LEAVING THE PAST FAR BEHIND
Lila looked up feeling her eyes open fully feeling the agonizing pain fade away she watched as the calendar stopped spinning freezing in mid motion. She slowly turned seeing Xena who was now lying unconscious on the floor. The warrior who had come in with her was kneeling over her trying to wake her up. She breathed in sharply as the calendar rings begin slowly rotated slowly upwards one after the other. The white light swept inwards funnelling through the smallest ring which had held the pendent and then through the other calendar circles meeting the red light which was now funnelling upwards.
The white and red flesh began to wrap around each other, as the red light faded away from the portals as their images vanished out in a blast of golden light. They slowly started to move each floated over to the calendar so they were on its every side. She winced looked down as the light faded away from her blood. She rose her hand watching as it began to came back going in side her body very slowly. She breathed in trying to take the pain which made her heart burn. The long deep wound on her hand closed up completely as the skin healed it's self she took in a deep breath as she began to move her fingers.
She blinked as the golden light faded away above her she was alive. Gods she wanted to cry she felt that she'd come so close to dying. She looked up as Amoxtli ran up to her then knelt down in front of her. Amoxtli leaned over looking at Lila as she put a hand on her arm. "Are you okay?" Lila nodded as she looked up. "I'm fine I just feel worn down." Itzli looked at Xena as he turned her over on to her back he needed to move her, he could see the portals now lining up on all seven sides and he was in the way. He turned to his brother "Help me, I need to move her." Tlaloc breathed as he eyed the tall dark haired woman he shook his head he was going to regret this he was sure of it.
He didn't think as he grabbed the tall woman legs as his brother lifted her up by her arms as they both moved slowly towards Lila. They lowered her slowly down so she was lying opposite to the Blood Jaguar. He felt his eyes dart as golden light blasted out of all portals hitting the calendar rings causing them to start spinning once more but even more violently. He looked up seeing that Ehecatl was pulling Akemi well out off the way off the portals and to a safe distance close by the altar. This was a terrible situation they were now all tapped in side this temple and had no choice but to wait for the elder god's arrival. Only then could they be freed he took in a deep breath this was not how he had hoped it would be.
He had wanted it so they could be free and away from the elder god if he came here. He was terrified of thought of C'thulon finding them here and even more terrified by the prospect of what the god of gods would do to them when he found them. Truth was though there was no one way out and they were all trapped here and there was nothing anyone could do. All any off them could hope for was for was that the elder god would show them mercy. He looked down as they eased the tall woman further forward so she was opposite her lover. He couldn't really judge her the way he had done the Blood Jaguar who was being held by her sister. The dark haired woman had risked her life and her mortal soul by doing what she'd done and she had succeeded and that made what his brother had said about her all the more true.
He kneeled down next to Amoxtli who was next to Lila he watched as his brother kneeled down next to Xena who was completely unmoving. He eyed the Blood Jaguar a part of him still wanted to raise his axe to her but he knew this was nether the time or the place. He wouldn't go against his younger brother wishes not until he knew the full story and could make a good judgment based on it. Lila looked up slowly watching as the portal rings rotated around the huge calendar slowly, she took in a deep breath ignoring the twinge in her ribs. None of this was over she knew that they were now trapped in side this place. She looked at her sister who hadn't moved at all since she'd passed out.
She wiped the last of her tears away she had no idea what to do now. What could she do? They couldn't leave now she looked around her seeing the uncertainty in everyone's face. She obviously wasn't the only one who was thinking about this. She looked down at her sister again Gabrielle had come to save her in the end. She felt a sense of anger at herself for beginning to believe those who had said that she wouldn't come. Her sister's nature here proved that she'd always save her, rather than save herself. If what everyone had said was true she had died and been resurrected before she'd ever come here once already. The only thing she couldn't work out was why she'd spared Akemi.
In the same position she would not have done the same and as much as she hated to admit it she had expected Gabrielle to kill her. May be deep down a part of her had her sisters anger. She blinked she didn't understand what had happened, why the glowing eyes? Why the silver tears? Why the flowers? None of it made any sense. She had a feeling that it would be sometime before it all made sense. So much had happened so much she didn't understand and so much had changed she wasn't the same person she used to be anymore. She knew now what it was hate and to fear but most off all she finally understood what it to be truly unafraid. She was no longer afraid of what the world had to throw at her because what ever the world throw at her it could never be as bad as what she'd been through in Mexica. The world could try to break her but now she'd be ready for it, she'd seen the real Tartarus and none of it could ever be as frightening as anything back home.
8
Tezcatlipoca yanked Itzpapalotl free off the blood waters he turned seeing the fire light fade away in the distance. He didn't think as he bit down on her shoulder slicing through the flesh and skin only to taste vile dead blood. He ignored the taste as he pressed down harder hearing her collar bone crack. He pulled away watching as the dead blood of the lake poured out of her mouth, he didn't think as he threw her in to the nearest building watching as she smashed through the stone wreckage coming to a painful stop on it. He walked through the dark murky blood watching as streams of lightning pulsed through it.
