"Your twin BROTHER?!" Sportacus stared at Robbie in shock "Oh my gosh" Sportacus was at a loss, he had no idea what to say. Behind him the children were gasping and whispering to each other about what they had just heard. Sportacus turned around, stood up, walked over to them, and bent down to their level again "Kids, I think maybe you should go play inside for the rest of the day. I don't want you outside, it's too dangerous. Stephanie, can you look after them?" Stephanie beamed "I sure can, Sportacus! Let's all go to Pixels house and play that new video game!" The kids all cheered with excitement and ran over to Pixels house. Sportacus went and sat next to Robbie and put his arm around him.
"What's his name Robbie?" Sportacus saw Robbie hesitate to tell him "You can tell me, Robbie. I need to know who he is" Sportacus smiled comfortingly at Robbie. Robbie looked to the sky "His name is Flobbie. Flobbie Rotten." Robbie replied to Sportacus "He's my twin brother. We used to be so close when we were younger. I had two other brothers too, Bobbie and Tobbie. We were all such good friends, we all got along so well. We would always play pranks on the other kids at school. Well, until of course…" Robbies voice trailed off. Tears began falling down his cheeks. Sportacus pulled himself closer to Robbie "Until what Robbie?" Sportacus wiped the tears from Robbies cheeks. Robbie took a deep breath, and continued. "Until my parents disappeared. We don't know where they went. We just woke up one morning, and they were gone. Me and Flobbie were only 7, Bobbie and Tobbie were only 6 and 5. Our school was a long long way from our house, we didn't know how to get there, so we never went back." Robbies cheeks were wet from his tears, and Sportacus was trying hard not to cry in front of Robbie, he wanted to be strong for him. But the pain of hearing what had happened to the man he loved broke his heart. Robbie continued "We stayed at home for a long time, we ate the food we had left, but eventually, that ran out. We lived a long way from anyone else, so we didn't know what to do. Eventually, Flobbie and I decided that we needed to go find help, or at least find food. We were getting hungry and sick. So one night, we set off at midnight, leaving Bobbie and Tobbie at home asleep, promising ourselves we would come back to them. We walked for hours, we wanted to give up, but we didn't. We kept going, and going. It felt like we were getting nowhere. Then we found a house, it was huge. We saw a swing set and a slide outside, and we saw a sign above the door. Flobbie couldn't read very well, but I could. It said Sunnytown Orphanage"
Robbie stopped to take a deep breath. Sportacus could see that talking about his past was upsetting him, but he had to ask a question "Did you live in that orphanage, Robbie?" Robbie looked at him "Yes, we did. We knocked on the door in the middle of the night, but it was answered. They took us in without hesitation. They went back and got Tobbie and Bobbie too." Robbie burst into tears "I was so grateful to them. They saved us" Sportacus pulled Robbie in to his chest and held him tight. He began sobbing top of Robbies head. He had no idea that Robbie had grown up with his siblings in an orphanage, and he could see that the pain of losing his parents so suddenly was a wound that had never properly healed. It suddenly clicked. That's why Robbie was never nice to anyone. That's why Robbie had a hard time socialising nicely with people, and why he was so reserved. He had grown up in a bad childhood. He had lost his parents so young, and after that, he could never trust anyone again. Sportacus cried in sorrow with Robbie. He didn't want to put him through any more pain by making him continue his story, but he still had a couple of questions for Robbie. "Robbie, do you know why your brother would come back here and attack you?" Sportacus asked Robbie as he wiped his tears away. "I don't know. I met up with them a few years ago, we had a good time"
Sportacus realised who he was talking about. "Wait. Your brothers were those 3 people that you hired a few years ago to help you banish me from LazyTown forever?" Robbie looked into Sportacus' eyes "Yes. I hired them to help get rid of you forever. I didn't know they were also aspiring villans. Turns out Flobbie has turned into more than that. He stared down at his brothers sleeping face. Sportacus picked up Flobbie in his arms, and stood up. "Wait here, Robbie. I'll be back soon" Sportacus walked away, carrying Flobbie in his arms. Robbie stood up too. "Where are you going?!" Robbie called out to Sportacus. "Just trust me!" Sportacus called.
Robbie waited. And waited. Eventually, Sportacus came back. "Where have you been?" Robbie asked. "You don't need to worry about Flobbie right now. I locked him in a cage" Sportacus took hold of Robbies hand and sat back down on the ground with him. "Actually, it was the same one you locked me in when I had that sugar meltdown, when you pretended to be and old woman crossing the street, and then you gave me a sugar apple" Sportacus smiled at Robbie, to show there were no hard feelings about the multiple times he had given him a sugar apple, causing a sugar meltdown. Robbie squeezed Sportacus' hand "I'm so sorry. I feel so bad that I did that to you" Robbie looked down in shame. "It's okay Robbie. I forgive you" Sportacus pulled Robbies chin back up, and pulled in to kiss him. It was night time now, and there was something magical about kissing under the stars. Sportacus pulled away and looked into Robbies eyes "Forget about everything that's happened today." Sportacus stood up, and pulled Robbie with him "Come on, it's getting late. Let's go back to the airship"