The Titanium Titan walked away, allowing his liquid metal arm to extend so that he could give the two some semblance of privacy. Then he allowed Frida's upper body to pop out of the substance, to which she gasped for fresh air - before being suddenly wrapped in a much - needed fluffy tiger hug. She wrapped her arms around her best friend as he buried his nose into her neck, eyes squeezed tightly. For all his power and strength, he was still only a child - to have his best friend's life seriously threatened by a madman must have been severely traumatizing. She felt him shaking, and began to rub soothing circles on his back, whispering into his over-sensitive left ear.

"Hey, Manny, don't cry. Come on - you'll kick his ass in no time, and then we'll go home and I'll crush you at Mario kart, okay? But only if you suck it up and stop being such a wimp."

"F- F- Free- da… Frida…"

He spoke in barely a whisper, so she dropped the volume of her voice to match his.

"Yeah, Manny?"

"I… I have a plan…"

"You what?"

"Shhh, Frida, act sad, this is supposed to be our final farewell or whatever…"

"Oh, okay."

Frida threw herself against her lover, and cried "OH, MANNY!" Before placing her lips directly against his ear and whispering, "so, what's the plan?"

"Well, his arm thingies are powered by this thing called life energy, which is basically what makes mystical power objects mystical power objects. They feed off of and amplify his life energy, allowing him to manipulate them at will. For this to work, they're connected directly to his heart - so if you use your tazer in the liquid metal, he should be put into a coma. But then that would electrocute you, and you'd die - unless…"

"Unless…?"

"Okay, so this is the gross part - you have to hold his heart."

"Ew! I am SO not doing that."

"If you don't, you'll die."

"… okay, so I guess it wouldn't be THAT bad…"

Manny chuckled into her neon blue hair. "I'll keep him distracted while you find his heart."

"MANNY, YOU MUSN'T!"

"BUT I MUST! FOR YOU MY LOVE." Then, he unexpectedly pulled her close, and their lips crashed. Frida tangled her fingers into the short brown fur of his tiger mask as she melted into the kiss.

"Alright, THAT'S enough." The titanium titan drew Frida back into his arm, his liquid metal encompassing her in multiple silvery tendrils, breaking the kiss…but not before Manny whispered one last thing to her.

"Good luck, mi amour."