(I changed Mary's ex-husband's name so go read her character description and see if ya recognize that name🙃)

Arabella's POV

I stood in my bathroom, playing with the four strands of white hair that have appeared over the last few days. My hair wasn't falling out or anything, it was just changing colors and it was freaking me the heck out. My stomach is burning like fire and now my hair is changing colors, something is happening to me and it isn't good.

I've been doing a great job of hiding my hair from everyone, but it's getting harder and harder has time goes on. I mean, like what could have possibly happened to me to cause my stomach pains and my hair color to change.

I just hope my power doesn't get affected by it

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Cactus Con was tomorrow and my dad, Charlotte, Henry, Mary, and I were vigorously tapping our phones hoping to get tickets to it. Last year, I had the honor of being the Catcus Queen and now Piper is the queen this year. I only wanted to be the queen last year because of my power and I was surrounded by hundreds of cacti, which was magical.

Charlotte and Mary believed that I should've been the queen again, because I can literally grow a cactus out of the blue and I'm not affected by the needles on the cacti. But, everyone deserves a chance as queen and I prefer the princess title anyway.

(Did I forget to mention that Bella is immune to plant toxics and can't get hurt by cactus needles, viruses, bacteria, and fungi, since she has toxins in her blood stream that make her immune. Green Fingers doesn't count, because it was created by Schwoz and even affected Ray)

"HAPPPY FAJITA FRIDAY PEOPLE!"

Jasper walked into the Man Cave with his Fajita stuffing in his hands, but we were too busy trying to get tickets to Cactus Con.

"It's not Friday it's Saturday!" Henry corrected.

"Well, that explains why I was the only one at school today," Jasper wondered aloud.

"Silence boy! Trying to buy tickets to Cactus Con!" My dad snapped at Jasper.

"But they don't go on sale till Saturday," Jasper reasoned and I did an eye roll.

"Think it through," Charlotte sighed.

Schwoz walked over with a bib and was about to take some Fajita stuffing until Jasper gasped and ran over to us, dropping the stuffing much to Schwoz's dismay.

"Oh today's Saturday! I gotta buy tickets!" Jasper exclaimed, sitting next to Mary on the couch. "Anybody get tickets yet?!"

"No!" I exclaimed tapping my phone vigorously.

"Nope!" Mary denied.

"No," my dad yelled.

"Just keep tapping!" Charlotte exhaled.

"I don't understand why everyone loves this Cactus Convention so much," Schwoz mentioned and I looked up at the man who was picking up stuffing from the floor.

"What? Tap my phone, will ya?" My dad asked Henry sliding his phone over to him.

"Uh...." Henry trailed off.

"Thanks, little buddy," my dad said, ruffling his hair and I giggled. My dad stood up and walked over to Schwoz. "Cactus Con is Swellview's best convention! It's better than Wallet Con, Squirrel Con, and Chaka Con!"

"You can tap one more, right?" Mary asked Henry, who was already using his power to tap two phones.

"Uh-"

"Thanks, sweetie," she smiled at Henry as she handed him her phone, before getting up and going over to my dad.

"Here's another one, hun," I smile at him and Henry sent me a frown as I added to his tapping of phones.

"Bella-"

"Love you!"

"Thanks, Champ!" Charlotte beamed as she added her phone to Henry's tapping.

"Seriously," Henry asked as he vigorously tapped the five phones in front of him.

"And there's great food there too!" Mary added, putting her arm on my dad's shoulder and he put his arm around her waist.

"Yeah, like Cactus milk, Cactus tacos, Cactus jerky," I add and Mary and my dad nodded.

"It all sounds disgusting," Schwoz cringed as he ate Fajita stuffing off the floor.

"You're eating Fajita's off the floor," Charlotte pointed out.

"Want one?" He offered.

"Yeah, I'll have one," Charlotte said taking a Fajita taco.

"I'll take a floor Fajita and the lovely lady will too," my dad winked at Mary and she grinned.

"Me too!" I smile.

"And my sister's the Cactus Queen this year!" Henry added.

"Yeah, and Charlotte, Bella, and I designed her dress with their friend, Patina," Mary mentioned. "I just took Bella's dress from last year and put a small spin on it."

"Wait, wait!" Jasper called, "Pretty Patina? Prettier Patina, or the Prettiest Patina?"

"Patina L," I told him as I was chewing on my Fajita.

