Arabella's POV

I was in the Man Cave with Henry, Charlotte, and Jasper and we were all frantically searching in hundreds of Frittle Chips cans for the platinum potato chip. If we find it, that means we win the contest and get to go to Frittle Land for free and I want to go to Frittle Land. As Charlotte, Jasper, and I were emptying the cans and searching through the chips, Henry was stacking them in the shape of a pyramid. Mary wasn't here because she wasn't feeling well due to her pregnancy getting more hectic and decided to stay home instead of coming here. My dad went to visit her a few hours ago but hasn't returned and I'm a little skeptical. Not worried, just skeptical about where he is.

"Ugh, nothing," Charlotte groaned when no platinum chip appeared.

"Come on!" The three of us complained and we continued searching as Henry stacked the cans. The elevator doors opened and my dad ran in like a kid on Christmas morning with a large katana on his back.

This should be interesting. My dad plus a katana equals destruction.

"You guys notice anything different about me?" He asked with a smile.

"Did you get a haircut?"

"Lose weight?"

"Nose job?"

"Got us ice cream?"

"I bought a sword," we all looked up and my dad pulled out his katana. "KATANA!"

My dad ran over to us waving the sword and all of us jumped out of the way and yelled as he sliced the pyramid of Frittle chip cans down. Henry immediately grabbed me in his arms and pulled me away as this happened.

"Stop!"

"Woah! Woah!"

My dad cut up all the chips with his katana and ignored our calls and protests. He eventually stopped going crazy and smiled at us brightly.

"Do you love it?" He asked us and Henry slowly let me go but kept his arm around me.

"No!"

"Hate it!"

"Terrified!"

"Do you love it?" I asked him.

"Yeah!"

"Then I hate it!" I exclaimed and Henry rubbed my back soothingly.

"It's a sword!" My dad beamed, "I can use it to slice things, dice things, fight ninjas! Make sure my hair looks nice, which it does!"

"Or accidentally kill us, because you're completely reckless?" Charlotte questioned.

"That is my concern," Henry agreed.

"Terrified!" Jasper repeated.

"I'm not reckless " my dad chuckled and picked up a can from the floor. "Jasper put this can on your head and let me cut it in half."

Jasper took the can and looked at us, "help me!"

"Okay, Dad," I began and went up to him, grabbing the can from Jasper. "These cans aren't for sword practice."

"Anything can be used for sword practice, that's what so great about swords," My dad remarked and I rubbed my head as Henry approached us.

"We're trying to find a platinum Frittle chip and win a prize," Henry informed my dad and took the can from my hand.

"You know what can find a platinum Frittle chip?" My dad asked us.

"Please don't say your sword," I pleaded him.

"Justice!"

"Mm!"

"Which is the name of my sword!" My dad proudly said.

"Of course."

"There it is," Henry nodded and I sat down on the couch.

"Ray, if you want in on the Frittle prize, you have to put the sword away," Charlotte told my dad.

"Fine," my dad agreed and went to put it in its holder, but missed it and it fell on the floor. "Pretend like that worked." He picked up the sword and struggled to put it in its holder, "so, what's this Frittle prize you're talking about? Ehhhh! Ehhh!"

He eventually got it placed inside the holder and I rolled my eyes.

"Haven't you seen the commercial? It's been on tv all day, every day?" I asked him as I stood up next to Henry.

"Yeah, it's the one where Jack Frittleman's all like-" Henry paused and we started to reenact the commercial. "Hey, kids! Do you like winning things for eating things?!"

"Yeah!" Jasper and Charlotte cheered.

"Well, you're in luck cuz..." I began and Jasper and Charlotte harmonized in the background as Henry and I talked. "I've hidden one platinum Frittle chip inside one full size can of Frittles!"

"And whoever finds that platinum Frittle chip wins a-tell them Delilah!" Henry continued for me and Jasper took over in a female voice.

"A free trip to Frittle Land for you and all your Frittle friends!"

