Second Chance

Chapter 6: Time Moves On

"Thanks for taking me out for ice cream dad." Manny said as he licked his vanilla cone.

"No problem hijo, I'm glad we're getting to spend this time together, we're usually..." Rodolfo Rivera started in a fatherly voice, but was interrupted by an explosion in the distance.

"This looks like a job for... White Pantera!" the legendary hero exclaimed as he quickly dropped his ice cream and ripped off his civilian clothing, revealing his superhero costume underneath

"And... El Tigre!" Manny exclaimed with a roar as he spun his belt buckle and the two ran off towards the crime in progress.

As the father – son duo arrived on the scene, a small jewelry store, a young lady in a raven themed suit was caught red handed holding a bag of precious gems. As time had gone on, so had Black Cuervo's appearance; she was now as tall as El Tigre, her old combat boots were replaced with thigh length boots, similar to her mother's. However, the most noticeable change to the young hero was her chest, which had gone from nothing to small, but nice; which is how his Grandpapi described it to him once when he decided to give Manny a 'talk' due to him getting older.

As the sound of Cuervo's jetpack igniting and allowing her to try and escape, El Tigre came out of his daydreaming of his nemesis and launched out both his hands and caught her ankles. Stopping her escape, the raven themed villainess dropped to the ground and quickly pulled out her wrist lasers and fired at the two heroes. Quickly evading her blast, El Tigre fired the four claws on his hand at his raven themed nemesis, but she blasted up towards the sky and landed behind him and swiftly kicked him into the freshly robbed store. Smirking in victory, Black Cuervo was surprised when a green light emitted from the store, and with a roar, shot out El Tigre as he then collided with the shocked villainess.

When they finished tumbling down the hill like street they were on, Tigre realized that Cuervo had landed on top of him and that her visor had broken off. Though she still had her purple mask on, Tigre could still see her face and blushed as he realized how beautiful she looked and how close their faces were. When the youngest Flock member realized the situation, she blushed and quickly got off of her nemesis.

Looking at the top of the street she fell down from, she saw White Pantera racing down to aid his son. On instinct she quickly flew up into the sky and blasted off towards home.

"Manny, are you okay?" Asked Pantera worriedly as Tigre spun his belt, reverting back to his civilian form.

"Yeah, I'm fine." Manny said reassuring his worried father.

When the two Rivera men got home, they were surprised when a woman with large, long, chocolate brown hair with spots of grey, brown eyes, and wearing red lipstick, hoop earrings a green shirt with a pink under dress that went before her knees and small red heels, was waiting for them.

"Mom, what are you doing here?" asked Manny

"Rodolfo, may I speak with Manny privately please?" she simply asked her ex

"Of course..." He answered solemnly as he left the room to leave them to talk.

"What is it mom?" Manny asked curiously.

As the youngest Aves flew into the head of a large purple bird shaped building, she was confronted by her mother Voltura as she landed and removed her helmet. Zoe then clicked a button on her wrist and revealed a secret compartment in her glove that held a few precious stones.

"Just like I thought, the Riveras were able to stop me, but these should be enough, right mom?" The youngest Aves asked her elder.

As Zoe waited for her mother's response, but all she did was quickly look away, the raven themed villainess's eyes slightly widened and started running down the hall as her mother quietly wept.

"Grandmami...!" Zoe called out as she came upon the eldest Aves' room.

As she slowly entered her grandmother's chambers, she could feel the tears rolling down her face as she approached the bed. Laying there was a peaceful old lady who had a smile on her face, knowing she lived a full life before her time expired.

"N-No..." Zoe cried as she fell to her knees beside the old woman's resting place.

As Zoe cried for the loss of her beloved family member, she felt a hand placed on her shoulder and found that it was her mother. Embracing in a hug the two cried their hearts out for their departed mother and grandmother.

"No!" Manny muffled as he cried into his mother's comforting shoulder.

It was true; two of the greatest super villains in Miracle City, Lady Gobbler and Puma Loco had passed.