Jasper gasped, "the prettiest Patina? Can you tap my phone for me?!"

"Uh, I'm kind of maxed out here-"

"Thanks, sport!" Jasper exclaimed, before handing Henry his phone and rushed over to us. "I love Patina L! I love her! I just love her!"

"Everybody loves Patina L, she's great!" I smile with a shrug.

"Wait, have you actually seen her?! Have you been to her house?!" Jasper frantically asked us.

"No, her house is totally sealed shut," Charlotte denied and Jasper pouted.

"Why? Does she smell bad?" Schwoz asked.

"Na, she's got this crazy-"

"Na, Na, Na, nenenene!" My dad yelled to Henry and I leaned back at his voice, "less yapping, more tapping!"

"What?! Dude, I'm literally tapping faster than any other human could tap right now!" Henry objected.

"You can yap faster than other human too!" My dad exclaimed and Mary patted his chest, "now, will someone please tell me what Henry was about to say."

"Patina has this really rare allergy," I begin.

"What's she allergic too?"

"Air," Charlotte told Schwoz and my dad began to laugh.

"No, seriously, what's she allergic too?" My dad asked and Mary rolled her eyes at him.

"She's allergic to unfiltered air, so she can't go to school in person," Mary informed him.

"Yeah! See, look," Charlotte agreed and showed my dad a picture of Patina, who on a screen with her nurse beside it.

"She has a nurse who pushes around a video monitor that shows a live stream of Patina from her sealed up house," Jasper explained.

"I swear I do not understand your generation," my dad shook his head.

"I do," Mary mentioned.

"That's because you spend a lot of time with kids," my dad remarked and Mary couldn't disagree.

"True," Mary nodded, "like yours."

I grin softly at her as she said that.

"Yeah, the monitor is a little weird at first but-"

"We got tickets to Cactus Con!" Henry suddenly announced and I gasped with excitement.

"Yay!"

We all cheered and Henry and my dad hi fived, before Henry did an amazing backflip that wowed my father.

"What?!... Holy cow, did you just do a backflip?"

"Yeah!"

My dad looked at us and none of us were really impressed by his trick. I can do one, Mary can do one.

"No one else was impressed by Henry just doing a backflip?" My dad asked and I shrugged.

"Just a backflip," Charlotte shrugged.

"He only did one," Schwoz shrugged.

"It's easy," I scoff.

"Simplest thing ever," Mary grinned.

"Everybody can do a backflip," Jasper shrugged.

"I don't believe you," my dad remarked.

Jasper walked forward and pulled off a nice backflip.

"Is this real life?!" My dad gasped and I stepped forward. "Bella, are you-"

I did a backflip and my dad's eyes grew.

"What?!" He gasped and I winked, before Charlotte handed me her tablet and stepped forward. "Charlotte, no-"

She did a backflip and my dad was shocked.

"Are you seeing this?!"

Schwoz places his Fajita in Charlotte's hands and stepped forward. He performed his backflip and posed at the end.

Mary smiled and stepped up,

"Mary, sweetie, I-"

Mary did her amazing backflip and my dad was absolutely amazed by her.

"Oh my gosh!" He laughed and Mary smiled at him.

"Can you not do one, dude?" Henry asked my dad.

"Mm?"

"Can you not do one, dude?" Henry repeated.

"Of course I can," my dad scoffed and I knew he was lying.

I checked the time and it was time for Charlotte and I to head to Henry's house to help with Piper's fitting.

"Char and I should probably get to Henry's house for Piper's fitting," I mentioned grabbing my phone and Charlotte grabbed her bag.

"Is Patina gonna be there?" Jasper asked.

"Yeah," I nod.

"Can I come? You won't even know I'm there! I'll be totally quiet! Watch!" Jasper became quiet, but a smile formed and he let out a small squeal of excitement.

"If it's cool with Henry," Charlotte agreed.

"Yeah!" Jasper beamed and looked at Henry for approval.

"Sure," Henry shrugged and Jasper cheered as he tossed him his phone. Henry took my hand as we walked into the elevator and I waved to my dad, Mary, and Schwoz.

"Bye!" I beamed as the door closed.

——

Henry, Jasper, Charlotte, and I were at Henry's house and Charlotte and I were helping Piper with her dress. It is my dress she's wearing, but just has a few changes that Piper wanted.

"Thanks for letting me use your dress, Bella." Piper smiled.

"Anytime, girlie," I say.

