Chapter 11
Rose walked around town taking note of the many different people. However none of them resembled her target. She could see that there was a group of kids playing on the sports field and she decided they might be her key to finding Sportakook.
The kids were throwing a circular disk around and talking excitedly. The little blond one threw it a little too hard and the disk landed by her feet. A taller pink haired one came over to her.
"Can we have that back?" She asked. Rose's first inclination was to follow her programming and say no but she had to find Sportaflake first.
"Yes." Was all the new girl said as she picked up the disk.
"Thanks. Do you wanna play with us?" Pinky wondered.
"Well, I'm looking for someone." The other "girl" answered.
"Maybe I can help. My name is Stephanie by the way."
"My name is Rose." Stephanie smiled and the other "girl" smiled back.
"Hey Stephanie are you coming back?" It was the orange-haired boy.
"I'll be right over!" She shouted back. Turning to Rose, she said,
"I'll help you look for the person soon. Just give me a chance to tell my friends." Rose nodded and watched Stephanie run over to the others.
A few minutes later, she returned and told Rose that her friends were going to play without her.
"Who are you looking for?" Stephanie asked.
"His name is Sporta…" there was a slight pause as she almost said 'Sportakook'.
"Sportacus?" The pink-haired one wondered.
"That's it." Rose said.
"I haven't seen him yet today but then again things have a way of getting exciting around here. How do you know him?" Stephanie asked. She didn't want to judge the new girl but something seemed fishy.
"Oh not much. My father just speaks a lot about him. I guess I just wanted to meet him." Rose made a quick cover.
"Are you new to LazyTown or have I just not seen you before?" Pinky wondered.
"Oh, I just came here." Rose answered, which technically was the truth.
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Robbie watched from below ground through his periscope. The turn of events weren't going as he'd planned.
"What is she doing? I told her to destroy Sportadork. Not make friends!" He whined. Quickly, he grabbed up a walkie-talkie from the top of the machine that was nearby and pressed down the talk button.
"Get Sportawipe! Stop goofing around!"
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Rose heard the voice in her head and squeezed her eyes shut. She didn't know how her father's voice got into her head.
"Are you ok?" Stephanie asked.
"Uh yeah. Well I guess I'll have to look for him later." Rose tried to get her to go away.
"Why don't we try sending him a letter before you go? He always answers to those." The nine year old said.
"Ok." If that will get you to go away, Rose thought. Stephanie pulled a piece of paper and a pen from her purse and quickly wrote a little note.
"Let me go get the tube from my uncle's house real quick." She said and she took off like a shot. Finally, she's too perky, Rose reflected. Her thoughts soon turned to how she heard her father's voice in her head.
Stephanie was back in a minute and she held the tube up to show her new friend. Rose tried to look interested as the pink haired girl put the tube into the chute and pulled the lever. The tube shot skyward toward the large airship.
"He'll be here soon." Stephanie said.
"Excellent." Rose smiled.
To Be Continued...