THIS WORLD THIS PLACE UPON THE STARS
Huitzilopochtli looked up seeing the huge worm like body of the seventh hell sway as the branches grew slowly outwards. He turned eyeing his mother in confusion. "What are you talking about what did you do, what are you trying to change?" Coatlicue looked up moving her clawed fingers as she came closer. "We were trying to change your future my son." She eased up a long clawed finger moving it through his hair as she came to stand over him, her towering eight foot height casting a shadow which only she could see. "We turned this device on long ago under C'thulon's wishes and we saw something that shouldn't be a future of fire and pain and oblivion for our land."
She turned eyeing Quetzalcoatl. "We saw a truly terrible future which will come to pass, if he remains on the throne. We couldn't allow it to happen so we did what we did for you and for Mexica my son." Mixcoatl moved using his clawed fingers to heave himself forward it had been so long since he'd been home and nothing felt the same. He shook his mane getting ready to speak only to find himself freezing on the spot as he felt the power emanating through his body and soul. Chantico eased her hand up watching as it started to shake as a power beyond anything she'd ever felt hit home. She walked through the bloody waters coming to stand in front of Xochiquetzal she could see the fear in the other woman's eyes.
She could see the fear in Xochipilli's face as well the only person who seemed to be keeping his calm was Huitzilopochtli and his mother who was a small beautiful woman about half his height dressed in highly decorated robes. She didn't look anything like the monster that she'd seen on the carvings of the temple ruins. She breathed in as Xochiquetzal took hold of her arm, the other god was Mixcoatl and he looked just like the images of his carvings. He was the mirror image of Quetzalcoatl only with completely different colours on his body. She turned watching as Tezcatlipoca landed on the roof opposite he was holding Itzpapalotl who had was bleeding all over and close to passing out.
She could see the thrill in his eyes as the power surge became stronger parts of the white tree began vibrating as if preparing for what was about to come. Huitzilopochtli looked up only to freeze on the spot as the fear hit home. Multicoloured light blasted outwards from the sky above as a huge purple tentacle end ripped through it. Coatlicue looked at her clawed hands they were to late the elder god had come! She turned to her lover Mixcoatl seeing his fear and the fear in the eyes of Quetzalcoatl who tried to get up only to hit the floor again due to his wounds. The light widened even more as the rest of the tentacle came through.
More multicoloured light blasted outwards as more tentacles burst through moving slowly through the air. Lightning fire and water sprayed out from the light as more tentacles came through. The huge octopus body which smashed through as it came down hard in front of the tree of life. The many yellow eyes blinked as the huge nostrils blasted air outward blowing the bloody river forward causing it to hit the houses. The leviathan rose up his back ten tentacles grabbed the tree of life's branches stopping it from moving anymore as the light faded away completely. The huge eyes all studied everything for a long moment, all blinking as the put the pieces in place. The two central eyes widened as the voice of rolling thunder broke the terrified silence. "You have disturbed my slumber little children!"
The two central eyes narrowed to slits as the others blinked. "You have destroyed my city with your squabbles and one of you has had mortals activate my device of time which is forbidden to you. I consider my patience to be long lasting little children but it has been worn very thin by your actions and I want an explanation!" C'thulon watched as all the gods kneeled down including the two who had come down from the stars despite that it was also forbidden. "One of you will tell me all I wish to know little children or all of you will wish that you had done so!" Mixcoatl turned slowly looking up at the elder god. "I can explain everything great elder god."
He lowered his head further. "It was my servant, but this was not how it was meant to be." C'thulon turned slightly looking at the tree of life which had encased the temple. He could sense the little humans inside it although some of them were not conscious, he turned back. "Before you tell your story little child I will deal with your mess." He wrapped his tentacles tighter around the tree branches. "It is not time to recreate the world a new." He shifted forward turning to the tree he had no idea who was inside but the truth was that they needed to leave. He could not stop the tree with out destroying them. Though he didn't care much for little humans he didn't want them in the way of his device which he'd taken so much time to create.
He also hated things to be out of place when he always put so much perfection in to everything he created. He was the first to ever create anything worth while. Before him the world had been no more than a chunk of smouldering volcanoes and boiling waters. He had been created from these elements. He'd then created the lands and played with his first monster like creations that had ruled the earth for millions of years before getting bored of them and destroyed them all. He had found that his lumbering giant reptiles just weren't interesting enough and he had wanted something which was more intelligent.
