Arabella's POV

"Gooch! What happened?!" My dad frantically asks him and I rush up to the store to see what the emergency was. "Why did you send us an emergency signal?"

"Look. That's a garbage juicer!" Gooch grins and we look at large juicer in front of us.

"A garbage juicer?" My dad asks in annoyance.

"It juices garbage." Gooch adds.

"No, really?" I sarcastically question.

"Gooch, I was busy downstairs researching criminals." My dad informs Gooch and I raise an eyebrow.

"I thought you were-Mmmmm." My dad covers my mouth and I frown.

"Shush, Cookie." My dad removes his hand and I huff.

"Watch." Gooch tells us and opens the juicer. He lifts up a garbage bin and dumps all the trash in the juicer. I scrunch my nose in disgust. "I dump the garbage into the thingy!"

"Gooch." I complain.

"Now observe." Gooch tells us and turns on the juicer. I watch in disgust as green liquid pours into a cup and I mentally gag at the sight.

"You see? The garbage is gone." Gooch points out.

"So is my appetite." I mention, looking away.

"It's all in the juice." Gooch says and I look back to see him holding the juice.

"Can we go back downstairs now?" I ask and Gooch looks away.

"Ray, Bella! We gotta talk to you!" We turn to see Henry and Charlotte entering the shop. "This is important. There's a creepy new kid at our school."

My dad groans. "Ugh, can we talk about it downstairs? Gooch's juice smells."

"Okay." Henry agrees and we head toward the elevator.

"I'm coming too." Charlotte says and follows us.

Henry explained who the kid was and that they think he's up to something.

"Why do you think this Ortho kid's up to something?" I ask them as the elevator doors shut.

"Well, he was asking about the the school's water supply." Henry begins.

"And he wanted to know about the security cameras and-"

Charlotte gets interrupted by my dad pressing the button and we got shut down the elevator. Henry, Charlotte, and I freak out and yell while my dad is perfectly still.

"I wonder why he was asking about those things!" He yells over our screams and the elevator. "Guys? Oh, stop screaming."

The elevator eventually reaches the bottom and we land on the ground, roughly.

I hate this elevator.

The doors open and my dad walks out while we stand up.

"Can't the elevator be adjusted?" Charlotte suggests.

"Why do you say this Ortho kids creepy?" My dad repeats.

"Because he says weird stuff. And he's got this crazy psycho look in his eye." Henry explains as we leave the elevator and I fix my brown hair.

"You got a pic?" I ask.

"Uh." Henry and Charlotte think before Charlotte speaks. "Jasper's Twitflash."

"Oh, Jasper posted a pic of him and Ortho on his Twitflash." Henry mentions.

"Then I say we look at Jasper's Twitflash."
My dad declares, looking into the distance. Henry, Charlotte, and I share a weird look, before checking out Jasper's Twitflash.

Henry pulls up the site and scrolls through Jasper's account on his phone.

"Bucket. Bucket. Selfie with Bucket. Bucket. Bucket." Henry sighs and I was getting bored. "Ah. That's Ortho right there."

Henry points to the screen and we see Jasper and a kid with glasses and red, puffy hair.

"Hmm. He's a boy alright." My dad wonders.

"A boy that's up to no good." Charlotte remarks.

I scoff. "Oh, give him a break!

"What?" Henry and Charlotte asks.

"The kids's new to your school he's probably just a little awkward." My dad agrees with me. "Let's not make mumps out of marshmallows."

"Huh?" I question.

"He also threatened you." Henry points out and this angers my dad.

"Me?!" My dad gasps, standing up. "What'd that little marsh mump say?"

"That his father was gonna 'take care' of you." Charlotte summarizes.

"Oh, did he?" My dad says and chuckles. "Well, we'll just see about that-" He pauses and his face falls. "Wait, he said his father was gonna take care of me?"

"Yep." Henry.

"Sure did." Charlotte.

My dad snaps and points to the screen. "Put that kid's pic back up on the monitor and zoom in."

Henry puts the picture back up and zooms in on Ortho's face.

