It was another typical day in Miracle City and just any other typical day local hero/villain Manny Rivera a.k.a El Tigre was trying to prove his machoness. Today he was trying to prove it by foolishly battling a group of thugs and villains in Calavera by himself even though his father had told specifically to stop going to Calavera without him or his grandfather at least. As expected he got overly cocky with his mouth and was beaten to a pulp. Also as expected Frida had to be the one to dress his wounds since he didn't have enough money to pay medical bills at a doctor office.

"Okay Manny just warning you this will sting." She said soaking a cotton ball and preparing to clean his wound.

"Don't worry Frida I'm a big boy I can handle a little-"

She puts the cotton ball on his knee which was on his bleeding gash.

"YEOWWWWWWCH!" He shouted when he felt the stinging sensation.

"I warned you." She said.

"Dear God what did you soak that stuff in? Acid?"

"No it's just rubbing alcohol."

"Well it feels like acid burning through my skin!"

"Oh don't be a baby." She scoffed. "My three old cousin is tougher than that."

"Shut up!"

"So tell me again why we couldn't just go to the doctor?"

"Because I can't pay the medical bill so the only way I would get treated is to have my father take who can pay bill but to do that I'd have to tell him how I got hurt and if he finds out I went to Calavera without him or Grandpapi he'll ground me for God knows how long."

"Dude just lie to him."

"That's not gotta be as simple as it used to be. He recently got a built in lie detector I'm his head."

"Oh man I hate it how parents that freaky sense."

"No I mean he literally got a lie detector chip built into his brain so now he can tell whenever me or grandpapi is lying to him."

"Oh...That's creepy. Wait a minute don't those things cause brain damage?"

"Only to people with compulsive lying disorder."

"So basically your grandpa and every villain in the city?"

"Bingo."

"Well that should make life interesting." Her eyes went down to his belt. "Uh-oh."

"What?"

"Um...Now don't panic but I think that beat down did a little more damage than you think."

"What do you mean?"

"Look down."

Manny did as she said and saw that the buckle on his belt was cracked.

"Oh no! No...No, no,no! This is bad! This is very bad!"

"Okay now let's just remain calm."

"Remain calm?! Frida my belt is cracked! You know what that means?! It means I can't be El Tigre! And if I can't be El Tigre then who am I?!"

"Alright dude you need to chill."

"I can't be a Rivera if I don't have any powers! I'll be a disgrace to the family name! I'll be mocked by everyone even my ancestors!"

"Manny."

"I'll be outcast!"

"Manny."

"I'll bring dishonor to Dad and Grandpapi!"

"Manny."

"And worst of all no girl will ever date me!"

Frida slaps some sense into him.

"Snap out of dude! It's not the end of the world. Remember when you guys had your stuff convescated?"

"Oh yeah right. Still I need to get this fixed and the only one people I know who can fix it are Dad and Grandpapi."

"Well there you go get your grandpa to fix it."

"Can't he's at the Annual Miracle City Villains Convention."

"Why didn't you go?"

"Because it's the Annual Retired Miracle City Villains Convention."

"Oh. Okay so just wait til he gets back."

"No good Dad is taking me on patrol tonight. There's only one other person I know who can possibly fix it but we can't exactly ask him for help."

"Who is he?"

"That little twerp, Dr. Whatever."

"Oh him. You know I caught that creep peeping on me two weeks ago."

"Seriously? What a weirdo!"

"My Dad and his police dogs found him."

"Oh God that's scary what happened to him?"

"Two words: Dog chow."

They laughed. Manny found it satisfying that for once Frida's father was sicking his hell hounds on someone other than him. He remembered the last time it happend. It was on the day his family had defeated all the villains and on that very day Frida had given him a kiss on the mouth. Their picture was all over the news and Emiliano went ballistic. He didn't just send police dogs he sent a swat team and tried to have him arrested for assault even though his daughter was the one who initiared it.

Then it hit him like El Oso with a boulder. Frida had kissed him! On the mouth! He had been so pumped about beating the villains and terrified of her father that it didn't occur to until now. Why did she kiss him that day? She never told him. Was it a spur of the moment?

"Dude are you still there?" She asked him.

