Richie POV- Richie leaned into the sun a little to make sure Zolo heard him.

"Hey. Something's happening. It's the Gate isn't it?" Richie asked.

Up in the sky the eclipse was wavering back and forth like the sun and moon where fighting for cover of the sky. When Zolo didn't answer, Richie shoved the broken driver's side window off the vehicle and opened the door getting out. Richie groaned as the sun burned him and he went around the Jeep to where Zolo was chained up sitting on the ground.

"You're Xibalban. How do I close it? I beat you in a fair fight. Tell me" Richie ordered as his face was healing from the new burns.

"It's a sunny day" Zolo replied.

"Fine" Richie said.

Then with a small growl he took off running towards town stepping on his ruined mask as he went.

Alexa POV- Alexa felt the sun literally pushing against her shadows trying to fight it off. Sweat ran down her neck and back and her muscles locked as she gritted her teeth and she pushed back.

"Come on then you son of a bitch sun God. I'm not afraid of you."

Alexa let out what could only be called a battle cry as she threw everything she had into blocking out the sun. Then just like that the eclipse started and undiluted power rushed through her body.

The moon immediately blocked out the sun and the surge of energy caused Alexa to collapse to the ground. Somehow her white protective shield was still up. Alexa didn't feel the pain of hitting the ground she was already unconscious.

Richie POV- Richie made it about half a mile before dropping to his knees in pain. He looked up at the sun groaning as his face began to burn faster than he could heal. He covered his face with his hands letting out a small cry of pain.

Suddenly the moon quickly covered the sun and Richie's face healed and he was overcome by a cool calming sensation. Slowly he unzipped and took off his overalls and tossed them aside. He pulled his glasses out of his suit jacket pocket and looked up at the sky.

"Thank you Gods" he said as he started running towards town again.

He stopped when the ground began to rumble. When he looked to his left there was a door sized hole in a cave wall that wasn't there a few moments ago and the town was now no longer anywhere in his sight.

Cautiously he went inside the door and down the dark tunnel until he saw a light ahead. Richie looked into a space where the cave opened to a large chamber. A chamber he remembered from when Amaru showed him at the Hospital.

Now Richie saw Amaru in her true human form opening the door to Xibalba. He quickly ran inside the chamber and hid behind one of the carved rock columns. He peeked around it and took a step out from behind it as the door to Xibalba grew wider.

"Oh man" Richie said to himself just before getting knocked back by the flames unleashed as the door fully opened.

After a few moments he quickly opened his eyes completely alert. He sat up and slowly got to his feet smoke covered the chamber and no matter how much he squinted he could barely see a thing. Using his power he held up his left palm and used his other eye to see.

He caught brief glimpses of Amaru in her true Xibalban form before he opened his eyes to see the smoke clear and Amaru in front of him in her human form.

Richie extended the blade on his knife and slashed at her. Amaru simply moved to the side as if he was moving in slow motion. However Richie used the same momentum with his slashing arm to back hand her in the face. It didn't even faze her.

He swung a wide punch with his right fist and caught her again in the face and then he delivered a high kick to her chin snapping her head back. Again she was unfazed in fact she looked amused. Richie shrugged showing her he didn't care if she was unhurt he'd keep fighting.

He stabbed toward her stomach but she caught his wrist and jerked it up in the air and snapped the bone causing him to groan in pain and drop his knife. Then she hit him in the face three times before grabbing him by the throat. She threw him back into the cave wall about 15 feet away and the wall moved to chain his arms to it.

"The legendary brothers. Why do you insist on trying to be a hero?" Amaru asked.

"It's not just me and my brother anymore" Richie told her.

"I know. Oh believe me I know. Brasa failed to kill that child for good and like the prophecy says you're all gonna save the world. Well it's too late. This is the end. I am the end. And Kate… is dead. And soon your girl will follow" Amaru gloated.

"Alexa…" Richie said softly.

Amaru grinned and walked closer to him.

"Welcome home Richard. And welcome to slavery. That twisted mind of yours. That lovely twisted mind is gonna help me spread the good news" Amaru said as her eyes turned red.

She smiled at him and turned away. However she took a stumbling halt almost like she was struck but no one was there. Clearly she saw something through someone else's eyes that displeased her.

"That bitch" Amaru said.

Richie guessed she would be talking about Kisa they were two Queens on opposite sides. One wanted to enslave Culebras the other wanted to set them free.

Amaru began to walk towards the Gate but again she stopped. She turned away from it and smiled.

"Hiding? From you? The entire would knows that I'm here" Amaru said to no one but again Richie assumed it was Kisa.

Then Amaru looked at the Gate and spoke. "Send me your plagues. Send me your hordes. Send me your death" she said it three times and on the third time actual demons started rushing out of the Gate.

Once the demons were gone Amaru left as well most likely going after Kisa, Queen against Queen.

