Namor is not the only god like champion in the marvel universe.
Erendira is an Aztec warrior who was sacrificed by her people to lead them against the Spaniards. When thieves come into her home land she is ordered bu the king to retrieve a stolen br...
Enjoy this dark chapter with a little sunny surprise at the end😉
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"I didn't protect nor mourn their death..if anything I prayed for it"
Time seemed to freeze in this one moment, "..I don't understand" Namor chocked out. So many questions ran though his mind, did she kill them?were all the stories wrong?was she a good leader after all?. Eren sighed and stared down into the water. Reaching forward she tapped it causing ripples. Namor almost gasped when he saw shapes coming together. She can play her memories?. Yes yes she can
Namor saw a young girl, maybe 11 or 12 at most. She had long brown hair pulled into a braid, flawless skin that flowed in the suns light and the brightest smile he had ever seen. There was another there with her, an older man. At first Namor assumed it was the girls father but she had none of his features.
"That's Itztli, he was my cities officiant in sacrifices. I had no parents so he raised me as his own" Eren explained, Namor now understood that the girl was her as a child. "He told me I was named after a mythical Aztec princess, he said it was because I was special" she rolled her eyes, Namor was guessing she and him didn't have the best relationship.
As Eren went on the picture moved and changed to match her narrative. "He taught me to fight and forced me to study rather than play with the other children, when I was a little older I was offered a proposal but Itztli turned it down saying I promised to Huitzilopochtli" she rested her head in her hands, Namor listened with interest.
"That day of my 17th birthday, he led me up to the temple. I didn't know what was going to happen, I had never seen a sacrifice happen. I laid on that cold and hard slab of stone ma d stared up to the sky wondering what the hell was going on?!. Then I saw the knife, I still remember his speech" she chuckled. This time she didn't talk instead a man's voice echoed through the cavern. It was old and a little rusty.
Here, let the sun's light shine upon you Everyone! Gather round please! Let her be a sacred gift to our god Permanently joined with him May he accept her as his own Erendira! May you rise again!
Eren's fist clenched tightly causing her knuckles to turn a yellowish-white, "Then he took that stupid knife, raised it above his head and..he smiled at me. That fucker smiled at me!". Tears welled up in her eyes, Namor grew worried about these reappearing memories.
"I can still remember the pain, the sound of my flesh trashing and my bones cracking" she placed her hand on her heart "my last memory of my past life was his wide eyes staring at my heart slowly beating in his hands".
She blinked allowing a single tear to fall, Namor instinctively wiped it with his finger. Eren sniffed "The light was the one thing I found comforting, I was surrounded by it. A beautiful white light, and then his voice. My god told me how special he believed I was and how he could help me become all that I was made to be", Tlāloc leaned against the outside wall of the hut smiling. He was sure his friend would love to hear his hummingbird talking favorably about him.
"I said yes to him, and he became my patron. I rose in 1521, about the time the Spaniards were trying to invade. My first mission was to lead my people to victory, I had the fighting skills and the intelligence but a good leader needs empathy and I lacked that towards them", Namor watched the water while occasionally glancing at Eren.
The waters image showed her descending from above.
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She was beautiful, just as glorious as now. "I tried to push my anger aside but vengeance got the best of my heart". The water moved in a painting like fashion, showing her fighting in the sky while her people followed below. Then a red looking wave washed over them, their determined faces turned to horror.
"I still remember what they told me when they realized their plan worked.
It's your destiny to lead us all
For we will follow you anywhere Any soldier would die for you It would only take your command Let us serve you, fight for you Eternity of loyalty we owe you Do remember this our warrior
"When small pox infected my army I had no sympathy for them, if anything I thought their suffering was trivial to mine, they called me selfish but I didn't care" she growled, "I remember when they came pleading to me, asking me to help them fight, to use my gifts and destroy those who dared to invade our land". I should have, I should have thought of the children who were innocent and not their small minded parents.
The reflection showed Eren with the scariest expression and fire doing around her and she glared down at the clearly dying people. Her colorful wings turned black and red singing evil was near. Her voice boomed making even Namor's superior eardrums hurt.
"You wanted this remember! You killed me so I could lead you! So why aren't you fighting with me!Fight!", Eren's normal voice reappeared but Namor was busy trying to stop shaking. There was something about her tone and words that had his heart racing.
"My god promised to stay out of it but once he saw what I was doing he asked to see me. He was disappointed in me, but he also understood where I was coming from, after all he went on a murderous rampage at one point too" she leaned back and supported herself with her elbows. "Why should I care for their lives when they took mine so easily?, I asked him. He told me they didn't understand but they would. I didn't listen..I left them there so that they would suffer like I had suffered. I was selfish and cruel, but for centuries I have tried to make up for it". She held her arm feeling guilty, tears streaming down her face.
Namor scooted as close as he could and put a arm around her. She leaned into him and continue to cry. "You did have the right to be angry,..vengeful even. You're a good person Eren, never forget that" he spoke looking at their reflection, it felt so natural to be like this with Eren.
He took a chance along with a deep and nervous breath. "Eren I-", "I love you" she interrupted beating him to it.
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Well that satisfying to write, hope you enjoyed her little backstory.
