"Go to my place, Frida," he said. "I'll be there as soon as I can," he said. "Go Frida it's dangerous here," he said. She could handle herself she wasn't some dead weight that need his protection all the time. Frida sighed, oh who was she kidding the truth was when Manny had to fight villains (or heroes when she convinced him to steal something which was pretty easy) all she was was someone who got in his way and that he had to worry about. Frida climbed the last stair and opened the door to Manny's place. Frida sat down on the couch and turned on the TV. Nothing much was on, Frida just flipped through the channels then something caught her eye. Sartana of the Dead was on the news and not for the normal reason, she was giving a press conference.
"I am here to announce to Miracle City that at our annuel super villain meeting we have chosen Miracle City's newest villain," Sartana announced.
Many reported raised their hands with questions to ask, finally she picked one. "Sartana can you tell us exactly who this knew villain is and what their powers are?"
"We have decided to not tell anyone exactly who our new comrade so that the heroes will be taken by surprise and in truth we aren't exactly sure what powers this villain will have."
The next reporter spoke, "Sartana it's been years since you have chosen a new villain. A few have been born but giving someone powers to become a villain hasn't happened in well I'm not sure how long. Why now?"
"Well the last time I elected someone without powers to become a villain was the first El Tigre but we haven't done this in years because it didn't turn out to well the first time and also we finally have a spare mystic power item. Thanks you all for coming no more questions," Sartana finished and walked off the stage.
"Awwww that's so cool," Frida said to herself, "I wish Sartana had chosen me to be a super villain that would be so cool."
"It would be cool wouldn't it?" someone said sneaking up behind her. Frida jumped for a second then she realized it was just Manny's Grandpa. "I bet you wish you had super powers too don't you?"
"Of course I do Puma, but I wasn't born with powers like you or Manny."
"Hehehe Frida you forget we Rivara's aren't born with our power we get them from our mystic items. If you had a mystic item you could be a super villain just like me or Manny."
Frida was getting confused, she knew all this but she just wasn't sure where Grandpapi was going with all this. And since when was Manny considered a villain she thought he was still undecided, actually he probably was, Puma just liked to assume his grandson would make the right choice. All of a sudden she noticed something in Puma Loco's hand. It was a pair of ruby red goggles like the ones she was wearing. "What are those?" she asked.
"These are a gift to you Frida. A birthday present."
"But its not my birthday."
"My bad I guess. Take them anyway. They are the Ancient Goggles of the Red Barren." Frida shrugged and took them anyway. "Now it is almost midnight and you know your father the Police Chief will freak if you stay here too much longer." Frida realize he was right and rushed out of the Casa de Macho.
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Frida sat on her bed looking at her new goggles. Puma Loco had never given her a present before and if these really were what he said they were they must have cost a lot of money or he stole them but it would still be difficult to steal. She looked over the goggles again, and inside the right goggle there was a note. "Frida press the buttons on the sides of the goggles while you're wearing them," it read. She now had a good feeling about these goggles and why Puma gave them to her, so she did what the note said. There were two little buttons on the side of each goggle so when she had them on she pressed them. In a flash of beautiful red light Frida had transformed, she now wore a red hoodie and sweatpants with her stomach exposed, behind her she noticed she had a tail just like Manny did and under the goggles on her head she felt her little cat ears moving around. Frida stared at herself in the mirror. She was… she was a super villain.
"THIS IS AWESOME!!!" Frida cried, "I wonder what powers I have." She pondered for a second then came up with the best idea in her entire life. "What better way to discover my powers then by going out and using them. And I wouldn't be using my powers properly if I wasn't using them to steal like Puma Loco would have wanted me to." Frida rushed to her desk and looked at the piece of paper she had clipped from the news. "Tonight they're transporting a truck full of the world's greatest churros to the Mayor's House," she exclaimed. With her first attempt at an evil laugh (it wasn't that good she would need to work on it), Frida jumped out her window.
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Manny Rivara lay awake in his bed. As usual he was feeling guilty (if he is going to be evil he really must work on the guilt thing). He was feeling guilty because I had left Frida here alone while he was off fighting crime and he stayed out so late she went home. He was such a jerk, he shouldn't have asked her to leave, he knew she hates being reminded that she has no powers. What if she was mad at him, he thought. Unable to stop thinking about ditching Frida, Manny just lay awake in the dark of his room. It wasn't that weird for Frida to keep Manny awake but it was either because she was sleeping over (no she wasn't keeping him up like that they would be talking and causing trouble not well the thing that 13 year olds are barely able to do in Japan (yes the age of concent in Japan is 13)) or because he couldn't stop thinking about how cute she was. He knew it was a bit of a weird thought to have but she was his best friend and his father said Maria (Manny's mom) wasn't just his wife (ex-wife but Rodolpho didn't like to remember that fact) but she was also his best friend. So maybe it was normal to have feeling that for your best friend. Lost in thought Manny didn't notice the figure outside his window until they tapped on the glass. Manny jumped out of bed startled, hitting the floor hard. Slightly confused Manny unlatched the window.
In the open window popped Frida. Manny's eyes ran up her body, she had claws and ears kind of like him as El Tigre and she was in a hot red hoodie and pants with her stomach exposed. Frida eyes did the same look over on Manny, of course he was only wearing boxers. "You look good without a shirt on," she with a joking smile. Manny looked down out himself then turned red and ran to grab some clothes. "Wait," she said and reached out and spun the El Tigre belt buckle (Manny always wears the belt he only takes it off to shower after all his school, his house and the whole city were full of villains who knows when he will need it). In a jet of green flames El Tigre appeared. "There your dressed come on," Frida grabbed Manny by the hand and pulled him back out the window.
"Frida what's going on where did you get that costume. And what are you doing here in the middle of the night and…" Manny began to drool at the sight before him. "Are those churros?"
"Yup, an entire truck full. Now are you gonna just stare at them or do you plan on helping me eat them." The two friends quickly dove into the truck full of the delicious sweet treat.