"Where you'll have lunch with me!" Charlotte added and said something in Spanish that I didn't understand, but she looked great doing it.

"So, buy, buy, buy! And eat, eat, eat! And win, win, win!" Henry exclaimed and we all joined in, "Frittles! PUT THEM IN YOUR MOUTH!"

"Oh, that commercial," my dad nodded and we all smiled when he remembered it.

"Look out for Schwoz!" We looked up and saw Schwoz descending from the ceiling with harnesses on him, "I have returned!"

"Uh... when did you leave?" Charlotte asked him.

"Three days ago!" Schwoz exclaimed with disbelief, "I've been crawling around the Man Cave computer! Did you not notice I was gone?"

"Or course!" I smile at him and laugh awkwardly.

"Yes!"

"Yeah, we did!"

We eventually stopped lying and just told him we didn't notice he was gone for three days.

Now I feel bad. Aw, man...

Schwoz let go of his rope and we watched it fly up.

"I have completely overhauled the Man Cave computer network and now I can activate... this!" Schwoz pulled out a blue glowing cube.

"What is it?" I asked him.

"Is it for sword practice?" My dad asked.

"Well, technically anything can be used for sword practice," Schwoz reasoned.

"That's right!" My dad said, "now, put that cube on your head."

"No!" We all protested and Schwoz backed away.

Schwoz walked over to the monitor, "just watch it!"

He placed the cube on the monitor and the lights in the Man Cave flickered for a moment before the cube turned on and a colorful sphere appeared inside it.

"Hello, I'm Halley, the new Man Cave Operating System!" The computer greeted and I smiled.

"Ooo," I giggled.

"So, what does she do?" Henry asked.

"What would you like me to do?" She asked and we were all impressed, while my dad was just swinging his katana around.

"She can do anything, she's like a real person inside the computer," Schwoz explained. "She can detect and eliminate threats before we even know they exist!"

"Uh, we already have somebody who can eliminate threats," my dad interrupted and we turned to the man who was swinging his sword around. "And he just got a sweet sword named Justice-"

My dad accidentally threw the sword at Jasper, but thankfully a laser zapped it down before it could hit him.

I gasped at this and my dad walked over to his sword.

"Schwoz! Your dumb computer just eliminated my sword!" My dad complained and I glared at him.

"Yeah, because your sword was about to kill, Jasper!" Henry protested and jumped back when my dad pointed his sword at him. "Dude!"

"Careful!" I berate my father and pull Henry away from him.

"But, Halley saved him!" Schwoz remarked.

"Thanks, Halley!" Jasper told the computer.

"Don't thank me, thank Schwoz for creating me," Halley responded, "he's a genius."

I rolled my eyes at this.

"Aw, I bet you say that to all your programmers," Schwoz smiled and petted Halley, which give me vibes I wasn't okay with.

"Only the cute ones," Halley flirted and Schwoz chuckled bashfully.

"Aw," he tapped her computer screen and I made a face.

"Mm, anybody getting real uncomfortable?" Henry asked and I nodded.

"Very," I said. "Do you guys feel like this when Henry and I flirt?"

"Sometimes," Charlotte shrugged.

"You're my daughter, of course, I do!" My dad agreed.

"I ship you two, so no," Jasper grinned and I blushed lightly.

The emergency alert blared and Charlotte sighed with relief.

"Oh, thank god, an emergency alert!" She sat at the monitor and checked the emergency.

"What is it?" Henry asked.

"Someone kidnapped the vice mayor's dog," Charlotte informed us.

"Mmm, not on my watch," my dad scolded and looked at his katana. "Let's go."

"On it," Henry agreed and kissed my lips softly.

"Oh, I was talking to my sword but... I guess you can come too if you want," my dad awkwardly told Henry, who looked at us in disbelief.

"Wait! Maybe Halley can help," Schwoz suggested and the superhero duo turned to him.

"How?"

"I have analyzed over a million criminal profiles and have determined the identity of the criminal," Halley explained to us, and information on the criminal popped up on the screen along with his location. "I've traced his location and sent the police to the scene."