Richie wasn't sure how long someone was standing in front of him but when Richie looked up he saw Carlos was there in front of him. Then Richie's vision blurred for a second and Carlos was now on the left side of the chamber and again his vision blurred and Carlos was now on the right side.

"What the hell?" Richie said.

"You gonna let that bitch kill your vibe bro?" Carlos asked standing now right next to where Richie was stuck.

"What?"

"Are you going to stay there forever? Let that bitch kill your demi-goddess girlfriend?" Carlos asked.

"What the hell are you talking about?" Richie asked but when he looked up Carlos was gone.

Richie leaned forward a little and dug deep for strength and pulled one arm free of the rock. Then he strained harder and managed to free his other arm from the wall. Dusting his suit off he walked into the middle of the chamber and looked at the fiery Gate.

The Gate was pulsing with power. Using his power Richie looked at it with his third eye before seeing symbols he couldn't read. He sighed and dropped his hand.

"It's a maze out there" Tanner said next to him, startling him a little.

"Well, you made it to the end. Welcome to Hell's asshole" Richie said.

"That's not the way out" Tanner said taking a step towards it.

"I need you to help me close this thing. Tanner? Tanner?!" Richie said nudging him as Tanner just stared at the Gate.

"What? Yeah. What, yea, what can I uh… How can I help you?" Tanner said coming out of his daze.

Richie held up his palm with the eye in it scaring Tanner a little.

"Translate" Richie told him holding his palm over the floor moving it up towards the Gate.

On the floor leading towards the Gate Richie could see Xibalban symbols pulsing like the Gate was.

"I think this is how we close the Gate" Richie said.

Slowly they made their way closer to the Gate as Richie would describe the symbol and Tanner would tell him the word and how to pronounce it.

"All right last one. Looks like Dr. Frank 'N' Furter. Big headdress" Richie explained.

"Sounds like the word for 'Lord'" Tanner said.

"All right well come on, come on man what's the word? Tanner?"

When Richie turned to look at him Tanner slugged him in the face knocking him on his back on the cave floor.

"You know Richie we don't belong here. We belong over there" Tanner said walking towards Richie his eyes red.

Just when Tanner raised his fist to hit Richie again a chain wrapped around his wrist. Zolo yanked the chain back pulling Tanner close and kicked him in the face sending him to the floor away from Richie. With Tanner unconscious Zolo walked towards Richie who was still on the ground but tensed for a fight.

Zolo held out his hand. When Richie just looked at him Zolo nodded to his hand and finally Richie took it and Zolo helped him up.

"Thanks" Richie said as he fixed his suit jacket.

"Finish" Zolo instructed.

"Yeah" Richie scoffed rolling his eyes.

"I don't know the word for 'Lord'."

"Ajaw" Zolo said.

"Eh…" Richie shrugged and turned towards the Gate.

"Here goes."

Suddenly Tanner shoved Zolo into the Gate and wrapped the chain around Richie's neck. Richie cried out but it was cut off as he was yanked backwards by the chain and into Xibalba.

Slowly Richie pushed his way through the hard dry dirt until he could breathe. Then covered in dust he pulled himself out of the ground and stood up looking around. He took off running to the left but there was nothing but desert around him.

He stumbled and fell to the ground on hands and knees feeling weak.

"Richard. You must get up Richard my daughter needs you" a woman said appearing in front of him.

"Who?..." Richie looked up.

She was gorgeous black hair as dark as night down to her waist her skin so pale she seemed to glow and her eyes were the brightest blue he'd ever seen.

"I am the Moon Goddess Shatara. And I need you to get up."

"I thought you were dead?" Richie said looking down and then back up but Shatara was gone.

"Not yet bro but if you don't hurry your ass up we all will be" Carlos said now standing in front of him.

"How'd you get out of here?" Richie asked.

"Don't ask the questions. Be the guy with the answers. You know a pastor friend of mine said I got a little Lucifer in me. You got a little Lucifer in you too" Carlos said crouching down next to Richie.

"Always have. Ever since you robbed that liquor store with your brother, heard those voices, saw those demons" Carlos said standing back up walking around Richie.

"You're saying I'm part Xibalban?" Richie asked.

"I'm saying you're the best in the West. Huh? The Notorious D. O. Double G. Billy the motherfucking Kid. And when the sun comes out from behind that moon you got one job and one job only and that is to save tu hermanito. Or it all goes down the drain."

Richie looked down sighing. When he looked up like before Carlos was gone. Richie got up and kept going.

However when he saw Kate and he knew it was truly Kate he walked over to her and a doorway appeared before them, the way out.

"I'll take you all the Hell with me" a demonic Amaru said.

"No you won't" Kate said as Richie walked over to Seth, glad he was alive.

Richie patted Seth's arm and stunned Seth grabbed Richie's jacket to make sure he was real.

