Dun dun dun!

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Shocking. I can not think of a single thing to say.

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Zoe remained standing and starring in shock even after Frida was gone. No one knew her secret identity. No one did until now, anyway. She panicked. What should she do? What was Frida going to do? Was she going to tell anyone? What was she doing now? She was probably going back to Manny.

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She was going to tell Manny!

Zoe almost stopped breathing as she realized that if Frida told anyone, it would be Manny. As she thought this, she lost it. She began hyperventilating, and looked around her, desperately trying to think of what to do. Coming up with nothing effective, she ran out the door after Frida. She found her walking in the direction of the volleyball court. Trying to hide her anxiety, she stopped and fixed herself up and crossed her arms before catching up with her.

"So," she said in the best 'I don't care' voice she could produce. "You figured out my secret identity. So what?"

Frida smirked, keeping her eyes straight forward. "You're panicking on the inside. I can sense it."

Frida looked to her right and was slightly shocked to see Zoe on her knees, hands folded under her chin.

"PLEASE DON'T TELL ANYONE!" she pleaded. "Especially Manny. Pleeeaaaaasssee don't tell him!" Frida looked around them, as if not wanting to be seen. There was no one there.

"Cuervo, get up before you rip your stockings." She said. Cuervo looked like she was on the verge of tears. Just them, Frida's ears perked up. Manny walked through the trees.

"Whoa." His said upon seeing Cuervo on her knees before Frida. Frida looked at Manny, and then at Zoe, who was staring at her with big, pleading eyes. She looked between the two of them several times. "I…uh…" Manny stuttered. "I'm just…gonna…y-you know...um…go…uh…back to the…um." He gestured behind himself in the direction of the court, slowly taking a few steps backward. "Yeah." And he turned and walked away rather fast.

Not even ten steps away, he literally ran into Django, having been glancing over his shoulder and not watching where he was going. "Uh, Manny." Django said, confused. "I thought we were going to meet Kitten at-"

Manny laughed nervously and took Django by the shoulders, turning him around and pushing him back to the court. "Yeah, this way."

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Frida didn't say anything, and it made Zoe start to get anxious. "Well? What are you gonna do? Are you gonna tell anyone?"

Frida smirked again. "Call it blackmail." She started walking again.

Zoe was confused. "Well…what do you want me to do?"

"Oh, I'm saving this one." Frida said, and walked away, leaving a very confused, very panicking Cuervo.

When Frida got to the volleyball court, she passed the bug spray around and went to find Manny and Django.

"Hey, guys." She said happily when she found them. She seemed too smug to have just been in the presents of Cuervo.

"Geez, Kitten," Django said. "A bit late to be dipping into the catnip, isn't it?"

"Hey, Frida," Manny said. "Um…what was with-?"

"Eh, nothing." Frida interrupted, and big smirk on her face.

"No, I know that look. That's your devious face!" Django pointed out.

She chuckled as they were called to start the game. The teams were Manny, Frida, Django, Che, Sergio and Diego. Cuervo was on the opposing team and Manny noticed that she was watching Frida like a hawk. Normally, he would think this to be normal, except this time, she didn't look mad, angry, full of hate or anything like that. She looked scared.

Frida breathed deeply as she bent her knees in a ready position, Cuervo right on the other side of the net. When the cactus kid served it, Django bumped it, Manny set it, and then Frida spiked it right down in Cuervo's face. It hit her and knocked her to the ground.

"How 'bout them apples?" Frida said.

The other team gasped and went to help her, while Frida's team giggled and gave her high fives. They expected Cuervo to jump up and have some smart-ass comment for Frida, but instead, she laughed nervously.

"Hey, Kitten," Django said. "What'd you do to her to make her act so weird?"

Frida grinned and shrugged. "Eh."

Meanwhile, back in Manny's head, he was very anxious to know what Frida had done to Cuervo. He was dying for the game to end so he could ask her. The game seemed to forever, but when it finally did end, their team had won quite easily, mainly duo to an uneasy Cuervo and a particularly aggressive Frida. When they all lined up for the bus, Manny noticed that Cuervo was sticking unusually close to Frida while still trying to be inconspicuous about it. She was failing miserably because she kept glancing at Frida with the same scared look and when Frida made eye contact with her, it turn to pleading. As Manny, Frida and Django took their seats in the back of the bus, Cuervo took a seat not too far away. Manny and Django turned to Frida, who still had the same smug expression.

"Seriously, Frida," Manny whispered so Cuervo wouldn't hear. "What did you do? She won't stop watching you!"

"Yeah, Kitten."

Frida giggled. "Let's just say knowledge is power." She looked out the window at the moon. She loved going on nighttime drives.

