"Kid! Look out!"

Kid Danger ducked as Dr. Minyak pulled the trigger on the Dream Beam. He didn't have the Hyper Motility yet, but still managed to narrowly dodge the laser.

Unfortunately, in doing so he lost his balance and skidded across the concrete. Minyak shot again. Kid Danger saw, and his eyes went wide before the beam hit him right in the center of the forehead.

"KID!" Captain Man fired a laser at Minyak as he knelt down beside his sidekick. He missed, and the villain disappeared from sight.

Captain Man muttered some very unpleasant words under his breath and shook his sidekick, trying to rouse him.

"Kid? Kid Danger? Henry? Speak to me, man!"

That's when he noticed something. The Dream Beam has left a small, circular imprint on Kid Danger's head that would soon disappear. Captain Man had studied many weapons in time, the Dream Beam included. It always left this mark; that's how he knew what his sidekick had been shot with.

Captain Man was both relieved and even more worried. He knew what the Dream Beam could do, which scared him, but at least he knew that Kid Danger was still alive. Swearing, the superhero picked up his sidekick and started running to the Man Van.

From the shadows, a figure peeked out with an old fashioned camera and snapped a photo.

Nurse Cohort smiled to herself, knowing that Dr. Minyak would be so proud of her

After the whole incident with Charlotte getting musically brain warped (a whole different story), Captain Man and Kid Danger erased the villains memories, thus they forgot about the website, not to mention the password.

Piper, obviously, didn't know about all that. Ray and Henry did (duh), but the photo nor the site were behind their knowledge.

Piper sighed and gently closed her laptop. What am I doing? She held up her head with her palms. She knew that the internet couldn't give her very much information that she didn't already know. When Captain Man made her the Man Fans President, she spent an entire week reading news reports about him and Kid Danger, but had never seen this. It occurred to her that if someone was trying to track down the Man Cave, then Captain Man and Kid Danger should know.

Piper frowned and nibbled on her pancake more. For the first time, it was really sinking in that her brother might be Kid Danger.

Wait. I thought Kid Danger was cute.

Fifteen minutes and five glasses of water later, Piper's nausea had finally disappeared and she was on her bed, hugging her stuffed owl.

"I feel so gross right now," she mumbled. "In my defense, though, I didn't know."

It dawned on Piper that she might not be right about all this. No one likes being corrected, but Piper hoped more than anything that she was wrong.

And not just because she felt sick, either. In spite of all their bickering, they were still siblings, and she loved him. (As a brother.) And she didn't want him to get himself killed on a mission, even with the Hyper Motility-

Piper suddenly shot straight up. Kid Danger has Hyper Motility. If her theory- that Henry was Kid Danger (barf)- was correct, then she should be able to move fast.

Piper thought for a minute. She knew that Kid Danger would reflexively react to a stimulus in a fast manner. If, she thought, I can make him dodge something or something, then I'll catch him!

Wait. Piper slumped back. If she kept just attacking him with a pillow or whatever, he could get suspicious. Maybe I should not try that... yet.

Piper bit her lip. Attacking her brother should probably be a last resort, but that meant that she would have to find a different way to solve the mystery

"... and at that point I woke up," Henry finished. "So I was right."

He and Charlotte were down in the Man Cave, on the couch. Ray was downstairs with Schwoz trying to fix a broken dart shooter. (Well, Schwoz was. Ray was just nagging him to hurry up.) Jasper was upstairs, gradually getting more and more annoyed with an elderly man who was taking forever to pick something out. Bork was at the local gym with some friends.

"Yeah, I guess you were." Charlotte took a sip of her soda. "Although you didn't have to tell the whole story. I know what happened, I was there."

"Yeah, I guess you're right." He hadn't thought of that.

"Of course I'm right."

Henry laughed. "Actually, you were at my house while I was here at some point, so, technically, you weren't always there."

"Come on, Hen, you know I'm always there for you."

"True."

Behind them, the right tube came down and they watched Ray zoom up, looking happy. "Hey, kids. Wazzup?"

"Hey Ray," Henry and Charlotte said together.

Ray positioned himself on the other side of the couch. "So did you guys find anything?"

Henry and Charlotte exchanged a look. "Um… what?" Henry asked after a moment of silence.

Ray, his enthusiasm unwavering, said, "Um, I asked you two-" he wiggled his fingers at them "-to see if you could find Dr. Minyak and Nurse Cohort and see if they were doing anything that we should keep an eye on." His real smile faded into a fake smile. "You two weren't just sitting here talking, right?"

Henry and Charlotte turned to each other and both went, "Uh…."

Ray finally frowned. "So that's a yes, then."

"Sorry, Ray," said Charlotte. She slid off the couch, and Henry quickly followed. "We'll get to that now."

Charlotte nabbed the chair (as usual), so Henry stood behind her. She made a few clicks- Henry had no idea what they were- and the two villains appeared on the screen.

Dr. Minyak was asleep on a bench at Swellview Park. Instead of the lab coat that they were so used to seeing him in, he had on a plain grey T-shirt and jeans that had more holes than the lies that Henry feeds his family about his job and that stuff. He was wearing gray sneakers that also had holes worn in them.

Nurse Cohort was, as it turns out, also in Swellview Park, but on the opposite side. She was sitting at a picnic table, greedily chowing down an everything hotdog- her white top was splattered with ketchup and other stuff. So were her pants, which were also white. And her white dress shoes. (Obviously, she picked the wrong day to wear that color.) Rather than being up, her hair was down and actually resembled Charlotte's, except the curls were much bigger.

"So," began Ray, getting cut off when both teenagers screamed, having not realized he had snuck up behind him. "So," he started again, "where are they?"

"They're both at Swellview Park, but on opposite sides," said Charlotte.

Ray stroked his chin and thought for a moment. "Maybe… maybe we should keep an eye on them."

"Like, though the cameras?" Charlotte asked.

"Or are you saying we actually go to the park?"

"That's right, Henry. I think we should hang around and see if we can catch them doing anything. We can each watch one."

Henry nodded in agreement, but Charlotte raised her hand and said, "One problem. They might get suspicious if they see you following them."

Ray nodded and stroked his chin again. "That's true." He snapped his fingers. "Which is why you're coming with us!"

"What?! Oh, no no no no no no no." Charlotte jumped up from the chair and put her hands up in front of her. "No way."

"Don't worry, Charlotte. We're not actually attacking them or anything. Yet," he added under his breath. Charlotte rolled her eyes.

"We'll take a Schwoz with us, too," Henry chimed in. "You'll be fine. Besides," he stood up and put his fists on his hips, "Kid Danger will be there to protect you."

"And Captain Man!" Ray stood in front of Henry and put on the same pose. Henry tried get in front, and they both stated pushing each other out of the way.

"My heroes," said Charlotte sarcastically. "I'll get Schwoz."

I thought about starting off this authors note with "I'M SO SORRY!", but technically it's still Sunday where I am, so, really, it's just been posted later in the day. Sorry, y'all. It's show weekend for our summer musical, so that took up most of my weeked.

Ciao, and Happy Reading!