Captain Drex
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~Desert~

Time had passed and Arabella has not felt any better. Her stomach was feeling tingly, she was nauseous, she was extremely tired, she just wasn't herself. And on top of that, she was very worried about Henry, so she was an emotional mess and just wanted to go home and cry. She wanted Henry.

Charlotte and Piper had gone off to find a different cave area because Jasper and Mitch Bilsky had occupied the other ones. Also, Ms. Shapen was around, which just added to the chaos.

Mary was worried about Bella, she hated seeing her this way. Bella's been this way for months, stressed about Juilliard and Henry, hoping he would be supportive, but he isn't. However, Mary knows something else is up with Bella and she's familiar.

"Bella," Mary said as Bella was sitting inside an empty cave with her. They had found an empty cave, where they were planning on crashing for the night. "Are you feeling alright, like physically?"

Bella's eyes grew and she chuckled, "um, I've been better, but it's just this whole Henry thing."

Mary nodded, not believing her and it was quiet for a bit as Bella dug through her bag for something.

"What you looking for?" Mary asked, leaning over and Bella instinctively hid her bag.

"Nothing!"

"Really?"

"Yes! Go away!" Bella snarled at her and Mary gave her a look, not liking Bella's sudden mood change.

"Don't snap at me!" Mary ordered, "give me the bag."

"No!"

"Give it!" Mary yelled and Bella yelled out as Mary grabbed the bag, tugging it out of Bella's hands. Bella whined leaning into Mary's body, who was successfully holding the bag in the air, "haha!"

"Dang my chicken wing arms," Bella grumbled, sitting up and allowing Mary to look through her bag.

Mary took out a pair of clothes, makeup, medicine, some snacks, water, and she stopped at the last thing she saw.

Bella noticed Mary's eyes and her cheeks got hot out of embarrassment. Mary pulled out the item with shock and gasped, which caused Bella to laugh.

"Surprise?"

"You're pregnant?"

Bella covered Mary's mouth and snatched the positive pregnancy test out of her grasp.

"Shhh!" Bella removed her hand and Mary was still speechless, "look. Two days ago, I didn't have my period and I've been feeling weird and my stomach has been acting up. So, I snooped through your stuff and found this, so I took it and it says it's positive. But, these tests aren't always truthful."

"Does Henry know?"

"Heck no! I wasn't planning on telling anyone until I was able to confirm it with myself," Bella laughed and looked down at the test. "But, I'm unsure if this test is real or not."

"Did you bring another?" Mary asked and Bella nodded, pulling out two untaken tests.

"I was planning on taking another one and then telling you, but I guess the cats out of the bag," Bella chuckled and Mary smiled with delight.

"Wow," Mary sighed, looking down at the positive pregnancy test. "You're pregnant?"

Bella shrugged, "maybe."

Mary hugged her daughter, who hugged back with a soft smile. "I'm happy for you and I'm pretty sure Henry will be supportive."

"What about dad?" Bella asked.

"After he gets over the fact that he's getting old, he'll be happy about it," Mary assured her and Bella nodded with nervousness. "Don't be nervous."

"Can't help it," Bella remarked before Mary picked up a pregnancy test and stood to her feet. "What you doing?"

"Let's confirm this pregnancy," Mary determined and pulled Bella to her feet.

"I'm nervous."

"What did I tell you about being nervous?" Mary asked Bella as she pulled her away to a nearby bush outside to take the test.

"There's no bathroom! How am I gonna do this?" Bella asked with her voice echoing.

"You don't need a toilet to pee on a stick!"

——
Bella and Mary waited anxiously for the test to be done. Bella was having mixed feelings about this pregnancy thing, on one side she wanted it to be positive, but on the other she wanted it to be negative.

"I'm nervous!"

"Stop that!" Mary exclaimed, hitting her arm.

Mary gasped when the test beeped, meaning it was done. Bella gasped, turning away from it.

"I don't wanna see! Just tell me!" Bella frantically said and Mary picked up the test and gave it a look, before looking at her daughter.

"It's negative."

Bella gave her a semi-shocked looked, unsure how she felt, "what? Really?"

"It's negative," Mary repeated.

Bella let out an exhaled laughed, "oh! Well, that's a relief... That's great news, ya know? Because, I'm only 18, not even married yet, don't have the ability financially for this. So... it's a relief."

Mary furrowed her eyebrows, not believing Bella's words. She could see it in her eyes, the pain and sadness, even if it's a good thing in some ways, it's also a sad thing.

Bella let out a shaky breath, feeling her throat get tight and her eyes getting glossy. "I so wanted this to happen, ya know?"

