The voyage back was similar, dreams and a fuzzy awareness of stars flitting through my mind, with no ability to control thoughts. Brilliant light once again assaulted my eyes as I came out, sun glinting harshly on ice, and my body winced in confusion. From night to day to night and back to day, all in a couple of hours.
“Sigrune!” Pariah stood a few feet away, a radio to her lips.
A helicopter rested on a flat patch of ice behind her. That damn crevasse wasn’t far away. The camp had been packed up, but a few soldiers remained, weapons at the ready as they faced the drop-off.
“It hasn’t erupted?” I looked warily toward Mount Rainier’s summit, the peak still covered in snow and glaciers.
“Not yet. What happened down there?” Her surprise turned to a scowl. “And why did you go down without
