Arabella's POV

"Schwoz! I can see you!" My dad called to Schwoz, who was hiding from us on the ceiling.

"Go away!" He snapped at us.

Two astronauts are being held hostage in outer space by an unknown intruder and my dad and Henry are planning to go to space to save them. Schwoz has a rocket called the 'Love Shuttle' and he is refusing to let my dad and Henry use it. Schwoz built that rocket because he wants to have his honeymoon on the actual moon if he ever gets married, but I don't think that will happen any time soon. He built himself a girlfriend and she turned into a bird and flew away, that says a lot about Schwoz and how he is with girls. So, now Charlotte, my dad, and I are trying to get Schwoz down from the ceiling so he can give us the key to launch the rocket.

My dad got impatient and fired the blaster at Schwoz , but missed and bunch of rumble fell to the ground.

"Ha! You missed you!" Schwoz laughed.

"How did he get up there?" Charlotte asked us and I shrugged.

"Come on, Schwoz." I smiled and formed vines around my arms. "You're gonna have to come down from there eventually."

"Leave me alone!" Schwoz yelled and this irritated my dad.

"Come on, Schwoz! I need it!"

My dad fired his blaster again, but missed him.

"No! I'm saving it for marriage!" Schwoz yelled and the alarm blared. Henry got shot down the tube and greeted us.

"Hey!"

"Hi, Henry." Schwoz greeted

"Woah! What the-why is Schwoz-"

My dad fired his blaster again, cutting off Henry.

"Missed missed me! You are very stupid!" Schwoz taunted.

"Those are not the lyrics!" My dad snapped and fired again, but this time he got Schwoz's shoe.

"Ah! My shoe!"

Schwoz's shoe fell to the floor.

"Okay, what is going on?" Henry asked us, staring up the Schwoz.

"Schwoz won't give my dad the launch key to his little rocket ship." I tell Henry.

"Why won't he-Schwoz has a rocket ship?!" Henry asked me with shock and I nodded.

"It's called the 'Love Shuttle.'" Schwoz informed us.

"Why did Schwoz build a love shuttle?" Henry asked.

"For his honeymoon." My dad answered.

"Yeah, he says that when he gets married he wants to have his honeymoon on the actual moon!" Charlotte explained and Henry rolled his eyes.

"Why don't you just go to Hawaii instead?" I suggested. "They have pineapples and oxygen!"

"Don't be ridiculous, Schwoz! You're not gonna get married!" My dad snapped fired at Schwoz again, but missed and made more rumble fall to the floor.

"It could happen! There's women out there who will take anybody!" Schwoz argued and my dad groaned.

"Give me that key!" My dad yelled and rapid fired the blaster at Schwoz out of anger. "Ahhhhh!"

Henry pulled me away and held me as my dad fired the blaster. Once my dad stopped, Henry put a hand on his shoulder.

"I think you might be overreacting." Henry commented.

"May I?" I smiled and my dad looked at me. I lifted my arms up and shot two vines from my arms. They wrapped around Schwoz and he panicked.

"Bella! Wait!" Schwoz yelled and I glanced back at Charlotte.

"Wanna shoot him?"

"My pleasure." She smiled and grabbed the blaster.

"No! No! Wait! Girls!" Schwoz yelled and she fired the blaster at him. He let go and fell straight down to he ground. "AHHHHH!"

He landed and he had a large burnt mark on his butt. Charlotte and I hi-fived and I made my vines vanish.

"Ha!" Henry laughed. "You shot his butt."

Schwoz groaned in pain and the elevator doors open. Jasper walked out, holding his phone.

"Hey! Did you guys hear?! There's a hostage situation up in space!"

We told him we already know and that we were aware of the situation.

"Well, did you know that one of the astronauts is from Swellview?" Jasper asked and we nodded, repeating ourselves.

"Yeah! Jim Dickle." My dad said.

"Oh...well, did you know I was born with eleven toes but only nine in my feet?" Jasper randomly asked us and I was confused

"Eleven?"

"Huh?" I asked.

"What?"

"What did he say?"

"Yeah! Whose got news now?" Jasper smirked and Schwoz continued to groan.

The monitor beeped and I went over to it with Charlotte.

"We'll check that."

We checked the situation and we saw that the space station was gonna be orbiting over Swellview in one hour.

"Uh-oh." I say and we both turn to the boys.

"You guys, the space station is gonna be orbiting Swellview in one hour." Charlotte warned them.

"So?" Henry asked and slapped Schwoz's hand away as he stood up.

"What does that mean?" My dad asked us.

"If you guys don't head up there soon, then you'll have to wait another twenty-four hours." I inform them.

"And by then it may be too late." Charlotte added on and Henry sighed.

