Saturday, 9:22 am

The next morning, Manny, his forehead and stomach covered in bandages, was sitting in his room, watching reruns of Black Scorpion: the Series on SciFi Channel, when his best friend Frida came in.

"Sorry I'm late, dude; my sisters were hogging the bathroom. So, what'd I miss?"

"Well, so far, a fellow cop of Darcy's has been suspended from the force for excessive violence, and has become a vigilante called the Angel of Death, and when she kisses a criminal, they instantly die.*"

"Dude, thank god we don't have a psycho vigilante in this town**. Oh, and your mom told about what happened last night. Tough break, man."

"No kiddin'. Frida, it was like trying to fight a fuckin' cloud; a super strong, wind manipulating cloud, mind you. Still, I couldn't get what that guy meant when he said that the company had done something to him."

"Just let it go dude; you'll catch him sooner than you think. Meantime, wanna crank call Vice Principal Chakal?"

"You know it!"

The Sewers of Miracle City

Just below the streets of the zesty hellhole of crime and corruption, in a place out of Phantom of the Opera***, Manny's new adversary, the Fog, was looking through a microscope with a blood sample a the slide beneath it. The Fog then took a needle and a beaker filled with a strange cyan liquid, and took an injection of the liquid in the needle, then put a small amount of the liquid in the blood.

"Pleases, lord, let it be right this time", the villain thought, "all the other mixtures I've tried have had negative effects. If this one works, I won't be a freak of nature anymore."

But, to the Fog's horror, all the liquid did was kill the blood cells in the sample. Now, filled with a rage that could have only come from someone like Russell Crowe, the Fog lifted the table and threw it against the wall.

"IT'S USELESS!" ,the Fog shouted, "JUST A WORTHLESS PIECE OF SHIT, JUST LIKE ALL THE OTHERS! I'LL NEVER BE NORMAL AGAIN! NEVER! I'M JUST A FREAK! HEY EVERYONE, LOOK AT THE FREAK BOY! FREAKSHOW, RIGHT HERE! AND I AIN'T TALKIN' THE GEORGE A. ROMERO/STEPHEN KING FILM!"

Then, he turned to his throne, and sat down. He then picked up a picture that was on the right side of his seat, and picked it up. In the picture was an Asian American girl of about fifteen with black hair, a red tank top, and blue apple bottom jeans (it's one of those girls who were frolicking over Manny in the Moustache Kid).

"Mist", he muttered, "I know you probably wouldn't ever want to see me again if you knew what had happened to me."

And with those words, a tear rolled down the Fog's face. Placing the picture aside, the Fog then turned on his TV to see if anything was on.

"Wonder if Star Trek: The Next Generation's on yet? I hope it's that one with the race that mistakes Picard for a god."

The new super villain then started to flip through the channels, until, when he hit the local news channel, something caught his attention.

"…and in other news, Alejandro Alsura, the fifteen year old business mogul is returning home after two years in Chicago. As you know, Alejandro is the son of Armand Alsura and grandson of Arsenio Alsura, and was given control over the company wen his father stepped down over four years ago. In fact, almost half of Miracle City's industry is owned by Alsura Enterprises and it's subsidiaries…"

"Perfect…."said the Fog in a sly tone.

Casa Del Macho

Having finished crank calling their evil vice principal, Manny and Frida then began reading old issues of the original the Brave and the Bold series, and talked at the same time.

"So, what're you doin' tonight?" asked Manny

"Eh, pretty much nothin'. My mom's attending that party for that Alsura kid, and my dad's going out with his buddies, while my sisters are going on dates with boyfriends they made up, since we both know no guy'll go out with either of them. I figure I'm just gonna stay home and watch the Spirit again. You?"

"I'm gonna try and find that Fog creep before he does any damage. If I get lucky, I may just find out where he's been hiding, and find out what his beef is with Alsura."

"Yeah, good luck with that. Meantime, I'm gonna see if Batman's convinced Aquaman to help him find a renegade satellite Aquaman built before his exile.**** "

That night, after Frida left for home, Manny switched to his El Tigre form and headed out to the rooftops of the Gotham City of New Mexico. Dashing across the tops of buildings like the Spirit, Manny stopped of a ledge of an abandoned church and looked at his surroundings.

"Luckily I managed to get a whiff of that guy before he escaped last night", El Tigre thought, "so if I try hard enough, I can match the scent from last night."

Taking in a whiff of air, El Tigre used his superhuman smelling power to try and get the exact scent of his new adversary. After eight failed tries, Manny finally got ahold of his scent, and headed in the direction of the smell. Swinging across two miles buildings, El Tigre swung into an alley with a closed manhole, the exact area where the smell was strongest. Tearing the manhole off with his super strength, El Tigre leapt into the sewer, and followed the smell to an area that had been closed off for years. To El Tigre's shock, the whole area had been covered in lights of all kinds and the wall had been decorated with newspaper clippings.

"Either the Ninja Turtles have relocated", El Tigre thought, "Or I may have found Foggy's hideout."

Looking around, El Tigre caught sight of a book called "archives". Walking toward the table the book was on, Manny opened the book, and read the newspaper clipping on the first page: High School Lab Explodes! Student disappears, presumed dead.

"Hey, I remember this", El Tigre said to himself, "that explosion happened during the Super Villain Rampage a few months ago, when Dad, Grandpapi, and I were stripped of our powers

Turning the page, Manny read another article: Funeral held for Michael Miguel, parents, girlfriend, relatives and friends all attend.

"Oh my god", El Tigre said, "the Fog is Michael Miguel!"

"Ding Ding Ding! You're Correct!"

Turning towards the direction where the voice came from, El Tigre saw the Fog standing right behind him, with his eyes in an angry look.

"And, now, it's time for your fabulous prize…"

Before El Tigre could react, the Fog turned into a dark yellow mist and flew right at him. Gagging on the cloud, Manny suddenly began to feel tired, like he was falling asleep. And soon, everything went pitch black…

*Only saw about two episodes of that show, but I knew it existed

**Foreshadowing!

***Dudes, that is actually my favorite musical, and I'll be working on a spoof of it soon

****Actual storyline from the Aquaman comics in the Seventies: Aquaman is framed for stealing a top secret formula and is now on the run from his own people.