Henry XII
Evie's Notes: I am so sorry it has taken so long for me to get a new chapter out. I just haven't had any inspiration for my Henry Danger fics recently. My plan is to return to posting every other Monday now for this fic! I hope you enjoy this new chapter!
In Dystopia, Henry had always looked back at the Frankini battles with a certain level of fondness. Having returned to the past and once again facing Frankini's tedious theatre-based plots, he was starting to rethink his opinion. The Swellview tube system dropped Henry, Ray and Amelia off one block from the Karaoke club Frankini was holed up in.
"All right here's the plan. We go in fists blazing. And take him out quickly, that way they won't see us coming" directed Ray.
"But they invited us?" asked Amelia confusedly. "Won't they be watching for us".
"But we need to make an entrance" explained Ray.
"How about we just kick down the doors big dog?" suggested Henry, trying to keep the peace. "I know how much you love to kick in doors".
"Ok…" agreed Ray before rushing towards the doors. Henry and Mia gave chase.
*A New Hero - A New Hero - A New Hero*
Bang! Henry coughed as the Karaoke club's dust was kicked up into the air by the splintered door.
"Frankini! Let's dance" challenged Ray.
"Captain Man! Kid Danger and…" greeted Frankini joyfully, before trailing off questioningly while looking at Mia.
"I'm just here to help" announced Mia holding her hands up in the universal symbol of surrender.
"Wonderful!" giggled the villain. "I believe that it is time to get started then. You three stand over there by Goomer and I will call up the news".
The crimefighting trio chilled in Frankini's backstage area while he prepped the cameras and fixed his latest costume. Henry squeezed Mia's hand good luck as Frankini began to sing.
"Heeeeeey Swellview! It's me Frankini. I want to thank you for livestreaming. Your local heroes don't like all the singing. So I challenged them to try and make it stop. Theeeeey brought along a friend letttttssss see how thissss thing endsss. But first it has to start. And it startssss, Right NOOOOOOOOW!"
"Fight song Fight song This is the fight song This is the fight song. There will be fighting in this song. Fighting that is done through song" sang Henry along with Mia and Ray as they danced their way to center stage.
"Round One" announced Goomer excitedly rushing across the stage with a sign.
"Fight song" sang the trio.
"Random girl" picked Goomer.
"Little girl let's see… Can you sing as high as me?" taunted Frankini.
Mia sucked in a deep breath, flipped her purple hair over her shoulder and sang her scales as high as she could go. Unfortunately, Frankini totally destroyed her with his flawless high notes. Mia stumbled back to the boys defeated.
"This is the fight song" sang the frustrated trio.
"Round Two" announced Goomer
"Fight song" sang the trio.
Goomer announced that Henry was up next, "Kid Danger".
"Fight song" sang the trio.
"Well, kid let's see. Can you sing as long as me?" sang Frankini confidently.
Henry stepped forward reluctantly. Drawing in a deep breath Henry half-heartedly sang until he ran out of breath. Frankini somehow managed to do a little dance and sing for a whole minute longer after Henry quit. Bowing out gracefully, Henry rejoined his team on the sidelines.
"This is the fight song" he sang with Ray and Mia.
Goomer announced "Round Three".
"Fight song" sang the trio.
Goomer announced "The Captain".
"Fight song" sang the trio.
"Okay, let's see. Can you sing as low as me?" sang Frankini.
"Please! My name's Captain Man, I've got testosterone built into my name" fronted Ray.
"Well, let's hear it then" taunted the media star.
Sucking in a deep breath Ray uttered a deep note for a couple seconds before relaxing smugly. "Beat that".
"Gladly" flirted Frankini, before demolishing Ray's earlier note.
"Uh, let me try that again" stuttered the embarrassed hero. But like last time, when he tried to sing lower, he ended up choking. Humiliated at losing to Frankini (which Henry thought he shouldn't be due to Frankini's insane talent) he whimpered, "Don't look at me!".