Something which would make him happy, he had felt a sense of emptiness of being the only sentient being on the earth. So he'd then created his children with their ego's and their faults. He loved them for all there flaws, disputes and temperaments but he would not tolerate disobedience from them. He eased down one of his tentacles watching as the crumbled stone shifted across the ground creating a platform which shifted like sand as it came beautifully even. A round stone portal slowly rose up from it clamped in to the stone solidly forming what would be a walk way for the mortals to come through, all his eyes slowly turned back to the temple.
8
Lila looked up sharply watching as the whole room began to shake violently as one of the floating circles moved away from the others. It slowly drifted towards them coming to a slow stop. The red light that had been going in to its portal centre fading away completely. White light blasted outwards from it revealing what looked like marble stone. She could see bloody waters some way from its stone she looked down at her sister and then looked at Tlaloc who looked confused. "What is that? I don't understand." Amoxtli blinked looking at Ehecatl who looked just as confused as everyone else. "The Star Coyote told you what this is didn't she!?"
Ehecatl blinked as he looked up. "I don't know what this is!" He turned gazing at Akemi who still hadn't come around. "Do you honestly think that if I knew that I'd keep it to myself?" Amoxtli eyed the Warrior Princess and her lover neither of them had regained consciousness not that she expected them to come around any time soon. She was just finding it strange to see both of them in this state nether of them looked to be in pain. Both just seemed to be in a blissful dream state which showed in there faces which were very calm and relaxed. She found the relaxed state rather odd considering what had just took place in this room.
Itzli stood up slowly walking towards the portal eyeing the image off the stone. "This could be a way out of here." Tlaloc looked up sharply. "It could be that or it could be a passage to the seventh hell and that is not a place I want to go since I've just got my life back!" Itzli eyed the image again before turning back. "Trust me brother I know this is the way out I can feel it." He eyed the spinning calendar which was speeding up the golden skulls eyes flashed white as its calendar ring stopped rotating. "Take the passage the elder god has made for you, which leads to the outside, or be destroyed. Your time is short as is the elder god's patience when it comes to those who play with his ownership of time."
Itzli turned watching as Ehecatl eased Akemi up from the floor carrying her in his arms as he came forward. He breathed in as the golden skull started moving again. "We should leave right now." He grabbed hold of Xena under her arms. "Help me lift her up." Tlaloc breathed in deeply grabbing hold of the dark haired woman's legs easing her up again. This was insane, but he was going with it regardless, he eyed the dark haired woman who was still unconscious before looking up. "The elder god is going to destroy us all isn't he?" Itzli meet his concerned gaze. "We did not turn on this time device, if he has any mercy he will spare us as we meant no wrong."
Tlaloc breathed in deeply trying to work out how to say his next words. "You've changed your not the way I remember you little brother. I never remember you ever being this calm and focused." Itzli gave him a slight smile. "I've had a lot of time to rethink what it is to be a warrior and what it stands for." He turned eyeing Gabrielle for a long moment ignoring his brothers confusion. "I had a lot of help along the way though." Lila eased herself up dragging Gabrielle slowly to her knees she ignored the twinge of pain in her ribs. Amoxtli grabbed hold of the golden haired woman pulling her up fully as Lila put both her clawed weapons back in to there holders on her boots. She ignored the shaking of the room. "We should leave right now I don't want to stay here any longer."
Itzli looked up sharply meeting Gabrielle's sister's anxious gaze. "She's right we have to leave this place while we still can." He moved forward taking Xena with him through the portal of light which caused everything to fill up with golden and red light for an instant. He blinked as it faded away as his foot touched the stone as everything came back in to view. Tlaloc carried on moving across the stone only to stop he gently lowered Xena to the floor hearing her half groan but not come back in to consciousness. He could see blood behind him spilling out like a river flowing around the huge raised stone pillar. He watched as Lila came through along with Amoxtli bringing the Blood Jaguar with them the unconscious woman's feet dragged along the stone as she was carried forward.
