XIII looked at the gathering of people, then into the darkness that surrounded the structure<span style="font-style: italic">Damn, whatever happened here must have been </span>big, he thought to himself. He looked at one of the crumbling walls and saw a shadow of a person burnt into it. He shuddered.<span style="font-style: italic">That would be a terrible way to die.</span>As he was examining the symbols etched into the stone floor, the ground started to shake violently. He looked up at the group of people on the top and realized what was happing.<br/><br/>"Oh, sh-" was all that left his mouth before the ground beneath him gave way. The torch in his hand flared brightly before he dropped it. He only fell for less than a second before he hit the ground, but that was not where he stopped. Whatever he landed on was slanted heavily, and he began to roll down into the structure.<br/><br/>After what seemed like forever, XIII came to a stop, and when he did, pain flared out from his right side. His mouth opened and closed in a silent scream for a few minutes before he caught his breath. He brought his hand down to his side, and he cut his finger on something sharp. He cursed to himself and felt along the flat part of the sharp object. It felt like it was made out of the stone. XIII frowned in confusion when he felt a handle. He fell onto a knife?<br/><br/>A part of him wanted to take the knife out, but he new better than to do that. Even though it just glanced through him, It could be close to something big. He sighed and looked around. He found his torch, its flame had died out and the end was now slightly glowing red. He picked it up, and bit down on it.<span style="font-style: italic">This is going to hurt.</span><br/><br/>Taking a deep breath, XIII grabbed onto the handle of the knife and sent heat into it. The blade started to heat up, and after a few painful minutes, the wound was cauterized. After that was done, XIII took the torch out of his mouth, stood up slowly and looked around the room. He saw fire in the distance.<span style="font-style: italic">Maybe that's where everyone is.</span>He took a few deep breaths, lit his torch again, and set out towards the flames.