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He was unwilling.

We have anger.

Hit the kohato.

Irving, Hector, Amy, and Steve are setting up base camp half a kilometer

You sure you don't want to get a head start?

We can always leave a trail for Bella.

Leave the woman we're hoping is going to fund the next decade of expeditions

alone to fend for herself in the jungle?

I don't think so.

I mean, anyone can follow a trail.

You don't know these office types.

Then why is she coming?

She was just going to slow us down.

She wants to make sure her money's being spent the way she wants it.

The last expedition we did, the exhibit was sold out for 14 months.

Money's no issue for her.

Yeah, that 14 -month run was four years ago.

Besides, it's always about money with those types.

Well, I guess it's lucky for her we have a lead on that location for the temple.

Oh, there she is.

Always nice.

I'm always nice.

Dr. Jacobs, how was your trip?

Rough.

I'm just not used to small boats.

I just wanted to... Oh!

Not to worry, we've got GPS trackers, satellites, everything you need. Camp is

about half a kilometer away, so we can move in right now.

I hope you have some bug spray.

Easy to get eaten alive out here at this time of year.

Um, yeah, I did, but could I borrow yours? Because mine's very deep in my

luggage, and I don't want to rummage around for it.

Of course.

We don't want to ruin a fresh man.

This is Jess Mansfield, our resident foot -in -mouth specialist.

She's also an expert in the region.

What? I like the colors.

Really?

Okay, anything else you need before we head off?

No, I'm good.

All right, let's head out.

Okay.

Small plane, a minibus, and then that boat.

I can't believe I made it here in one piece.

But I thought you'd like to know that I invited Dr. Stiglitz.

To be keynote speaker at this year's museum symposium. At your behest. Has he

responded?

It's just like him.

Well, I'm sure that meant a lot to him. Retirement hasn't been easy for

Augustine.

Well, if he keeps declining public speaking engagements, the public will

engaging with him.

Oh, I'm sure he'll be out on the appearance circuit next time he writes

book. Yeah, when will that be? The last one was five years ago.

Oh, I'd love to sit.

You asked me.

Augustine hadn't been the same since his last expedition.

That's why I informed him I intend to stand up.

So, what made you want to come out on this expedition, Bella?

Dr. Jacobs.

You know, Bella is fine.

And that's a fair question, Jess.

I guess I was just a tiny bit jealous of Marlene and all the time she gets to

spend in the field.

I mean, you both know I got my Ph .D. in museum studies from SUNY.

It's just not that exciting, you know.

And I just felt isolated and secluded.

And I just wanted...

I'll get you.

Thanks, Marlene.

I guess I just wanted to feel the dirt in my fingers, you know,

and hold these artifacts in their natural habitat.

And then authorize and negotiate cultural property agreements with

Ministry of Culture for temporary loans of those very same artifacts.

That's when the real adventure begins.

Yeah. Yeah,

then it is an adventure.

How could I pass up the opportunity to tour long -lost Aztec ruins with a

private local guide? I mean, that is a dream.

What is that?

Is that a jaguar?

If it were a jaguar, I would be dead all day.

Wait, is someone coming to meet us?

Everyone should be back at camp.

Everyone.

Everyone.

Yoretsi, you were supposed to meet us at the camp.

Everyone, this is Yoretsi Talakaelo.

He's our local guide.

Yoretsi? I won't even attempt your last name. I'll slaughter it.

Pardon me.

Dr. Bella Jacobs, Chief Curator, World History Museum, Los Angeles County.

Pleasure to meet you.

Shall we head to camp?

Yes.

Lead the way.

Let's go.

I told him.

He stayed with us.

It's going to be nightfall soon.

Still no sign of him.

Well, I gave Jess our coordinates. They should be here soon.

Take them to Marlene.

I'm sure her assistant's great, but Marlene's... Has the utmost faith in her

choice of assistant?

Oh!

Next time I'll stay at camp and you can fight off the jaguar we almost ran into.

Doctor!

We're just starting to get worried.

Had to show Dr.

Jacobs the scenic route.

Oh, everyone.

The Ritzy Talakalel.

Our guide.

With your guidance, we will treat this place with the utmost respect it

deserves. Senor, to a tale.

Talakalel. Talakalel.

Talakalel.

