The Spoiler
Summary: Alternate ending to "The Spoiler". Piper comes to Henry's aid a second too late.
Warning: half a swearword
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"Hey, you!" someone suddenly shouted. Piper had barely heard it since she had her fingers in her ears and was yelling "Lalala!" along with everyone else.
"What?!" the Spoiler snapped. Piper stood up to see who it was that had just entered the room and addressed the Spoiler. It was-
Kid Danger?!
"Shut up!" he yelled at the jerk standing in front of the screen. Piper hopped up and down on her toes. Kid Danger was in the same room as she was! Aaaahhh! Several people also seemed to realise what was going on.
"It's Kid Danger!" she yelled, getting the attention even of those who hadn't been looking to the front.
"Oh my god," she said and grasped Charlotte's arm. "WE LOVE YOU, KID DANGER!" She saw him glance her way for a split second. AAAHH!!! HE GLANCED HER WAY!
"Spoiler alert: I'm about to spoil you," he said as he walked up to the slightly taller teen.
"Yes! That was the perfect quip!" Piper exclaimed excitedly. She watched giddily as Kid Danger took a wider stance and looked like he was about to raise his fists. She loved watching the fights. But before Kid Danger could do anything, the Spoiler took a step forward.
"Get outta here," he snarled and shoved Kid Danger so hard that he stumbled and fell onto his back. The crowd oohed. Piper's smile disappeared as she clutched the seat in front of her. Come on, Kid Danger. You can do it.
The hero jumped up and sprinted towards the crook. He slammed into him and dragged him down with him. Piper cheered along with the crowd and began to jump up and down. Kid Danger quickly rolled away a few feet and threw himself onto the Spoiler just as he was about to get up. He slammed his fist into the guy's abdomen over and over again, each hit earning another cheer from her and everybody else.
But then the Spoiler began to push himself up. Piper saw that Kid Danger struggled to keep the larger teen down and eventually, he held him in a vice-like grip, his arm bent backwards over his knee. Kid Danger kicked his legs and tried to pushed himself up with his other hand, but he couldn't escape the Spoiler's hold.
"Maybe I'll just break your arm and then ruin the movie for everyone," he yelled, making the crowd gasp. Piper watched with wide eyes as Kid Danger let out a frustrated yell. He tried to get the larger teen off him, kicking his legs and clawing at the arm pinning him against the teen. He wouldn't get out of this alone. Piper set her jaw and hurried down the stairs.
Suddenly a sickening snap echoed through the room followed by Kid Danger's heart-wrenching scream. Piper momentarily froze.
She was too late.
The Spoiler had broken her favourite hero's arm.
Rage filled her entire body as she grabbed the plastic sword from the girl in the first row.
"Get your hands off Kid Danger!" she screeched and ran up to the duo with a battle cry. She tried to ignore Kid Danger's gasps of pain and began to smash the sword onto the Spoiler's back. He let go of the sidekick, who fell down onto the floor and cried out through clenched teeth. The muffled sound of his pain only fuelled her anger and she kept beating up the jerk relentlessly.
"It's Captain Man!" someone called out suddenly. Piper stopped for a second and looked over her shoulder, seeing Captain Man stand at the entrance to the cinema hall and staring at the scene with wide eyes. Then she heard the Spoiler groan and she snapped her head back to see that he was starting to get up. Not on her watch. She continued to beat him with the pink plastic sword.
"Kid?" she heard Captain Man ask from behind her. She didn't avert her attention from the Spoiler again, not wanting to risk him getting up and attacking the already wounded hero. Not that that would be smart, with Captain Man in the room, who was known to be very protective of his sidekick, but he could try. And Piper was not going to let anything else happen to Kid Danger, so she kept on hitting the teen.
"Arm," she heard him gasp out along with what she thought was a whimper. If she wasn't already beating the guy to a pulp, she would've started to hurt him now at the latest. Anyone who caused Kid Danger to make a sound like that deserved to be beaten half to death.
