I was standing on top of an enormous Aztec pyramid. It must have been twenty stories high and its base was massive. A wide row of steps cut through the tiers like an arrow shooting straight for me. Looking down that long stairway left me feeling a little dizzy. As if one wrong step would leave me tumbling forever. I blinked and the feeling was gone.
The doorway of a dark temple arched above me while the temple itself stretched out behind me to cover the pyramid's tip. From my vantage point, I could see a broad avenue at the foot of the monument; it spanned to the right and led to a smaller pyramid. To the left, the street reached out to an enclosure with yet another little pyramid; guarded by a circle of buildings. In the flickering light of torches, bright colors were revealed; painted o
