No one spoke on the way to the Man Cave. Ray's eyes were on the road but I could see his eyes darting from the mirror on the roof of the van to the road, trying to act all sneaky like watching us. But I had counted all the times he had looked at me. Fourteen. And we didn't make eye contact once.
Henry had tried to talk to me but all in vain. I didn't want to talk. Who knew what would come out of his mouth? Bad news or comforting words? I didn't want to be comforted for sure. Comforting meant I was weak, that I was not ready to face the consequences. I was. And I didn't think they're could be anymore bad news than Piper and those other two kids being taken, kidnapped.
Jasper sat at the back at the van, where there was space for his body on a stretcher. The bleeding had stopped thanks to Henry and I. We had cleaned his wound on his upper right arm with alcohol and had put on a huge bandage. He joked about making him look more dangerous and attractive. Ha. Good for him.
We got in through Junk n'Stuff because of Jasper and it was hard holding him up in the elevator,at least for me. I still wasn't used to it. Schwoz took him when we entered the Man Cave. He complained about always patching someone up and I was about to scream at them to hire a doctor then.
For the first time, I was going to let Ray make a plan. I had been mostly telling everyone what to do and it was backfiring to the point that Emaku had Piper, a dear friend of mine who actually understood the relish of hitting people.
I had always been a failure in whatever I did before Zambia and now that I had the tiger in me, I was expected to do better but I was failing at protecting my friends. They should be all angry at me, most of all Henry. Why wasn't he angry? I would never understand him, the boy who liked the girl who had a tiger in her.
I slumped myself on the couch only to have Charlotte come down by the tubes. I stood up. She shouldn't be here. "What are you doing here? You're supposed to be looking after my mom and your mom." I shouted. I was not going to allow another mistake.
"That's the thing Roxy. Daniel, Bianca and some goons came and took them. I wanted to call but my phone was upstairs charging. It took me awhile to get but Bianca broke it." Charlotte said revealing her phone with a cracked screen. I now took in her appearance. She had a shallow cut in her forehead and blood had dripping on her face. She looked dirty, dusty and sweaty. I imagined the distance she had to run to get here.
I swore loudly, saying words I would never say in front of my parents and I went to the auto snack machine. I asked for beef, raw, for I needed something hard for me to rip my teeth through. I didn't expect to get it but it did come. No one disturbed me as I sat on the floor near the auto snack machine ripping the beef with my Carnivora like canines.
It wasn't long before I heard Goodnight n' go by Ariana Grande, the new ringtone Piper chose for me. I took my phone out of my pocket and frowned. Everyone in the room surrounded me as I stood up and answered the call. I put him on loud speaker.
"What?"
"Seriously, babe after all this time we can at least skip the unpleasantries."
"Daniel, talk. I am so not in the mood of your games."
"Fine sugar. The tiger warrior wants the snake bracelet in exchange for your mother, aunt, the sister of Hart - and I still don't understand how you chose him over me -" I groaned out loud. "And those two other kids. The more you delay, the more they get hurt. For your sake baby I would hurry up." I ended the call.
"What's with the pet names?" Charlotte asked.
"I don't know, I don't know. I guess he has this weird crush on me." I said as I raised my hands up. " Now you see why it's best for me to kill these people." I said as I looked at the two superheroes. " I wouldn't have to deal with this." I walked and placed my phone on the table.
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The Tiger Virago ( Henry Danger Fanfic)
Fanfiction( Previously known as The Tiger Princess) The qualities of a tiger virago are to be brave, courageous, kind and not to hesitate to put others before her own. Roxella Summers had to work to acquire all the qualities to be her. It was a surprise to ev...