Crash Landing On Planet Olympus

Chapter 16- The Crystal

When we exited the cave, all I could see was the other two groups running toward us at full speed.

"WHAT HAPPENED?" screamed Hai.

"WE HEARD SCREAMS!" shouted Olive.

"Can we go in?" asked Casey.

"NO!!!" Than, eaton, and I yelled in unison.

That's when I started to relay the events leading up to where we were. Entering the cave, throwing the dagger, seeing the draliat, destroying its wings and face, and seeing the writing on the wall about the crystal.

"You guys have been busy, I feel so lazy now..." muttered Ambrosine.

"I might have seen something like a crystal nearby." whispered Radcliff.

He started leading us back to where he believed he saw the crystal. The walk wasn't long, considering there isn't much area to cover in the hills of Greece, at least where we were. Suddenly, I saw it and rushed over to grab it.

The crystal was blue and purple with a glow to it. I carefully picked up the teardrop shaped gem and carried it over to the others.

"This, this is one of Hectate's crystals!" exclaimed Nico.

This raised a lot of questions for me, why was it on Earth? Did Hectate know where is was? Was she looking for it? Is it the crystal we are looking for?

"How do we use it?" was the only question I dared to utter aloud, the others would make me look nosey.

There was silence after my question, making it obvious that none of us knew what to do now that we had the thing that could finish our quest.

I started thinking hard, what could activate the crystal. That's when it clicked, the crystal is tear drop shaped, so water would probably activate the crystal's powers. I was about to voice my opinion when a glimmer appeared behind the rest of the group,

"G-guy-ys," I stuttered, "w-haa-a-at is hh-app-pe-en-ii-ng?"

They all turned around and before they could respond, Hectate appeared making ym worries that something bad was going to happen disappear.

"Thank you for finding my crystal," she started, "my crystals are my prized possessions."

I reached my hand out to give her the crystal, but she didn't take it from my hand,

"There is something you guys need to do with the crystal before I take it back, otherwise Earth will never move again."

"WATER!" I shouted, startling everyone with my sudden outburst. Becoming increasingly embarrassed I mumbled a sorry before turning back to Hectate.

"No need to be embarrassed dear, you are entirely correct."