( season 3: episode 1 - a fiñata full of death bugs ) 

(juniper's outfit for the chapter)

Juniper's life changed the moment she knocked over some chemicals in her dad's lab. Now she's a superhero, fighting alongside her best friend Henry, and Ray who's a family friend. There are a few bad things about being a superhero, the main thing in Juniper's opinion is the fact that you can't tell anyone you're identity. Not even the ones that you are closest too. Thankfully for her, the people closest to her already knew. Well, besides Jasper. 

Jasper had recently found out Henry's identity by accident and now he was going to be interviewed to work at Junk 'N Stuff. The reason why he was going to work there now is because Henry wouldn't let Ray swipe Jasper's memories. Henry thought that Jasper deserved to know about his secret identity. Juniper was a little worried for many reasons with Jasper working at Junk 'N Stuff, one was because of the fact that he doesn't know of her secret identity. 

Juniper planned on telling him when he would come to the Man Cave because there wasn't a way to hide her identity then and he deserved to know her secret identity. Juniper currently sat at the super computer with her legs up on the desk, watching Ray pace around the mancave with an amused look on her face.

"I don't know, guys." Ray shakes his head, pacing from one side of the room to the other. "I don't know."

"Come on," Henry encourages from his place on the couch. "It's gonna be great."

Ray looks at him with a glare. "That's exactly what you said when you talked me into eating one of those women's energy bars." Henry smirked, looking at him with amusement.

Juniper laughs, covering her mouth to stifle a laugh when Ray glares at her. Ray shakes his head, his lips forming into a frown. "I couldn't stop reading books about princesses."

"I'm sorry, but that was so funny." Juniper commented.

"Dude," Henry gestures to himself and Juniper. "We've known Jasper our whole lives." 

"That does not mean he's qualified to have a job here!" Ray exclaimed.

"Yeah, but he deserves to know our secret identities and I'm sure we can find something for him to help us out." Juniper added. She glanced over at the two tubes by the elevator when an alarm went off, smiling when Charlotte arrived.

"Hey, happy Saturday morning." Charlotte greeted.

Henry nods at her. "Yo."

Juniper waves at Charlotte. "Mornin', Char."

As he walks by Charlotte, Ray glares at her. "Maybe you're happy." Juniper rolled her eyes at his grumpiness and eats some of the popcorn she had got from the auto snacker. Popcorn probably isn't the best thing to eat for breakfast, but she didn't care and she was in the mood for popcorn.

Henry scoffs at Ray, standing up. He turns to look at Charlotte, who was walking over to the auto snacker. "Char, would you tell Ray that Jasper working at Junk 'N Stuff won't be a problem?"

Charlotte raises her hands in defense. "Can't tell lies before breakfast."

Juniper nods, pointing at her in agreement. "True that." Charlotte smiled at her and the two girls fist bumped before Charlotte stood in front of the auto snacker.

Henry sits back down, getting back on his phone and offers a chocolate bar to Ray. Ray was standing behind the couch by him, leaning his elbow on top of it. "Here you go." Henry offered.

Ray looks at him with furrowed eyebrows, hesitantly taking the chocolate bar from him. "What's this?"

"Lady bar." Henry replied. Ray yelped, quickly throwing the chocolate bar to the floor.

Juniper laughs. "Ray, you're acting as if that is the worst thing ever."

Ray points at her dramatically. "You try one of those stupid bars and see what pain I had to go through."

"Scrambled eggs." Juniper turned her attention to Charlotte when she told the auto snacker what kind of food she wanted. The auto snacker repeated what Charlotte said, but after a few seconds nothing happened.

Juniper glances at one of the computer screens on the wall when an alarm goes off. "Jasper's here." She noticed, seeing Jasper in one of the security cameras, and she rolled her eyes upon hearing Ray groaning. It was obvious Ray wasn't looking forward to this.

Henry and Ray walk over to her, both standing by each side of her. Henry presses a button that allows them to talk to Jasper. "Hey, what's up?"

Jasper turns to where the security camera is and smiles. "Hey!" He waves. He then salutes. "Jasper Dunlop here to see Captain Man, Kid Danger and Dash."

