A few weeks have passed since Henry got the job as Kid Danger. It was a bit over a week from the end of September. Even though I didn't get the job, both of us learned a few things. Like 1 that underground superhero room underneath Junk-N-Stuff where we met Ray is called the Man Cave. The second is that now that Ray became our friend, we know a few things about him like how when he was 8 years old he was densitized by a machine his dad built and that's how he became indestructible.

He also knows a few things about us like he knows where we live and since he's our friend he knows how important my travel model is to me. Remember how I told you about it last time.

I didn't tell you what it's like being friends with a superhero. For Henry I don't know how to describe it since he's Ray's sidekick. But for me it's both a good and bad thing.

It's a good thing because he's a superhero and he really cares about me and is a bit protective of me. He's kinda like my own bodyguard.

But it's a bad thing because well he's big and I'm small. He's tall and I'm short. He's big and I'm small. He's strong and I'm weak. He's big and I'm small. He's indestructible and I'm vulnerable. He's big and I'm small. He's a superhero and I'm regular. Did I mention he's big and I'm small?

I'm serious. I'm 9 and he's 33! It's just since I'm short, he's not really used to having a 9-year-old around.

Like one time I was lying on the couch, and he was tired and wasn't paying attention and he literally ended up sitting on my face. It's just since I was so small, he didn't notice it was my face that he was sitting on. Since he didn't realize he was sitting on my face he stayed sitting for like 5 minutes. I'm not joking.

Another thing I can describe is how the top of my head is around the same height as his stomach. Last one is that he is literally twice my size in everything. His shirts are twice my size, his hands and feet are twice as big as mine. His arms and legs are twice as long as mine. Stuff like that.

That's the only reason why being friends with him is bad, but he does care about me and looks out for me because he's bigger than me. Okay I'll stop mentioning it. Even when Ray doesn't need Henry I still hang out there.

Anyway, Henry and I were studying for a Puerto Rican history test and it was late and close to midnight. Then Ray triple beeped Henry and we both went to the Man Cave.

Though the elevator still went down fast and we both screamed while going down again. When we got down to the Man Cave we both had to get up from the elevator floor.

"He's gotta fix that elevator." Henry groaned as we walked into the Man Cave. "Ray." Henry called out for Ray. "Ray. You triple bepped me. What's the emergency?" He asked, looking for Ray. Then he saw a note and a little glass box with a watch inside it. Henry then began to read the note.

"Hey Henry, put this watch on your wrist. Hey Reyli, if Henry's not with you, tell him to put this watch on his wrist." Henry said, reading the note. "Henry put the watch on your wrist." I chuckled doing what the note told me to do.

"Sure." He said opening the glass box. He began to put it on. "What else would I put it on?" He chuckled. When he finished putting it on, he noticed something. He flipped the watch open and then I think it had this hologram communicator because of what happened next.

"Hiya Henry." Ray said happily. A mini version of him was above Henry's wrist and it was in a hologram form.

Henry gasped in shock. "Ray?!" He asked, slightly freaked out. "Yup." Ray answered. "I'm hovering over your wrist. In hologram form!" He spoke. Then Henry poked the hologram and Ray cried out in pain. "Ah! You poked my eye out!" He exclaimed.

"Oh I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" Henry gasped.

"No, I'm just kidding. You can't hurt a hologram or a Captain Man." Ray said before dancing weirdly.

"This is so cool." Henry said. "It's like we're in the same room."

"We are." Ray told him and he walked off as the hologram disappeared.

"Where'd you?" Henry said in confusion and tapped the watch.

"Peek-a-boo." Ray said, smacking Henry on the shoulder and Henry practically had a heart attack. When he calmed down Ray began to talk.

"Now take off your old wristband." He told Henry. "Okay why am I?" Henry asked and Ray answered the question. "From now on I'm gonna contact you on your new Whiz-Watch." he said, emphasizing Whiz-Watch.

"So what do I do with 1?" Henry asked. "Toss it up in the air." Ray responded. "Why?" Henry asked. "It's about to self-destruct." Ray told us. "Oh god." Henry said, tossing it in the air as if it was burning hot.

The wristband started beeping and flashing again but it stopped. "Hm. That's weird. It's supposed…" He was interrupted by the wrist band exploding in a small cloud of smoke. All 3 of us screamed. I covered my head while Henry and Ray grabbed onto each other. They looked at each other and let go awkwardly.

