Chapter 12

Amanda awoke with the sun coming in through the window. It looked as if it was going to be another beautiful day. Getting out of bed, she went into the bathroom. Once downstairs she opened the Mayor's front door. There she found something attached to it. Pulling the piece of paper off the door, she unfolded it and read its contents.

Stephanie was awoken by someone shouting her name. Sportacus was already up and putting on his bathrobe. Poking a button, he sent the ladder down. Then he gave Stephanie her bathrobe and the girl tried to understand what was going on.

Amanda entered the airship. She apologized for her intrusion but she thought that they needed to see something. Pulling out the piece of paper she had found, the girl handed it to Sportacus. He read the note aloud.

"Dear girl I conked over the head,

I just wanted you to know that I have made a big decision. No matter how good you believe me to be, I killed someone. Nothing willchange that. Somewhere inside there maybe a good Robbie trying to get out but I'm afraid that all my years of being bad havepoisoned it. I can't take the chance of making friends and then ruining everything when the old Robbie comes back. I hope you understand and though we only met for a little while, I think you're a very nice girl and I don't want to hurt you. I'm sorry I couldn't remember your name.

Robbie"

When he finished Amanda said that she had already checked Robbie's lair and it was empty. The three stood trying to think of where to look for him. But how could they convince him to come back to LazyTown?

Hăkon awoke in the hospital. Slowly everything began to flood back to him. He had been so close to getting rid of Sportacus. But the boss didn't like close, he liked dead. No doubt he would send someone to give him a little reminder of that. It was then that the doctor came in with someone.

"Mr. Snorri, this is Detective Brown. He wants to ask you a few questions about getting shot." The doctor explained. Hăkon only nodded. It was best if he said as little as possible.

"Sir, we found you just outside the precinct. Do you remember being shot?" Detective Brown asked.

"No, I don't." Hăkon lied. He would've loved to tell the detective about Robbie. That backstabbing fool deserved what he got but then he'd have to explain the whole kidnapping and attempted murder.

"You're sure because it seems like someone would remember something like that." The detective pushed.

"I don't remember much of anything. All I remember is feeling cold and after that it's anyone's guess." The villain replied. The detective seemed to be satisfied with this but he told him if anything came back to him to have the doctor call. Hăkon thanked Detective Brown and said he would.

When the detective returned to the precinct, he went over to the small crime lab. Since LazyTown wasn't that big of a town there was only one forensic scientist.

"So is there anything for me?" Detective Brown asked the man hunched over a microscope.

"I hate to tell you this but I've got some bad news and some more bad news." Sam Snood, the scientist, answered.

"Well don't give it to me all at once." The detective said sarcastically.

"The bullet pulled from your victim is definitely a nine millimeter but the striations on the round don't match any open or closed cases in LazyTown. I ran a list of all the registered weapons in LazyTown. No one has registered a nine millimeter gun. Most of the list constituted of shotguns and rifles for hunting. I'm afraid that's where the evidence ends." Sam explained.

"Great. Thanks a lot." Brown said.

"Sorry but I can only go where the evidence takes me." Sam apologized. The trail ended here and there was nothing they could do about it.

To Be Continued…