Juniper cringes, shaking her head. She was starting to rethink letting Jasper have a job here was a good idea. Henry shushes Jasper and Ray reaches forward to press a button, closing the security camera footage on the screen. "Did you hear that?" Ray questions, looking at the two teens by him with an upset expression. "He's going to blab all our secrets to the whole world."

"Not after we show him our video." Henry responded, turning to look at Ray who had walked away.

"Fine." Ray caves in. He shakes his head and gestures for Henry to go. "Just get him down here."

"Hey, I think something's wrong with the auto snacker." Charlotte called out.

"Ugh," Ray groans. "What's-What's the problem?"

Charlotte crosses her arms with an upset expression on her face. "I ordered scrambled eggs and I'm still standing here. Eggless." 

"Well, I'm stressed out!" Ray shouts, walking over to the table by the couch. "I need my wireless headphones." Charlotte sighed and turned back to the auto snacker, hitting the thing before she shouted 'scrambled eggs'. In response, the auto snacker spoke 'mashed potatoes'. 

Charlotte looks at the auto snacker with annoyance. "What did I say that sounded anything like mashed potatoes?" 

Juniper furrows her eyebrows "That's really weird." She picks up another piece of popcorn from the bowl she held. "The auto snacker worked for me."

Charlotte frowns at her and looks at Ray with an upset expression, pointing at the auto snacker, and whines. "Ray!"

Juniper chuckles as she looks at Ray. "I can't believe you really think that meditation thing works."

"It works, Juni!" Ray raises his voice and Juniper raises her hands in defense as Ray sits down on the couch. "Now leave me alone to meditate and calm down my inner parts." He put his wireless headphones on and turned the meditation music on his phone before setting his phone beside him. 

Juniper glances over at Charlotte. "Char, is the auto snacker working yet?"

"I think so!" Charlotte excitedly replies, smiling at the auto snacker that finally opened. When no food appeared, she steps closer to get a better look. "Alright, where are my scrambled eggs?"

Juniper stops swiveling around in the chair when she saw Charlotte had stuck her head through the auto snacker. She furrows her eyebrows, tilting her head to the side. "Uh, Char, I don't think that's a good idea."

Juniper glances at Ray with raised eyebrows when he speaks in a meditation tone, "Ohmaha is not the capital of Nebraska." 

Juniper's eyes widen when she heard Charlotte's screams and she quickly turns her attention to the dark-skinned girl, surprised to see she was stuck in the auto snacker. "Charlotte!" She set down the bowl of popcorn that was half eaten and got up. She went over to the dark-skinned girl to help her, ignoring Ray when he spoke another odd sentence during his meditation.

"I got you, Char!" With a panicked expression on her face, she grabs onto Charlotte's leg before Charlotte's whole body could be sucked through the auto snacker and did her best to try to pull Charlotte out. "You know, this was not how I pictured my Saturday morning!"

"Yeah, me neither, Juni!" Charlotte agreed, her voice sounding muffled from being inside the auto snacker.

****

After a few minutes of trying to pull Charlotte out by herself, Juniper realizes she's going to need help. She assured Charlotte that she was doing all that she could to help her and Charlotte really did appreciate it. She tried getting Ray's attention, but he wouldn't pay any attention to her. So then she tried working on auto snacker's system on the computer to try to figure out a way that it would get Charlotte unstuck. She didn't even realized Henry was back with Jasper until she heard his voice.

"Hey, I got him." Henry greeted, walking into the mancave.

Jasper follows Henry into the mancave, standing by him, and he smiles at Ray. "Hey, boss."

Ray fakes a smile and forces himself to say, "Good morning, Jasper."

Jasper grins. "Guess what I'm wearing."

"A goofy tie?" Ray asked, referring to the goofy tie Jasper had on.

"No," Jasper drags out the word. "What I'm wearing down here." He pointed at his lower area.

Henry presses his lips together, crossing one arm over his chest and using his other arm to cover his mouth with his fist. "Okay."

Ray shakes his head, looking at Jasper with furrowed eyebrows. "Son, I, uh, don't want to know what-"

"Captain Manderpants!" Jasper interrupted him, pulling up some of his Captain Man themed underwear to show him.

"I chose the wrong time to turn around." Juniper mumbled, a wide-eyed look on her face when she turned around to face everyone. 

