The next day came and Robbie was preparing to put his plan in motion. He would get Sportacus to go up in his airship and while he was gone he would go and see the Mayor for an answer. Sportacus himself had thought long and hard about what he wanted to do. He would offer to leave if the Mayor wanted it. If his offer to leave was refused he would offer to be a fitness instructor for the town rather than a hero. After all, if all the kids were being fitness instructed they wouldn't get into trouble because he'd be playing with them all the time. He liked that idea and it was safe. He could use Robbie's uniform with the fake crystal to train the kids as he wouldn't need the crystal anymore because no one would get in trouble. Sportacus planned to go and see the Mayor before lunch or after when Robbie was having his nap. He hadn't discussed his plans with Robbie yet and wouldn't until he'd talked about them with the Mayor.

Robbie was helping himself to cake whilst Sportacus was eating fruit for breakfast. Both men sat in silence while eating as they were wont to do, Robbie because his mouth was always full and Sportacus because he was unlikely to get an answer apart from a grunt or grumble. He liked Robbie, he had never disliked him. His fondest wish was that Robbie would stop trying to get rid of him and would be his friend rather than an enemy. The past few days had made it far more likely that his wish would be granted, as much as Robbie had pushed him away a few times after letting him in he knew Robbie's feelings about him were changing. If Robbie didn't like him he could at least grow to tolerate him if he hadn't done already. Sportacus had a smile on his face as he mused over these things holding a half eaten apple in his hand when Robbie looked at him after eating.

"That's the first proper smile I've seen you smile for days. What's got you doing that?" Came Robbie's voice breaking through Sportacus' consciousness.

Sportacus looked at him and realised he'd probably been sitting there smiling for some time, "Nothing," he answered not wanting to discuss his musings with Robbie for fear of undoing the progress that had been made.

"Ok," Robbie replied dejectedly, "Do you think it would be a good idea for you to go up to your airship today?" Robbie asked changing the subject.

"I hadn't thought of it, why?"

"Well I remember that candy kid saying yesterday that he'd tried sending letters to you but you weren't there to receive them. Knowing how that kid can talk I'd suspect he can write just as much and your airship might be full of letters."

"You're right, now I think of it. I also have some tools to put away and need to tidy up a bit. I don't want to leave things in a mess for too long."

"That's a good idea. When you eventually go to live up there again it would be nice to go back to it clean and tidy."

"Would you want me to go live there again Robbie?" Came a short and nervous reply.

Robbie thought for a moment. Did he want Sportacus to leave him to live on his own? He'd have peace and quiet again and a nice comfy bed to sleep in. As much as he liked his solitude before the times he got lonely he was getting used to having Sportacus around and it wasn't as if the 'Blue Elf' was getting in his way.

"I don't know," Robbie answered finally.

He wouldn't admit to Sportacus that he was getting to like the idea of having Sportacus live there with him. He would see how he felt when he had executed his plan. Sportacus nodded and looked away for a second, puzzled at why he felt sad about Robbie not giving him a proper answer about staying.

"Well," Sportacus began, breaking the silence and looking at Robbie again, "I better get started with the airship. I'll see you when I get back?"

"Yeah, why not? If you're ok staying here a little while longer until you feel up to being alone again it's fine with me." Robbie assented.

Sportacus nodded and got up. He went up the pipe to the surface and headed for the airship. When Robbie was sure he'd gone he went over to the periscope and watched Sportacus climbing up the ladder to the airship. He couldn't believe how easy it was to get Sportacus to fall for that one. His first plan complete he himself went to the surface to see the Mayor.

The same impatient knock that been heard on the door the previous night was heard again and after looking at Bessie the Mayor went to answer the door. Robbie let himself in this time and sat straight down on a kitchen chair indicating he wouldn't leave until answer had been given to him. The Mayor hadn't discussed his plans with Bessie and she too was eager to hear the conclusion the Mayor had come to.

"I've decided," The Mayor drew in a deep breath unsure as to whether he'd made the right decision, "to let Sportacus have a second chance."

Bessie breathed a sigh of relief; she herself didn't blame Sportacus for the accident and hoped that anger hadn't clouded the Mayor's judgement.

"But," Came an addition from the Mayor, "If Sportacus should fail in his duty to save someone again he shall be banished from Lazy Town and never to return."

