SAM: Good Gosh, writer's block sucks. WARNING: THIS CHAPTER MAY BE VERY LAME DUE TO WRITER'S BLOCK. Just a heads up. Oh, and Frida and Manny might be WAY out of character. Especially Frida. Please brace yourselves for the worst. And I know I'm making it WAAAAYYYYY Too obvious about who La Loba really is, but you know boys in cartoons. They're down right oblivious to nearly anything that has to do with love and romance. Might as well put it in the fics too. ONWARD!!!!!

Manny lay in his hospital bed, fatigued from the walking practice he just had. Stupid coma, stupid medicine! He thought. The doctors had said he had made great improvements in the past week and if they kept up, he could be out of there by next Tuesday. That had him trying his hardest to stay standing up. Thankfully, Frida was there to help and encourage him. He held onto her arm the whole time while his legs wobbled as he took a step. Her arm and grip on his hand was surprisingly strong. Last Manny checked, Frida couldn't do a single pull up. Now it seemed like she could do twenty without breaking a sweat. So, in other words, Manny was as confused as ever.

Frida followed him into his room and sat down.

"Dude, good job! I've been coming to this hospital for weeks now and I've never seen anyone improve like you!" Frida said sitting down. Manny was sweating very slightly, but smiling all the same.

"So, any news?" Manny asked. He liked Frida giving him updates, especially on La Loba. Frida nodded, but scowled a little.

"Yeah. That La Loba chic is totally stealing the spotlight away from you, dude! You gotta get better and put a stop to it!!" Frida said getting angry. Manny reached out and patted her arm.

"It's alright with me, and guess what? The whole city will be shocked when El Tigre returns." Manny said comfortingly. Frida sighed and slumped back in her chair.

"Yeah, I guess…" She said sounding defeated. Manny smiled, but it soon faded. Frida caught this. "What's up dude? You look like you miss something."

"I do," He said," I really want to know who that La Loba girl REALLY is…" Manny said quietly. Frida gasped.

"Why!?!?" Frida asked angrily. Manny shrugged.

"I don't know… she saved me twice, I've only got to know her for about an hour, and I really don't know WHO she is. I know a lot of hero's and villain's secret identities, so I guess they aren't really secret, so I really kinda wanna know who she really is. You know, her secret identity." Manny explained. Frida seemed confused.

"Dude, she was the reason you're IN HERE. If it weren't for her, your arm wouldn't be practically dead and you would be free to make sure she didn't steal your spotlight in crime fighting!" Frida protested.

"If it weren't for her, I would've suffocated under all the cheese or frozen to death by Oso. Tell me she isn't a hero." Manny said angrily.

"Whatever, dude. I don't even know what I'm saying anymore. Apparently, you have a little crush on this La Loba chica, don't you?" Frida said. Manny was shocked.

"Nuh-uh! NEVER! NO WAY! Maybe….!" Manny said sheepishly. Frida laughed a little.

"It's ok, dude, I've seen her around and she's kinda cute. I love her fighting style." Frida said. Manny looked at her shocked.

"Really?" He asked her hopefully. Maybe she'd be ok with her. Frida nodded.

"Yeah, she is so cool! She gets out this awesome electric guitar and totally destroys her enemies; she's like Sartana of the Dead, but not dead." Frida said matter-of-factly. "And the way she does totally says rocker chic. Punk rock and all that? Awesome!" Manny chuckled and Frida looked at him. "What?"

"I think you finally found your dream hero. If she were a guy, you'd totally want to go out with him." Manny said trying to stop himself from laughing. Frida punched him in his good arm.

"Shut up! Besides, you're the one with the crush on her." Frida said hiding a knowing smile. Manny thought a little more about her and how he hadn't been able to see her in weeks. He sighed.

"Dude, what's wrong?" Frida asked worried. Manny frowned at the ceiling.

"I really wanna see La Loba again. She sounds so cool! I'd love to get to know her more…" Manny trailed off. Frida sat uncomfortably in her seat.

"Ya know," Frida said," I bet you know about her than anyone else."Manny stared at her confused.

"What do you mean?" Manny asked. Frida thought for a second.

"Remember a while ago, at lunch; you told me you met that chic in the middle of the night? How long?" Frida asked. Manny thought. That's almost all he thought about whenever Frida wasn't around.

"About an hour…maybe…" Manny said thinking. Frida nodded.

"Well, there ya go. She doesn't speak to anyone. Ever. No interviews, no witty remarks, nothing. She just comes, beats the bad guy, and leaves. Nothing left to it. She just gets the job done." Frida explained. Manny was shocked. He knew La Loba better than anyone else in the city. He also knew her hidden singing talents.

"Did you know she could sing?" Manny asked.

"Yeah-"Frida started, but she put her hand to her mouth. Manny looked at her confused. Frida just said La Loba didn't open her mouth. For anything at all. Why on earth did she know she could sing?

