"Where is he?" Manny looked at the clock in the lobby, if he didn't get to the plane soon it would take off without him.

It was about 8:50 in the morning, the plane to India took off at 9:00. He was waiting for Marcus, who was cutting it a little closer than Manny would like. Manny didn't normally worry about being late for things, but this was a plane, it wasn't going to wait for them. Frida still wasn't there ether. He had sent her text asking if she was coming or not, but she still hadn't responded. Through all the bustling people he saw Marcus's familiar face appear, with Jade Leona following right behind.

"Sorry for taking so long, it's really hard to get a sword through security…" Marcus stated, half chuckling a little bit.

Though relieved that Marcus made it, he quickly changed his focus;

"Did you see Frida?"

"Ah, young love…" Marcus pretended to swoon.

"Marcus!" Manny snapped

"Nope, haven't seen or heard from her since yesterday."

"I'm sorry, but we can't wait for her, we need to get going." Jade interrupted

"Maybe we can wait till the next plane…" Manny asked sadly.

"The next plane isn't for another 6 hours, and every moment we spend here an innocent animal is killed. We must go, I am sorry." She stated sternly, but not without compassion.

Manny sighed and took one more sad look at the entrance to the waiting area before he and the other 2 headed to board the plane.

They put their small bags into the overhead compartments and then sat down.

Manny leaned back in his chair and sighed sadly.

"What's wrong with you?" Marcus asked.

"I just really wished Frida could have come, she would have loved to go to another country…" Manny sighed sadly.

"True…among other things…" Marcus switched from sad to snickering.

"What are you implying?" Manny raised a brow.

"Nothing, nothing at all…Just this would be really fun for you two is all." Marcus snickered.

"Well yeah, she's my best frenGet your mind out of the gutter!" Manny hissed quietly as his faced heated up with the realization of what Marcus was implying.

"I was half expecting you to actually hiss like a cat." Marcus laughed as he buckled his seat belt.

Manny buckled his seat belt, feeling a little more nervous than before. He didn't like flying on planes, a little too far from the ground for his comfort. He was fine jumping from building to building, he wasn't that high above the ground and he was in control. The plane they were in was a smaller one; it was going to a small town named Kota Singa that didn't get many tourists. It had the closest landing plat form to the facility that Jade Leona worked for, and the residents of the town were mostly the families of the facility workers.

The plane began to take off, Manny put his ear buds in and lisoned to music to relax a little bit. After a few minutes the passengers were allowed to get up and walk around. Randomly he felt what he figured to be a magazine on his head. He looked at Marcus to see why he was doing that, but Marcus was looking at a travel guide of Kota Singa. He tried to move his head away from the object, but a hand held it in place. He grabbed the magazine away and turned to look at the seat behind him. His irritated expression turned into a smile like a happy dog. It was Frida.

"I thought you didn't make it!" Manny smiled as she walked around from the isle behind him.

"I wanted to surprise you guys, I actually got here earlier and hid until you guys went on the plane, then I boarded after you." She smiled happily.

"I see you have found more fight efficient cloths…" Jade Leona stated from her seat across from them.

Frida was wearing her hair up, she was wearing shorts with an old baseball shirt, and hiking boots.

"Niiiiiice!" Marcus smiled flirtatiously.

"Don't make me slap you." Frida stated with an annoyed tone.

"Sorry."

"I had to wear something else! I love my skirt and all, but I can't go chasing poachers in the jungles of India wearing a skirt." She explained.

"I'm just amazed your dad let you come!" Manny added.

"Dude, it took like 3 hours of convincing to get him to cave and let me come, and then after all that we had to convince the principle it was ok if I missed school. It's a good thing your mom works at our school." Frida continued.

"Well I'm glad you came, I hoping I was going to get to see you in a belly dancing outfit." Marcus winked.

"I plan on buying one, but not for the reasons you are thinking of." She gently hit him on the head with a rolled up magazine.

"So Jade, are any of your other family members also super heroes…or super villains?" Manny asked her.

"Well, my grandfather is still a very powerful man despite giving me the mask, and my mom has belt that gives her super strength. She is called the "Sapphire Rhino." She answered while working on a tablet.

"Is she married?" Marcus chimed in, smiling at what he knew was about to happen;

"Dude!?" Manny snapped at the black haired boy (he does have black hair…right?)

"And my father is a scientist from Ireland." She continued.

"Are there any other super hero's at the place you work for?" Frida asked with a smile.

"Yes, but I figure you can meet them when we get there."