Fire And Ice

03. Villain Dies, Hero is Born

     I hear a quiet tapping on my window. I lift my head up from my bed  to see who it is. It's Henry... I wipe the tears off my face and open it. "Hi," I said with a shaky voice and walking away from the window and sitting back on my bed. Henry pulls himself through the window and closes it.

     "What's wrong?" He asks me. I don't say anything I just look the other way. He sits on the edge of my bed and puts a hand on my shoulder, "You can tell me." He assures. I take a deep breath and look him in the eye but what caught my attention was his busted lip.

    "What happened?!" I said as I ran to the closet just outside my room and got ointment to put on Henry's lip. But I stopped because that's when everything clicked. That weird ringtone, him rushing off all the time, that weird elevator, and the busted lip. He is Kid Danger. "What is it?" He says nervously. "You-- You know exactly what it is, Henry! Or should I say KID DANGER!?"

     "In my defense, you never told me about you being Doctor Minyak's sidekick either!" He shouts. I take a deep breath and sit back down. "I'm not his sidekick anymore." I say with a slightly annoyed tone added to my voice. "You quit?" He asks happily. "Yeah.. I'm tired of hurting people just for the fun of it. I wish I could help them for once."

     "Maybe you can." He says. "Meet me at Junk N' Stuff tomorrow morning." He tells me. "Okay but why--" I was cut off by his watch beeping. "BEEP BEEP BEEP". I shoot him a small glare and he says, "Duty calls." He stands up and climbs out my window and waves before he jumps down the tree. I climb into my bed and before I know it, I fell asleep.

~ The Next Day ~ 9:06AM ~

     I put on a pair of black skinny jeans and a black and white striped shirt. I put my hair in french braids and make my way to Junk N' Stuff.

     I walk downstairs and grab a peach on my way out for breakfast. I speed walk to the junk store and once I get there I throw my peach core in the trash outside. A foreign man at the counter waves to me. "Amelia?" He asks in a really weird accent. I nod. He hands me a note card that has steps on it.

1. Go in the elevator in the back
2. Brace yourself
3. Press Down
4. Fix your hair before you walk out :)

Okaaaayyy....

I roll my eyes at step two as I walk into the elevator. I press down but it takes a second to go down. "Why would I braAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!" The elevator falls below my feet and I screamed the whole way down. The elevator hits the ground and I quietly finish my sentence. "... brace myself..." I fix my hair quickly and walk out of the elevator. Inside I see Henry sitting on the couch with a man playing cards, and a girl who looks like... Charlotte?! Sitting at the desk in the back of the room is Charlotte! I walk up to her first.

     "How long have you known?" I ask her. She looks up like she's thinking, "The day after he became Kid Danger." She replies. "A year?! Must be nice." I said as I set my purse on the floor and walked over to Henry. "Why am I in your secret hideout?" I ask in a mysterious voice. "For your information young lady! This is the Man Cave!" The older man shouts. 

     "Anyway, you are here for a job interview." Henry says. My eyes widen at the comment and the other man's do too. "HENRY ARE YOU CRAZY!? She is a villain! You brought her down here! Plus, she has like ZERO experience." He shouts. "Excuse me?! I have tons of experience... Mr??" I didn't know his name so I my voice trail off. "Ray." Henry said. "DUDE!" Ray shouted. Henry shrugged and walked over to a machine built into the wall. Auto Snacks.

     I rolled my eyes and glared at him. "What?" He asked me annoyed. "I dare you to try and punch me." I tell him. "No! I'll end up hurting you because you can't hurt me! I'm indestructible! YOU'RE NOT!" He screams. "No need to throw it in my face.." I pause for a quick second and think to myself: