Author's Note:This is the first chapter in a while. I apologize. First week of college and I already had a lot of work to do. Thanks for your patience! Well here goes.

Chapter 13

"Good land nogoshun, woman! It stinks in here!" Robbie shouted from the bathroom as the smell permeated the mask that covered his nose and mouth.

"The faster you find it the quicker you can flush it!" Amanda shouted back from the living room. Robbie grumbled as he was up to his elbows in stuff. The two had drawn straws and unfortunately he had gotten stuck with the shortest. Now he wore special rubber gloves that came up over his elbows, a pair of goggles, and a plastic apron that he borrowed from the local plumber.

Robbie would've called in a professional but neither he nor Amanda wanted anyone else to know what had happened if it could be avoided.

"What's taking so long?" Amanda asked from down the hall.

"Uh…" Robbie stuttered.

"Its just like eating vegetables you don't like, the longer it sits there the more time you have to think about it." She reminded him. Deciding that his fiancée was right. The quicker he got this over with the better.

On the other side of town, Stephanie sat with Bessie. Joshua was taking a nap in the guest room and the house was completely silent. Sportacus had gone to FunTown to see if he could talk to the Mayor.

"What if Sportacus can't get Milford to come home? What if the hole we've dug is just too big to climb out of? What if…?" Bessie trailed off as the barrage of questions directed at no one in particular ended.

"Enough with the 'what ifs'. No matter what you and Uncle Milford will fix this. I shouldn't have to keep reminding you. What is going on? Have you told Sportacus and I the truth?" Stephanie asked. Bessie just looked at the girl.

"That's just it. I don't know anymore. I love your Uncle with all my heart and I'm just confused as to what has been going on. Sometimes he can be such a mystery." She said. Stephanie gave her a funny look. Uncle Milford was anything but a mystery. The man wore his emotions out on his sleeves for all of his life. He didn't hide anything from anyone up until his strange behavior of the past few weeks.

Sportacus had arrived at Mayor Trieshard's office about twenty minutes ago. He found the two Mayors discussing legislation and the two men asked him to wait outside. At first, the above-average hero wanted to yell at Milford but he knew that wasn't going to help the situation. Making a mental note, he promised himself to talk to Stephanie about his own behavior as of late.

"Mayor Meanswell, I hate to interrupt but we need to talk." Sportacus said through the door.

"Give me fifteen more minutes and you can talk to me as much as you want. This legislation is important for me to understand." Milford told him. The above-average hero felt like telling him that his wife was more important but he knew that he had told Stephanie something along those lines quite a few times.

Ten minutes later, Mayor Meanswell shook his friend, Mayor Trieshard's hand. The two friends had made sense of the laws in front of them.

"Should we make Sportacus wait the five extra minutes?" Trevor asked.

"Probably not. I've already kept him from his wife and son too long but nothing says we can't have any fun." Milford smiled. Then the man shouted,

"I GOT IT!" Robbie exclaimed. He pulled his glove from inside the toilet bowl. The ex-villain looked at it. The beautiful gold ring and small carat diamond were covered in some nasty stuff. It would take a miracle to be able to clean it.

Amanda heard the toilet flush and watched him come down the hall carrying a small zipper bag. Inside the bag was something that looked like her ring.

"Any suggestions on how to clean it?" Robbie said doing his best Darth Vader impression.

"That is a very good question. Probably before cleaning it off, we should clean you off, Darth." Amanda smiled as she pointed to the gloves on his hands. Looking down, Robbie realized he hadn't cleaned them off before handling the bag. Quickly he rushed back to the bathroom. Cleaning them off in the toilet, he flushed it again. Then he rinsed the ring and the bag off too. Another flush ensued.

"Wow, a double flusher." Amanda teased.

"You should talk Miss Stink-o-rama." Robbie joked.

To Be Continued…