"I see both of you are wearing pajama pants." He noticed. "Yeah. It's almost midnight. We were studying for this huge test we have tomorrow." Henry said. "What subject?" Ray inquired. "Puerto rican history." I answered.

"Ah, Puerto rico." Ray said admirably. "Land of." He paused. "Puerto ricans." Henry suggested. "Right." He muttered in a quiet tone.

You know before I found out what Puerto Rico was really like I used to think it was a country that helped start or was somehow involved in World War 2 and thought it was close to Asia. But then I found out. Then the crime alert started going off again. "Uh oh." Ray said and we ran over to the computer. (that's what they call the monitors and their control panel with their buttons and stuff.) I don't know what it's officially called so I call them the monitors.

"What's up Gooch?" Ray asked as Gooch appeared on 1 of the monitors. Oh yeah and the man's name is Gooch. "There's a robbery in progress." He told ray. "Where?" Ray demanded. "At the 24 antique bottle shop." He responded. "Glass from the past?" Henry asked. "Affirmative." Gooch said.

"On it." Ray said as he turned off the monitors. He then pulled out his gum tube and turned to Henry. "Shall we?" He asked. "Let's blow some bubbles and fight some crime." Henry said, pulling out his gum. Also, they say rhymes wherever they are about to change into their suits. All they have to do to change is to blow a bubble and then these lights will go around their bodies and then they will be in their suits. They also have to do that to change back to normal.

Before they changed Henry told me to go back home after they left.

"Alright but don't expect me to be up when you get back." I warned him. Henry and Ray stood next to each other and began to blow their bubbles and then they were changed into their supersuits.

"Let's hit it Kid Danger." Ray said. "Fist." Henry said, giving Ray a fistbump. Then they stood under the tube pads. Then the tubes, the same ones Henry and I used on the first day, came down on them.

"Up the tube." Ray called and the tubes sucked them both up. Then one of Henry's boots fell down.

"Ah my boot." He groaned. "Yell 'up the boot'." Ray instructed. "Up the boot." Henry called. The tube sucked his boot and I heard it hit him and he called out in pain. "Ow."

"Ha!" Ray laughed. I playfully rolled my eyes. I went home and snuck through the window of mine and Henry's room and I went to sleep.

Apparently while Henry and Ray were fighting the bad guy they kept breaking all the glass bottles and they had to stay and clean up the mess even though Henry was tired and had school. Anyway Henry was so tired the next day that he ended up sleeping through the test.

Our teacher Ms. Shapen noticed he was sleeping. I say our teacher because Charlotte Jasper Edward Gordon James Percy and Oliver were in this class with me and Henry.

"Henry. Henry. Henry. Henry!" She said, trying to wake Henry up. Then she licked her finger and stuck it in Henry's ear. "Henry!" She shouted as Henry woke with a start and began to exclaim stuff. Then he felt his ear. "Did you give me a wet willy?" He asked tired and grossed out. "Um hm and it was real wet." Charlotte informed him. "What?" Henry muttered whispering.

"You slept through your entire test." Ms. Shapen informed him. "I did." Henry asked cluelessly.

"You all see this boy?" She asked the whole class. "This is what happens when you stay up all night on TwitFlash and TwittlelGram." She informed the class while getting something wrong. "It's EnvyGram!" I exclaimed. Ms. Shapen just walked back to the podium in the front of the room. Then Jasper raised his hand. "Excuse me Ms. Shapen?" "What." She groaned and turned around.

"Can I have a wet willy?" He asked excitedly. No comment. Henry just put his head down.

Later after school Henry Jasper and I were all at my house and since Henry was so tired he was making coffee and pouring it in a big mug. Jasper was just watching tv. Henry began to pour a lot of coffee into the mug. When it stopped pouring, he tried to make more come out. The look that he had on his face when he tried to make more come out was funny. I then went to the couch and started watching tv with Jasper. Then Charlotte came inside. Jasper told her about the show he was watching. It was about people having surgery without painkillers but I didn't really like it. Then Henry walked over with the mug after Charlotte called him over to watch the show.

"What's in the mug?" Jasper asked, focusing on the show. "Coffee." Henry said tiredly. "To keep myself alive." He said sitting on the couch. Charlotte then got up off the couch. "No no no no." She said taking it away. "Hey, bring that back." He protested.

