Chapter 10
Sportacus turned to Stephanie and motioned with his head that he wanted to speak to her privately. The two moved away from the others and talked.
"Joshua is blocking me. I can't get through to him. I'm going out there. My guess is that he is out looking for Sam in the woods." Sportacus said.
"Well why haven't we moved? He's been gone since just after one o'clock." Stephanie asked.
"I'm going now. The storm is over and there is no more lightening threatening to fry me." The above average hero made a sarcastic remark.
"Don't get like that." His wife snapped back.
"I'm sorry. I just don't want the kids to get hurt." Sportacus said.
"Neither do I. I love Joshua and Samantha too." Stephanie smiled slightly. The two embraced.
"I'm going to find them." He promised as he kissed her forehead. Then the above average hero left her and the search team's headquarters.
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"Its just a couple of deer. I think we should get your stuff together and get out of here. We could make it back to town before it gets dark." Joshua told her as he turned away from the window.
"You hoping that will be better for both of us?" Samantha asked as she moved toward the bathroom.
"Yeah that and this place gives me the creeps." He raised his voice so she could hear him.
"Really? Why is that?" The ten year old wondered as she walked back out of the bathroom with her clothes in hand.
"I don't know. There's just something about it." Joshua said as he looked at her sleeping bag. "This is still pretty wet."
"Well my pillow is almost dry. I guess we'll have to roll the sleeping bag back up. Unless you want to carry it open like that." Samantha suggested as she stuffed her things into the now dry duffel bag.
"No, that's all right. I'll roll it up." He said. The two worked in silence for a few minutes until everything was ready to go.
"Got your clothes?" Joshua asked.
"Check!" Samantha smiled.
"Got your pillow?" He asked.
"Check!" She answered.
"Got your teddy bear?" The sixteen year old smiled.
"Check!" Samantha said without realizing what the question was. She thought about what he said for a second before turning red.
"And I got the sleeping bag. Let's get going." Joshua stifled a laugh and went about slipping on his still wet sneakers.
"Ewww." Samantha scrunched up her nose at the sound of him squishing in his shoes. Joshua rolled his eyes and the two made their way out the door of the cottage. The two quibbled whether or not they should lock the door but since they had found it locked they both decided that they should lock it again. That matter settled the two set out into the forest back towards LazyTown.
To Be Continued…
