"Man-grenades?" Charlotte asked in bewilderment as she opened the case to see a row of miniature bombs. Oh, this was more like it, a bit of firepower!

"By Schwoz! Enter one, two, three, nine!" He instructed the girl and she punched in the code, which released a beeping man-grenade.

Back on the train, Max was still trying to grab the heliometer and Henry, (y/n) and Phoebe were still trying to fight off their captors.

"Hey! How am I supposed to use the bathroom?!" Ray asked in alarm as Henry punched one goon in the face, making him release one of his arms. Phoebe wasn't doing so well, she had taken a punch to the gut and was being held by a tight grip.

"Hurry up! I gotta pee!" The superhero whined as a guy headbutted Henry for punching his friend. (y/n) also freaking out a bit, the thug strangling her was leaning in close to her face as her lips turned blue and his pleased sneer made her grit her teeth. Pig; he liked the way she was in pain and even though she wouldn't die, she felt like her head was pounding from the lack of oxygen and her vision was getting blurry.

Henry was punched to the floor and so was Phoebe, the town of them being corned on all sides. (y/n) was dropped between them at The Toddler's request, who smirked when he saw her limp body lying on the floor. A sharp gasp tore from her throat as she wheezed her air and thankfully, the blue in her face began to recede as oxygen flowed through her veins once more.

"Kid Danger! Miss Danger!" Ray cried in alarm as he saw how beat up they were and his eye widened at how sluggish they both seemed. Where were those grenades?

"Put that in here, pull back on this and aim it at Ray!" Schwoz directed Charlotte, handing her a large gun that would fire the man-grenades at the group on the train.

"Are you insane?" The girl blanched at his instructions. She didn't want to blast Ray off the train, even if was indestructible. (y/n) would kill her!

"Yeah! Do it!" Schwoz confirmed, so the girl shoved in the grenade,  pulled the thing back, aimed and...

"CHARLOTTE!" Schwoz screamed suddenly and loudly, spooking the girl out of her wits.

"What?!" She asked in alarm, wanting to remind her that she was handling explosives.

"Don't miss!" He told her solemnly and she got the message. Okay, don't miss, don't blow something up accidentally, just aim at Ray and destroy the cement.

Ray looked up in horror as he saw a red, flashing thing fall through the sky towards him and he wondered what the hell it was.

"Man-grenade!" (y/n) also noticed it at the last minute and braced herself against the roof of the train as the grenade hit its target dead-centre and blew up the concrete block in a ball of fire. The shockwave sent everyone flying backwards, including Max, who lost the heliometer and got his foot trapped between two pillars.

"Dang, dude!" Charlotte complimented Schwoz as they watched the explosion and the two felt badass at the havoc they had wreaked.

"Hey, what exploded?" Max asked as he helplessly laid on his back and the criminals, Henry (y/n) and Phoebe got to their feet. They looked around to see clumps of rubble lying everywhere and to their shock and horror, Captain Man was gone.

"Captain Man!" Henry cried out when he noticed that he was gone and he let (y/n) grab his hand for support as she felt all the air in her body drain away.

"Oh god..." She sniffed, praying to god that the worst hadn't happened. She'd come here to save him and now this...she was on an emotional rollercoaster.

"What happened?" Doctor Minyak asked as his ears rang from the explosion.

"Where'd he go?" Phoebe cried as she put a hand on (y/n)'s arm to comfort her. They were her new OTP, Captain Man couldn't be gone, he just couldn't.

"Looks like Captain Man exploded!" The Toddler smirked at their pain, but it was a mistake to taunt a broken woman.

"Ding dong the Captain's dead!" Van Del said happily as Minyak cheered about how Swellview now belonged to the criminals, who were all exchanging high-fives.

"You evil little shits, he's--" (y/n) squared up to Toddler, but her words trailed off as her heart was suddenly saved.

"Captain Man!" Henry grinned in relief as he watched his boss slowly climb back onto the roof and (y/n) had never felt more happy. He was alive, holy shit, he was alive!