"You're 13." She insisted. "You can't be drinking this much coffee after school." She has a point. I mean the coffee looks as black as tar.

I should know what tar looks like. James (Not my friend, the red engine from Thomas and Friends) crashed into tar tankers in the episode James in a mess. Or Dirty objects if you live in the U.K. If you're confused on why I said the U.K I have to explain a few things about Thomas and Friends. First you guys know it's my favorite show and I collect Thomas wooden railway models. But it actually started out as a book series called The Railway Series. It was first published in 1945 by a man named Wilbert Awdry. But every Thomas fan like me and my friends call him the Reverend Awdry.

In 1984 a woman named Britt Allcroft adapted most of the first 26 books into the first 4 seasons of the tv show which first aired in Britain that year. Well only the first season aired in 1984 the other 3 took a few more years to come out. But in 1989 the show first aired here in America. Yeah Thomas and friends did start as a British tv show which makes sense because it takes place on an island off the coast of England.

That's the simplest way I can describe how it started, believe it or not. There are a lot more major and important details about how it started but I wanted to keep it simple. Probably the only one I can say is that the railway series had 42 books and the last one came out 3 years ago in 2011. When I say the last one I mean the railway series is over. No more books are being published. But luckily the tv series is still going strong. Also it didn't really matter that it stopped because the show stopped adapting the stories way back in 1998 when my favorite season: the 5th season came out.

Those are the important details (they are still many many more but that's all you're getting from me) Though it's a bit ironic.

I have 2 friends named Gordon and James and there are 2 characters named Gordon and James. This is also true for Henry Edward Percy and Oliver but the ironic thing here is that I really hate the characters Gordon and James. When I say I hate them I mean it. My friends know this but they aren't offended.

But let me get back on topic. "This mug is comically large." Charlotte tried to reason with Henry. "But I need it." Henry protested. Charlotte ignored him and walked into the kitchen. Then Jasper moved closer to Henry.

"What's the matter with you?" He asked. "Nothing, it's just." Henry paused. "I got a lot going on." Jasper put his hand on Henry's shoulder. "Is it your hormones?" I know me and my friends know 28 different cuss words but…

"Is your body changing too?" He asked. Ok we're entering very weird territory now. "You've been having weird dreams?" Ok now that's just nosy.

"I haven't had any dreams cause I'm not getting any sleep." He told Jasper. "I have the same dream all the time." Charlotte informed us after sitting on the couch. "It always starts with me getting a horse for my birthday, and then Jasper shows up." Jasper smiled. "And then the horse kicks Jasper in the face." HA! Jasper stared at her. "But I end up being okay, right." He asked hopefully. Charlotte stared him in the eye. "No."

Then my mom and the woman I call my sister walked through the back door. "We're home." My mom called. "Henry, come help me please." "HENRY COME HELP YOU MOTHER." Piper shouted in her usual attitude.

Henry groaned and walked into the kitchen. "What? What? What?" he groaned tiredly. Our mom put all the stuff she bought on the island.

"We got everything you need for you to make your chili balls for dinner tonight." Our mom said, referring to everything on the island. "Oh no no no no no." Henry said quickly. "I can not make dinner tonight. Make Reyli do it." Hey!

"AFTER HE TRIED TO KILL ME!" My screech-box of a sister screamed. "THAT WAS AN ACCIDENT LADY!" I countered. Usually, Piper only argues with Henry but when she argues with me it's usually either because I take Henry's side of the argument or it's something like what you just saw. At least Henry and I don't argue.

Also, what she means is when I was cooking I didn't know what I was doing. I wasn't paying attention and I put the wrong stuff in the food and this lady over reacted like she always does.

"We already bought everything." Our mom insisted. "And it is your night." She tossed Henry a contier of something. "Make 'em spicy this time." Piper demanded bluntly. "Mom seriously? I'm like so busy I don't have time." Henry tried to reason. "Hey Piper." Jasper waved happily from the couch.

Piper noticed Jasper. "Oh man. Jasper's here?" She said in annoyance. Jasper rolled his eyes. "Piper be nice." Our mom instructed. "But Jasper's always here. It's NOT OKAY!" She exclaimed. "I'm going to the bathroom." Jasper said, holding up his hands.

"Oh no mom. Jasper's gonna use our bathroom." She said dramatically. "We'll be alright." She told her. Besides, we have like 3 of those.

