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Chapter 2

In Miracle City

Manny lied down on his bed with a contented sigh. He felt and heard Frida lay down next to him and he felt his heart speed up a bit. He didn't know why, but his heart had been doing that a lot recently when he was near Frida.

He had his suspicions that he was falling for the blue-haired girl, but he would never tell her that. He valued their friendship too much to take the chance. And besides who wouldn't fall for her? Over the years she had grown a figure and traded in her red mini-skirt for a pair of skinny jeans and her white tank top was replaced with a different form-fitting band t-shirt everyday. She still rocked her red goggles, spiked bracelets, and combat boots.

Manny on the other hand, hadn't changed hardly any. He had grown taller and had a little more muscle compared to when he was twelve, but he still wore the same striped shirt, leather jacket, jeans, and tennis shoes. And of course he still wore his El Tigre belt for when he had to fight crime and/or commit one.

Manny and Frida had just come back from the park where they ate ice cream and took a walk. It had been Frida's suggestion and it was such a nice day it was hard for him to say no. Now, they were just enjoying the air-conditioning and relaxing.

Manny closed his eyes and was starting to drift off when he felt Frida move. He opened his eyes to see her sitting straight up, looking out the window.

"Did you hear that," she asked, narrowing her eyes to get a better view.

"Hear what," he said propping himself on his elbows and looking at her.

She looked down at him and said, "It sounded like... I don't know, but it didn't sound right."

Manny looked out the window, but he couldn't see anything out of the ordinary. He stood up and walked up to the window and continued searching, but, once again, came up with nothing. He turned around to tell her he didn't see anything, but nearly screamed when he saw Frida being held by three of Santana's skeleton minions.

He quickly reached down and spun his belt buckle turning into El Tigre. He didn't have time to let out his signature growl, he leapt into action immediately and flug his claws at the skeletons. His claws slashed through the fagile bones and broke them apart.

Fragments of bones lay everywhere and Frida landed on her knees before standing up quickly and glancing around sat the mess.

"What did you do to Santana lately to get her so mad at you," Manny asked her and she shrugged.

"I didn't do anything recently. I guess I passed by her lair a few days ago and stuck my tongue out at it, but I don't think she'd be as pissed at to have her minions capture me again."

"You're right," Manny admitted and started heading for the door. "Come on, let's go see what other damage she might have done."

He opened his door and was met by at least 30 more minions. He took his fighting position, but before he could make his first move all the skeletons where knocked away by something. Manny peeked outside his door to see his father, White Pantera, standing there with his hands on his hips in a disapproving way.

"Manuel, what did you do to Santana of the Dead this time," White Pantera questioned his son.

Manny held his hands up in defense. "I didn't do anything and neither did Frida! They just attacked!"

White Pantera nodded as Manny and Frida took off past him and out to the streets of Miracle City. They were shocked to see that the roads were filled with the skeletons, causing havoc and chaos. El Tigre started attacking all the minions, trying to slash as many as possible.

"This isn't gonna be easy," he thought to himself.

On the bus

Laney woke up suddenly to the bus shaking uncontrollably. She groggily sat up and looked out the window and saw they were in a city of some kind and when she looked down at the ground her eyes widened. They were surrounded by hundreds of skeletons that where rocking the bus back and forth.

She rubbed her eyes, thinking she might just be dreaming, but after a pinch and a slap to the face she realized that she wasn't. And to make matters worse the bus was on the verge of tipping over.

She looked over at her sleeping boyfriend, who was still happily in dreamland. She shook him vigorously, saying, "Core, wake up! We're under attack!"

He slowly opened his eyes and looked up at her. "What, Lanes?" She pointed out the window and he sat up and his eyes widened, just like her's. "What?!" He jumped up and looked around the bus.

Laney did the same and saw the other people on the bus were holding on to seats, bars, and whatever else they could grab onto.

"Glad to see you two lovebirds awake," Kin said with a mixture of anger and fear. He was holding onto Kon, who was gripping the seat in front of him tightly.

Laney grabbed onto the bar connecting her seat to the ceiling and was glad she did when her feet left the floor and she was hanging sideways for a moment, before the bus slowly tipped back into it's upright position.

Her feet hit the floor with a bone-jarring 'thud' and she felt the large shiver run up her spine from the contact. She held on as the bus started to tip again, but it promptly fell back down. Laney kept her eyes closed and held on waiting for the bus to move again, but it never came.

She opened her eyes when she heard Corey say, "Guys, you gotta check this out." She slowly let go of the bar and crawled across the seat to the window Corey was peering out of. She saw the twins do the same one the window to her right and she could vaguely see the other passengers making their way to the side of the bus.

Her eyes widened at the sight in front of her. All the skeletons she had seen were now laying in pieces and on the outside of all the wreckage, stood a teenager who was wiping his hands as if he had caused all the demolition.

"Wow," said Kon slowly. "I can't believe it."

"I know, right," his twin said, a huge smile on his face.

"What," Laney and Corey said together, looking at their friends in confustion.

Kin looked up at them, smile still stretched across his lips. "That's the famous hero of Miracle City, Mexico, El Tigre."

"What," Laney said again, not believing what she was hearing. First ninjas and now superheroes!?

"In English it translates to 'The Tiger' and he's famous for not being able to decide weather he's a hero or a villian," Kin explained.

"Yeah," Kon interjected, "he'll save the day one minute and commit the crime of the century the next. He's a complete mystery and the craziest thing is everyone knows his secret identity. He never even tried to hide it."

"He's also one of the youngest people to ever become a super. He started when he was eleven and now he's like fourteen," Kin finished for his brother.

"Only a little younger than us," Laney thought but then realized something. "Wait, who is he then if everyone knows his identity?"

Kon looked at her with a serious expression. "His name is Manny Rivera."

I'll leave it at kinda a cliffhanger so you guys aren't in too much suspense.