Chapter 8
The two drew away.
"We shouldn't have done that." whispered Mia fearfully.
Isaac raised an eyebrow. "Why?"
"Just, it's just that..." She turned away, sadly.
"Tell me!" he said.
Mia sighed. "Isaac, I love you, but I just can't trust anyone anymore."
Isaac glared at the ground. "It's because of Alex, isn't it?"
The girl shook her head. "There's more to it than that."
He put his arm on her shoulder. "Please tell me."
Mia pretended to ignore him. "Shouldn't we go? The sun will set in a few hours, and we want to hit land before it's dark!"
It took Isaac a moment to understand she was talking about swimming to land.
"That can wait untill tomorrow." he said. "Please, I want to know."
"I've never told anyone before." whispered Mia.
"Please, Mia, I want to help you. I wont make fun of you, or anything, if that's what your worried about."
"That's not it."
"Then why wont you tell?"
He had stumped her, and she gave in.
"Alright." she said. "You have to promise not to tell anyone, ok?"
"I promise." said Isaac gravely.
Mia took a long breath.
"My parents....They were murdered."
Isaac's eyes opened up wide. "Your kidding!"
She shook her head.
"Whe, when did this happen?"
"I was 11."
Isaac seized her arm, upset. "Oh my god...Mia, I'm so sorry..."
She pretended not to hear. "It was some night, around November, I think. It was midnight, and Alex woke me up. He said he heard something.
We both tiptoed downstairs and saw that some thieves had broken in. My parents tried to stop them, but the robbers had knives, and..."
She had begun to cry so hard she couldn't finish what she was saying. Isaac, thunder-struck, hugged her and clamed her down as much as he could.
"Mia, why was Alex with you?" he asked softly.
"Oh, his parents and my parents were best friends. His Mom and Dad died a few years before mine, so he came to live with us. We've known eachother for quite along time." she said timidly, still crying.
"Mia, I'm so sorry...I can see why you can't trust anyone anymore." Isaac whispered.
Mia burst into sobs and couldn't speak.
Isaac let her lean against him as he quietly soothed her. He had never seen her this upset before.
After a while, Mia calmed down. She seemed a bit embarrassed.
"We better get some rest, if we want to have enough energy for tomorrow." she said timidly.
Her friend nodded and stood.
"G'night." He said, and kissed her once more before retreating to the other side of the island.
Mia stared up at the sky. She couldn't believe she was alive.
How did she survive? She strained her memory for maybe a glimpse of evidence.
She had been falling in the cool ocean, and she hit the floor, and all had gone black...
Then she remembered something else.
She remembered something freeing her from her bonds, lifting her up...
As much as she tried, Mia couldn't recall anything else.
She closed her eyes and fell asleep. Chapter 9
"What do you mean you don't know how to swim?" Mia asked, wide eyed.
Isaac shuffeled, embarrassed. "I never, um, really learned..."
It had dawned a bright, beautiful morning. The two friends had silently agreed not to mention the last night's events.
"Well how did you get here?" The mercury adept asked.
"I kicked." Stated Isaac, as if that would explain everything.
Mia couldn't help but smile. The thought of Isaac making his way through the eastern sea all the way here was humorous.
"It's not funny." her compainion told her grumpily. Isaac wasn't much of a morning person, in any circumstances.
"Well, maybe we should build a raft or something." Mia suggested.
Isaac laughed. "Yes, I'm sure all this sand would make a fine boat." he said sarcastically.
"Okay, scratch that..."
The island basically had nothing but the fine white sand. There wasn't any vegitation whatsoever. Both the adepts were unbearably thristy, and the miles and miles of salty water around them didn't do much to help.
"Maybe a boat will pass by?" Isaac said hopefully. He felt bad for damaging Mia's spirits, and tried to cheer her up.
"Maybe."
A long time passed, and no boat came. Mia had never been so thirsty.
"I'm going to shrivel up if I don't get water soon." She groaned.
"The Lamaken Desert is a tundra compared to this." Isaac agreed. "At least it had hidden water."
Suddenly Mia stood up and shaded her eyes with her hand.
"I think I see something!" she yelled estatically to her companion.
Isaac jumped to his feet and fixed his eyes on a black dot that was inching across the horizon. It was moving slowly towards them.
Neither Isaac nor Mia moved thier gaze away from the spot, and as it came closer they saw what it was.