Then our dad walked through the door. "Hey everybody." He said coming inside the house. We all said variants of hi to him before the stupid snitch that is my sister walked up to him. "Jasper's in the bathroom." she complained. "Ah geez." Our dad said.

"And Henry said he didn't want to make dinner." Piper snitched. "What? It's his night." Our dad started to walk in the kitchen. "I'm gonna make dinner." Henry held his hands up. "Uh Henry. Before you start." he made a motion for Henry to sit in the chair. "What's up?" Henry asked, sitting down.

Our dad sat in the chair. "I got a call today from 1 of your teachers at work. 'Ms. Shapen?" That ugly old woman called my silly dad at work? Don't let this conversation fool you. He's a silly man. "She called you at work." Henry asked in disbelief. "That's so rude of her." He said weirdly, correcting himself. "Apparently you fell asleep in class today and failed your Puerto Rican history test." Our dad informed Henry. "Well." Henry muttered very quietly.

Our dad leaned closer to Henry. "Do you realize how important puerto rican history is?" Not that important from regular history. What makes Puerto rican history so special? "Yeah. I'm sorry I fell asleep in class." Henry apologized. "Well your teacher says it's been happening a lot. Falling asleep in class. Not doing your homework." Our dad informed Henry. Well he does have to fight crime with Ray.

"I know. It's-its just kinda tuff with school and… my new job at… Junk-N-Stuff." Henry responded. "Well if you can't keep your grades up, you're going to have to quit your job." OH you did not just go there old man.

This caught Henry's attention. "What? I can't quit. My job's a really big deal." He said quickly and defensively, gripping on to our dad's leg.

"It's a junk shop. You sweep the floors." he said as if he knew everything. Oh don't you be so judgemental and jumping to conclusions about something you know nothing about. Old man don't you start with me.

"Ms. Shapen said I could take a make-up test before school on Friday." Henry said. "I expect an A." Our dad said sternly. "You got it. I'll go upstairs and study right now!" Henry and I ran off to our room but our silly dad stopped us.

"Hey. whoa whoa. Hey hey hey." he grabbed our arms and turned us around. "You study after you make the chili balls." OH MY GOD! DO YOU WANT HIM TO GET AN A ON THE DAMN TEST OR NOT OLD MAN!?

"But-" Henry started to say but he was cut off. "And make them spicy this time." Our dad ordered. "Yeah!" Piper exclaimed from the round chair.

That night Henry was done making the chili balls. "Okay. Chili Balls." He said unenthusiastically. "Finally." Our dad groaned. You know dad, he just wasted 3 to 4 hours of time he could have used studying for the make up test he has.

If he gets a B or lower and you scold him for it I'll raise holy hell with you old man. I'll just remind you of your 'Henry you study after you make the chili balls' shit again.

Our mom noticed Piper. "Ah ah ah. Piper, no computers at the dinner table." She told her. Technically that's a transparent Pear Pad. Did I mention that when turned off all the Pear Phones and Pear Pads are transparent? If you don't know what that means it means they are see through.

"But this morning I posted a comment, and my comment has over 45 comments, so now I have to comment on the comments." She protested.

Um, no no no no no no.

First off, it's this morning I posted a comment, and my comment has over 45 replies. So now I have to reply to the replies.

Second, you don't have to necessarily reply to all of them. Some of them might just be like 'you have a point there' or 'I agree with you there'.

And third, if you look up the legal definition of comment the way you said that makes it sounds like you're saying this: this morning I gave my opinion on something and my opinion has over 45 opinions so now I have to give my opinion on someone who gave their opinion when I gave my opinion. I'm just correcting what she said. "I'm about to comment on you." our dad said. "What?" Piper asked in disbelief and confusion.

Was that supposed to be a pun? Because it was a disastrous failure.

Henry was about to take a bit out of 1 of his chili balls when his whiz-watch started beeping. "Uh, sorry. Too tired to eat. Gotta go to bed." He said before both of us ran upstairs to our room. When we got to our room Henry turned around and locked the door. He then walked to the middle of the room and opened his whiz watch and we saw the hologram of Ray in his Captain Man suit.

"Henry? Why aren't you on your way here?" He asked. "Cause, I got in trouble for sleeping in class today." He informed Ray. "And he had to make chili balls." I added. "Chili balls?" He asked. "It was my night." Henry explained.