Mary rubbed Bella's back, knowing the pain she was going through, especially at such a young age. A tear slipped down Bella's cheek and she wiped it away, "it's negative?"

Mary glanced down at the test and grinned, "no, it's positive."

Bella's eyes grew in shock and she covered her mouth, "what?!"

"It's positive," Mary smiled and Bella looked at the test to see that it's positive. "Sorry for lying."

"Why would you do that?!" Bella exclaimed, taking the test in her hands.

"So, you can see how you really feel about it," Mary remarked and Bella gasped, smacking her arm.

"You're a terrible mother!" Bella cried out.

"I've said that before," Mary laughed and Bella chuckled, not believing what she was seeing. "Are you really gonna do this?"

Bella glanced up at her and smiled, "yeah... I'm gonna have a baby."

"Yeah?"

"I'm gonna have a baby," Bella repeated and opened her arms for Mary. "I'm gonna have a baby!"

Mary cheered as the two embraced happily and Bella allowed herself to cry her tears out.

Out of nowhere, a wall of the cave got smashed open and the two girls screamed, backing away and see two large cavemen standing there.

"AHHHHH!"

The girls screamed as the caveman ran over to them and captured them in their arms. Bella and Mary struggled in their grasps, but were no match for their strength and were carried out of the cave and headed toward the Man Cave.

——
~Man Cave~

"If you don't put me down in the next five seconds, you're gonna lose your arms!" Bella screamed at the caveman that was carrying her and Mary had given up struggling, because she knew it was useless to even try.

Both cavemen yelled back at her and Bella snarled at them in anger. She tried to use her power against them, but they ripped the vines up with ease.

The elevator doors opened and inside the Man Cave were Ray, Schwoz, Bose, Drex, and Violet, who was sleeping peacefully on the table. Ray, Bose, and Schwoz were tied up and Drex was there. Bella's eyes grew in shock at the man and gasped.

"Drex!?"

"The whole family is here!" Drex smiled and Mary shrugged.

"Almost," she said. "Missing one."

"Drex, don't you dare do anything to my girls!" Ray threatened with anger as the cavemen set Mary and Bella down, but were still holding them in their grasps.

"I couldn't possibly hurt my own family," Drex chuckled and Bella glared at him. "My own daughters and my future wife."

"I'm Ray's wife, thank you," Mary remarked and Drex shook his head, approaching the woman.

"Not for long," he smiled and Ray yelled out as Drex got closer to Mary.

"Drex, I'm serious!"

"You see, Ray stole my daughter from me," Drex began and Bella rolled her eyes at him. "So, I'm gonna steal his family from him."

"How can someone steal what was never yours?" Bella asked Drex, "you never wanted me. You abandoned me."

"It was your mother! Not me!" Drex yelled, making Bella wince and look away.

"Leave them alone!" Schwoz called out as Ray was attempting to break free. "Drex!"

"If you cared enough you would've tried to keep me," Bella gritted through her teeth. "But you didn't."

"I tried! I tried to keep you!" Drex exclaimed.

"I guess you didn't try hard enough," Bella darkly replied. "If you cared, you would've done everything you could to keep me around, but you failed miserably."

Drex glared heavily at Bella, before turning away from her.

"You don't know what your mother did," Drex mumbled and Bella rolled her eyes.

"I don't need to," Bella responded. "And I don't want to."

"Drex, leave the girls out of this," Ray pleaded. "They didn't do anything."

"Nah," Drex shook his head. "Just trying to get my family back."

"I was never yours!" Bella shouted.

"I don't even know you!" Mary added and Drex shushed them.

"Enough!" Drex snapped at them, getting irritated by the second.

"Rude," Bella mumbled and Mary nodded in agreement.

Drex picked up a remote and pushed a button, which made the weapons vault lift from the ground.

"We sent you hundred million years into the past, how did you get back to our time?" Schwoz asked Drex.

"I'll tell you how I did it," Drex began. "I waited."

"For a hundred million years?" Ray asked with a grin.

"Seems very desperate to me," Mary chuckled and Drex glared at the woman.

"Shut up!"

"Don't you dare speak to my wife like that," Ray snapped at Drex, who rolled his eyes.

"I froze myself in a glacier on top of Mt. Swellview and waited for climate change to thaw me out," Drex explained.

"For a hundred million years?!" Bella asked with shock.

"I had my hate to keep me company," Drex remarked.

"Oh, that's nice," Bose sarcastically mentioned and Bella made a face.

"Who are you?" Bella asked and Bose smiled at the girl.

"I'm Bose and you are?" Bose winked.

"Engaged," Bella said and Bose looked away.

"That, and my army of caveman," Drex added on, gesturing to the two cavemen holding Bella and Mary.

