It had been two days since the gala and Maya was still unsure about what to do or feel about Rex about Red Raptor. She started wondering if anything that Rex told her was true? Liking The Last Unicorn? Having a falcon named Edmond? Even liking her? She wanted to ask Rex himself, but how could she trust a word he says now?
Maya was spacing out in Algebra and the teacher was getting mad. "Maya Lobo, do you think just because you saved the charity ball Friday you can zone out in class?" the teacher asked in a rhetorical tone.
The teen heroine sighed. "No, Senorita Cara," she said in an embarrassed voice. She heard her fellow classmates laughing at her. The rest of the school day went by slowly. She walked home with Maya and Frida. She hasn't told them what really happened during the Gala Heist. "Guys, do you think a hero and a villain can be friends? Just asking for my sister," she chuckled, hoping that they wouldn't catch on.
They both shook their heads. "No way. Family: yes, but friends: no. They would have nothing common and they would always fight," Frida said.
Maya sighed. Her phone started to ring. "Hello?" she said after picking up. "Sartana of the dead stole something from the museum? I will be right there, Mom," she said before hanging up. "Got to go, guys. I'll see you tomorrow," she said before transforming into her Rojo Lobo Costume. She ran towards the museum and went to the secret entrance to the Day of the Dead room. "Lord Xibalba? Lady La Muerte? Are you either of you here?" she asked as she walked through the completely dark hallway. The Lobo family were the original animal-themed warriors that the gods of death created. They granted every member a talisman to pass down to each generation. The grey lobo talisman was the first crafted by Lord Xibalba, it gives the user the power to open portals to the lands of the dead. Maya kept walking until she hit the door face first. "I have got to remember to bring a flashlight when I come here," she said to herself.
She knocked on the door and it opened with a bright light that almost blinded her. "Finally, you have been keeping us waiting too long," she heard the deep, commanding voice of Lord Xibalba coming through the light.
The light dissipated and she could now see the two deities clearly. She got onto one knee and bowed. "MY Lord and Lady, my utmost apologies. It took me a second to find my way through the darkened corridor. I am here now. Please tell me what was stole by your daughter and I will retrieve it without fail," she said.
Lady La Muerte walked over to her. "You may rise, Maya," the death goddess said. Maya did as she was told. "We fear that she stole the string of minds from the vault here," she explained.
"The String of minds? I am afraid that I do not know what that is." Maya said in a confused voice as they started to walk.
Lady La Muerte and her husband lead the hero to the book of life. The goddess started to open the book. "As you know there are weapons that we gods have made through the millennium. Some of them were too dangerous, even for us to wield so we must store them in a magic vault in your world. One of them is the String of minds, a guitar string that if strummed the user can control the minds of people who have anger in their hearts," she explained as she pointed to the picture a golden string.
"But luckily for us, you Lobos do not fall victim to anger easily," Lord Xibalba said. Maya felt a lump in her throat form. "Is something the matter, Rojo?"
Maya instantly shook his head. "Everything is fine my Lord. I will retrieve the string from Sartana and bring it back to you within the evening," she before bowing her head. She then left the room saying nothing less.
Lady La Muerte and Lord Xibalba looked at each other. "We both sense something is weighing heavily on her heart, something must have happened to make her enraged enough that she refuses to talk about," the goddess said her husband.
Lord Xibalba nodded. "Are we sure sending her was the best course of action? I know her sister is still trying to figure out whether to be a hero or villain," he explained.
He watched his wife sighed. "We must put hope in Maya, she might still be young, but she knows how to handle the burden of her title. Luna is still learning how to handle it. I know she is your favorite living female, but you must agree with me, Mi Amor," she explained.
He walked over to her and kissed her on the forehead. "You know you are my favorite female, living or dead, my dear," he said before embracing her. The two stood there in each other's arm for what seem like forever.