《CRIMSON MOON (SHORT CHAPTERS)》Chapter 189: Guardian Jaguar's Awakening part 2

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A portal opens, El Muerto and Leticia arrive at the Pyramid of the Moon. The Pyramid of the Moon is located in the northern part of Teotihuacán and its contour imitates Cerro Gordo, called in Nahuatl tenan, which means "mother or stone protector".

As they walk towards the Pyramid, Leticia looks at it with shock:

“The Pyramid of the Moon, said to have been constructed to worship Chalchiuhtlicue, the goddess of water related to the Moon. Why are we here?”

“I see that you know your history…let me tell you something…this Pyramid has many secrets…I’ve been investigating it for years now…and I found something interesting…”

El Muerto gets closer to the wall at the side of the Pyramid. He pushes a brick and a door slowly opens, revealing a secret passage. Leticia looks with awe; “I-I-I-t can’t be…there was a passage here?”

“Let 's go…” El Muerto pulls her from the arm. El Muerto walks with Letcia down the passage, the passage is very dark, El Muerto creates a mana sphere at the size of his hand, lighting the room. There is a sign with Aztec writing on them. El Muerto pushes Leticia:

“Now read…”

Leticia looks frightened and nods in agreement; “It says; ‘Those who enter, beware, if you take a wrong footstep…you will serve as a sacrifice to the Gods’ the last part was cut off”

“I see…In other words…” El Muerto takes a step.-CLICK- A trap activates and arrows fly towards them. “GGYYAAHH” Leticia covers herself, El Muerto extends his right hand and destroys the arrows with a shock wave.

“Basically, there are traps in here…that explains why my archeologists never returned…”

Leticia trembles with fear as she sees many skeletons along the way. El Muerto creates another portal, releasing countless specters head towards the hallway, activating the traps. El Muerto grabs Leticia by the arm; “Move…the traps won’t hurt us anymore…”

Leticia has no choice but to obey. She continues to walk along with El Muerto as she sees arrows, rocks and spikes along the way; “This passage, it’s like the Aztecs wanted us to stay away. But why?”

“That 's right…if my theory is correct, we might find something interesting down here…”

They arrive at the end of the hallway, there is a large stone door completely shut off; “Looks like we have arrived…step back…”

Leticia steps back, El Muerto puts his right hand at the wall and releases an enormous amount of mana, slowly cracking the door until it crumbles.

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(BBBBOOOOMMM)

Leticia falls back as she feels the rumbling and sees the door completely destroyed. El Muerto looks at her; “Stand up…it’s time to enter…” Leticia stands up.

Both of them enter the room, the room is huge, a lot of space, it is empty with a lot of drawings on the walls. The drawings represent the Ancient Aztec drawings that tell a story. At the middle, there is a huge black mirror of around 3 meters of circumference, with a ray of light shining down creating a “curtain” around the mirror. The mirror is on what it appears to be an altar with around 20 steps.

“W-W-What is this?” Leticia walks forwards looking at the drawings with surprise. El Muerto looks at Leticia and speaks:

“Leticia Marino, I’ve been watching you for years, you have the intelligence of a Sage. You mastered all types of languages, including Ancient ones…and you know all of the History of the world. I have been exploring these parts for a long time. However, none of my scientists could ever reach here. The drones who took pictures of these drawings were destroyed…I know that you will because you are a genius… I want you to read these pictures and tell me the story…”

“B-B-But I…can’t I don’t know about what it says here…”

“Leticia, you want to know the truth? The truth is that you concentrate you mana on your brain, that’s why you learn so fast…that’s why you know everything you read…your ability permits you to gather all of the information and learn in a blink of an eye. Don’t you think it’s strange that you learned everything with just one glimpse…”

Leticia opens her eyes wider as she thinks back; “It’s true, I always feel something weird within me when I read a book…I learn every language…every history…was this the usage of mana…”

“Enough…begin or else, I will kill your friends…”

-GULP- Leticia looks at the pictures; “This is Ancient Aztec, but it has a combination of Olmec and Mayan. Her eyes shine bright as she begins telling the story:

“For those who reach here, beware…that this is the prison for the traitor who opposed Hernan Cortes…Tezcatlipoca…For the Aztecs, Tezcatlipoca represented celestial creativity and divine paternalism. Tezcatlipoca, (Nahuatl: “Smoking Mirror”) god of the Great Bear constellation and of the night sky, one of the major deities of the Aztec pantheon. He was imprisoned and never to be released…The God of the shadows will remain dormant for eternity under the light of the eternal sun…If you wish to awake him…a living sacrifice shall be required…a life for a life”

