On a nearby rooftop, Crimeverse El Tigre and White Pantera were watching as El Oso, Dr. Chipotle Sr., and their team of goons were being taken away by the police; they were attempting to rob a small grocery store run by an elderly couple.
"Another crime foiled and a small business was saved thanks too….." White Pantera said before he would be interrupted by Crimeverse El Tigre.
Crimeverse El Tigre then said "Could you not shout out your superhero name already? We already know you beat them, so there's no point in announcing something that already happened. Although, I don't see why I had to get involved; those two were weak, especially the robbers." He would then eat out of a bag filled with food, such as apples, oranges, bread, and salami.
White Pantera asked "Where did you get that food?"
"From the store. And yes, I stole it." Crimeverse El Tigre said while eating one of the apples he had.
"How could you steal from such a small business? We were fighting to protect that store." White Pantera said with a disappointed yet annoyed look on his face.
Crimeverse El Tigre explained "I didn't steal from that elderly couple. I stole from that big business two miles from here. I may be a supervillain but even I have my limits and so does my family; one of the limits being never stealing from small business, or specifically from places and people that have very less than us. Besides,I need a lot of food after that fight with "your" El Oso, "your" Dr. Chipotle Sr., and some random robbers; using the super speed I have for that can take up a lot of energy so I need to eat."
White Pantera said "Even so, it's wrong to steal; it leads to nothing but trouble. If you had asked, I could have gotten you something to eat."
Crimevese El Tigre said while eating an orange "Believe me, I'm saving you money by taking all of this; I need a lot of calories, especially if working with you is going to involve all this hero work, since my super speed can burn a lot of calories out of me. Also, if this Gigante Mart is anything like the Gigante Mart in my world I'm doing you an even bigger favor since they underpay their employees, they violate all forms of child labor laws, and their stuff is overpriced because of all of it is said to be premium but in reality it's just regular food with a label that says premium on it or the food itself is usually not fit for human consumption. Lucky for me, I found all the good stuff." He then offered White Pantera a sandwich that he hadn't eaten yet.
White Pantera said"I won't eat stolen food; if anything, I should be taking all this food from you and giving it back." He was about to grab the bag of food but Crimeverse El Tigre stopped him by moving away.
He then said "Even though I made sure I licked every bit of it? You'd be turning in contaminated food which ultimately will be disposed of, which is wasting food in of itself. I get the feeling that you're not the type to waste food, are you?"
White Pantera said "No, of course not."
Crimeverse El Tigre said "That's good to know, because if you were the type I'd have to kill you on principle."
"What!?" White Pantera said, shocked to hear a version of his son say such a thing.
Crimeverse El Tigre said "I'm kidding. I would just put on my dad's list of pros on why he would kill you. Given that we might travel the multiverse after all this, I would like to give my dad some options on who he might want to put on his "Kill This Hero Book" along with what he may put in his trophy room."
"Kill This Hero Book? Trophy Room. What kind of villain is your father" White Pantera asked, surprised and concerned to hear such things that could relate to his evil counterpart. He expected his counterpart to be a thief at best but not a killer, based on what Crimeverse El Tigre said.
Crimeverse El Tigre said "My dad is a hero killer, both literally and metaphorically. It's pretty obvious based on what I just said to you. Along with being hired muscle for big crimes and the mafia and cartels favorite villain for hire, he's most famous for taking down heroes in every way possible. If you're a fake hero in his eyes, then you go down without hesitation."
"Why would I… he become such a thing?" White Pantera asked with an even more concerned-shocked look on his face.
Crimeverse El Tigre said after wolfing down a pack of cookies "Sorry, I can't tell you that. My dad said not to tell you. He also told me to put that on the list of pros if you ever asked me that."
"Why would he ask you to do that?" White Pantera asked, seeing that reason as very petty.
Crimverse El Tigre said "Just because. I will say that you do have a few more cons than you do pros. My favorite con being you're the only real hero here and my dad isn't the type to get rid of the "last remaining hero" if he has no other choice. He tends to keep last remaining ones around if they're good and powerful enough to give him a challenge;
"Thanks. I think." White Pantera said, trying to sound grateful but was really upset. It boggled his mind why a villain version of himself is like this. He may not know everything about him but the details that he heard just keeps bringing chills down his spine.
