Henry Danger: The T.R.U.T.H about Dystopia Vol 1

Fifty Missed Messages

1 MONTH TO THE PRESENT DAY...

[ CHARLOTTE'S POV ]

According to Ray, Henry hadn't been answering his messages from him at all. He had tried to reach out and clearly had been rejected, and you may be wondering how I know - the watch. The watch was stuffed away under a pair of jeans in his draw - clearly he hadn't wanted Ray to contact him. I just don't understand what's up with him anymore, not only had he turned down the offer for the T.R.U.T.H., the offer that could do some good, and then decided to change it all to get a job in a bakery. Not exactly the thrilling good he had once wanted.

I pull out the watch and quietly sit at the bed. While Henry may be out, I certainly didn't need Jasper telling him I had been sneaking around his room, I didn't need Henry to get the wrong impression. The screen flashes blue, as I press the side button three times, it's clearly broken to some degree with the a massive crack making its way across the front. Around 50 missed messages - all from Ray. So Ray weren't kidding at all, I decide to skip through each one, one by one...

'Hey Kid, you didn't pick up so I decided to leave you a message...' Ray hovers above it, his appearance changing ever so slightly between each one. He had started to contact us again shortly after we joined T.R.U.T.H. - apparently he hadn't wanted to overcrowd us, or in other words he thought we wouldn't really want to see him. We meet up a few times after that and then it stopped, he still contacted us with Schwoz about once a week via hologram. However, Henry made the point to always be busy with work at the time, so it left the chats oddly empty. And here was Ray trying to get through.

'Kid, look I'm worried. There I said it! You haven't contacted me-' I flick through to another one.

'You had every right to be mad at me, I didn't contact any of you for six months, but I promise you my heart was there.' The image flickers as Schwoz emerges.

'Hullo Henry, Schwoz hereeee.'

I decide to move to the most recent one, I just couldn't risk anymore time on his watch. Ray walks on to the hologram, hands stuffed in his pockets, he seems upset or hurt. He sighs before speaking.

'Henry, I know you're embarrassed, and like I tried to say at the meal you don't need to be. I'm here for you no matter what, just...' He pauses trying hard to find the right words, 'Just don't do anything stupid, kid, okay? Come on Kid , you need to contact me back, please.'

The please is what breaks me - to be entirely honest I don't think I've ever heard Ray be polite. But everything about it scares me. What happened back at the meal? Everything seemed to go alright, nothing out of the ordinary. Why would Henry do anything stupid that would or could actually scare Ray? I grip the watch tighter, worry washing over me, I need to find out. This can't be the end of us. The group, I mean.

'Charlotte, what are you doing in Henry's room?'

My heart pounds as Jasper appears at the door.

Shit.