Thank you.

I look forward to working with you all and discovering my...

my ancestral homelands, and presenting the rich and powerful heritage of my

people, the chosen people, in your museum.

Many artifacts and symbols of our sophisticated culture are still hidden

within the temple of Quetzalcoatl.

Dr. Rapaz, this includes our Quetzalcoatl.

Few pieces like it ever survived the Spanish conquest, and none have been

unearthed fully intact.

we may have the rare opportunity to recover the first Ehikakotskato in one

for the first time in six centuries.

How can you be so sure?

Well, most people say the temple was destroyed, and those who have searched

it come home empty -handed, if they've come home at all. And why is that?

Because a group of Quetzalcoatl cultists make human sacrifices.

But I thought that Quetzalcoatl was against the practice of human sacrifice.

True.

But this group, if the legends are true, of course, believe that sacrifices

would get them closer to Quetzalcoatl.

That only the truest of true believers could commit such acts.

So it will likely be a small temple, since it was a small cult.

It's most likely swallowed up by the jungle for six centuries.

We could be venturing into nothing, though.

Nothing, but... There's always a risk, but we mitigate that risk by having

experts like Senor Talakilal to guide us.

No one has seen or even touched a fully intact Iheka Katsukato.

No one?

No one. Well, someone got close. Wait, I'm confused.

Someone did or didn't? You know him, Dr. Stiglitz.

Is that what drove him to an early retirement, searching for a complete

Ehekakotskado? Well, I can tell you he might have succeeded if he had what we

have, our secret weapon, Senor Tlakelo.

It's thanks to him that we know exactly where to look for the temple.

Well, Steve, why don't you show Bella to her tent? I'm sure she's tired and

could settle in.

Hi, Steve Hill. I have a few things.

Hi, nice to meet you. I'm Bella Jacob.

I can show you to your tent.

Oh, okay.

Don't mind if I do.

Wow, you're so cute.

So, how's Bella doing?

Is she in a I'm -gonna -fund -you -for -a -decade mood, or this is your

last... Exhibition mood.

Too soon to tell.

Although I'm optimistic, she seems excited.

Well, yeah, it's her last chance at joining an expedition before she pulls

funding.

Oh, do you not know?

Am I seriously the one breaking this news to you right now?

Well, um, ever since the White House pulled major

federal grant programs,

Trustees have been, like, skittish.

Donors and sponsors have been putting major pressure on Bella to secure

Tootin' Common -sized exhibit.

Maybe you should get in touch with Dr. Stiglitz after all.

I already have.

I finally finished your schedule.

Thank you, Peter. It's all good to go.

Yeah, read this for me. I've got my glasses.

Yeah, what is it?

Is it your birthday?

Well, happy birthday.

Just read it.

Um, let's see.

I know how much you hate being another year older, but not nearly as much as

like being upstaged.

So let me distract you from the former with the latter.

I'm going for it.

This time with WHM funding.

It's my birthday gift to you, Marlene.

She's going for what?

And is this Dr. Potts?

Come. Let's do it.

So, basically, I just yell out, earthquake, because everything's

Everyone runs to the exit except for Marlene. She literally dives for it,

for the vase at the very last second and catches it just before it hits the

ground. I had no idea that that piece made such a journey.

It was one of my favorites from last year's Mycenaean exhibit.

Marlene, what's your favorite artifact you've discovered?

There was this necklace.

Ornate with jewels, emeralds, rubies, adorned on a golden chain.

It belonged to a queen, but we found it in a massed tomb.

Why was it there?

There were a couple of theories about that.

One was a coup, but then we would have found other royals with similar jewels,

so that was unlikely.

It could have been a gift to a servant from a royal friend before they died.

Or it could have been a thief.

clutching it for an eternity.

Well, what do you think?

I like to think that it did belong to a queen.

A leader of her people who went into battle fighting for her people till her

very last breath.

They were a coward.

What makes you think that?

Royals never spent time with peasants. It was beneath them.

The woman who wore your necklace was fleeing the battle, leaving her people

die.

It was likely hiding somewhere in her clothes or somewhere even more hidden.

You know, that's the funny thing about undocumented history.

We never truly know.

That's why it's our job to piece together the past.

To learn.

It's getting late.