Ehecatl leaped through following them with Akemi in his arms, he hit the stone hard only to stop still as he looked up. His body froze in fear which was as clear as day. Itzli blinked in utter confusion as he looked around him seeing that everything was shrouded in darkness. His gaze slowly followed Ehecatl's upwards. He felt his whole body freeze as the terror hit home all at once as his gaze fell up on the leviathan that was looming over them. Its huge tentacles moved thought the air as the many yellows eyes looked down studying them. The central eyes blinked as the huge nostrils blew out causing air which hit them hard as the waters around them rippled.
He swallowed seeing the panic and fear in the eyes off the others as it hit home who was looking down on them. It was C'thulon there was no denying it. He'd seen the carvings on the temple walls which mirrored what he was looking at now. Itzli didn't think as he hit the floor on his knees in panic feeling his head lower as he looked at the stone floor unable to contain his fear. He watched as both Akemi and Gabrielle were lowered to the ground as the others did the same all off them showing there fear. Lila lowered herself doing the same as the others. He looked down not daring to look up he never thought he'd see this, he wasn't meant to see this very few who ever saw the face of C'thulon ever lived to talk about it.
He turned staring at Gabrielle for a long moment before turning back to look at the floor. How had she ever been so defiant when facing him? Had she been as terrified as he was, had she hid that fear with her anger? He shook his head he found himself respecting her even more than ever now as he did not have the will to stand up and meet the elder gods gaze. C'thulon breathed in deeply eyeing the little human's one by one he only recognized three of them. He suddenly felt the twinge of anger take over as he eyed the unconscious blonde haired human and the other who now somehow had her Japanese appearance back instead of the one he had given her which was forbidden.
He could see the dark haired taller human who lying still on the ground close by. He had resurrected her some time back but he was not angry with her he knew that she was the blonde human lover and had no doubt followed her here as human lovers often did. Not that he paid that much attention to humans but he knew that couples followed each other around in the same way that animals did. He raised his tentacles slowly over all three of them he would not allow these three little humans to escape what was going on with blissful unconsciousness. He moved his tentacles tip watching as the silver dust came out spilling all over them. "You shall awaken in my presence little things."
Xena groaned feeling the blissful dream she'd been having end, she winced as she opened her eyes feeling the pain come back. It felt like she had been run over by a chariot. She pulled her self up on to her knees groaning as her body rebelled against her wishes, she could see the others all around her. They were all kneeling down not daring to look up she put a hand on her face trying to ignore the pain in her knuckles, where in Tartarus was she? She wasn't in the temple of that much she was sure. She turned seeing her lover close by on the stone the younger woman started to twitch as she came back in to consciousness.
She ignored the pain in her limbs not really caring anymore where she was as she crawled on her hands and knees slowly towards her lover. She turned seeing Lila get on to her knees as her Gabrielle's body twitched again. She blinked as she came closer watching as her lovers green eyes slowly opened the glowing light which had lit up her iris was no longer present. The younger woman tried to pull herself up only to fall down on to her front as the pain hit home. She moved closer pulling her lover up slowly on to her knees hearing her sharp cry off pain. Gabrielle closed her eyes waiting for the pain in her body to fade away she looked up meeting her lovers gaze.
She blinked realizing that she had no idea where she was she felt herself start to sway only for another hand to grasp her arm keeping her steady. She turned blinking again seeing her Lila on her knees next to keeping her up right she wanted to smile but the pain in her mouth was stopping her along with a bad feeling which was twisted inside her stomach. She tensed feeling the mind numbing pain run through her limps she'd been fighting for far to long that was one thing which she was positive off. She could see the bloody lake running past bellow and nothing but darkness all around her. She was sure that they were outside because she could feel the gentle breeze from the wind and see the shattered building close by.
She twitched feeling the air move above her as if some thing huge was drifted by she stopped still as the feeling in her stomach came back. Her gaze drifted upwards only for her whole body to freeze as she two huge yellow eyes of the leviathan god met her own. He was looking down over her and everyone else. Xena blinked feeling her lovers frozen limbs as the younger woman carried on staring upwards. "Gabrielle?" Gabrielle swallowed speaking in a whisper which was all her throat could manage. "Look…up." Xena looked at her for a long moment she slowly looked up only to go completely still as both huge yellow eyes narrowed as they met her own as the other smaller eyes blinked.
