Chapter 14

Later that day, Sportacus sat outside watching people of the good people of LazyTown clean up the mess that the tornado had left. It would be a long hard road back to some sense of normalcy but LazyTown would survive.

"Something on your mind?" Samantha surprised her 'uncle'. She was only two months shy of eleven but she was incredibly precocious.

"Oh, just that I feel helpless. I can't help anyone clean up." Sportacus smiled up at his 'niece'.

"Yes well instead you might have been..." She didn't finish as she crouched down to be at eye level with him. Sportacus nodded. That was definitely not an option.

"There is something else though, isn't there?" Samantha continued.

"You have been hanging out with Joshua too much. I think he's starting to rub off on you." Sportacus chuckled and then grabbed his side.

"Try not to hurt yourself. I need you to referee that big soccer tournament this summer." Samantha said. "You think they'll still hold it?"

"Of course. With your great-uncle Milford back in charge this place will be better than ever by the summer." Sportacus really wasn't sure if that was true though.

"Well I suppose I should get back to helping Daddy clean up. Take it easy Uncle Sportacus." Samantha smiled and kissed his cheek.

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Stephanie and Joshua made there way to the apartment building. The National Guard was still there helping to repair some parts of the complex.

"Well here we are." Stephanie said as she unlocked the door. Once inside her face fell. The big window had been shattered and there were parts of the nearest tree on the floor. Joshua went to his room. It was then that his mother heard a loud sigh.

"What is it honey?" Stephanie asked walking into the room. She saw him pick up something off the floor. The window is his room had been destroyed and pieces from one of the picnic tables had skewered his stereo, which lay on the floor in pieces.

"My CDs are all gone and so is my bike. The pictures of us are missing too." Joshua said.

"What do you have in your hand?" Stephanie asked. He opened his palm to reveal part of the Christmas present Samantha had given him last year. It had been some new expensive headphones that Joshua had wanted.

"Oh honey. We can replace all these things. We'll repair the windows and the walls. Everything will be back to normal soon, I promise." Stephanie said giving her son a hug.

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Trixie and Stingy stood in their living room taking a break. They had cleaned up the yard and boarded up the broken windows.

"Well I guess this will do until we can get the windows replaced." Trixie sighed.

"My windows." Stingy remarked.

"Yes dear, your windows." Trixie rolled her eyes. Stingy looked over to her and pulled her close.

"My wife. I'm glad we're safe." He smiled.

"Yes, I'm glad we are too. It's too bad that we have to replace all these things. The roof is missing quite a few shingles, the windows, and the trees in the yard. How are we going to fix the roof anyway?" She asked.

"Well that's quite simple. We'll use my tarps and my tools. Right now we'll have to use them to cover my holes in the roof." Stingy explained.

"You might want to do that before it starts to rain." Pixel said from behind them.

"Pixel! It's good to see you. How are you holding up?" Trixie asked.

"Pretty good. I'll help if you want." The Gizmo Guy offered.

"That's nice but we couldn't have you do that. Besides as our guest that would be rude." Trixie said.

"Well I appreciate you guys helping me out until my house is rebuilt. I would like to help though." Pixel smiled.

"Its ok. Stingy will by the one going up the ladder anyway." Trixie said. Stingy gulped.

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"In the end, the tornado ripped through Looneyville, FunTown, and LazyTown before evaporating into the air. It was officially declared an F2 with winds maxing out at 157 (250 km/h) miles per hour. Mobile homes were demolished, roofs were torn off of frame houses, houses collapsed, and trees were uprooted.

"The death toll reached 5 in Looneyville, 2 in FunTown, and 15 in LazyTown. Of these deaths most occurred in mobile home parks. There is one exception.

"The Mayor of LazyTown was found in his basement dead after his home collapsed on top of him. Sadly, the rescue teams didn't find him in time. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family.

"In other news, local hero Sportacus was injured when rescuing another LazyTown man. The hero sustained a broken right arm and leg and some broken ribs. He is in stable condition resting at the hoe of some of his friends.

"The rebuilding of these towns and the lives that were involved will take time. The Red Cross and National Guard are doing their best to help out but if you would like to help you can send money to the Red Cross. Or if you wish to volunteer please call 555-1986.

"This has been the nightly news and from all of us here at Channel 4, we send all the best of luck out to those recovering from Mother Nature. Good night."

The End

With that we leave LazyTown in its state of disrepair. But fear not, we shall pick it up again soon. As always I appreciate the reviews and the most important part, my readers. I wish you all a very Happy Easter.

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