Author's Notes: I own nothing except possible OCs (unless listed otherwise) and Klaxon.

Chapter 4

Next Day...

"Okay, no super-power usage for today." said Manny as he headed for the park until...

*Explosion*

...he was thrown back by a explosive going off in front of him and he saw Senor Sinistero standing over him.

"Howdy pardner! Ready to dance?" said Sinistero twirling his robotic hands before he had them assume the form of guns and pointed them at Manny.

"Sorry Sinistero, I can't fight you today, got a curse I'm trying to break." said Manny ignoring him.

"Not even if I captured her?"

Manny stopped and turned around, fire in his eyes.

"Let her go!" snapped Manny.

"Make me you no-good piece of cow pie." said Sinistero with a smirk.

*Tiger Roar*

Sinistero found a hard right to the face followed by a kick to the groin which caused him pain despite him being in a robotic suit. El Tigre brought out his claws and started spinning them like buzz-saws and advanced menacingly towards Sinistero.

"Okay, okay! You win! Here, take her!" said Sinistero throwing Frida to Manny who caught her and Sinistero took off leaving the two behind.

"Dude, your claws." said Frida pointing to Manny's left hand.

"What about them?" said Manny looking at his now red claws, "AAAAH! I'm speeding up the process!"

Manny then returned to normal and let out a sigh until he saw the sleeve of his left arm was black.

"I'm speeding up the process! Two days of using this belt and I already am showing signs of going off the deep end!"

"What do you mean?"

"Look at my eye Frida."

"It's almost completely black...oh..."

"Okay, no more using the belt today or for the next...three days...maybe an extra day for safety."

Suddenly the El Tigre buckle spun and turned Manny in El Tigre and Manny tried to get to spin again but it wouldn't.

"This can't be good..." muttered Manny as his tiger ears drooped.

Suddenly a giant metal axe came between him and Frida and the two turned to see...

"Dun, dun, dun! The Titanium Titan!" said the Titan with a sneer.

"Bad timing Titan." said Manny crossing his arms before he cried out in pain and clutched his head and fell to his knees.

Titan's sneer disappeared as the brown of Manny's costume slowly turned black and then Titan noticed the dark aura surrounding the belt on Manny and Titan then has his hand stretch out and grab the belt off of Manny and replace it with a normal belt before he had his free hand encase Manny in a Titanium cage.

"Hey! Let Manny go!" yelled Frida pulling out her guitar.

"Hold it! I'm not trying to destroy Manny, especially now that I know he touched the Cursed Statue of his family." said Titan calmly as he held the belt away from himself.

"How...do you know about...the statue?" asked Manny who was still in pain from inside the cage.

"Rodolfo told me when me and him were partners. I want to destroy you Manny but not when you could turn bad. So, I help."

"Shut up you obsolete, bad smelling, idiotic, metal for hands, wannabe hero!" snapped Manny suddenly before he looked confused, "Did I just say something hurtful?"

Titan sniffed as he tried to keep the tears from falling from his eyes.

"{Cracking}No..." said Titan before he turned around and cried his eyes out.

"Dude, that was harsh." said Frida.

"Why would you care you lousy rock-star wannabe?!...I said something nasty again didn't I?"

Frida nods as tears fill her eyes and she runs away. Titan recovers and then turns towards Manny, his eyes bloodshot.

"You seem to be fifty percent corrupted...you may still fix this..." said Titan as he looked at Manny's condition.

"Titan! Release Manny this instant or suffer the wrath of my Power Punch Kick!" said White Pantera appearing on the scene.

"Wait Rodolfo, I mean no harm to Manny this time. I'm trying to help him." said Titan defending himself.

"Last time you said you wanted to help, you lied despite me using my Bronze Boots of Truth on you."

"This time I have a reason. Look at your son carefully."

Rodolfo looks at Manny and then he recoils in horror.

"Manny! Have you used your belt?!" yelled Rodolfo in horror.

"No?" said Manny nervously before the Bronze Boots of Truth were placed on his chest, "{Monotone}Yes, I used the belt to deal with the Golden Eagle Twins yesterday, and Senor Sinistero today before it got a mind of its own and I wound up like this."

"Manuel Pablo Gutierrez-!"

"Shut up you annoying old man who sucks at being a superhero!" snapped Manny before he looked shocked, "I didn't mean that!"

"{Cracking}Sure you didn't...*sniffs*...you're under the effects of the curse...*turns around and cries into his hands*"

"Titan, knock me out before I hurt anyone else's feelings." said Manny to Titan.

*CLANG!*

Manny fell unconscious in his cage and Rodolfo recovered and turned towards his former sidekick.

"Titan, follow me. We need to lock Manny up until this curse is over." said Rodolfo and Titan had stars in his eyes.

"I'm working alongside Rodolfo again...it's a dream come true..." said Titan star-struck as he followed Rodolfo.

Hidden Location; One Hour Later...

"Titan, even though you have tried to kill my son multiple times so it can just be us like it was in the old days, I'm afraid I will be retiring one hundred percent soon." said Rodolfo after he had tied Manny up inside the hidden base the Rivera's had and Titan looked horrified.

"What?! But you can't! You're White Pantera!" said Titan.

"Yes I know, but I'm getting too old and...I'm losing my touch."

"Can't we do one last partner gig together before you retire and then I solemnly swore to NEVER attack your son ever again...unless he's stupid enough to touch that statue again."

"I'll hold your word to that promise and I...suppose we could do one last gig. I just need to lock this place down so Manny doesn't escape. You put his belt in the hidden safe right?"

"Yes Rodolfo! I even changed the code to only something I would know so he can't unlock it!" said Titan saluting.

"Okay, let's go. Bye Manny, be good until the Curse is gone!" said Rodolfo as he sped out of the room followed by a happy Titan.

"Shut up you idiotic father!" snapped Manny as he came to and struggled against the ropes holding him as the door leading into the place closed shut followed by the sounds of several mechanical locks...locking.

Manny sighs as he looks around.

"At least now I don't have to worry about the Curse with me bound up in dad's hand-tied knots...wait...his knots?" said Manny before he looked up and found himself breaking free of the ropes within ten seconds flat and he landed on the ground and he ran over to the safe and typed in "Rodolfo is the best" and the safe opened and Manny grabbed the belt and put it on and he became El Tigre but he looked completely different; his costume was now black with red stripes and his claws were red instead of silver and his eyes were almost completely black, or at least his left eye was completely black while his right eye still had some green in it but it was barely noticeable. His tail was also black with red stripes.

"Time for some fun." said El Tigre darkly as he rubbed his hands together sinisterly unaware of the figure watching him from the shadows before the plant man disappeared.

One Minute Later...

The location was consumed by red energy before it exploded and a red streak shot across the sky towards Miracle City. When we zoom in on the streak we see it is in the shape of a running tiger but instead of green, it is red...

END CHAPTER

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