"Dad. His hair." I point out. "You don't think that's..."

My dad looks at me. "I think it is. You guys ever heard of Drill Finger?"

"Those little pickles?" Charlotte asks.

"I think those are Dill Fingers." Henry corrects.

"I love Dill Fingers!" I beam.

"This is not about Pickles." My dad snaps and we stop talking. "I'm talking about a dentist."

"Named Drill Finger?" Henry continues.

"Yeah. He used to be a dentist till he turned to a life of crime." My dad explains.

"Three years ago, he kidnapped the mayor of Swellview and removed all his teeth." I inform Henry and Charlotte, gesturing to my teeth. "Which left him toothless."

"That's why he only eats soup!" Henry chimes in.

"Exactly." My dad nods.

"And what happened to Drill Finger?" Charlotte asks.

"I captured him and took him to jail." My dad explained. "But he was released three weeks ago."

My dad pulled up a picture of Drill Finger. He had hair similar to Ortho's except he had on a purple mask.

"That's Drill Finger." My dad points.

"Does he always wear a mask?" Henry asks.

"Yeah, but look at his hair." My dad gestured to both Ortho and Drill Finger.

"Just like Ortho's." Charlotte mentions.

My dad calls Gooch. "Gooch."

"Hey, I can't talk right now." Gooch dismisses. "I'm on the phone with my nephew, Benji. He has the Chicken Pox."

"Do you remember when I put Drill Finger in jail?" My dad asks him and Gooch nods.

"Of course."

"What were his exact words as they took him away?" My dad questioned.

"He said, 'As soon as I get out of here, I'm going to take care of Captain Man." Gooch rephrases and my dad had a frown on his face.

"That's what I thought."

"Great. I got to go." Gooch mutters before I ended the call.

"So, Ortho is the son of Drill Finger." Henry confirms and my dad walked out of his seat.

"I knew it! I knew it! I knew that boy was evil! I knew it!" Charlotte exclaimed.

"Yeah, but did you know it?" I questioned her.

"I did."

"But what are they up to?" My dad questions, stroking his chin as his sighs. "Well, I guess I'm not going to figure it out but wearing a loud shirt and stroking my chin."

"What do we do?" I ask my dad, sitting on the back of the couch.

"I'm going to do a little spying on your new classmate, Ortho." My dad begins. "I'm going to have to figure out a way into your school. Maybe as a substitute teacher."

"Well, you can't wait until one of our teachers get sick." Charlotte points out.

"Hmm. Good point." My dad says. "I'll have to think of a plan." He seemed brain dead and blew his lips out.

"Try stroking your chin." Henry suggests and my dad started stroking his chin, looking into the distance.

Seconds later, the three of us joined in on the stroking of the chin.

Oddly enough, this works.

——

The two days had passed and my dad had a plan. Henry and Charlotte didn't know about it, but I thought it was a little over the top. My dad got Henry and Charlotte's teacher sick and gave her the chicken pox's from Gooch's nephew, so my dad could be a substitute teacher and spy on Ortho.

I thought it was ridiculous but my dad is a ridiculous person.

——

Another day had passed and my father, Henry, and Charlotte kidnapped Ortho and his father. They had knocked them out with their Whiz Watches and chained them up in the middle of the Man Cave. My dad and Henry changed into their Captain Man and Kid Danger forms before we walked into the Man Cave to confront Drill Finger and his son.

"Well."

"Well.

"Well."

"Well."

"We only do three 'wells." My dad tells Henry as we walked out.

"So, mister." I begin. "Are you ready to admit that you're Drill Finger?"

"What?" Ortho asks.

"Who's Drill Finger?" The father asks.

I roll my eyes.

"You know you're Drill Finger!" Charlotte scolds.

"You're a psychotic evil dentist!" My dad exclaims.

"And now it's your turn to get drilled!" Henry threatens and I turn to him.

"What does that mean?"

"I don't know, dude." Henry sighs

"I'm not a dentist. I don't even floss." The father protests and the emergency signal blared.