"Ooo, I'm sorry, kid. He's dead! Which, makes it very difficult for him to help you and your lady friend now. Or maybe, you're both too stupid to realise that it's a new day in Swellview! Because nobody has to worry about Captain Man--" The Toddler's insulting monologue was cut off as Ray tapped him on the shoulder. Minyak and Van Del were quaking in fear at the sight of the very much alive superhero, but their leader didn't seem to notice.

Whipping around, all the colour in The Toddler's cheeks drained as he looked up to see the imposing crimefighter that was about to kick his ass. Henry, Phoebe and (y/n) giggled to each other at how quiet the man-child had grown and hearing his girl's sweet laugh was everything Ray had been surviving for.

"Toddler..." He growled and roughly yanked the man up to his face by his suspenders and stripey t-shirt.

"It's time for a nap!" Ray quipped, ignoring the protests of the small guy as he stepped back.

"No, no, no, wait! I already took my nap! Ahhhh!" His whining was in vain, he'd insulted and hurt Ray's friends one too many times and so, the superhero threw him off the side of the train.

"Wow, this is uncomfortable!" Max complained as his head hung over the curve of the roof and dipped between the carriages. His spine was killing him, but he'd been extremely mean to his sister and her new friends, so he kind of deserved it.

"I'm so glad you're okay, doofus." (y/n) breathed out to Ray as she cupped his face and gave him a dazzling smile. She stepped away quickly, remembering that they were surrounded by bad guys, but her gaze still held all of her affection for him and it melted his heart.

"I promised I'd come back, didn't I?" He gave her a playful smirk as he and Henry clapped their hands together in greeting. He kept his promise and was more than happy to be back where he belonged; with her.

"No need to panic, there's six of us against four of them!" Minyak chuckled evilly, thinking that the superheroes were still gonna lose. However, they had Phoebe Thunderman on their side and she easily used her telekinesis powers to lift a dude into the air and off the side of the train. Well, that would do the job nicely.

"Okay, now there's five to four." Minyak squeaked and Ray gave his sidekicks and Phoebe a nod as they prepared to fight. Good vs Evil. Everyone let out a battle cry as they each target an opponent and lunged for them. Ray tackled two guys at once, sent them flying to the floor with his muscly body, and it felt good to let off some steam finally. Phoebe and (y/n) worked together to take down Vand Del and a henchwoman by using each other as leverage to kick and punch them to the ground as Ray continued to beat up his two.

As Max tried to free his leg, Henry dealt with Van Del and Doctor Minyak, both of whom weren't very good fighters. Minyak knocked into his fellow criminal and the ex-Wall Dog leader tumbled over the edge, leaving the heroes on a level playing field. Now, it was gonna get interesting.

(y/n) ran over to help Ray deal with the two guys attacking him as Phoebe punched the woman and kicked her off the train too. Henry doing all right too, with a quick blow to the nose, Van Del stumbled backwards. and lost his footing, meaning the man was no longer their problem.

"This is for strangling me, asshole!" (y/n) growled and punched the last goon off the train before Ray could do anything to help, thoroughly impressing him as she brushed her hair away from her face. He had to fan himself to cool his flushed cheeks, which certainly weren't red from the fight alone.

They had won! Phoebe and Henry clasped their hands together in happiness and Ray hugged his girl tightly, enjoying the way she rubbed her nose into his neck. It tickled, but also sent his pulse racing, something he had grown addicted to over the years. God, she had looked so good during the fight and now, he had fallen even harder; he was unbelievably, unapologetically whipped for her.

"Nice going, Kid Danger, Miss Thunderman." Ray bumped fists with Henry congratulated the two teens as he and his girl walked over, hand in hand.

"Well done, guys, you were great." (y/n) added, smiling warmly at the kids who hid their smirks under bashful smiles. Ray was an idiot to think that friends held hands all the time, kissed each other's cheeks and gave long, intimate hugs and the teens knew that they were too blind to see that. However, they weren't too sharp-eyed themselves; no one had noticed that Max had managed to twist his leg free and was nervously creeping towards them.

"Yeahhhhh, we did it! How about that? Way to go, us! Wooo!" The young Thunder twin cheered and clapped, but the actual heroes of the hour weren't smiling with him. In fact, they were pretty pissed off.

"Y'know, Max, we never would've had a problem if you hadn't blown our cover," Henry told him, making the older boy drop his smiley behaviour.