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El Muerto laughs; “I see now…Quetzalcoatl was revered as the Sun God…his opposite, Tezcatlipoca was revered as the Moon God…this temple also serves as a prison. A prison for the Moon God…”

Leticia looks at the mirror with fear; “Tezcatlipoca, one of the major Gods of the Aztecs is here? But that is a legend…”

El Muerto creates a huge portal. At that moment, a giant armor appears, the armor is black with reddish eyes. El Muerto puts his hand on the armor; “Now awaken…”

(BBBOOOMMM)

The armor shines and separates Quetzalcoatl from Adihe. Adihe appears to be unconscious. -RRRAAAWWW- Quetzalcoatl, now with black colored scales and reddish eyes, flies around the room. Leticia lies down trembling; “It can’t be…the creator of Life, one of the major deities; Quetzalcoatl…”

Another portal opens and another Muerto appears; “The mission was complete, Uriel Di Fiore was eliminated…”

“U-U-Uriel?” Leticia cries; “NO…WHY ARE THERE TWO OF THEM? WHAT IS GOING ON? PLEASE TELL ME THAT URIEL IS OKAY”

“He isn’t…he was killed by Quetzalcoatl a few minutes ago…”

“NO…” Leticia cries as she trembles looking at the sky.

Quetzalcoatl stops and looks at people; “Mortals, why have you interrupted my revenge?”

“We humbly apologize, but we brought you here to help us with our mission…Here lies one of your siblings…Tezcatlipoca…”

“Tezcatlipoca, that bastard is here? Where is he?”

“He is dormant in the mirror, trapped by the eternal sun…”

Quetzalcoatl looks up and sees a stone shining bright; “This is mana from the Red Witch, cursed her, this is her magic…”

Quetzalcoatl opens his mouth and gathers mana. He fires a mana beam to the stone.

(BBBBBOOOMMM)

Quetzalcaoatl destroys the stone, the room becomes dark. The mirror begins to glow in a purple color.

“GGGYYAAHHHHH” Leticia covers herself as crumbles fall to the ground. the two El Muerto looks up. One of them says to the other; “Excellent, everything is going to plan…”

“Indeed, it appears we have company…”

“LETICIA” Ana and Antoine enter the room, El Muerto looks at the other; “You let them come in…why?”

“Because we need a sacrifice…”

Antoine and Ana look up and see Quetzalcoatl; “THAT’S A GOD!”

“ANA, GRAB LETICIA AND RUN…WE NEED TO GET OUT NOW!”

Both of them look in shock. Quetzalcoatl notices Ana; “This mana, Cortes is here…”

Quetzalcoatl charges at Ana and Antoine. A portal opens and sucks away Quetzalcoatl. El Muerto creates another portal and makes Adihe disappear. El Muerto looks at both of them; “I don’t want them interfering…now then, I welcome you…”

“What are you doing?” Ana asks as she and Antoine prepare to fight. El Muerto points at the mirror; “We want to release an imprisoned God…and for that, we will need you…”

(SSSHHHIIINNNNGGGG)

The mirror shines brighter, releasing a purple light. El Muerto immediately pushes Antoine away, sending him to the wall.

(BBBOOOMMM)

“ANTOINE!” Ana shouts, El Muerto grabs Ana and slams her to the floor; “Don’t move…”

“A-A-Ana…” Antoine is badly injured. Leticia only looks at what is happening as she thinks; “What can I do? I am too weak…I am scared…and Uriel is dead…”

El Muerto carries Ana grabbing her by the neck and they approach the mirror; “In order for the God to resurrect, we will need a living sacrifice…that will be you…the one who bears the blood of the Conqueror who destroyed the Aztec empire…Hernan Cortes…”

“N-N-No…please…why are you doing these?”

“Because, we need the Golden City to reveal itself, and for that…we need the Sun and the Moon to unite…”

“N-N-NOOO…PPPLEASSEEE..STTOPPP…I DON’T WANT TO DIE…”

Ana cries and struggles. Antoine tries to stand up but the other Muerto pushes him down; “Don’t move, let’s watch the spectacle together…”

“NO, ANA!”

The mirror’s light reduces to a simple ray that shines directly to Ana. The mirror slowly pulls Ana:

“NO…SOMEONE…HELP ME! NOOOO!!!”

At that moment, Leticia pushes Ana away; “ANA!” -PPUUUMMM- Ana falls down the stairs of the altar. The mirror pulls Leticia. Ana opens her eyes and shouts:

“NO, YOU FOOL! WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS? WE AREN’T EVEN FRIENDS!”

Leticia, who is being pull, looks at Ana and smiles; “I don’t know why, my body move on its own…I just wanted to protect you…I just wanted to be brave…Goodbye…”

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