"I'm shocked it fits me," Piper mentioned and I shrugged.

"I'm not that big so," I remark to her.

"True."

Henry walked by us and was about to sit on the couch with all the cactus needles on it.

"Don't sit there," Piper suggested and Henry stopped midway.

"It's my house too, Piper. I sits where I wants," Henry shot back and sat down. "Ah!"

I giggled at Henry's face.

"I just meant that's where all the extra cactus needles are," Piper continued.

"I feel that now," Henry sighed in pain and I went up to him.

"Also, I'm gonna need those needles back," Piper added and I helped Henry off the couch.

"Sure thing!" He groaned and I assisted Henry over to Piper.

"Mind helping?" Henry asked me and I smiled.

"Not at all," I winked and pull a needle out of his butt.

A free opportunity to touch Henry's butt? I'd take that any day.

Suddenly, Jasper came over and sprayed air freshener all over causing us to cough.

"Aye," I cough and wave my face. "Jasper, what are you spraying?"

"Air freshener," Jasper told us. "Cashmere Plum. I want it to smell nice for Patina." Jasper sniffed his hand and then sprayed the air freshener into his mouth, before spraying the house again.

"Who cares how it smells? Patina's allergic to unfiltered air, so she won't even be here in person," Piper explained and I nodded.

"Yeah, she's just gonna be on the video monitor her nurse pushes around," Henry added as I pulled another needle out of his butt. "Careful!"

I giggle, "sorry, love."

"What if she asks her nurse what the room smells like, mmm?" Jasper questioned. "What then? What then?!"

I leaned back at his change of tone and smiled at him.

"Okay, I think you're getting a little crazy now," Charlotte remarked.

"You're right, you're right," Jasper sighed and sat down on the couch. "I just need to chill out."

Ding Dong

"She's here! Everybody shut up!" Jasper yelled as the doorbell rang and I chuckled, wrapping my arms around Henry's torso and he put his arm around my shoulders.

"Were you this crazy when we first started to date?" I asked Henry and scoffed.

"Na, I was cool, calm, and collected," Henry denied.

"He was a mess," Charlotte mentioned and I grinned. "He was so worried about how he looked and how he smelt."

"Hey, Char, will you please shut up?" Henry asked Charlotte with embarrassment and I chuckled.

"Aw," I giggled and Henry cleared his throat, awkwardly.

"Okay, when I open the door, laugh and pretend like I just said something really funny, okay?" Jasper instructed us as he approached the door. "And funny! Funny!"

We all started to fake laugh awkwardly as Jasper opened the door and Patina's nurse rolled in the video monitor Patina was on.

"Hey, Patina," Jasper greeted as we all laughed.

"Hi, Jasper!" Patina beamed sweetly.

We continued to laugh as Jasper let her in and we slowly died down.

"Jasper, you are so funny!" Henry laughed and I sighed.

"That actually caused me pain," I mumbled to Henry. "Pretending like Jasper's funny."

"I love this house!" Patina smiled

"Thanks!" Henry grinned.

"Okay," Piper shrugged.

"Morgan, what does the room smell like?" Patina asked her nurse.

"It smells like cashmere and plum. It's delightful," Morgan informed Patina and Jasper gave us a large mocking grin. "Does this place have a basement?"

"Uh, yeah-"

"Eh!" Morgan cut in and Henry gave her a look, "I'll find it."

We all watched Morgan walk away and Henry pulled me closer.

"Don't go in the basement," Henry whispered to me.

"Wasn't planning too," I remarked.

Patina gasped at Piper's dress, "you look gorgeous!"

Jasper smiled, thinking she was talking about him, "thank you."

"She was talking about me," Piper corrected and I went up to her.

"Is this how you wanted the stash to hang?" I asked Patina.

"Yes! You nailed it!" Patina giggled, "aw, Piper, I wish I could see you in that dress at Cactus Con in person."

"Then do it!" Jasper exclaimed and got on his knee for her. "Go with me! I'll be your date!"

Henry faked coughed, "slow down! Too bold!"

"Jasper! I would love to go to Cactus Con with you!" Patina beamed and I smiled sweetly.

My new otp right there. #Jatina

"Keep going! It's working," Henry fake coughed.

"But I can't," Patina sighed.

"Oof!" Piper chuckled, "Dude, you just got curved hard!"

"No! No, I didn't mean to curve you!" Patina protested, "I just meant, I'd go if I could leave my house, but I can't."

