The runners are hired by a member of the Neo-Anarchist Black Star, Rose Red to free key ABS members of being held in an Amazonian prison. Since a failed attack on Aztechnology, what's left of Black Star has turned into a terrorist group. She hopes that freeing them will restore Black Star to the revolutionaries they once were. Their flown in the Mild High by her pilot, Ozzie, to the capital of Aztlan's capital of Tenochtitlan to meet with a contact, El Mano Rojo. He agrees to tell them where to find her comrades if they can recover supplies from a downed Aztlaner military convoy in the Yucatan.
On their way out, they catch sight of a public execution in the main square. Cat-Sith, says, "Oh, that ain't happenin'" and charges up the temple steps. Against all odds (ALL odds) he manages to leap over the Leopard Guard and reach the prisoner who's lifted up by Vola in dracoform while the others lay covering fire. The executioners, Aztlaner Blood Priests, summon a Blood Spirit to stop them. Just when they think they are away, the spirit engulfs the prisoner in Vola's talons and explodes him from the inside, laughing to itself after. The Mild High launches an EMP blast, cutting off the power for just a moment long enough to lift them off. They are soon after shot down into the Gulf. The Mild High is able to stay submerged until they feel safe. They reach out to Mano Rojo, who was so impressed with their suicide stunt that he gives them the location of the prisoners anyway.