Prologue: The Beginning of the Tragedy

Word count: 908

Henry walked into his house after an average day of school and almost threw up at the smell that hit his nose at the second he opened the door. "Mom?!" He cried out, concerned for his family. When no one responded he instantly switched into Kid Danger mode and began to treat the scene before him as a crime scene. "Think," he said to himself. "The lock on the door isn't broken so whoever the intruder is probably tricked your mom and dad."

Henry took a step forward and felt something break under his weight. When he lift up his foot, he saw it was the family photo his mom usually had hanging on the wall. Henry's chest tightened, the feeling like something was wrong kept crawling throughout his body.

"Kid Danger." Henry tensed and scanned his family room, but no one was there. Suddenly the television screen turned on to reveal Dr. Minyak. Henry's vision turned red. "It really was a pity I had to shot your family, your little sister was annoying. Don't bother to use this to track my way by the way, this is a recording Kid Idiot. By the time you're home from school I'll be halfway across the country." Dr. Minyak paused then his insane grin stretched from ear to ear. "I know what you're thinking, why does it have to be you? Well Henry, let me give you a little tip: the best way to get a superhero is tearing apart his sidekick. When Captain Man is busy failing to track me down, I'll be causing chaos at the place he'd least expected!" Henry heard an animalistic growl escape his throat, he took a vase - the first thing his hand found - and threw it at the television breaking the screen and stopping the video.

Henry's watch beeped three times, but he ignored it. Once he was sure Dr. Minyak didn't have any other videos or traps hidden around the house he walked into the kitchen, the place where the smell was the strongest. The second he turned to the corner he collapsed to his knees and screamed until his throat was sore. "Piper?" Henry croaked as he knelt next to his sister's dead body. "Piper, please!" He begged wishing what he saw wasn't actually happening. When she didn't answer him, he stood up shakily and then took the stairs to his bedroom. His watch beeped again, signaling Ray needed him at work. Sighing Henry answered it.

"What?" Henry asked, his boss chuckled, "Look Kid, I've been triple beeping you for a good ten minutes, where the hell are you?"

Henry sighed, "I'm at my house."

Ray frowned, "Are you okay? You seem off." Henry almost told him the truth when he remembered Dr. Minyak's words. The best way to get a superhero is tearing apart his sidekick… As much as Henry hated to admit it, his family's killer was right. If Henry told Ray what happened, he'd drop his superhero duties and help Henry get revenge, but Henry didn't want Captain Man to get caught up in a revenge plot.

"Kid?" Henry blinked then composed himself. "I'm fine, sorry I had to help my family make dinner. What's the emergency?"

Ray sighted like he knew Henry was lying but he answered Henry's question anyway. "A new gang called the Maniacs are causing trouble in Club Soda."

Henry pauses before answering, "I might be out of town for the next couple of months."

Henry could see the switch from Ray to Captain Man, "What's wrong?"

Henry struggled as he started to build his metaphorical mask, "Nothing, I have to, um, visit, um, family across the country. My dad - I just can't get out of it."

Ray sighed, "Fine, I guess I'll have to find a Kid Danger fill-in until you get back."

Henry scoffed, "Kid Danger is a public figure, Ray. Swellview's citizens are smart enough to tell their favorite superhero's hair changes color."

Ray nodded, "Do you know when you're going to be back?"

Henry smiled sheepishly, "Nope."

And to Henry's surprise, his boss didn't seem to worry much. "Let me know when you get back so we can catch you up on everything you're going to miss."

Henry nodded then said, "Look, I have to go.' Ray nodded, then Henry spoke again, "Ray? Thanks for everything."

Henry hung up the watch then took it off and placed it on his bedside table, a place he was sure Ray would find it. After he finished cleaning up his room he went back downstairs, bypassing his dead family Henry went straight to the basement. When he first became Kid Danger he knew there would be a day when he'd had to give up on his mantel so he created his own costume and vigilante identity, Phoenix. "Okay, it's okay." Henry promised himself as he changed into his new anti-hero identity. "You'll be okay." Once he pulled on his mask he finally looked himself in the mirror for the first time since he got home. He was surprised to see the harden look in his eyes, the icy glare made it seem as he knew some dark secrets no one else knew. "Phoenix," Henry said to himself. He was ready to take on his new vigilante persona, but there was still one more thing left for him to do to if he wanted to say goodbye to his past forever.

Kill Kid Danger.

A/N

This chapter belongs to RandomNerd3 though we made a few small changes.

We'll start writing the story once we finish copying everything by hand. We can't copy and paste so it's gonna take a few days before we can start the writing. Also, we're having our final exams now so it might be hard for us update frequently, but we'll try and update Chapter Six within the week. Please don't blame us if we don't.

By the way, if you don't know, the word count only include the story but not the author notes.

~ZoeyJH & hellotheregirlypops