Chapter 5
August 17, 2022 at 10:00 am
Amanda knocked on Samantha's bedroom door. When no one answered she opened the door and said,
"Sweetie, time to get up. We…" she didn't finish her sentence. Samantha's bed was empty. Quickly, Amanda raced down the hall. Samantha wasn't in the bathroom either.
"Robbie!" She screamed. Her husband came running at the sound of his wife shouting.
"What's wrong?" He asked.
"Samantha isn't in her bed and she isn't in the bathroom." Amanda said getting very upset.
"Did you check the rest of the house?" Robbie asked. His wife shook her head no. Quickly, the two made a thorough search of the house. It was when they came up empty that Amanda began to really panic. Robbie ran to the phone.
"Scheving residence, this is Stephanie."
"Stephanie, Samantha is missing." Robbie spewed into the receiver.
"We'll be right over." She promised. As fast as she could, Stephanie raced down the hall and grabbed Sportacus and Joshua.
"We have to get over to Robbie and Amanda's. Samantha is missing." She explained. Sportacus looked shocked but quickly he regained his composure.
"Let's go!" He shouted.
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When they arrived Amanda and Robbie were practically falling apart. Captain Dogooder was there along with some police officers.
"We're starting to setup search parties. I have some dogs trying to pick up her scent." Dogooder explained.
"All right. I'm going to get up in the airship and see if I can spot her from above." Sportacus said.
"Great." Captain Dogooder started. "You know that the first twenty four hours are critical in searching for her. What do you suggest if you can't see her from the airship?"
"As soon as I have an idea, I'll let you know. What channel are you guys on?" The above average hero asked.
"Channel 3." Dogooder replied.
"Come on son." Sportacus said turning to Joshua. At first the boy didn't move but his father grabbed him and dragged him over toward the airship. The two climbed up the ladder and entered the airship.
"Door!" Sportacus commanded. The door came down and he ran out onto it. He grabbed his spyglass and looked around LazyTown. Joshua said in the control seat and listened to the radio broadcasts. Well he wasn't exactly listening to the radio. He was thinking about the horrible things he had said to Samantha the night before.
Sportacus sighed. He couldn't see Sam anywhere. Quickly, he ran inside and decided to fly the airship over LazyTown and the surrounding areas. Hopefully, this search would be more fruitful.
"Joshua, I need to fly the airship." The above average hero said. His son moved from the cockpit and grabbed the spyglass. Sportacus began to pedal and Joshua began to search.
WWWWWWWW
Samantha sat down on a fallen log. She hadn't thought out what she was going to do after running away and her feet hurt. Reaching into her duffel bag, Samantha pulled out an apple.
At least I was smart enough to grab some food before I left, she thought to herself, of course that was because they were on the table. Well at least it couldn't get any worse. Suddenly, she felt something hit her nose. Samantha reached her right hand up to her nose and realized that it was wet. Turning her head toward the sky, she saw the clouds had turned a dark gray color and the sun was slowly disappearing behind them. The rain slowly began to pick up and Samantha looked around for shelter.
"Well its official. The world hates me." She said flatly to the clouds. Knowing the best place to be in a rainstorm was not the forest; Samantha began to walk deeper into the woods hoping to find a cave or something.
To Be Continued…
