Chapter 15

Sportacus was talking to the Mayor about the bowling balls found at the tree house and the power plant. Mayor Meanswell said that no one had seen them in the air. Sportacus said he had a good idea where they came from. With that Sportacus got up and started toward the door. The Mayor called after him for him to wait. He was coming too. Sportacus agreed that would be a good idea and the two of them headed for Robbie's lair.

Trixie returned to the sports field with the decorations. Pixel had come just after her and told everyone that the music was ready. Then they all got to work setting up the streamers, balloons, and tables. They set the tables with festive tablecloths but they didn't know what to use for plates and silverware.

"Hey does anyone have paper plates at their house?" Stephanie asked.

"I might," Ziggy said. "I'll go check." With that Ziggy was off like a shot.

"While Ziggy is looking for paper plates, what do we do about plastic silverware?" Trixie asked.

"My Uncle may have some. I'll be right back." Stephanie ran to her Uncle's house. When she got there she found that he wasn't home. She looked for a note but didn't find one. Maybe he and Sportacus went back to the power plant, she thought. Meanwhile she found what she was looking for when the phone rang. She picked it up and said, "Hello, this is Stephanie."

"Hi Stephanie. It's Vigdís. I was wondering if everything turned out ok."

"Oh yes, thank you. Sportacus is back and we managed to get everyone to be friends again. By the way we're throwing an 'Everything is back to normal' party. Can you and Number 9 come?" Stephanie asked.

"That sounds like fun. Let me find my husband and I'll get back to you." Vigdís said.

"Great. Talk to you later." Stephanie said and she hung up the phone. Then she left for the sports field.

Sportacus and the Mayor arrived at Robbie Rotten's lair. Sportacus just slid down the tube without thinking. Mayor Meanswell cautiously followed him down the tube. Robbie heard something coming down the tube and automatically panicked. In his panic he tripped over Sportacus. "I meant to do that." He said as he went sprawling across the floor.

"Let me help you up, Robbie." Sportacus grabbed him by the collar and hauled him to his feet.

"Sportakook, er Sportacus! What a pleasant surprise! What are you going to do to me?" Robbie asked. Just then the Mayor came flying out of the tube and knocked Sportacus and Robbie to the ground.

"Sorry about that everyone." The Mayor said. Sportacus didn't respond and just picked Robbie back up.

"So Robbie you like to fling stuff with your catapult." Sportacus said harshly.

"Well it is kind of fun, er I mean no. No I don't." Robbie said.

"Then explain the bowling balls with your initials on them." Sportacus demanded.

"Uh…" Robbie started.

"That's what I thought." Sportacus said. Mayor Meanswell stood there watching everything unfold. He had never seen Sportacus so worked up, not even when Stephanie was in the hospital last summer. The Mayor decided to intervene before things got ugly.

"Gentlemen, lets calm down and settle this properly." The Mayor butted in.

"You're right Mayor. I lost my head. I'm sorry Robbie." Sportacus said and set Robbie down. Robbie brushed the imaginary germs off of him and adjusted his outfit.

"Now Robbie we know it was you who destroyed the tree house and power transformer. Don't try to deny it. You caused about five hundred dollars in damages to the power plant. This has to be corrected." The Mayor explained.

"Well maybe if Sportapoop, er Sportacus wasn't here I wouldn't do that stuff." Robbie said.

"I'm not leaving LazyTown again. I'm here forever." Sportacus said.

"It's obvious that you guys will never get along. Now back to the damages. Robbie, as the Mayor, I have decided your punishment will be cleaning up the sports field every weekend for all of June, July, and August." Mayor Meanswell said.

"But..." Robbie started.

"No buts. I'll see you bright and early Saturday morning at eight in the morning. Sportacus you will have to help Robbie keep his appointment." The Mayor put his foot down. Then he grabbed Sportacus and they left.

"Sportacus, what I saw in there was very scary. What was going on?" The Mayor asked.