"I thought you said she didn't speak to anyone?" Manny asked. Frida grew worried and started wringing her hands together.

"Well…" Frida said getting nervous. Dang it, I was so close. Frida thought. (WARNING: This is where Frida gets WAAAAAAAYYYY out of character. If you want to avoid weird mushy weirdness from Frida, I suggest skipping the next few paragraphs….) She sighed and looked really sad when she did so. Manny grew worried about her.

"Whoa, are you ok?" He asked. Frida shook her head.

"No, I'm not ok, and I don't think I'll ever be ok again." Frida said quietly. Manny looked at her scared. (OMG SO dramatic. ;D I had to tweak Frida's character a little bit here. Sorry!)

"Why?" Manny asked confused. Frida looked up and Manny saw a tear in her eye.

"Because you wouldn't want to be friends with me anymore if I told you and I will." Frida said. Manny was beyond confused and his head was starting to hurt.

"What are you talking about?" Manny asked desperately. Frida sighed.

"You won't believe me if I told you, so I'll show you…" Frida said quietly.

"Frida, what are you…" Manny trailed off. Frida reached up to her goggles. She lowered them down to her face and put them on. There was a fast, blue light and Manny had to shield his eyes. When he could see again, the girl in his dreams and thoughts everyday was standing before him with a sad look. La Loba, with her tail and ears, her electric blue costume, her red face mask. The face mask made sense to him now and the blue hair. It looked as if Frida had let her hair down and put extra long extensions in it. The other clothes didn't make much sense, but clothes don't have to make sense to look good.

"Manny, I've wanted to tell you for so long now…" La Loba said and Manny pinned it. Frida's voice. But it was smoother, more mature, or something. It had something in it that Frida herself didn't normally have. It only seemed to come to her when she was La Loba. Manny stared in shock.

"Frida-? La Loba-? What?" Manny's head felt like exploding. He shook it a little and looked away from La Loba. "Ok, so you're not La Loba, you're Frida. And you're not Frida, you're La Loba. No, I'm just confusing myself…ok. So Frida, your goggles are now somehow mystical objects of power. So, now, whenever you put them on, you turn into La Loba, like I turn into El Tigre…"Manny said trying to work it out, out loud. Frida nodded slowly as Manny looked up at her.

"Manny, I know it's hard to take in but-"La Loba started. Many held up a hand.

"Wait a sec. why didn't you tell me BEFORE!?!" Manny demanded. La Loba looked sadly into his eyes and Manny was lost again like he had so many times before with her eyes. They were blue and sad and looked really tired. As if she hadn't slept in a few days. "And why do you look so tired?" Manny asked curiously. La Loba broke out into a soft smile.

"I've been fighting crime for the past few nights. I knew there was a lot that you took care of everyday, but I had no idea it was this much, dude." Manny could hear Frida under the La Loba alter ego. "I didn't want to tell you because, because…..I thought you wouldn't like me anymore. We might become worst enemies and couldn't stand to be near each other; like me with Zoe Aves! You KNOW I can't stand her. I didn't want to tell you because I didn't want that to happen." Frida said sadly and quietly. The La Loba part of her was making her shy. Manny stared at her in shock. He had never heard of a person sacrificing so much, just for him.

"Wait, how much crime fighting have you been doing?" Manny asked as he tried to not notice the dark circles under her eyes. La Loba's eyes widen slightly in surprise.

"Not TOO much….I mean…..just from 5- 12 every night….nothing big….but dude, this crime fighting stuff is awesome!! It's been keeping me on top of my homework and everything! My papa says that if I finish my homework early enough, he'll let me fight crime for the rest of the night! I'm trying my hardest to make him proud, and with these new powers, there's no stopping me!" Manny could hear Frida through La Loba. Her amazingly unique smile shone through the costume and illuminated her face with joy. Manny felt happy for her.

"Wait a second…5-12!?! FRIDA! I NEVER fight crime for THAT long!!! No WONDER you're so tired!" Manny said, "And now I get why you leave at 4:30 every day…" Manny said realizing why she left so early. And on days she stayed until visiting hours were over…..well…

"Wait, what about days when you stay till 10? Do you still fight crime then?" Manny asked. La Loba bit her lip and nodded slowly. Manny frowned. La Loba sat on the bed and turned to him.

"I didn't want to just make my papa proud, Manny," La Loba said." I wanted to make you proud too." Manny kept frowning and reached out. He lifted the mask on her face and with a slightly blinding light, they transformed back to goggles and La Loba turned back to Frida.

"Frida…" Manny complained. "You don't have to make me proud of you. We're best friends. Why would you have to do that?"

"Because I've always felt powerless next to you!" Frida said getting angry. "I've always felt I never contributed and you've been saving MY butt for months now!" Frida yelled. Manny shrank back slightly. He had seen her get depressed and angry about not being able to help, but never like this.

