“Hey Duende, know what today is?” questions Fantasmas.

“Garbage day already?” replies Duende as he stands up finishing his breakfast and reaches for the garbage to take it out. Fantasmas looks down and shrugs.

“Guess he forgot” thinks Fantasmas as he goes looking for the others. He walks to the living room and sees Sueltos sitting on the couch watching TV.

“Sup Sueltos, know what day it is?” asks Fantasmas

“The 30th “ replies Sueltos looking to his watch

“You know what that means” says Fantasmas, a grin spreading over his face.

“Hell yeah I do!” says Sueltos “Today’s the day the April issue of Playboy comes out!”

“HOO-HAA” exclaims Huevos coming out of the bathroom, “Miss April here I come.”

“Oh Yeah, it is!” replies Fantasmas, then he mumbles “but that wasn’t what I was hoping for.”

“What?” questions Sueltos

“Nothin” says Fantasmas, he then turns and walks outside to find Oso, Caliente, playing some 1 on 1.

“Hey guys, wassup” says Fantasmas

“Not much, just stompin on Caliente” says Oso

“What!?, if theres anyone stompin anyone it’s me stompin you” replies Caliente.

“ No way dude, I’m winning” insists Oso.

“No, I’m winning” says Caliente. After arguing for a few minutes Fantasmas pulls out his double barrel 10 gauge and fires into the air, getting their attention.

“Guys guess what day it is” says Fantasmas

“November?” asks Caliente, a blank expression on his face.

“What?!?” exclaims Oso. “You‘re an idiot” he says and slaps Caliente upside the head.

“What the hell you do that for ya cock?” screams Caliente. “Now I’m gonna torch your ass.”

“Bring it on. My super though skin can withstand extremely high temperatures.”

“Yeah, but can your clothes? FIRE SWIRL!” A tornado of fire rushes over Oso burning off his clothes and all his body hair. Without a word Caliente turns and runs in to the house with the enraged and naked Oso in hot pursuit.

“Hey nice tan,” says Sueltos as Oso chases Caliente past the couch. Then turning to Huevos he says “I didn’t know Oso shaved.”

Outside a pissed off Fantasmas runs to the Macho Jet, jumps in the cockpit, starts the engines and flies off, to Arizona to celebrate his birthday Fantasmas style.

“Gimme another shot” Fantasmas drunkenly says to the bartender.

“I think you’ve had enough, cowboy” replies the bartender. Fantasmas slowly puts up his left hand, flips the tender off, then with his right points his 9mm at the tender.

“I’ll tell you when I’ve had enough” says Fantasmas.

“Alright” says the bartender reaching under the counter and coming up with a sawed-off pointed at Fantasmas’s chest. “I said you’ve had enough, now get the hell outta my bar cowboy” says the bartender. Fantasmas gets up, flings the shot glass to the floor, shattering it and drunkenly stumbles out. Across the street he spies a chica fresca, so feeling a little carefree because of his birthday… and the booze, he decides to go introduce himself.

“Hey baby, I’m Fantasmas, today’s my birthday, wanna help me celebrate?” asks Fantasmas. The chick slowly looks up and her eyes light up with happiness.

“Your Fantasmas Mas Palomas, the skilled gun fighter of Macho Mesa, aren’t you” Says the woman.

“So you’ve heard of me,” replies Fantasmas “today’s my birthday, wanna help me celebrate?” She smiles and walks up close to him and passionately kisses him. “So I take that as a yes” he says as he takes her hand. He then hears a click behind him and turns to see a Glock .44 staring back at him, behind it is the town sheriff.

“Step away from my woman, cowboy” says the sheriff

“Your woman, I don’t see your brand on her” says Fantasmas

“Clarence” says the woman, “Do you know you this is? It’s Fantasmas Mas Palomas, you know the awesome gun fighter of Macho Mesa.”

“Yeah right” laughs Clarence “that’s the best tall tale I’ve heard lately, almost as good as Cletus’s cow that gave beer instead o’ milk.”

“But, he is Fantasmas,” pleads the girl.

“Fantasmas is the best gun slinger ever, this is just some drunk cowboy playing pretend” replies Clarence

“I am Fantasmas, and I’m the baddest mofo in the west” says Fantasmas.

“Then prove it” says Clarence.

“Alright” replies Fantasmas with a shrug, then with his lightning quick reflexes he disarms the man and caps him in the knees with his own gun. The sheriff falls to the ground, and the girl runs to his side.

“You Bastard you shot me!” cries Clarence.

“You asked for it,” says the girl “Is that proof enough?”

