Chapter 9
Sportacus spun around and grabbed at what moved. He didn't get a hold of it but felt some cloth.
"Dad!" he shouted out, "Please I need to talk to you! I miss you! Mom misses you and right now she needs you! Please answer me!"
Nothing but silence followed, so Sportacus continued to shout.
"Mom's sick! She needs to see you! No one blames you for what happened here ten years ago! Please answer!"
This time there was an answer.
"They don't? Your mother is sick? When did that happen?"
"No one blames you. It wasn't your fault. You had too much going on. Where are you?" Sportacus spoke in a normal tone.
Number 9 stepped from the shadows. He looked exactly like Sportacus only older, but his muscles were still big. His green outfit was ripped and dirty. Sportacus realized that their outfits were the same except for the different colors and of course Sportacus' was clean.
"Your mother is sick?" his father asked.
"Yes. She needs you. I need you." Sportacus said.
"Then I must go to her. Can you take me to her?" Number 9 asked.
"Yes, I will take you. After she gets better we will need to catch up." Sportacus said.
"Definitely, my son, I have missed you and your mother so much." Number 9 replied.
The two raced to Sportacus' airship and left for home. Sportacus radioed the Mayor and let him know what was going on. The Mayor told him that they would need him to pickup Stephanie. Sportacus agreed to be back and told the Mayor not to worry. But the Mayor had plenty to worry about.
It was the next morning and Stephanie went in for her CAT scan. Pixel waited anxiously for her to come out. However when she did the doctor and some nurses raced her past him and down the hallway.
"What's going on?" he asked. But no one answered him. The doctor and nurses rushed into the ER. Pixel tried to follow but a nurse took him to the waiting room. She told him the doctor would be out to talk to him. In the meantime he was to wait. Pixel went to the pay phone and made a call.
The Mayor answered the phone and Pixel told him everything. Mayor Meanswell's face went white and he sank into a chair. He didn't know what to do when he heard Sportacus' airship overhead.