Chapter 9: The Farm & The Training
[Intro]
[Morning. Farmland. A 3 year old Manny is sleeping when a door opens. Manny, alarmed, hides under the sheets only for it to get swiped away from him. Fearing that he'll get hit, Manny is patted instead.]
British Vampiro: It's okay, sire! It's just me, British Vampiro. I'm here to give you breakfast: memelas with pico de gallo and fresh squeezed orange juice. And of course, sweet Mexico's bread: Conchas.
[Manny starts tearing up and proceeds to cry once British Vampiro hands over the silver plate.]
British Vampiro: Excuse me, sire? There's no need to cry.
Manny: I'm sad because I never had a chance to eat like this (sniff). My dad just left me an empty bowl and said "feed yourself". And my mom was too busy with work to cook for me. I'm happy that I can eat real food.
British Vampiro: Well, you're in need of help and we are happy to oblige.
Manny: Thank you! Thank you!
British Vampiro: You're welcome. Now eat sir. You're needed today out in the fields.
[Manny eats his breakfast joyfully. He chews the concha and memelas while gulping his juice. He then goes outside to meet Rasta Vampiro waiting for him.]
Rasta Vampiro: Okay, boy. You wanted a farm. Well, here it is!
Manny: Cool! I get to grow lots of stuff out here!
Rasta Vampiro: Yes, boy. Lots of stuff will be grown here! Corn, wheat, barley, hibiscus, oregano, basil, cilantro, tomatoes, potatoes, sunflowers, squash, melons, pomegranates, medicine, and much more. But before you get there, you must learn the basics! (points to a patch) That there is your field. Here are some seeds. Water is right there on that tower. I shall expect a bountiful harvest from you.
Manny: Yeah! I will grow tons of stuff. And I'll never end up hungry ever again!
[Rasta Vampiro leaves as Manny starts grabbing seeds and throwing them everywhere. Time passes from day to night to noon and Manny's enthusiasm wanes as he realizes how time consuming farm life really is. Suddenly, a brush of wind blows on his face and is met by another Vampiro.]
Shaolin Vampiro: What troubles you, young one.
Manny: This stinks! I want my food to grow now and it's still in the dirt. What is taking these seeds so long to grow!?
Shaolin Vampiro: Patience. All life takes time to mature! Demanding a mere seed to bear fruit takes patience. You cannot demand growth without understanding all life itself.
Manny: But I'm hungry!
Shaolin Vampiro: Hunger is an illusion. Can you see it? Can you taste it? You can feel it but can it feel you?
Manny: Huh?
Shaolin Vampiro: Just be patient. All bountiful harvests require time and balance.
Manny: You talk funny.
Shaolin Vampiro: And you need to have patience.
Manny: I don't want to be patient! I WANT MY FOOD! (Manny throws a tantrum when he throws a rock in a fit of anger at a bird. The bird falls down and Manny ends up curling in a fetal position over his mistake. Expecting a punishment for his foolishness, he is instead given something else.)
Rasta Vampiro: (indignant) You see what happens when you don't listen.
Manny: I'm sorry. I was just confused on why I needed to wait for my food to grow.
Rasta Vampiro: (indignant) That is no excuse to start throwing rocks at random birds! Just be glad that we're treating its wounds! I trusted you with your own patch and this is the thanks I get!
Manny: (tearing up) I'm sorry! I'll do better! Please don't hit me!
Shaolin Vampiro: Hit? You? At what point do we think physical harm results in good behavior?
Manny: (sniffs) Huh?
Rasta Vampiro: We aren't going to hit you! Only stupid people think that! You've been through enough pain already. More pain will just scare you to obedience! I want you to be happy but I want you to be a good boy. I'm upset because you let your emotions get the better of you.
Manny: I'm sorry. I won't get mad ever again.
Rasta Vampiro: Next time, try to be patient. Throwing a fit over plant growth is no excuse for this kind of behavior!
Manny: But, if my plants don't grow, I'll starve.
Rasta Vampiro: Not here, you won't! You have us and we have sheds full of resources!
Manny: Then why did you leave me a patch for myself?
Rasta Vampiro: Because you need to know where food comes from? We won't grow and let you thrive off our progress. You need to learn how to make it out yourself in the event that we disappear one day. And the time to do that is now!
Manny: I want to learn how to control my anger. Please help me.
Shaolin Vampiro: Let me handle that. I'll channel your emotions into constructive methods rather than descend into destruction.
Rasta Vampiro: I expect you to do better than what happened today! Okay!