Ray sends Henry a look. "Henry." 

"Yep." Henry nods. He crosses his arms, looking at Jasper and speaks in a hissed tone. "Put your underwear back in your pants you're making him uncomfortable."

"Yeah, um," Juniper speaks up, holding her hand up, and they all look at her. "Me too."

Jasper puts his underwear back in his pants, looking at her with surprise. "I didn't know you worked here too!"

Juniper nods, shrugging her shoulders. "I sorta work here." When Jasper looks at her with confusion, she smiles. "You'll understand what I mean soon."

"Hey, where's Charlotte?" Henry questioned, glancing around the mancave.

A confused look forms on Ray's face. Juniper was about to say something, but Ray beat her to it. "I don't know. She's probably...Somewhere." Juniper sighed heavily, leaning back against the chair. 

Ray turns to face Jasper. "Now, Jasper..."

Jasper salutes. "Yes, Captain."

Ray shakes his head, pointing at Jasper. "First, never do that." Jasper nods in response. "Secondly," Ray continues. "If you're going to work upstairs at Junk 'N Stuff the most important thing to do is never reveal my identity, Henry's identity, or Juniper's identity."

Jasper furrows his eyebrows. "What do you mean by Juniper's identity?"

"That's what I meant by sorta working here." Juniper replied.

Henry nods. "Juniper is the hero Dash."

Jasper looks at Juniper with wide eyes when she smiles and nods at him to confirm what Henry said is true. He gasps loudly. "You're Dash?! That's so cool! You're one of my favorite superheroes!"

Juniper smiles widely. "Awe, thanks, Jas."

Jasper looks at Ray and nods. "Okay, I get it. I'll keep it a secret."

Ray glances at him with an intimidating stare, speaking in a firm tone. "You will get it...When you watch this video." He pressed a button on the remote he held, making a tv appear above the elevator. A video then played about what would happen if Ray's, Henry's, and Juniper's secret identity would be revealed. During the video, Juniper heard Charlotte's scream which concerned her. She turned to the auto snacker, surprised to see that Charlotte was completely sucked through the machine.

"Any questions?" Henry inquired after the video was over, and Ray pressed a button on the remote, making the tv go away.

Jasper turns to face them with an awestruck expression. "How did you get that watermelon to talk?"

"Help!" Charlotte shouted.

"Wait," Henry furrows his eyebrows, glancing around the mancave along with Ray and Jasper for where the familiar voice is coming from. "Is that..."

"Yeah, so, about that..." Juniper stands up, looking at them with a nervous smile. "Charlotte got sucked through the auto snacker and I can't get her out on my own."

Ray and Henry look at her with wide eyes. "Juniper, why didn't you tell me before?!" He scolded, rushing over to the auto snacker along with Henry.

"I tried but you kept ignoring me!" Juniper raised her arms in frustration and joined Ray and Henry at the auto snacker.

"Charlotte, you're not supposed to crawl into the machine!" Ray scolded Charlotte as he, Henry, and Juniper tried pulling Charlotte out. Juniper was on high alert when she heard a familiar alarm go off. Ray and Henry had let go of Charlotte, but Juniper still held on her.

"Emergency." Juniper speaks, exchanging a glance with Henry. He nods and runs over to the super computer. She glances at Charlotte with an apologetic expression, letting go of her arm. "Sorry, Charlotte. I promise we'll get you out of there somehow." She went over to stand beside Henry's right side since Ray stood by his left side, looking at one of the screens that read 'alert! emergency alarm. swellview airport'.

Jasper glances around with a confused look on his face. "What's going on?"

"There's an emergency at the airport." Henry answered.

"Ooh," Jasper nods. "Is a flight delayed?" 

Juniper, Henry, and Ray glance at him with annoyed expressions. "No!" Henry dramatically replied.

Juniper chuckles, following Ray and Henry over to where the tubes are. "Come on, guys." Ray spoke, getting out his bubble gum out the same time Juniper and Henry got theirs out.

"What are you guys gonna do?" Jasper asked.

"We've got a crime to thwart..." Ray started, popping in a piece of gum in his mouth the same time Juniper and Henry do.

"At the Swellview Airport." Henry finished.

