Three chapters in as many days who saw this coming because I know I didn't I'm usually terrible with updating consistently one writer tried to figure out who was going after Jack and Maddie was a marvel character
It is a supervillain but he's not from a marvel property he and a certain someone are from a Nickelodeon Property
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After many dates Danny and Kitty
"This is Lance Thunder with breaking news last night Marshall Stone III a mutant hired gun wanted in fifteen states attacked the Amity Park theatre last night in search of for some reason local ghost experts Jack and Maddie Fenton while the Fentons were not at the theatre there were no casualties thanks to local vigilante Danny Phantom Stone is in police custody enroute to New York for trial"
Lance Thunder reported on Tuckers PDA "why am I reporting this I'm a weatherman not a crime reporter"
Tucker and Danny were sitting down in the lab Dannys parents were at the police station working with the police to try and figure out who would hire a hitman to abduct them
Tucker turned off the newsfeed "so you've got no idea who would go after your parents" Tucker asked Danny shook his head "not a clue it's not usually Vlads style to work with a mutant he usually sends Skulker or Valerie to do his dirty work" Danny said remembering how Vlad had conned his almost girlfriend into hunting down his cousin Danielle so Vlad could melt her into goo
Just when you think the fruitloop couldn't get more messed up he finds a way to sink even lower
"Yeah but rigging a contest so that your parents would win Vlad did that before to you and your mom" Tucker pointed out "maybe he thought you wouldn't expect him to hire a hitman whose not Skulker"
Danny threw his hands in the air "it threw me off guard too Randoms powers were too random for me to counter if it weren't for the Fenton Freezer I could have been toast"
Tucker was about to say something when his phone rang Tucker pulled it out and looked to Danny "it's Sam"
Danny nodded despite being on vacation in France with her parents Sam checked in when she could with him and Tuck she probably heard about what happened last night with his parents by now "put her on speaker" Danny said
Tucker answered the phone "hey Sam you're on speaker with me and Danny"
"Hey I just saw what happened are your parents ok" Sam's voice rang out from the speakers laced with concern
"They're fine me and Tuck were talking about what to do" Danny answered
"You think that Vlads involved or the Guys in White maybe it's not Freakshow he's still in jail the only person who works for him is Lydia"
"Assuming it's one of Dannys enemies his parents are scientists afterall maybe AIM or Hydra" Tucker suggested "they'd have the money to hire a guy like this"
"But why would criminal scientists or Nazi's want my parents" Danny asked "it's not like they're super respected even when they ended up being proven right about ghosts being real"
"I don't know so what's the plan keep an eye on Vlad" Sam asked sounding as unsure as Danny and Tucker shrugged
"It's the only idea I can think of I'll do that and Tucker can hack the Morons in White see if there's anything off in their financials"
"Guess something good came from that cram machine Tuck" Sam joked it was true since Embers first appearance and Danny and Sam accidentally leaving Tucker hooked to a experimental machine for twelve hours to get rid of Embers brainwashing Tuckers IQ was practically double especially with machines
Sure he was no Tony Stark but Tucker could build fix or hack into whatever Team Phantom needed to stop all the ghosts that were coming through the Fenton Portal
"Sure give me an hour to look through it all" Tucker said pulling out his PDA he began working hacking
"By the way Danny I had another reason for calling I think your cousin is here in Paris"
"Is she all right" Danny asked a noticeably worried inflection in his voice sure Danny knew that Danielle could take care of herself and she was pretty strong since he gave her the ecto dejecto to stabilize her but she was still a twelve year old girl and she was alone in the world
"It's just rumors a couple of Danny Phantom sightings in Paris but I'm going to check them out before we leave next week" Sam said "if I find her anything you want me to tell her" Sam asked
Danny thought about it for a second "do you still have that extra Fenton phone can you give it to Dani and tell her to contact me" Danny asked
"Sure I better go I'll see you guys when I get back" Sam said hanging up now that the phone call with the gothic ghost hunter was over Danny transformed phasing through the ceiling and Tucker focused his whole attention on hacking into the Guys in White mainframe