Crimeverse then took a bite out of another apple and said "But if I had to pick my favorite pro it would have to be because you married a version of Maria."
"How is that a pro?" White Pantera asked with an annoyed look on his face
Crimverse continued to eat the apple and then said to him "Because you were stupid enough to associate with a cowardly hypocrite like her."
"Hey, Maria is not a coward or a hypocrite. How dare you say that about her." White Pantera snapped at Crimeverse El Tigre
Crimeverse El Tigre said "But it's true. Think about it. She left you because she couldn't stand seeing you get hurt while fighting crime but she didn't care that you could get hurt when she didn't see it; she can't claim ignorance of the superhero life because she was literally one and failed to be a good one at that."
White Pantera said "Maria is not a failed hero. She just believes she can do more for Miracle City than being a hero."
Crimeverse El Tigre retorted "She gave up being a hero because she didn't try to learn to control her mystical item; that whole I couldn't handle how much I loved the danger is a terrible excuse, especially in a city that is completely devoid of heroes. And how is being a librarian in a barely funded school supposed to help Miracle City? How did her short lived mariachi career help Miracle City? And has she managed to "reform" anymore supervillains recently?"
"Well she….." White Pantera tried to say before he was interrupted.
Crimeverse El Tigre would go on to say "And what about you and my counterpart? Where was she during all those times you needed her the most? Both domestic life and hero life. And before even say she's here now, how long do you think it will be before she cowers again because it becomes "too much"? She left you because she couldn't handle seeing you put yourself in danger so however long do you think it will be before she does the same to my counterpart, your son."
White Pantera said"Maria would never abandon Manny. Even though she's from another dimension, you shouldn't say nasty things about your mother."
Crimeverse El Tigre said while eating a bag of chips "Look, I didn't say this at your house since it was already awkwardly-funny to learn that Mystic Tigre was a child between you and Cosmic Cleopatara but I'm going to tell you this now: My mom is Salma, not Maria."
"What!? I….He married Salma." White Pantera said, shocked to hear that his villain counterpart married Maria's sister.
"Yep. Short version: While he was dating Maria as a means of gaining information, he was secretly dating my mom who he started to fall in love with because she saw who he really was and vice-versa. My dad was going to be civil about breaking up with Maria but she said something so bad and hypocritical that he decided to go the extra mile in breaking up with her."
"And what was that?"
"He asked her to marry him, secretly used her credit card to pay for the whole wedding, dumped her at the altar and rode off with my mom on horseback while also stealing all of her stuff."
"I meant what did she say to him, or are you not allowed to tell me that either?"
I can tell you. She said…
Before Crimeverse El Tigre could say anything, someone crashed down on the ground. The two of them looked to see who it was. It was a mechanized version of the El Tigre outfit. The two of them went down there to see who it was.
"A friend of yours?" White Pantera asked Crimeverse El Tigre.
"No. Only four of us came here." Crimeverse El Tigre said, approaching the mechanized El Tigre slowly but he had his claws out.
The mechanized El Tigre got up and asked them "Where am I? What is this place?"
White Pantera said "Miracle City. Are you alright? Who are you?
The mechanized El Tigre took off the helmet, revealing to be a female version of Manny; the most notable details being her hair being longer, her left eye is green and her right eye is brown, and she has scar on the left side of her face. "My name is Manuela Rivera. I am La Tigressa de la plata."
Another interaction between White Pantera and Crimeverse El Tigre; along with a minor detail about the world of Crimeverse Rodolfo Rivera. I had this one sort of hanging around since I've been meaning to do "sneak peeks"that involve more interactions between other El Tigres and the "main Rivera family members. I'm also trying to make one where El Tigre meets another counterpart of my creation but that's still coming around a bit longer due to the details I want to add to it to make it feel like an "unofficial chapter" for lack of a better word; plus the world I'm thinking of is meant to bring some form of closure to a story I no longer work on.