Juniper nods, looking at them with a grin. "Nice." She complimented their rhyme. Henry and Ray nodded in agreement and they both grinned back at her.

"Woah." Jasper grins at Henry and Ray. "Do you guys plan those rhymes?" 

"Uh, no. No." "No. They're super organic." Henry and Ray responded at the same time, and Juniper laughed at them, finding their responses amusing. 

"Wait," Jasper points over his shoulder at Charlotte. "What about Charlotte?" The three of them point at Jasper, silently signaling for him to hold on. They all blew a bubble and their suits appeared within seconds. Jasper grinned as he watched.

Juniper gets to the auto snacker first thanks to her super speed. She was glad she can use her powers in front of Jasper now. It would've been hard to refrain from using them with him working there all the time. "Hey, Charlotte." Ray says, standing beside Juniper along with Henry. "How's it going in there?"

"It's going bad!" Charlotte answers. "Get me out of this thing!"

"Uh," Ray grimaces. "We can't-we've got an emergency." 

"I'm an emergency!" Charlotte yelled.

"Well, I mean, can you breathe okay?" Henry asked.

A worried look forms on Juniper's face when all could be heard next was muffled shouting. Henry glances at her and Ray with confusion. "Okay what'd she say?"

 "I'm gonna take that muffled screaming as a no." Juniper replied.

"Uh, I'm pretty sure she said, 'Hey, I'm good, you guys go do whatcha gotta do.'" Ray imitated Charlotte's voice.

Juniper crosses her arms, shaking her head. "That's definitely not what she said."

"Don't worry, Char. Schwoz'll be back here in, like, two or three hours." Henry reassured Charlotte, running over to the tubes along with Ray.

"Two or three hours?!" Charlotte asked and she didn't sound happy.

"Sorry, Charlotte!" Juniper called out to her, super speeding over to the tubes.

"Okay, that's literally so cool!" Jasper grinned. 

This was the part that Juniper dreaded. Going up and down the tube. Why? Well, there's only two tubes and three people. Which meant that she had to hold onto someone to get up and down. She kept trying to convince Ray to build in another tube for her, but he said it would cost too much. She had a feeling he was just too lazy to do the paperwork and call people to get it done. It was times like this where Juniper wished she didn't have growing feelings for the blonde-haired boy she now stood beside. Because then maybe her heart wouldn't be pounding out of her chest every time they would go up and down the tube. But honestly, she didn't mind the closeness though and neither did Henry.

Juniper stands close to Henry, wrapping her arms around his waist as he and Ray pressed a button on their belt that allowed the tubes to come down. "Wait." Jasper gets their attention before they leave. "What am I supposed to do while you guys are out fighting crime?"

Henry glances at Juniper for help since he didn't know what to say and she shrugs, sending him a sheepish expression. "Um," Henry looks back at Jasper. "Just go up to Junk 'N Stuff and watch the store!"

Jasper holds up a notebook he held. "But I have some questions about my job."

"We'll answer all your questions right after we say 'up the tube'." Ray assured him.

Henry wraps his arm around Juniper's waist to have better assurance that she'll be secure and Juniper ignores the butterflies in her stomach when he does that. "Up the tube." Henry and Ray spoke and the three of them were shot up to the top by a strong gust of wind.

****

Juniper, Henry, and Ray stopped a criminal from bringing highly aggressive Zom-bees-insects that fly into the ear and feed on brain matter. So, they were basically bees that are zombies. The heroes and the sidekick got back to the mancave, not expecting to see Schwoz pulling Charlotte out of the auto snacker by pulling on her head. 

Juniper lets go of Henry once they landed and the tubes had went away. Henry made no move to move his arm away from her waist which made her face turn pink and she smiled a little bit. The two teens always displayed casual affection like this with each other so it didn't confuse everyone else when they saw Henry had his arm around her waist. 

"Oh, what a pretty fish you have!" Schwoz complimented, referring to the fiñata that Ray held.

"You're squeezing my head too hard!" Charlotte told him.

Schwoz looks back at her with furrowed eyebrows. "Well, what do you want me to do?"

"Let go!" Charlotte replied.

"'Kay-kay." Schwoz let go of Charlotte and she screamed as she got sucked back into the auto snacker.

