Chapter 12: On The Brig Again
Later, at Cortes' ship, Cortes' men throws the three travelers to the brig and Cortes smiles at them evily. "From now on, you will not be interfering my plan to burn down Nahuatl", said Cortes. "You can't", said Chel, "It's the most beautiful city in the whole world. Why would you want to burn it down?" "To claim land in this island", explained Cortes, "Last time, I tried to claim El Dorado, but the gates were destroyed." "Wait a minute", said Miguel, "You only came to Nahuatl because you want to kill all of the innocent people there?" "My point exactly", said Cortes. "You monster", said Miguel. "I'm the monster?", said Cortes mockingly, "You two are the monsters. You steal people's money and cheat on loaded dice which makes you two absolutely nothing. Oh, and about my plan to burn down Nahuatl. Well, there is something I might do first before I do that." "And what's that?", asked Chel. "Killing the king of this city", said Cortes. "Peratu", said Tulio.
Cortes chuckle evily and closes the door in the brig before locking it with one of the few keys. "Follow me, men", said Cortes and the soldiers followed Cortes a few miles away from the ship, leaving our heroes to be locked in their chains. "They're going to hurt Rosie after he kills the king", said Miguel and sighs before weighing his head down, "This is all my fault." "It's not your fault, Miguel", said Chel, "You only falled in love with her." "But that has nothing to do with Cortes killing some people", said Tulio, "Of course he won't kill her." "I doubt it", muttered Miguel to himself. Meanwhile, we see Tzekel Kan seeing Delgar still trapped in his bonds and takes out a knife from his pocket to cut the ropes out, freeing him in the process. "Thank you, whoever you are", said Delgar. "I am Tzekel Kan and it is an honor to meet you, uh...", said Tzekel Kan. "Delgar", said Delgar, "It is an honor to meet you too. Now if you will excuse me, I have two ungodlike imbeciles to find." "You mean, Miguel and Tulio?", asked Tzekel Kan, "Con artists?"
"That's right", said Delgar, "How do you know those fools?" "I met them once when my own people thought they were the gods, but I doubt that they were", said Tzekel Kan, "Then, they foiled my plan and I ended up captive by that Cortes fool." Then, Tzekel Kan stood there puzzling and finally figured something. "Perhaps I was wondering if you could do something for me?" said Tzekel Kan. "Yes, anything you say", said Delgar. Tzekel Kan smiles evily. Meanwhile, we see Rosie sneaking off after trying not to be seen by Cortes and his men near the passageway from Nahuatl. She then gets out of the passageway and runs into the forest to find Miguel and free him along with the others.
What is Tzekel Kan planning, some of you are asking? And will Rosie find Miguel in the ship and free him and the others? Well, his plan will be revealed in the next chapter! Stay tuned and please review this time.