Author's Note: Hi guys! I'm back with another Henry Danger story for you! This one is set before Henry has his superpower, and I place him at around fourteen years old in this one. This is loosely based off of the 'Hour of Power' episode… (well, the Drex backstory part of it is anyway).

"This is not good…" One of the guards at the Swellview prison said to himself, taking cautious steps backwards away from one of the cell doors. The man kept his eyes locked on the heavy metal barrier that was supposed to be locked tight and brought his radio to his lips.

"T- This is Officer Reed requesting backup in the high security sector. It appears that the door to Drex's cell has been tampered with, the prisoner's whereabouts are unknown at this time. Over." The officer waited for a response, but before he got one his radio was clicked off and he felt cold metal closing around his wrist.

"So, my whereabouts are unknown?" A menacing voice whispered from his place standing behind Officer Reed. The man shook his head, an amused little grin making its way across his face as he stepped around to face the officer. "Oh, how the tables have turned." He chuckled at the sight of the handcuff holding the policeman to the railing bolted to the wall. The sound of other officer's coming to respond to the call for backup echoed down the hall, giving the young officer a false sense of security.

"Get back in your cell!" Officer Reed yelled; he was trying to be brave and play the hero, but Drex saw right through it. The criminal took a menacing step towards the officer and bent closer so their noses were only centimeters away.

"Not even Captain Man will be able to stop me." With that Drex took off down the hallway, barely making a sound until he got to the stairwell and slammed the door open and tripped the alarm.

…

"Ray!" Schwoz came bursting into Junk N' Stuff from the backroom. Ray, who was actually trying to help a customer with a purchase furrowed his brow, turning to look at the smaller man.

"What's going on Schwoz, I'm kinda busy here." Ray answered, nodding his head in the direction of the gentleman standing on the other side of the counter with a wallet in his hand. Schwoz came around the counter, pushing the man towards the door despite the protests of both the customer and Ray.

"You come back later! We have important matter to attend to." Schwoz explained briefly as he closed the door in the man's face. Ray didn't look thrilled when the small man turned to look at him again.

"What was that?! You know it's not cheap to run this place and keep the Man Cave up and running?!"

"No time!" Schwoz yelled, disregarding Ray's anger. "Drex escaped from prison!" The four words instantly changed Ray's entire demeanor. The man stiffened, his face hardening as he took out his tube of gum.

"Do you have any idea where he's heading?" Ray asked, popping a blue gumball into his mouth. Instantaneously, he transformed into Captain Man.

"Not really. The only thing I know is from what the police said when they called." Schwoz followed Captain Man through the backroom, continuing his explanation on the elevator ride down to the Man Cave. "Drex broke through the lock to his holding cell and waited for one of the officers to find it. When one of the policemen found out what had happened, Drex handcuffed him to a railing and told him 'Not even Captain Man will be able to stop me.'"

"Yeah, well we'll just see about that." Captain Man growled as he attached a few extra weapons to his utility belt. A few grenades, tranquilizer darts, and lasers later, Captain Man stepped under his tube, pausing for a second before he tapped his belt to bring it down. "Don't tell Henry about Drex."

"Ray…" Schwoz warned. "Henry was bound to find out eventually. Why not tell him now? It's not like it will change anything between the two of you."

"Exactly." Captain Man fired back. "It won't change anything so there's no need to get him all upset about it." The hero stared at Schwoz as his tube closed him in, he knew he couldn't trust him with this. The man told Henry about just about anything that Ray didn't want his young sidekick to know, so what would make this any different. "I mean it, Schwoz! If you tell him about Drex, you're not going to like what happens to you!"

"Whatever you say boss. I won't tell Henry about Drex…" Schwoz smiled innocently, and waited for Ray to disappear up the tube before his look morphed into something more devious. "... for now."

…

"Yeah, so then Marla told Jackie that I was trying to be nice to Jana Tetrazzini!" Piper scoffed, laughing incredulously as she went on rambling to Henry, who was nodding and chiming in every so often while he was watching the news. "Can you believe that?! Like I would try to be nice to Jana! I wouldn't even be nice to her by accident!" Piper frowned, glaring at her brother as he turned the TV up and leaned forward on the couch.

"Shh…" Henry waved a hand in his sister's face to silence her as Captain Man's photo was shown on the screen.

"Oh you did not just shush me!" Piper bellowed, jumping up to stand in front of the TV. "Pay attention to me! Henry!"

"Piper, cut it out! I'm trying to see what's going on with Captain Man!" Henry yelled, trying to look past her to see the television. Piper seemed to calm down a bit at the mention of her favorite hero.

"Well move over!" The girl demanded, squishing into the spot on the couch beside the armrest instead of taking the empty seat in the middle. Henry rolled his eyes and turned up the volume.

