Somewhere on a rooftop, near the Miracle City boardwalk, Puma Loco and El Tigre Noir are waiting for a special shipment to arrive on a boat. According to Jorge, or as Puma calls him Future El Tigre, the Tigre Golem is going to bring a dangerous weapon from a universe where a corporation called Bravo Industries took over the world with robots called Senteries, who were designed to hunt down villains but started hunting heroes and people with special powers and abilities that could supposedly threaten the world.
"How long is this going to take?" Puma said while reading Villain's Quarterly; El Tigre Noir was looking at the different warehouses with binoculars.
Noir replied "Who knows? If they really are bringing in a deadly robot as powerful as Jorge described then maybe they want to make sure it's all there and nothing gets damaged upon delivery."
Puma said "I guess. And please call him Future El Tigre. Jorge may be his name but it's my name too and that can get confusing.
"Fine. Although it's not really that confusing." Noir then asked Puma "What are your thoughts on this Rivera from the future?"
Puma said after putting down the magazine "Normally I wouldn't have an issue trusting another Rivera but I can tell that he's hiding something from us. You don't just send your own descendant into another dimension without having some ulterior motive."
"That's my thought process too. Although, I still don't understand why he recruited me. Unlike all of you I don't really do the whole superhero/supervillain thing. I use my powers to get my job done a lot faster."
"Your job?" Puma said with a perplexed look on his face.
Noir said "I'm a private investigator."
"You mean neighborhood blackmailer." Puma said while rolling his eyes.
Noir said after putting down the binoculars "I'm called that sometimes. While I do deal with the occasional cheating spouse, I deal with missing persons and lost items; stuff that cops in my world are too busy, or just too lazy to deal with. The only corrupt part I do is whenever investigations lead to any money that belongs to Sartana I take it for myself.".
"You steal from Sartana!?" Puma said with a shocked tone of voice; his answer reminding him how he told Manny that stealing from supervillains is against the "people who want to stay alive" code.
Noir explained "She's not like your Sartana; unlike yours, my Sartana is a human being but she does have a mystical item that can extend her life. She shouldn't be crossed but I'm actually careful when I steal from any of her operations. It's a lot easier now that I have this belt."
Puma asked "Do they know that you are El Tigre?".
Noir said "No. While I was a suspect, I managed to fool them into thinking that I wasn't El Tigre.
"How did you pull that off?" Puma asked with an intrigued look on his face.
"That's my secret. It's like "my grandpapi" said: "Keep your enemies guessing if you want to make sure you don't get caught doing what you're doing."
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Puma said proudly "That sounds like me.".
Noir said "Yeah. You were the only real relative I actually had."
Puma asked with a raised eyebrow "What do you mean by that?".
Noir said "My grandpapi died of a heart attack; at first we thought it was a robber but the police and my own investigation came to the conclusion that he died long before the robber arrived. It was a tough time for me."
Puma said "I'm sure it was. At least you had Frida, Rodolfo, and Maria there for you."
Noir explained "I did have Frida but we only talked over the phone; she's pursuing her singing dreams. As for my parents, I don't deal with them unless I have to."
Puma asked "What happened between you and your parents?
Noir ranted "I got tired of their lies and hypocrisy. I don't know what my younger counterpart goes through with them but judging by their personalities I bet he's dealing with the same people I dealt with as a kid. What's worse is they won't leave me alone."
Puma said "That's because they love you."
Noir said "No, they love the idea of me and they're trying to salvage something that's just not there."
Before Puma could say anything else a portal opened up and the golem El Tigre arrived with a huge box labeled "Sentry MK-II" along with another El Tigre that looks like a zombie and a La Tigressa that looks exactly like Frida, much to Puma's surprise.
For context/reminder, this is a "sneak peek" of El Tigre Other Worlds were made into a story. Puma Loco would be working with the El Tigre from Noirverse. He would be trying to convince him to think about family since Noirverse has cut all ties to his family and how he wants the Rivera bloodline to end with him.