We've got a long journey ahead of us tomorrow.

Let's get some rest.

I guess I'll take first watch.

Just had some coffee, so I'm wired.

You okay?

Yeah. Yeah, I'm good.

Oh, Lord,

look at the size of this thing.

Has to be a 20 -footer.

25 -footer.

It's a green anaconda.

Here, let's see what's up. Everything okay?

No, it isn't.

Steve, watch out! Don't get so close.

Don't worry, it's very dead.

It's also very far from home.

This can't be a green anaconda.

What's it doing 2 ,000 miles north of its natural habitat?

2 ,000 miles? You're talking what?

Venezuela? Ecuador?

She's right.

Anacondas aren't native to this region.

Or this country, for that matter.

Pythons, sure.

Some in Mexico, but these wings must have gotten lost.

2 ,000 miles is a long way to get lost.

The legends are true.

There's a green anaconda at the bottom of the temple pit, believed to be

Quetzalcoatl himself, trapped in his earthly form.

Oh.

And you didn't think to tell us about this super snake until just now?

Obviously, it's not true.

Probably just a boa constrictor.

Anaconda of great length.

But we don't know what's down there for sure.

Great length?

25 feet is great length.

Are you sure we didn't just kill it?

That was half a millennia ago.

No matter what they believe, there's no way that it would have lived this long.

Are you okay?

Oh, yeah.

Not every day you almost get choked out by a giant snake.

You know?

Fortunately, no, I don't.

Here,

have some water.

Listen, if you need to take some time, I can arrange it for you to get back to

the mainland.

No pressure to continue.

What's a better story?

I almost got choked out by a giant snake, so I packed my stuff and went

Or, I almost got choked out by a giant snake before we found a rare, priceless,

e -hecka, doodle -dackle, whatever you're calling it, in a lost temple that

haven't set foot in for six centuries.

First one sounds pretty good, but I'm kind of leaning towards the second one.

Second one sounds good.

Hello, this is Dr. Augustine Stiglitz.

I'm calling for Bella Jacobs.

She reached out to me about a speaking engagement at your museum.

Ah.

Well, when do you expect her return?

She is the curator of your facility, is she not?

Do you mind if I ask the nature of this expedition?

Chiapas?

I know the area.

Yes, quite well, in fact.

Well, um... Please let her know that I called.

Thank you.

What's happened?

Something the matter?

She's gone to southern Mexico.

Dr. Potts.

With financial backing from the World History Museum.

Wait, but they pulled all the funding... Yes, yes, thank you, Peter.

We don't need to get into that nonsense now.

Birthday card.

Lord knows I hate cheap sentimentality like that. And she knows this.

Mm -hmm.

And Marlene would never dare directly tell me to my face what she was planning

to do.

Because of the museum?

Yes. Yes, indeed.

Hence the card.

Just easier.

So then what is she doing?

Oh, Peter, don't you see?

She's gone to Saloniska to find the airhead hospital.

The one she's always been planning to get.

And the one that I could never find.

But you proved it doesn't exist.

No, I just proved that I couldn't find it.

Reach out to the WHM.

Decline their kind offer on behalf of your employer.

And send them a signed copy of my book for their silent auction.

Oh, and Peter, perhaps you might read it before you do.

We're entering uncharted territory.

Could be rougher terrain out there. So, is this how all these go?

Sometimes it's jungle, sometimes it's desert.

Desert's easier as long as you have enough water.

Now, give me this any day over the desert.

Absolutely not. Have you been to the Arctic?

Blinding. Heat I can deal with, but cold?

Unforgiven.

Look out!

It is an omen.

Quetzalcoatl, he does not want us to be here.

I mean, we have to be here.

I mean, we have to move on through. I don't know about you people, but I don't

want to wait for another snake to show up.

Bella, if you're as he says that it's too dangerous... Marlene, as the chief

curator for the museum and the one funding this excursion, I need

I say we press on.

Marlene?

Marlene, take a look at this. Oh, now this is what I'm talking about.

That's a lie. I didn't think we'd find shit.

Temple of Quetzalcoatl must not be approached with negligence.

You did it, you're it.

Follow me.

Stay close.

Remember, we're in an ancient ruin.

It's important to be cautious.

Careful. We must not disturb Quetzalcoatl.

