Ray looked at Henry- his excelent sidekick and couldn't be more proud and...relieved.
Since 9 years ago when he just started his superhero career and taken up a sidekick Drex who ended up as a huge disaster, Ray had said to himself that he will never ever have another sidekick, he fired Schwoz at the same time and became distant from everyone he once knew.
Drex's turn in to evil had a huge effect on Ray. After that he promissed to himself to never attach to someone else ever again. He was afraid to get betrayed and hurt. Again.
After he put Drex in jail he pushed everyone out of his life and worked alone, lived alone in the man cave. Well later he hired Gooch, becouse he needed someone to keep Junk n Stuff running, but Ray didn't talk to him much. Ray evan blamed himself for not being good enough to teach Drex the right ways or maybye he didn't see the signs of rising evil in Drex as soon as he should've.
Drex was his very first sidekick, Ray couldn't help himself but to give him everything he had: starting with fighting teachings and ending up with caring about him a lot. So the final battle between him and evil Drex was a nightmare which Ray wishes he could forget. He had to fight a person which he apparently raised and well...loved. He had to fight a person with who he laughed a lot, a person with who he went to their most lovable backery twice a week. He had to fight a person he cared the most about at the time.
The shadows of his past is still hunting swellview's hero until now. Or until he meet Henry.
Ray was afraid that one day he will start seeing signs of evil in Henry too, but... as months gone by Henry never reminded him of Drex. This kid was different, special. He was honest, had a pure heart and a soul of a true hero. Ray never caught Henry thinking more about himself than about his friends. It was hard for Ray to admit that he's getting attached to his new parthner first, but after every year passed by he felt more and more confotable that this time he won't lose his sidekick as he lost Drex.
Henry was nothing like Drex, he was an opposite of his ex evil sidekick. Evan tho a lot of years ago Ray promissed to himself not to attach to someone else again, he ended up loving Henry evan more than Drex, A way more than Drex. He has no idea how all of it happened, but evan a thought of Henry getting hurt, or injuried was to much to handle. He would do anything for that boy.
And when Ray's past was slowly starting to fade away for good he heard the news of an ultimate criminal getting out of jail...Drex. And Ray knew that he's gonna be after his new familly- Charlotte, Shwuaz and... Henry. Ray couldn't let any of them getting hurt becouse of his mistakes done in his past. He has to deal with this alone.