"That's right, Max!" Phoebe confirmed, smiling sweetly at her brother, who suddenly felt very nervous.

"Well, I said I was sorry." He tried, but Captain Man and Miss Danger saw straight through it.

"Ummm, no you didn't." Ray said, searching his memory quickly and finding nothing about "Max Thunderman" and "apologising" in there.

"Didn't I?" He gulped as the supers glared at him and under Captain Man's mean stare, he felt very, very small.

"No, you didn't. My lips turned blue because of you!" (y/n) seethed, still recalling the pain in her head and chest as that henchman strangled her and the reminder made Ray scowl. Sure, she didn't die, but he wasn't going to let this kid off without some kind of punishment.

"But hey, (y/n)'s okay, no worries. Kid Danger and I forgive you." Ray clapped Max on the back, making the girls look at him in shock. Surely, he wasn't going to let his girl's suffering go so easily, but they had no reason to worry, Ray was very angry and he and Henry had a trick up their sleeve.

"You guys forgive him?" Phoebe spluttered, not realising that they had said trick.

"Yeah."

"Sure." The superhero duo said with tight smiles, trying to act all happy-happy. However, deep down, they were furious with the amount of trouble they had gone through because of the teen.

"You see? They're cool." Max smirked at his sister as she gawped at her friends in shock.

"Since when are you so nice?" (y/n) asked Ray, hitting his chest with a pouty face. She was a bit disappointed that he wouldn't do anything to get revenge. He just squeezed her hand and moved around Max, putting his arm around the boy so he wouldn't suspect his sneaky plan.

"Hey, we're giving Phoebe a ride home in the Mancopter." He told the boy in a pleasant voice, putting him at ease.

"You wanna ride too?" Henry asked, setting up the plan perfectly.

"Seriously? Even after all that I did, you still want to give me a ride home?" Max asked, surprised that they wanted to give him such kindness. If only he knew what he was in line for.

"Of course!"

"Oh yeah! Yeah!" They confirmed, making the boy smile at them in return as Phoebe and (y/n) huffed.

"I am not sitting next to him on the way back." The woman hissed at her best friend, but he merely chuckled. She didn't have to worry about that, no one did.

~

"PHOEBE!" Max screamed in fear as he dangled on a top from the Mancopter. He was swinging and twirling in the air and he was terrified, which fully entertained the team sitting comfortably above him.

"Hey, Max! How you doing?" Phoebe yelled down to him in amusement as they watched his petrified face look at the ground in terror. It was a long way down and he was only secured by a rope, meaning he was shitting himself.

"My hair looks terrible in this wind!" Max complained, even though it was the least of his worries. Still, it was good enough for the superheroes, who laughed at his scared voice. He wasn't snitching on them now!

"You're so mean...I love it!" (y/n) giggled into Ray's ear as she sat on his lap. It was a tight squeeze into the Mancopter for six people and it had left her tightly strapped to his chest so she wouldn't fall out of the door. It wasn't all bad, he got to have her all to himself and his strong arms were around her waist to keep her safe, despite Schwoz triple checking that her harness wouldn't fail. She didn't complain, she loved how he kept whispering jokes and silly comments into her ear and sweeping her hair away from one shoulder so he could get close to her skin. It was hard to control themselves.

"That's my girl." He whispered into her jaw, making her tense at his words and how his breath travelled along her skin.

His girl? Yes, please, she wanted to be his girl every day of the week, especially if it meant having his lips so close to that sensitive spot on her neck that made her melt in pleasure.

"BIRD!" Henry screamed, shattering the sensual atmosphere between the two as a bird crashed into the windshield of the helicopter, causing it to crack. They all panted and tensed in horror as the small incident took them by surprise and Max screamed at his sister to find out what was happening.

"You all right?" Ray asked (y/n) as she held a hand to her heart and panted to settle her breathing. His question caught the attention of everyone else, particularly Phoebe, but they said nothing, just listened for what she was going to say.

"Yeah, never better." She answered truthfully, settling back into his chest as she looked out of the open window and missed the adoring look he gave her. Ray pressed a kiss to her head as he looked at the view with her and they were both ignorant to how their friends were chuckling and smirking at each other.

Not his girlfriend? Yeah, right.