Chapter Nine

The Oracle stood in the garden. he was losing his strength. He could see Tibor opening a portal to Earth. He saw Yan Lin watching him, waiting eagerly to go back to Earth.

She might be the only thing Tibor has to guide him to Earth, the Oracle thought. He remembered when he first met Tibor.

He had lost everything, he remembered, His home. His wife. His daughter. Everything that had meaning to him was gone. I decided to help him when no one else would. He's been with me ever since.A tear formed in the Oracles eye. I didn't tell him, out of fear that he might try to go find her. But now it's too late for me to...to...to...

He felt himself letting go. His life force wouldn't last much longer. "Your daughter," the Oracle whispered, "is alive." He started to feel faint. "She's on Earth. She will be an enemy to the Guardians and the Keepers. Her name is..."

He fell to the floor. His was almost gone, and the portal was almost open. He looked at the ceiling of the garden. Everything in the room seemed to be listening to him. Waiting for a name. He gave the name. Then the portal opened. The Oracle was no more.