After some thought, El Tigre put a dark look on his face before walking up to José. Django, Frida and Zoe watched hoping El Tigre would do what they thought was right. "José…" everyone was on the edge of their seat. "No way!" he yelled into José's face.
"Bad choice, El Tigre." José calmly said before knocking El Tigre towards Django and Frida. "Now you will die!"
"Over our dead bodies." Frida and Django cried simultaneously.
"Quite appropriate choice of words" José replied, reforming his helmet while Zoe put hers back on. They flew towards the two Tigres as they met the avian themed villains I mid-air. Django was aiming his guitar only to be hit with a blast of magic.
"I hope you will be a better match than your nana." Circe mocked. This made Django mad as he shot rapid-fire from his guitar, Circe dodged the shots using teleportation, making taunts as she re-appeared. She taunts like "Nana's boy", "missed me" and "This may put a strain on our relationship".
As the fight heated up, it was clear that Mega-Raptor was too much for El Tigre and La Tigressa. They had to unleash a trump card, the Ancient Tiger Spirit. However, Mega-Raptor and The Black Cuervo weren't even giving them a chance to breath, La Tigressa had an idea.
"Hey Circe, not bad for a Vegas showgirl!" La Tigressa called.
Circe was furious, taking her attention away from Django. "Vegas showgirl?" she cried with fury, Mega-Raptor noticed that it was a trap.
"Look out!" he called to late as Django blasted Circe directly in the back. Mega-Raptor blasted Django away, before going to Circe's side. She was alive, but knocked out.
"You will pay, Bone-Bag!" Mega-Raptor vowed as he chanted the Spell of Oblivion. Django screamed in pain ah he disintegrated. While this happened, the Tigres found their opening.
"Ready, Chika?" El Tigre asked
"Ready as I'll ever be, amigo" La Tigressa replied. They summoned two Ancient Tiger Spirits, which raced towards Mega-Raptor, roaring as if they were the spawn of The Devil himself. Mega-Raptor calls the Black Cuervo to his side and they activated a force field to protect themselves from the impact. When the attack hit, the blast shook Castle Apocalypse. When the smoke cleared, the two heroes saw something that made their blood run cold: a real mad Mega-Raptor.
"You have made the worst mistake of your…" Mega-Raptor started as a siren blared, mentioning 'Atlantis is sinking' repeatedly.
"What's happening?" Frida asked.
"You fools disrupted the engines! The whole place is going down." Mega-Raptor told her. "Come sister, we're leaving." The Black Cuervo opened a portal and steps through it. Mega-Raptor picks up Circe and walks over to it, only to stop and turn to the heroes. "I wouldn't recommend revealing our identities to anyone." He warned. "Because if you do, I will make their and your lives go to Hell!" he then walked through the portal, and it seals up. El Tigre and La Tigressa rush through the base looking or a way out, but they seem to hit nothing but dead ends.
"There's no way out!" La Tigressa cried
"Then we'll make one." El Tigre said heroically as he tore through the walls of the base until they reached the outside.
"Now what?" La Tigressa asked pointing out that they were high in the air and going down, fast.
El Tigre grabbed onto her and jumped, he used his grapple claws that were much longer than La Tigressa's to swing off the bottom of the falling helifortress and onto a hill. Ironically, Castle Apocalypse 2.0 crashed where it's predecessor, Castle Apocalypse 1.0 and they was the same hill they observed the destroyed base three years ago.
As they looked upon the wreckage as feelings raced through their heads; confusion, anger, love, fear. It seemed to be a short eternity before one of them spoke.
"Frida, I…" El Tigre started only to be interrupted by La Tigressa kissing him. He soon embraced it and started making out, unaware of someone watching them from below.
"Next time, you will fall." Mega-Raptor said fading into a red mist
Well over a decade later, Emilo, Lorenna and Antonio Rivera were sitting in Mrs Lupita's class. They were listening to the register just like at the beginning of every class, until they heard a name they did not recognise.
"Scarlett Aves." Mrs Lupita called out.
"Who?" Lorenna asked to her brothers.
"Beats me." Emilo replied. Before Antonio could pitch in, the door opened and a girl walked in. She was wearing a red shirt with a black leather jacket, black jeans and black high-heel boots. She had somewhat pale skin, red eyes and had black hair with red tips.
"Sorry I'm late, Mrs Lupita." The girl said
"Are you Scarlett Aves?" Mrs Lupita asked.
"Yes ma'am, here's a note for being late." Scarlett replied
"Ok, take a seat next to Lorena." Mrs Lupita told her. They young girl took the seat next to the young Rivera. Lorenna then smiled and introduced herself.
"Hi, I'm Lorenna." She said
"Scarlett." Scarlett replied, shaking her hand.
