El Tigre copyright Jorge Gutierrez and Sandra Equihua
The MASK copyright Dark Horse Comics/New Line Cinema
The MASK of Miracle City
Chapter 09: Photo Shoot
The FOF Made It To The Area That Chris Had Chosen For The Photos.
They Landed On The Rooftop of a Tall Building, Where Chris Took Out His Backpack.
He Flipped It Upside-Down, Where Dozens Of Camera's Fell Out.
"What's With All The Cameras! Exclaimed Gobbler
"It's My Secret...
I Get Extra Cameras With Timers On Them And Plant Them At Different Areas In a Certain Location.
"So You Always Get a Picture Of Something At Every Angle...GENIUS! Said Voltura
"Yeah, The Only HARD PART Is Getting Where I Need To Be To Plant The Cameras.
And, That's Why I Need YOUR HELP THIS TIME...
The FOF Stared At Him.
"This Would Be MUCH EASIER If You Ladies Could Plant The Cameras For Me.
"Why?
"Cuz, You All Have Jetpacks That Enable You To Fly, And I Don't!
Gobbler Grumbled.
"You No Say ANYTHING About Us WORKING! Said Gobbler
Cuervo Takes a Camera And Flies Off To a Nearby Building.
She Plants The Camera On An Area And Presses a Button.
"THIS ONES READY!
Voltura Grins As She Takes a Camera And Does The Same.
Gobbler Grumbles, Then Takes a Camera.
"You Darn Lucky My Granddaughter Likes You So Much.
Gobbler Flies Off.
Over The Next Several Minutes...
The FOF Fly Back-And-Forth, Planting Cameras All Over The Place.
After Finishing, They Fly Back To Chris For The Next Bit Of Instructions.
"Okay, Now What?
"Now, We Start Shooting.
"FINALLY!
Gobbler Activates The Laser Cannon On Her Cane, Voltura Turns It Off.
"He Doesn't Mean THAT KIND OF SHOOTING, Mother.
"DANG!
"Okay, First...We Need Good Ariel Shots (Which Is WHY I needed Those Cameras On The Building.)
Then, Some CLOSE-UPS, Which Will Need To Be MENACING For a Number Of Reasons.
"What Reasons?
"I Can't Have My Boss Know I'm Working With Super-Villains...
So, You Have To Look UNHAPPY To See Me, Like You Want To HURT ME.
"oh...
"And, Lastly: Action Shots.
I Need Pictures Of You Gals In Action, You Know: Robbing a Bank or Museum.
"Now, THAT PART I LIKE!
When Do We Get To THAT PART! Asked Gobbler
"Last.
"oh...
"Now, Let's Get Started: Ariel Shots.
I Set The Timer Of My Camera's To: MOTION ACTIVATION.
They'll Go Off The Second You Get Close, So Do Same Fancy Air Tricks For Them.
"No Problema... Said Cuervo
The FOF Take Off And Starting Soaring Through The Air, Doing Various AIR TRICKS...
They Included: EXTREME SPORTS TRICKS, SUPERHERO POSES, BIRD-BASED POSES and SUPERMODEL POSES.
"Nice...Now For Some Close-Ups.
The FOF Stood In Front Of Him, As He Help Up His One Camera.
"Now, Come At Me Like Your Angry...GET MEAN!
The FOF Put On The MEANEST Faces They Could And Marched Towards Chris Gritting There Teeth, Flexing there Clawed Cloves And Charging There Weapons.
"Now, Act Like You Hate Me Taking Your Picture...Act Like You Wanna Kill Me!
Gobbler Blasts Chris With Her Laser, Which Fries Some Of Chris's Hair.
"oops...
Voltura and Cuervo Glared At Gobbler.
"My Finger Slipped?
"He Said: "ACT", Mother...Try To Remember This Is ONLY PRETEND.
"sorry.
"You Okay, Chris?
"I'm Fine, Cuervo...Let's Just TRY THIS AGAIN!
They Eventually Get The Pictures They Want.
"Now, For Some Action Shots.
I've Picked The PERFECT PLACE For The Pics.
"And You Want Us To Take You There?
"Yeah.
Cuervo Picks Chris Up With a Smiles.
"show-off. Said Gobbler
Later, At The Bank.
"There It Is...The Miracle City National Bank. Said Chris
"Now, You Girls Go In There, Do What You Do Best And, I'll Be Waiting Out Here For Your Picture.
The FOF Smiled.
"I'm Amazed, Chris...
I'm Impressed That Your Actually Letting Us Rob This Bank Without a Problem With It.
"Of Course I Don't Have a Problem.
I Have To Respect That You Have STRANGE HOBBIES...
Some People Are Bird Watchers, Others Are Star Gazers...You Guys Are BANK ROBBERS.
Besides, The Crooks That Own This Bank REFUSED TO GIVE MY MOTHER A LOAN!
"Oh, So That's It. Said Voltura, Grinning
"Mostly.
Okay, Ready?
"Hold On.
Voltura Reached Into Her Pocket She Pulled Out a Stopwatch And Gave It To Chris.
"Time Us.
"Okay.
3...2...1, GO!
{ZOOM!}
The FOF Were Gone In a Flash.
Seconds Later, They Were Out With Bags Of Money.
Chris Took There Picture AS The Bank Exploded.
"Nice...That's Definetly Going On the FRONT PAGE.
"How'd We Do?
Chris Looked At The Watch, It Read: "1.02.78"
"One Minute and Two Seconds...Not Bad.
"That's a NEW RECORD. Said Gobbler
"What's Next?
"Just One More Picture At The Museum.
"GREAT!
"But, First...
I Want a Written Agreement, That You'll Return Whatever Artifact You Steal From There Later On.
"WHAT! Exclaimed Gobbler
"Hey, Stealing Money Is ONE THING, But Stealing Art Is Another.
"You Can't Be Serious.
"He's Got a Point, Mother... Began Voltura
"As An HIGH SCHOOL ART TEACHER, I Can Understand Something Like That.
Sorry, But I Have To Agree With The Photographer On THIS ONE...
Gobbler Slapped Her Face.
She Then Eyed Cuervo.
"I Suppose YOU Agree With Her, Too.
Cuervo Shrugged Her Shoulders Nervously.
"Que?
Gobbler Muttered Something In Spanish.
"fine...Where's The Pen?
Chris Handed Them The Pen And Paper.
After Signing There Names And Making It Official, They Proceeded To The Museum.
"There It Is, Folks...The MIRACLE CITY MUSEUM OF ARTS.
Just Go In There, Find Something You Like And Get Out Here For The Picture.
"Whatever, Let's Just Get This Over With...
Chris Eyed Gobbler.
"Is She ALWAYS This Crabby?
"Only When We're Stealing Something We Have To Take Back. Said Voltura
"How Much Has That Happened?
"How Long Have We Been Friends? Said Cuervo
Chris Grinned.
"Touche.
Suddenly, There Was An Explosion.
Everyone Looked To See SENIOR SINIESTRO Emerging From The Partialy Demolished Building With Bags Full Of Artifact.
"Okay, THIS...Could Get Complicated.