Chapter 10

Sportacus and his father looked all over LazyTown. It became apparent that Stephanie wasn't anywhere in town. Sportacus was getting agitated. Where was his fiancée?

Stephanie didn't know where she was and she was still trying to piece together everything. After Hăkon had introduced himself, he had left Stephanie alone. She tried to figure out how he had known about her and Sportacus, and where exactly he had come from. All this thinking was making her head hurt more. She wanted to lie down but the vomit was still over at the couch. Then as if Hăkon had read her mind, the door opened. A bucket, which had some water in it, and a mop, was put inside the door.

Quickly, Stephanie ran to the door but it was locked by the time she got there. She sighed and grabbed the pail. After cleaning up her mess, she put the cleaning items a few feet away from her. If she could make him come inside, maybe she could overtake him and escape. Where she would escape to she didn't know. Hopefully, Sportacus was close and then she wouldn't have to worry.

Sportacus wasn't close. In fact, Hăkon had made sure to pick a good hiding place. He wasn't in LazyTown, the forest nearby, or even FunTown. The place they were at had been his family's refuge since being driven from Iceland after capturing Þórir's wife and son. It was an out of the way place about ten miles from LazyTown. Stephanie would be his and her beloved Sportacus wouldn't find them.

Number Nine turned to his son. It was obvious that Sportacus was trying to hide his feelings.

"Son, we need to spilt up. We can cover more ground that way. I'll take FunTown and you take the forest. We'll meet back here in two hours." Sportacus only nodded. Quickly, he shot off like a rocket toward the forest. Þórir took off for FunTown.

Sportacus reached the forest in record time. Shouting Stephanie's name, he didn't care if whoever had her heard him. He just wanted her to know that he was on his way.

Stephanie wondered what exactly would happen to her. At least with Robbie, she knew what to expect. With this nut, she had no idea. As long she kept her wits about her, she would be ok. Then she heard a noise above her.

Number Nine had heard from the people of FunTown that some strange things had been happening a little ways outside of town. Now he had followed a path leading to what appeared to be a broken down cottage. It was obvious on the outside that someone had been busy doing something. Quickly, Þórir headed back to LazyTown and the place he promised to meet his son.

The noise went away and Stephanie slumped back down onto the couch. Someone had been so close. She hoped they would return soon. Then the door opened and Hăkon walked in.

"Someone appears to have found our place anyway. No matter. They will never figure out that we are underground, especially since you won't be able to make any noise." He walked over to her and grabbed her arm. Quickly he put a cloth over her mouth. Stephanie struggled but soon she passed out.

Þórir met his son at their meeting place. Quickly, the two ran back to the place that Number Nine had found. By the time they reached there, Stephanie had been missing for almost the entire night and most of the day. The sun would soon be setting. Sportacus looked around for an opening or even a hint to if Stephanie was close by. It was then that his father tapped him on the shoulder. He pointed to a place outside where dirt had been disturbed recently. Then whispering to his son,

"I think I found something."

To Be Continued…