The End

Amanda opened her eyes to find David cradling her head. They were in the room. The one with the stone tablet. David was crying.

"What happened Love?" She reached to touch his cheek "I blacked out there for a bit"

Was it her imagination or were the shadows in the room facing the wrong way.

David reaches down and brushes her forehead. Slowly kissing it before standing up with her in his arms. She felt so weak, strange.

"Don't worry, you're safe now."

They head toward the entrance of the cave.

"But David, we have to find the tomb, Arkala's tomb."

"The tomb is a lie, or rather it's not a lie but the reward doesn't exist. Trust me...its not worth the torture." David goes silent. He seems to have aged years since she blacked out, not physically, but still, he aged.

"What...happened? What happened there David?"

David looked at her, looked back at the cave entrance as they crossed outside and said "A good man died so that we could live"

That was all he ever told her, she looked back and as they walked away she swore she saw a shadow and a flame standing side by side.