Quick warning: a past episode is mentioned. Like, back from Season 1.

What the heck am I doing?

Actually, heck wasn't the exact word Piper used, but that's not the point.

Piper had started riding in the general direction that the black van had gone, but pretty soon it had disappeared, like it was invisible or something. Unsure if where to go, Piper kept riding, hoping to get lucky.

What's weird is that every time she could have made a turn or whatever, something seemed to guide her. The first time, a pair of squirrels chased each other for two blocks, and Piper followed. Then, she followed a piece of trash flying in the wind until it got stopped by a garbage bin. At some point, she saw an old lady just staring off into space and went in that direction.

Piper had just made a right turn at the recommendation of a puddle when she had to stop and drink some water (from a water bottle, not the puddle).

She felt like she was getting close.

After resting for a few minutes, Piper climbed back onto her bike again, but something in her gut told her that this- whatever this was- wasn't going to be easy.

Ray swore so much when he arrived at the Hart house that Charlotte had to smack him before he finally stopped. They both looked around the house, finding nothing and no one.

Schwoz was there, too, wielding some magical machine that Charlotte had helped him create. Ray knew that it searched for someone's DNA (like hair strands and fingerprints) or something, but not much beyond that.

They found Henry's DNA just about everywhere (duh), plus a lot of DNA they couldn't identify. They knew some of it had to be from Piper and her and Henry's parents. Plus, Charlotte and Jasper were there all the time.

Anyway, Schwoz says that once they'll able to separate the DNA, they can try matching it with other samples. But they don't have samples for any of the Hart's except for Henry.

"How are we going to explain this?" Charlotte sat down on the overturned couch.

Ray shrugged. "I don't think we'll have to. We could pretend not to know anything and they'll just assume it was a very aggressive robbery. Good thing we wore gloves. But I'm mostly just concerned." Ray sat down next to Charlotte. "Henry won't pick up his phone or his Wiz Watch, and then there's his family."

Charlotte but her lip. "Henry's parents had left town this morning, but they haven't come back yet. And I don't have a clue where Piper is." Her voice started to get a bit shaky.

Just then, Schwoz walked into the room. "Any luck?" Ray asked, standing up.

"Kinda. I found no one, but I did find Henry's cell phone." He held it up as evidence.

"Certainly explains why he didn't pick up." Ray nervously ran a hand through his hair.

"Yeah," said Charlotte, "but now his phone is useless as far as finding him." Her head snapped up. "Ray, didn't you-"

She was cut off by the sound of Henry's phone ringing. They all jumped.

"Aw, geez, it's his mom!" Ray had snatched the phone from Schwoz to check the caller I.D.

They all looked at each other, in a panic. Then Ray hurled the phone across the house and it bounced off the wall and stopped ringing.

"Uh… okay." Charlotte suddenly remembered what she was about to say earlier. "Ray, didn't you put a tracker on him?"

Ray actually looked hopeful for a second but then frowned. "Yeah, I replaced the one that got destroyed after the whole Wall Dog incident, but it's in his uniform, so unless he's Kid Danger right now…" his voice trailed off and he didn't bother finishing the sentence.

Schwoz pulled out his phone and made a few clicks. Then he frowned. "Can't find him, he must not be Kid Danger right now then." He put his phone away.

Suddenly, Charlotte gasped, causing Ray and Schwoz to jump. "Guys! What if his identity is in danger?!"

Ray and Schwoz looked at each other, and then back at Charlotte, then at each other again, and then back at Charlotte. To say she looked really worried would be a huge understatement.

"Guys, we need to find him."

Piper sat on the curb, hugging her knees. The sun was starting to go down, and she was beginning to really get scared. Why didn't those people wait until dark? She wondered. I guess they had their reasons. Not that that justifies any of this.

There was one- actually, two- things Piper was really concerned about: her parents.

If Henry has gone missing a week ago, she would have called the cops and told their parents immediately. (Mostly because she would feel guilty otherwise.) But now that she knew he was Kid Danger (which she actually felt bad about), she was afraid more people would find out. I can't tell my parents.

Just as she was thinking this, her phone rang and she almost screamed.

Praying it was Henry, she dug through her bag and pulled it out.

Dang! It was her parents. Piper considered not answering, but she needed to know how much they knew.

"Hi, sweetie!" Her mom said in a cheerful voice. The knot in Piper's stomach loosened just a bit; no way her mom would sound that cheerful if she knew what was going on.

"Hi, Mom. What's up?"

"Piper, the car broke down and since your father took the other keys-"

"It's not my fault!"

"-we're just going to stay at a friend's house until tomorrow. Will you and Henry be okay? We actually tried calling him but he didn't pick up."

Shoot! "Uh… Henry… is… taking-a-shower! Yeah, he left his phone downstairs. Um, yeah, we'll be okay. No problem."

"Okay, sweetie! Please tell your brother when he gets out of the shower."

"Yeah, I will." Not. Piper crossed her fingers.

"Love you, bye!" Piper hung up before her mom could and reached for her bike helmet.

Right as her fingers were making contact, though, everything went dark, and she felt a pain in the back of her head.

Hey! Who turned out the lights?

And why does my head hurt?

Do I hear footsteps?

Oh-

Piper wasn't able to finish that last thought, because she at that point she was unconscious.

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