Gathering themselves together, the team pushed on through the jungle. The damage from the earthquake extended beyond their immediate area, and it was apparent that it had covered a wider scope. There were jagged gaps in the earth, pushed up soil and toppled trees along the way. The jungle had been difficult to traverse before, but now they often found themselves scrabbling up freshly formed hills and skirting around crevices that seemed to drop into nowhere.<br/><br/>Over the course of the next two hours, they felt the earth jitter under their feet several times, every time bracing themselves for another onslaught but the tremors subsided before escalating into anything dangerous.<br/><br/>"I need to take a break," Dr. Wilson said, slumping into a sitting position against a tree. "I'm beat."<br/><br/>JD had walked on ahead a few feet, but turned and came back with a tight smile on his face. "That's okay, because I think we're there, wherever there is," he said, gesturing over his shoulder.<br/><br/>Going to take a look, you'll see that the team had stopped on the rise of a small hill affording a clear view of a valley below. Nestled in the dense trees was a stone ziggurat that looked ancient. At the top of it gleamed an intense, red light that pulsed softly.<br/><br/>