They weren't enough to kill but enough to cause a tingling sensation similar to that of pins and needles. He eyed her as he got closer watching as the last of the red light faded away causing a long drawn out silence to echo through the air. He pricked up her ear waiting for the sound of his younger brother's roar which never came. He listened harder there was no war and no shadow rising from the flames to show that the feathered serpent had won. He felt a cruel smile form as he walked over to Itzpapalotl who was trying to drag herself away. He didn't think as he slammed his clawed foot in her back pushing his claws in deeply watching as black blood ran free.
He ripped off her headdress throwing it in the river as he put his clawed hands under her chin allowing the long points to dig in to her throat. "Do you hear that? That is the sound of your grandson's defeat. It's the sound of his body lying in the dirt dying slowly as you watch helplessly from afar." Itzpapalotl ignored her pain as she struggled to meet his yellow eyes. "You lie!" Tezcatlipoca laughed enjoying the mocking sound. "Do you hear his roar of victory, because I don't, I just hear silence, which is very bad for you because now I'm bored. You know me though I really hate being bored so you're just going to have to ease my boredom."
He pushed down harder forcing his full weight on top of her watching as more dead rotten blood flowed out of her mouth. He looked up seeing all the huge branches pulse as they started to sway changing positions. No doubt so they could ready themselves for the moment when all there branches would grow moving across seas and in to the lands of the other god getting ready to force there way in to the ground and then destroy everything. He grabbed hold of her by her robe pulling her up in to the air in a savage motion watching as she hung there weakly. "You know though I might spare your miserable worthless life but only under one little condition." Itzpapalotl eyed him in disgust trying to ignore the searing pain in her broken bones and stomach. "What condition."
Tezcatlipoca smiled as he ran his clawed fingers down her face drawing blood. "I want your kingdom every piece and every part of it. I want everything from your slaves to the very stone you heap up outside your ruined walls!" Itzpapalotl looked at him trying to take the pain. "No I'd rather die!" Tezcatlipoca eased up a long clawed finger aiming it for her eye. "Now think very carefully about that answer, because I won't ask again. No I'll just rip you open." Itzpapalotl sneered as she eyed him. "I will never give you my kingdom!" Tezcatlipoca rolled his eyes. "Ah your going to wish you had."
He didn't think as he slammed his clawed hand in to her midsection pushing it in ignoring the blood as it spilt out as his hand went in deeper. He ignored her screaming "Now let me ask you one more time, I want your kingdom, so unless you want me go deeper you will hand it over." He pushed in deeper hearing the cracking off bones. He stopped as he looked up blinking in surprise as two comets suddenly came out of know where flying across the sky above in a shower of dark light mixed with white light as they flew right over him. He felt the sudden shockwave of power which caused him to shiver in fear, a fear that he hadn't felt since childhood. He felt his gaze widen as the comets headed over to where the fire had been. It wasn't possible! They couldn't be here they shouldn't be here there time had been and gone centuries ago! He pulled his clawed hand free of the goddess's body ignoring her scream of pain as he watched both comets drift downwards he had a terrible feeling about this.
8
Quetzalcoatl opened his good eye only to close it again, his whole body was stinging with pain and he could feel his own cold blood dripping out of gapping wounds. He tried to get up only to hit the rubble again, he felt weak small and afraid and he knew that his time was over. The only strange thing was that he accepted it. May be because he now realized that he had suffered from loneliness and pain for many years, he wasn't going to cry out, he was going to die with what was left of his dignity. He could see Huitzilopochtli coming towards him with his weapon held up high. He knew the walk it was the slow death march of the fallen ones.
When a warrior was about to end another's life, the march was always slow and the swing in the weapon always methodical. He lay still somehow he'd rather have been beaten this way than any other way. At least this way it would be a clean quick death, the kind of death that none of the other gods would ever give him because they loathed him. Huitzilopochtli moved forward slowly raising the axe higher he looked up seeing that all the other gods were watching in silence there faces all unreadable apart from Chantico's which had an amused smile on it. He moved through the bloody waters raising the axe higher feeling the world go in to slow motion.
It was right to kill this bastard wasn't it brother or not wasn't it? He had that right he stopped still looking over his brothers body seeing the red eye turn to meet his. Quetzalcoatl breathed in deeply trying to take the pain in his burning throat. "Well it always was going to be between you and me, in the end wasn't it?" Huitzilopochtli eased up his axe steadying the blade he wanted this be a clean death. "Yes it was always going to be between you and me." He put both hands on the blade's golden hilt. "Do not worry brother I will not make you suffer you will die like a king." Quetzalcoatl smiled sadly. "Then I'll die as a king and you will take my throne as our father proclaimed."