Suddenly a pair of strong arms grabbed her by the waist and hoisted her up into the air.
"Alright, alright. That's enough," Captain Man said as he carried her a few feet away from the groaning teen. Piper kept swinging the sword, trying to get one last hit. The superhero set her down and raised his hands in a pacifying manner.
"Calm down," he said, but didn't quite look her in the eyes. Instead, he kept glancing back at where Kid Danger was lying on the floor, holding his arm and breathing in short gasps. Her heart clenched when it hit her again: I could have prevented this. If only she'd been a few seconds faster. Captain Man then bent down and pulled the Spoiler up by his collar. He wordless shoved him forward towards two police officers Piper hadn't noticed until now. But before handing the criminal over to them, Captain Man turned him around so their faces were mere inches apart. Piper had to strain her ears to hear what the superhero whispered.
"If you dare to even come close to my kid one more time, I'll make sure you're never getting out of prison ever again. Is that clear?" The Spoiler nodded, his expression a priceless combination of fear and shock. Piper loved a good threat. And the fact that Captain Man called Kid Danger "his kid" was so adorable! The superhero then shoved the teen into the arms of the police officers and immediately knelt down next to Kid Danger. For the first time Piper realised that the crowd had gone completely silent.
"You okay? Can you stand?" he asked as he laid one of his hands on Kid Danger's chest and the other on his hair. The blond hero tried to push himself up with his good arm, Captain Man immediately moving his hands to support him, but he sunk back down again with a gasp of pain.
"Nope, that's- that's not gonna happen," he said breathlessly and groaned. "Why does this hurt so much? Gah! I've broken my arm before. This is- oh god, shi- this is much worse." Piper watched helplessly as Kid Danger squeezed his eyes shut and grit his teeth, probably trying not to cry out again in front of all these people. She swore she saw a tear running down his cheek.
"It's alright, I'll call Schw- someone to come get us with the van. You want to try to walk or am I going to have to-"
"I'll try," Kid Danger said quickly and held out his good hand for Captain Man to take. The superhero shrugged and took his hand. He carefully began to pull him up, supporting his back with his other arm. Kid Danger bit his lip so hard Piper was sure he'd start to draw blood.
"Are you sure you can-"
"Yeah, I'm fine. Peachy. Let's go!" Kid Danger hissed. Together the superhero duo walked out of the cinema hall - well, Captain Man practically carried Kid Danger out with how little he seemed to be able to support his own weight. He was basically hanging from Captain Man's shoulder with his good arm.
When they were out of sight, everyone began to talk excitedly. Piper was the only one standing in the front of the hall now, still in shock from what happened.
Someone grabbed her shoulder. She gasped and turned around, swinging the pink plastic sword.
"Wow! Easy, there," Charlotte yelled as she ducked the swing. Piper released a breath.
"Listen, I need to go," Charlotte said as she kept glancing towards the exit. Piper blanched. Was she serious? After all this she was just going to leave?
"What?!" Piper exclaimed. Charlotte winced.
"I'm sorry, but I need to go do something. It's important. But not so important that you need to know about it." Rude. Piper scoffed.
"Hey," Charlotte said and put her hands on Piper's shoulders, looking her straight in the eyes with a serious expression. "You just stood up to a criminal and saved Kid Danger from a lot of pain. You-"
"But I didn't save-"
"If you hadn't helped him, he would've had to keep fighting the Spoiler with that broken arm. You were amazing, Piper. And by the way, I heard some of those Man Fans talk about how cool you are. Paula Macchiato does not look happy. So I suggest you show that little blond twerp who's boss. I gotta go now. Bye!" Charlotte took off running and left the hall. Piper was slightly overwhelmed by the sudden wave of compliments. She glanced at the crowd and spotted one of the girls from the Man Fans, looking at her with an amazed expression.
I guess I was pretty awesome, she thought. She caught Paula's eye and got a death glare from her. She glared back and then smirked.
She was going to show the little twerp who was boss.
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