"Oh sorry. Yeah I am."

"So what's the plan?"

"Well we can't trust him to help us because he's double crossed me twice. So we're just gonna have to sneak into his lab and see what he has."

"He's still in the hospital from when my dogs nearly devoured him so he won't be there."

With that knowledge the two children snuck over to Dr. Chiptole Jr's lab. It was locked tight with a high tech security system but Frida able to damage it using a paper clip, bubblegum, and lemon juice. Once inside they found plenty of strange and weird machines and inventions. Most of them chili, pepper, and guacamole based.

"You know if he would just give up the whole scientist gig he'd make a great seasoning chef." Frida said tasting his chili.

"Frida don't eat anything here you might turn into a zombie or something."

Hearing that Frida quickly spat the chili out of her mouth. They searched for something that could be useful.

"Hey what's that?" Frida said pointing to a green glow.

Flowing the glow they saw that the source of it was a case that was labeled astral radiation.

"Alright just what I need." Manny said.

"What is it?"

"Radiation. Grandpapi used this fix his sombrero and Dad's boots."

"Is it safe?"

"Positive." He put the case in his bag. Now let's get going before Dr. Crazy finds us here."

Just they heard a growl and the ground began to shake. It was Dr. Chiptole Jr's guacamole monster. Manny had forgotten that he used that things a guard dog.

"Run!" He shouted.

The monster chased them around the lab growling, snarling, and swinging it's fists. During the chase the monster knocked over several chemicals that spilled down a drain and into the sewers. Manny and Frida ran out of the lab but the monster chased them through town.

"Quick let's hide in the movie theater!" Frida suggested.

The two then ducked into the nearest theater and hid behind some chairs. Unlike most theaters this one had a window and through it they saw the monster run into power lines which electrocuted it and reduced it to nothing more than suace.

"That thing maybe strong but it doesn't have a brain." Frida said. "So we got into a movie for free feel like watching it?"

"That depends what are we watching?" He looked up to see what movie was playing. On the screen was a couple making out in a black and white atmosphere. "Eww gross! It's one of those black and white, french, kissy films! Ick! My mom watches them all the time! You know people see these movies in the theater just so they can have an excuse to make out in public."

"Like those two?" Frida said pointing to a couple just a few seat from where they were. They looked to be in their forties or thirties and had their arms wrapped around each other while kissing each other firecely.

"Aww! Sick!" Manny gagged. "Let's get out of here before I throw up."

"Hey wait a minute is that your dad down there?" Frida observed.

"What? Let me see."

The two moved lower down the seats and saw that the man was in fact Rodolfo and he was I'm fact making out with a woman. A woman who was his mother. His parents, his separated parents were making out.

"You know I bet Manny would think this is gross." Rodolfo said when he and Maria took a break.

Then they went back to kissing.

"Ahh! It burns!" Manny screamed covering his eyes in horror.

Upon hearing the familiar scream the two immediately the two broke apart and to their horror they saw that their son was in the theater and had witnessed what they were doing.

"Manny!" They gasped.

"Hey keep it down!" An angry viewer said.

"Sorry." Rodolfo said. "Manny? What are you doing here?"

But the boy was in a state of a shock at the moment and couldn't be reached. He just sat there with his eye twitching.

"Manny are you okay?" Maria asked.

"The horror. The horror." He kept whispering.

"Don't worry I got him." Frida pulled him out of the theater and over to the snack bar where she sprayed him in the face with soda.

"Who? What? Where? Why?" He said coming to his senses. "Oh Frida I had the worst nightmare of my entire life. I dreamt that I saw my parents making it was so gross!"

"Sorry Manny but that actually happened."

"Huh?!"

"Are you alright hijo?" His father asked concerned.

"Well part of me is mentally scarred now but I guess I'll live. Anyway quick question, what the heck is going on here?! Why were you two kissing?!"

"Manny calm down. Should we tell him?" Rodolfo asked Maria.

"Tell me what?" Manny asked.

"We were waiting until Grandpapi got back so we could announce it over dinner but I guess there's no point now." Maria said. "Manny your father and I are getting remarried "

Manny felt his brain break into a million little pieces.