"Come on! We have to help those astronauts! At least the one from Swellview." Henry said and I rolled my eyes.

"Come on, Schwoz! Give us the key to your Love Shuttle!" My dad begged Schwoz.

"Why doesn't NASA just send someone up there to help the astronauts?" Jasper asked.

"Yeah! Call NASA!" Schwoz agreed.

"No, no." Charlotte protested. "NASA just sent a supply rocket to the space station two days ago. It will take them six months to get another one ready to send up."

Henry groaned. "Can't we just borrow a rocket from China?"

"No!" My dad protested. "No, I am not getting inside another Chinese rocket ever again!"

Everyone was confused and I just grinned with amusement.

"Bella, stop grinning."

I stopped grinning and rubbed my neck.

"Hey...come on, Schwoz." Henry sighed, softly to Schwoz. "Let us use your Love Shuttle."

"You're never gonna need it." My dad added on and I raised an eyebrow.

Way to be subtle.

"I will!" Schwoz objected. "For when I get married!"

Henry and my dad groaned at his answer and my dad was irritated.

"Too what, Schwoz? What's gonna marry you?!" My dad snapped.

"Even that robot girlfriend you built for yourself. Gerda? Even she left you." Henry remarked and Schwoz's face fell.

"No...we are just taking a break." Schwoz argued.

"Oh, come on!" My dad groaned.

"She turned herself into a bird, Schwoz!" I exclaimed to him.

"Then she flew away!" Charlotte added and my dad made a hand motion of a bird flying away.

"When did that happen?" Jasper asked.

"Last season." Henry said.

"So, you mean Winter?" Jasper asked.

"Yeah. That's what I meant." Henry smiled and he nodded.

"Look...buddy!"

"Yeah, don't touch me!" Schwoz sighed and my dad retracted himself. Henry came over to Charlotte and I to investigate the space station and its position.

"Are you planning to marry someone in the next ten hours?" My dad asked him, hesitantly grabbing his shoulders.

"Well, I don't plan to. No." Schwoz remarked.

"Okay, so, just...lend us your Love Shuttle and we'll bring it right back." I heard my dad suggest to Schwoz.

"You promise to be careful with it?" Schwoz asked and we turned to him with Henry approaching him.

"We both promise!" Henry declared.

"Now give us the launch key!" My dad ordered and we surrounded Schwoz.

"Okay, hold out your hand." Schwoz said and my dad held out his hand. Henry draped his arm around my shoulder and rested against his chest.

Schwoz began to violently gag and this horrified all of us.

"Oh my god." Charlotte said with horror as he continued to gag.

"I can't watch this." Henry gasped. "But I can't look away..."

"What are you doing?" My dad asked him and suddenly the launch key came flying out of his mouth, landing in my dad's hand.

"Uhhhh..." My dad groaned and we all looked away with disgust.

"Ewww!"

"That's gross!" I complain and hug Henry's torso.

"It's wet!" Jasper gasped.

"That's the launch key." Schwoz said.

"All right, Jasper." My dad said. "Looks like Captain Man needs your help."

"Sure anything! Whatcha need!?" Jasper eagerly asked him, moving passed us.

My dad took Jaspers shirt and used it to wipe the launch key clean of spit and other fluids.

"You're a good boy." My dad smiled and Jasper gasped with shock.

Jasper's day just got a hundred times better.

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After Schwoz agreed to let my dad and Henry use his rocket, the two of them left. Schwoz, Charlotte, Jasper, and I stared in the Man Cave to monitor everything and make sure everything is in check. We had a small camera inside the rocket and we were able to see my dad and Henry inside the rocket and it was an interesting place. Props to Schwoz for trying to make it all romantic and stuff, but this whole setup would just scare me away if I'm being honest. It's a little much.

"Okay, Henry, I'm now going to insert the key into the console." I heard my dad tell Henry as he placed the key into the console.

"Uh, okay." Henry said and once the key was placed into the console it switched on and all the lights turned on.

"I did it." My dad said.

"Great."

Henry and my dad poured themselves a gum ball and popped it into their mouths.

"You are aboard the Love Shuttle." The computer announced. "Welcome Schwoz and-" Schwoz's voice spoke. "Woman's name!-Prepare for your honeymoon."

Smoochy music began to play inside the rocket and Schwoz began to dance. Jasper, Charlotte, and I shared a confused look and I looked to see Henry and my dad dancing too.

This has to stop, it's disturbing me.

"Hey!" I called and Henry snapped back into reality. "Stop that!"

"Schwoz! How do I turn this love music off?!" Henry asked.

"Oh, come on! Love music isn't for turning off, it's for turning up!" Schwoz protested still dancing.

