Coco(Hector x OC)

chap 8

Miguel and Maria run under a set of stairs. Pepe at Maria's feet and Miguel pulling Dante under. Looking up, they see Imelda talk to a security guard while Maria's parents look frantically for them. Miguel turns to Maria and pulls on his hood.
"Come on." He says and pulls the strings, his hood now covering part of his face. Maria copies with her hood and they quickly walk away. "If I'm gonna be a musician, I need a musicians blessing. We have to find my great great grandfather." A hand grabs onto Miguel's shoulder as he finishes. They turn around to the guard who frantically grabs at his walky talky. As he's speaking into it, a line of people pass in between them allowing Miguel and Maria an easy escape into and alleyway. Sighing in relief Dante starts to run off to a door. Miguel rushes to him and pulls him inside. They all crouch down inside and hear a voice. The two kids peer past a wall to see the man dressed as Frida sitting at a table, banging on his head. The officer at the table starts to speak.
"Fleeing an officer, falsifying a unibrow."
"That's illegal?" The man asks.
"Very illegal." The officer states angrily and wipes the petals off his desk. "You need to clean up your act amigo."
"Amigo?" The man asks after twisting his head back on. He takes of his hat and fans himself. "That is so nice of you to say. I've really needed an amigo right now. And amigos they help their amigos." The man's hands fall off and represent two friends. One attaches to his arm and the other one runs across it. "You get me across that bridge tonight and I'll make it worth your while." He turns to the De la Cruz poster and continues. "You like De la Cruz? He and I go way back." He lays on the desk. "I can get you from tmrow dmseats to his "Sunrise Spectacular"." He pulls his head off again and moves it behind the officer. "You can get backstage, and meet him. I just need to cross the bridge." The officer grabs the man's head and throws it at him.
"I should lock you up for the rest of the holiday, but my shifts almost up and I wanna visit my living family. So I'm letting you off with a warning." He hands the man a slip of paper.
"Can I at least have my costume back?" He asks angrily.
"Uh-no."
The man growls in frustration and walks off, past the two kids. Miguel and Maria quickly chase after him.
"Hey, do you really know De la Cruz?" Miguel calls.
"Who wants to-AH! Aye! You're alive!" The man screams as Miguel pulls him into a phone booth.
"Yeah I'm alive, and if we wanna get back to the land of the living..." Miguel starts.
"We need De la Cruz's blessing." Maria finishes.
"That's weirdly specific." The man scrunched up in confusion.
"Hes my great great grandpa." Miguel hopes he will help.
"He's your great great wha-what?" His eyes fall into his mouth making Miguel and Maria cringe in disgust. He hits his jaw and his eyes go back to normal.
"Wait, wait, wait, wait. *gasp*! No, wait, wait, wait. No wait, wait. *gasp* Yes! You're going back to the land of the living!" He grabs hold of miguels jacket.
"You know what? I think we'll look somewhere else." Miguel opens the door and starts to walk away.
"No wait, wait. Niño, niño! You can help me, I can help you. But most importantly you can help me."the man explains. Miguel looks past his head to see Imelda and the rest of his family call for them.
"I'm Hector." He introduces.
"That's nice!" Miguel pulls him along but stops as the hand snaps at him. He turns around to see and armless Hector run after then.
"Esparame chamacos!" He yells.
Meanwhile, with Imelda and the rest of the family, they squeeze through a door trying to follow miguel  and Maria.
"Aye, they are going to get themselves killed. I need my spirit guide, Pepita." After whistling, a giant cat flush down, sniffs the petal Miguel touched and soon follows his scent.