"Just a second."

We rush over to the monitor and my dad answers Gooch's call.

"What, Gooch? I'm busy with Drill Finger." My dad tells him.

"No, you're not." Gooch denies.

"Huh?"

"Drill Finger was just spotted in Nebraska." Gooch informs and I scratch the back of my neck.

Oh, this is bad.

"Nebraska?" Henry asks.

"Affirmative." Gooch nods. "He put four megatons of sugar into the water supply."

"Situation." My dad asks.

"Water very sweet." Gooch answers. "Teeth in danger."

"Understood." My dad says before ending the call.

"What do we do?" Henry asks.

"Nothing. We only protect Swellview. Nebraska, not out problem." My dad explains and I nod.

"Right." Henry nods.

"But you guys, if the real Drill Finger is in Nebraska, who's that guy?" Charlotte asks, gesturing to Ortho's father.

"He's my dad, you dip twits!" Ortho snaps angrily.

"But..." Henry trails off before we march up to them. "Why'd you want to know where our school's water supply was?"

"Because my uncle sells water filters for schools and small businesses." Ortho reasons.

"Oh." The four of us say.

"Okay, but why did you ask about our school's security cameras?" Charlotte questions.

"Because at Ortho's last school, the security cameras caught him picking his nose." Ortho's dad replies and I wrinkle my nose.

"Oh."

"Ew."

"After that, some of the kids called me Booger Boy."

My father laughed and we glare at him, making him stop.

"Kids can be cruel."

"Okay wait!" I protest. "Then why did you say your dad was gonna 'take care' of Captain Man?"

"Yeah!"

"Yeah!

"Yeah!"

"Because my dad owns a chain of retirement homes for old people." Ortho reasons.

"And I'm building a new one here in Swellview." His father continues.

"It's still in the planning phase!" Ortho finishes.

"And when Captain Man gets old, I hoped I could take care of him." His father adds on and glares at my dad. "To thank him for being such a wonderful superhero."

Henry and I share a sheepish look and I nervously twiddle my thumbs as my dad chuckles. "Will you excuse us for just one second? We'll be right back."

We smile at them before walking away.

"Okay, we screwed up bad!" My dad admits in regret

"I better not get in trouble." Henry sighs.

"Let's just calm down." My dad assures.

"Hey, just know. I am not going to jail for the two of you!" Charlotte exclaims.

"What about Bella?" Henry asks and I whack his arm.

"I'm an innocent bystander in all this." I remark and my dad and Henry shush me.

We casually approach the father and son duo with a smile.

"Hey!" My dad greets. "So, good news."

"What?" Ortho snaps.

"We've clearly made a mistake here." My dad admits.

"So we're going to let you you go." Henry informs them.

"As long as you promise not to mention all this to anyone." My dad mentioned.

"Are you nuts?!" Ortho scolds.

"As soon as we get out of here, we're going right to the police!" Ortho's father declares.

"Well, in that case." My father shoots both of them with his laser and they pass out.

"What'd you do that for?" Henry asks.

"Just help me get them down." My dad sighs and the rest of us sigh.

"Aw, man." Charlotte and I complain as as start to get Ortho and his dad free.

——

We unchained Ortho and his father and took them to an empty alleyway.

Charlotte and I stood in the alleyway and waited for my father and Henry to drop them off.

"Will you guys hurry up?" I rush them. "It's cold."

"What about when they wake up?" Henry asks my dad. "They're going to get us in trouble."

"Not if they don't remember anything that happened." My dad remarks as he pulls out his memory eraser device.

He used it on Ortho and his father.

"There."

"Now they won't remember anything?" Henry questions.

"Not even where they live." I smirk and Henry and Charlotte chuckle.

"Awesome." Henry smiles.

"They're waking up!" Charlotte warns us and I notice them move around a little.

"Run!" My dad warns us and we rush to the car. We get inside and my dad drives us away.

——

Most of these chapters will be shorter and I apologize for that. Season 2 will have longer chapters, so just bare with me for the rest of the season:)