The next time I opened my eyes, I muttered a curse as soon as I felt the air on my skin. Where am I? In hell, already? Why is it so damn hot in this place?!
"You're awake."
Diego's voice came behind me. I jerked away after realizing I was on his shoulder, dangling like a sack of rice. I looked up, my back curving upward. My eyes could see nothing but smoke rising to the sky.
At a far distance, I could see a volcano erupting… wait, why is that bulk of flaming mountain moving? Te Ka, is that you?
"Where are we?"
My body was hurled to the ground. I groaned after hitting a solid surface. Thank God, it wasn't magma. I suddenly remembered my first day of training.
"Inside an Infernal Vortex," Diego answered.