THE PLACE WHERE IT ALL BEGAN
Quetzalcoatl eyed the tree again in disgust how was he meant to get through the thick flesh to the encased temple? He sneered watching as some of the demons above separated away flying off in to the distance. Obvious some had realized that this was a chance for permanent freedom and they were going to get as far away as possible. Not that he blamed them he would flee if he'd spent eons locked in the hell of all hells having to torture mortal spirits. He eased his clawed hand out of the bloody lake bringing it up to his face flicking out his tongue. The lake was blood there was disputing it but there was something different about it.
He leaned over taking a long drink from the river yes it was blood warm flesh blood which didn't go cold as you swallowed it. He raised his head maybe the riches of the elder god weren't so bad after all. He eyed the temple again as he leaned back clearing his throat his power could break through that flesh so he could break through this. He leaned back opening his mouth feeling the tingling sensation as his pupils disappeared and the glowing red light took over. He could feel the red and white light fire as it began to move past his teeth and tongue. He pulled his head back further, he didn't think as he brought his head forward watching as the dragon fire blasted out of his throat.
It hit the white skin of the temple only to be thrown off causing it jack knife upwards hitting the sky causing the demons to cry out as a huge number of them were blasted apart by the flames. Their burning dead bodies fell down over the city in a shower of flames and smouldering flesh as they hit the rivers of blood sinking in to it. He winced in pain feeling the blade in the back of his throat as he closed his mouth, obviously this wasn't going to work the flesh was godly somehow. Manaia eyed the serpent god watching as the glow left his eyes. "Why do you wince do you have pain?" Quetzalcoatl eyed him. "I have a mortal blade stuck in the back of my throat it hurts it's been hurting for a very long time!"
Manaia moved closer. "Will none of your mortals help you get it out?" Quetzalcoatl sneered as he eyed him. "No there afraid that I'll eat them alive." Manaia looked at him for a long moment. "Would you do that?" Quetzalcoatl looked down. "Yes I would!" Manaia shook his head sadly. "Then you will never have it freed until you show them kindness." Quetzalcoatl narrowed his gaze. "Kindness makes you weak!" Manaia shook his head. "No it does not, it makes you strong there are great things that can be gained from a single act of kindness. Your mortals may one day show you this gain if you treat them better." Quetzalcoatl flicked his tongue out. "I didn't ask for your opinion Manaia!"
"No but your really should listen to him, he understands his mortals far, far better than you."
Quetzalcoatl turned sharply sensing the presence he turned slowly towards one of the buildings. He watched as Huitzilopochtli appeared in a blast of golden light on top of the building opposite. He sneered as he eyed the sun god who folded his arms staring back at him his golden eyes glowing in the darkness. He felt a cold sneer form as he narrowed his gaze he ignored Manaia's surprise as he lowered his head. "Well isn't this interesting, look who's come out to play!?" He moved closer to the sun god. "Oh wait let me guess you're here because of the Blood Jaguar no doubt your trying to protect her so you can get your manhood off later if she survives that is."
He felt a cruel smile form. "Despite that you've been hiding in your city these last few years I've heard all about your little infatuation with her. It must be such a disappointment for you to that she likes to screw women and not men." Huitzilopochtli breathed in deeply he should have know that the first words from his brother's mouth would be those. He shook his head. "I already knew about the things you have mentioned, I will not lie I am here to help her but I am here for a much more serious reason." Quetzalcoatl snorted in disgust. "What would that be to warn me that I shouldn't be here?" Huitzilopochtli smiled as he tensed readying himself. "No sadly for you I am not."
Quetzalcoatl blinked in confusion. "Then why are you here?" Huitzilopochtli slowly eased out his golden axe swinging it. "I am here to kick you off your throne." Quetzalcoatl looked at him for a long moment he couldn't stop his mocking laugher hitting the air. "You're here to dethrone me, how utterly amusing, we have fought before and you lost or have you forgotten that!?" He flicked out his tongue. "It's the reason I'm king and you aren't!" Huitzilopochtli smiled the other god hadn't noticed his godly axe yet. "Well I thought about that and that's why I brought along my new friends. There all part of a new order which is going to wipe you off the face of the earth brother."
He turned looking for a long moment at the sight behind him he knew that the lower section of the worm was the seventh hell. The upper part was something he'd never seen before and it had formed branches encasing the whole temple in side and any one in side along with it. He shook his head he had no time for this, his shock and uncertainty could wait, first he needed to deal with the feathered serpent. Quetzalcoatl narrowed his gaze the fool was bluffing there were no alliances! Wait why had he called him brother? They weren't related from what he'd heard, the sun god was pulling on his strings and he loathed that. He roared in anger. "Bastard your bluffing none of the gods would ever follow you they all hate you, because like me you made them suffer!"