Huitzilopochtli eyed him for a long moment. "I never cared for the throne I did this to free Mexica." Quetzalcoatl looked up. "You will have no choice, when you kill me you will have to take my throne or suffer Tezcatlipoca taking it from you." He laughed sadly despite the intense pain. "That is the will of destiny I only hope that you never become as lonely as I am." Huitzilopochtli raised the axe higher getting ready to strike he wanted to get this over as quickly as possible. A part of him had never wanted to kill another god. "I wish you well when you meet the tree of the life's inner soul in the great after life. I hope that you find happiness and a realise from your loneliness"
He moved his axe forward only to stop as blinding white light filled the air all around him he turned in utter confusion as two massive comets smashed in the ground not more than five feet away from him blasting the buildings apart as they landed. He found him self going still as both huge light masses began to take form. The first formed upward creating a huge serpent like figure which stretching out it's huge wings as the star light fell away in showers revealing scales of black, white and pure gold. The huge feathered wings opened revealing feathers of black and white along with a black and white mane and tale.
The huge head was similar to Quetzalcoatl's apart from the golden eyes which moved as the long neck vibrated. The serpent who was bigger than the feathered serpent became still. His huge wings shifted as he put his clawed hands on the stone. The star light fell away from the other being revealing scaly snake like skin. A huge wide mouth encompassed the whole of its head, it was lined with rows and rows of teeth four snake like tongues were moving inside. Three sets of snake eyes could be seen all had different colours. One was gold the other red and the last was black as pitch. The humanoid body had long black claws on the five fingered hand.
Huge long feet which had long black claws could be seen. The body was a mass of red and blue scales which made the gender impossible to make out. Thousands of skulls made of jade gold and crystal covered chest. He watched as the clawed hand moved as the huge eyes turned to look at him. The huge serpent turned to meet his gaze as well. "Do not do this Huitzilopochtli! This is not what was meant to be!" Huitzilopochtli felt his axe stop in an instant as he stared back in to his father eyes. It had been centuries since he'd seen him, he knew that this was his other form he could take on his human one but he had always been too proud to do that.
The being opposite spoke the jaws unmoving as the light feminine voice filled the air and his senses as the golden set of eyes glowed. "Do not do this my son, you have always been more than your sword, you are my true son, the son I love more than any other." Huitzilopochtli eyed his mother he knew that he was the only one who was seeing her true form. The glowing golden eyes masked how she truly looked to the other gods, they would be seeing a woman in her late thirties with long black hair down to her waist and iris's filled with black red and gold To them she would be wearing golden and green clothing on her slender well built body which consisted of a woven gold and jade bodice and skirt along with simple gold sandals.
They would see her double canines on both the upper and lower yaw but nothing more. They'd probably see her head dress which was an array of gold and green feathers but none would be seeing her true form only him. Because he had come to see it, accept it, and love it all the same to him she was no monster she was his mother Mixcoatl. He looked at his weapon before turning back to huge serpent that was his father he hadn't wanted to see him again. Despite that his father had taught him about war he had never liked seeing his brutality. Maybe because looking back now he could see his own and the damage it had done to his people.
His father's snake like eyes blinked as he moved closer ignoring the shocked looks from the other gods. His calm words hit the air again. "You have won my son you do not need to spill Quetzalcoatl's blood to prove yourself to any one. You are the true king of the gods and everyone knows that no one will challenge your word." Huitzilopochtli sneered as he stepped away from the wounded feathered serpent who looked up eyeing his father, before looking down again. "I did not do this to become king of the gods I did this to free Mexica." He turned to the other gods. "This may be my alliance but any one of them can suite the throne as king!"
Mixcoatl shook his head. "My son, I have travelled the stars all these centuries along with your mother for C'thulon. We've brought our powers to worlds among the stars and placed humans in places they could never reach. We were asked to return at the end of the world, but I know that this is not the right time but I came back anyway because I knew I should be here now to witness you for filling your destiny and rewriting the future a new. Huitzilopochtli eyed him in confusion. "What destiny and what do mean by rewriting the future?" Coatlicue moved forward shifting her huge feet through the bloody water as he red eyes met his. "The tree behind you is the tree of life it is the vessel that C'thulon uses to recreate the world a new."
The red and black eyes blinked as she saw the other god's move closer listening carefully. "It is what we saw the last time the great time device was turned on, we could not let it become so. We could not allow our great land to see what was foretold." She moved over to one of the broken houses shifted a huge piece of rubble away with her clawed hand. She could see the black boot sticking out she shoved another large piece of stone away ignoring the screaming of her stomach. She pulled up the unconscious lesser Greek war god eyeing him for a long moment thinking about whether or not to eat him. She threw his limp body back on to the rubble she wouldn't waste her time on such a distasteful snack which would never fill her stomach. She turned meeting her son's confused gaze. "So we put many things in to motion to change it, things that could change the future and make you the right full king and savour of us all. It took so much effort and planning and we have come too far to see our plans fail after all that we both put in to place to change things for the good of everyone."
End of part 117
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