"IT'S A SHIP!" " Mia hollered joyfully. "AND IT'S COMING RIGHT TOWARDS US!"
Isaac wasn't as estatic as he was nervous. "What if it's pirates or something?"
The girl whacked him. "Who gives if it's a pirate ship? This could be our ticket out of here!"
"But..."
He gave up as he saw Mia wasn't listening.
The ship came closer and turned out not to be a pirate ship. The two started to wail their arms around and yell.
"HELP!!! Please!"
The massive vessel came closer, and the two heard a voice.
"Oh my god, Captain, thier's two kids on that sandbar over there!"
Isaac and Mia saw a crew flood the left side of the deck and stare at them in disbelief.
"You kids hold on, we'll be right there!" On of them yelled.
They came closer untill the two shipwrecked adepts could wade in and touch the boat. Someone lowered a ladder.
"Can you guys come out and climb up?" Someone who seemed to be the captian was calling out to them.
The two friends made a mad dash for the vessel and scrambled up the ladder onto the deck of the ship.
Once they were aboard, the crew got them some water, and they guzzled it down greedily, to thirsty to worry about saving any.
"What's your name, son?" The captian asked Isaac kindly.
"I'm Isaac, and this is Mia." he said breathlessly. "We were shipwrecked."
"You kids from that Tolibin ship that got attacked by the Korokuri two days ago?" the man asked. "We saw the ruins."
Isaac nodded.
"Who else was with you?"
The Venus adept's eyes lit up in fear. "Oh god, I forgot about Ivan and Garet! I hope they're okay..."
"Don't worry. They are."
The two adepts looked at eachother, puzzled.
"What do you mean?" Mia asked uncertiantly.
At that moment, someone from the crew came up the stairs.
Ivan and Garet trailed behind them. Chapter 10
The moment the four friends saw eachother, they joyfully ran towards the others, and a charade of hugging and laughing followed.
"We thought you were dead!" Ivan shouted happily.
Garet broke away from the group and took a long stare at Mia. "What are you doing here? You drowned!"
Mia smiled. "Apparently not."
"But we saw you, and the chain, and the splash, and..."
Isaac cut him off. "Things aren't always what they seem, like when we thought Felix died."
Ivan gasped. "I totally forgot about the quest! We need to find Jupiter lighthouse!"
Mia nodded. "We need to go quick, or we'll miss them."
THe captian looked at the happy friends and smiled. "I'm glad you're all reunited, but it's getting late. You should get some rest."
Ivan and Garet showed the two newcomers where they slept, and one of the crew members got extra blankets for them. Soon all four of the friends were sleeping soundly.
The first thing Mia noticed when she woke was the fact she was shivering madly. Below deck was so cold even she was freezing.
She sat up and looked around. Through a small window she could tell it was still night, but she was too cold to even think about sleep. Instead, she huddled up and waited for the night to pass.
Suddenly she felt icy hands draping a blanket over her shoulders, and by reflexe, she tensed.
"That better?"
It was Isaac. Mia could tell by his kind voice.
"I heard you shaking." He continued. "It is cold down here, isn't it?"
Mia noticed he was trying to hide the fact he was shivering too. "Won't you be cold?"
Isaac smiled in the darkness. "It's okay, I'll be alright."
He kissed her head and went back to where he was.
The Mercury adept felt guilty, but not guilty enough to do anything. Instead, she went back to sleep, a smile on her face.
She awoke to screams and yells from on board.
Isaac, Garet, and Ivan were awake too. They were worried.
"What's going on?" Ivan muttered sleepily.
The captian stormed into the the room at tha moment. He had a petrified look on his face.
"Sea...monster..."He murmered, and fainted on the spot.
Isaac bravely smiled at them. "We've done sea monsters before. We can handle this."
The others nodded and ran upstairs.
The sun was rising, sending beams of what could be only hammered gold down the currents of the ocean. But the four friends didn't notice the spectacular sight.
They were too busy concentrating on the monsterous serepent destroying everything in it's path.
It was a giant snake with arms and jade scales. It had sharp teeth, sharp as knives, and a tail with a spike as deadly as poison. It had beady coal eyes with a glimmer of evil, and it's smile was horrible as the face of death itself.
Mia squeaked with fear. Garet just gasped.
The monster saw the adepts and lunged. Isaac was just able to pull Mia out of the way before it struck the ship, creating a vast hole. He seized her in his arms and yanked her away. The two caught eyes, and Isaac saw she was locked in fear. The Kraken, or even the dragon Menardi and Saterous had morphed into weren't even as half as terryifying as this.