"Seriously they didn't even upgrade their security since last time I got in here" but than again this was the Guys in White Tucker was talking about a group of ghost hunters so stupid they mistook Sam's scumbag ex-boyfriend Gregor for Danny just because they kinda looked alike
Danny yawned he'd been hiding in the construction site across the street for three from city hall and nothing zip nada "cop shows make stakeouts look way more exciting" Danny felt the Fenton Phone in his ear buzz and he tapped on it
"Hey Tuck what's up on your end"
"I got nothing zilch nada I checked every inch of the Guy's in whites servers nothing nothing about your parents or Amity Park" Tucker ranted "how are things on your end"
Danny held back a yawn "same here all Vlad's done is paperwork and answer phone calls it's boring"
"Do you think it's a double like how overshadowed the city to vote for him" Tucker said
Danny shook his head "no I've seen Vlad's doubles before he's never split himself up for three hours without coming back together" Danny said "I think this is a dead-end"
Danny was about to hang up when he saw something a figure on the roof of City Hall
"Tuck I'll call you back" Danny said hanging up before flying towards the figure
"It had better not be Black Cat" Danny said remembering the bad luck powers she subjected to him to also how he let her go if she stayed out of Amity Park getting close to the figure he saw it was a guy in a brown and black suit a red scarf around his neck a mask with cat ears and a a tiger tail coming from a hole in his pants
Wait what ok that was weird even for Danny and he met talking turtles aliens and was dating a mutant who could walk through walls like a ghost
"Hey Puss in boots" Danny called punching 'Tiger-boy' across the roof "I think you might be lost"
"New York is where the evil furries hang out" Danny taunted Tiger-boy got up holding out his hands curved metal claws shot out from his fingers
"Muy Divertido coming from the flying extra from a Sci fi movie" Tiger boy taunted before he jumped high into the air than in a really weird twist his hand shot away from his wrist on a long black chain ripping away a piece of roof and throwing it at Danny
Danny turned invisible flying at tiger boy punching him across the street before he hit a building his hand did that weird grappling look thing again grabbing onto a lamp post the kid did his best Spiderman impression swinging around the lamppost before flying at Danny punching Danny in the face
Danny recovered hearing his Fenton Phone buzz Danny answered it "not now Tuck I'm fighting some guy in a cat suit"
"Wait what" Tucker asked sounding as confused as Danny was fighting this guy
"Yeah see if you can find anything out about this guy brown costume green eyes speaks spanish claws and has a tail" Danny listed "see if you can find out anything about this guy"
A clawed hand grabbed him pulling him out of the sky before Danny could hear Tuckers response slamming him into the ground Danny turned intangible phasing out of his grip
"I don't know who you are La Phantasma" Tiger-boy said with his claws out "but if you get in my way I'll make you regret it this I swear" he said leaping at Danny roaring like a tiger swiping at Danny with his claws Danny turned intangible the claws glowed green ripping off a piece of Danny's costume scratching his chest
"Ow" Danny said in shock that he'd been hurt while intangible throwing a punch at the kid sending him flying into the construction site that Danny had been hiding in into a crane
the crane tilted off it's sides about to topple over on a street filled with bystanders
"Time out civilians" they both yelled leaping into action Danny scooped two of the bystanders in his arms while Tiger-boy Danny really needed to know the guys name grabbed a man in a suit in time for the crane to fall crashing into a now empty street
Once the people were safe Tiger-boy wiped his forehead "phew that was close"
"Time in" Danny called punching
Tiger-boy knocking him out "oi mi Cabeza" he said before passing out Danny called Tucker
"Tuck did you find anything about this guy"
"Plenty" Tucker said
Manuel Pablo Gutierrez O'Brian Equiha Rivera but you could call him Manny was dazed and confused his head felt like he'd gone three rounds with El Oso woke up sitting in a construction site his hands cuffed behind his back and he wasn't transformed into El Tigre
"Oh mi Cabeza" Manny said before looking to see that white haired kid he was probably the evil mayors bodyguard or something "look I'm going to make this plain and simple who are you and what do you want with Jack and Maddie Fenton"
'Who the heck are the Fentons" Manny said "I'm not telling you anything stupido"
The white haired kid smirked "your name is Manny Rivera your thirteen years old and were born in Miracle City Mexico or in spanish El Ciudad del sur de Gotham" He listed Manny frowned
Oh dang he was in trouble
