Chapter 2
Stephanie was sitting on the sofa with her feet propped up on the ottoman when the group entered the apartment. She laughed at seeing the kids soaking wet and the smiles on the others faces.
"So this is why Sportacus had to rush out." The pregnant girl smiled herself. Her husband came over and gave her a kiss while everyone else pulled off their wet snow pants, gloves, socks, and boots.
"How are you feeling?" he asked.
"Pretty good, actually. I take it we have to dry these guys off." She pointed at their friends. He nodded.
"I offered them some hot chocolate too. You just sit there. I can handle everything."
"You're sure? I want to help." Stephanie asked.
"Dr. Feels Good wants you off you're feet as much as possible, remember?" He said. She sighed and said,
"Ok. I just hate feeling so useless." Sportacus smiled and gave her another kiss. Then he took the group down to the laundry room. They threw their wet gloves, socks, and snow pants into a couple dryers. Everybody then went back to the apartment.
Sportacus put on some water to heat up on the stove while everyone settled into the living room. Trixie and Amanda sat down next to Stephanie while Stingy sat in the rocking chair. Pixel and Ziggy plunked themselves in the pink and blue bean bag chairs. Robbie walked out into the kitchen to see if he could talk to Sportacus for a second alone.
"How's Stephanie holding up?" He asked.
"Well the doctor says everything is looking good and she feels pretty good, too. Dr. Feels Good thought that she should try to stay off her feet from now until the baby is born. She keeps telling me that she looks like a whale. I keep telling her that's not true. How is living with Amanda?" The above-average hero explained. Robbie laughed at this.
"She'll be back to her normal self soon. Living with Amanda is great. There are just a few things I haven't gotten used to yet." He said.
"Like what?" Sportacus asked.
"Well like having to remember to put the seat down, letting someone else use the remote, and of course her singing in the shower." Robbie cracked a smile. This time it was Sportacus' turn to laugh. Pulling the hot chocolate packages out of the cupboard he asked,
"It's that bad, huh?"
"No, no, she's actually pretty good but sometimes it's the songs she picks. This morning for instance was Tom Petty's "Refugee" but other mornings its stuff that I just don't like." Robbie said. Sportacus smiled and grabbed some cups out of the cupboard while his friend opened the packets and put them into the cups.
"Don't worry. Stephanie still sings in the shower. I'm sure our neighbors don't like it when I join in." The above-average hero said. The two men had a good laugh and brought the hot drinks out to everyone.
On the other side of town, Ra's was meditating when a knock came on his door. He got up to answer it. The woman on the other side of the door was his landlady. Since Ra's planned on being in LazyTown longer he had moved into a boarding house. The landlady handed him a letter and said that lunch was going to be in twenty minutes. Ra's thanked her and closed the door.
The letter was from Vincent Gerbacht. His star pupil wondered when he would be coming back to assume the leadership once again of the League of Shadows. Vincent is a good man, Ra's thought to himself, it's just that sometimes I think he needs more leadership training.
Pulling out a piece of paper, the leader of the League of Shadows wrote back to Vincent. He had to explain thoroughly what was keeping him.
"Vincent,
Things have developed here in this small town. It turns out that Sportacus is married and his wife is expecting in another month. I have been keeping tabs on them and hope to make my move soon. While he intends to extend the line of heroes, I hope to end it. When my mission is complete, I will return and we can focus on getting Gotham to fall. Once balance is returned the League can return its concentrated efforts back to bringing down the United States.
Ra's"
To Be Continued…