Chapter 17
3… 2… 1… 0, Robbie watched as the countdown finished. He hoped that no one would ever realize what he had just done.
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Pixel and Sportacus stood in the boy's room trying to figure out what to do when they heard a ticking noise.
"What's that?" The above average hero asked.
"I don't know." Pixel said. Quickly he turned toward Rose. She seemed to be the thing that was ticking. As fast as he could, Pixel flicked the switch in the back of Rose's neck. Then everything was silent.
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Robbie waited for the explosion and sirens but none of that came. He looked at the remote and saw words flashing across its screen, "Failure! Failure! Failure!" The villain let out the breath he was holding. Now the only thing he expected to hear were Sportacus' angry footsteps.
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Pixel flicked the switch back on and the ticking noise did not resume. He shook his head and decided to ask Rose.
"Activate brain functions." He ordered and Rose did as she was told.
"Brain functions active. Recent attempt to self-destruct failed." She reported.
"Uh huh. I thought so." Pixel said.
"What?" Sportacus asked.
"The ticking was an attempt to remote activate Rose's self-destruct mechanism. Lucky for us, I found the self-destruct button, removed it and the surrounding activating wires." The Gizmo Guy explained.
"When did you find it?" Sportacus asked.
"Yesterday, when I was finishing up Rose's connections. I decided to remove it on the off chance whoever created also had remote access to her." Pixel said nonchalantly. Sportacus absorbed what the nine year old said and shook his head.
"Well I think its time I paid Robbie Rotten a visit." With that last statement, the above average hero left Pixel's house and headed toward the billboard.
Robbie sat in his big fuzzy orange chair waiting for Sportacus to come and find him. His latest plan had failed and he knew that the above average hero wasn't going to stand for it. A noise from above alerted him to his enemy's presence.
"I knew you'd be coming." Robbie said.
"Well what did you expect after you tried to hurt me and Pixel?" Sportacus wondered.
"You know I've given you chance after chance, Robbie. What is your problem?" He continued.
"My problem is that no one is lazy anymore. My problem is that no one listens to me anymore. They only listen to you. You think you're so superior." Robbie told him.
"Well hurting me isn't going to help you." Sportacus said. He grabbed the villain's shoulders and pushed him toward the tube.
"Up you go. It's time for yet another Robbie public apology. Except this time I'm going to add a little something extra to the deal. How does 500 hours of community service sound?" The above average hero asked. Robbie gave him a look but said nothing as he climbed up into the tube.
To Be Continued...