Chapter 10
Back outside, Stephanie continued to try to raise Pixel or Sportacus over the walkie-talkie. The wind continued to howl and was gusting at twenty-five miles an hour. With no success on reaching anyone, the fourteen year old knew that she had to get out of the weather. The only spot to do that was down Robbie's tube. Quickly, Stephanie climbed up the ladder and jumped down the tube.
Robbie was about to climb up the tube when he heard a noise coming down the pipe. He dashed to one side and hid from view. The villain was rewarded by seeing something pink fly out of the duct and land on his big fuzzy orange chair.
"Wow! What a ride!" Stephanie smiled and looked around. That's when she noticed Sportacus' unconscious body lying on the ground by the tube's entrance.
"Sportacus!" She quickly rushed over to the above average hero to see if he was all right.
"He's going to have a nasty headache when he wakes up." Robbie emerged from his hiding place carrying the shovel he'd used on the blue sports elf.
"What did you do to him? All he wanted to do was makes sure you didn't freeze to death!" Stephanie shouted.
"Yes, well he's about as dumb as a stump if he thought I was going to come quietly and I guess so are you." The villain raised the shovel in his hands and brought it down. Stephanie quickly rolled to the right and missed the blow by inches. Unfortunately, the blow then landed on Sportacus' ribs. Angry that his first blow missed, Robbie made a move and swung at the pink haired girl again. Stephanie quickly stood up and looked around, trying to find something to defend herself. The closest thing was a broom about five feet away and she ran for it. Robbie charged at her and swung the shovel a third time. This time Stephanie blocked his shot with the broom that she picked up and then tried to make her own swing at the villain. Robbie put the shovel up in his own defense and easily blocked the broom from connecting with his own head. Stephanie backed away from him as she could feel her lungs constrict and it was becoming harder and harder to breathe. That cold she caught earlier was catching up with her. Gasping for breath, the fourteen year old made one more charge and swung the broom at the villain. Robbie easily avoided the move and watched as Stephanie stumbled. Quickly he stuck his foot out and watched her fall over it. The pink haired girl hit the floor hard, landing on her stomach, and began to cough; it felt as though someone was sitting on her chest.
"Had enough?" Robbie asked. Stephanie's answer was to try to get up and cough some more.
"Nighty night." He smirked and the last thing the fourteen year old remembered was feeling something hit the back of her head. Robbie patted himself on the back as he left the two unconscious heroes alone in the freezing cold lair.
Once topside, the villain found Sportacus' detachable command seat. An awful idea came to his head and he awkwardly hopped up into it. Pressing the large silver button, Robbie could feel something hitting his feet. It hurt and he looked down inside the area where his feet were. There were pedals down there, so he figured that was how the seat flew.
"Oh great more work." He muttered. Quickly, Robbie started to pedal. As the vehicle lifted itself off the ground, Robbie grabbed hold of the steering wheel and directed it toward Sportacus' airship.
It was tough going in the wild winds that the Weather Infuser 6000 had created and for an inexperienced command seat driver it was especially tough. Robbie struggled to keep the seat in the air. He looked for anything to help him to keep the seat upright.
"How does he drive this thing?" Robbie wondered. That's when he noticed the autopilot button.
"Bingo!" Quickly the villain pushed the button and the command seat immediately took itself and its rider to the airship.
To Be Continued…