Gabrielle kept completely still she was in so much trouble she knew it already, they all were. She had stood in front of C'thulon before and she'd only gotten what she wanted because she didn't care about her own life. Now she did care, she felt her hand move grabbing Xena's before she could stop herself as the fear hit home all at once. She lowered her gaze so she wasn't meeting the central eyes of the elder god whose other eyes had now turned in Akemi's direction. She watched out of the corner of her sisters did the same thing closely followed by her lover. She could see the fear and uncertainty in all there faces as they kept their eyes focused on the stone along with the others.
Akemi eyes snapped open as she felt her body being lifted up she tried to pull away only to feel the weakness in her limbs which made it impossible to do so. She looked up in to the darkness seeing Ehecatl's face he was kneeling both his arms wrapped tightly around her. He carefully helped her sit up right. She felt her teeth grind together as she eyed him not really knowing where she was. "Get off me." Ehecatl ignored her weak struggling as he kept his eyes low to the floor. He spoke keeping his voice to a low whisper. "Stop moving Akemi, you will only hurt yourself more and anger the elder god who now stands before us."
Akemi looked up slowly meeting the yellow eyes which now stared back at her she breathed in painfully as she looked down. There was no point in saying anything or even struggling to get out or get away no one ever got away from the elder god. C'thulon turned to his children ignoring the fear in the little human's faces." You will explain yourselves children, two of these little human's should not be here! I condemned one to eternal suffering and the other's destiny was not return here now. She was meant to return here in ten years time to repay her dept for changing time the price was going to be her life!" Mixcoatl looked up slowly ignoring everyone's fearful looks. "I took the tortured Japanese slave, I told the demons of the seventh hell that you were willing to give her to me as a gift for the things I had done in the stars. They handed her over to me with out a fight and they did not question my need for her."
C'thulon eyed the little human slave. "That is forbidden little child you know the rules if I put someone in hell I expect them to never see the sunlight again for as long as their souls draws flames!" Mixcoatl looked up slowly watching as the central eyes narrowed to slits. "Mighty C'thulon you once asked me to be present when you first tested the great tree of life and it's time device." He moved his huge feathered wings. "I did as you asked and I saw a glimpse of the future a future where we are destroyed by the Conquistadors, a future where my cowardly son Quetzalcoatl would flee to the stars and leave our mortals to ruin! I could not let that happen. Even when you sent me to the stars it never left my mind."
He ground his razor sharp teeth together before flicking out his tongue. "So I've changed it, I stole the Japanese servant because her freedom would have a greater impact. I told her to steal the time pendent and switch it on the time device that was her only order. I knew what she craved the most and I knew her freedom would set off other events that shouldn't be, event that should happen ten years from now." He turned eyeing Quetzalcoatl. "Her freedom in the time loop itself would set off the events with my son he would go to the lands of the Greek gods and capture the Blood Jaguars sisters. Then the Blood Jaguar would come here and be the second trigger for everything that would take place and her death would have a purpose which would bring the gods back together.
He felt a slight smile form. "She has done everything she was meant to, everything I saw she would do. The only thing that I did not plan was the Star Coyote going back in to the Blood Jaguar's life, that was never part of my plan nether was her tampering with the Conquistadors and taking there weapons back to this time to use to her own ends." He turned eyeing the woman who was still in the arms of one of the warriors. "Her orders were to see the future and confirm that it was still the same and not to change anything as that was what the Blood Jaguar's purpose." He flicked his tail end. "She was given no information regarding her rival, so it was by her own means that she found out what she did."
He turned eyeing the Blood Jaguar and then her lover. "The Blood Jaguars lover's was not part of the plan though she was most useful tool in that she forced the Blood Jaguar to do what she was meant to and as for Huitzilopochtli's love for her I did not plan that. It just came about and again became a driving tool to create a different future which would put Huitzilopochtli on throne as king of the gods." He raised himself up higher pulling out his wings. "That was what I was trying to do! Mighty C'thulon I was trying to create a new future for the Aztec god's, one where we will destroy those who appose us, because we have the right to survive as gods and not die under the rule of those who seek to conquer us eons from now!"
End of part 118
Silvermoonlight
This concept was loosely based on the Butterfly Effect in that a change in something small can change the larger scheme of things.