"Kid, there's been an escape from Swellview Prison. I need you." He ordered. "Alright, I'll be there in 10 minutes." Henry said. "Good." Ray said. "Run like a bunny." Then the hologram of Ray disappeared and Henry closed the watch.

Henry then tiredly walked over to the bed. "Okay. Just gotta get my special gum." He reminded himself and crawled on the mattress. He then pulled out his gum from behind one of the pictures on the wall beside his bed.

"I can do this." He said tiredly. He then briefly fell asleep on his pillow but shuddered and woke himself up. He tried to sit up, but he was too tired. "Maybe." He yawned. "I'll just." He laid on the bed. He yawned and laid on the bed.

"Run like a bunny." he whispered quietly. "Run little bunny." He said sleepily. I could not help myself from what I did next.

I went onto his bed and climbed into his arms so it looked like he was hugging me while he was sleeping. But we both fell asleep.

When we woke up we started to smell something really bad.

"Oh! What is that smell?" Henry asked. "I'm that smell!" We both turned around and saw Ray in his suit and he was soaked in sewer water.

"Captain Man?! What are you doing here?" Henry asked. "What are you doing here?" Ray asked. Henry was so confused. "I called you 90 minutes ago and I told you we had an emergency." Ray explained, upset. "Oh. Right I…I guess I fell asleep." Henry admitted ashamedly. Then Ray said the same thing in a voice that was clearly mocking Henry. Then Henry sniffed Ray.

"Ugh. Why do you stink." He asked. "I stink because I just spent the hour chasing 3 criminals to the Swellview sewer." Ray said. "You know what's down the Swellview sewer?" He asked. "Poop?" Henry asked nervously.

"Poop!" Ray exclaimed. Then someone began knocking hard on our door.

"HENRY! HEY!" We heard Piper yell through the door. She started banging on our room door hard. Henry and Ray had a little argument because Henry tried to get Ray to leave the room. Eventually Ray ran up the small stairs we had in our room.

He then made a leap of faith and jumped out the open window. We heard him fall to the ground and Henry and I both cringed. Then we heard him say "I'm okay."

Henry and I smiled relieved and Henry went to open the door. "Who were you talking to in here?" Piper asked suspiciously. Henry scoffed which sounded more like a chuckle. "No one." He said calmly. "MOM!" Piper screeched. "Ah geez." "Oh god." Henry and I both said annoyed.

Then our mom stood in the doorway with a towel in her hands. "What is it sweetie?" Our mom asked.

"Henry and Reyli were talking to someone in their room and now they say nobody's in here." Piper snitched. Ugh. I have these things called friends. You should try getting some of those for yourself, lady.

"Well, I'm sure if Henry and Reyli said nobody was in here then…" Our mom was interrupted when she sniffed the air and gagged. "Oh. What is that smell?" She asked. "Uhh." I said looking for an excuse. "It's Piper." Henry quickly lied. "What?!" She exclaimed. "She hasn't had a bath in a week." He continued. "That's a lie." She protested as our mom sniffed her. "Okay. Come on baby. We're gonna get you a bath." Our mom said. "I don't need a bath. Mom." Piper protested taking a bath as our mom dragged her out of

our room. She continued to protest, and our mom tried to explain it was just a bath. Serves that little sn(b)itch right. Wait what am I saying? I don't regret saying that it's just that I'm only 1 month younger than her and I still take baths too even though I'm in 8th grade.

Henry then closed and locked the door. Then before we could turn around Ray came back inside the room and tapped Henry on the shoulder. This startled him and he quickly turned around. "Don't sneak up on me like that!" He exclaimed.

"You've disappointed me tonight." Ray said with an annoyed glare. "I'm disappointing everybody." Henry grumbled. "I mean, people should just call me kid disappointment." He said in a mocking voice as he walked up the small stairs and sat on the couch. Oh, I forgot to tell you, our room has a stereo in the wall and a couch.

"Alright well just, tell me what the problem is." Ray said in a slightly comforting voice. Henry was now sitting on the couch. "Time. School. Working for you. My family. It's just… it's a lot to handle." Henry explained and now I was sitting on the couch.