Huitzilopochtli shook his head. "Not anymore brother." He turned watching as Xochipilli and Xochiquetzal appeared along with Chantico and Tezcatlipoca. Quetzalcoatl eyed the other gods. "I'm unimpressed." he turned eyeing Chantico. "I thought you were dead." He eyed Xochiquetzal. "Still screwing women I see." Chantico folded her arms unable to hide the sarcasm in her tone. "Still screwing helpless lesser gods with out their consent I see." She turned eyeing Manaia. "I bet you can see in his eyes that he hates the stink of your passion." Quetzalcoatl snarled he turned eyeing his older brother who was playing with his steel collar. "Why are you here older brother?"
Tezcatlipoca sneered. "What can I say little brother, you tortured me and I wasn't amused, so I picked the winning side but not only because I want to beat the hell out you but because I want to beat up your grandmother really badly for betraying me!" He turned eyeing Huitzilopochtli. "Our brother can be very persuasive." Quetzalcoatl eyed him he turned eyeing Huitzilopochtli. "Our brother, we don't have a brother you whipped pussy cat!" Tezcatlipoca eyed him for a long moment. "No sadly for you he is our brother, you know our father he never could keep it in his loin cloth." He ignored the pain of the collar. "As you can see our brother has his godly weapon back, because the Blood Jaguar never liked you."
He laughed enjoying the mocking sound. "May be it's because you tried to eat her, you know I might hate." He paused as Huitzilopochtli gave him a cold look. He spoke again being careful with his words. "Well she's not my favourite person in the world, and despite that I harmed her lover." He eyed the sun god. "Which I'm really sorry for…I would never try to eat her." He waved a clawed finger. "Oh yes I eat people alive all the time but she would be strictly of the menu along with her lover." Xochipilli turned eyeing Manaia. "We have no quarrel with you Manaia we know that this is not your fault. We know that the feathered serpent has you held against your will."
Quetzalcoatl didn't think as he brought his tail up wrapping it around the other god. "He's mine! You're not taking him anywhere!" Huitzilopochtli blinked in surprise he breathed in deeply raising his axe. "He's not yours, he belongs to himself and if you knew the truth you'd know that you can not trap someone and expect them to love you!" He swung his axe in a loop seeing the angry look on the serpent god's face. "You always have had a thing for him we all know that. Its just you got what you wanted by forcing him to change gender." He watched as the golden axe gleamed in the light. "Now it is not your choice to force him, he can make his own choice here and now."
Manaia moved across the floor pulling him self free from the other gods grip. "I want no part in your fight but I wish to say that I am here because I choose to be he did not force me this time. Although he will not admit it I know he cares about me, and because of this I will wait until your fight has ended to see where my place lies." He moved away from the other gods moving to the side of the city which was neither on the feathered serpent's side or the side of the other gods. He could see the hurt in the feathered serpent's eyes but he had now chosen his place and if the other god wanted him then it would be because it was genuine and not forced.
Huitzilopochtli twirled his axe. "Well I believe this discussion is over now it is time for you to leave your throne." Quetzalcoatl flicked out his tongue. "As if you can defeat me, even if you are my brother you have never defeated me!" He snarled aloud. "I won't let you start ether, you or your friends!" He pulled back feeling the heat in his mouth he didn't think as he turned watching as the blast of fire came out sweeping towards the other god. Huitzilopochtli roared in anger as every muscle in his body tensed finally a battle he could enjoy! It had been so long since he fought another god in battle.
He swung his axe watching as the curved golden light blasted out of it smashing through the fire tearing it in half as it moved forward causing the river of blood to fly upwards. It hit the ancient buildings blasting them apart as the blood spattered all over the ruined building and funnelled inside their open cracked areas. He didn't think as he snarled twirling his blade only to watch as another blast of light came out travelling towards the other god. Xochipilli moved forward raising his hand he watched as a white fireball filled with flowers appeared. He didn't think as he threw it watching as it struck the serpent god face on causing his neck to twist sideways.
His tail came up smashing the sun light apart before it hit him he shook of the blow as his roar of anger hit the air. Xochiquetzal breathed in anger as she raised his hand watching as a huge bolt of lightning appeared in it. She had never been one for fighting she preferred to breed her rivals out but today that would not be possible. She looked up watching as Chantico hands lava was forming in them the other woman roared with all her might as it suddenly poured out like a river burning through the streets and burning away the bloody river as moved through it towards the serpent god who struck his head to one side throwing one of Xochipilli's fireballs away causing it to hit the nearest building blowing them apart.
