a superhero Christmas

chapter 5

rays p.o.v

henry and I started to run toward downtown swellview where the criminals are. eversince we left the orphanage, he's been acting a little more nervous and jumpy. we saw the whole gang of swellview criminals all together having a conversation.

it was worse then I could imagine. we saw, doctor maniac, the timejerker, the toddler, drill finger, and even drex was all together....oh...and I forgot...jeff..
I pulled henry to the side by his costume, we were behind a dumpster.
"what's the plan?" he asked bending down.
"we need...a disguise!" I said.
"oh please, were not just going to dress up like criminals just to hear there stupid conversation?" Henry laughed. I looked at him dead in the eye as the smile on his face faded.

"No!" henry said firmly.
"yes! I'm your boss!" I said pulling him away.

it is now late at night and we got some pretty good dusguises. I looked like a guy who just robbed a bank. I have a black beenie on wearing baggy, ripped pants and a black, raggy scarf with a gray T-shirt. henry was wearing s ski mask with his hair messed up almost wearing the same type of outfit as mine but worn differently.

"I don't feel comfortable with this at all!" henry yelled nervously.
"shh...its fine just follow my lead." I said walking over like a teenager would.
"sup bros!" I said as I gave the timejerker a fist bump. they looked at me like I was insane and so did henry after he faced palmed himself.
"what'd yo guys up to?" I asked.
"none of your business!" yelped the toddler as he stook out his tongue. I looked over at henry and he motioned to me to start talking again.

"but were just like you guys, ya know...tough and...stuff!" I said awkwardly and continued to look at me strange. they looked at eachother and gave us the 1 second signal. we nodded and they huddled in a circle whispering.

"alright fine, were let you in our group, but you BETTER not mention any of this to anybody. got it??!" maniac yelled. we nodded as they led us to there headquarters. it was huge and had a conference chair for everyone. they motioned for us to sit down so we did.

"ok, now may I have everyones attention?" yelled maniac. eveyones eyes shot on him.
"thank you...now I would like to announce, we have two new members of our group, as he pointed to us. "ya know, we never quite got your name, what is it?" asked maniac. henry and I stared at eachother.  thinking of a name.
"oh...my name is...a...rodger...gold...Stein!"'I said as they looked at me strange.
"

and I am....tanner....McCain."
henry said with a suspicious smile.  it was a long pause of silence between then.
"um...ok, Rodger and tanner, welcome to our group......anyway, since its almost Christmas..." he started as everyone else groaned.
"now now listen, you might think that this is once again the perfect time to Rob a black friday but were going to do something a bit different year." he said with a smirk, as everyone else did as well.
"we are going to be....bombing local places In swellview, starting with the swellview orphanage..." he said as they all nodded in agreement. I looked shocked but henry looked flabbergasted. which took me by surprise. they started to go into much detail, as soon as they did, henry got up angrily and ran out the door. I got up as soon as he did so.  everone soon went quiet.
"what's wrong with tanner?" Drex asked.
"oh...uh..he gets a bit emotional at times so um..." I didn't know what else to say so I ran out to. I heard doctors maniac continue his thoughts.
"henry!" I yelled but no answer. why did he reacted that way? I thought he hated the orphanage, why did he seem so angry at his idea. what is going on inside that kids head?...