Ray sighed. "Well." He said as he put his hands on his hips. "I do know a guy who could get rid of your family." "What?" Henry and I asked in disbelief. Henry even put his arm in front of me protectively. "Kidding." Ray chuckled and put his hands up. "I joke." He said as he turned around but then he turned back. "I do know a guy." He said seriously. Henry and I gave him a weird look. Then Ray had an idea. "Oh! I think I can fix your problem." He announced. "Really?" Henry asked hopefully. "Meet me at headquarters tomorrow." He told us. "I'm there!" Henry responded. Then Ray noticed a picture of our mom we had in our room. "Hey." He said walking over to it. "Who's this?" He asked with a flirtatious smile on his face. "Our mom." Henry answered.

"Nice." He said in an impressed tone. "She uh… she still married to your dad or-" Oh god. Yes, I know my dad is silly but there's no way in hell I want him and my mom to get married. Henry read my mind. "Yes." He said, interrupting Ray's sentence. Ray looked at the picture then back at us. "Does she ever seem lonely or bored to you…"

"Go home Ray." We both interrupted. Ray then walked up the small stairs. He almost walked out of the room with the picture. "The picture Ray." He spoke. "Yeah alright." he murmured quietly and gave the picture to Henry and climbed out of the window. Henry and I just layed on the couch.

The next day Henry and I didn't go to school, and we were in the Man Cave.

Henry was sitting in a chair and his wrists were strapped to the arm sets and Gooch was using this remote thing or something like that to scan Henry's head. "Um. What's that thing doing?" Henry asked nervously. "Scanning your brain." Gooch replied. "Uh, cool." Henry said with a smile.

Gooch then walked halfway around Henry. "Take a deep breath." He instructed. Henry breathed in and breathed out. Then Gooch told Henry to make these weird noises but I couldn't tell what it sounded like. It sounded like the word oodle mixed with a very weird sounding bird call.

After doing that a few times Henry jaist had an outburst. "Why am I doing this?!" He demanded. Ray walked through the secret door in the Man Cave. Oh right I forgot to say this. There's a wall in the man cave that really is a door and there's also an oval touch screen.

When you put your hand on it and say literally any kind of food you will hear an atomic voice repeat what you said, and a small oval door will slide down to reveal the food you wanted. It's called the Auto-Snacker. Anyway Ray walked through the secret door.

"Relax kid." He said, trying to calm Henry. "I can't. I got a huge make-up test tomorrow and I gotta study. And you guys are making me go." He then started making that noise again. "No no it's." Then Gooch started making that noise. "I don't care." Henry exclaimed. "I don't have time to relax."

"Exactly. Your only problem is a lack of time." Ray said. "Imagine if you could do all your studying for school in only 30 seconds." Gooch said. "How can I learn anything in 30 seconds?" Henry asked. "With this." Ray said, holding up an invention. It looked like a very elaborate pair of VR goggles.

"The cerebral data transducer. Or as we call it the H.R.Z." Ray told us. "This device could transfer knowledge from a data source directly into your brain." Gooch explained. "At 90 million digibles per second." Ray added.

Henry smiled but then he frowned. "Why am I locked in a chair?" He asked seriously. "You wanna get a good grade on your Puerto Rican math test?" Ray asked, changing the subject. "History." Henry corrected. "Same thing." Ray said. "Let us begin the procedure." Gooch told Ray. "Yeah let's do it." Ray agreed. Then he put the H.R.Z on Henry's head and it looked like he was wearing some VR goggles. Then the device lit up. Ray walked over to the keyboard that he could use for the computer but he didn't have to stand next to the monitors to use it. It was like this tool cart.

"Now I'll set the computer to acquire all the world's historical knowledge on Puerto Rico." Ray said with a weird voice at the end. "Woah. intense." Henry said, impressed. "But uh will this hurt." He asked. "Yes. Very much." Gooch answered. "What?!" Henry cried in a high-pitched voice.

Then the HRZ started beeping. "Power up." Ray said to gooch. Henry then groaned but in a good way. "Sweet!" He said. Ray and Gooch then went over to the keyboard on the tool cart. "Wait so how will I know when-" Henry was cut off by Ray pushing 2 switch levers and Henry started screaming.

"Just enjoy it." Ray said over Henry's screaming. Ray even stood by Henry making some faces and Gooch took some pictures. Eventually Henry's screaming stopped and he started panting to catch his breath. Ray and Gooch took off the HRZ and unlocked him from the chair. "Well?" Ray asked. "That hurt bad!" Henry exclaimed. "Yes but tell us about Puerto Rico." Gooch insisted. "I don't know anything about-" Henry was cut off by saying stuff about Puerto Rico really fast.