The lava came up slamming in to the snake like body causing him to roar in pain as it began to burn. He turned blowing his fire down burning the thick liquid away. She didn't think as she threw it her bolt watching as it slammed in to his eye, causing him to howl in pain. He turned only to be hit in the neck with the sun gods golden fireball which sent him flying backwards. His huge head hit one of the buildings causing blood to flow through his jaws which joined the river flowing bellow him. Tezcatlipoca looked up sharply sniffing the air sensing the dead smell. It wasn't the dead smell of the city it was the dead rotting smell of Itzpapalotl's un-dead carcass, it was unmistakable.
The bitch was here hiding close by obviously she had loyalty her grandson no that wasn't it the bitch had a bigger prize waiting for her why else would she hold back. Maybe she was convinced that her all so wonderful grandson could win. He didn't think as he leapt over the building landing hard, if he could turn back time he would never have wasted his precious time sleeping with her! He leaped again seeing the fire balls and lightning starting to truly fly as he sniffed the air. He was so close now he could smell her vile stench. He looked down seeing her shadow close to a building she hadn't seen him as she was leaning around the building to watching the battle from a safe distance. The bloody river was up to her waist and her skeleton hand was moving through it.
He didn't think as he roared leaping down hitting the bloody water hard causing it to splash upwards with immense force. She turned the surprise showing in her red eyes as she looked at him. He felt his teeth grind together, he ignored the pain in his neck as he eyed her in disgust. "It's a fascinating show wouldn't you agree you un-dead whore?" Itzpapalotl looked up sharply eyeing the jaguar god. "Well, well look who's still alive? Here I thought Chantico had killed you." Tezcatlipoca snarled moving closer he loathed her mocking tone. "If you hadn't have run I might not have been so badly beaten! You betrayed me to the other gods you cowardly little bitch!"
Itzpapalotl laughed enjoying the mocking sound. "I betray everyone I don't know what makes you so special. Just so you know though I got just what I wanted out of you, after all I do love sex that eases the sexual frustration." Tezcatlipoca snarled aloud eyeing her in disgust. "Why are you here, your not here to watch the show it's not your style?" Itzpapalotl looked up eyeing the bloody openings that made up the seventh hell. "Well not that it matters but I'm waiting for this thing that attached its self to my seventh hell to open so that I can get in side, you see time its self is waiting for me." Tezcatlipoca lowered his ears as he met her burning red gaze. "You are a fool."
He eyed the tree like structure above him. "No one can get in to that thing, no god that is and I doubt what ever is waiting for you is still there. After all time is no longer sending out its waves I can feel it in my soul. After all it was my pendent that was stolen to begin with." Itzpapalotl sneered as she turned to him. "You lie!" Tezcatlipoca shook his head as he looked at her. "I wouldn't waste my energy lying to you I have much more interesting things in mind for you." Itzpapalotl laughed enjoying the mocking sound. "Are you challenging me?" Tezcatlipoca felt a cruel smile form. "Oh no I'm not challenging you I'd rather kill you!"
He felt his smile widen as he raised his hand a huge red fire ball formed in it. "And you are going to suffer before you die believe me. Don't think that you can't die the only think keeping you alive is human blood, so if I were to rip out your stomach you wouldn't do so well!" Itzpapalotl raised her skeleton arm seeing the black fire consume it. "If you haven't noticed we are in a river of blood." Tezcatlipoca laughed watching as she blinked in surprise he leaned down putting his free hand in to the lake easing up some of it watching as it spilt through his fingers. "This isn't living blood, it's the blood of the dead which has been warmed by the seventh hell, none of it, is alive. Why I believe drinking this might be very bad for your health once you start trying to digest it."
He eyed her. "You didn't drink any now did you? Because if you did you're a fool the elder god would never give us any riches like this, he believes that we should urn what you eat." He watched as she clutched her stomach the pain showing in her face. "Oh dear and now your feeling it, the only way to get rid of that would be to throw up." He eased out his tongue licking his teeth. "Ah but you can't can you, your un-dead and your guts aren't up to it." He shrugged raising his hand. "Oh well." He didn't think as his roar hit the air as he threw the fireball at her watching as it hit its mark causing her to scream in pain as her body was smashed right through the nearest building.
He found himself laughing as he moved forward watching as two more building smashed apart as her body went through them. He smiled moving forward with a slight bounce in his stride as he walked through the bloody river and rubble. "You know if your bastard grandson drank any off that he might be in pain to." He smirked as he looked at her fallen body which was lying in the rubble as he came forward. He moved shapely narrowly avoiding the black fire steam as it tour past him burning his shoulder of flesh as it hit the building behind him melting its wall. He ignored the pain moving forward. "You still have that love of burning flesh I see." He didn't think as he leapt up coming down hard on her fallen body with his full weight body before she could rise. "I'm very disappointed." He rose his clawed foot bringing it down with his might in to her chest. "I wanted to see you fight back." He pulled up his foot smashing it down again enjoying her scream of pain. "Your always boasting about your power so show it to me now you bitch!"
End of part 112
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