Poor Mia. THis is horrible.he thought, letting her out of his grasp.
Garet had cast all the psyenergy he could, and was so exhausted he could barely breathe. Ivan was down, and was sprawled on the deck unconcious, his beloved Psyenergy Rod by his side.
Isaac and Mia attacked with all thier might, but it was no use. This monster was invincible, it's scales like crystal against thier weapons.
Isaac was down to his last few seconds as he raised his blade and begged silently for a miracle....
He struck the serpent in the stomach, it's only weak spot. The monster shrieked and dove away.
But before he left, he swatted poor Isaac with his tail, sending him flying out into the ocean below.
"Isaac!" Mia screamed, and lunged for the edge of the ship. A few of the surviving mates tried to pull her back, but she fled out of thier grasp and jumped into the water.
The monster had left waves, and Mia was slammed against the ship by one, Quickly recovering, she dove under and opened her eyes. Being a Mercury adept, her vision was as good, almost better, as it was on land, and she could easily see Isaac beginning to sink.
Mia swam like lightning to her friend. Isaac's eyes were half open, and he was almost sub-concious. He couldn't tell she was coming. For all he knew, she was a large blue fish.
The adept reached her friend and grabbed him by the arm, then shot up to the surface at full force.
Isaac gulped for air and clung to her as she paddeled back to the ship. She made sure that he got on board first.
"Are you okay?" Garet croaked.
His friend didn't respond, he was barely alive.
Mia put her ear to his chest, unaware that three days before he had done the same to her.
"His lungs are filled with water." She murmered. "The monster caught him off guard."
She turned to her friends. "I'm sorry, but I need you to leave."
They nodded and went downstairs.
Mia held her friend's icy hand and began to whisper.
"Hold on Isaac, you just need to keep breathing, just hold my hand..."
Her words seemed to go through to him, as he slightly tightened his grip.
"It's alright. Take your time, just breath slowly..."
He opened his eyes. Chapter 11
Isaac opened his eyes and saw an angel's soothing gaze melting him away.
He slightly shook his head. "Mia?"
Mia stroked his face. "It's my turn to say you'll be okay."
Isaac sat up and enveloped her in his arms.
"Thanks for saving me." he told her.
"I owed you one." She whispered, resting her head against his chest. "I don't know how I was able to save you."
Isaac smiled. "I have a theory."
Mia raised her eyebrows uncertianitly.
"You know how you suddenly went from the bottom of the ocean to that island?" he continued, brushing Mia's hair out of her eyes.
She nodded.
"Well, you know how I was in the ocean too, right?"
Suddenly, it began to sink in for Mia.
She vaugely remembered hands lifting her up, when she was blacked out in the ocean, hands that felt exactly like Isaac's touch...
"I was saved by your love, wasn't I?" she whispered.
Isaac nodded. "I guess, I was so upset I basically lifted you up from the bottom of the sea."
Mia smiled. "And my love for you made me able to save you."
"Exactly."
They smiled at eachother.
"So the answer to these miracles is love." Mia sighed.
The two began to kiss.
And all seemed right with the world.
"Land ho!"
Hours later, Isaac, Mia, and thier friends had been reunited, and were once again on thier way.
Ivan, who had been asleep since the incident that morning, rubbed his eyes.
"Huh what?" he mumbeled sleepily.
Garet looked out and shouted.
"It's jupiter lighthouse!"
Isaac whooped out loud and Mia almost began to cry.
"We found it! We found it!"
The boat drew closer to the land, and finally docked. The friends left the boat and waved to thier new friends before it left again.
Mia sighed. "Only a little longer to go before..."
She left her sentence hanging. Everyone fell silent.
They all walked in the direction of the purple tower without saying a word.
Finally, Ivan broke the silence. "I guess this is it."
Isaac nodded, still in a quiet mood.
"Well, this is our third lighthouse." Ivan tried again, attempted to drive away the awkward feeling surrounding the adepts.
Garet sighed. "Maybe this time we'll do it right."
Mia caught Isaac's eye and they smiled. She knew no matter what happened, they would never be apart.
All of them looked at the tower looming ahead and began to walk once again down the dusty dirt road to Jupiter Lighthouse, the road to destiny.
And in Mia and Isaac's case, the road to the rest of thier lives together.