"They're gonna take you" Kate said.

Then she stuck her hands in Amaru's wound and ripped it open. A bloody hand burst from the wound and grabbed Amaru's face. All the souls she'd taken were now taking her back through the Gate, back to Xibalba.

Seth, Richie, Scott, Kisa, and Kate now all stared at the Gate, Amaru was gone. Kate walked forward and knelt down picking up Amaru's necklace. Kisa knelt next to her rubbing her arm. Kate tossed the necklace into the Gate.

The chamber began to tremble and crack, the ground shook.

"Of course that would happen. What are we doing now?" Scott asked.

"We're running" Richie said as he turned and ran, the rest were all right behind him.

With the walls coming down around them they barely made it out.

The sun rose high but the buildings of the town blocked it out as they walked down the street, safe. They were joined by the other surviving Culebras Amaru had captured.

"I'm gonna hit the road soon as I can. You wanna come with?" Scott said to Kate.

Kate hugged Scott and smiled. "Yeah I do."

They both walked away from the group. Seth went into the Saloon to get his jacket and Richie walked on looking for Alexa. He saw her laying on the ground not moving. He quickly rushed to her side.

"She's okay. Changed but okay" Carlos said standing by a building looking at them.

"Changed how?" Richie asked helping Alexa stand once she opened her eyes for him.

"Once she was able to summon her powers, her true powers she became a demi-goddess. Immortal only a god can kill her now."

"What are my powers?" Alexa asked as she leaned into Richie.

"You are a bender of shadows, healer to all. That's why Richard doesn't burn when he feeds from you. The shadows bend around him to stop the sun from touching him. If he keeps feeding from you now well he'll be faster, stronger, go all day in the sun and… like you truly immortal. The shadows are at your command" Carlos explained.

"Carlito. Once again you leave the heavy lifting to everybody else" Seth said as the others caught up with Richie and Alexa.

"He had his reasons" Kisa said.

"It's gonna be a hell of a night. A brand new night. What about you Mr. Gecko?" Carlos asked.

"I got no idea. And you know what? That is fucking glorious. What about you?" Seth asked Kisa.

"I think we're going out separate ways. Vamonos" Kisa said to the Culebras. They all walked off following her.

"Hermanos Gecko. Que les vaya bien" Carlos said.

Then he nodded at them and headed off in his own direction.

"So… what now?" Seth asked.

"Well… it seems like everyone in the world, both this one and the next, knows what I need to be. As far as I'm concerned there's only one thing we need to be, and only one way to live" Richie said holding Alexa closer, tighter.

Then with one last look around the town, they too headed out their own ways.

"I love you Richard Gecko" Alexa said smiling up at him.

"And I love you Alexa Calver" Richie replied smiling.

Six Months Later

Alexa POV- Alexa slipped inside the bank sticking to the shadows as she did. Once inside she used her powers, which have grown much in the last six months, to make sure all the cameras were covered in shadow and blocked out everything. Then she waited hidden by the shadows so no one could see her. Not unless they were Xibalban.

Richie POV- Richie and Seth stayed in Seth's car staring at the bank. The sun beating down on them but thanks to Alexa the sun no longer bothered him.

"All right we got one rent-a-cop just inside the door, another guarding the safe and one wondering around like he gives shit" Seth said.

"I bet we only have to break one of their noses before the other two slide their pieces across the floor" Richie grinned.

"Then you do your thing"

"And what thing is that?" Richie didn't think Seth meant his Culebra thing since he only ever used that gift on jobs involving other Culebras.

"The thing where you crack the safe" Seth replied.

"Ah right. I like that thing" Richie smiled.

"So you ready? Alexa should have the cameras covered now."

"Yep. Ready. Are we gonna say it?"

"Say what? Ah yeah."

"Here's to getting rich and fat."

"And dying in the arms of a beautiful woman."

"Wait a second. That doesn't really work anymore. I'm mostly unkillable and I got my woman, who could probably keep you young with her healing gifts" Richie said.

"So what do we say?" Seth asked.

"Here's to putting down scores and living life."

Then they got out of the car and strolled into the bank. Seth fired a shot off straight up from his revolver and Richie back handed one of the guards breaking his nose.

"Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. Do me a favor, try and taste the carpet please. Very nice" Seth said as the customers all got face down on the floor.

"Feel free to file a complaint with your customer service agent when we're finished. In the meantime everybody just be cool" Seth continued as they made their way over to a teller.

Alexa stepped literally out of the shadows and pointed her gun at the tellers head.

"I wouldn't do that" Alexa said as the teller was most likely going for the silent alarm button.

"You should just be cool" Alexa said grinning at Richie.

Gods he loved his woman and he would love her forever.

The End

~Thanks to those who read this story. I hope you liked it cause I loved writing it. :) ~