Chapter 8

Sportacus was out of range when the bowling ball crashed into the tree house. The tree house shook and the branches below the tree house broke and everything fell apart. All that noise attracted everyone to the tree house. No one saw the other bowling ball headed toward the power transformer.

Sportacus arrived and docked at Stephanie's house. He climbed down the ladder and went up the walk. He then knocked on the door and Stephanie answered it.

"Sportacus!" She shouted and gave him a big hug.

"Well, it's good to see you too, Stephanie. May I come in?" Sportacus smiled.

"Sure, come on." Stephanie said. They entered the house and Stephanie got her parents.

"It's a pleasure to meet you Sportacus. We've heard so much about you." Doug said extending his hand. Sportacus told hold of Doug's hand and shook it.

"Well, likewise sir." Sportacus replied. "And this must be the mother I hear so much about." Taking Amanda's hand and kissing it.

"Oh my you are quite the gentleman." Amanda blushed.

"Enough with the formalities, do you have time to stay awhile?" Doug asked.

"Sadly, no. I must get Pixel back to LazyTown. He and I have some things to talk about and he has school in the morning. But thank you for the offer." Sportacus said.

"Where is Pixel anyway?" Amanda asked. Just then Stephanie and Pixel came downstairs. They were laughing about something.

"Are you ready to go, Pixel?" Sportacus asked.

"Um, yeah but can I have a minute with Stephanie?" Pixel asked.

"Sure, if her parents are ok with it." Sportacus smiled. Pixel pulled Stephanie outside and they sat down on the steps.

"Stephanie, I just wanted to say that I love you and I'll miss you until we see each other again." Pixel said nervously.

"Pixel, I love you too. Now remember what we talked about and that will help, ok?" Stephanie replied. Pixel smiled and leaned in Stephanie turned her head and waited for the kiss on the cheek. But Pixel had other ideas. He turned her head and planted one on her lips. Then Sportacus came out the door. Stephanie was blushing and Pixel started to giggle.

"We'll talk about that later." Sportacus laughed. Waving good bye Sportacus and Pixel got aboard the airship and headed back to LazyTown. LazyTown was having problems of their own at the moment.

Once the bowling ball hit the power transformer all the lights in LazyTown went out. Since everyone had been distracted by the loud crash of the tree house, no one had seen the power transformer getting hit. It was now five thirty and Mayor Meanswell was trying to calm everyone down. They were lucky that no one was in the tree house but now with the power out and the sunset happening in about an hour, people were beginning to panic.

"What are we going to do?" Ziggy asked.

"Where is Sportacus?" Trixie asked. Everyone knew the answer to second question but had no idea about the first. The Mayor took charge. He told the kids to try to clean up the tree house mess while he and Bessie took a look around the power station. The kids got to work. Mayor Meanswell and Bessie went from pole to pole until they reached the power transformer at the power plant. Workers at the power plant were running around trying to figure out where exactly the problem was. The foreman approached the Mayor and asked, "Where is Sportacus? He could help us pinpoint and fix the problem."

The Mayor replied, "He's not here. We expect him back soon though."

The foreman shook his head and said, "Without him it'll take us twice as long to find and fix the problem. LazyTown could be without power for up to twelve hours. Maybe longer, I'm not sure."

"Well do your best. As soon as Sportacus arrives I'll send him over." Mayor Meanswell told the foreman.

"For our sakes I hope it's soon." The foreman replied. Just then the foreman's radio crackled. He answered it. He frowned when the man on the radio said there were a lot of downed wires and they think the problem was in the middle of them. The foreman excused himself and headed off to the section where his men were.

When the foreman arrived, the workers showed him the downed lines and the mass of metal, wires, and burning plastic. The fire company arrived and used foam to put out the burning plastic. Once that was out the electrical worker were able to take a closer look at the wires. The outlook wasn't good. Then one of the workers found the bowling ball.

TO BE CONTINUED….