Manny: I promise. I'll be humbler than whiny!
[Time passes and Manny, now 4, is plowing the fields to plant another crop of plants. While plowing, he trips on a rock and cries in agony as he gets a gash on his arm.]
Manny: Stupid rock! Why are there rocks layered in the ground!?
Rasta Vampiro: (upset) DON'T DO THAT! What part of "no rock throwing" do you not get?!
Manny: I tripped and my arm's bleeding!
Rasta Vampiro: Give me that rock! (gets rock, puts it in a wheelbarrow, runs to get a first aid kit, and proceeds to treat Manny's wounds) Now hold still. This might sting.
Manny: (in pain) OW!
Rasta Vampiro: I know it hurts but this rubbing alcohol is meant to clean the germs that'll make you sick. Now, let me put this gel on that wound. It'll help with your skin.
Manny: (in pain) OW!
Rasta Vampiro: Now the band aid! And there! If you find more rocks, put them in this wheelbarrow.
Manny: (sniff) Thanks, Rasta!
Rasta Vampiro: No problem!
[A few months later, Manny is at the fields, tending to crops. He puts on a burlap bag newly cut wheat and on another bag corn. He then checks on another patch for tomatoes and tomatillos.]
Manny: No. No. Nope. This one is still green. Hey! These tomatillos are being eaten by bugs! I'm going to squish these parasites!
[Suddenly, Manny's foot is blocked by a bamboo pole.]
Shaolin Vampiro: Stop! Why do you disturb the natural order?
Manny: These bugs are eating the tomatillos!
Shaolin Vampiro: Correction, they are eating a tomatillo. The other tomatillos are growing patiently like all the other plants. One part of nature is that all living beings consume to thrive.
Manny: Even bugs.
Shaolin Vampiro: Especially insects. If you interrupt these insects, it'll disturb the balance of nature itself. All living beings help not hurt. Do you understand?
Manny: Yes. No hurt bugs.
Shaolin Vampiro: Let's go with that.
Manny: But, if I can't harm bugs then why do I eat meat? Aren't cows, pigs, and chickens count as living beings?
[Shaolin take out a kettle and a cup]
Shaolin Vampiro: Your head is like this cup. This kettle is full of water. It represents thoughts. (Shaolin Vampiro pours into the cup and the excessive water spills onto the ground) Your head is overflowing with too many questions. Some of which have no answer. But to answer one of your questions, you eat meat because they are willing to give their lives for your growth. Because one day, you will give up your life to give them growth.
Manny: Who's them?
Shaolin Vampiro: The living beings in this world
Manny: Even bugs.
Shaolin Vampiro: All beings!
Manny: (awkwardly) Okay. But why eat meat?
Shaolin Vampiro: Answer this question: A lion eats meat. Can you force a lion to quit?
Manny: No.
Shaolin Vampiro: There's your answer.
Manny: Okay. If a lion eats meat, then so will I. And some carrots, turnips, beets, apples, watermelon, oranges, guamuchiles, and conchas.
[Some time passes, Manny is with a bunch of Vampiros in a campfire, celebrating today's harvest.]
Manny: (cracking his back) Oooh! What a back breaking day of labor in the fields!
Rasta Vampiro: You finally mastered the ways of the tractor. And to think it took you 893 times to figure out the mechanics.
Manny: (arrogantly) In my defense, 432 of those tries were faulty wiring. So there!
Shaolin Vampiro: Yet you still rely on traditional tools for progress.
Manny: The tractor is just to prove him wrong! If anything, I came back with 500 lbs of barley and 400 lbs of wheat with nothing but a scythe and a pitchfork.
Rasta Vampiro: 500? Try 90 tons of corn, youth. Meaning to ask you this, have you found any water yet?
Manny: No! (scoffs) But I'm gonna. I just need time and more ribeyes to traverse this place. And when I do, then you'll have to let go of that water limit you imposed on me!
Mexican Vampiro: We put that limit because you wanted to cash in on asparagus. You wasted 5000 gallons for 4 stalks.
Manny: It would've been more if the weather had been nicer!
Rasta Vampiro: Hahaha! Even if I let you leave with those, you wouldn't even survive 1 week let alone 1 month looking for water. Hahaha!
Manny: I would too! And many of you would let me wake up till 11am to do my chores!
Rasta: Youth. Are you seriously going to find water in the desert?
Manny: AS MUCH AS THE HORSE WITH NO NAME!
Ernest: Why is there a horse with no name?
