Victor

I never thought I'd end up here

when we moved from Puerto Rico to Brooklyn.

It all started the night I joined the Roman Lords.

You okay, hombre?

Yeah, man, I'm cool.

You goin' in or what?

Wait here for the word.

How's your boy?

He's down.

Looks like he's about to wet his pants any second now.

No, man, I'm cool.

You ready to die?

Well, uh, let's jump these guys!

That's the right attitude, kid.

Let's rumble!

Woo!

Yeah, get 'em!

Are you okay?

Come on.

Just wait here, okay?

Wait here.

Sherry!

Hey, man, what are you doin'?

Who do you think you are, huh?

I'm a Roman Lord.

We gotta jet, we gotta jet, guys!

We gotta go.

Victor, come on, we gotta jet!

Come on!

Did you see their faces?

I can't believe you were ready to take on Danny.

Who's Danny?

He's their leader, man.

The leader of the Liberty Boys.

Man, it all happened so fast.

Unbelievable, man.

First rumble.

Thanks.

See you tomorrow?

Where you goin'?

Home, my ma is probably wait...

Mom?

You're a Roman Lord now.

We have to go celebrate our victory.

Come on.

Come on!

Hey-hey!

Hey, man.

Ah!

There he is.

You down, hombre?

- Huh? - No, man.

Hey, what about you, kid?

It will give you wings.

Make all the pain go away.

I can take the pain on my own.

- Ooh... - Hey.

Razor, what if we get jumped, huh?

You gonna have my back all zombied out like that?

Hey, he'll come flyin' in to save you.

Try and save yourselves, huh?

Ease up, little brother of mine.

You know your big bro knows what he's doin'.

Not bad for your first bop, kid.

Nice.

Come here.

Are you down, kid?

Yeah.

I'm down.

Thicker than blood, Victor.

Once a Roman Lord,

always a Roman Lord, huh?

- Yeah! - Yeah!

- Yeah! - That's right!

- That's right! - Yeah!

- That's right. - Yeah.

- Yeah! - Woo!

Victor?

Hi.

Ma.

You're still up.

I can't sleep until you're home.

You know that.

Looks like Pa had no trouble.

Hijito, he was barely home five minutes.

Leave it on.

I like it.

Okay.

It was keeping me company while I waited.

No food?

It broke.

But your father will fix it in the morning.

No.

I'll fix it.

It looks like somebody tried to fix you.

What happened?

Nothing, Ma.

A little disagreement.

You got a new jacket.

Yeah, Ma.

Just makin' friends like you told me to.

We need all the friends we can get here, right?

It's okay.

I'll go check out Ricky.

You go to bed, okay?

Goodnight, Pa.

Hi.

Where have you been?

Where have I been?

Nowhere.

Me and my buddy here.

The two heroes have fought bravely,

and the bad guys are defeated.

We even saved a beautiful girl.

Hey, go to sleep.

Sweet dreams, hermanito.

Ay, Manuel!

Manuel, a rat!

A rat, really, it's right there!

Get it!

Ricky, get out, get out.

Get another chair.

It's over there!

Get it... be careful!

No, no, stop it, that's enough.

Keep it down in there.

What'd you say, huh?

Victor, mira... no!

Stop it or I'm callin' the police.

You're not callin' anyone, you hear?

Get inside, get inside!

Victor!

When are we gettin' out of this hole?

Victor, respeto, respect.

You have the same question, Ma.

- Calm down. - What else needs to happen?

- Shh, shh, shh. - Huh?

Vic, you never do that again,

you understand?

You brought us all here for a better life, huh?

Where is it?

I didn't have to work before we came to the new land.

I miss the beach.

Don't worry, papi, there's a beach nearby, okay?

But we never go.

We're gonna go.

We're gonna go.

- I got it. - No, no, no, no, no.

- Come on, I got it. - I got it.

No.

Mr. Pavel.

Is everything okay?

Uh, yes, everything is fine.

What is this?

No, no, no, let me.

I've been very patient, Mr. Torres.

- I know, sir, I know. - But you're two months

behind now.

I'm gonna take care of it.

I'm very sorry.

Thank you very much.

So we'll get to move after all, huh?

Why haven't you paid him?

I lost my job a month ago.

I'm looking every day, and I'm gonna get something.

Victor, why don't you take Ricky to the park?

Okay?

Come here, little man.

Let's go get dressed.

Aw, almost.

A little young to be a Roman Lord.

I hope he'll never have to be one.

I'm Victor.

What's your name?

Sherry.

Sherry...

Like the fancy drink.

Yeah.

I shouldn't be talkin' to you.

But you can't resist me.

Probably could.

You from Puerto Rico?

Yeah.

You know, you hurt a lot of my friends the other night.

They aren't your friends.

Oh, says who?

If your friends meant so much,

I wouldn't be worth talking to.

And you think that you could be a better friend?

Look, what you did for me the other night,

it was nice.

But I doubt you and Danny are so different.

Just the same guy in a different jacket.

Hey Sherry.

Hey Sherry, wait.

"Sherry, wait!"

"Sherry!"

Hey there, new.

There you are.

Still got us the machine shop, right?