Death From Below

"Death From Below" is the tenth episode of Onyx Equinox.

Official Summary
Reeling from Mictecacihuatl’s attacks, the group reconvenes at the final gate. Tensions run high as Yaotl’s motives are scrutinized.

Synopsis
The episode immediately picks up from where the previous one left off. The gang is still being pursued by Mictecacihuatl's tzitzimimeh. Meque is briefly able to teleport the gang further north, during which the tzitzimimeh transport themselves back into the sky as wandering stars, searching for the group. Noticing that the moon is nearly new, Yaotl orders the twins to use the ball to find the last gate. The ball points them in the right direction, but not before the tzitzimimeh notice the light from the ball and chase the group once again. One tzitzimitl manages to slash at Izel's back, causing a large wound across a portion of his back, blood pouring onto Yaotl's fur. Meque is able to transport the gang once again to the coastline of the eventual Gulf of Mexico, the light from the ball pointing to a faraway island off the coast—the location of the final gate. With the tzitzimimeh in hot pursuit, the group run closer and closer to the cliffside bordering the sea, all the while begging Meque to transport them once last time. As the group and the tzitzimimeh jump towards the sea below, Meque manages just enough strength to teleport the group to the island.

After watching the tzitzimimeh fly back up to the sky, Xanastaku realizes that what they're standing on isn't an island, but a mostly submerged enormous statue of an Old World sentinel. As a weakened Izel begins to fall off of Yaotl's back, the group converge as the shock and blood loss from the earlier attack begins to take its toll, and Izel fall unconscious. K'in begs a nervous Xanastaku to use her life-force transferring abilities on him to save Izel's life, but Yaotl steps in to volunteer. Nervous, but also determined, Xanastaku successfully performs the procedure, saving Izel's life. Searching for a way to reach the gate, Yaotl manages to find some loose panels of the sentinel and knocks them down; the group descend down the sentinel, into the ocean, as their search begins. Yaotl begins to verge off from the rest of the group, Izel following beside him, who begs the emissary to tell him what the meaning is behind their quest the gods, and the gates. Yaotl avoids the question, while the remainder of the group follow the duo. As they continue walking, K'in asks Zyanya if it hurts "being a monster", to which Zyanya bluntly answers that it hurts all the time, a satisfying answer for K'in. When Xanastaku asks Zyanya how she managed to find them in the village, K'in cuts in asking why she even bothered. Angered, Zyanya stops walking to face K'in and responds that it was the right thing to do. The four members begin to bicker, eventually becoming physical when Yun pushes K'in against a wall, causing the floor beneath them to give way. Izel attempts to jump after them, but Yaotl stops him, assuring him they'll find a way to the gate, before they continue walking a safer route.

Further below, the rest of the group are walking down a hall when Yun asks if they'll go their separate ways once the final gate is closed. K'in expresses relief over this, stating that the whole quest is a bad idea. Angered, he remarks how the group almost died at the village, and he isn't sure if he can go risking his life anymore. As Xanastaku tries to calm the situation down, another argument breaks out between K'in and Zyanya. during which K'in throws the ball at Zyanya. She effortlessly dodges the attack, but the ball is quickly swallowed by the final gate guardian, a large, shark-like monster, who begins to chase the group.

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