Jim-Bob: Idk? Maybe the owner was stupid?
[1 year later, Manny is now 5 and he's getting up to check on the chickens. He gets out the coop with a basket of eggs and one dead hen.]
Manny: I'm back! I got 24 eggs and a hen that died peacefully.
Jewish Vampiro: Perfect! I can begin some challah bread and my famous matzo ball soup with this bird. May Yahweh bless this day.
Manny: Amen. Can I help?
Rabbi Vampiro: Of course! I'll grab some flour and we can begin!
[Manny grabs a knife to chop carrots, celery, onions, and root vegetables into a mirepoix while Rabbi Vampiro pulls a bag of flour to make the matzo balls and challah dough. He grabs the chicken and cuts it into pieces. Manny then grabs a large pot, fills it with some water, puts in the chicken pieces that aren't edible (neck, spine, etc), then puts the mirepoix in the chicken cuts, turns on the stove dial, and leaves it for a few minutes. Once the stock is made, he grabs another pot, pours some oil onto the pot, then puts another mirepoix into the pot, stirs it, waits for a few minutes, until he takes some of the chicken cuts and puts it into the simmering mirepoix, stirs them, then takes the stock and pours it into the simmering pot and waits for Rabbi Vampiro to finish the matzo balls. Rabbi Vampiro then plops in the matzos while putting a loaf in the oven. Time flies as both the soup and challah are finished and Rabbi Vampiro pulls out the loaf, slices it, and serves slices of challah with a bowl of matzo ball soup to Manny.]
Rabbi Vampiro: Here you go. The best Jewish meal a rabbi like me can make in NYC!
Manny: Thanks, rabbi. (sips a bit) Got lemon?
Rabbi Vampiro: (slices a lemon) Here ya go!
[Rasta Vampiro opens the door and walks in the kitchen.]
Rasta Vampiro: Hey, my youth! You're done with egg collecting?
Manny: Yep. I gave them to Rabbi Vampiro.
Rasta Vampiro: Rabbi! Where are the eggs?
Rabbi Vampiro: Here they are. I only needed 6 eggs so it's 18 eggs. Hope that's enough.
Rasta Vampiro: Just making sure the youth was outside doing his chores. In any case, good job!
Manny: Thanks, Rasta!
[1 year passes. Manny is now 6 and he's sent to Shaolin Vampiro's dojo for his training. Eager, he runs towards the site only to bump into something.]
Shaolin Vampiro: Are you in a hurry or is something chasing you?
Manny: I was sent here to train. I'm told I need to fight for some reason.
Shaolin Vampiro: You show concern. Is there a problem?
Manny: My mom always told me that fighting is never the answer to life's problems.
Shaolin Vampiro: That is true and false. Fighting recklessly is not the answer. In your life, you will encounter people who use fists instead of words in conflict. After all, we are training self-defense. If defense is fighting, then you need to learn more about combat itself. Besides, you wear a powerful item. Is it used for necessity or accessory?
[Manny looks with confusion]
Shaolin Vampiro: In basic words, are you going to help or stand?
Manny: I'm going to help. This belt was held and worn by the first and second El Tigres and If I'm ever to become El Tigre, I need to be strong and brave!
Shaolin Vampiro: And sharp minded. Strength alone is useless without wit. Your enemies need to understand that although you're nice, you are NOT a doormat! We shall begin with the basics, dodging.
Manny: Okay. When does it begin?
[Suddenly, a pole whacks Manny's head and he falls down.]
Shaolin Vampiro: Fail! You didn't dodge and now your enemies laugh at your failure. Repeat or not?
[Manny gets up and brushes off the dust.]
Manny: Repeat. (huff) I want to succeed!
[Suddenly, a pole whacks Manny's legs and he falls down.]
Shaolin Vampiro: Fail! Repeat?
Manny: YES!
[Manny continues with his training and still gets whacked but refuses to give up until the sky goes dark. He then retreats to his room only to find his bed striped bare. Manny finds a note.]
Note: Dear Manny,
If you find this note, then you will find your bed missing. You'll get these items returned once you finish your training. Until then, have a good night with a pillow and bed sheet; I'm not that cold.
Sincerely, Shaolin Vampiro!
Manny: I'll get better and when I do, I'll be the greatest El Tigre this world has ever seen!
[Manny goes to sleep and then the following morning continues with his training with Shaolin Vampiro, failing but refusing to give up. He then gets advice from Shaolin.]
Shaolin Vampiro: Remember, strength is useless without wit. To feel is one thing, to hear is another. You must smell and see your surroundings to detect dangers.