To think this place has been left untouched for centuries.

by anything other than Mother Nature.

This is where it happened.

Oh, no!

The cultists made their blood sacrifices right here in this very chamber.

So, the murders happened in here?

Sacrifices to Quetzalcoatl, the god of wind and creation.

Here, take this.

Hey, guys.

The pit, it's been sealed shut.

Well, maybe, maybe Quetzalcoatl was sick of all this blood and death.

Okay, 3D conveying system's up and running.

I'll have the GeoVector online and ready to fly in five.

Okay, Irv. You reading this?

Yeah, data set's initiating.

And data set's received.

All right, we're good to go.

The artifacts, the relics and scrolls, they just show up on this map here?

Marlene?

So, we've got everything on the schematics.

Now what?

Now what?

What does now what mean, Marlene?

Well, then, I don't know. We must not be in the right place.

I hope the Geovector can give us some more options here.

You got all of our images. Everything's coming in here. Oh, I've got it all.

Everything that's here. And what isn't.

It's, um... Is this... This is it?

I mean... Don't get me wrong.

It's incredible.

It's just that, um...

I was only able to secure funding for this little excursion of yours because I

promised an entire board of trustees that I would return with a complete

collection and exhibit of ancient artifacts.

I cannot go back to L .A. without the... Well, we cannot go back

to L .A. without the Ehekakot's tunnel. You do realize that, right?

Are you being serious right now?

Heads up, everybody.

I'm bringing the drone back to base.

The insurance alone on sending a group out like this is staggering.

Budgets are shrinking. Just loaning collections now is more profitable.

Not as exciting, but budget -friendly.

Marlene, I cannot have any more surprises. the next time.

Or there won't be a next time.

Bella, you know as well as I do that history does not exist to be bought or

sold. Those organizations, those people, they only see dollar signs.

But you see what I see.

Ancient history coming alive, uniting us in our humanity. That's why we do what

we do.

We have to keep searching.

Okay, well, let's bring back some artifacts.

And this conversation never happened.

Watch your heads.

Drone incoming.

Shit. Where did all this wind come from?

Where's the drone?

I'm losing it.

I'm losing it.

I can't see anything in the sky.

Marlene! Do you know what your careless mistake cost us?

Marlene! Marlene!

We're safe! We're safe!

That is all that matters.

Let's just set up camp before it gets dark.

We assess when we have clearer heads.

Come on.

We'll figure this out.

Hey, is it really true that... The Aztecs were performing ritual sacrifice?

Oh, yes. True indeed.

In fact, the Aztec armies would capture their prisoners of war and sacrifice

them to their gods.

Wow.

Dude, that's crazy.

I mean, you read about stuff like this, but to think that those people actually

did those things?

And why?

You enjoying retirement?

Well, what else is there left to accomplish?

You know, I've discovered ruins and relics the world had long thought lost

forever.

I've travelled to the four corners of the globe.

I've written many books about these places.

And some have been turned into some pretty decent movies.

Others, eh, not so much.

So, now I'm retired.

Why do you ask about sacrifices?

Well, there's something you wrote in your book.

Ah. It was, uh, right here.

Aztec religions became bloodthirsty. Human sacrifice became important in

maintaining cosmic order.

High priests believed that the sun needed human blood just to rise and set.

Well, yes, of course. Crazy.

The sun has always been essential to human civilization.

But the Aztecs also believed that Quetzalcoatl was the god of creation.

And that he spilled his blood to bring humanity into life.

But oddly, he was against the sacrifice of the unwilling.

Really? And blood rituals in general.

I wonder what it is that Marlene has found that makes her think that the

Quetzalcoatl is in Chiapas.

The temple at Quetzalcoatl.

Perhaps she's found it.

But then, why would the Quetzalcoatl be there?

Well, maybe they wanted to hide it where they didn't think anyone would look.

Why would you say that?

Well, if Quetzalcoatl was against human sacrifice, then no one would be using

the ceremonial breastplate in a place of worship, right?

So maybe they hid it there because no one would look for it.

Hmm.

You know, that's not completely off base.

Like I say, I've heard worse suppositions.

Thank you. Cheers.

Did you hear that?

Did you guys hear that? Yeah.

Where's Steve? Is everyone else there? Steve!