The End.
The two drew away.
"We shouldn't have done that." whispered Mia fearfully.
Isaac raised an eyebrow. "Why?"
"Just, it's just that..." She turned away, sadly.
"Tell me!" he said.
Mia sighed. "Isaac, I love you, but I just can't trust anyone anymore."
Isaac glared at the ground. "It's because of Alex, isn't it?"
The girl shook her head. "There's more to it than that."
He put his arm on her shoulder. "Please tell me."
Mia pretended to ignore him. "Shouldn't we go? The sun will set in a few hours, and we want to hit land before it's dark!"
It took Isaac a moment to understand she was talking about swimming to land.
"That can wait untill tomorrow." he said. "Please, I want to know."
"I've never told anyone before." whispered Mia.
"Please, Mia, I want to help you. I wont make fun of you, or anything, if that's what your worried about."
"That's not it."
"Then why wont you tell?"
He had stumped her, and she gave in.
"Alright." she said. "You have to promise not to tell anyone, ok?"
"I promise." said Isaac gravely.
Mia took a long breath.
"My parents....They were murdered."
Isaac's eyes opened up wide. "Your kidding!"
She shook her head.
"Whe, when did this happen?"
"I was 11."
Isaac seized her arm, upset. "Oh my god...Mia, I'm so sorry..."
She pretended not to hear. "It was some night, around November, I think. It was midnight, and Alex woke me up. He said he heard something.
We both tiptoed downstairs and saw that some thieves had broken in. My parents tried to stop them, but the robbers had knives, and..."
She had begun to cry so hard she couldn't finish what she was saying. Isaac, thunder-struck, hugged her and clamed her down as much as he could.
"Mia, why was Alex with you?" he asked softly.
"Oh, his parents and my parents were best friends. His Mom and Dad died a few years before mine, so he came to live with us. We've known eachother for quite along time." she said timidly, still crying.
"Mia, I'm so sorry...I can see why you can't trust anyone anymore." Isaac whispered.
Mia burst into sobs and couldn't speak.
Isaac let her lean against him as he quietly soothed her. He had never seen her this upset before.
After a while, Mia calmed down. She seemed a bit embarrassed.
"We better get some rest, if we want to have enough energy for tomorrow." she said timidly.
Her friend nodded and stood.
"G'night." He said, and kissed her once more before retreating to the other side of the island.
Mia stared up at the sky. She couldn't believe she was alive.
How did she survive? She strained her memory for maybe a glimpse of evidence.
She had been falling in the cool ocean, and she hit the floor, and all had gone black...
Then she remembered something else.
She remembered something freeing her from her bonds, lifting her up...
As much as she tried, Mia couldn't recall anything else.
She closed her eyes and fell asleep. Chapter 9
"What do you mean you don't know how to swim?" Mia asked, wide eyed.
Isaac shuffeled, embarrassed. "I never, um, really learned..."
It had dawned a bright, beautiful morning. The two friends had silently agreed not to mention the last night's events.
"Well how did you get here?" The mercury adept asked.
"I kicked." Stated Isaac, as if that would explain everything.
Mia couldn't help but smile. The thought of Isaac making his way through the eastern sea all the way here was humorous.
"It's not funny." her compainion told her grumpily. Isaac wasn't much of a morning person, in any circumstances.
"Well, maybe we should build a raft or something." Mia suggested.
Isaac laughed. "Yes, I'm sure all this sand would make a fine boat." he said sarcastically.
"Okay, scratch that..."
The island basically had nothing but the fine white sand. There wasn't any vegitation whatsoever. Both the adepts were unbearably thristy, and the miles and miles of salty water around them didn't do much to help.
"Maybe a boat will pass by?" Isaac said hopefully. He felt bad for damaging Mia's spirits, and tried to cheer her up.
"Maybe."
A long time passed, and no boat came. Mia had never been so thirsty.
"I'm going to shrivel up if I don't get water soon." She groaned.
"The Lamaken Desert is a tundra compared to this." Isaac agreed. "At least it had hidden water."
Suddenly Mia stood up and shaded her eyes with her hand.
"I think I see something!" she yelled estatically to her companion.
Isaac jumped to his feet and fixed his eyes on a black dot that was inching across the horizon. It was moving slowly towards them.
Neither Isaac nor Mia moved thier gaze away from the spot, and as it came closer they saw what it was.
