"What was that?!" Kid Danger jumped, flinching as a loud bang sounded from the floor above them. Captain Man squeezed the boy's shoulder reassuringly.
"It's Drex and Brad." He answered, leaving his hand on Kid Danger's shoulder as he turned to look towards the door. "Drex double crossed Brad. Apparently, Drex only needed Brad's help to get you out of the picture." The hero looked back at his sidekick. "All three of us thought you were dead…" A pained look crossed the man's face then and the young boy pursed his lips slightly.
"I'm sorry." The child whispered, though he knew that Ray didn't want an apology from him, and he wouldn't accept an apology from the person responsible.
"No." Captain Man frowned, his eyes falling to one of the bruises the boy had acquired during the past week. "If anyone should be sorry it's me. I let you down big time and no amount of 'I'm sorrys' would have mattered if you hadn't landed on that awning."
"I…" Kid Danger started, but couldn't think of anything to say to answer what the hero had just said. Another loud crash from upstairs saved him from having to respond. Captain Man looked back towards the door and then at his beat-up sidekick once again.
"Kid, listen to me and please don't argue, okay? You got to see just how hard it is to gain the upperhand in a fight with Drex and I'm not giving him another chance to hurt you. I want you to call the police and tell them where we are. I'm going to try and keep Drex busy until they get here to arrest him."
"Okay…" The boy answered. Captain Man looked surprised that his sidekick wasn't giving him a hard time about this, but in reality Kid Danger was only going along with this plan because he was too worn down to help physically. Captain Man nodded at the boy after a moment, sort of torn about leaving him alone after everything that had happened that night. "Go." Kid Danger told him, sensing his friend's hesitation. "I'll be okay here." He told him, taking his phone out to call the police. Captain Man sighed and forced himself to leave the room, making sure to close and lock the door as he left.
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Upstairs, Invisible Brad was doing a decent job keeping Drex at bay; he wasn't winning the fight by any means, but at this point neither was Drex. In fact, Drex was positioned dangerously close to the broken window he'd thrown Henry out earlier that night.
"Captain Man!" Brad's voice called as soon as the hero stepped into the room. "Catch!" The man yelled as a long, thin piece of metal rod that had most likely broken off of one of the shelving systems laying on the floor flew through the air towards him. Captain Man caught it in his left hand and shifted it into his right palm, staring at Drex. Drex frowned, checking over his shoulder to see how much room was between himself and the window as Brad, who was only visible due to the floating two-by-four he was holding, inched closer. Drex was closer to the edge than he wanted to be, but he still wasn't in immediate danger of falling and held his composure well.
"What?" Drex snorted when he looked back towards the two men in the room and noticed the glare on Captain Man's face. Just looking at Drex's face had brought up intense feelings of uncontrollable rage and anger when Captain Man thought about how his old sidekick had tortured and tormented Henry over the last few days.
"You're not going to get away with what you did to him!" Captain Man growled, tightening his grip around the bar in his hand. A smile grew on Drex's face, a mask of pure evil finding it's way on his face.
"If you fail now and let me slip through your fingers again Henry won't be as lucky as he was earlier. I promise." Captain Man clenched his teeth together, he knew this was just one of Drex's tactics but he didn't want to hear his sidekick's name being said by this criminal.
"Leave my sidekick out of this!"
"Enough!" Brad used Drex's lack of attention to lunge at him, aiming his board for the more lethal villain's knees. Drex had anticipated Brad would try to deceive him this way and sidestepped him, for a moment he had a clear path to the door but Captain Man ran into him, tackling him to the ground. Sirens rang out in the distance as Captain Man sat on the center of Drex's back and pulled his arms back so he couldn't move.
"Is that the police?!" Brad asked, his voice held a poorly concealed hint of panic. Captain Man pulled harder on Drex's arms as the man struggled.
"Yeah." Captain Man grunted, struggling against Drex's thrashing. "Help me with Drex and I'll tell them not to take you in!"
"How can I trust you?" Brad asked, watching as Drex tried to kick out from under the hero. He knew Drex needed to be taken back into custody, but he didn't want to be burned again.
"Because I'm doing this to keep my kid… I mean my sidekick… safe." Captain Man called out desperately, almost forgetting that Henry wasn't actually his son in the heat of the moment. "Please Brad, he double crossed you once, if he's out of jail who knows what he'll come back and do!"
"Well… okay." Brad helped to restrain Drex, only because he needed to make sure that none of this would come back to bite him later on. The three men could hear the sirens sitting in the parking lot below them and blue flashes filled the dim room.
"Don't trust him!" Drex choked out, trying to trick Brad into helping him out of this situation again. He'd known getting into this that Captain Man was strong, but he underestimated just what the man was capable of when someone he loved was in danger.
"I trust him more than I trust you." Brad answered, unwavering as a stampede of feet running up the stairs turned into a group of police officers lead by Kid Danger.
"Get out of here." Captain Man whispered to Brad as the officers started to fall in around them. The invisible man put down his weapon and silently slipped past the officers while he could.
"We can take it from here Captain Man. Thank you." On of the officers said, walking up to the hero and the villain. The policeman got his cuffs out, pressing his knee into Drex's back as Captain Man finally got up.
"Kid?" The hero asked, frantically looking for the young boy from within the circle of officers.
"I'm here." Kid Danger called back. Captain Man let out a little sigh of relief and the officers moved just enough to let him out. Immediately, the man went over to the young boy and stood behind him, placing his hand on his shoulder.
"Alright, let's go Drex. You know the drill!" The policeman that had cuffed Drex called as the small fleet of officers shifted positions as Drex was lifted to his feet and read his rights.
"I'm gonna get him!" Drex yelled, cursing at Captain Man as he was shoved through the room surrounded by officers. "I promise you I'm going to come back and make you pay!" The criminal threatened just before he disappeared from the room.
"Don't worry Kid, I won't ever let him hurt you again." Captain Man promised his sidekick when he saw the panicked look on his face. Kid Danger nodded, but he still wasn't ready to relax yet. "Come on Kid, let's get you back to the Man Cave." The hero suggested, gently pushing the frozen child in the direction of the stairs to get him moving. Kid Danger sighed when he got to the top of the staircase, his body protesting as he started the descent. "Do you need help?"
"No… I can manage." Kid Danger answered, too proud to ask for help as he slowly made his way downstairs. Captain Man patiently walked by the boy's side as they made their way out to the Man Van.
"Here." Captain Man walked over to the passenger side door and opened it for his sidekick, jumping slightly when he heard Brad's voice come out of nowhere.
"So Captain Man… it was pretty nice to have someone help you take Drex down huh?" Brad asked, walking around in all different directions so the hero wouldn't be able to pinpoint where he was standing. "It was almost like something a sidekick would do, no?"
"Brad…" Captain Man narrowed his eyes at the air as he looked around, unconsciously stepping in front of Kid Danger to keep him safe. "I'm not going to tell you again. I have a sidekick and that's Henry!"
"Henry didn't help you take down Drex!" Brad shot back, a hint of anger seeping into his tone. "I did that."
"Well that's because Henry was busy trying not to die!" Captain Man retorted. "I'm telling you Brad! Stay away from Henry or there's going to be trouble!"
A/N: Please excuse any typos that are in this, I was really tired writing this but I wanted to get something out for you guys to read. I got caught up in drawing instead of writing because I just got my new art tablet and you know what it's like to have new toys haha. Anyway, I think that the next chapter will be the last one on this! Thanks for reading!