Having successfully beaten each competing member of Team Man, Frankini continued to show off. Goomer, always one to support his boss, introduced each category, "Riffs! Beat box! Scat!".
Henry was just glad to have a chance to catch his breath and avoid the media attention for a minute.
The trio collapsed in exhaustion, just like the last time. Somehow Frankini was still full of energy and bopping around the stage happily. Henry would have thought being a superhero would have given him better breath support, but clearly not as great as Frankini's. Seeing that Frankini was starting to get a little bored Henry decided to kick off the next part of the plan.
"How on earth are we supposed to finish this?" asked Henry.
"Frankini is crazy talented we will never beat him like this" added Amelia.
"Well what are our other options?" asked Ray.
"Well how do musicals normally end?" suggested Mia.
"Well usually someone sings a final song about some sort of fear they conquered or a lesson they learned" explained Henry.
"Well who could have conquered a fear? Do we need to go find someone else? Do we have enough time?" acted Mia dramatically.
"Well… Ray…" hedged Henry, laughing internally.
"NO! No way!" protested Captain Man.
"Dude, you left Swellview because you were afraid to sing" said Henry, repeating the inspiring speech he had given years before. "But now it is time for you to face that fear!"
"I said no" argued Ray.
"You have to man! It's how all musicals end".
"I don't even know what to sing about" protested his boss.
"You don't have to sing about anything important" coaxed Mia.
"That's right, all you have to do is sound like you are singing about something, ok?".
"Yeah! It can be totally meaningless!" cheered Mia.
"Just get up there and sing, about anything, and Save Our Town!" pressured Henry, physically forcing Ray up onto the stage.
"It takes more than one voice to make harmony. We all have a choice for our destiny. So if everyone here would just sing with me. We'd all be free, in harmony" sang Ray awkwardly.
"Oh no! He's singing a finale!" worried Frankini.
"That was perfectly meaningless. As a musical theatre kid I can one hundred percent certify that this is how musicals end" approved Mia. Holding her hand up for a high five she added "Great Job, Kid Danger".
"Why don't we go back to those one-on-one singing battles instead, huh?" suggested Frankini frantically. The star was desperately searching for a way to save his curse, but Henry's throat was starting to hurt from all the singing and there was no way he was letting this curse last any longer than it had the first time.
"No! We all have to join in and sing with Captain Man" instructed Henry.
"Yeah… I don't want to sing that" protested Mia.
"I'll siiiiiing with youuuuu!" belted Goomer happily.
"SHUT UP GOOMER!" demanded Frankini, but his protests were ignored by the talented henchman.
"No I will not shut up" snapped the man, he jumped up on the stage with Ray and belted out, "It takes more than one voice to make harmony. We all have a choice for our destiny".
Henry jumped in to sing "So if everyone here would just sing with me. We'd all be free in harmony".
A shocked Ray concluded how he knew Goomer. "Wait! I know that voice, why do I know that voice? Were you once in a musical? A musical about cats?"
"Was it CATS?" asked Henry, because even years into the future he still hadn't ever gotten a definitive answer on the question.
"It doesn't matter Kid" ground out Ray, smacking Henry casually upside the head.
"I was years ago, how come?" admitted Goomer.
"You were beautiful, meow-meow" praised Ray.
"Meow-meow" echoed the henchman.
"Can I sing with you?" begged Ray.
"Of course!"
Mia joined the group on stage as they sang, "It takes more than one voice to make harmony. We all have a choice for our destiny. So if everyone here would just sing with me. We'd all be free in harmony".
The magical musical curse machine started smoking, but the four of them didn't have enough power to break it on their own. "Everyone at home, sing along" ordered Henry.
"It takes more than one voice to make harmony. We all have a choice for our destiny. So if everyone here would just sing with me. We'd all be free in harmony. It takes more than one voice to make harmony. We all have a choice for our destiny. So if everyone here would just sing with me. We'd all be free in harmony" sang the whole town.
As the machine popped and sparked for the final time the town of Swellview sang the final line, "The musical curse has been lifted"!
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