“Just get the hell out of here, both of you” screams the sheriff. Fantasmas then takes the woman by her hand and pulls her away. They then walk towards the chick’s house on the outskirts of town. There they are met up by the infamous outlaw, Prickly Pear Pete and his gang.

“Hey there Krystina “ says Pete

“Hey Pete” replies Krystina

“So, when are we gonna get together and leave this shit hole of a town, you said that if it weren’t for Clarence that we’d be together.” Says Pete

“We would be” says Krystina

“Then how come your with this jerk-off?” replies Pete. Hearing this Fantasmas turns around and glares at Pete.

“What’d you call me?” asks Fantasmas

“What’s the matter you deaf boy?” asks Pete

“That’s IT!” yells Fantasmas as he grabs the horses rein, leaps up, and jump kicks Pete off his horse and onto the ground. Then he turns and laughs at the outlaw in the dust. Pete pulls his gun and aims at Fantasmas, and then Fantasmas takes off running. He hears the gun go off once and sees a bullet tear through his duster. “That bastard, he shot my jacket” says Fantasmas. He hears another gunshot and feels a sharp burning pain in his shoulder. “That dickhead, he shot me.” Screams Fantasmas as he continues running, until he finds an old cave and there stops to rest and patch up his wound.

“Damn I gotta get out of this place” thinks Fantasmas, “but the Macho Jet’s back at the town, I’ll just have go back and get it.”

Fantasmas enters the town at high noon, There he spots Pete and Clarence and a whole lotta people talkin.

“There he is” yells Pete

“Get ‘im” yells Clarence.

Hoards of men turn towards Fantasmas, and the shooting begins. With a flick of his wrists he pulls 2 Colt .45’s and opens fire into the mob, but they keep advancing. He pulls out his 10 gauge and starts mowing down the men on balconies, but there are too many. Soon he’s surrounded, dodging bullets every which way while still taking down men.

“There’s no escape, Fantasmas” says Pete from the outside of the crowd, “Might as well surrender.”

“Never!!!” exclaims Fantasmas as he drops his empty guns and fights with his fists. Then darkness comes over him as someone sneaks behind him and pistol-whips him.

Fantasmas wakes up with a splash of water in his face. He has noose about his neck and Pete and Clarence are standing beside him grinning. “We didn’t want to kill you while you were out, then you wouldn’t feel the rope tighten 'round your neck.” Says Pete.

“You may kill me now, but my Macho Mesa brothers will learn of this and find you and kill you, all of you.” Says Fantasmas

“Oh really, there’s quite a bit of us left, are you sure a rag tag bunch of wussies claiming to be super heroes can take all of us.” Says Clarence

“Hell yeah we’re sure” comes Oso’s voice from behind the crowd. Everyone turns to see the eight standing there. “You’ve got our friend and we want him back, NOW!” says Caliente.

“Then come get him” says Pete

“Kill them!” yells Clarence. The crowd advances on the eight, then the power of Macho Mesa is unleashed. Sueltos fires a gas cloud over the crowd and then Caliente shoots a fireball that ignites the gas and causes a large explosion that incinerates much of the mob. The rest of the gang open fire on the heroes, but Oso jumps in front of his brothers and the bullets bounce harmlessly off him. Then Duende levels the mob with a psionic blast. Clarence runs to pull the lever to send Fantasmas to his doom. But Choni Susio shoots a snot rocket pinning him to the ground. Pete then tries for the lever, and he is blasted aside by Cerviche’s flying head. Clarence refusing to surrender reaches and grasps the lever.

“NOOOOO!!!!!!” scream the eight as they see their brother die. But faster than lightning, Huevos catches Fantasmas and cuts the rope.

“Thanks bro” gasps Fantasmas, and then grabs his holsters from Pete. “I told you I was the baddest mofo in the west” says Fantasmas as he pulls his peacemakers and shoots Pete and Clarence in the head, killing them instantly. Then he passes out from exhaustion. He wakes up in the Macho Jet.

“Damn Bro,” says El Torso “ you alright, they put a few holes in you”

“I know” replies Fantasmas “they shot my jacket too.”

When they return to the Hall, Fantasmas opens the Door and...

“SURPRISE!!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY FANTASMAS” scream the eight. The Hall is decorated for a party.

“Aww, you guys” says Fantasmas, full of joy and happiness. “You guys shouldn’t have” says Fantasmas a tear in his eye.

“Thanks... and sorry about that running away stuff it wont happed again. Now lets party!” And the Nine had a hell of a party to celebrate the birth of their brother Fantasmas.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY FANTASMAS!!!