Chapter 2:
Sportacus sat in his airship and thoughtfully bit away at an apple. His mind was full of unanswered questions, all to do with Robbie. Lately, Robbie had been acting strange...well, a lot stranger than usual. He had seen Robbie, but it was only on a few rare occasions, and at those times, He had been doing unusual things, like rummaging through Pixels garbage bins and trying to sneak off with a soccer ball. Sportacus couldn't imagine what Robbie would want with a soccer ball. He could only hope that Robbie had finally seen the light and wanted to become active. But there was little hope in that. Obviously, Robbie was up to no good, but what was it? Was whatever he was doing going to hurt anyone? Sportacus got up and started pacing the room. The last time he saw Robbie before he started acting weird was when he was hiding in the bushes while Sportacus helped Mayor Meanswell out with that bookshelf... what could have happened since then to make Robbie act out? Suddenly, there was a noise from the floor of the ship. Sportacus flipped backwards and landed in time to catch a cylinder tube.
"I've got mail!" he said with a smile and fished a piece of paper out of the tube.
"Dear Sportacus," He read aloud, "Tomorrow we are planing on having a special sports day and it would be wonderful if you could come! We're all meeting at the basketball court at 10:00am.
Hope to see you there!
Stephanie"
"That sounds great!" He said with glee, playing sports with all the kids was one of his favorite things. With that, he began to flip around he ship, his worries about Robbie slipping out of his mind...
"There!" Robbie shouted happily, placing a normal looking basketball on his work table.
"I've managed to get one of these stupid sports things..yes, yes...but what to do with it?" he pondered. He began to pace around the table, then he strode over to his chair and sat down.
"Hmph...maybe a little sit down in the park will clear my mind! Yes, that's what I'll do" With that, he got up and started to make his way to the park.
Once Robbie had found a suitable bench to sit on, he got back to his scheming. Sportacus liked sports, Robbie had a basketball, which is used in sports...His thoughts were suddenly interrupted by a boy's voice.
"Oh, aren't you so excited about the sports festival tomorrow!?" the voice said, slightly fast,
"It's going to be so much fun!" Ziggy and Stingy had just rounded the corner.
"Yeah, I guess it sounds fun. But I'm more interested in my trophy that I'm going to win!" Stingy replied pompously.
"Oh, I think Sportacus is going to win that trophy!" Ziggy said, Oblivious to evil glare that Stingy shot at him. The two boys spotted Robbie.
"Hi Robbie!" Greeted Ziggy happily, "what are you doing?"
"I was" replied Robbie moodily, "trying to have a nice quiet time by myself, until you two showed up"
"Oh really? That sounds fun! Hey look Stingy, there's Stephanie! Bye Robbie!" The two boys ran off in Stephanie's direction, leaving Robbie alone again. Robbie huffed angrily, but the wheels is his brain started to turn. A sports festival was being held tomorrow, and Sportacus was competing in it...An idea clicked in Robbie's head and he jumped off the bench.
"It's Perfect!" He yelled, throwing his arms out wide. He hurriedly stalked back to his lair and began working.
Stephanie was busy helping Uncle Milford and Bessie set up for the festival when she spotted Pixel standing behind her, looking like he wanted to talk.
"I'll be right back Uncle Milford!" she hurriedly said, then jogged over to Pixel with a smile on her face.
"Hey Pixel!" She said brightly, "do you need something?"
"Oh, I didn't mean to interrupt you!" Pixel apologized
"It's fine, we're almost done anyway. Let's go sit down" and with that she grabbed him by the hand and pulled him over to the low wall by the apple tree.
"So," Stephanie prodded, "what is it? You look kinda worried"
"Well," Pixel stared "Lately, I've noticed some things around my house have gone missing, and I can't find them anywhere"
"Oh no!" Stephanie gasped, "does that mean someone in LazyTown has been stealing from you? Have you told Sportacus or Uncle Milford yet?"
"No, I haven't told anyone but you about it yet. I just can't think of who would do this! Is it Trixie, up to no good? Or Stingy, claiming that they're his?"
"Well, we shouldn't go pointing fingers yet. Maybe they where stolen, or maybe you miss placed them? What exactly is it that's gone?" Stephanie asked
"Just a few odds and ends. Some Wires, a few batteries, oh, and two of my good screwdrivers!" Pixel replied his voice slightly distraught.
"Hmmm..." Stephanie thought, "Well, tomorrow is the sports festival, maybe we can ask if anyone's seen your stuff? Sort of, like, make an announcement or something. I'm sure that will help us turn up some stuff!"
"Yeah, that sounds like a good idea. Thanks Steph!" and with that, Pixel slid off the wall, and, after waving good-bye, walk off towards home. Stephanie stayed on the wall for a bit longer, thinking things over. Should she tell Sportacus about this? He'd surely want to know, but Pixel seemed like he wanted to keep this quiet. Finally, she came to the conclusion that if she saw Sportacus today, she would tell him. He was going to find out tomorrow anyway. She looked over and saw that Uncle Milford and Bessie where almost done with the decorations, so she leapt off the rock to go an join them once more.
Robbie gave the basketball one last whack with his wrench.
"Ahhh," he said while taking off his safety goggles, "It's all finished!" He lifted the basketball to examine it. It looked relatively normal, except for the small red button it had on the very top.
"This is the perfect thing to fool that Sportakook tomorrow!" Robbie said proudly, throwing out his arms. "When they have their basketball tournament during the sports festival tomorrow, I'll just hit this button and replace their basketball with this one!" He explained to no one in particular "Then, once Sportacus picks this ball up and bounces it three times, it will explode! That should make him leave LazyTown for good!"
Robbie place the ball back down on his work bench carefully and went to sit in his big fuzzy chair. He swung both his legs up over one of the chairs arms and rocked back and forth. He was still having those dreams about Sportacus, and over the past week, that seemed to be all he dreamed about. He was starting to sleep less and less, worried that he'd be in that field again, with Sportacus lying on top of him, or on a secluded beach somewhere, the sun beating down upon Sportacus' bare chest, beads of water running down his abdomen...
Robbie grumbled and sunk deeper into his chair, ashamed of himself. Since he was having these visions more often...he actually began to enjoy them. But this was horrible, he shouldn't be thinking of other men like that, least of all Sportacus. Robbie glanced at his clock on the wall and saw that it was 10:00pm. He yawned and got up to put his jammies on. When he was ready for bed, he snuggled back up in his chair and closed his eyes. Well, he thought, it wouldn't hurt to dream about Sportacus at least one more time...
AN: Oh my goodness, I'm sorry :P I said that I'd have a new chapter up soon, and half of this chapter has actually been done for quite some time, but I kinda lost track, and the pressures of (Dun dun dun...) School started to pile up. I'm soooory. Anyway, so yeah, I'll try to update more frequently, but I can't promise anything :P
Prince Lir