"Puerto Rico is a series of islands with a land mass of 3500 square miles and a population of 3.6 million people. Its glorious beaches and lush rainforests are the perfect setting for a wedding bar mitzvah or growing bananas." He said really fast. "Whoa." Henry and I both said, impressed.

"I know Puerto Rico." He continued. "Indeed." Gooch said. "You see." Ray said. "With this you can learn anything you need to know for school in a matter of seconds." Ray said as he put the HRZ away. Henry chuckled and stood up. "Yeah." He said but then he realized something.

"Wait, you think it's cheating." He asked. "Eh na." Ray and Gooch both murmured but it sounded like unsure gibberish. "I guess." Henry responded. "Anway." He continued. "I really doing this appreciate you for me." Wait a minute. "Uh oh." Ray said. "That's the side effects." Gooch informed Henry. "What side effects?" Henry asked, slightly alarmed. Ray walked over to us. "You see after you use the HRZ when you talk you might mix up your words for a few days." Ray said sheepishly and cringing.

"Well you could have before that you told me." Henry said, mixing up his words and face palming.

"The important thing is that now you're going to do well on your test." Gooch reminded Henry. "Yeah." Henry said but then he screamed that legitly sounded like a girl. "Why did I just" Henry started to ask weirdly.

"That's another side effect." Gooch said. "Sometimes you'll scream like." Ray was cut off by Henry screaming again. "A girl." He finished. Henry stared at them.

"For a few days." Gooch assured him. "Oh so I'm gonna girl like a day for a few screams. Wait." Henry said and then he screamed again. Henry just looked at them. "You guys want to get lunch?" Ray randomly asked.

"Yeah." Gooch said and the both walked towards the secret door. "What?" Henry asked in disbelief and just looked at the ceiling in annoyance.

The next day we were at school again and school was almost over.

A few students like my friends asked me where I was. I just told them I was sick and they believed me. We were in the last class of the day. It was Ms. Shapen's class.

"And because the New Hampshirian soldiers were better equipped, the Vermont army finally surrendered and fled the coconut plantation." Ms. Shapen explained it to us and we had to take notes. I took some notes but I also made a few doodles. Charlotte then leaned to Jasper. "Coconuts in Vermont?" "I drew a picture of me." Jasper said happily holding up a random doodle he made. Then the final bell rang.

"Ok everyone get out. Out." She ordered pointing at the door. Everyone started to get their backpacks and leave. Henry and I were about to leave when Ms. Shapen called him. "Henry, may I see you?"

"Yeah. Sure." Henry said and walked over to her desk and Charlotte and I stayed to watch. "What's up?" "Your grade." Ms. Shapen said, giving him his make-up test. "A hundred I makeup test on my got?" He said in disbelief and Ms. Shapen gave him a weird look. "I mean I got a hundred on my make-up test?" He corrected himself. "You answered every question perfectly." Ms. Shapen said, congratulating him. "Awesome." Henry said and then he let out another scream. I cringed for him as Charlotte gave him a weird look. "That was inappropriate." Ms. Shapen informed Henry.

"I just got excited." Henry lied. "I'm proud of you Henry. I'd give you a hug if it wouldn't get me fired." Oof. Henry looked at her weirdly. "Thanks." He spoke. "You and your brother have a good weekend." Ms. Shapen said.

"Too you." I cringed again for Henry as he walked over to us.

"A hundred." Charlotte congratulated him. "Yeah baby." He said and started to walk out of the room "Wait wait wait wait wait." Charlotte stopped him. "What." He asked. "Where were you yesterday? Neither you nor Reyli were in class." Charlotte asked. Oh no. "Uh, we go to had somewhere." I cringed again for him. "One more time?" She asked, confused. "We had to go somewhere." I corrected it for Henry and said it more slowly. Charlotte nodded in understanding.

"Nailed it." I whispered to myself and Henry let out another scream. Before Henry or I could explain that Henry found an excuse to leave. "You later see." He said before leaving the room quickly. Charlotte and I were about to leave but Henry screamed again. Charlotte and Ms. Shapen just looked weirdly at each other and then Henry let out a third scream.

They both gave me weird looks. I just cringed and just waved awkwardly. I saw the look on Charlotte's face and left the room to catch up with Henry.

Oh no. Why do I get the feeling that Charlotte is starting to become suspicious of us?