Steve! Steve!

Steve!

We should call search and rescue.

They could do an aerial search.

We need to find Steve or this patient is over.

But we need to find him. Every moment counts.

All right, Jess and Bella, you stay here and try and contact air rescue.

Irv, Amy, take the gun. Go back to where we came from. See if you can find Steve

or his tracks. Anything.

Look.

Uitsi, Hatch and I, we're gonna go west.

Everyone meet back here in 15 minutes.

You got it? Copy.

Yep.

Air rescue!

Come in!

We have a missing person!

a rescue. This is Dr.

Bella Jacobs. We have a missing person emergency.

I repeat, a missing person emergency.

Over.

I hope they find him. He seems like such a good guy.

Pete! Pete!

Item six over, buddy.

Maybe Eretzi's right.

Maybe there is bad energy here.

Air rescue!

Please, come in.

We have a missing person.

Please, we're in need of assistance.

I've never lost anyone on an expedition before. You haven't lost anyone just

yet.

What is it?

It's the size of this snakeskin.

This is out here with us.

What's up?

Did you find Steve?

No, we found this.

Holy snakes.

It's fresh, recently shed. Let's see, 12, 24 hours, maybe.

How can you tell?

It's pliable, supple. It's not dry and brittle.

There's one massive snake.

That's bigger than the one that almost got me.

That's not funny.

Yeah, I think we should, uh, go home.

You should not.

Why not?

Evil energy.

It will follow us wherever we go.

Uh... I'm sorry, so we're just kind of stuck here?

Forever? Because you're all too scared to just leave? Because of some religious

superstition? We must find the evil energy.

Defeat it.

Then and only then can we leave safely.

How do you find that energy?

Much less, um, destroy it?

We head back to the temple.

Okay, uh, may I remind you that the geo -vector scan didn't find anything.

There is nothing undiscovered inside that temple.

What about Steve? Maybe he's there.

Bella's right.

We can't leave without Steve.

We all need to stick together.

So then we head back to the temple to look for Steve.

Yeah, fine.

Fine. If it were one of us, he wouldn't give up.

Steve wouldn't give up. We have to keep going.

Yeah.

Great.

We need to head out.

Let's go.

I'm going to hang back for a second and try one more time to contact Air Rescue.

Hector, just hurry up.

We can't wait for you.

Okay. Air Control, do you copy? Over.

Air Control, do you copy? Over.

Air Control, do you copy?

We hear you. Who are you?

Air Control, this is Hector Rojas.

I'm part of the museum's salvation.

We have locked one of our members.

My location... What is your location?

The pit.

It's open.

Okay, well, I don't think Steve's down there, so... Let's keep moving.

Totally empty in here.

Guys, I don't think he came this way.

It's the most obvious path, unless there are passages we have yet to discover.

Wait,

why would he come down this way?

Stay being, stay here.

She's dead.

Jess? Bella?

Orlene!

Bella!

Oh, God!

All right.

We need to get Heretian and Jess out.

We have some pulley ropes in the gear.

I'll check it.

Just hold on. We're coming.

I think there's a way out of here.

Let's go.

He thinks he's found a way out.

Okay. Be careful.

I don't.

Hey, I came as soon as you called. What's the emergency?

Marlene and her expedition.

They've gone missing.

Air Rescue received multiple distress calls from her team, but they've all

disappeared.

I've been on the phone with Search and Rescue and the U .S. Embassy.

They're apparently gathering information.

Well, you know what? They can gather all the information they like. I'm going

down there. Odie, you cannot seriously be considering going down to Mexico

now. What do you suggest I do? Just sit here on my hands and do nothing, my dear

boy? I would argue that I'm indirectly responsible for her being down there.

Now, come on. We have to leave.

I've been to that area, and that terrain can be extremely vicious.

We haven't got a moment to waste.

Air rescue lost her from them seven hours ago.

We can be on the ground in Chiapas in four. Now, come here.

Now, get these.

You haven't got a moment to lose.

You brought your passport with you.

It's in the car. Let's go.

Be careful. We don't want to trigger any more traps.

Do you think Hector was able to reach them?

I hope.

And that help arrives soon.

What are we going to tell the museum?

I don't know.

We need to figure out how to get out first.

It's colder down this hall.