"Wow," I smiled.

"So, we don't need to do anything?" Henry asked her.

"Just enjoy your day!" Halley told Henry.

"Dang it!" My dad exclaimed and sliced the Frittle chip cans.

"I can do that!" Henry chuckled and I cheered, hugging Henry.

"Yay!"

"Wait, guys, we still have a problem, we're out of Frittle cans," Charlotte reminded us.

"Then let's use money and go buy some," my dad suggested and Jasper and Henry agreed.

"Yes!"

"We can't," I deny them and let go of Henry, "Frittle chips are sold out all over town because of the contest."

"Loved to see your fancy computer solve this-"

"I have located an unclaimed shipment of Frittle cans near the loading docks at Swellview Harbor," Halley informed us, cutting my dad off.

"Yay!" I giggled.

"Great!"

"Wow!"

"You were just saying she wouldn't be able to do it and then bing!" Jasper laughed and I chuckled with Henry, "and then-"

"To the loading docks!" My dad exclaimed in irritation and ran toward the elevator with us behind him.

"Wait, I want to come with you!" Schwoz called as we walked into the elevator.

"Actually, Schwoz, I want you to run a few tests on my new software," Halley told Schwoz.

"Uh... okay," Schwoz shrugged and we waved at him as the doors closed.

"Byeeeeeeeee!"

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Later, we returned with more Frittle cans and we were searching through all of them for the platinum Frittle chip. Jasper, Charlotte, and I were searching through the cans while my dad was slicing open cans that Henry tossed at him. My dad wasn't even looking at them, he was just cutting them open. Then there was Schwoz, who was taking selfies with Halley.

"Hey, this may sound kind of weird, but do you think Schwoz-"

"Is dating Halley the computer?" I finished for him.

"Yes," Charlotte agreed.

"Hang on," I looked over and saw my dad lift up his sword. "I saw a fly. I'm gonna stab with my sword."

"Dad," I began.

"KATANA!" He shouted, before running around the place like a mad man and swinging and slicing his sword around trying to catch the fly. Charlotte, Jasper, and I moved away and called out and protested to him with Henry and Schwoz, but he didn't listen and ended up stabbing the Auto-Snacker.

"OWWW!" Halley cried in pain and her cube turned red.

"Nooooo!" Schwoz cried and I put my hand on my chest as I walked back over to the table.

"Missed it," my dad scolded and removed his sword.

"You stabbed Halley," Schwoz told my dad, who walked away from him.

"I will dispose of the fly," Halley declared.

My dad scoffed and swung his sword around, "how? You don't have a sword."

"Activating! Tube suction protocol!" Halley announced and the tubes began to suck all the air and a few chips up them.

"No! No! Noooooo!" My dad called and ran over to the tubes trying to catch the fly, but it was too late. The tubes shut off and my dad stopped.

"Tube suction complete!" Halley announced.

"Sweet, she got rid of the fly!" I smiled and turned to my reckless father, "and nobody got stabbed."

"That's not true!" Schwoz protested, "Halley got stabbed!"

"Oooo," my dad said and rolled his eyes.

"It's okay, Sugar Biscuit," Schwoz softly told Halley. "Schwoz will make everything better, now you stay there while I get some plasma tape and fix you all up."

Schwoz glared at my dad, before going into the back.

Suddenly, the lights turned red and the doors lock. Henry immediately grabbed my arms out of alarm and I got really worried.

"Uh... guys what's happening?" Henry asked with confusion.

"Uh... Halley," Charlotte began and awkwardly chuckled. "Hey, girl, what's going on?"

"Your dumb friend is a threat to a Man Cave!" Halley told us, "and must be eliminated!"

"What did I do?!" Jasper asked her in shock.

"Not you, the one with the sword," Halley corrected and we all turned to my dad.

"Me?" My dad questioned, "first of all, Sugar Biscuit, I'm not a threat. Second of all, I'm gonna slice your circuits!"

"Dad, no-HEY!"

