Second Chance

Chapter 3: Fight

As Manny and Frida rounded the corner and the Mayan Arcade in sight, they were brought to a halt as a purple laser hit the sidewalk in front of them. The two middle school students looked behind them and saw a girl in a black body suit, black combat boots, striped purple and black leg stockings, and large black gloves with purple claws flying above them. Even though her face was covered with a purple mask under a large helmet with a beak shaped visor, her red eyes were still visible, the anger they held not hidden. Manny and Frida immediately recognized her as the notorious super villain, Black Cuervo.

As Frida ran away from the raven themed super villainess, Manny spun his belt buckle, and an aura of green flames followed by the sound of a tiger roar engulfed him. His eyes had changed from brown to an emerald green; his brown shoes were changed into cowboy boots, his black jacket was replaced with a long sleeve black shirt, his belt buckle remained around his waist, a red bandana around his neck, black gloves on his hands with mechanical claws, a mask covering his face that barely showed the scar on his left eye, with white tuffs sticking out and replacing his usually brown hair, a T on the center of his forehead, and with a tiger tale and ears, he was transformed into his superhero/super villain persona, El Tigre.

As she saw her nemesis, Black Cuervo brought out the second laser on her other wrist and aimed both hands at him. Narrowly evading her blasts, the cat themed undecided super hid behind a nearby telephone pole and quickly shot out his hand and grabbed a hold of her. With a strong whip of his arm, El Tigre slammed his hand and the trapped bird within it into the hard concrete. As the dust of the newly created crater started to clear, Tigre released his grip and started retracting back his hand but felt something grab his hand, and before he knew it, he was whisked away into the air. Getting a slight glimpse of Cuervo's angry face before flying above her, he quickly became dizzy as she spun him around over and over like a lasso before releasing his hand.

Hitting the ground a few times before rolling into an alleyway, El Tigre was struggling to stand and had no time to react as Black Cuervo sped towards him using the acceleration of her jetpack. Receiving a punch to the face, Tigre slightly stumbled back and tried to punch her, but missed and received a kick to the midsection as a result. The black bird then gave the tiger an uppercut to the chin and finished with a swift kick to the midsection again that sent him flying back and landing hard against the building at the end of the alley.

Tired and with eyes still full of rage, Black Cuervo slowly walked up towards her prey, taking out the laser guns in her wrists and aiming them at her nemesis. As El Tigre closed his eyes and waited for the blasts that never came, he opened one eye and saw the same eyes as before, full of rage, but now black mascara was seeping down her eyes. The villainess with the upper hand said nothing as she put away her blasters and took off into the distance. Spinning his belt buckle and turning back into his normal appearance, Manny wondered why his nemesis didn't destroy him when she had the chance. Deciding to worry about it later, he took off for home before it got dark. As Manny crept in through the front door, a light came on, and it was his Grandpapi waiting for him.

"Manny, where have you been?" he asked in a whisper

"Why are you whispering?" Manny wondered confused.

"Your father is asleep on the couch." He answered pointing to his son.

"Oh sorry, I was just hurrying home after getting a surprise attack from Black Cuervo, don't worry, I'm fine..." Manny said reassuringly as his Grandpapi looked over his injuries.

"Alright, just making sure, I'm going to go get some rest now, it's hard trying to be evil while taking care of your son and wondering when your grandson is going to be home." The elder Rivera said as he turned his Sombrero of Chaos into a wheelchair and rolled into his room.

"Goodnight dad, I hope you feel better." said the youngest Rivera to his unconscious father before he went to his room for the night