"Then respect us and I will respect you" she said and cross her arms to her chest like she is challenging him.
"Nah I'm a demon how can I respect you? " then the elf laugh while holding his tummy but Veena chuckled too.
"As you said I'm a demon too so respect is not included in my dictionary" she said while smirking and the elf jump around while shouting. Scorch just look at the two without saying anything,  a few seconds later the ground started to shake then the ground started to crack and the elf disappeared but they can still hear his laughs. Veena tries to fly with her wings but it didn't work, she also tried using her powers but nothing happened and she guess that this place is power proof.
"Scorch I can't use my powers into this place, we need to get out of here or else something bad is going to happen to us" she said as she look at the trees that are falling beneath the ground while Scorch look at below the crack and he gulp as he saw the magma that is burning the trees that are falling.
"How can we get out of here Veena?!" Scorch yelled because the ground cracks between their space and Veena is on the other side, right now there are no trees or any plants like before. All they can see are rocks and magma beneath those rocks, it actually looks like they are inside a Volcano because their surrounding turns dark too.
"Did you saw the elf?! " Veena yelled too
"I saw him disappeared before the ground cracked!" he said while he tried to balance himself and then be jump into another rock then he look at the rock where he stand before, it disappeared, he guessed that every rocks that they are standing will be the same. He looked around to see if there's any safe place and he finally saw one and Veena is close to it.
"Veena jump on that rock until you reach that opening!" he said then Veena nodded and do what he said.
He is quite far from the opening but still, he jumped to the nearest rock to another. Veena finally reach the opening and she looked at Scorch, she saw him struggling from jumping because the rocks are far from each other and there are some rocks that are falling from above. When he is finally one rock far from Veena she saw a big rock that is going to fall from above and it is going to fall down to Scorch so she tried to warn him.
"Scorch watch out! " she shouted at him but it is too late  the rock fell and luckily Scorch jump but the distance is still far lucky for him Veena grab him by the wrist.
"Hold on tight" she said then she pulled him up, they both pant as they watch the place fall down into pieces. They entered the opening and there they saw the elf who is happily eating foods then the elf notice them.
"Oh hello" the elf said and continue eating his foods, the place is different from the place they went before because this place have a fountain with lava flowing through it, many tiny volcanoes and flowers that looks like a rock, Veena just rolled her eyes while Scorch just look around and can't help but feel amaze about the place.
"We almost die and the only thing you are going to say is 'hello'" she said sarcastically but the elf just laughed and laughed.
"It's part of our lives, we are in between life and death, don't worry you're going to experience it in other places either Earth or here even in Heaven and Hell" the elf said and continued eating.
"Can you tell us what is your name?and what is this place called?"Scorch said
"My name is Trek and this place don't have a name but some of the creatures called it The Core Of Hell" then the elf or Trek laughed and the ground started to shake once more and a few moments later Trek disappeared again, Veena and Scorch look at each other with widen eyes.
"Not again" she said and the place started to fall down again, they run and jump into one rock to another but this time it is like the place have a tsunami, a tsunami of lava that is following them and right now the only opening that they can see is the whole from above, the problem is both of them can't fly. They are powerless this time and then Veena saw Trek peek his head from the hole from above but he just laughed at them and that makes Veena's blood boiled because of anger. She swear that she's going to punish that elf, well she's the demon of death she can do whatever that can includes death.
Veena is a hard headed demon and she knew Trek because of the creatures she met before, those creatures said that Trek doesn't care if a creature die in front of him, he cares about nobody even if it is his own kind and at the end of the day he is still a demon inside and out but Veena knows that he is only doing his work. As a guardian they need to protect the place and make sure that nobody enters their place or if someone already enter they need to make sure that they will never come back again and she is sure that Trek is doing that right now.
Their life is harder than you think, the guardians are just the creatures that are hiding from the council but unfortunately the council found them and put them to the unknown places as a punishment. They don't want it but they don't have a choice, as the time passed by they grew to like it, the punishment where they are like the Kings and Queend of their own kingdom and yes they treat the unknown places as their palace.
"Scorch give me your hand! "Veena said while they are running and without any questions Scorch did what she said, right now Veena can't think of anything but she wants the both of them to survive. She knew that she can die too, she closed her eyes and think of anything but nothing just emptiness then she tried to calm down, she breath hard until she didn't feel the ground beneath her feet.
"Woah Veena you are flying! " Scorch shouted while holding Veena's hand, she open her eyes and saw that they are flying, she went to the direction of the hole and went out of there. When they are finally out, she set him down to the ground and they saw that the place they went before it disappeared with Trek laughing.
"One of you is going to die! " Trek said while shouting but they didn't see him anymore and the place disappeared, right now they only see plants like before.
"What did he mean by that? " Scorch said while they are dusting off their clothes.
"I don't know but let's keep on going before he appears again" Veena said and started to walk, he look at the place again then follow right behind her.
They still have some unanswered questions in their mind, why do he keep on saying that someone is dying?  And if someone is dying Veena should know it first because she is the demon of death maybe they are just playing tricks with them or just trying to fooled them. All of the creatures didn't want to play with death and Veena, she is catching the souls from different dimensions that's why she should know who will die first but right now everything is confusing them. Scorch only thought that he got a problem but now his problem involves Veena. Walking into a place that is full of plants, fresh air and water is very calming but walking with many questions in their heads bother them.
"Stop thinking of those words that Trek have said, think about the human that you are guarding on Earth and pray for her safety, we don't know when you can go back to Earth" Veena said but she is just looking into their path.
"Thank you for saying that and maybe I should stop thinking about those words that he said, I should be positive that I can go back on Earth with a whole body so I will finally continue my job protecting Elena" Scorch said while smiling and Veena does the same, it is the first time that she tried to comfort someone and it feels good in her point of view but she knows that it is going to be the last.
"Elena is her name? " she ask and look at him but he just nod his head.
"Beautiful name for a human" she said again and look at their path again.
From afar Trek is staring at them but didn't do anything and a disappointed look was painted across his face while sitting in a branch of a tall tree.
"I am maybe a demon but I have a heart too and all I can do is hope for the best for the two of you, may the spirits of all creatures guide you my dear demon and angel" after he said those words he disappeared from the tree and the place was covered with a smoky haze but the two creatures continue to walk without noticing that they are entering a portal, a portal that leads to the lake of the unknown death.