[Manny closes his eyes for a while and suddenly, a gust of wind tickles his ear and he dodges the pole from hitting his head. After that, Manny jumps to avoid the pole hitting his legs. Landing on his feet, Manny opens his eyes and hears handclaps from Shaolin Vampiro.]
Shaolin Vampiro: Very good. You learned the basics and now we begin with the real test.
[Shaolin begins hitting Manny with his hands and Manny dodges each strike until Shaolin strikes Manny's leg with the pole. Manny falls down and gets hit with a strike. He climbs back up, dusts himself off, and repeats. He dodges the strikes and tries to jump the pole and ends up failing. Regardless, when he arrives at his room, he finds a bed frame without a mattress. A note is found on the frame:
Note: Dear Manny:
Your progress is flowing like a river. Continue and your hard work shall be rewarded.
Sincerely, Shaolin Vampiro
Manny: I know I can do this! I know I can do this! I know I can do this!
[One year later. Manny is now 7 and is sent to a building outside the dojo for something else.]
Manny: Hello? Hello!? Wonder what is happening?
[Suddenly, a light shines at a desk.]
?: Sit down!
[Manny walks towards the desk and sits on a chair. The lights then turn on simultaneously showing a chalkboard, bookcase, computer, chem lab, and a world map poster while several Vampiros enter the room with papers, books, and writing tools.]
Turkish Vampiro: Okay! Today is your first day of school!
Manny: School?! Ugh! I don't wanna learn!
Sikh Vampiro: Well too bad! You need an education. Life itself will get challenging unless you are educated to the gritting teeth!
British Vampiro: But we promise that this'll be energetic and not enforced. We are here to help you not hurt you, sire.
Sushi Vampiro: In the end, you'll look back and thank us.
Texan Vampiro: Well partner, whatcha say?
[Manny immediately starts his day by reading book after book and answering the questions on several papers. He then receives his grades from his first assignment.]
Manny: A 67?
Turkish Vampiro: Bad grammar aside, you were correct. Try to write better. Next class!
[Manny is watching Sikh Vampiro write down numbers on the board and he tries to answer them. Eventually, he's graded on his assignment.]
Manny: 54?
Sikh Vampiro: Math is a complex subject. You were fine with basics but advanced is where your answers got funky. But next time, remember 3+3=6 not 9. Next class!
[Sushi Vampiro writes on the board several words written in Japanese. Manny, confused, writes it down, not understanding the course. Then he's given a multiple choice test about which word is their translated counterpart. As usual, he's given the results.]
Manny: A 0!
Sushi Vampiro: That is all right. Be humble with the results. Next class!
[British Vampiro presents Manny with several books about sciences. From biology, astronomy, geology, anthropology, archaeology, chemistry, and physics, Manny chooses biology, anthropology, archaeology, and chemistry as his subjects. Overall, Manny receives one test on biology and gets his result.]
Manny: An 82.
British Vampiro: A surprise isn't it. You could've made 100 if you didn't mistook the liver with the pancreas. And you also forgot the thyroid. But you made it with good results, sir. Next class!
[Texan Vampiro shows Manny a globe and the world map and starts explaining to him each continent, their body of water, each national flag, and then gives Manny a history book about the human race itself. From the beginning to the end of the Bronze age, Manny receives a paper for a test. He awaits for the results.]
Manny: An 88.
Texan Vampiro: I was surprised too. But apparently, you can pass if you study hard. The fact that you forgot that dinosaurs weren't living with neanderthals at all or how ancient writing was cuneiform is forgivable.
Turkish Vampiro: You see! Education is a necessity. We help not hurt. Do you want to continue?
Manny: Like Shaolin, you bet I do!
[Afterwards, Manny goes straight to the dojo to begin his training.]
Shaolin Vampiro: Now, let's begin!
[Shaolin Vampiro begins striking his fists at Manny and he tries to dodge as fast as he can. Despite his efforts, Manny gets knocked out by each punch but wipes his face and continues on. Shaolin proceeds to kick Manny between several punches and Manny falls down flat on his face but gets up and continues on.]
Shaolin Vampiro: I admire your stamina!
Manny: I learned it from you. Now let's continue!
[Afterwards, both continue training until night falls. The next day, Manny arrives for his second day of school. Sushi Vampiro is teaching Manny language from around the world. Manny is writing, reading, and speaking these words in the hopes of passing this class. His studying, however, makes it halfway.]
