It seemed that a small part of the army left to try and seal the cave itself. Despite the many strengths me and my friends have. That amount of people was more than enough to handle us. I took a quick peak at my friends. It seemed they were planning a way out. How many they could take out. One final show or worse. A plan to get me out. I took a deep breath and analyzed what I could do. Yet I couldn't think straight from the shouting. It kept hurting my ears. I tried my best to think. Until "We can imprison that giant for you" Quetzal said. His friends looked at him with worry. He added, "We could build a structure that would secure that beast as quick as throwing ropes over it". They looked at each other with a puzzled look. But Quetzal kept on talking and said "If we were to die to it, there would be lesser casualties on your side and for us? A better ending than dying to you". The enemy looked worried and looked to each other. It seemed the best option. They wouldn't have to seal the cave and block out the river. They wouldn't have to kill them. They wouldn't even have to abandon the homes they built. It seemed too good to be true. So they pushed Quetzal and the others towards the beast. They used a hidden staircase. It seemed that if this place was ever attacked, the army could only hurl arrows or objects down there. But because of the terrain, they couldn't roll any boulders into that village nor could they carry any objects heavier than arrows. It seemed ingenious. As we walked past the houses and farmlands in the cave. We reached the giant man. He's screams were loud and deep. It seemed like we were facing a demon! With all my courage, I walked closer to the giant. I looked back at my friends and the enemy and said with a straight face. "I have magic, I can cast this giant to sleep. Yet if the slightest mistake was made, it would awoken once more and reek havoc much more ferociously. So, only me and my friends can work on this. You may stay back as we go to work". The enemies happily obliged. They knew that we would not run deeper into the cave system as we may get lost in it and die of starvation. They knew that if they themselves were to fail. Their other comrades would have been given enough time to seal off the cave.  So Quetzal and his friends went to work. He told his friends to look busy and build random things, hammer stuff, anything. All to just distract the enemy. While Quetzal would walk into the giant's ear and "chant the magic". As Quetzal reached the giant it looked right at him. His eyes was staring right at the giant. Even from earlier, Quetzal had this weird feeling. A feeling that he knew felt off given the situation. And for the oddest reason the giant showed that it too had that same feeling. Despite it's situation, it seemed to calm down a little. Quetzal walked right to the ear of the giant and whispered. He told it his plan. He told him that he knows the situation it's in. "I'm here to help, I'm a friend" said Quetzal. He tells that there is a whole army at the entrance of the cave. Despite Quetzal not knowing this fact as there are more outside. In the situation he's in, what choice did he have but to lie. He said that they are building a seal on this cave and that the entrance would be blocked out. He then mentions that he can help the giant and together they can both escape. He figured that it would recede into the cave as that was where it was spotted. But if it chose to stay then he knew that if the army were to focus on that giant then he and his friends could escape. Either way, both were good distractions. So he finally asked the giant to be calm and pretend to sleep. He and his friends will release the giant without the army noticing a thing. So the giant listened and did not move. It seemed as if it were dead. Quetzal looked back at the army and they stayed at their place. Though some began circling around them just in case. As Quetzal went to his friends, he saw that Coyotl was bashing a wooden plank with no nails. And Cītlalli whacking a wooden plank to a hammer. He then called his friends and told them a bunch of random stuff on the supposed plan. As he said this, he glanced at the giant and back at his friends quickly. Despite the use of his glance alone would not be enough for anyone else even his fellow villagers. It was more than enough for his friends even with the tense situation. They knew his plan. Cītlalli nodded in disagreement while Coyotl seemed all for it. If it were to fail he believed he could take it on. They then said that the plan coming out of his mouth was a great plan. Cītlalli then gave the most sarcastic tone that the enemies even started to laugh. Coyotl gave in and laughed. And the giant even gave a smile which no one noticed, thankfully. Quetzal on the other hand gave a painful smile and a whimper. They then got to work. They placed the planks and stone attached to one another in a way that it would fall on the giant and trap it quickly. The enemies were impressed and even complemented them which confused Quetzal and Coyotl. While Quetzal and Coyotl worked on this, Cītlalli used her sneaking skills to cut each of the rope without the guards noticing. Each a quick slash from the nail she carried. Not a single one of them were the wiser as me and Coyotl distracted them. We dropped rocks accidentally, bashed objects loudly and randomly. The enemies started to believe we weren't skilled builders. Rude but fair. We had to do this so much as there were millions of ropes on the giant. Enough to cover a whole building. Thankfully, Cītlalli was able to make quick work of a lot of it by sneaking her knife out from time to time. She slashed ropes as quick as a flash of lightning. And when she reached for the other side. Some of the guards began to take notice and charged at her. She disappeared into thin air and went right behind them. She took out two guards at their backs but the others started to pile at her. Coyotl ran right for the army with a rope and threw a rope at her. She then circled the guards once more. Coyotl then grabbed both ends of the rope and pulled as tightly as he could. Incapacitating those guards but more started to swarm at them. I turned our structure at those guards and released the mechanism. It fell right between them and the army. A full fortress was formed. A wall high enough that scaling cannot be done. I then went around and through the door which I broke behind me with a simple kick to the stopper. However, due to the flimsy material, a dedicated warrior can bust through the walls. Such a plan was supposed to buy us enough time as the giant could've handled them while we hid. But there were still so much ropes on that giant. Plenty enough to hold two armies in place. The giant himself was tired from struggling for so long. I looked towards my friends, Cītlalli and Coyotl. They had this biggest frown on them. Before I can speak and apologize, they grabbed me. Hugged me tight. They said that even if I weren't here, they would've done the same thing. Such a wail was worrying, it sounded as if a whole village was being attacked in the cave. Coyotl then said "Thank you for trusting us" in the most sincere way. We hugged each other as tight as we could. Then we heard a loud rumble. A loud snap. Then we heard screaming. A deep grumble. Objects were flying everywhere. Houses, bricks, men. Slashes were heard by it's sheer speed alone. Then total silence. Me and my friends stood silent for so long. It became deafening. Then darkness started to envelop the whole structure. Covering us whole. And what we saw when we looked up. We expected nothing but a large smiling face with teeth as sharp as its own stare. Smiling down at us. We stood there in silence at it. Unsure of what is to happen.

It grabbed the walled mechanism with it's one hand and places it gently at it's side. Freeing me and my friends. The giant then thanked us for freeing it in it's language and left. Retreating deeper into the cave. Each of it's steps were enough to Jake the ground itself. We were simply dumbfounded by all of this. That giant could've eaten them or worse. But it chose to save us. Even so, it struggled for so long it must've been wormed out. Despite the many ropes, it broke through all of it as if it was nothing. We looked at each other. Unsure of what to make of this. I tried to brake the silence and think of a plan. A plan to escape. We stayed there for hours, preparing if there is an army outside. If there is a seal on the cave entrance. We chatted on and on. Until we heard a rumble. The ground was shaking once more. And when we looked where the hint retreated too, we saw it there. It was looming over us. Smiling. It had a weapon much like Cītlalli's main. A staff but instead of a tiny blade at the end, it was a long thick blade. Shining right at us. It had a curved triangle shape. It seemed that it can be used for harvesting. It then speaks "I forgot my weapon. Let's get out of here".