot of water, and found it empty. Where is Stephanie? Pixel wondered. He shouted, "Stephanie! Stephanie!" There was no answer. Where would she have gone?
Stephanie awoke in a fog. Where am I? She wondered. She took a moment to acquaint herself with her surroundings. It was a dark and dank room. The last thing she remembered was falling out of the raft and then darkness. She also remembered someone talking to her but the words were all a jumble in her head. Stephanie felt around and tried to find an exit. Her hand touched something slimy and she froze.
Pixel was now in a state of panic when Sportacus arrived. He explained what happened and Sportacus said that his crystal hadn't beeped yet so maybe she was ok. He barely got the words out of his mouth and his crystal went off.
Stephanie felt around again trying to find a door or window. She avoided the spot with the slime but couldn't find anything. Then she heard a noise and shouted,
"Hey! Is somebody out there? Can you help me?"
There was no reply. Scared and alone she felt her way around to her original spot. As she did she tripped. She cried out as she hit the ground hard. Something cracked followed by intense pain in her arm. Since she was in the dark she tried to feel her arm. Luckily, her skin was intact but her left arm was now out of commission. Then from across the room something creaked.
Sportacus felt the urgency of the situation although all his crystal showed a dark place. He assumed that Stephanie was there. But where was there? Sportacus asked Pixel if there were any underground catacombs or older industrial section in LazyTown. Pixel said that there were no underground catacombs but there was a long abandoned industrial section of town.
The two made their way through the shrinking water levels and debris. They finally reached the industrial park. There were at least ten buildings still standing to go through. Pixel and Sportacus made their way through three of the buildings without any success. Then Sportacus' crystal sounded again.
Stephanie's arm was throbbing uncontrollably. The creaking sound had stopped when she had asked who was there. She again tried to think about how to escape. Even she hadn't felt a door or window she knew there had to be a way out. If she got in then there had to be a way out. Suddenly she heard some voices.
"Hey! Can somebody help me?" she shouted.
This time there was a reply.
"Stephanie! Where are you?" it was Sportacus.
"I don't know but can you follow the sound of my voice?" she asked.
"Yes!" This time it was Pixel.
"Ok. I'll just keep talking." Stephanie replied.
Sportacus and Pixel followed the sound of her voice until they reached a solid wall. They heard her voice but they didn't know what to do. Sportacus looked around for a way in. Pixel talked to Stephanie through the wall.
"Are you ok?" Pixel asked.
"Well, sort of. I think my arm is broken." Stephanie replied.
"Do you remember what happened?" Pixel asked nervously.
"A little, I remember the raft going over and I remember someone talking but don't know what they said." Stephanie told him.
Pixel heaved a sigh of relief. His secret was safe for now, but was that what he wanted? Then from the corner came a loud crash.