Max POV
"Max, how much longer 'til we get to… what's it called?" Nudge asked.
"Dead Man's Cave?" I suggested. She nodded. "Thirty minutes?" I guessed.
She shrugged. We've been flying for… what was it, 4 hours? We hadn't eaten since breakfast, and I promised the flock we'd eat as soon as we finished whatever the Voice wanted me to do. I knew the younger ones were starving.
Veritas POV
"This place brings back so many memories," Jake stated. I nodded in agreement.
"Let's explore!" Danielle exclaimed and she and Adrian ran off.
"Hey! Wait up!" I yelled and ran off to catch up with them along with Jake.
"Whoa," Jake said. That was a massive understatement. All around us were crystals, which reflected our bodies and faces from the single light beam from a hole in the ceiling. Straight across to the back wall was a waterfall/fountain thing that pooled and flowed into another tunnel.
"This place is so cool!" Danielle squealed.
"I'm thirsty. Can I get a drink from the fountain?" Adrian asked.
"Why not?" I said. He then sprinted over to the waterfall, stuck in his right hand, and completely froze where he was.
"What's wrong?" Jake asked.
"Something on my hand is glowing," he answered. Jake and I exchanged puzzled looks then went to see what it was.
He was right; something on his hand wasglowing. It was a shape. It looked like two lighting bolts crossing over each other. The lighting bolts were imprinted on his right hand.
"That's strange, but just for our own amusement…" I grabbed Jake's right hand quickly so he couldn't pull back, and stuck it in the water.
"Hey!" he yelled. His hand started to glow too. It also had a shape on it. It was something related to a watch with a curved wrist strap.
"Danielle, you should try too," I said, but before I started her hand was already in. A little too anxious, don't you think? Not surprisingly, her hand did the same thing, but had a different shape. It was a seven-pointed star with a darker circle in the middle.
"Way cool!" she said, staring in her own amazement.
"Your turn," Jake said obviously.
I stuck my right hand in but nothing happened, no glow just a regular hand.
"Try your other hand," Adrian stated.
I put in my other hand; there's the glow. It was an arrow that sorta corkscrewed once. Why did my left hand have the shape thingie on it, and the rest on their right hands? So many questions, so little time.
"Maybe your special for some reason, X," she said. There's that nickname. Wait, how did she know what I was thinking?
"Dani, how did you know what I was thinking?" I asked with confusion.
"Didn't you say that out loud?" she questioned. I shook my head.
"I can read minds!" she stated, already coming to senses of her new skill.
Great. This'll be interesting.