"Well, that's a party," Bose added and the cavemen laughed.

"And they hate you too," Drex continued. "See, I had plenty of time back then. Time to tell them stories, stories of Captain Man and Kid Danger. Stories about how terrible you are, anytime anything bad happened, I'd blame you and Kid Danger. Rainstorm? Blame Captain Man and Kid Danger. Sand storm? Blame Captain Man and Kid Danger. Hair loss? Stubbed toe? Eaten by a dinosaur?"

"Alright, that's enough, Yappy Van Winkle!" Ray interrupted with irritation and Bella sighed with relief.

"Thank you, I was getting bored."

"You waited a hundred million years to destroy me. Untie me, let's dance!" Ray challenged and Mary instantly got worried.

"I have a better idea," Drex protested.

"Than dancing?" Bose asked and scoffed, "I'd like to hear it."

"See, I was gonna unleash my cavemen army on you," Drex began and this excited the caveman, who released Bella and Mary by accident. Drex instinctively grabbed the girls, holding them and the girls struggled in his grip.

"Ray!" Mary called and Ray was furious with Drex for touching his girls.

One caveman pointed at Ray and scolded him, "dah! Dah! Dah! Dave! (You made dinosaur eat Dave!)"

The second caveman yelled, "ahhh!! ahhh! (You took my head hair!)"

"Ayayyyy! Ayayyy! Ahhhh! (Not yet! Not yet! Soon...)" Drex spoke to the caveman, using their language.

Drex shoved the girls back into the caveman's arms and continued his speech.

"Hey! Easy!" Bella complained.

"But, when I was hiding in the ceiling, I heard Schwoz say something and it gave me an even better idea." Drex continued.

"Of course!" Schwoz said, "to use the Time Ray that Ray and Henry brought back to send Ray one hundred million years into the past just like he did with you," Schwoz explained and the girls sighed, hanging their heads.

"No," Drex denied. "But that's a great idea too."

"Really, Schwoz?!" The girls yelled.

"Dang it, Schwoz," Ray scolded him.

"Sorry... sorry, that one's on me," Schwoz apologized, sheepishly.

——

"Come on, people! I wanna hear some more vengeance's plans!" Drex begged, leaning on the whiteboard that magically appeared. "Who's gonna be a hero? Schwoz, go!"

Schwoz and Bose were untied from the chairs, but Ray's mouth was covered to refrain him from talking. Bella was tied up on the table with the same cover as Ray, but Mary was allowed to roam free like Schwoz and Bose. Bella was tied up because she's viscous and has a power, unlike Mary who was afraid of Drex and didn't want to get in his way. Violet was now awake and in Mary's arms, who was protecting her.

"I'm not gonna help you get revenge on Captain Man!" Schwoz objected.

"Thank you!" Ray mumbled through the cover.

"Okay, I'm indestructible too, how would you get revenge on me?" Drex asked Schwoz.

"That's easy," Schwoz informed and Mary rolled her eyes. "I'd tie you to a shark's face, so you'd end up getting chewed up underwater for the rest of your life."

"That's stupid!" Bella mumbled through her cover.

"What are you talking about?!" Ray called.

"You can't tie someone to a shark's face," Drex protested.

"Where would you even get the shark?" Mary asked and Bella nodded.

"Right?!"

"Don't tell me what I can't do!" Schwoz snapped at Drex, who put his hands up.

"Alright."

"How about this?" Bose began, "we allow Captain Man and this lady here be together, let their daughters go, and live a long happy life."

Bella and Mary beamed at that idea.

"That's a great plan," Mary agrees and Bella and Ray nodded.

"And?" Drex asked.

"And then he dies of natural causes!" Bose dramatically finished and Bella faked gasped.

"No!"

"I think I'd rather do the shark face thing," Drex shrugged and Bella groaned.

"Thank you," Schwoz said.

"Whatever," Bose sighed, standing up. "I'm going to the bathroom."

"There's no bathroom that way!" Schwoz called as Bose walked in the opposite direction of the bathroom.

"I'll find something," Bose waved off, leaving the room and Bella shivered in disgust.

"I think I'm gonna stick to my original revenge plan," Drex called, picking up the memory wiper. "The only problem is, I need someone to modify this memory wiper so that it would work on a whole city, but no one on Earth could possibly do that."

Schwoz was offended and protested, "now, hold it right there-"

"No, no, no!" Drex interrupted, going up to Schwoz. "I just meant no one, anywhere, is smart enough to do it."

"Schwoz!" Ray called before Schwoz broke and got angry.

Schwoz was about to lash out but stepped onto the level of the couch to get taller.

"For your information sir-"

"You can't do it, Schwoz," Drex told him and this struck a huge nerve in Schwoz.

