Inside the hospital of the Otomí palace, there was a large white room with an enormous number of petates spread across the floor. All of them were occupied by people wounded by the beasts that had been attacking. Healers and priests were tending to those they could.
“At the back, there is a private room. Enter there,” one of the guards said in Nahuatl, and Tul translated it for the goddesses. They agreed.
When they entered, they saw the goddess Cuerauáperi dressed only in a white robe. The goddess looked pale and was hugging her legs while sitting on her petate. She had chills and was babbling unintelligible words. Tláloc and Xipe Tótec were beside her, trying to make her come to her senses.
When the goddesses entered, the defiant looks from both gods could not be avoided, but the women preferred to ignore them.
“What have you come here for?” Xipe Tótec asked angrily when he saw Epona kneel to look at the sick goddess.
“So… did I look like this too, Ana?” Epona asked as she tried to comfort the deity.
Cuerauáperi shouted a few words, but they could not understand what she was saying.
Epona then embraced her.
“You’ll be all right, I promise,” she told her. That calmed the sick goddess, and she stopped trembling.
“I’ll go with you, Menrva,” Epona said. “Would that bother you?”
“Not at all, Epona,” the Etruscan goddess replied.
Then the Etruscan goddess invoked her totema assimilated with Bellona. Once again, she wore her golden attire as a Roman general.
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Tláloc and Xipe Tótec were frightened when they felt the gigantic power of the Etruscan goddess. Even Cuerauáperi herself looked afraid.
“You do not need to fear. You will be well soon,” the Etruscan goddess said, offering her hand.
Cuerauáperi hesitated a little, but accepted it.
Epona then took something from her clothes and gave it to Tul.
“I’m sure this will help you while I’m gone,” she said.
Tul accepted it and put it away.
At that moment, Menrva disappeared from the city of Xaltocan together with Epona, who was embracing Cuerauáperi. They had teleported away to go to the city of Chaco.
“Menrva’s power is impressive,” Tania said somewhat melancholically.
“Don’t tell me you’re jealous, Tania,” the Irish goddess asked mischievously.
“Ch’úupal, you’re super strong anyway,” the rabbit goddess said with a smile.
“Ch’úupal?” Tláloc asked. “Are you from Mayapán?”
“Yes, I am. Got a problem with that?” Tul asked defiantly.
“No. I was merely surprised that a Maya deity would be traveling with foreign gods,” Tláloc replied.
Tania then hugged Tul.
“Yes. Now she is part of our group,” the Punic goddess replied. “Why should it matter where she, or any of us, were born?”
“No, you are right. Forgive me,” Tláloc replied, embarrassed.
Ana, Tania, and Tul were about to leave when Tláloc stopped them.
“Would you… like to help us recover Tollan?” the blue Toltec god asked timidly.
Xipe Tótec looked at his companion in surprise, while Tania felt chills at that moment.
“I know it must be difficult to lose your home and your way of life,” the Punic goddess replied. “But I would never team up with someone whose stench of human sacrifices can be smelled from miles away.”
However, Ana remained standing. When Tania noticed, she told her that they had to return to their friends.
“Well, Tania, if we’re going to invade Tula anyway, why not do it with them?” the Irish goddess asked.
Tul and Tania turned to look at the Irish goddess in surprise.
“The enemy of my enemy is my friend,” the dark-haired goddess said.
“It’s not like I like them either, but they could be a big help getting into Tula,” Ana continued explaining.
Tania fell silent and could see that Tul also disliked that idea quite a lot. Ana blushed and tried to look away.
Tláloc, however, remained silent, waiting for them to accept the deal.
“Let us wait for Menrva to return so we can discuss it,” Tania said.
Then the three goddesses left the Toltec gods in the small room.