"IT'S A SHIP!" " Mia hollered joyfully. "AND IT'S COMING RIGHT TOWARDS US!"
Isaac wasn't as estatic as he was nervous. "What if it's pirates or something?"
The girl whacked him. "Who gives if it's a pirate ship? This could be our ticket out of here!"
"But..."
He gave up as he saw Mia wasn't listening.
The ship came closer and turned out not to be a pirate ship. The two started to wail their arms around and yell.
"HELP!!! Please!"
The massive vessel came closer, and the two heard a voice.
"Oh my god, Captain, thier's two kids on that sandbar over there!"
Isaac and Mia saw a crew flood the left side of the deck and stare at them in disbelief.
"You kids hold on, we'll be right there!" On of them yelled.
They came closer untill the two shipwrecked adepts could wade in and touch the boat. Someone lowered a ladder.
"Can you guys come out and climb up?" Someone who seemed to be the captian was calling out to them.
The two friends made a mad dash for the vessel and scrambled up the ladder onto the deck of the ship.
Once they were aboard, the crew got them some water, and they guzzled it down greedily, to thirsty to worry about saving any.
"What's your name, son?" The captian asked Isaac kindly.
"I'm Isaac, and this is Mia." he said breathlessly. "We were shipwrecked."
"You kids from that Tolibin ship that got attacked by the Korokuri two days ago?" the man asked. "We saw the ruins."
Isaac nodded.
"Who else was with you?"
The Venus adept's eyes lit up in fear. "Oh god, I forgot about Ivan and Garet! I hope they're okay..."
"Don't worry. They are."
The two adepts looked at eachother, puzzled.
"What do you mean?" Mia asked uncertiantly.
At that moment, someone from the crew came up the stairs.
Ivan and Garet trailed behind them. Chapter 10
The moment the four friends saw eachother, they joyfully ran towards the others, and a charade of hugging and laughing followed.
"We thought you were dead!" Ivan shouted happily.
Garet broke away from the group and took a long stare at Mia. "What are you doing here? You drowned!"
Mia smiled. "Apparently not."
"But we saw you, and the chain, and the splash, and..."
Isaac cut him off. "Things aren't always what they seem, like when we thought Felix died."
Ivan gasped. "I totally forgot about the quest! We need to find Jupiter lighthouse!"
Mia nodded. "We need to go quick, or we'll miss them."
THe captian looked at the happy friends and smiled. "I'm glad you're all reunited, but it's getting late. You should get some rest."
Ivan and Garet showed the two newcomers where they slept, and one of the crew members got extra blankets for them. Soon all four of the friends were sleeping soundly.
The first thing Mia noticed when she woke was the fact she was shivering madly. Below deck was so cold even she was freezing.
She sat up and looked around. Through a small window she could tell it was still night, but she was too cold to even think about sleep. Instead, she huddled up and waited for the night to pass.
Suddenly she felt icy hands draping a blanket over her shoulders, and by reflexe, she tensed.
"That better?"
It was Isaac. Mia could tell by his kind voice.
"I heard you shaking." He continued. "It is cold down here, isn't it?"
Mia noticed he was trying to hide the fact he was shivering too. "Won't you be cold?"
Isaac smiled in the darkness. "It's okay, I'll be alright."
He kissed her head and went back to where he was.
The Mercury adept felt guilty, but not guilty enough to do anything. Instead, she went back to sleep, a smile on her face.
She awoke to screams and yells from on board.
Isaac, Garet, and Ivan were awake too. They were worried.
"What's going on?" Ivan muttered sleepily.
The captian stormed into the the room at tha moment. He had a petrified look on his face.
"Sea...monster..."He murmered, and fainted on the spot.
Isaac bravely smiled at them. "We've done sea monsters before. We can handle this."
The others nodded and ran upstairs.
The sun was rising, sending beams of what could be only hammered gold down the currents of the ocean. But the four friends didn't notice the spectacular sight.
They were too busy concentrating on the monsterous serepent destroying everything in it's path.
It was a giant snake with arms and jade scales. It had sharp teeth, sharp as knives, and a tail with a spike as deadly as poison. It had beady coal eyes with a glimmer of evil, and it's smile was horrible as the face of death itself.
Mia squeaked with fear. Garet just gasped.
The monster saw the adepts and lunged. Isaac was just able to pull Mia out of the way before it struck the ship, creating a vast hole. He seized her in his arms and yanked her away. The two caught eyes, and Isaac saw she was locked in fear. The Kraken, or even the dragon Menardi and Saterous had morphed into weren't even as half as terryifying as this.