Halley began to shoot lasers at my dad, who deflected them and Henry picked me up, moving me back.

"Hey, hey!" I called out as Halley shot multiple lasers at my dad, trying to kill him. "Stop!"

Halley stopped and my dad's body was smoking from all the laser zaps his body dealt with.

"What was that?!" Henry asked Halley as he let go of me, but I stayed behind him and gave my father a worried look.

"What was what?" She asked like she didn't do anything.

"Halley, you just tried to kill my dad," I told her accusingly and glared at her.

"He is an obvious threat to the Man Cave and must be eliminated!"

"What? No, no, no, he is not a threat, he is Bella's father and our boss," Henry informed her as my dad stumbled over to us. "Okay?"

"And sometimes he can be a bit reckless and make bad decisions, but he protects Swellview, is Bella's father, and we need him in the Man Cave," Charlotte added on and my dad lowered his sword.

"And you all feel the same way?" Halley asked us.

"Yeah."

"Yes, we do."

"Sometimes," I shrug and Henry covered my mouth, shushing me. "Mmm..."

"Yes!" My dad agreed.

"Then you are all threats!" Halley exclaimed with anger, "and must be eliminated!"

Halley suddenly began to shoot lasers at us and we all started to panic and scream as we ran over to the tubes, dodging the lasers. Henry picked me up and took me over the tubes.

"Henry!" I yell out.

"Shut up! I'm saving your dang life!"

Henry set me down when we all got to the tubes and I wrapped my arms around his waist, hiding behind him.

"It's time for you to leave!" Halley exclaimed.

"Never!" My dad protested and stabbed the sword into the ground.

"Activating tube suction protocol!" Halley announced and the tubes began to suck all the air into them. All of us yelled and tried to hold ourselves down by grabbing onto something.

Henry held me with his arm as he grabbed the support beam next to us with Jasper, and Charlotte and my dad grabbed onto the sword.

"Increase suction: three hundred percent!"

The suction increased and I felt Henry, Jasper, and I get shot up the tube together.

——

After that crazy incident, we all went to Mary's house to devise a plan to get rid of Halley. That machine has got to go.

We walked into her house talking about Halley, but we immediately stopped when we all were blasted with a horrible scent.

"Oh my gosh!"

"What the heck!"

"That smells awful!"

"Ahhhh!"

"What is that smell?!"

Mary looked at us from her spot on the couch, "I'm pregnant, I have gas, deal with it!"

"What are you eating?" I asked her and she stood up with her empty plate.

"None of your business," she told me and I gave her a look. "Now, why y'all here?"

"A computer's trying to kill us," Henry told her, and Mary nodded. "And we're trying to come up with a plan to take it out."

"Sounds fun," Mary said, "can I help?"

"No," my dad denied and Mary rolled her eyes. "You or the baby could get hurt."

"I meant with the planning, not the actual fighting," Mary explained and chuckled, "I ain't fighting with a baby on the way. That's stupid."

"If we're gonna do this, let's go upstairs where it doesn't smell," Charlotte told us and waved her nose.

"Like it's gonna smell any different, but okay," Mary shrugged and we all headed upstairs.

——

All of us were in Mary's room, trying to come up with a plan, except my dad who was swinging around his sword again. Mary was basically passed out on her bed as Henry and I were eating a bag of chips, Jasper was typing on his computer, and Charlotte was thinking.

"Okay, I wanna hear more ways we can take done Halley," My dad told us. "Now, there are no bad ideas!"

My dad accidentally stabbed the pillow Mary wasn't using and she glared at him as he pulled the sword out.

"Good thing my head wasn't there," she told him and he awkwardly looked at her.

"Sorry, love," he apologized and leaned down, kissing her head.

"Oh, I got an idea, got an idea, got an idea!" Jasper spoke up and we all leaned closer to him, eager to hear it, "pantcakes! Pants that are also cakes. Pantcakes!"

"That is the dumbest idea I've ever heard!" I admit an everyone agreed with me in some way.