Juniper's eyes widen and she shares a worried look with Henry before they both look back at Schwoz. "Schowz, you weren't supposed to let her get sucked back in." She said, her voice laced with worry. She was worried about Charlotte and hoped she was okay.

Schwoz waves a dismissive hand. "Relax, I'll get her out in a minute." He points at the fiñata. "Why do you have that thing?"

"This thing is a fiñata." Ray answered.

Henry nods, pointing at the fiñata. "Yeah, see, it's like a pinata but, like, it's fish-themed."

Juniper chuckles, patting his shoulder. "That was obvious, blondie." Henry glanced at her, rolling his eyes playfully, and Juniper just sweetly smiled at him.

"I know what a fiñata is." Schowz said.

"Well, I bet you don't know that this fiñata is filled with Zom-bees." Ray remarked.

Schwoz yells, hiding behind the couch. He has a panicked look on his face as he points at the fiñata. "You can't bring Zom-bees into the Man Cave! If that fiñata breaks, they will fly into our ears and munch on our brains!"

Ray nods. "We know."

"So how do we get rid of it?" Henry questioned, taking his arm away from Juniper's waist to hold the finata when Ray handed it to him.

"Uh, take it upstairs to Junk 'N Stuff." Ray suggests. "I'll call animal control and have 'em come pick up that fiñata of death."

"Okay, I'll bring it upstairs." Henry started to walk towards the elevator, stopping when Ray called out to him.

"Don't forget to change your clothes."

"Oh yeah." Henry went to get the tube of gum out of his pocket, almost dropping the fiñata in the process. Juniper, Ray, and Schwoz panicked, and all reached forward.

A panicked look forms on Juniper's face. "Watch what you're doing, Hen."

"Yeah," Ray points at Henry with a slightly panicked look on his face. "Be careful with that thing."

"Guys," Henry chuckles. "Chill out. I'm not gonna drop it."

"Do you have it?" Ray asked.

"Yeah." Henry replied.

"Are you good?" Ray questioned.

"It's fine." Henry answered, pressing the button on the elevator to make it open.

Ray looks at him with worry. "Are you good?"

"Ray, it's fine." Henry assured him.

"Okay." Ray nodded and turned around to walk to the other side of the room. 

Henry walked into the elevator and a gasp escaped Juniper's lips when Henry dropped the fiñata. Juniper bit her lower lip, crossing her arms, watching the scene with worry. Henry quickly picked up the fiñata, and Ray and Schwoz turned back to look at Henry suspiciously. Henry was holding it by then so they didn't see that he dropped it. Henry stared at each of them as he reached forward to press a button in the elevator that made the door close.

****

Even with Juniper, Henry, Ray, and Schwoz pulling at Charlotte's legs to get her out of the auto-snacker, it seemed like it was an impossible thing to do. They yelled at each other to keep pulling all while Charlotte is yelling at them for help. It was just a chaotic moment in general. Then they suddenly lose their grip on Charlotte, the four of them stumbling backwards as Charlotte screamed when she got sucked in the auto-snacker.

"Well, how are we gonna get her out of there?" Ray questioned.

Juniper cringes. "No idea."

"Hey," Henry's face lights up when he thought of an idea. "How 'bout this?" He presses the button on the auto-snacker. "Charlotte." A female computer voice repeated the name and a few seconds later Charlotte flew out of the auto-snacker while she screamed.

"It worked!" Juniper cheered and she walked over to help Charlotte up, being the only one who actually helped her up.

Charlotte looks at her with a thankful smile. "Thanks."

'No problem." Juniper smiled back at her.

Henry smiles at Charlotte. "You okay?"

Charlotte stares at him with annoyance. "No. I'm not okay." She walks over to the auto-snacker with an upset expression. "And I still never got my scrambled eggs." She bent down in front of the auto-snacker and the female computer voice said 'scramble eggs' and then scrambled eggs shot out right at Charlotte's face.

Juniper's eyes widen as Charlotte faces each of them, showing them she was covered in scrambled eggs. "You, uh..." Ray speaks nervously. "You got some..." Charlotte sent him a glare and he grew quiet.

A beep goes off from the computer, causing Juniper to glance over at it. "That's Jasper from upstairs." Henry said, walking over to the computer. He presses a button which allowed the security footage of the store to appear on one of the screens so they can see and talk with Jasper. "Hey, Jasper, what's up?"

