95 Hell Built Upon Heaven

"Are you sure we're heading the right way?" said Reed as he cautiously inspected his dimly-lit surroundings. "…Needless to say, this is not what I'd expected. I thought they'd be kept in a hidden safe-house, or tightly guarded secret manor. Something relatively normal, for heaven's sake…"

A man-made hell — there was no better way to describe it.

"Surely you jest, Ka'an. Has anything we've been through ever been normal? Do you really think that the word 'normal' can even apply to us?"

The hidden tunnel system they'd been traversing through was supposedly connected to Xibalba itself. It'd been a secret escape route that a couple of high-ranking officials had created just in case of an emergency.

Unfortunately for them, it'd been discovered before they'd ever get the opportunity to even use it. Ironically, the escape route ended up damning them.