"I got it." I heard my dad say and the music stopped.

"Thank you." I smile and Schwoz pouted.

"Alright, Henry and Ray, we preset the flight computer to automatically take you to the space station." Charlotte informs the superhero duo as she sets the computer.

"Copy that." Henry said. "...and we are set for launch."

"Hey, kid." My dad said, getting Henry's attention. "Let's go to space and kick some ace."

These rhymes are getting old.

Henry laughed. "Too the stars!"

Henry and my dad blew a bubble and it popped transforming them into Captain Man and Kid Danger. I smiled at the sight and Jasper clapped happily.

"Hey." My dad smiled. "Pretty cool."

"Yeah, never done that sitting down before." Henry remarked.

"Yeah, wasn't sure it was going to work!" My dad chuckled and the two of them laughed about it for a bit.

"Alright, you guys!" Jasper stepped forward to the microphone. "I just wanted to say be careful up there!"

"Roger that.

"We copy."

"Because you two are the only Ray and Henry I have!" Jasper added on and I sighed.

Here we go.

"Thanks."

"Okay than."

"And I've never said that out loud before, but-"

"Don't do this." Charlotte said

"Jasper, please." I beg him.

"I've just wanted you guys to know that-

"Hit it!" My dad interrupted and Henry hit the launch button.

"Yep. Launching."

The rocket lifted up and blasted off into space. I heard Henry and my dad yelling and screaming, but it was out of joy and excitement.

"We're going to space!" My dad laughed out loud.

"I know! It's so fun!" Henry laughed.

——

After a while, we stopped listening to Henry and my dad. It got a little boring listening them talk about stuff I didn't care about.

After about an hour, we heard a loud thud on the monitor and we all ran over to check it out.

"What happened?" I asked them, sitting down on the chair.

"They just docked at the space station." Schwoz informed us.

"Hey, Schwoz!" My dad called. "I think we just docked at the space station."

Schwoz rolled his eyes. "Oh, really? My goodness, thanks for the information."

I checked the pressure lock and cued Henry and my dad. "Okay, you have a solid pressure lock. So, you are good to enter the space station."

"Ten four, good Bella." My dad responded and Henry said something, but I couldn't understand him. They took off their headphones so we could no longer hear them and they went inside the space station.

Good luck, guys. Stay safe out there.

——

-Later-

"Love Shuttle to Man Cave. Love Shuttle to Man Cave. Love Shuttle to Man Cave."

I immediately answered Henry's call and smiled at my boyfriend.

"It's Henry!" I say and we all put on our headphones to talk to him.

"Airy, Charlotte, Schwoz, do you read me?" Henry asked me as I sat down at the monitor.

"Hey, Henry." Charlotte and I both greet.

"Yeah! We see and hear you." Schwoz added.

"Listen, we're loading up the Love Shuttle with bunnies and a girl."

Girl?!

"What girl?!" I asked him, sternly and he smirked at my jealousy.

"Bunnies and a girl?" Charlotte asked him.

"Is the girl married?" Schwoz asked him with a bright smile.

"Who is this girl and why is she coming back with you?!" I asked him leaning closer and almost knocked down the microphone.

"Babe, it's okay." Henry assured me and I huffed. "She's eleven." I sighed with relief and sat back in the chair. "Look, I'll explain everything when I get back."

"But, wait! The Love Shuttle can only hold two peoples!" Schwoz objected.

"Uh, well, now we're three peoples and six bunnies, so we're gonna have to-"

"Hey, kid! We're missing a bunny!" I heard my dad call from inside the space station.

Henry sighed. "I'm sorry, I gotta go. Schwoz, plot a course for us back to Earth."

"Okay."

"And Airy?" Henry added.

"Mmm?"

"I love you."

I blushed, but still didn't make eye contact. "Love you too."

I glanced at the screen and Henry had left.

——

Soon enough, my dad and Henry had left with the girl and the bunnies. We were watching the Love Shuttle fly through space and it was a great sight to see.

"Aww, look at that." Jasper smiled and I noticed something strange on the outside of the shuttle.

"Wait, what's that stuck to the side of the Love Shuttle?" Charlotte asked, noticing the same thing as me. We could hear loud yelling from the shuttle and it sounded very familiar.

"I. HATE. THIS!"

The shuttle began to renter Earth's atmosphere and it went up into flames as it flew down toward Earth.

"Okay, they are rentering the Earth's atmosphere." I say as I monitor the shuttle and its location.

Once it entered the atmosphere, the fire disappeared and I leaned closer to look at the thing dangling off the side of the shuttle.

"Daddy?"

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I changed it from two parts to just one whole chapter, because the second part would've just been around six hundred words.

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