Poor Mia. THis is horrible.he thought, letting her out of his grasp.
Garet had cast all the psyenergy he could, and was so exhausted he could barely breathe. Ivan was down, and was sprawled on the deck unconcious, his beloved Psyenergy Rod by his side.
Isaac and Mia attacked with all thier might, but it was no use. This monster was invincible, it's scales like crystal against thier weapons.
Isaac was down to his last few seconds as he raised his blade and begged silently for a miracle....
He struck the serpent in the stomach, it's only weak spot. The monster shrieked and dove away.
But before he left, he swatted poor Isaac with his tail, sending him flying out into the ocean below.
"Isaac!" Mia screamed, and lunged for the edge of the ship. A few of the surviving mates tried to pull her back, but she fled out of thier grasp and jumped into the water.
The monster had left waves, and Mia was slammed against the ship by one, Quickly recovering, she dove under and opened her eyes. Being a Mercury adept, her vision was as good, almost better, as it was on land, and she could easily see Isaac beginning to sink.
Mia swam like lightning to her friend. Isaac's eyes were half open, and he was almost sub-concious. He couldn't tell she was coming. For all he knew, she was a large blue fish.
The adept reached her friend and grabbed him by the arm, then shot up to the surface at full force.
Isaac gulped for air and clung to her as she paddeled back to the ship. She made sure that he got on board first.
"Are you okay?" Garet croaked.
His friend didn't respond, he was barely alive.
Mia put her ear to his chest, unaware that three days before he had done the same to her.
"His lungs are filled with water." She murmered. "The monster caught him off guard."
She turned to her friends. "I'm sorry, but I need you to leave."
They nodded and went downstairs.
Mia held her friend's icy hand and began to whisper.
"Hold on Isaac, you just need to keep breathing, just hold my hand..."
Her words seemed to go through to him, as he slightly tightened his grip.
"It's alright. Take your time, just breath slowly..."
He opened his eyes. Chapter 11
Isaac opened his eyes and saw an angel's soothing gaze melting him away.
He slightly shook his head. "Mia?"
Mia stroked his face. "It's my turn to say you'll be okay."
Isaac sat up and enveloped her in his arms.
"Thanks for saving me." he told her.
"I owed you one." She whispered, resting her head against his chest. "I don't know how I was able to save you."
Isaac smiled. "I have a theory."
Mia raised her eyebrows uncertianitly.
"You know how you suddenly went from the bottom of the ocean to that island?" he continued, brushing Mia's hair out of her eyes.
She nodded.
"Well, you know how I was in the ocean too, right?"
Suddenly, it began to sink in for Mia.
She vaugely remembered hands lifting her up, when she was blacked out in the ocean, hands that felt exactly like Isaac's touch...
"I was saved by your love, wasn't I?" she whispered.
Isaac nodded. "I guess, I was so upset I basically lifted you up from the bottom of the sea."
Mia smiled. "And my love for you made me able to save you."
"Exactly."
They smiled at eachother.
"So the answer to these miracles is love." Mia sighed.
The two began to kiss.
And all seemed right with the world.
"Land ho!"
Hours later, Isaac, Mia, and thier friends had been reunited, and were once again on thier way.
Ivan, who had been asleep since the incident that morning, rubbed his eyes.
"Huh what?" he mumbeled sleepily.
Garet looked out and shouted.
"It's jupiter lighthouse!"
Isaac whooped out loud and Mia almost began to cry.
"We found it! We found it!"
The boat drew closer to the land, and finally docked. The friends left the boat and waved to thier new friends before it left again.
Mia sighed. "Only a little longer to go before..."
She left her sentence hanging. Everyone fell silent.
They all walked in the direction of the purple tower without saying a word.
Finally, Ivan broke the silence. "I guess this is it."
Isaac nodded, still in a quiet mood.
"Well, this is our third lighthouse." Ivan tried again, attempted to drive away the awkward feeling surrounding the adepts.
Garet sighed. "Maybe this time we'll do it right."
Mia caught Isaac's eye and they smiled. She knew no matter what happened, they would never be apart.
All of them looked at the tower looming ahead and began to walk once again down the dusty dirt road to Jupiter Lighthouse, the road to destiny.
And in Mia and Isaac's case, the road to the rest of thier lives together.
The End.