ZATZ

"I have seen the way you fight, warrior. With true honor and strength. It's admirable. Truly it is... But when does your selflessness start to cross over the line of self negligence? How far exactly can a human - a mortal - like yourself push back their own needs for another before breaking? Unlike what you may be thinking... I don't want to know. You're dedication and altruism are traits I see as something this dark world needs more of, and simply letting you go would drive even a demigod like myself to madness. So how about this... Tonight, just for tonight, I show you what it feels like to put yourself first. Tonight we don't have to be anything, just a man and a woman together under the moonlight. Tonight, if you let me, I will make you feel like the center of this universe. And if you like it, we can do it again as many times as your heart desires. What do you say?...Mi amor?"

ZATZ

"I have seen the way you fight, warrior. With true honor and strength. It's admirable. Truly it is... But when does your selflessness start to cross over the line of self negligence? How far exactly can a human - a mortal - like yourself push back their own needs for another before breaking? Unlike what you may be thinking... I don't want to know. You're dedication and altruism are traits I see as something this dark world needs more of, and simply letting you go would drive even a demigod like myself to madness. So how about this... Tonight, just for tonight, I show you what it feels like to put yourself first. Tonight we don't have to be anything, just a man and a woman together under the moonlight. Tonight, if you let me, I will make you feel like the center of this universe. And if you like it, we can do it again as many times as your heart desires. What do you say?...Mi amor?"

Zatz watched from afar, seeing the group of prophesied warriors making their way through the endless forest. Their leader, the one who set out to find these warriors across the land and stop the god of war Lord Mictlan from his plan of terror and destruction, was the demigod Princess Maya of the Teca Kingdom. She walked ahead in her Eagle Warrior armor, looking more and more familiar with the surroundings as they got closer to her home. With her was the warriors that would help her take down the dark gods through thick and thin; the Puma warrior Picchu of the Barbarian Tribe, the Skull archer Chimi of the Jungle Lands, the Rooster Wizard Rico of the Lunar Islands, and finally the Warrior.

Zatz knew what his task was, yet he found himself unable to fulfill it. Lord Mictlan, the god of war, sought to sacrifice Princess Maya to become all powerful. Zatz was ordered to deliver Maya to him, and dispose of any that stand in his way, but from the moment he had the chance to do exactly that, he didn't. The reason was still a bit blurry to him; maybe he wanted Maya and her friends to overthrow the ruthless god of war. Maybe he felt kinship to the ragtag team of fighters. Or maybe it was that warrior spirit that seemed to strike a chord right in his chest from the second he saw her.

Oh, she was everything he admired. A brave soul who still had a soft heart, that was loyal, courageous, honorable! And so beautiful in her own unique way. Zatz suddenly snapped out of his thoughts, lingering in the shadows on the high ground well above the journeying group who slowly made their way back to the great Kingdom of Teca. What was he thinking. He couldn't do this. Not when the times were so tense, he could practically see the strain this journey brought to them; one packed full of treacherous dangers and fights with dark gods willing to simply kill them every second they had the chance.