"Don't tell me what I can't do!"

Schwoz took the memory wiper and stormed off with it. Ray, Mary, and Bella called to Schwoz, but he ignored them. Bose came back moments later.

"Did you find a bathroom?" Drex asked him.

"In a way," Bose shrugged and this disgusted everyone in the room.

"Ew..." Mary grimaced.

——

A little later, the cavemen and Bose found Ray's hair products bag and were messing with the products. Bella and Ray were free from their mouth covers but were still tied up. Mary wasn't allowed to move from her spot on the couch, she didn't dare try to anyway.

"Hey, quit messing with my hair gel that stuff's three hundred dollars a tube," Ray called out and Mary's jaw dropped.

"It's what?!"

"Alright, you got me, it's five hundred," Ray corrected and Mary rolled her eyes.

"No wonder I stopped getting an allowance when I turned sixteen," Bella wondered aloud and the cavemen began to eat the hair gel.

"Ah, don't eat it!" Ray groaned and turned away, "I can't watch this."

The elevator doors suddenly opened and in walked Kid Danger/Henry.

"Ray, you okay? Because I-" Henry froze when he noticed the room and pointed at Drex. "What? How did you- what did you-"

Drex mimicked Henry's words, "huh, uhhh, huhhh!"

"What are you doing here?" Henry asked Drex.

"Oh, my stepdad said that he'd give Captain Man a statue if I-"

"Oh, no, no, no!" Henry interrupted Bose with a smile, "buddy, I was actually talking to Drex." Henry turned back to Drex with a glare, "what are you doing here?"

Drex sighed with annoyance, "I've already explained this. You guys sent me to the past, I trained a caveman army to hate you, frozen in ice, yada, yada, yada! Long story short, I'm back!"

"Look who else is back the quitter," Ray added, and this confused Bella and Mary.

"What?" Bella asked.

"I'm not a quitter," Henry objected.

"Oh? So, you're here to apologize and beg for your old job back?" Ray asked him.

"What? No, why-"

"I accept your apology," Ray smiled. "You're hired."

"I'm so lost," Bella stated.

"I don't-"

"I've missed you," Ray admitted to Henry. "So much. And I just want things to go back to the way they used to be-"

"I don't want my old job back!" Henry interrupted.

"Well, then you're fired again!" Ray dramatically cried, "apology not accepted. I barely noticed you were gone!"

"Henry quit!?" Bella gasped and Henry noticed Bella there all tied up.

"I came back because I thought you were in trouble!" Henry exclaimed.

"Well, clearly I am fine, so," Ray remarked.

"Oh, really?" Henry reasoned, "well, it looks like you're tied to a chair, Bella is tied up on the table, and Mary is scared to death with Violet."

"Well, we're not, so...."

"Yes, we are!" Bella protested.

"Don't be stupid!" Mary scoffed.

"The girls are right, you're insane, I'm looking right at you," Henry told him.

"I was just waiting for the right moment to break out. Like now," Ray exclaimed before grunting and attempting to break free, which made Bella roll
her eyes at him. Ray stopped his attempt and sniffed, "it's not the right moment."

"Okay, I'm gonna help you," Henry declared.

"No, I don't need your help," Ray objected. "Drex! Stop him!"

"No!" Bella and Mary called.

"Happy too," Drex smiled. "Gronk! Tork!"

The two cavemen attacked Henry, who ducked down and easily took them out. Bella smiled with relief and sighed, "never gets old."

"Ugh, I have to do everything myself!" Drex groaned, before zapping Henry with a stun gun and Henry's body became paralyzed, falling to the ground. Bella gasped and cried out, "Henry!"

"Gronk! Tork! Sit!" Drex ordered the cavemen, who went over to Henry and slowly sat down on him, falling Drex's orders. "Stay! Good boy!" The cavemen cheered and clapped with excitement.

Bella struggled in her restraints, hating to see Henry in danger, but couldn't budge from the ties. She wanted to save him.

——

"You know, I thought my cavemen were gonna take care of you at your house, but I'm actually glad you're here Kid Danger because-"

"Hey, quitter!" Ray interrupted Drex, "if you don't want your old job back, how come you're in uniform, huh?"

"Because he looks hot in it," Bella scoffed.

"I had to blow a bubble to prove to my parents that I'm Kid Danger," Henry explained.

"Well, I'm glad you're-

"You told you're parents?!" Ray exclaimed, "you're fired!"

"I already quit!"

"So! Kid Danger! I'm glad you're-"

"Did you also tell them that I'm Captain Man and Bella is my daughter?" Ray asked Henry, interrupting Drex again.

"My daughter!" Drex called.