"There's two guys here from animal control asking about some Zom-bees?" Jasper replied in a confused voice.

"Oh." Henry nods in realization. "Yeah." He gestured for Ray to come over.

"Jasper, the Zom-bees are in the purple fiñata." Ray explained to Jasper.

"Oh." Jasper's eyes widen. "I sold the fiñata."

"Great, then just give it to-" Ray's eyes widen when he realized what Jasper said. He yells at Jasper, "You sold the fiñata?!"

From her place now beside Charlotte and Schwoz, Juniper shares a worried look with them. "Yeah." Jasper nods. He smiles. "And a waterbed."

"W-Well, who did you send it to?" Henry asked with a panicked expression on his face.

"Piper." Jasper replied.

Henry's eyes widen and he gasps. "Pi-My sister?"

Ray presses the button, turning off the security footage on the screen. Henry continues to panic, putting his hands on the back of his head. "Guys," Juniper looks at Henry and Ray worriedly. "This isn't good."

"Do you realize what'll happen if those Zom-bees get outta that fiñata?" Ray asked angrily, walking towards the direction of the elevator.

"Okay, okay." Henry takes his hands off his head, turning to face Ray. "Don't worry about it! I'm sure Piper just, like, took it home and put it in her room or something." Ray stopped walking to turn to face Henry with an 'are you serious' expression.

Juniper sighs heavily, shaking her head. "That doesn't sound like something she would do."

****

Now that Jasper was down in the Man Cave, they were questioning him how he could give Henry's sister a fiñata full of death bugs. And Charlotte had most of the scrambled eggs wiped off of her thanks to Juniper, who got her a towel she could use.

"I didn't know there were bugs in it!" Jasper defended himself.

Ray glares at him. "Well, there are! There's at least fifty Zom-bees inside that fiñata!"

Charlotte outstretches her arms. "Okay, yelling at Jasper isn't going to help anything."

Jasper smiles at her thankfully. "Thank you!"

"Do you realize how dangerous those bees are?" Ray asked Jasper.

"Yeah," Schwoz nods. "They fly into your head, through your ears, and then they feed upon your brain."

Charlotte points at the tie Jasper wore, shaking her head. "You should have not worn that tie." Jasper looked at her with offense.

"Okay, just..." Henry stands in front of Jasper. "Did my sister say she was going anywhere?"

"Uh..." Jasper is quiet for a few seconds before he says, "Yeah. Some friend of hers' birthday party!"

"Oh, yeah..." Henry nods in realization. "Gabby Birch!"

Ray looks at him with confusion. "Who's Gabby Birch?"

"Her friend." Henry replies, getting out his gum from his pocket. "C'mon, let's blow and go." He looks at Juniper, gesturing with a nod of his head. "You too, June."

"Got it." Juniper took her tube of gum out of her pocket.

"No," Ray points at Henry. "Are you insane?"

Henry furrows his eyebrows and shrugs. "What?"

"We can't just run in there as Captian Man, Kid Danger, and Dash and be like, 'hey, kids! we're here at the party because we were worried that some killer bugs might fly into your heads and eat your brains, happy birthday, Gabby!'."

Juniper cringes and nods. She puts the tube of her gum back in her pocket, glancing at Henry. "He does have a point."

Henry sighs, putting his tube of gum back in his pocket. "Alright, then, uh," He begins to pace as he thinks of an idea. "We just gotta sneak in, grab the fiñata, and get outta there fast."

Juniper rolls her eyes and sarcastically comments, "Yeah, 'cause all great ideas start with that."

"Exactly!" Charlotte points at Juniper in a sign of agreement. "How are you guys gonna sneak into a birthday party without being seen?"

****

Henry and Ray came up with the plan of dressing up like clowns to sneak into the birthday party. Juniper quickly denied to go along with them because she was scared of clowns and she definitely did not want to dress up as one. Henry and Ray managed to get the Zom-bees away from the party, but they had to actually entertain everyone at the party which is why it took them so long to get back. The point is thanks to them the Zom-bees were now gone.

A/N i already love juniper & henry so much ! they're so cute you guys