"Well!" Jasper began and stood up, "what if you could?"

"I don't see how that's possible," Patina remarked. "I'm allergic to air!"

Jasper groaned loudly and spun toward us until he beamed at something.

"Kid Danger!"

"What?!" Charlotte and I questioned.

"Oh god!" Henry sighed and we all looked at Jasper in shock.

"What about Kid Danger?!" Patina asked.

"He owes me a favor," Jasper mentioned and I scoffed.

"He does?" Piper asked.

"Uhhhh, does he Jasper? I-I don't think-"

"Yeah, he does!" Jasper exclaimed, shutting Henry down. "And uh, he could protect you."

"From allergies?" Piper wondered and I leaned my arm on Henry's shoulder.

"No! I-I mean! I-I mean Kid Danger's got all these cool gadgets and stuff!" Jasper explained and patted Henry's arm, "right-right-right-right, Henry?"

"How would I know that?" Henry asked him.

"Because you're such a big Kid Danger fan!" Charlotte cut in and I nodded.

"He loves him!" I add in and Henry gives Charlotte and I a glare.

"Yeah! Whatever!" Jasper waved us off and turned back to Patina, "if I can guarantee he can keep you save, will you come to Cactus Con?"

"Guarantee'a a strong word-" I pushed Henry back down and he groaned.

"Jasper! That would be amazing!" Patina beamed, "would Kid Danger really do that?"

"Of course! He loves me!" Jasper exclaimed.

"Love's a strong word," Henry protested, but Charlotte pushed him back down.

"You use it with me," I mutter.

"It's different with you," he argued.

"He'll do it!" Jasper announced.

"Jasper! Thank you so much!" Patina beamed.

"Aw, this just great! Great! Fun for everybody!" Henry laughed and dodged mine and Charlotte's hand as he went up to Jasper, "Hey, Jasper, can I talk to you outside on the porch please?"

"Sure!

"Cool," Henry shoved Jasper over to the door and the two went outside.

"Mom! I'm going to Cactus Con!" Patina yelled to her mother off screen, "I'm finally gonna get to leave the house!"

"You can't go outside! You're allergic to air!" Her mother shouted back.

"No, Kid Danger is gonna protect me!" Patina protested.

"Be home by nine!"

I decided to follow the boys outside as Charlotte stayed inside to help with Piper's dress. I sighed when I heard them saying 'dude' and 'bro' to each other.

"Boys!" I exclaimed and they stopped, "use your words or else I'll use my fists."

"Airy, honey, will you please tell Jasper that he can't volunteer Kid Danger for his personal life?" Henry asked me and I went to respond, but Jasper jumped in.

"Will you please tell Henry that I'm in love?"

"So am I!" Henry exclaimed to him and I felt myself smile, "I was gonna take Airy to the Cactus Con."

"Aw," I giggle.

"And we don't have anything in the Man Cave that can help Patina," Henry added.

"We actually might have something in the Man Cave that might help Patina," I object.

"Jasper, will you please ask Airy what she's talking about?" Henry asked Jasper and his watch went off. I grabbed Henry's wrist to answer it, "bro!"

"Bro!" I mocked him as Schwoz pops up.

"What's uppppppppp!" Schwoz greeted with his tongue out.

"What's upppppppp!" The three of us greeted back.

"Hey, do we have a three ply air tight hypo allergenic bubble suit somewhere in the Man Cave?" I asked Schwoz.

"What size?"

"Small," I said.

"Yeah, we got that!" Schwoz nodded

"That was easy," I shrug.

"So, you'll do it?" Jasper asked Henry with eagerness.

"You okay with it?" Henry asked and I nodded.

"Yeah, I'll just hang with Char," I assured him and he sighed looking at Jasper.

"Fine!"

Jasper cheered and hugged Henry, "bro!"

"Dude!" Henry yelled and Jasper put him down.

Mary popped into view, "hey, you guys want to see something funny?"

"Always!"

"Yeah!"

"Of course!"

"Ray's still trying to do a backflip!" She laughed, before Schwoz panned the screen over to my dad. He let out a breath before going for the flip and landed on his head, causing us all to laugh.

"He can't do it!"

"He can't do a backflip!"

"Don't look at me!" My dad yelled, before stomping off and I stopped laughing when my stomach started to burn.

I grabbed my stomach and sighed in pain.

