Chapter 9
Sportacus and Pixel arrived in LazyTown at quarter after six. It wasn't until after the airship docked and they got out that the noticed what was going on. Pixel saw the kids over by the tree house and ran over to them. Sportacus ran over to the Mayor's house. The Mayor was on the phone. Sportacus entered his house and Milford got off the phone.
"Sportacus we need you down at the power plant." The Mayor said.
"What happened here, Mayor?" Sportacus asked. The Mayor explained what had happened and that the foreman had called to say that they found what caused the power outage. The two arrived at the power plant and the foreman greeted them.
"Sportacus where were you?" The foreman asked.
"I was picking up someone." Was the only explanation Sportacus gave. The foreman looked like he was going to say something but then he changed his mind.
"Anyway he is what we found." The foreman pointed to the bowling ball. "This bowling ball hit the transformer. This in turn snapped these wires and melted the plastic coating. It will take probably four hours to get new wire in and attach it to the poles. It'll probably take five hours to fix the transformer. Then it'll take two or three hours to attach the new wires to the transformer." The foreman finished.
"I'll help you make the repairs. Hopefully that will help speed things up." Sportacus said. The foreman again was going to say something but thought better of it. The Mayor however thanked Sportacus and pulled the foreman aside.
"Dou you have a problem?" The Mayor asked bluntly.
"Yes, to be honest. Sportacus wasn't here. That's why this happened and now that my workers and the firemen have done the hard part and he just comes in to do the easy stuff." The foreman told the Mayor.
"You may be right about this incident happening because he was gone but don't turn down his help now. If he could he would take back what's happened. You have to cut him some slack. How many times has he saved this town before? The one time you have to do something yourself and you're going to get in his face?" The Mayor demanded the foreman answer.
"I see your point Mayor Meanswell. You're right. But what was he doing that demanded his attention?" The foreman asked.
"He was bringing back Pixel. You remember searching everywhere looking for him yesterday?" The Mayor asked.
"Oh they found him. Well then definitely that was worth going to get him. But why didn't he just say that?" The foreman asked.
"You know he wouldn't bring that up since the situation here is more serious." The Mayor replied.
"Thank you for setting me straight, Mayor. I'd better apologize to him." The foreman said.
"Good idea. I understand you're under a lot of stress with this mess. Now if you need me I'll be helping the kids clean up the tree house." The Mayor told him.
"All right, Mayor. I'll keep you informed of our progress." The foreman replied and went over to Sportacus. The Mayor headed for the tree house. As he got closer he heard Trixie yelling at someone and he ran over to see what was going on.