"Oh, so you know something?" Django asked. Frida chuckled.

"I know everything." She teased. Obviously, she wasn't going to share her knowledge with them, so they dropped it. Manny had a few things he wanted to talk to Frida about, but unfortunately for him, the ride to the hero camp wasn't long. All they had to do was go around the lake. But he tried his luck.

"Hey, Frida?" he asked. She was leaning back in her seat with her legs resting on the seat back in front of her. She turned her head to him and he saw her eyes glow in the darkened bus, the little light from the moon reflecting off of them.

"Yeah?"

He rubbed the back of his neck. "I meant to ask you…um…about last night…what do you remember?"

She turned back to the window. "Well, I didn't remember anything when I first woke up." She paused and them chuckled. "And I had no idea what happened so it scared the hell out of me waking up in your arms, shirtless."

Manny blushed like crazy. He laughed nervously. "Yeah, well…um…."

"Was taking my shirt off really necessary?"

Before Manny could answer, El Oso called everyone's attention.

"Okay, mans, they obviously have no idea we're coming so be very quite. On your way off the bus, grab as much toilet paper as you can carry. If you're caught, knock out whoever it is and draw a mustache on their face." The campers giggled. "We'll all meet back at the bus when everyone runs out of toilet paper." They parked outside the gate to the camp. Like the villains camp, it looked nothing like heroes camp from the outside. It looked like military camp. Frida couldn't help but laugh, as it reminded her of the police camp she was supposed to be at. She remembered her sisters' complaining when they had gotten home from their first summer there, saying that they were worked to death. El Oso motioned for everyone to get out and grab some ammo. Frida and Manny used their grappling claws to get some of the kids over the gate, others getting over themselves. Once everyone was over, they dispersed into all directions. Manny, Frida and Django went to the far side of the camp, looking for the most vulnerable looking cabin. As they went, Frida kept peeking into all of the cabins, trying to see if there was anyone they knew.

"Kitten, your gonna get caught!" Django whispered. "It's so dark, how can you see at all in there?"

Frida looked at them and pointed to her eyes, which were glowing with light again. "Kitty vision! And I'm not gonna get caught! Everyone's fast asleep."

They found a cabin that was right next to the main hall and choose it as their victim cabin. They established that Django would toss in over the roof as Manny and Frida wrapped it around. When they were done, the stepped back to admire their work. Who ever was inside that cabin would have a big surprise when they woke up. Frida had managed to spread it out evenly to the point where there was not an inch of window that could be seen through. They walked back to the bus, seeing that others were finishing up as well. Outside the gate, El Oso had brought spray paint cans so they could graffiti their names on the gate. Everyone had a hell of a time with that. Frida had written her name the biggest, 'La Gatita' taking up most of the space. Manny sighed 'El Tigre' under it, and when Frida had her back turned, wrote 'Tigre+Gatita 4ever' in a big heart.

Once back on the bus and safely away from the enemy camp, El Oso congratulated everyone on a job well done.

"Manny," Frida said after everyone had gone back to talking amongst themselves. He looked at her. She was in the same position as before and was staring out the window again.

"Hmm?"

"You never answered my question."

Manny blushed again and pulled on his bandana, suddenly feeling very sweaty. "Oh, well…I…um…" What was he supposed to say? 'Yes, as a matter of fact, I felt that taking your shirt off was absolutely necessary, even though the damaged area was perfectly accessible without doing so.' She knew him better than that. He saw the corner of her mouth pulled upward in an amused smile. He was suddenly overwhelmed once again by the random, burning desire to kiss her. But right now was obviously not the best time to try. "Uhhhhhh…..I just wanted to make sure you were…uh…properly taken care of and that all your injuries were tended to. You've done the same for me more than once before." He pointed out. Wow…that was actually a really good response.

Frida must have thought so too, because she 'Hmm.'ed and nodded, accepting his answer. He sighed in relief and leaned back in his seat. Then he felt something on his shoulder. He looked and saw Frida resting her head on him. Her face was expressionless and she was still staring out the window at the moon. Slowly, as if testing the water, Manny leaned his head on hers.

"Thank you." she whispered.

"For what?"

"For last night." She moved closer to him.

Manny smiled against her hair and wrapped an arm around her, hugging her. "Anytime."

She smiled. "And I'm going to hold you to that, just so you know."

"To what?" he asked, confused.

Frida paused. "You said you could never hate me."

Manny smiled, remembering. "Well, you can hold me to that as long as you want, because that will never change."

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I am actually really pleased with this chapter. It turned out a lot better than I thought it would.

Btw, I'm done with the La Gatita sketches! Now, all I have to do is get my mits on a scanner. And that is the hardest part.