It's getting worse.

——

The following day was the Cactus Convention and I woke up with more white hair. I, thankfully, had some brown hair dye and used it which caused my hair to stay brown for a bit. I just can't go in water or else it will all wash off.

The whit hair isn't terribly ugly. It's actually a pretty shade of white, but I don't think hair just magically turns white. Unless I'm starting to turn old, then that's even more concerning.

Am I seventeen? Am I eighteen? I could be seventy for all I know.

Charlotte and I were at the convention with Piper, who had the honor of opening the convention because she's the queen. Everyone was standing behind the rope waiting for Piper to open the convention to the public.

Henry or Kid Danger was standing somewhere in the crowd with my dad and Mary. It wasn't difficult to spot him because he's tall and has a red mask on his face.

Still in denial that I'm dating that hunk of a superhero.

"Hear me! Hear me!" Piper called, getting everyone's attention, "as your Cactus Queen, I declare the Swellview Cactus Convention! Open!"

Nobody reacted when she said that and Piper gave us a confused look.

"Tap your staff on the ground," I advised her and she nodded. "My Queen."

"Open!" Piper repeated, tapping her staff on the ground twice and the crowd cheered as they were let into the convention. Charlotte and I noticed my dad, Mary, and Henry walk inside, but it was a little odd because Henry was Kid Danger and my dad wasn't. To us, it's normal, but to the public, it's not.

Char and I approached the trio, interrupting their conversation about backflips.

"Uh, guys," I started and Henry winked at me.

"Hey, girls."

"Hey."

"What's up?"

"Maybe since Ray and Mary don't know you, you shouldn't be talking," Charlotte mentioned. "Ray, Mary, and Kid Danger."

"Yeah, guys, shes right," Henry agreed looking around.

"Scatter!" Mary exclaimed.

"Yeah! Scatter!" My dad repeated, before pulling Mary away.

Mary yelped when my dad ran into a cactus and he pushed Mary away from it.

"What the butt?!" My dad yelled.

I laughed with Henry next to me, "you just bumped into the world's most poisonous cactus!"

"How'd you know that?" My dad scoffed, letting go of Mary and she pointed to the sign.

"The sign says 'World's Most Poisonous Cactus," Mary told him.

"Don't bump into it," Henry added and I nodded.

"Well... somebody should be guarding this thing," my dad mentioned and I nodded.

"I guess."

Henry pulled me away from my dad and Mary, and I looked up at him, "what? We can't exactly be talking to much."

"I know, I know, but it's not easy to act like you're not my girlfriend," Henry admitted and I blushed with a smile.

"I know, babe, but we're doing this for Jasper," I reminded him and he nodded.

"For Jasper," he repeated and looked down at me. "But can you pretend to ask for a selfie and I can kiss your cheek at least?"

I giggled and pulled out my phone, "sure."

I put my phone out and pretended to take a selfie of the two of us with Henry kissing my cheek.

"Thanks, Princess," he whispered into my ear and I giggled.

"Okay, enough," I softly say and put my phone away.

I noticed Jasper and Patina had walked in and Patina was wearing the bubble suit. It just occurred to me that a suit filled with filtered air is not the best idea to wear inside a convention filled with cactus.

Henry and I walked over to the duo and Henry instinctively pulled me close when Morgan, the nurse, walked by and I made an uncomfortable face.

That lady creeps me out.

"Hey, Patina!" I greeted her and she smiled brightly at me, "I'm so happy to see you in person!"

"Me too!" She beamed, "and you look so much more beautiful in person, Bella!"

"That's all you, girl," I winked and she giggled sweetly at me.

"You must be Patina, so nice to meet you for the first time ever," Henry greeted, shaking her hand.

"Nice to meet you!" Patina smiled.

"Dude," Henry said to Jasper

"Bro," Jasper replies.

"Jasper," I say

"Bella," He smiled and we did our handshake.

"This suit is amazing!" Patina told Henry, "Thank you so much!"

"Anything for this guy!" Henry bitterly replied and patted Jasper's back a little roughly.

"Ah!" Jasper said and I grinned.

"So, why do you owe Jasper a favor? What did he do for you?" Patina asked Henry.

"Uh, yeah, Jasper, why do I owe you a favor?" Henry asked Jasper.

"I don't know," Jasper shrugged and I gave him an eye roll.

Patina was confused until Jasper pointed at something.

