WARNING: This chapter is a little graphic. Those with weak stomachs may want to be careful.

Chapter 5

The bullet left the rifle's barrel at 1910.34 miles per hour (854 meters per second). Þórir never knew what hit him. The bullet pierced the front of the hero's face right between the eyes. It blew out the back of his head, spewing blood, pieces of brain and skull everywhere.

Sportacus' crystal beeped. Something seemed to tell him that this time would be very different than the thousands before. As he rushed off, Stephanie followed.

Amanda didn't know what had happened at first. Her brain didn't want to function. Dropping to her knees, she screamed.

Next her hands tried to scoop up all the pieces lying around her. She tried to put them back where they belonged but they didn't seem to fit. Tears streamed down her face, washing some of the blood and brain matter that covered her face, arms, and chest, off.

The Mayor came outside to see what was happening. Upon seeing the mess, he threw up in the bushes. How could something like this happen in LazyTown?

Sportacus and Stephanie arrived to find Amanda still trying to scoop up the pieces. Sportacus rushed to the body lying on the ground. The entire back of the head was missing. He couldn't believe that he was staring at his father.

Stephanie pulled Amanda away from the body. She tried to understand what was happening but all her friend could do was mumble incoherently. Looking at her friend and then her husband, Stephanie saw everything falling apart.

Sportacus kept trying to get his father to wake up. He couldn't understand that he would never open his eyes again. Sitting down, he picked up Þórir's dead body and just cried.

The smells and sight finally overtook Stephanie and she threw up. She began to cry as she wiped the mess off her face and headed over to her husband. Wrapping her arms around him, they sat there still trying to understand.

Eysteinn reloaded his rifle and aimed for Sportacus. With his first target destroyed it would be easy to dispatch the other. Quickly he shouldered the rifle once more and put his eye to the scope.

He couldn't get a clear shot of Sportacus. Stephanie obstructed his second target. It was then that he heard the sirens. Quickly he ducked himself and the barrel of the rifle under the camouflage of the sniper nest.

Someone had called the police. The sirens wailed as a few police cars and an ambulance arrived on the scene. Most of the rescue workers had never seen anything like this and were soon throwing up as well.

Captain Dogooder, with the help of a few officers, pulled Sportacus and Stephanie away from Number Nine's body. Amanda was put into the ambulance, while the coroner put Þórir into his van. The area was taped off as a crime scene.

Sportacus and Stephanie were led to a police car. Sportacus plopped down on the ground and Stephanie collapsed next to him. No one spoke. No one knew what to say.

Captain Dogooder sent off some of his men to the lab and the rest to fan out for the shooter. He had some experience in the military and knew that this was no ordinary shooter. The person knew what they were doing. Until he was caught, Sportacus and Stephanie might be better off in protective custody.

Eysteinn cursed his bad luck. With the police crawling everywhere, he wouldn't be able to get near Sportacus now. The boss hopefully would be happy to hear that Number Nine was gone but he probably wouldn't be so happy that Sportacus was still alive. Quickly Eysteinn began to pack up his gun and sniper nest. He would have to lay low until the police stopped combing.

Amanda lay staring at the ceiling in FunTown hospital. The doctor had been relieved that she hadn't been hurt physically. Mentally, however, she was a wreck.

The incident replayed in her head. She had just been talking to Þórir a few minutes before and then she was covered in his blood. The door being opened interrupted her thoughts.

"Baby are you all right?" It was Robbie. He had rushed to the hospital after hearing what had happened. Grabbing her hand he sat down next to her.

"It… I…" Amanda stumbled. Robbie put his finger over her mouth.

"Shh, it's going to be ok. We'll get through this together, I promise." He told Amanda, unsure if that would actually comfort her. Tears ran down her cheeks. The two sat in silence for a long while.

To Be Continued…