"Frida…" Manny said softly. "I like you just the way you are. But now…" Frida looked up worried. Had she ticked him off? Did he not like her anymore?

"Manny, ok, I get you don't wanna be friends anymore. I guess I'll see you around." Frida said getting off the bed and getting her bag. Manny stared at her confused.

"Are you kidding? I was gonna say we could be partners!" Frida popped back up.

"Really?" She asked enthusiastically.

"Yeah! We could fight crime together, or do evil together. And, now that we can be partners, it won't be weird fighting crime with my dad anymore. He won't be able to talk about my feelings with you around." Manny said with a smile. Frida burst out in a full firework display of happiness.

"AWESOME!" Frida yelled. Manny started laughing when an alarm on her wrist watch went off. She looked down at it sadly. "Darn it."

"Dang. Don't worry; I'll be out soon enough." Manny said happily. Frida smiled and ran out the door. Manny sighed and lay back in his bed and tried to absorb the fact that his best friend was the one he thought of the most. Now that his obsession of knowing who she is was over, Manny didn't have much to think about. He decided to fantasize about the fun they would have now that Frida could do just about anything he could and more. They would get in a lot more mischief. They would be able to help a lot more people. And definitely no talking about feelings whenever he fought crime with his dad anymore. Frida would most likely be around like usual, but helping now.

However, Manny's feelings were rather jumbled up right then. He thought about how Frida teased him for having a crush on La Loba. Then almost right after that, she revealed she was La Loba. And the truth was, he still kinda sorta had a crush on La Loba. And maybe Frida. He was so confused now. But she had helped him and sacrificed so much for him. It was like she was really showing herself for the first time to him. Manny loved this new Frida. But he shared the same fear she did: that they might fight and become mortal enemies.

~(A few hours later)~

La Loba ran as fast as she could (Which was kinda fast nowadays) all the way up to Manny's home. Once she got to the top, she knocked as hard as she could on the door. Mann'ys dad, Mr. Rivera, answered the door looking down at her confused. He had never met La Loba before.

"May I help you, Miss?" He asked. La Loba, panting slightly, looked up at him.

"Mr. Rivera, it's me, FRIDA!" La Loba said panting. Mr. Rivera watched the young hero standing in front of him.

"You are not Frida. She doesn't have superpowers." He reasoned. La Loba sighed and took off her mask. She transformed back into Frida and Mr. Rivera gasped. "FRIDA! You have super powers!?!" Frida rolled her eyes and turned back to La Loba.

"Mr. Rivera, please, I need your help. There is a giant monster that is about to attack your home if you don't help." La Loba said seriously. Mr. Rivera stared at her for a second and changed into White Pantera.

They ran out onto the balcony and saw a giant rock monster not even 20 feet away from where they stood. White Pantera ran as fast as he could to the bottom of the building and started attacking the monster from the front. The giant monster tried to crush him with its hand, but he got away. La Loba took out her guitar and started playing as hard as she could. Sound waves hurdled towards the monster and scratched him terribly, but he still wasn't down. La Loba thought for a moment and got an idea. Her guitar disappeared and her hands shimmered as castanets appeared. She started playing and aimed them at the monster. On the last beat, ropes flew from the castanets and started to bind the monster. La Loba used all her strength to hold herself in the right place. Just one difference in position and the ropes would stop coming. Eventually, the ropes had bound the monster to the point where he couldn't move and La Loba let down her stance. The castanets shimmered and disappeared and she began to fall over in exhaustion, but a strong pair of arms caught her around her waist. She looked up a little weakly and saw El Tigre smiling at her.

"Manny…? What? Wait, how are you here?" La Loba asked softly. El Tigre chuckled and picked her up. White Pantera nodded at him from the streets and took off with the monster to the city's monster jail.

"The doctor's released me from the hospital about an hour ago saying I had healed incredibly fast. I'm back now, but I need a little more rest than I usually get because they say I'm still a little weak from the medicine." El Tigre explained as he walked her indoors.

He set La Loba on the couch and he sat down next to her. La Loba was having trouble keeping consciousness and she tried to stifle a yawn. El Tigre turned back to Manny and he carefully lifted the mask away from her face. She turned back to Frida and almost immediately, she fell asleep. She started falling and landed on Manny's shoulder. He put his arm around her and hugged her tightly."Its ok, Frida. You can sleep now." He said softly. She smiled softly in her sleep and He sat there hugging her until Mr. Rivera returned home.

:P Bleh. Not my best work as far as I know. Stupid writer's block gave me bad ideas of what should happen. I think I do better when I'm not pressured with homework at the same time. XP whatever. Will this be the end of the story or do you want me to continue?????? XD I won't continue it if you don't review so please review!!!