Manny: I passed…English. I barely finished Spanish with a B-. The other languages are a lot harder than I imagined.
Sushi Vampiro: Learning language takes time. Try practicing one at a time instead of cramming it all in.
Manny: That sounds easier than I imagined it would be. (sigh) I'll try.
{Manny reads several language books, starts speaking said languages and eventually passes his language course.]
Sushi Vampiro: Question 1?
Manny: Adonde esta la puerta? (Where is the door?)
Sushi Vampiro: Question 4?
Manny: Bakk-e nagagi jeon-e syeocheuleul ib-eoya habnida. (You need to wear a shirt before going outside.)
Sushi Vampiro: Question 9?
Manny: Hal taerif makan alqitari? (Do you know where the train is?)
Sushi Vampiro: Question 15?
Manny: Itadakimasu! (Thanks for the food!)
Sushi Vampiro: Question 18?
Manny: Moy televizor slomalsya! (My television is broken!)
Sushi Vampiro: Question 20?
Manny: È ora di andare a letto. (It's time for bed)
Sushi Vampiro: Congratulations! You passed the test with flying colors! Now we go onto the harder part!
Turkish Vampiro: You need to write down an essay in a book you read recently without making any grammatical mistakes. By that I mean, you cannot write more than 3 scribbles. You have 1 hour to finish and go!
[Manny takes a pen and jots down his test paper while stopping to reread his results and avoid making errors. The more he does this, the more time flies by. Eventually, Manny finishes the test and hands it to Turkish Vampiro.]
Turkish Vampiro: Congrats, you only had 1 scribble in the test and without any spelling errors, you passed. I hope you continue this progress.
Sikh Vampiro: 5*5 is what? (4^2)7/5? If you have 2000 pesos and spend it on 5 tacos, and 1 taco costs 200 pesos, how much pesos will you have left?
Manny: 25. 22.4. And 1000 pesos.
Sikh Vampiro: With tax?
Manny: 945 pesos?
Sikh Vampiro: Correct.
British Vampiro: Now, there are 7 civilizations in Mexico. What are those civilizations?
Manny: Toltec, Olmec, Zapotec, Mixtec, Maya, Aztec, and um…?
British Vampiro: And what else?
Manny: Quitex?
British Vampiro: No, sire. The final civilization was the Xocolitec. The very indigenous peoples who occupied Miracle City before Spanish conquistadors arrived and fought the Xocolitans in a tragic curb-stomped battle that was resolved…
Manny: Resolved by my great ancestor, Dark Leopard. Yeah, I get it! And then he was captured by the conquistadors and taken to Spain where he was caged, humiliated and vilified by both the King of Spain and the Inquisition. My grandpa told me this story already so why do I need to hear it again!
British Vampiro: Those who do not learn from the past are doomed to repeat it. Remember that when you try to question history like some arrogant brute.
Manny: Yes, British Vampiro.
Texan Vampiro: What is the Manifest Destiny?
Manny: A violent and unjust act of conquering native lands, wiping indigenous tribes, and eradicating their cultures.
Texan Vampiro: What really launched the Spanish-American War?
Manny: Imperialists exploiting an explosion as effort to seek new lands for their growing empire.
Texan Vampiro: What caused the Mexican American War?
Manny: Border disputes.
Texan Vampiro: Who invented al pastor tacos?
Manny & Mexican Vampiro: Lebanese immigrants who brought their spits and reinvented another dish, the shawarma, with pork to create a taco so mouth watering that I want one now!
Texan Vampiro: Wonderful! And since you seem to know your history, perhaps a test I've got scheduled will be a breeze for you!
Manny: If it means finishing school, so be it!
[Two years pass and Manny, now 9, suddenly wakes up as noises outside interrupt the compound. Manny and several Vampiros run towards the noise, noticing several construction crews building several housing projects, roads, and a barbed fence. Manny, confused, walks towards the workers to give them a piece of his mind.]
Manny: Hey! What are you people doing here?
[The crew ignored his words and continued working. Manny, upset, yells at them before he gets kicked to the ground. Suddenly, a tall, buff construction worker stands behind him with a whip.]
Construction man 1: It's time for a whipping, you runt!
[He whips Manny in the back as the little boy curls in a fetal position when the worker continues whipping the boy to submission. Just then, two more workers appear, grab his arms, and restrain the boy as the buff worker continues whipping him.]
Construction man 1: Whipping kids like you give me an erection!
Construction man 2: Just wait when we do it! You'll start crying for mommy!
Construction man 3: Like a little bitch! MY BITCH!