"Yes, that's right Trent..." Evelyn Hall answered, adjusting her earpiece as she spoke. "I'm standing here in front of Swellview prison where one of their most dangerous inmates, a man who goes only by the name of 'Drex', escaped around noon time today." There was a brief pause before she nodded at whatever she was told through her earpiece and continued. "We can also confirm that this 'Drex' individual delivered a message for Swellview's own Captain Man, promising that he wouldn't be able to stop him." Evelyn sighed, seemingly annoyed by having to say the hero's name. "For now we encourage all citizens to stay indoors and report any suspicious activity to the police. This has been Evelyn Hall, KLVY News."

"Drex?" Henry frowned, trying to think back to whether he'd helped Captain Man take down any criminals by that name. He couldn't think of anyone with even a remotely similar name, but he knew one thing for sure… he needed to find Captain Man, especially because he hadn't beeped Henry to ask for his help like he always did. If what the news had said about Drex was true then it would definitely be more practical for the hero to have his sidekick there to help in the fight that was sure to happen.

"Wow!" Piper jumped up off the couch again, pulling Henry from his thoughts. "This is so cool! A real criminal from actual prison just called Captain Man out! I gotta get the Man Fans together, this is huge!" The girl hurried up the stairs to get her laptop, saving Henry from having to make up some excuse about why he was suddenly in such a hurry to leave. Quickly, Henry made his way onto the porch and looked around to make sure the coast was clear, then he popped a gumball and used his watch to beep Ray.

"Come on, pick up!" Henry whispered as he waited impatiently for the man to answer. "Captain Man!"

"Heeey, Kid." The hero responded, acting strange. Kid Danger noticed, but realized he didn't have time to scrutinize him over it.

"What's going on?" The young boy asked. "There was just a thing on the news about some dangerous criminal who thinks he can overpower you… Drex, I think."

"Yeah, I know all about it." Captain Man responded sourly. "I'm all over it Kid, no need to worry." The hero's tone wasn't very convincing, though he tried to fool his sidekick with a smile. The boy wasn't buying it.

"Why didn't you beep me?"

"I didn't want to bother you while you were in school." Captain Man answered, though the both of them immediately knew that the hero had no qualms about asking his sidekick to ditch school when he needed an extra hand to defeat some lowlife criminal.

"Captain Man…" The boy said firmly, the look of concern on his face weighed on Captain Man until he made a face and sighed.

"Look, I'll meet you at the Man Cave and we'll talk about it there. Deal?"

"Deal." Kid Danger agreed. "I'll meet you there in twenty minutes."

…

"Well, well, well." Drex casually stepped out of the treeline just as Captain Man had hung up with Kid Danger. "Who was that you were talking to Ray?" Instantly the superhero looked up, his hands balling into tight fists.

"Nobody." Captain Man lied, he refused to allow a deceitful, conniving man such as Drex learn anything about his innocent young sidekick. "What are you doing here?"

"So you just let random strangers have a direct line to your little… toy." It wasn't a question, Drex was playing with Captain Man now as he walked in an arc around him. "I love the superhero getup by the way. Blue and red… classic choice." Drex deadpanned, pausing for a moment as he stared straight into Captain Man's eyes. "I noticed that this 'nobody' was wearing something pretty similar. You know, if I had to guess, I'd say you found yourself a new sidekick." Drex laughed, a deep, roaring laughter, and shook his head with an amused little smirk tugging the corners of his mouth upwards. "You replaced me with a ten year old."

"He's fourteen and he's been a better sidekick to me than you ever could have dreamed of being." Captain Man shot back, defending Henry as he always did. "If you came here to fight let's get it over with." He growled, bringing his fists up. Drex looked at him for a moment, wondering for a second whether Ray's sidekick would throw a wrench into his plans if he didn't take care of him.

"You know what? I did come here to fight, but I just got a better idea." Drex smiled, doing his best to look innocent. "What if you and I teamed up again? You know, like old times."

"No." Captain Man answered instantaneously, narrowing his eyes at Drex. "I have a sidekick. A good sidekick who would never turn his back on me the way you did. I don't trust you, and even if I did, I've moved on to bigger and better things." Drex smiled, nodding as he listened to the bitter rejection his former friend served him. After a moment of uneasy silence Drex sneered and shook his head, apparently it wasn't going to be as easy to pull one over on Ray as it had been in the past.

"You'll regret that. Just you wait and see." Drex told him calmly before snapping out of his quiet act to kick a broken limb off a fallen tree. Without hesitation he used the branch to sweep Captain Man's feet out from under him, then threw the branch on top of him to slow the hero down enough to allow him to escape.

A/N: So that was chapter one! There will definitely be more to come on this one, so be on the lookout for updates. In the meantime I would love it if you left a review letting me know what you thought of this! I always love knowing what you all think of my stories. Thanks for reading!