"Shut up!" Bella and Mary scolded.

"Nah, but my mom kind of figured it out," Henry remarked.

"Love Kris, smart woman," Bella smiled. "Sometimes."

"And my dad thought you were Jasper," Henry added and Bella laughed.

"What?!" Ray exclaimed.

"That would be very interesting," Mary mentioned. "And very wrong."

"Would you four shut up!?" Drex yelled with anger.

"I'm actually enjoying this," Bose chimed in. "Did anybody ever tell you guys your back and forth is kind of funny?"

"All the time," Bella replied.

The back door opened and out walked Schwoz with a modified Memory Wiper.

"I did!" Schwoz said, "you said it was impossible, but here it is!"

"Schwoz, what are you doing?" Henry asked.

"Drex told me I couldn't modify the memory wiper to erase the whole town's memory all at once, but he was wrong!" Schwoz bragged with a smile, "I did it!"

"Schwoz, are you helping Drex?" Henry asked him.

"No, I just built this device to prove him wrong!" Schwoz protested, "and doing so I... helped him. So... yes."

Bella sighed, shaking her head.

"Schwoz smash!" Schwoz yelled about to smash the memory wiper, but Drex stopped him, taking it from his hands.

"No! I can't let you smash this!" Drex smiled and Schwoz backed away from him. Mary scooted an inch closer and took Schwoz's hand, "I'm gonna need it for my big plan."

"What big plan?" Ray asked him with hatred.

"Oh, I'll tell ya," Drex smiled.

"Sick villain monologue coming," Bose grinned and Mary furrowed her eyebrows at him.

"See, what I want is to destroy what Captain Man loves the most," Drex began and Bella instantly looked at her mom. "And what does Captain Man love the most?"

"Cheerios!"

"Water slides!"

"His family!"

"Ahhhh (Dave!)"

"My family!" Ray cried out and Mary and Bella gave him a sympathetic smile.

"No," Henry denied and Bella gasped with hurt. "The thing Captain Man loves the most is himself."

"True," Mary nodded. "I can't beat that."

"That's right," Drex said. "Captain Man is obsessed with himself and with what other people think of him. So, what if other people don't think of him?"

"You're gonna erase Captain Man from the memory of every single person in Swellview," Bella remarked with sorrow in her voice.

"Very good, Arabella!" Drex smiled and she glared at him.

Schwoz scoffed, approaching Drex, "good luck with that plan."

"Schwoz, shut up," Mary mumbled.

"What do you mean?" Drex asked.

"This thing won't even work unless you attach it to an airborne object like a plane or a helicopter," Schwoz explained.

"What a great idea," Drex smiled and Bella groaned quietly.

"You're the dumbest smart person ever!!"

"Schwoz!"

"Boy, imma slap you silly!"

"Stop helping him, dude!"

"It's okay!" Schwoz assured them, "he'll never figure out how to mount it and calibrate it without me. And I'm never coming with you over my dead body! Uhhhhh! PFFT!!" Schwoz spat all over his shoes.

Drex ran over to Mary, Bella, Violet, and Bose, grabbing Mary's arm, pulling her to her feet. "Not even if I take some hostages?"

"Yeah, okay, let me find my car keys," Schwoz agreed with fear before running off to the back.

"Just one flaw in your plan, Drex," Ray objected.

"Oh, yeah, what's that?" Drex asked.

"I'm Captain Man," Ray told him. "Even if you erase the memory of me from everyone in this town, I'll just get them to fall in love with me all over again. I'll win Mary's heart back and get my daughter back. I mean, look at me."

"He's right!" Bose agreed, "those eyes, that hair. The guy's a Swellview ten."

"I'll fall for him within seconds," Mary smiled and Ray smiled back at her.

"Here's the thing," Drex began as he pulled out Ray's gumball tube. "You're not gonna be around for that." Drex popped a gumball into his mouth and Bella's eyes grew, "cause I'm gonna do to you, what you did to me."

"What? Tell you that headbands look cool on you as a prank?" Ray joked with a chuckle and Bella snickered with Henry and Mary.

"It looks so stupid!" Henry agreed.

"The nineties called, you dork!" Ray laughed.

Drex picked up the Time Ray and activated it, "Nah! I'm gonna do Schwoz's idea! And send you back in time, one hundred million year- you know what?" Drex changed the time date, "one hundred and one million years. With you out of the way, Swellview's gonna get a new Captain Man, Bella and Violet are gonna get a new father, and Mary's gonna get a new husband."

Everyone watched in horror as Drex blew a bubble and it popped transforming him into Captain Man.

"Ta-da!"

"NO!" Ray yelled out.

