Chapter 14

The doctor pulled Stephanie away from Trixie. The girl looked very upset and he decided that telling her that they'd almost lost Sportacus was probably not the best idea.

"Your husband is out of surgery however he's not conscious yet." Dr. Rottenstein told her. Stephanie let out a big sigh of relief.

"How bad is it?" she asked.

"The first bullet pierced his right lung. The second went into his stomach and nicked his small intestine. We patched him up and he is stable." He explained.

"How long will he have to stay here?" Stephanie asked.

"We have him on some pain medication and oxygen. Sportacus is strong and we expect him to make a full recovery, we just have to make sure that his lung doesn't fill up with fluids of any kind and that he doesn't get an infection." He replied.

"Can I see him?" She asked.

"Yes." Doctor Rottenstein said. Stephanie promised to be right back. Quickly she went over to Trixie and explained what was happening and asked her to go back to LazyTown with the information. Her friend promised to come back as soon as possible.

"I'm sorry that this happened." Robbie told Amanda.

"Why are you sorry? You and Sportacus came to save Stephanie and me from those crazy guys." She said confused.

"Obviously, we weren't in time. They broke your arm." The guilt flooded into his voice. Amanda stood up and kissed him.

"It's all over. We're not all in one piece but we're alive. We still have each other and we're going to get through this." She reassured him.

"You think so?" Robbie didn't sound so sure.

"I know so. Somehow we'll pull through, we always do." Amanda smiled and kissed him again.

Stephanie walked into Sportacus' room. He was still out from the anesthesia. The sound of the breathing and heart monitors filled the silence of the room. It was scary to see her husband connected to the machines and lying so still.

Pulling a chair close to the bed she sat down. Then she put her hand in his. Things had to better. She needed him. No, we need him, Stephanie corrected herself. After all that had happened, how was she going to break the news to Sportacus?

There was a soft knock at the door and Stephanie got up. Carefully opening the door, she went out into the hall.

"How is he?" Amanda asked.

"He's still out but the doctors are hopeful for his recovery. How is Robbie holding up?" Stephanie replied.

"Ok I guess. He feels guilty for not getting to us in time." Amanda told her. The girls talked for a few more minutes and then they turned their attention back to their men. Stephanie sat down again. Sportacus was still out. Taking hold of his hand once more she spoke softly in Icelandic,

"ÉG er hér minn Sportacus. ÉG vilja ekki leyfi þinn hlið. ÉG ást þú.$"

By now the news of the Killer Shadows' failure had reached Ra's Al Ghul. He had become very frustrated at this point. What was so special about this Sportacus that his men couldn't handle?

Ra's decided he would have to make a little trip to the place called LazyTown. He would confront this hard to kill hero. Sportacus would not get away with embarrassing the League of Shadows.

$ I'm here my Sportacus. I won't leave your side. I love you.

To Be Continued…