"Ouch!"
"Sorry!"
"I think you broke it!"
"I said I was sorry!"
"Will you two shut up!" Ben hissed.
Syndey and Riley blushed, and continued walking. It was a little after midnight, and the group decided to start searching for clues. Using flashlights, they climbed through the ruins.
"How's your foot?" Riley asked, sometime later, as they started walking through a ruin temple.
Syndey wiggled her foot, "It's okay, I guess." she said.
Abigail and Ben wre shining their flashlights along the walls of the temple. In the walls were engravings, that told the stories and legends written by the Greeks.
"What does it say?" Abigail asked, as she walked around in a full circle.
"I don't know," Ben answered, looking as well.
Turning to Riley and Sydney, who were sitting pretty close to each other, he watched. Riley had his hand on Sydney's face, his thumb brushing across her cheek. He was asking her about her foot, that he'd stepped on earlier.
"Are you sure it's not broken?" he asked, as she nodded.
"I'm sure. Just watch where you put your big feet," Syndey said, with a laugh.
Ben cleared his throat, making them both jump. Riley quickly put his hand down, and Ben sighed.
"Are you two gonna help us find any clues? Or just sit there?" he aksed, shining the flashlight in their faces.
Riley stood and pulled Sydney up with him, and they started looking around. After a full hour of nothing, Sydney began to wonder why the map led them to the island in the first place. As she was looking at one of the engravings on the wall, Riley gasped. Turning her head, Sydney walked over to his side.
"What's wrong?" she asked, looking at him.
Riley pointed to the wall, then to her neck. Sydney frowned and leaned in, looking at what Riley was staring at. With shock, Sydney gasped as well. There on the wall, carved in all those years ago, was the pendent.
"Ben! Abby!" Syndey called, waving her hand to them.
Ben and Abigail rushed over, holding their flashlights up.
"What is it? What'd you find?" Abigail asked, as both Sydney and Riley looked at them.
"This," Sydney said, shining her own light onto the wall.
Ben and Abigail both leaned in and looked at the engraving on the wall, and Ben nodded.
"Now it makes sense," he said, making the other three look at him.
"It's the symbol of Apollo," he said, and Sydney frowned.
"Symbol of Apollo? I've never heard of this and I studied Greek history," she said, shaking her head.
"I guess you're not so smart after all," Riley said, with a laugh.
Sydney glared at him, and he quickly stopped. Then Sydney looked back at Ben.
"Continue," she said.
Ben nodded, "Thank you. Now, if I'm correct, the symbol of Apollo was used in a form of respect for the god. It was put all around his temple of worship, and worn by those who looked up to him. There's a legend that Apollo had a signature symbol that he used as a code," he said.
"A code for what? That someone in the next hundred years or so, would be chased down on the sidewalk?" Riley asked.
"No, for a hidden treasure," Ben corrected, and Riley groaned.
"Another treasure, right. How stupid of Riley to forget," Riley mumbled, making Sydney giggle.
"The legend also says that Apollo had a treasure, that he wanted to hide from the other gods. It was clear that the others wanted this treasure, so he hid it, using the symbol to throw them off," he said.
Abigail nodded, "Okay, but where would he hide it? In the temple?" she asked, confused.
Ben thought for a moment, "Maybe, unless it went somewhere else," he said.
Riley shook his head, "What makes you think that Apollo even exsisted?" he asked, and Sydney quickly covered his mouth.
This startled not only Riley, but Ben and Abigail as well.
"Riley! Don't diss the gods! They could come out and curse you forever!" she said, in a very serious- yet scared- tone.
Ben and Abigail couldn't help but snigger, and Riley rolled his eyes. Pulling her hand off his mouth, he shook his head.
"I think you're, and you-Ben-, are crazy. Now, can we please go back towards camp? I'm tired," Riley asked.
Moving out of the temple, they made there way down the path to camp and into their tents. Tomorrow, they would have to look around some more.