"This town's gonna love Captain Drex!" Drex smiled and Bella struggled with her restraints in distress. "Heck, they might even give me a statue."

Ray yelled out with agony and snapped at him, "AHHH! AHHH!"

"But they don't give statues to cowards who hid behind their big, smelly friends," Henry reasoned.

"STAY!" A caveman yelled.

"You want a piece of me?" Drex threatened Henry and Bella instantly got worried.

"No! He doesn't!" Bella called.

"Let's dance, monkey man," Henry told him.

"Henry!" Bella called again, "don't!!"

"Finally! Some dancing," Bose said with relief.

"Gronk! Tork! Up!" Drex ordered and the two cavemen stood up, which allowed Henry to climb to his feet. Drex tossed one of the cavemen the Time Ray.

"Should someone put on some music or..." Bose mentioned and Henry positioned himself to fight.

"It's a shame you came one hundred million years just to get your face pounded," Henry said, before throwing three punches at Drex, who wasn't phased by any of them.

"Whether that did anything or not, that was hot," Bella muttered to herself.

"Okay, okay!" Henry nodded and moved back, "you can handle the salt, but can you handle the pepper!"

Henry gave Drex a big punch in the jaw, but it didn't affect him. Henry moved back once again, "alright, alright, alright! He likes the spice, but here comes the-"

Henry got cut off by Drex taking his fist, twisting it, and grabbing his throat with his claw hand. Bella gasped with horror when Drex lifted Henry off the ground and she struggled in restraints.

"I think you forgot! I'm indestructible!" Drex reminded Henry.

"I did forget that! Yes!" Henry exclaimed, struggling to breathe.

"Drex! Let him go!" Bella cried in despair.

"Now you get to watch as I send your boss-"

"Ex-boss," Ray corrected.

"One hundred and one million years into the past!" Drex finished, before blasting Ray with the Time Ray. Bella yelled out, falling off the table, and landed on the ground as Mary stood up, yelling out.

"Nooo!!"

"Dad!!"

"Ray!"

Everyone watched as Ray vanished from the scene and Bella felt tears escape her eyes.

"Dad...."

"Ray...no," Mary quietly said and Violet began to cry in her arms. Drex tossed Henry down and he landed with a thud, Mary attempted to run toward Henry, but Drex grabbed her, holding her back.

Bella was full-on crying, watching her father vanish into the past, and her fiancé get beat up by Drex. She really was losing everything.

"Don't worry, if you ever want to see Captain Man again, I'm gonna leave the Time Ray-" Drex said smashed the Time Ray in half, and Mary gasped.

"No!"

"Right here!" Drex tossed one half to the side, "and here." He tossed the other half on the other side.

Schwoz came running out with his keys, "found my keys! Anybody have to pee before we leave?"

"Yeah," Bella said through her tears. "But if I cry long enough I won't have to!"

"Okay!" Drex called as a caveman held Henry down with his foot and Drex had to hold Mary back from doing anything. "Sent Captain Man to the past, beat the spices out of Kid Danger, stole Captain Man's family, got the memory wiper." Drex paused to blow a bubble and turned back into his normal self. "I'm good to go!"

"I'm not!" Mary yelled and struggled in his grip.

"Hey, don't forget your hostages!" Bose called out, joining Mary and Drex laughed.

"I love this guy! So helpful!"

"Gronk, grab the science guy! Tork, grab my daughter! Let's go find ourselves a plane!" Drex ordered the cavemen, who did as told and Gronk grabbed a yelling Schwoz, and Tork grabbed a sobbing Bella, putting her over his shoulder.

"Leave me on the floor to cry, please!"

"Wait, Drex! I'm not done with you!" Henry called from the floor, "let my girlfriend and Mary go!"

"Yeah, but, I'm done with you," Drex remarked, before kicking Henry in the back and he cried out in pain.

"Henry!" Bella and Mary cried as he got kicked and Henry turned to the group that was now in the elevator.

"Byeeeee!" Drex waved as the door closed, leaving Henry by himself.

"Bella..." he softly cried as he watched her disappear behind the elevator doors. "I'll save you..."

"Okay, okay, okay," Henry breathed as he stumbled to his feet, holding his side in pain. "Think, think think, think, think, think, think! I don't think! Charlotte and Mary are the ones who think! Wait a second! Charlotte and Mary are the ones who think. If one of them were here, Charlotte would probably say something like-" Henry paused and sat down at the monitor, pretending to be Charlotte. "Mm, I don't know guys, this looks pretty bad! Then Mary would agree with her, cuz she's smart. Then I would say-" Henry stood up, "wow, girls, that's not very helpful. Then Bella would make a very sarcastic, yet super cute comment that wouldn't make any sense cus she's Bella and she's weird. Oh, Bella..."

