Chapter Two: Asking for a Favour.
Red was focused; he had signed up Sylvester, Daffy, Homer Simpson & Eddy Green (Yes, the Eddy of Ed, Edd n Eddy). But he had one more member to recruit.
"One more… and I know just the man for the job!" Red Tiger said to himself. Then he thought of the accident…
FLASHBACK BEGINS
Larry the Lion walked into the alleyway of Las Vegas unprotected, trying to reach his home in Secret Garden. But then, the unthinkable happened…
"Hand over the necklace, Lion!" One gang-member yelled. He was referring to the diamond necklace Larry had bought for his daughter's birthday.
"I… don't know what you're talking about." Larry said, playing dumb. The other gang members arrived, and beat the hell out of him. Then Larry's friend, Red Tiger, appeared and drove the muggers away with a crescent wrench. Red looked at Larry with tears in his eyes.
"I'm sorry…" Red sobbed, and the tiger ran away.
FLASHBACK ENDS
Red Tiger's mind seemed determined to lead him back to Larry and ask him to join the team. Red dusted off his door-keys and opened the virtually-frozen front door. Red stepped outside for the first time in three months and a strange bewilderment crossed his mind. What if he messes up his last chance to resume his life? What if he is out-casted by the lion he saved from something he started? There was only one way to find out: he was going to see Larry in person at the Secret Garden Tiki Bar. Red Tiger left a note for Larry in the lion's post-box and continued back home.
Later on at the Tiki Bar, Larry & his family were there, awaiting the stranger who sent the note. Red Tiger showed up under a hooded cloak, hoping to surprise his buddy. They sat right next to each other and Larry ordered a beer.
"Lovely day for a beer, eh, stranger?" Larry smiled.
"I'm no stranger, lion." Red said back.
"Who are you, then?" Larry asked. Red smirked.
"Lock up your daughters, boys and girls…" Red joked. Then he revealed himself.
"…The Dark Knight returns!" Red finished. That was his favourite catchphrase. Larry's family hugged him and Red went to ask Larry to be on the team.
"Me? At the Pontiac Silverdome? You got a deal! Can I bring the family along?" Larry answered and asked.
"Sure." Red smiled, and after a good conversation, Red went home for sleep.
"That was easy… but the harder part will come when we face our first opponents tomorrow!" Red thought as he drifted to sleep.