"Your dad is Rodolfo Rivera better known as the legendary superhero El White Pantera your grandfather Roberto Rivera is one of the most infamous supervillains in history Puma Loco and for the past year you've been the masked vigilante El Tigre you also have a police record" He finished
"It took me ten minutes to learn all this because your family is crazy enough not to keep your identities secret like you're Mexican Tony Stark" He said picking Manny up by the collar
"Why are you in my city hiring a mercenary to attack the Fentons" he demanded his eyes glowing like Volcanes Verdes about to errupt
Wait that's what this was about "I'm not the guy who did that I'm here to beat the guy" Manny said
White haired kid's eyes stopped glowing and he lowered Manny down "start talking"
Manny nodded and started explaining "his name is Django" Manny said "Django of the dead his Abuela is Sartanna of the dead the biggest crime boss in Mexico"
"So Sartanna sent her grandkid to attack the Fentons" White haired kid asked
Manny really needed to learn this guy's name Manny shook his head "no Django's acting on his own here he hates being in his Abuela's shadow and wants to prove that he's not a kid"
White haired guy put his hand on his forehead "are you telling me that a kid is the one going after my pare- I mean pair of ghost hunters who I keep track of because I'm obviously a ghost"
Wow this guy was not good at lying "you're a terrible liar you know that right"
White haired kid looked panicked before he shook his head "don't change the subject why are you here in Amity Park" he asked getting serious again
"I came to catch Django he and Sartanna were in prison but Django broke out and he headed to the States when my dad found out he forbade me from going after him because last time we fought I lost a arm" when Manny said that White haired kid looked at Manny's hands
"My Grandpapi was worried it would happen so he used some kind of black market clone machine to grow spares that I keep in my sock drawer" Manny explained White haired kid shrugged "I've heard weirder things"
"So I asked a old contact to help me find Django since she hated him as much as everyone else in Miracle City I learned he was coming to Amity Park I bribed my friend in Churros to pretend to be me and bought a bus ticket since he's addicted to power I figured I'd spy on the mayor until Django showed up"
White haired guy gently let him down "huh so great minds really think alike" white rings appeared around White haired guy turning him into a regular looking kid with black hair and blue eyes in a shirt and jeans he held out his hand how'd he do that did he have a mystical object of power too
"let's start over I'm Danny Fenton but most people know me as Danny Phantom"
Manny shook white hai- Danny's hand "Manny Rivera it's nice to meet you"
"Same" Danny said "sorry about the sucker punch" Danny apologized Manny nodded "eh I was going to do the same sorry I called you an extra from a science fiction movie"
Danny shrugged "not important so let's figure out what Django's up to what are his powers"
Manny explained how Django was a living skeleton with a mystical guitar that could being people back from the dead as skeleton banditos under his control when Manny said this his eyes practically popped out of his head "this power would it work on ghosts"
Manny shrugged "I don't know maybe"
Danny transformed "come on I know what Django is after we gotta move fast"
Django was in the Fentons lab the skeleton banditos he summoned holding the fentons daughter and some kid hostage since he was down here when the Fentons weren't home then he must know them somehow Django didn't pay attention to his mortal prisoners they could be disposed of easily all he had eyes for was his prize
The Fenton Ghost Portal with it's power and his mystic guitar the would would bow before him HIM not his Nana Sartana if only he could unlock the stupid thing
Django turned towards the Fenton girl walking towards her he placed a clawed finger under her chin "tell me how to unlock the portal" Django demanded "or suffer the consequences"
The Fenton girl glared defiantly at him saying nothing "I won't tell you anything" Jazz said
"It doesn't matter Jazz he'll never get it open not without Danny Phantom" the glasses wearing boy said this got Django's attention
From what he'd gathered Danny Phantom was a rising name among the young generation of heroes fighting alongside Kim Possible the mechanical heroine XJ9 Sailor Jupiter Batgirl Starfire of the Titans and even Superhero royalty Superman's younger cousin Supergirl
"You explain or the girl joins my Skeleton army" Django threatened
"Tucker don't" the girl warned she looked angry he must know something incredibly important
"He'd figure it out eventually Jazz "let us go and I'll tell you" the boy bargained Django would play along offering false promises until he was no longer useful just like Nana taught him