Henry sighed, holding his head thinking of her. "I feel so bad for what I did. I was so selfish, I should've been supportive, but instead, I got mad and yelled. I'm terrible. I love her so much."

Henry shook his head and continued his impersonating. "Oh, where was I... oh yeah! Schwoz would say I might have a device. And then I would say, wow, Schwoz, what does that device do? And then Ray would say, I got a device that could fix this. My fist! And then Jasper would say, I got a device that can comb my hair! And Piper would be like, Jasper that's a comb! And then I would be like, guys came we please focus?! Because Drex is back and he just sent Ray to the past and he just kidnapped Bella, Mary, Violet, Bose, and Schwoz! And he's gonna erase everyone's memory in Swellview and I'm freaking out guys, I'm freaking out! And then Charlotte would probably be like-"

"Everything's gonna be fine."

Henry sighed at the voice, "hang on Charlotte, I'm trying-"

Henry paused when he saw Charlotte, Jasper, and Piper walking into view.

"You guys came back!" Henry smiled and ran over, hugging them. He pulled away moments later, "okay, things are bad. Drex is back and he sent Ray to the past, but then I beat him up pretty bad and he ran away-"

"Henry," Jasper interrupted the sidekick.

"We heard you," Charlotte added.

"Right, that will save us a lot of time," Henry told them. "But, I'm still freaking out, I don't know what to do. And Bella, gosh, I don't-"

"Just don't freak out," Charlotte assured him. "And Bella will be okay, she's Bella. Strongest girl we know."

"We're here and we're gonna help you," Jasper added on before a faint crying was heard in the room. "What's that? It's not me this time."

The group, minus Piper who wandered off, walked over to the couch and saw Violet on the couch crying. The three stared at her with wide eyes, before Henry picked her up and began to rock her gently.

"Violet?!" Henry asked, trying to calm her down. "Mary must have left her here."

"Does Mary know she left her?" Jasper asked.

"I'm guessing she left Violet here on purpose, so we can keep her safe from Drex. Mary knows what she's doing," Charlotte explained, taking the baby in her arms. "Okay, whatever happens, Violet does not leave the Man Cave. Got it?"

"Got it," the boys agreed, before Piper popped back into the scene with a large blaster.

"Alright! This guy messes with you and my future family, he messes with us!" Piper warned, turning on the blaster.

"Okay, I'm just gonna push this into the safe zone and away from the baby," Henry mentioned, pushing the blaster to the side and Charlotte moved Violet away. "Really think we can do this?"

"Absolutely."

"No doubt."

"50/50."

"I like those odds," Henry remarked to his sister.

"Team Danger on three?" Charlotte questioned, putting her hand out.

"Bella's not here, she's part of the team," Henry objected. "We're not Team Danger without her."

"No matter where we go, Bella is always with us," Charlotte assured him.

Henry nodded sadly and Charlotte gestured again, "so, Team Danger on three?"

Henry put his hand in first, "one."

"Two!" Jasper said, putting his hand in.

"Three!" Piper said, putting her hand in.

Violet had stopped crying and leaned forward, putting her small hand in. "Ah!"

"Yeah, Violet!" Jasper cheered.

"Team Danger!" The group cheered, raising their hands in the air and cheering loudly. Piper, Henry, and Jasper ran off in different directions, still cheering. Charlotte stayed put as her friends ran off and she waited for them to return. About ten seconds later the three returned back to the Man Cave. They began to bicker about why they left for no reason and were very confused until they mentioned that they needed to listen to Charlotte and her possible plan.

"Welcome back," Charlotte greeted and Violet giggled happily, waving at them.

"We don't have a plan," Henry mentioned.

Charlotte chuckled, "I know."

"Do you have a plan?" Jasper asked her.

"She always has a plan," Piper remarked.

"She's always got a plan," Henry repeated and turned to Charlotte, "no, but seriously, do you have a plan?"

Charlotte thought for a second before speaking, "I have a plan."

"LET'S GO! WOOOOOHOOOO!" Jasper cheered as he ran off toward the sprocket and leaped inside it. "WOOOOOOO!!!"

"Where's he going?" Piper asked.

"I honestly have no idea," Henry remarked.

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~With Drex and Arabella~

On the way to Planes-A-Plenty, Drex decided to make a pit stop at his base with Bella. In his base, Bella was tied to a chair, and Drex was working on something nearby.

"You know, Arabella," Drex began and Bella rolled their eyes. "I'm still a great father."

Bella laughed, "ya okay."

"I'm serious," Drex chuckled and approached the brunette. "Much better than Ray and Mary."