"Oh! Oh! Ring Toss on a Cactus!" Jasper exclaimed and looked at Patina, "will you go win me a prize?"

"Okay!" Patina agreed, "okay, I'll try!"

Jasper led her over to the game and Henry got a call on his phone.

"Hey, Schwoz what's up? Bella's with me," Henry answered so only him and I could hear.

"Hola," I greet.

"Hold for Ray!" Schwoz began and added my dad to the call. "What's upppppp!"

"What's upppppp!" The three of us greeted back and I heard Mary's voice too.

"What's upppp is the Man Cave got hacked!" Schwoz exclaimed.

"What?" Henry and I asked.

"I thought you said the Man Cave computer was unhackable?" My dad asked Schwoz.

"I thought it was! But someone did it!" Schwoz remarked, "and now every computer in the Man Cave has the same message on the screen?"

"What's it say?" I asked him.

"It just says 'Game On' over and over!" He told us and Henry and I shared a worried look.

"Game on," Henry began as we approached my dad and Mary. "What does that mean?"

"I don't know," my dad said and suddenly all of our phones buzzed or went off. I pulled out my phone, like the others, and I had a message from an unknown person.

"Uh, did you guys get this text?" Charlotte asked us and I nodded.

"Yeah," Mary nodded. "Hello, Swellview."

"I will pay one million dollars-"

"To whomever can bring me the world's most poisonous cactus, sincerely RT." We all read aloud and I noticed Mary's eyes widened for a second.

"Who's RT?" Henry asked and Mary seemed in shock about something.

"Uh-Randy TinkleMuffin," my dad randomly said and I rolled my eyes.

I got another text and it was from Mary, which read: 'I think know who sent the message.'

I looked up and she shook her head at me.

"Who?" Henry asked.

"Na, it can't be Randy TinkleMuffin, he's in jail," my dad remarked. "I don't know how I thought of that."

I tuned out my dad and Henry as they talked when I noticed people were slowly surrounding us, or more so the cactus. Mary and I grabbed each other's arms.

"Uh, guys?"

"Mm?"

"We have bigger problems," Mary mentioned as the crowd encased us and Henry turned to them.

"Uh, dude?" My dad began taking mine and Mary's shoulders.

"Bro?" Henry replied.

——

"Okay! Okay! Everybody calm down!" Henry yelled out to the people who were yelling and arguing about the cactus. "Calm down! Relax! Now, I know that you all want that million dollars some mystery person promised for the cactus!"

The crowd of people began to argue once again and Charlotte, Mary, my dad, and I shared a nervous look as this was happening

Mary sighed as it was getting hectic and stepped forward, "EVERYBODY SHUT UP!"

The crowd became silent and she smiled, "thank you!"

"And you say I have anger issues?" I chuckle and she shrugs.

"A teacher learns from her students," she winks at me.

"Kid Danger's right!" The security guard lady began.

"Thank you!" Henry called.

"This cactus is worth a lot of money, now let's get it!" She shooter and they were about to run forward, until Henry got out his zapper and shot the floor, causing them jump back and gasp.

"Uh-oh!" Henry exclaimed, "daddy wants the big piece of chicken tonight!"

"Man," I sigh, "sure would be nice to have Captain Man here right about now."

"Yeah," Charlotte and Mary nod.

"I know right! He's the best!" My dad sighed not catching on and us three rolled our eyes.

"Think it through," Charlotte told him.

"Oh yeah!" My dad said and I nodded, "right!"

We ran off to help my dad find a hiding spot to change into Captain Man, but there were too many people around.

"Ah, there's too many people here! I can't transform without a place to hide!" My dad panicked.

"Go like this!" Mary began and posed like a cactus.

"What?" My dad said and posed like her, "what are we doing here?"

Charlotte and I understood what Mary was trying to imply and shoved my dad behind a nearby cactus.

"What does-ahh okay!" He gasped in realization when he was put behind the cactus and I smiled.

My dad blew the bubble and transformed into Captain Man.

"Okay," my dad began and handed Charlotte and Mary a zap. "I'll go help Henry and you guys take these zappers. Bella already has one."

I took out my zapper and smiled.

"Let me Captain Manplain to you two how those work-"

The two girls zapped my dad and he groaned, "good, ya know!"