"You have my word" Django lied the boy seemed placated by his words
"Haven't you ever wondered why a ninth degree blackbelt and a guy big enough to be a professional quarter back and smart enough to build a portal to another dimension haven't been able to catch one scrawny little ghost" the boy asked "it's because they're not trying to catch him why should they when he's their greatest invention"
Invention yes that made sense why risk your own life when you could build someone to catch the ghosts for you the perfect ghost hunter machine based on all of the high tech equipment in this lab some which clearly had to be built in house or it would driven the family to bankruptcy ten times over they probably paid the boy to remotely operate their machine make it appear like a human teenager
It also explained why his hired mercenary at the movie theater didn't work they saw through his genius plan and sent their android bodyguard in his place
Clearly Jack and Maddie Fenton were incredibly intelligent and master manipulators on par with his Nana
"How does Phantom open the portal" Django asked the boy gestured to a high tech looking belt "over there whoever wears the belt remotely controls Phantoms motion controls he has a electronic scanner in his glove that opens the portal" the boy explained
Django grinned showing off his sharp teeth walking over to the belt holding it over his head like it was a championship belt from a lucha libre tournament
"At last with the Danny Phantom android and my mystic guitar I will have the inhabitants of the ghost zone as my slave army and I'll use them to conquer the world" Django laughed evilly reveling in his victory placing the belt on the belt shocked his guitar making his banditios turn to ash "what is this"
"Run Jazz" the boy yelled making a run for the stairs the girl not far behind him
Django ripped the belt off aiming his mystic guitar at the one who tricked him about to fire when Danny Phantom and El Tigre phased through the ceiling hitting him with two fists to his face that would have broken his nose
If he had one that is
Danny just flew into the basement hitting Django in the face with Manny he looked back to Jazz and Tucker
"Are you guys all right" Danny asked Tucker nodded "we're good so El Tigre is on our side" Tucker asked looking at the Mexican Hero Villain Undecided
"I was always on your side" Manny said
Danny nodded "you two get out of here this guy maybe younger than us but he's super dangerous"
Django recovered "so you followed me all the way from Miracle City El Tigre don't you remember what happened last time we fought"
Manny clenched his left fist "painfully but I don't regret my choice I'll never join you Django"
Django held his mystical guitar "we'll see about that" Django strummed his guitar two skeleton banditos broke through the floor followed by a third the size of Danny's dad
"Attack"
"We gotta aim for his guitar without it him and his banditos would turn to dust" Manny said Danny flew at a bandito punching it in the ribs "if you know his weakness than how come his family still control the underworld in Mexico"
Manny dodged a bandito using his grappling hook claw powers 'that's still really weird' Damny thought throwing a bandito into the ceiling "they always come back after a couple of days" Manny answered
Django yelled out a battle cry swiping his claws against Manny's chest before hitting him with his guitar Django turned on his heels firing a beam at Danny Danny acted fast making a shield holding back the beam but still it took everything he had to keep it back
Django grinned "this is the end for you and El Tigre once I destroy you I'll rip that portal open and all it's power will be mine"
The portal that's it "Manny grab the guitar" Manny nodded leaping into action he punched Django in the face grabbing his guitar Danny flew towards the portal controls "toss it in" Danny said taking his glove off putting his thumb on the scanner
"Genetic ID confirmed" Jacks voice said through the speakers the portal opened Manny grinned throwing the guitar into the ghost zone Django leapt towards the guitar and his portal but another tap on the scanner and the portal shut the portal closing Django's hands scratched against the gate of the portal
"No" Django yelled punching the door "no no no" he yelled punching the door with every shout of no "without my guitar I'm powerless"
Django turned to see Danny and Manny standing over him Django grinned nervously Manny and Danny threw their fists back and punched Django knocking him back
"THIS ISN'T OVER EL TIGRE DANNY PHANTOM I'LL HAVE MY REVENGE ON YOU BOTH THIS I SWEAR" Django yelled as he was loaded into the back of a police car news crews swarmed Fenton works along with police and Jack and Maddie worried about their children
