No one had ever seen Schwoz this serious. Never. He had always been a very lighthearted man, not to mention a bit of a prankster. Ray will never forget the time Schwoz fiddled with his gumball tube and put him a wedding dress. Then again, no one's ever going to forget that day. Or The a Trouble with Frittles, as much as they wanted to.

Henry, Charlotte, Ray, Jasper, Gooch and Bork all stared at Schwoz. He cleared his throat again and nervously began in his Schwoz accent.

"Okay… so the robot rodent had cameras for eyes, and a recording mic in each ear." This made sense. "It had a data chip inside of it- several, in fact. But," Schwoz drew in a deep breath. "Upon unraveling the ye-arn that made up the tail, I discovered that said tail was made up of said ye-arn and- and…" Poor Schwoz seemed so afraid to say it- it wouldn't surprise anyone if Ray took any anger out on him; it's not like he hasn't done it before. Shoving Schwoz into a bucket of oats, for instance (further proof that the Frittles Voting was nothing but trouble) For a second, everyone could've sworn they saw a tear roll down his face. They couldn't help but wonder if they've even ever seen Schwoz cry.

AFree what seemed like forever, he pulled himself together long enough to choke out "a… an antayna."

Despite the fact that they had already been as quiet as mice, everyone else was shocked into silence. The rat had an antenna. Which could only mean-

"OHMYFREAKINGGODSOMEONEKNOWSABOUTUSAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHIWANTMYMOMMYWE'REDEADSOMEBODYHOLDMEAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGHHHHHHOHCOMEONIJUSTFOUNDOUTITHINKI'MGOINGTOTAKEAVACATIONEVERYBODYSHUTUP!

Everyone went dead still and silent and looked at Ray.

"Now listen up! I don't want any crying, or panicking, or pants pooping-" except "pooping" was not to word he used "- or screaming for their mommies, especially given they aren't supposed to know about any of this."

"Like mine would care," muttered Jasper from where he had ended up after the freak out. Henry- who was standing right next to him- put a hand on his shoulder. He knew Mrs. Dunlop wasn't exactly going to win Mother of the Year anytime soon. Almost everyone knew.

"Now," Ray's voice was a tad softer now, but again, only a tad. "Here's what's going to happen. You three-" he pointed at Henry, Charlotte and Jasper "-stick together whenever possible. Appear natural, as if it's just another day in Swellview, but don't let your guard down. And you three-" Ray turned to Schwoz, Gooch and Bork. "All four of us are going to stay in as much as we can. Obviously, we can't keep the kids here 24/7, but we have to work with it. Got it?" Ray adjusted his position so he was looking at everyone else in the Man Cave. They all nodded a little.

He sighed a little and looked at the kids. "Guys, go home."

Henry, Charlotte and Jasper exchanged looks before slowly rising and walking toward the elevator. Henry pressed the UP button and they all transformed back into their normal selves as the three of them zoomed out of the Man Cave.

Once he was sure his employees were gone, Ray ran toward and through the sprocket door to his room. He collapsed on the bed, and, for the first time in who knows how long, he cried.

Crying hadn't exactly been something Ray did as much as other people for years. One thing he's never told anyone is that he used to cry regularly after he became indestructible; he almost completely fell apart after his dad took away his entire childhood for superhero training- most nights he cried in self to sleep until he turned that feeling more towards anger; that's why he has such a short fuse. Not that he never cried- he turned into a complete crybaby after losing his indestructibility one time (a long story).

Ray jumped a mile into the air when he heard a knock at the door. A muffled voice came through. "Ray? Are you ookay?" Schwoz.

Ray stayed silent. Well, as silent as he good, given that he was sniffling and was not a silent crier, nor was he a frequent one.

"Ray?" This time the voice was Gooch's. There was a little grunt that sounded concerned; it was Bork, who only ever communicates with grunts.

"Ray? Do you want to talk?" A year or two ago, Gooch's question would have surprised everyone; it wasn't until Henry and Charlotte came along that he started getting a bit more, well, social. Honestly, Ray was actually really happy for him. But he stayed silent.

In the hall, the three men exchanged a look. For a minute there was almost complete silence; then Gooch said, in a quiet voice, "Let's leave him alone for a little bit." Then there were footsteps that grew fainter... and fainter...

Ray stayed in his room and continued crying into a pillow as he started reflecting on his life. One frequent thought he had was If only I had done something different that day- then none of this would be happening. Of course, that may not be 100% true, even if it did seem to be the case when Henry accidentally went back in time (another long story- there are A LOT of them).

Henry! Ray jerked up and almost started swearing as it finally sunk in. I may have destroyed the lives of three innocent children.

Henry. Charlotte. Jasper. Their family and friends. They're all in danger. And it's all my fault.

Ray jumped off his bed and sprinted out of his room and through the sprocket door, scaring the heck out of Schwoz, Gooch and Bork, who were all three sitting on the Man Cave couch with water glasses.

"Ray?! What's wrong?!" Gooch jumped up and followed Ray to where he had sat down in front of the monitors. Schwoz and Gooch quickly followed. "Ray?! What is going on?!"

Ray finally answered Gooch and Schwoz's question while the computer loaded. "Guys, we need to track their phones. Henry's, Charlotte's, Jasper's, and anyone they come into contact with. If something looks suspicious, then we need to check it out." Ray put in Henry, Charlotte and Jasper's phones. "Ya know what, let's put yours in, too."

Ray put in three more phones, then his own. Shoot, he thought (obviously, that was not the word he used). I'll need to ask the kids for the other phones.

Ray whipped out his phone (he wasn't sure whether the teens had arrived home yet) and dialed Henry's number.

That doesn't sound good. Who do you think planted the rat? Also, I'm sorry I posted a bit later than usually, I had a really busy weekend and then got distracted watching Henry Danger (LOL). By the way, read the ninth the last paragraph- did anyone notice the SpongeBob reference (okay, it's less of a reference and more of a coincidence, but still)?

Oh, and one more thing; I was planning on having another poll, but did some thinking and decided not to. Anyway, ciao!