Tigre's Pride

Years and Years

Manny left Miracle City, twelve years he's been gone. He moved to the city of Anderson, where he grew up and became a well known video game creator and scientist, making him very wealthy. Still turning to his alter ego, El Tigre, to fight crime and steal to give to the poor.
"Hey, Manuel, I propose we work together to make video game together, as a team."
"That's where I stop you, I work alone, Eddie. I don't work well with people."
"Oh, c'mon, we need to make a smash hit of a freaking video game."
"Yeah. No. You only want me to work with you so you can be back on Mr. Knitpicker's good side, after your crappy video game ideas."
"Your right, I'll be like you and work alone."
"Thank you." Manuel says walking out of the building. He walks back home past all the people he may harm or protect, being he hasn't made up his mind on good or evil. The good thing was, he didn't know them meaning he didn't care for them. He gets to his building and sees a moving truck. He looks at the license plate, Miracle City. He walks into the building and walks to the top floor, being the elevators are used. As he walks up, a women stops him.
"Hey, hi, I'm new here. My name is Frida Suárez."
Manuel freezes and comes into realization, her blue hair, the red goggles, the red skirt and suspenders. He runs up stairs to his penthouse and immediately slams the door shut.
"No it can't be. She should be in Miracle City. Frida I left so I would never harm her again and by chance, she moved to the floor under me."
He continued pacing around and decided to sleep on it. He tossed and turned all night, he could not stop thinking about Frida, and the day she got hurt. He woke up sweating and decide to wash his face. He looked his present facial features. Curly brown hair, green eyes, a broad nose, freckles, a scar on his left eye, a goatee and a chiseled chin. He suddenly sees his younger self. Innocent and full of regret and ashamed. He suddenly hears sirens, he looks out his window and sees a building on fire. He spins his belt buckle and turns into El Tigre. The arms were torn off exposing his tattoos. One of a volcano with red goggle, a pair of golden boots and a yellow and red sombrero.
The next day he walks back down the stairs, to accidentally bump into Frida.
"Hey dude."
"Sorry about that, and yesterday. My name is Manuel Rivera, my friends call me Manny."
"Wait Rivera? You're the son of White Panthera? That means you're El Tigre. People were saying you disappeared after a fight with Santana and her undead army."
"Yeah, you could say that. I ran away after my best friend got hurt. In fact now that I think about it she was really my only friend."
"What was her name, I may know her?"
"Her name was Frida Suárez."
"Hey, that's me!" she says pointing at herself. "Man it's been years."
"Yes a lot of years. I have to go now or I'll be late. See you later."
"K, wait! I'm having a party this Saturday, can you come?".
"I'll find time to come."
And with that Manuel continues going down stairs and off to work.