"In a stunning turn of events a crime was committed in this town that wasn't ghost related as young mobster Django of the Dead was responsible for the attempts to kidnap the Fentons and steal their technology" Lance Thunder reported "but they were stopped by young hero Manny Rivera better known as El Tigre and local 'hero' Danny Phantom"
Jack and Maddie were beyond grateful to Manny for saving their children and Tucker from in Maddie's words
'A putrid bag of bones that made that menace Danny Phantom look heroic in comparison'
At Jack and Maddie's request Manny was going to stay the night and Maddie would drive him to the airport in the morning
After clearing it with Manny's father apparently Rodolfo Rivera had discovered his son was missing about two hours after Manny had left and had spent the entire time he was gone on a worry filled rampage of the spicy cesspool of crime and villainy that was Miracle City
Because of Manny crime had dropped an astounding sixty percent as hundreds of criminals and super villains turned themselves into the police so as not to face the White Pantera acting like a 'concerned parent'
Suffice it to say White Pantera was BEYOND FURIOUS that his son had left the country to chase a criminal especially one as dangerous as Django of the dead
But in the end Rodolfo was proud of his son and thanked Jack and Maddie for watching out for him offering to wire money for the ticket home
The Fentons were happy with their new house guest Jazz was curious about Mannys mental health being raised by a superhero and a supervillain who both pressured Manny to follow in their footsteps
Danny and Manny hit it off well like they were brothers
Jack was super excited to have a real superhero in the house wanting to know all about his powers he even shared his portion of ham with the thirteen year old hero/villain the second greatest show of affection Jack Fenton knew how to give right after his massive bone crushing bear hugs
Maddie was just relieved that her children were safe and the one who saved them was somewhere safe and warm for the evening instead of a cheap motel in the shadier part of town
Later that night Manny was laying in Dannys bed and Danny was on the floor in a sleeping bag both trying to get some sleep
"Hey Danny" Manny whispered
"What" Danny asked being wide awake waiting for his parents to go to sleep before he went on patrol
Manny sat up climbing out of bed "I gotta know man how do you do it" Manny asked "how do you still be a hero in a town where everyone expects the worst from you that you're the bad guy"
Danny sat up Danny sighed "it's not easy but there isn't anyone else to stop the ghosts that are coming through" Danny said "it's my fault since I'm the guy who got the portal working"
Manny sighed "you're a better guy than I am I probably would have let all the ghosts run wild being a villain along side them"
"Believe me I've made mistakes things that haunt me even now" Danny looked Manny in the eye "you know Manny for a guy who thinks he's evil you're a pretty good kid you chased a bad guy into another country just to catch him besides you can always be an antihero"
Manny looked at Danny with a raised brow "an antihero what's that"
Danny smiled for someone who was a pretty good hero he was still only thirteen he briefly wondered if this is what Jazz felt like when he didn't know something growing up
"Something I read in a book last year an Antihero is basically someone whose a good guy but follows his own code like Black Widow or Batman but at the end of the day they're still considered the good guy"
Manny saw this if a member of the Justice League and the Avengers were considered Antiheroes why couldn't El Tigre be counted among them
Plus it was definitely a better solution than going completely wacko like his Gran Tio the original El Tigre
Manny nodded holding out his fist "thanks amigo"
Danny nodded meeting Manny's fist with his own "de nada now" Danny stood up transforming "want to go on patrol with me for a couple hours I got to fight your enemy let's see if you can handle mine"
Manny grinned spinning his belt buckle turning into El Tigre "let's go"
And with that the hero and the newly minted antihero leapt into the Amity Park night to catch some ghosts
And that is the chapter and the end of this mini arc
Tell me what you think of Manny and his decision to be an antihero instead of choosing a path like his dad and grandpapi personally I always saw Manny as an antihero not perfect but in the end always did the right thing
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before we go here are some translations
Muy divertido: very funny
La fantasma: ghost
Oi mi Cabeza: Oh my head
Ciudad Del Sur De Gotham: South Gotham
Abeula: Grandma
Stupido: Stupid
Volcanes Verdes: Green volcanoes
Gran Tio: Great Uncle
Until next time
Excelsior true believers
Or in Spanish
Virutas de embalaje Verdaderos creyentes