"Really? Cuz last time I checked they didn't abandon me on the streets like you did. What kind of horrible father abandons their daughter?!" Bella scolded Drex, spitting in his face and he heavily glared at her.

"I didn't abandon you!" He snapped and Bella gritted her teeth at him.

"Yes, you did!"

Drex yelled with anger as he stood up and Bella continued to look at him with hatred in her eyes. "You're relentless! I see why Ray and Mary had another child!"

Bella's face softened, "what do you mean?"

Drex leaned against a pillar and grinned, "people can only handle such an impulsive and crazy person for so long before they get tired of them."

Bella chuckled, shaking her head. "No one gets tired of me, I'm Arabella Manchester. I get tired of them."

"You sure?" Drex asked and Bella nodded, "well, then why did they decide to have another child?"

"Because they love each other and wanted to expand the family," Bella explained. "No other reason and I love having a little sister and older sister."

"Older?"

"Mary has a daughter," Bella explained. "But she moved out a while ago."

"Interesting," Drex said and turned away to continue working on his experiment. "See, when I think of a couple having another child, I usually think they want to replace the older child. Like, how Violet replaced you or how you replaced the older sister."

"No," Bella quickly denied. "No one replaced anyone. The four of us call Eden every day, she and my dad have a great relationship, he loves her. Everyone loves everyone equally and nobody is being replaced."

"So, you don't feel at all jealous of your little sister and how she is Ray and Mary's blood?" Drex asked Bella, who hesitated a moment before answering.

"No...."

"You sure?"

"Yes, Drex."

"Because I, for sure, would feel more connected to the ones I'm blood-related to," Drex admitted and Bella's eyebrows furrowed at him with anger.

"I don't," Bella said. "Especially with you. I'm definitely more comfortable with the people I know and I'm not blood-related to any of them."

"Come on," Drex chuckled and slowly walked toward Bella. "You're not at all jealous of how much attention Ray gives Violet?"

Bella thought about how much attention Ray gives Violet and began to realize how much time he spends with her. Same with Mary.

"I, um, I don't-"

"There it is," Drex grinned and bent down to her level. "The jealously. You know Ray and Mary love her more."

"No, they don't," Bella muttered darkly.

Drex smirked, "Ray chose to have a new child with Mary and I hope you realize how happy they are that she's their blood. Not some throw away off the streets."

"They... love me." Bella gritted through her teeth angrily and she clenched her fist, feeling her hands get hot.

"You can't love somebody you didn't create. You've been replaced and you don't wanna admit it."

"I haven't been replaced..." Bella's hands began to glow a bright green color and vines formed around her feet. Drex noticed this.

"And you know what happens when you've been replaced? You are forgotten and then they look at you like you never existed-"

"SHUT UP!"

Bella's hands blasted green energy, causing her to explode the chair, and Drex got flown back into a wall. Bella stumbled around the room with her hands still glowing green and her vines were slowly growing longer and longer. Bella felt terrified of her situation and looked around at the growing plant vines and her throbbing, growling green hands.

"What-what happened?!" Bella cried out, backing away, and ended up tripping over her vine.

"I got what I wanted," Drex laughed as he ran over and pulled Bella off the floor. "You're finally connecting with your power. You unleashed the bottled-up anger inside and used your power to its full potential."

Bella shoved Drex away, breathing heavily, and glared at him. "That's what you wanted from me? Was for me to connect to my power?"

"Um, yeah?"

Bella stood there with disbelief and sighed, "Wanna know something crazy? For a second, for a split second, I actually believed that you cared, but you don't care about anybody about yourself!"

"Never said I didn't care about you," Drex objected and Bella scoffed.

"Really? Cuz all you seemed to care about was for me to use my power," Bella remarked, calming down which made her hands turn back to their normal color and the vines slowly died.

"I just wanted you to admit that you're jealous of your little sister," Drex shrugged. "Which allowed you to release all that anger inside, didn't it feel good? Being able to release all that anger."

"No! I'm only angry because of you you," Bella told him and rolled her eyes, sighing. "But, maybe I do envy my little sister. I never had that sort of care when I was a baby because my birth father abandoned me."

"Oh my gosh!" Drex groaned, turning away from her. "Would you stop that?!"

"No!" Bella shouted, "You shouldn't have made me if you were just gonna abandon me and make me feel like I was the problem. I blamed myself and I still do till this day."

"It was your mother!"

"It was your fault!" Bella shouted back. "None of this would've sparked if you didn't do anything. You're the problem, not my family, you're the issue."

"I'm done with you," Drex muttered, picking up Bella and throwing her over his shoulder. He picked up the small syringe and headed for the exit.

"Good! I've been done with you since the day I met you!"

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