The Eternal Glass Ceiling :: The Neo-Reconquista

Questioning Quetzalcoatl

Amaru and Tetra quickly hid behind the bed as they watched from a distance. He then questioned Tetra asking the bot if it knew what was happening, to which Tetra responded, "Zzz . . . Reanimation!" The skull began to levitate as the bottom jaw started to tremble making a rattling sound. It vibrated frantically as time instantaneously began to slow down. The orbs around the boy's room went still and so was Tetra. The lights on Amaru's walls froze in place along with the movie that was projected on his television. Then everything went quiet.

The skull began to manifest into flesh. Amaru watched as the strands of muscles and tissues materialized around the skull. Eyes began to formulate within the deep dark sockets of the cranium as assorted bones made out a body. On these bones strings of muscles began to weave together as tissues and organs molded inside the hollowed stomach. Amaru rolled across the room and grabbed King Tut's blade and his morion helmet, then dived behind a bookshelf. The chattering noises suddenly stopped as time resumed. Tetra began flying around the room once again disappearing into stealth mode when it noticed a strange figure standing in Amaru's room.

The silver orbs lit up the room as they floated around and the holographic programs resumed. Amaru stuck his head out from behind the bookshelf to see what had invited itself into his room. There stood a dark tanned man wearing a long turquoise cape and a lengthy loincloth. On his head were giant feathers that stood at the top of a dragon-like helmet. His muscular body was painted in jade green, vermillion red and aquamarine blue tribal tattoos with gold medallions and spiraled jade shells that hung from around his neck. He stood in one spot looking around the room, then slowly walked over to the night stand located at Amaru's bedside. Taking up the ehecailacocozcatl necklace that Amaru's mother had given him as a gift. The individual hanged the strings between his fingers, marveling at the piece. Unexpectedly, Tetra reappeared shooting at the man with bright powerful heat lasers.

A shield magically appeared over the man's arm helping him to block the lasers deflecting them back at the little bot with ease. Tetra quickly evaded the counter as it vanished into mid air once again. That's when Amaru creeped closer to the man attempting to stab him with the blade but he blocked it with a large oddly shaped weapon that seemed to resemble a sword of some sort. Carefully looking at the individual closely as their blades clashed. Amaru became familiar with the being's vesture. The muscular man then smiled as he overpowered Amaru with a strong thrust of his weapon, sending the boy soaring across the room. Tetra then materialized behind the individual launching two high-calibre micro missiles. Clutching his fist together, the man summoned an aquatic portal that absorbed the miniature rockets, teleporting them elsewhere.

"Hmm, impressive! A bit amateurish but you two make a fine team. It's a shame the little robot nearly killed you though. You two definitely have to work on that." the man laughed.

"Zzz . . . Hehehe." Tetra giggled also.

As Amaru got up his memory flashed back to the cave and the giant winged serpent. That's when he noticed how similar this individual's attire was to the Ancient Mayans. Even his tribal markings were similar to the paintings on the walls of the cave. "Q-Quetzalcoatl? I-Is that you?" Amaru uttered equivocally.

"Aye, Ashiq! You remembered me!" the man smiled.

"Q! It is you!" The boy ran across the room and greeted Quetzalcoatl with a warm hug.

"Wow, I haven't seen you since . . . since that one time I saw you. How have you been?" Amaru asked.

"I'm excellent. I see you have a new friend."

"Haha, yes this is Tetra. He's a Triakis Tetrahedron. Rosalía says he's an advanced artificial intelligence."

"Amazing! Such tremendous power compacted into such a tiny robot."