Could mean a tunnel or an exit.

You hear that?

It's close.

Here, I see others.

Jess?

Is that you?

Shh.

Do you feel that?

A boot coming.

Marlene.

Where's the other radio?

Hector. How could he be...

Oh, this is...

Dry

tears.

Wait.

Wait, wait, wait.

could be getting bigger.

What?

Come on.

Come on!

There has to be a way out.

We can't just be stuck here until Marlene finds us.

This tunnel, it was used for prisoners, right?

There had to be a way for them to come in and get them out.

There's something on the ground.

Where?

There's a tablet on the ground.

It has an etching of Quetzalcoatl on it.

Okay, okay, okay, I see it, I see it.

If... If we press it, we may... May just be able to get out of here.

How do you know?

There are no skeletons in here.

There has to be a way out.

This is our only chance.

Okay. We have to take it.

Okay.

So I need to go near the bars.

I think we lost him.

I think we just left him. We left him.

Marlene, we left him. He got eaten. Amy, we don't have time for that.

We've got to go warm chest in your head. See, can you do that?

and the walls are too thick.

Tell the poor.

You said something.

You said something and it opened for you to say.

Tell the poor.

An ancient not tool.

It means to open.

Why didn't you do that in the first place?

Your bantering gave me the idea.

Come on.

Watch where you walk. It could all be rain.

In roughly 24 hours, the solar cycle will reach its maximum phase or peak.

Meaning what?

Sorry, I'm a little lost. I haven't finished your book yet.

When the solar cycle reaches its peak, it's exactly when the Aztecs would

increase their human sacrifice rituals.

More blood spilled.

The temple at Quetzalcoatl was infamous for the amount of blood shed there.

Marlene has in fact found this temple, and something has been awakened inside.

And it's very hard to prevent it from escaping the temple, and frankly,

the whole world in jeopardy.

All because of the solar cycle?

Yeah. The cosmic imbalance has long had a devastating effect on civilization for

centuries. Great. So we've got, what, like 24 hours?

We got this. Fine.

It's fine.

Have you seen 24?

They got a lot done.

only getting deeper into this temple.

A library.

Serpents. They're everywhere.

Look at this, Amy.

Ancient iconography.

It's the symbol for the cult.

Early to mid -1400s.

1400s, it's the...

The rise of the Aztec Empire under the ruler.

It's a quaddle.

Wait, wait, wait. Look at that.

Not a quaddle script. It's just got the same phrase over and over and over

again. You're right.

Chosen.

Chosen ones.

Rulers. Chosen to lead.

It's everywhere.

But the emperor, it's a quaddle.

Rule was not dominated by this attitude.

While not at first, it was introduced later toward the end of his rule.

In the 1400s, the Aztec Empire became highly militarized and human sacrifices

were widely accepted.

Under the rule of the royal advisor, Tlaloclo.

Tlaloclo? As in, Yoretsi Tlaloclo.

Okay, it's too dark.

We have to be careful so we don't walk into another trap.

This temple, the people who made it would not have many traps in here.

Yeah? Why is that?

They were protected in other ways.

What do you mean, other ways?

They took measures to appease the gods.

took forms on Earth that represented their power absolute.

What does that mean?

Pray you never have to find out.

You need

to

keep moving.

The temple housed what they believed to be Quetzalcoatl in his earthly form,

feathered serpents.

He would grow larger and larger with every sacrifice he was offered.

There was another theory, the Tlacatupli belief.

And that means protector, right?

This temple was not built to house but to imprison.

It's a way to protect the world from the danger and the havoc it would wreak if

it was ever released from this sacred land.

But this temple, it's falling apart.

Thanks to us and the collapse, the sacrificial pit has been reopened and

danger reawakens.

So, how are we going to kill this thing?

In my experience, gods don't die that easily.

So what are we going to do? Are we just going to let this, this, this...

Become the dominant apex predator on the planet and destroy everything.

Peter.

Now listen, this area can be very unforgiving. So, stay close.

Listen to every word I say, and whatever you do, do not stray apart.

Okay? Give me the guns.

Augie, I'm staying here.

Okay, if this goes south, you need someone at base camp.

Okay?

Okay.

Stay safe.

I'll see you.