Emilio noticed a look on his brother's face. "Don't you dare Antonio." he warned, but the Rivera villain ignored him.
"Scarlett, I was wondering if you preferred heroics or villainy." He asked with a malicious look on his face.
Scarlett thought for a moment. "I say it doesn't really matter: if you are a hero, you have to maintain a standard and have to not only have to look after your loved ones, but the city in which you operate. Whereas villains always have to watch their backs because some goody-two-shoes hero would try to stop you. I think, if I was a hero or villain, I would do a little of each with separate identities. One to get fame, the other to get rich." This response apparently appealed to all three, Emilio because that is what he thought, yet his brother and sister thought it meant this would help battle their opposite: For Antonio it was to help evil, and for Lorena it was to stop it.
After school, the three Riveras walked out of LeoneMiddle School having a great time getting into and out of trouble.
"Hey want to come back to our place?" Lorena asked.
"Sorry, I have to get back home. My dad doesn't like it when I'm home late." Scarlett responded.
"Daddy's little princess, eh?" Antonio taunted only to receive an elbow from his brother. Before he could retaliate, a limo caught everyone's eye.
Before anyone could question why a limo was driving up to a Middle school, Scarlett gave an explanation. "That's my ride. See you guys tomorrow?" the three Riveras nodded in unison as Scarlett got in and it drove off, leaving the triplets speechless.
As the limo drove on, the driver gave a message to his passenger. "Miss Aves, your father has requested to see you in his study one you arrive."
"I kinda expected." Scarlett responded as they pulled up to a mansion. She entered and walked to her father's study, each hallway looked like each cost a fortune.
She entered he father's study as he was on the phone. "…look, if you can't get a working prototype ready by the end of the week, I will get someone who can… risks are meant to be taken, Johnson… maybe I should revoke that grant I gave you and give it to the Bio weapons department… that's what I thought, I'll be expecting results in the morning."
"Having trouble at Aves International?" Scarlett asked as her father hung up.
"There are perks of being a CEO, Scarlett." Her father, José Aves, replied. Over the years, he maintained a muscular body and wore a very expensive custom Hugo Boss suit. "Did you meet them?"
"The Riveras?" Scarlett asked. "One is near brain dead, the second is unstable and the third may be the only threat, but not by much." She replied, describing the Riveras in the order of Lorena, Antonio and Emilio. "So what is mom going to teach me today?"
"Today is going to be different, Hija." José replied, getting out of his chair. "Today is the anniversary of my transcendence into Mega-Raptor, and it is the day where you shall first wreak havoc." He waked over to a bookshelf and pushed a hidden button, revealing a secret compartment. Inside was a black outfit on a mannequin, it was laced with purple-ish red armoured parts around the chest, arms and legs. The helmet had a darkened visor and only showed the mouth area. Aside from that, it resembled her father's armour
Circe walked into the room. She wore clothing similar to the one she wore when she first met her husband, the only differences were her skirt was much longer, her shirt was full length and was very expensive. "Try it on, sweetie. It is enhanced with dark magic that will enhance your already formidable powers." She told her daughter.
"It also has the best technological capabilities that money can buy, I can easily see this breaking both Mach five and titanium reinforced walls." José added.
Scarlett walked over to it and poked it. The outfit immediately flowed onto her, giving as if it was alive. When it finished, Scarlett was wearing the armour she say just moments ago on the mannequin in front of her. "Wicked" Scarlett yelled.
"That armour should make you the most powerful teen super villain in the city." Her father told her.
"What now?" Scarlett asked.
"Create carnage, draw the Riveras out. You are to test their skills as well as your own. You will eventually get the chance to kill them, but not now." José commanded.
"No problem, dad. I was hoping to get some real action" Scarlett told her dad before teleporting out of the room. When she did José turned on a monitor that showed him everything his daughter sees.
"Overprotective, much?" Circe asked.
Jose smirked at his wife. "This is just encase she gets overpowered and needs assistance. Now to the matter at hand: the future."
"My original vision has changed, I no longer see you ruling the world. It's our daughter who will rule the world." Circe explained as José sat down behind his desk.
"And she shall." José responded to his wife's surprise. "If my little girl is to rule the world, then I won't stand in her way. Unlike my father before me, I don't have a god complex, he couldn't handle anyone would be more powerful than he was. I knew from when she was born, little Scarlett would be stronger than me someday" He then turned to the monitor with his daughter causing mayhem in the city from her point of view. "All those years ago, I may have failed to conquer the planet, but I vow that she won't. All our enemies shall fall, and the Nightingale shall rise!" he said finishing with maniacal laughter.
Emilio~ /
Lorena~
Antonio~
Maya Aves~