Pandora was visible but not fully solid, as Elisa could see the faint outlines of the stones of the wall behind her. Instead, she seemed to almost glow with a golden light, made only brighter by the added darkness of the night from the thick storm cloud cover.

Pandora blinked in surprise, looked at her own hands and turned to smile at Elisa. Everyone else in the courtyard backed away a step or two in surprise.

"It's over," Pandora said, her smile radiant. She moved to the now sealed box and placed a hand on the top. "It's finally over." She looked up and around at those who were staring at her in disbelief. "Thank you. All of you."

"Hey, no problem," Puck called out, then shrugged at everyone's glare. "I know, I know. 'Fix the castle, Puck'," he said in a falsetto version of Fox then heaved a world weary sigh. He waved a hand and the pieces of the castle that had fallen or been broken began to reassemble in the walls until it appeared that nothing had ever happened.

Nayeli moved forward and knelt beside the ghostly figure. "What happens now?" she asked.

"Now," Elisa said, her voice heavy with fatigue, "We find a safe place to hide the box. Somewhere no one will ever find it again."

"I'm thinking the bottom of the Marianas Trench," Fox said from the doorway.

When Pandora looked confused, Elisa elaborated, "It's one of the deepest parts of the ocean."

Pandora seemed to think on this then nodded. "If it is a place no one would find it, then yes."

"May I?" Coyote asked.

Elisa sent him an exasperated look. "If you can get it there and wedge it under a pile of rocks, please," she waved at the box, "be my guest."

Coyote snapped his fingers, the box disappeared and then shrugged. "Done. Now," he said, running a hand through his suspiciously still-perfect hair, "if all of the excitement is over, I'd better get back to Avalon soon before my absence is noticed."

"Someday, you're going to tell me about your attachment to my family, right?" Elisa asked.

"Perhaps," Coyote said with a secretive grin. "For now, I'll just hang around here until it is time to return the Olympian descendants to their home, then I'll be on my way." turning, he sauntered back into the castle as if he hadn't a care in the world.

Elisa sighed. He was never going to tell her, and she'd just have to learn to live with it.

"If it's over," Nayeli said quietly, "Then why is Pandora still here?"

"Good question," Elisa said softly before turning to the figure who had…literally… been haunting her dreams. It might not have been malicious as Apate's journeys through her mind had been, but…

"I think I may help with that," Sphinx said. "After all, my kind have been guardians and guides for the dead almost as long as written history." The Egyptian winged cat stepped forward, holding out a pair of coins for Pandora.

Pandora held her hand out, palm up, and as the coins fell into her hand, her body solidified.

"For the Ferryman," Sphinx said softly. "He will give you safe passage to where you need to go."

"Thank you," Pandora said. "I feared that he would not aid me."

"He will not refuse that payment," Sphinx said softly.

Pandora turned to Elisa and threw her arms around the startled human. "Thank you again."

Elisa awkwardly patted the woman's back. "I'd say 'any time', but I'm really glad to know it's over."

Pandora released Elisa, and walked to stand in front of Nayeli. Gently, Pandora placed a hand to Nayeli's cheek. "You have much in store for you, young one. You have the spirit of the Hope that I had brought to the world with all of the evils within you. Take care with it. Nurture it, and it will not fail you." Pandora looked around once more, "It looks like you have a lot of family here, both by blood and heart, to help you."

Pandora dropped her hand and walked to Sphinx. "I'm ready now."

Sphinx gently placed her palm against Pandora's forehead and in a flash of golden light, the woman was once more gone.

Nayeli looked at her mother, frustration clear on her face. "This is all going to make sense someday, right?"

"I can only hope I'm here to see it when it does," Elisa said with a sigh. "For now, how about we go inside and regroup?"

"That might be wise," Owen said, pulling his glasses from his shirt pocket. He glanced at the sky, "It looks like rain."