Chapter 10

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I quickly avert my eyes back to the supposed Gambler. I have this sudden urge to punch that guy right now. I don't care who he is, if you mess with Charlotte you mess with me. Ray must've noticed my anger because puts a hand on my shoulder and holds me back.

"It's going to be fine. We'll get Charlotte and the rest of them back in no time," Ray assures.

"I know, but I just can't help it. What all did he do to Charlotte? I mean, look at her. She's in a completely different outfit then what she had on earlier today. We have to get her now," I say ready to charge in the room.

"Easy now, tiger. We'll get there, man. We just need to have a plan," Ray says holding both of my shoulders now.

"What do you have in mind?"

"I'll go handle Mr. Fabulous Number Two and you go to the lab side and try to find a switch or remote to open the tubes. Sound good?"

"Alright. But I'm punching that guy in the face at least once," I say firmly. I look back in the room and see that Charlotte is head is up now. She looks so adorable wearing those overalls and I notice she has makeup on. She never wears makeup. That reminds that me that the guy over there did all of this which makes my blood boil. Him? Touching Charlotte? Hell no.

"I'm ready," I say clenching my fists.

"Alright. 1,"

"2,"

"3!" We burst through the door and I rush over to punch The Gambler in the face because I honestly can't help it. Captain Man pushes me over to the tubes and gives me the 'focus' look. I run over to Charlotte and see that's she's waking up.

"Charlotte?" I say trying to look in her eyes that are slowly opening.

"Kid Danger?" she asks groggily. Charlotte looks and sounds so adorable when she's sleepy. Her face goes from sleepy to alert quickly then looks at me like I did something wrong.

"What did I do?" I ask confused.

"It's about time you got here." she replies with her arms crossed. The sass never stop with this girl, does it? It's a good thing she's cute. And my best friend of course. I'm just glad that she's okay and obviously nothing has changed with her so that puts a smile on my face.

"What are you smiling about?" Charlotte asks.

"I'm smiling because you're okay."

"Aww so cute! Yeah, whatever. Just get us the hell out of here!" A random guy in one of the tubes yells at me. That's when I realize that most of the people in the tubes are starting to wake up.

"Oh shit. Sorry." I say searching for a remote or lever to free these people. Then a loud noise from behind me makes me turn around to see The Gambler pinning Captain Man against the ground.

"GET OFF OF ME!" Captain Man yells.

"You're hot when you're angry," The Gambler says seductively.

"Ugh, you're disgusting! I don't swing that way dude!" Captain Man yells struggling to release himself from The Gambler's grip.

"Are you sure? I thought you were playing for my team. My gaydar is never wrong!" The Gambler huffs like a little kid.

"Well it's sure as hell wrong this time, man. Now get the fuck off of me!" Captain Man says finally punching The Gambler in the face. Sadly, The Gambler isn't hurt in this slightest.

"Oh I love it when they play hard to get!" The Gambler exclaims in a valley girl voice.

"What the hell is wrong with you?!" Captain Man screams. The whole thing makes me laugh and when I look at Charlotte, she's laughing harder than I am.
A couple of people in the front tubes are chuckling as well. I finally find the remote with a big purple button on it. I close my eyes then press the button. There a loud sliding sound and I open my eyes to see that all the tubes slid up and disappeared into the ceiling. The Gambler notices all of the people free and gets off of Captain Man.

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