The night was clear as Kida led us to another part of the city.
"You know, Kida, the most we ever hoped to find was some crumbling buildings. Maybe some broken pottery." said Milo as he caught one of the fireflies fluttering around. "Instead, we find a living, thriving society. Heh heh. These guys are kinda cute when they're not, you know...formed into a fiery column of death."
"We're not thriving." said Kida. "True, our people live...but our culture is dying. We are like a stone the ocean beats against. With each passing year, a little more of us is worn away."
"Is there something we can do?" asked Sherman.
"I brought you here because I need your help." said Kida. "There is a mural here with writing all around the pictures."
"Well, let's take a look-see, shall we?" I said, turning my attention to a fallen pillar.
Milo did the same as he said, "OK, let me see. Let's start with this column right here. Uh, well, this, uh..."
"Oh, oh my." I said, trying to keep Sherman and Penny from what was happening right now.
Milo, on the other hand, couldn't take his eyes off of Kida as she removed her skirt. "Kida? Uh, heh, what are you doin'?"
"You do know how to swim, right?" she asked.
"Oh, I swim pretty girl." stuttered Milo. "Pr-pretty good! Pretty good. Sw... Good, swim good. I swim pretty good."
"Good." said Kida. "Because it's a fair distance to where we're going."
"Hey, you are talkin' to the belly flop champ at Camp Runamuck." said Milo, who then turned to me. "Hey, Mr. Peabody. You comin'?"
"No, no, you go on ahead." I said. "We'll just stay here and look over what we have so far."
Milo turned to Kida. "Well, let's go."
He then dove into the water, but then rose up.
"Why don't you lead the way," he said to Kida. "Because I have no idea where we're going."
So she did.
Kida and Milo swam further and further through more ruins of the city when they reached an air pocket.
"Are you all right?" asked Kida.
"Well, I didn't drown, so..." Milo began before Kida said. "Good. Follow me!"
They swam back down and spotted one of the murals with a depiction of a star. Milo looked through it and pointed up to the surface where he and Kida could talk.
"This is amazing! A complete history of Atlantis!" he said. "It's just like Plato described. Well, he was off on a few details, but..."
"The light I saw." interrupted Kida. "The star in the middle of the city. What does the writing say about that?"
"I don't know yet." replied Milo. "But we're gonna find out Come on."
They dove further where they another mural, which told the entire history of Atlantis and how the Atlanteans wore the crystals around their necks.
Milo pointed up to the surface again so he could describe what he had seen.
"The Heart of Atlantis!"
"What?"
"It's the Heart of Atlantis! That's what the Shepherd w-was talking about. It wasn't a star, it was...it was some kind of crystal...uh, like these!" said Milo as he held up Kida's crystal. "Don't you get it? The power source I've been looking for...the bright light you remember...they're the same thing!-
"How can that be?" asked Kida.
It 's what's keeping all these things...you, all of Atlantis alive." explained Milo.
"Then, where is it now?"
"I don't know, I don't know. You'd think something this important would have been in the Journal, but...unless...the missing page."