Mary kissed his cheek, before hiding with Charlotte and I, and my dad ran into the crowd to fight. Now, the crowd were throwing cacti at Henry and Piper, who had join the fight to help the sidekick. Thanks to Henry's hot power, he managed to dodge most of the cacti and suddenly Piper let out a battle cry and chased a few of the people out of the place.

"Look! There's only one of them again!" The security lady exclaimed.

"Wrong!" My dad yelled and stood next to Henry, "there's two of him!... Us! Shut up!"

"Dude, that cactus is worth a million bucks!" The security lady told them, "you're standing between me and buying a moose! Now, come on! They can't stop all of us! Momma wants a moose!"

The crowd ran and attacked the duo, but they fought back and defended themselves against the large crowd and the girls and I tried out best to take out as many people as we could with our zappers.

"Bella, stop watching your boyfriend!" Charlotte scolded and I ripped my eyes off Henry as he took out someone.

"Sorry," I blushed. "He's just so amazing!"

Charlotte rolled her eyes at me, before a girl leaped forward and started to attack Henry with two fake cacti in her hands.

I reacted quickly and took her out with my zapper.

Moments later, Charlotte accidentally zapped Jasper, who was trying to protect Patina from the flying cacti.

"OW!"

"Sorry!"

Eventually, Henry and my dad managed to take out everyone and the girls and I fist bumped as we stood up and approached the boys.

Jasper walked out with Patina, and Jasper had cacti all over his body.

"Jasper! You were amazing," Patina told him, "I would hug you, but those needles would puncture my suit."

"I get it," he groaned.

"Uh, here, Captain Man," Mary began and tossed my dad his zappers. "You dropped these during the fight."

My dad caught the zappers and I slipped mine back into my pants.

"Uh, thanks, pretty woman, I don't know," my dad said and winked at Mary, who blushed.

"We did it," Henry smiled.

"Yes, we did," my dad said and took a look around the place. "We saved the citizens of Swellview once again."

Yep. and the groans from all the passed out people means that they agree and that they love Captain Man and Kid Danger.

"Victory dance!" My dad laugh and began to dance.

"Do a backflip!" I cheer.

"What?" He asked me, "I don't know, man!"

"Don't even think about it, just do it!" Henry encouraged.

"You think I can do it!" My dad smiled at him and Mary and Charlotte nodded.

"I know you can!" Henry nodded.

"Okay, here I go!" My dad exclaimed and pulled off a great backflip. "I did a backflip!"

We cheered for him and my dad was over the moon.

"Oh man that was awesome-" my dad picked up his zapper and accidentally zapped Patina's suit, causing a hole to form and air got sucked into her suit.

"Uh-oh!" She gasped and her tongue got incredibly swollen.

"Patina! You're suit!" Jasper gasped.

"My suit?!" Patina mumbled with her swollen tongue. "What about my tongue!?"

Mary glared at my father, who casually put his zapper away and Charlotte, Henry, and I ran up to her.

"Uh, can somebody take me to the hospital?" She begged and we looked at my dad, who sighed.

"Yeah, I got you," he came over and picked up Patina, before he walked away with Jasper behind them and Mary and Charlotte trailed along.

"Nice shot, bro!" Charlotte scolded.

"Yeah, but that backflip tho," my dad smirked and Mary hit his chest, pulling him out of the convention.

"Good job," I praised Henry.

"Thanks, hey, good work with that laser," he winked and I grinned.

"Thanks, I love zapping people," I giggle.

"That's my Airy, lovely and scary," he chuckled.

"All for you," I remark, "and since everyone is passed out we can-"

Henry cut me off by kissing me and I giggle, kissing back.

I pulled away and he sighed, "I've been wanting to do that all day-" he paused when he something. "The world's most poisonous cactus is gone."

I turned and saw that the cactus was gone and there was a small note on the platform it used to be on.

I walked over and picked up the note.

"What's it say?" He asked taking my shoulders and I read the note aloud.

"Thanks for the cactus. Game on."

Henry and I shared a look of nervousness and I shrugged at him.

"What do you think that means?" I asked him.

"I don't know," he said. "It could mean anything."

Maybe it has something to do with my hair and stomach pains.

Whatever it is, I'm ready to play. Game on, mystery person.

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Up Next: A New Evil🤭☠️

Bella and Mary's lives are about to get flipped upside down.

Who is this mysterious RT, and does Mary know him?

Will our precious Bella be okay or will her stomach pains get to her?

Find out in A New Evil, A New Darkness, and A New Hero.

Lose your power, save the world?

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