Construction man 1: Exactly! Now, you better satisfy me.
[Suddenly, Manny's pupils dilate as the worker says his sentence.]
Construction man 1 & White Pantera: LIKE A WOMAN!
[Manny then yells. The construction noise alone isn't enough to drown out the pain Manny's exclaiming as he starts jerking his arms while yelling becomes enough to distract the crew and have the Vampiros bludgeon them to comatose status. Night falls and Manny's inside a housing project, wailing in horror as the Vampiros try to find something to calm him down.]
Sikh Vampiro: Hey! Hey! Hey! Calm down! The bad people are gone. You can calm down now!
[Manny continues screaming at the top of his lungs]
Jim-Bob: Anything yet?
Sikh Vampiro: No. And nothing we're doing seems to be working.
Ernest: Perhaps his latent trauma resurfaced when that thug spouted out a trigger word. The fact he's still screaming seems to be that he still can't handle the stress of it all.
Turkish Vampiro: Well, we need to fix this because that much screaming can't be good for his body and psyche.
Rasta Vampiro: Is he in there?
All Vampiros: Yes!
Rasta Vampiro: Good! I got one thing that might help the child! [Rasta enters the house, puts his finger on Manny's mouth, pulls a jar of green jelly out of his pocket and gives it to Manny.]
Rasta Vampiro: Here, my youth. Put this in your mouth.
[Manny, weeping, opens the jar, proceeds to grab a piece of jelly, puts it in his mouth, and immediately calms down.]
Manny: I feel a lot better now. Thanks, rasta!
Rasta Vampiro: No problem, youth. Now remember, take one spoonful of this jelly to suppress your trauma.
Manny: Okay, I will.
[Rasta leaves the house and several Vampiros rush towards the house to comfort Manny while Ernest walks up to Rasta and strikes up a conversation.]
Mexican Vampiro: How did you do it?
Rasta Vampiro: It's the power of the medicine. Like Mexican farmers bioengineering corn, I created a strain of cannabis to be 100% pure medication and nothing else.
Mexican Vampiro: Cannabis? He's a child!
Rasta Vampiro: He's not smoking it. He's digesting a byproduct of the herb itself. When the time comes, I will tell him the truth. For now, cannabis jelly is the only remedy for his fragmented mind.
[Two more years pass and Manny, now 11, talks with Rasta Vampiro about his medication while traversing the desert. That is when Rasta reveals the truth about the medicine.]
Manny: (flabbergasted) Cannabis! Rasta, smoking is bad! My mom told me that drugs are for criminals and losers.
Rasta Vampiro: NO! This is not drugs, child. This is pure medicine! People who condemn cannabis are nitwits who fell victim to buzzwords.
Manny: But why hide the truth from me?
Rasta Vampiro: I never told you this but whenever you're sound asleep, every midnight, we hear your howls and it's a lot of "nos" and "get away from me"! Our theory is that you went through tremendous trauma from your batshit father and his demented expectations. That, along with the construction incident, resulted in you having a PTSD so incurable that even therapy can't fix.
Manny: Why not therapy?
Rasta Vampiro: Because, your trauma story is so unbelievable that most people might jump to the conclusion that you made it up for sympathy.
Manny: (outraged) But it's all true! My father, that vile violent goatfucker, grabbed my crotch and tried to rub it for kicks. And when I tried to resist, he would yank me with a dog collar and kick me until dusk! I only agreed to train harder with Shaolin to see if I can beat that rapist to the point of a coma! (starts panting) I have to beat him! I need to beat him! (starts huffing) I need to stab him in the EYE! (starts wheezing)
Rasta Vampiro: Youth! You're having a panic attack. You need to take the medicine QUICKLY!
[Manny grabs the joint while Rasta pulls out a lighter for Manny to inhale the medicine. Afterwards, Manny starts calming down and enters a chill mood.]
Manny: (delighted) I feel like I have exited out of heaven. Thanks, Rasta.
Rasta Vampiro: No problem, child! Just remember to take your meds to prevent more panic attacks.
Manny: (happy) Yeah! Thanks, Rasta. I like a hug.
[Rasta hugs Manny as both of them return to the compound. There Manny is given a silver plate of manteconchas to eat. Rasta talks with the other vampiros while eating some conchas.]
Rasta Vampiro: I told him the truth and he accepted it without hesitation.
Mexican Vampiro: At least he understands our intentions.
Shaolin Vampiro: Hopefully he will try to ween off and breathe easy.
End of Chapter 9