Chapter 10

Amanda came to wondering the same thing. Where am I? Why is there duct tape on my mouth? What the hell is going on? She asked herself. Rolling on her side, Amanda tried to get up. It was harder than it looked. The duct tape on her hands was still there and she couldn't use her hands to get up. Then she heard someone in the other room.

Dr. Feels Good was checking out Sportacus. He kept shaking his head and asking questions.

"Doc, I'm in a lot of pain. My arm is broken and I'm covered in bruises from head to toe. What else is there to know?" Sportacus asked his own question.

"I just want to make sure that's all. You'll have to come to my office so I can set your wrist and take some x-rays." The doctor explained. Þórir helped his son up and they walked back to the doctor's office.

Dr. Feels Good snapped some x-rays of Sportacus' arm and found some pain medication to give the above-average hero. Stephanie held on to her husband's good hand while the doctor put the cast on. Then she helped him back to the airship.

"Ladder!" She shouted. The ladder came down. The couple got onto the ladder and then Stephanie shouted,

"Ladder up!" The ladder began to retract until it reached the platform.

"Platform up!" The girl called. The platform went up and the two were inside the airship. Sportacus said down on the bed. His wife got a glass of water and had him take his pain pills. Then she carefully pulled off his vest and shirt. Then she pulled off his shoes and socks.

"You know I might have been turned on by my beautiful wife removing my clothes if it didn't hurt so much." Sportacus teased. Stephanie only smiled as she said,

"You sir, are going to pull your own pants off. The doctor said that some of those bruises are all the way to your bones. It's going to take a few weeks to be completely better." It was hard to ignore the big purple welts that covered her husband's muscular body. Sportacus saw the look on her face.

"It's going to be alright. I'll be better soon. Besides we should really thank Robbie for saving you. I don't really know what made him do that." Sportacus told her. Stephanie shrugged.

"I don't know. Try to get some sleep. I'm going to see if anyone has found Amanda yet." Ducking into the bathroom she removed her blood covered clothes and soaked them in the sink. Putting on some clean clothes she left the airship.

Robbie was busy packing up a few things. After leaving Hăkon's dead body at the police station it wouldn't take them long to figure out what happened. No doubt Sportacus and Stephanie had already been talking to the cops. Then he heard a noise out in the hall. Quickly he went to go see what it was.

Amanda had knocked over something in her efforts to get up. When she saw Robbie everything flooded back to her. She and Stephanie had gone to save Sportacus. A thought crossed her mind that maybe things hadn't gone well and she should try to get away.

Robbie came toward her with his hands up like he meant her no harm. She seemed to trust him and he carefully pulled the duct tape off her hands and mouth.

"Are you ok? I'm sorry about whacking over the head." He said as he helped her to her feet.

"I guess so. My head hurts a little though. What happened and why am I not running from you?" Amanda asked very confused at this point.

"You can run if you want. I wouldn't blame you. Besides I won't be here much longer." Robbie confided. Amanda reached out and grabbed Robbie's hand. He flinched but she held on.

"Tell me what happened please." She pleaded with him.

To Be Continued…