We need to look and find something that's going to help lead us to

The map, maybe?

Wait, check this out.

That looks like a drawing of the temple.

What it must have looked like.

Perfect, then.

Where are we in all this?

We're probably three stories down to preserve the humidity of the scrolls.

Okay, if we...

Entered here. Uh -huh.

Got separated here.

Okay, then this is where they'd probably be.

So you think Jess is here?

You should wear this.

That would be highly inappropriate.

I insist.

It will protect you.

Protection from what?

It is your destiny.

The gods are watching, and I won't take no for an answer.

That's you.

You're scaring me.

We're just a few hallways away.

We're on the lookout for traps.

You look perfect.

This feels really inappropriate.

I can assure you, everything is as it should be.

You know, I really think that, you know, I should take this off and we could

just find an exit and get out of here.

That's not gonna happen.

I really think that, you know, we could just go find the others and... We

could... What are you doing?

What I shouldn't have done long ago.

What my ancestors were too cowardly to...

You don't understand.

I must.

I must.

No, please, please.

No, please. No, no, no, no, no, no.

Oh,

good call.

Going right.

Except we need to go left.

What?

Isn't there another way?

but it's longer.

Let's take it.

No, you need to go. No, I'm not leaving. I'm not leaving. You need to go!

My dear, how great an honor it is to be sacrificed.

There will be stories written about you.

I would rather be writing the stories than talking about them.

It is an honor.

It's such an honor.

Why don't you sacrifice yourself?

My people.

They're lost.

They don't know their history. The great and powerful empire that ruled this

country for centuries.

The first was his vision

that brought the Aztec empire to great new heights through sacrifice and

destruction.

That is not to lay the inevitable.

I must appease our gods.

No!

I am the steward of my people.

I hacked you!

Look, you're right to go on it. I don't think that book is going to help us.

There's got to be something here, otherwise we wouldn't have kept it.

If the Tlacala line is ended, Quetzalcoatl will grow until it devours

But we already knew that.

The only way to kill Quetzalcoatl is to pierce its heart with the ceremonial

blade.

How are we supposed to do that?

That thing is enormous.

If we leave here...

You need to get down to the lower levels.

Make a bunch of noise, grab its attention, distract it.

I'll go to the sacrificial bed, and I'll grab the blade off of Urati's body.

That's your plan?

The temple is falling all around us, and a snake is chasing us. Do you have a

better idea?

We just have to get out of here.

No, we have to kill it, otherwise it's going to kill us.

Jess.

Ask questions later, my dear.

Wait, wait. What do we need to do in the temple?

We have to help. In the temple?

Then we need to go.

You can't just leave her here.

I'm not.

We need to lure it away.

The air got so cold.

Where did you find him?

I'm afraid I found it around the neck of your dead guide in the chamber.

Come on.

We need to get to safety.

We can't leave her.

I assure you, it's best that we leave immediately.

Tell me, Jess, was there anyone else here with you?

Just me.

Everyone else is dead.

I wish you could come back with me.

Come on.

Time to go.

We'll come back.

I'll send a team.

We'll do a proper excavation.

No. Wait.

Look.

Marlene, you did it.

I guess that ceremonial knife came in handy.

Augustine. I got your birthday card.

You couldn't let yourself be upstaged. Marlene, this was a rescue mission.

Besides, never upstage me.

You found it.

We've got to get this home.

Where's the plane?

Not more than ten miles away.

Ten miles? Some rescue.

Last time I looked, you were pretty much stranded.

Peter, this is Augustine.

Yes, come in.

Read you live and clear.

Over. Yeah, I have two survivors.

Meet us at the rendezvous point.

Copy that.

Over.

I suppose a thank you is in order.

Oh, I don't know.

In helping you, I found my white whale.

And I've come to a profound realization about myself.

Something that I will never do again.

What? Fight a giant anaconda?

No.

Retire. Hate it every minute of it.

That's because we belong in the field.

What's next?

Well, if I remember correctly, someone wrote a book.

about a giant tomazote, a bat god that lured men to their deaths in the dead of

night. Yes, indeed I did.

But I still haven't found the caves that the myth is based on.

I hear the Sistema Huatla south of Mexico has some leads.

Hmm.

Oh.

What are we waiting for?

Let's all go to Huatla.