CHAPTER EIGHT

"Ha ha," Sportacus laughed. "I don't believe it."
Stephanie just stared at Sportacus, showing how serious she was. He couldn't believe it though.
"This is just another one of your tricks, isn't it, Robbie?" Sportacus asked, but Stephanie shook her head.
What was he to do? How could he believe it?Just then, Robbie showed up.
"Hi!" Robbie got Stephanie and Sportacus' attention. Robbie avoided using Sportacus' name, knowing he might slip and call him one of his mean nicknames.
"Are you okay, Stephanie?" Sportacus asked, standing over his 'friend.' Robbie ran his fingers through Stephanie's pink hair and tried to act sweet.
"Yeah. I kind of thought you slapped me too hard on he back on purpose." Robbie pretended to almost cry and Sportacus hugged him.
"I'd never do anything to ever hurt my friends," Sportacus said. Stephanie was still sitting on the bench.
She didn't know what to do. Sportacus invited Robbie to a game of one on one basketball and before Stephanie could do anything, they went off to play.

Before that happened, while Robbie was looking for Sportacus, Pixel was walking down the street looking for either Stephanie or Robbie to shoot his remote control at. Robbie just so happened to be walking in the opposite direction."Hey, Stephanie," Pixel called out as Robbie walked past, but his attention wasn't attracted, as he wasn't used to being called 'Stephanie.'
Pixel noticed this and seemed concerned. He pointed the remote and the electronic voice said loud and clear:
"ROBBIE ROTTEN."
Pixel saw 'Stephanie's' attention was caught. No... Robbie's attention. Robbie knew he was in trouble now. He slowly turned to Pixel and chuckled. He tried his best to act like Stephanie, but his skips and girlish mannerisms were way too exagerrated. Pixel just crossed his arms.
"Hi, Pixie," Robbie said.
"Pixel."
"Whate-heh-heh-heh..." Robbie almost said 'whatever,' but he chuckled and Pixel's eyes sharpened.
"Nice try, Robbie," Pixel said. Robbie did his best to seem clueless.
"What? Who is Robbie?"
"Oh come on!" Pixel said. "I caught you with this remote. You're in trouble now."
"Darn. You caught me," Robbie said. He looked as though he was gonna turn around, but he quickly grabbed the remot out of Pixel's hand. "Too easy!"
"Give that back!" Pixel tried to grab for his gizmo, but Stephanie's body was tall enough to keep Pixel out of reach.
"Sure, you can have it back..." Robbie said throwing the remote down on the ground with all his might. "...in pieces!"
It all shattered with Pixel's hopes of showing everyone what had happened to Stephanie. Robbie laughed and walked off, leaving Pixel alone to stare at the scattered screws, wires, and chips. Pixel had no proof except for 'Robbie's' word. They'd all think Robbie was tricking him, but Pixel knew... He felt so bad for Stephanie, now understanding how hard it'd be to convince everyone.

Where was Stephanie now? Was Robbie going to win?