One of Mystic Tigre's energy cats walked inside of Maria's house toward him; at the moment, he's meditating in the living room. Maria walks in to check on Mystic Tigre but one of the cats stops her, indicating that he needs a lot of concentration to make this work. Luckily, one of the cats came back and went into his hair and Mystic Tigre opened his eyes.
"Finally, I thought I would never find it."
"Are you ok?" Maria asked, holding two bottles of water and giving one to Mystic.
"I'm fine; I just overexerted myself a bit with this one. It was worth it now that I might have found what we're looking for, so I can recall all of my cats now."
Maria asked "Will this mean my son can come home, or Jorge can take us to him?"
Mystic Tigre said after sipping his water "I think so but I'm not sure. Jorge told me that sending this reality's El Tigre away while we find and locate this reality's dimensional center was the best option to keep this reality from turning gray. Plus, he's very tight-lipped about his plans to stop Dr. M since he knows him better than anyone; that and he's the only one that can track 3030 technology."
Maria said "Even so, he could be more open about what he's looking for and how we can help; especially you since he invited you to come along and help."
Mystic Tigre said "I don't mind one way or another since I'm just helping people. If anything, I take his silence about Dr. M as omega level information like the league does; meaning I'm not high ranking or old enough to know about it."
"League information?" Maria said, while raising an eyebrow.
"League of Alliance Society Information. You've heard of them?
"I have; they used my son as dragon bait. No offense to your league since they're probably different." Maria said with an annoyed-angry look on her face
Mystic Tigre said "It sounds like they are very different. I guess that would make sense since my mom never moved to Miracle City
"Who exactly is your mother?"
"Cosmic Cleopatra. She and my dad, White Pantera, formed the League of Alliance Society with The Industrialist, Silver Sombrero, Flama Dama, and The Titanium Titan. While I do not have a photo of just them on me, I do have a photo of the expanded team; it's made up of 20 different heroes now." Mystic showed Maria a photo of his White Pantera and Cosmic Cleopatara with other league members; she recognized The Industrialist, SIlver Sombrero, and Titanium Titan but didn't recognize anyone else.
"I see. Who is this?" Maria noticed someone with a similar Plata Peligrosa glove as hers
"That's Plata Peligrosa; she and my mom work together almost all the time."
Maria examined the photo again and realized that "this" Plata Peligrosa was someone else; the most notable detail being her hair is red. She also noticed that she had two gloves instead of one. "Mystic, where did she get both gloves from?
"She told me that she got the fist glove from a mystical item smuggling ring. It was taken out of the box it was in and she put it on to save her partner's life; she was a cop before becoming a superhero. As for the second glove, I think my dad got it from, as he quotes it, "a nervous singer who didn't know how to be a hero but still had a nice voice".
Maria thought to herself "If Rodolfo formed the League with them, it's likely they became an actual force for good and not dragon worm bait users. But we never became friends nor did we fall in love because he (somehow) met Cosmic Cleopatra before he could ever meet me.
"Mystic Tigre, what's your Miracle City like?
"It's kind of like your Miracle City but the crime is somewhat lower than yours; our Municipal President is Frida's mom; Calavera is a villain's stronghold that's run by Sartana and my Grandpapi so most villains and criminals are there when they're not doing evil; there's a company called HeroCo that helps in the registration and creation of superheroes…."
Maria continued to think about what Mystic Tigre was saying while he continued to talk about the differences between his Miracle City and hers. "All this just because Rodolfo married someone other than me; someone who could keep up with him and isn't afraid that he won't come home. No, it's more than that; his world probably has several different events that took place that make his circumstances very different from ours. I shouldn't over think it too much. Besides, maybe his Rodolfo and my counterpart will become friends later.".
"Ms. Maria, can I ask you something?" Mystic Tigre interrupted her train of thought.
"Sure."
"When I got your wallet back from the "criminal El Tigre", I noticed that your driver's license still had Rivera as your last name. How come you still use it when you're not part of the Rivera family anymore?"
Maria made a somewhat bothered-annoyed look on her face from hearing that question.
