...The Sacrifice...
Dylan payed the father for his services. He gave him a lot of money, which made the man very happy.
Sarra and Laila realized that they should say goodbye to the kids. That was the end of their journey with them.
Sarra held Mateo and kissed him on his chubby cheek:
- You are such a good boy.
While Laila patted Gabrielle's head:
- Thank you, Gabrielle, for helping us. I don't know what we were going to do without you and your father.
- I'm glad that I helped you. I can show you even more. My father knows everything in the city.
- It's okay, what you showed us is enough. I think this is the time for you to go back to your house.
Gabrielle's face turned sad:
- Can't we stay with you a little bit more?
- The place may be dangerous for you and your brother, it is better if you leave. I don't want you to get any harm.
Gabrielle's eyes became full of tears, she didn't want to leave them, especially Annie, her new friend.
Annie was also upset that she must say goodbye to her friend. She hugged her:
- I promise, I will come to visit you.
- Really?
- Yeah, you are my friend.
Then she gave her, her golden earrings:
- Take them so you will never forget about me.
Gabrielle, on her turn, gave Annie her bracelet.
- This bracelet is not that expensive but it is very dear to my heart.
After exchanging gifts and saying goodbye, the man held his children's hands and headed out of the temple. While they were at the entrance, suddenly, the earth started shaking.
- BE CAREFUL, IT IS AN EARTHQUAKE!
The man carried Mateo and headed back to the cave. As for Gabrielle, she was too shocked that she couldn't move away.
- GABRIELLE!
Rocks started falling because of the earthquake. without hesitation, Aaron used his light speed and took her away before a big rock crush her. Both of them were out of the cave while the others were trapped inside because some big rocks blocked the entrance.
Gabrielle found herself, out of sudden, flying. She was looking around, non believing what was going on.
- Are you okay?
- W...WE ARE FLYING!
Gabrielle looked at Aaron while her eyes were widely open.
- ARE YOU A MONSTER?
Aaron was kind of worried that she will be scared of him after knowing his truth. She is a little girl after all.
" She will run away. "
He went back to the ground and put her down:
- Yeah...I'm a monster.
Unexpectedly, Gabrielle became very happy:
- REALLY? YOU ARE A MONSTER LIKE THE ONE IN THE STORY?
- Yeah...
- HOW AWESOME!
- You are not scared?
- No, why would I be? Mister is a very kind person.
At that moment, Aaron felt relieved.
- You are a very smart girl....come on, let's check the others.
Aaron flew back to the cave entrance, and then he heard Dylan's voice.
- AARON WHERE ARE YOU? AARON...
- I'm fine what about you? Is everyone okay?
- Yeah, we are okay. Can you remove those rocks?
- Alright, step back
When Aaron put his hands to remove the rocks, he felt something strange. It was like his power doesn't work on them.
He managed to remove the small ones, but he couldn't deal with the big one that was blocking the entrance.
- Dylan, the rocks in this place are not normal. I couldn't use my power on them.
There was a small space between the rocks that made Dylan could see Aaron.
- Sarra also couldn't use her magic to remove them. I'm sure now that this is the place that contains the last clue.
- What should we do?
- Take care of Gabrielle, we will try to find the clue, maybe then, we can manage to get out of this cave...
- Alright...
Dylan went back to Laila and Sarra. He took out his notebook from his bag and started looking around.
- Come on, we must find the clue.
- What about that man and his child.
- We don't have another choice. We must hurry up and find the clue while he is standing there talking to his daughter.
- What should we look for?
- The eye that will let the sunlight get through to the cave...
They started checking the walls carefully, but they couldn't find anything.
- We are under the temple, right?
- Yeah...
Dylan looked at the ceiling
- Sarra, can you light the ceiling?
- Alright.
When Sarra used her magic and lit the cave, Dylan smiled:
- I found it...