Hey everyone! I'm posting my first fanfic today! I really hope you guys love it and will come back for more! I will do my best to have another chapter done and ready to publish in a week! Please forgive me if I'm late! WARNING: EPISODE SPOILERS THROUGHOUT THE STORY, AS WELL AS POSSIBLE REFERENCES TO FUTURE EPISODES! Enjoy!

Henry put his thumb to the scanner on his school locker, feeling kinda depressed. And confused; A lot had been going on in the past few weeks, most of these events negative.

First, his girlfriend- his ex girlfriend, now- Bianca broke up with him for the same reason another girl dumped him once before. Then he accidentally revealed his biggest, don't-tell-a-soul secret to his friend Jasper when a misunderstanding lead Henry to think Jasper already knew. Then there was extra drama at work, not to mention annoyance, the last of which almost got him caught by his parents after getting stuck in a ding-dang hole in the floor of an old abandoned store. It really didn't help that he also lost a math assignent last week and ended up with a big fat zero. Sighing, Henry got the books he needed for homework, shut his locker, and headed to his job at Junk N' Stuff.

The thing about Henry's job is that it's awesome- but no one can know just how awesome it is. As far as his family (etc.) is concerned, Henry sweeps the floors at a small business that sells whatever the owner finds. In reality, he's actually the sidekick (the name being Kid Danger) of Captain Man, the city hero, also known as Ray to Henry, Jasper, and the other people they worked with. Henry loved his job working (and, okay, goofing off) with everyone there, but it really sucked not being able to tell anyone except his coworkers. He just can't take the credit as Kid Danger in his everyday life because no one besides the people he worked with could know; Lord knows what would happen if the secret got out.

One of those people who did know happened to be his (super smart) best friend Charlotte, who had cleverly figured out Henry's secret- and it didn't take all that long, either. He managed to talk Ray into giving her a job there afterwards. The same followed long after with Jasper, except he's not all that smart. Charlotte came running up to him just then.

"Hey Hen!"

Normally, he would be excited to see his bestie ("bestie" bring a word he never said loud), but lately he can't decide if he wants to be around her or not. Well, he does, but doesn't. It's strange- he's been feeling the same way he would around Bianca or Chole (his other ex), but... stronger. Not to mention he would get really nervous. Not that he ever thought about it; the idea of dating his bestie Charlotte was foreign to him.

Somehow he managed to pretend to look interested instead of nervy. "What's up?"

"This morning my parents told me that they were going to some dinner party with friends tomorrow, and that I could have a friend over if I wanted. You wanna come study for that science test?"

Henry wasn't sure how exactly to feel about it. When Charlotte told him this, he felt the same way he did when he got Chloe to agree to go on a date with him (and then turned into a scary thing… a long story), except… he really wanted this. In spite of the part about studying, he wanted to scream "YES!" for all to hear. But he couldn't and wouldn't, so Henry had no clue what to say. He finally answered, "Ummm… Hmm… I'll have to check with Mom and Dad first…"

"Okay!" said Charlotte.

Henry felt like an idiot. But why? He has never had second thoughts about going over to Charlotte's. And usually he could just yell where he was going to one of his 'rents and be out the door in seconds flat.

Today's walk to work was as awkward as can be. Normally the trip to Junk n' Stuff was filled with chatter about numerous subjects, but that day they were silent. It didn't help that Jasper wasn't there because he had a dentist appointment that afternoon and would be coming in late. The kid could start and keep a conversation going for hours upon hours (upon hours upon hours...).

It seemed to take forever to both Henry and Charlotte to reach Junk n' Stuff. Charlotte pushed the elevator button and the two friends sped down (no joke- that thing was lightning fast) to the Man Cave. It was empty.

Ray was usually there when the teens got to the Man Cave where he lived, so Henry tensed up a bit when Ray was nowhere to be seen. That's when he noticed there was a piece of paper taped to the table. It read: K.D., C; Went to buy more pumpkins. -C.M., followed by a really, really bad (okay, absolutely horrible) drawing of a pumpkin. How long is he going to keep this up? Henry wondered. Ray had given up on his P.E.P. diet but was trying again; everyone else at work actually had a bet going for when he's going to give it up again, and if he'll go back to it. Henry started to look around for Schwoz, a genius inventor who lived with and worked for Captain Man, when he remembered that Schwoz was on vacation for a few days. So it was just him and Charlotte. All alone. Should I say something? He thought. He chickened out and sat down.

Henry sat down on the couch and watched Charlotte scroll through files on different villains on the computer. He was bored. He stared at the back of Charlotte's head. Her curly black hair would bounce around just a tad when she suddenly turned her head. Henry was considering getting up for some food from the Auto Snack machine when the alarm went off.

Henry snapped to attention and answered the phone citizens could call if they needed help. A terrified voice was wailing into the microphone.

"Captain Man! Kid Danger! Someone! Please help! I'm trapped inside of a porta potty in Swellview Park!"

Of all things, thought Henry. How did someone get trapped in a porta potty? Henry was tempted to say "Wrong number" and hang up, but he knew better (and besides, they would probably try calling back, anyway) and told the caller help was on the way. He reached for his gumballs while talking to Charlotte.

"Okay Char, I'll be right back."

"I assume you don't need Ray's help with this one?"

"Duh. Tell him where I am if he gets back while I'm gone."

"Got it."

Henry popped the gumball into his mouth and chewed away. Charlotte watched her friend turn from a fourteen year old kid into a heroic sidekick. Her mind wandered back to the time when Schwoz messed with Ray's gumballs (the reason why being a long and, in Charlotte's opinion, stupid story) so he would turn into a bride instead of Captain Man. I told them not to get involved in snack politics… she thought as Kid Danger ran to the tube.

He pushed the button on his belt and was surrounded by glass.

"Up the tube!"