"Writing it down anyways," Jasper shrugged and typed down his idea with his loud typing fingers.

"Are you mad at the keyboard?" Charlotte asked him.

"Mm?" Jasper said looking up at her.

"You're loud, your typing is loud," Henry told him.

"No, it's not," Jasper scoffed.

"Yeah, it is," I nodded.

"Jasper!" Mary exclaimed and Jasper stopped typing. "Your typing is waking me up!"

"Told ya," Henry and I say.

"You know what, Mary?" Jasper said and Mary sat up, giving him a glare, "I have forceful fingers, deal with it! Just like I deal with your gas."

Mary smiled at him, "Hey, do you know that there's a button on your computer that lets you type without any sound?"

"Don't," I advised Jasper, knowing the consequences Mary is about to do.

"I don't believe you," Jasper remarked.

"I'm serious, let me show ya," Mary offered and walked over to Jasper.

"Don't," Henry told him and Mary took the laptop.

"Okay," Jasper cautiously said and Mary set the computer on her desk, before picking up her tv remote and smashing the keyboard with it multiple times. All of us cringed at this and Mary stopped smashing the laptop moments later, before picking it up and shaking all the broken pieces on the floor.

"There, now no one will hear you type," Mary smiled and turned to the rest of us. "Now, I think you all have learned to not anger the pregnant woman or you could end up like Jasper's laptop."

She gave us a smile, before walking toward the door and turned to my dad. "Nice katana, honey."

"Arigato," my dad told her and she gave him a grin, before leaving the room and shut the door.

"Okay, everybody shut up!" My dad exclaimed and we all gave him a look.

"No one was talking, dude," Henry remarked.

"My beautiful girlfriend just gave me an idea," my dad told us.

"Let's hear it," Charlotte said.

"We sneak into the Man Cave and we smash the computer," my dad chuckled. "Jasper, write that down."

Jasper showed him his laptop of broken keys and my dad looked at it.

"Oh, right..."

"Ray, that is... actually a pretty good idea," Charlotte grinned, pondering the idea and my dad chuckled.

"Yeah, but how are we gonna smash the entire Man Cave computer?" Henry asked us as he stood up and I took the chips from him and ate them.

"I don't think you have too, I just think you have to smash that glowing cube," Charlotte explained as my dad was still laughing.

"Okay, okay, that could work," Henry agreed and my dad's laughing got louder.

"So, are we gonna do this?" My dad asked with excitement.

"Yeah," I nodded with a smile and my dad hopped onto the bed.

"Are we really gonna do this?!" He repeated.

"We just said yeah," Charlotte said.

"Just said yeah," Henry agreed.

"I LOVE THIS PLAN!" My dad laughed out and I turned to him with a strange look as he twirled his sword around.

"Why are you laughing like that?!" Jasper yelled at him.

"Are you kidding me?!" Mary called from downstairs and my dad immediately got off the bed and we all freaked out.

"Go! leave!" I rushed them and opened Mary's window. We all hurried our way out of the window and hopped down to the ground below us before she could do anything.

Mary's just tired and moody from the pregnancy, she's not usually like this most of the time.

I think.

——

Henry and my dad went back to the Man Cave to take care of Halley, while Jasper and Charlotte went home. I went over to Charlotte's house for the time being and I was hoping my dad and Henry took care of Halley without any complications.

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Up Next: Double-O Danger💕

I feel like this chapter wasn't the best. I didn't feel like Bella would fit in at the end, cuz it was more of a superhero moment for the boys.

Also, I didn't feel like writing it 😅

Double-O Danger is next and I'm excited about it. We get to see Henry in a hot tux and Bella won't be able to take her eyes off him, I mean can ya blame her?

No flirting will be going on with Henry and the girl, Joss Moss, in the chapter. Sorry to those that want it, but I don't want that drama. Henry is a loyal man to Bella and loves her, so why flirt if you love someone? I'll just be putting a lot of Henry and Bella moments in it and it's gonna be cute af🥰🥰