Both Robbie and Bessie agreed with these terms. Part two of Robbie's plans was complete and now he would put in motion part three, getting Sportacus' confidence in his abilities back. Robbie left the Mayor's house and got to work setting up part three of his plans.

Robbie climbed to the top of the billboard in front of the entrance of his lair. Several times on the way up to the top he'd mentally kicked himself and berated himself for being so foolhardy. Was it is his business trying to get Sportacus' confidence back? If Sportacus failed to save someone again he would have to leave forever, that was what Robbie had spent the last few years trying to do and it was more attainable than ever. He couldn't understand why he was offering himself up as bait rather than one of the kids, like all of his plans there were flaws in it no matter how much planning he did. Before he could change his mind about offering himself and getting a kid to the work for him instead it was too late, he was on the top of the billboard and feeling very frightened.

Sportacus spent his time in the airship thinking and tidying. He was startled by his crystal blaring, signalling trouble. Without a moment's hesitation he did what came naturally to him. He ran over to the door and called for it to open. He ran to the platform and drew out his telescope his gaze almost instantly falling on where the trouble was. Robbie was hanging onto one of the lights on the billboard shaking violently, Sportacus didn't think about why Robbie was up there he acted straight away. He ran straight back into the airship and piloted it closer to Robbie. Standing where the platform was he called "Platform" and it lowered. Robbie was still shaking and Sportacus wasted no time in jumping from the platform onto the billboard. Once he had got his balance he walked on his hands over to Robbie and checked he was ok.

"Just get me down from here!" Robbie wailed as Sportacus was about to ask him how and why he was on top of the billboard.

The sight of Sportacus' airship moving for the first time in days caused a lot of confusion and the Mayor, Bessie, Stingy, Ziggy, Pixel and Trixie followed where it had gone. They soon saw it was above Robbie's billboard and were surprised to see Sportacus up there with him executing a rescue.

"Sky chaser!" They heard Sportacus shout and out of the airship flew the sky chaser.

"Hang on to me Robbie," Sportacus instructed and with some difficulty Robbie obeyed.

Once he was sure that Robbie was holding on tightly enough he jumped landing perfectly on the sky chaser. Robbie screamed when Sportacus had jumped thinking he'd gone mad as he hadn't realised that Sportacus had called for the sky chaser. After a few moments both Robbie and Sportacus were safely on the ground. The kids applauded and Robbie instantly fell to the ground still shaking uncontrollably and kissed the ground over and over.

Once he was sufficiently calm Robbie stood up and looked at Sportacus, "I knew you could do it Sportakook,"

"Do what?" Sportacus asked confused.

"Save me. I know you were scared of saving people after what happened a couple of days ago so I thought a push was all you needed to get you back doing what you do."

"I did it. I saved you. I didn't think I could save anyone again, I didn't think about what happened to Stephanie at all, it just came automatically. But you got yourself in trouble deliberately? What if I couldn't have saved you Robbie?"

Robbie shook his head, "I guess the events of the other day would have been repeated and you would have had to leave Lazy Town. I took the liberty of talking to the Mayor for you and he agreed to let you stay one condition,"

"Which is?"

"That you don't fail again. I think I proved to everyone that it won't happen again."

"Thank you, Robbie." Sportacus was extremely touched by the gesture.

He didn't know what else to say and so he tried to hug Robbie but received a small hit in the stomach. He grunted in pain again and Robbie remembered that Sportacus' stomach was sore.

"Sorry, I forgot," he apologised.

"It's ok. Would you settle for a handshake?"

Robbie thought on this for a second and then stuck his hand out shaking Sportacus' hand. This drew more applause from the kids and the Mayor and Bessie applauded too.

The Mayor hadn't thought that Sportacus would get Robbie to the ground safely but was glad he had, Lazy Town's hero was back. Yes Stephanie hadn't been saved but the Mayor was glad of the prospect of other lives being saved. He and everyone would miss Stephanie and as time moved on things would eventually go back to almost normal.

The events of the last couple of days had changed the course of everyone's lives in Lazy Town in some way; Sportacus had made an unlikely friend in Robbie and Robbie had made an equally unlikely friend in Sportacus, the Mayor and Bessie had finally stopped dancing around each other and admitted how they felt about each other and the kids had lost a friend but their friendship with each other grew stronger than ever.

It's amazing what can happen in a split second isn't it?