The Sacrifice (2)

Dylan noticed the picture of an eye engraved on the ceiling of the cave.

- Sarra, can you lift me?

- Alright...

Sarra used her magic and lifted Dylan. When he became close, he put his hand on it.

" This must be the eye.."

He checked it carefully and tried to find a way to open this eye. He noticed that he could press the cornea, but nothing did happen. He tried over and over again, but still, nothing did happen.

- What is it, Dylan?

- I don't know...I'm sure that this is the eye, but why nothing is happening?

Sarra put him down:

- Maybe there is something else...

Dylan took a moment to think:

- We are under the temple, right?

Then he headed toward the entrance;

- HEY, AARON...ARE YOU STILL OUT THERE?

- Yeah, what is it?

- Can you go back to the temple?

- Alright, but what for?

- Go to the east side, and search for any sign or picture on the ground...

Aaron and Gabrielle went back to the temple of the sun. Aaron went to the east side like Dylan told him to and started searching the ground.

- Gabrielle, can you help me?

- Of course, I want.

- Try to find anything engraved on the ground

They started searching for anything that could help them.

After a while Aaron felt so annoyed:

- Why nothing is easy to be found? This is very annoying.

Gabrielle knew the place very well, her father used to bring her to the temple to celebrate every June Solstice.

- Are you sure that we should search in this place?

- I guess so...

She stood up and headed toward the west side.

- There is a star engraved in this place.

Aaron went to check it.

She was right! There was a star engraved on the ground with circles and symbols around it.

- Maybe Dylan was wrong!

Aaron went back to Dylan:

- Aaron, did you find something?

- There is nothing on the east, but we found a star engraved on the west side.

- The west side?

" Was I mistaken? "

- Check it and see if there is any button that you can press,

Aaron checked the star, he pressed it carefully. Suddenly, when he pressed the whole star it lifted from the ground, while the circles and the symbols stayed in their position.

Aaron told Dylan about what did happen...

- Alright, good...Now try to figure out what those symbols refer to.

- Me! But I can't do that...

- Yeah, you. I know that you can do it. Besides, Gabrielle is with you, she will be able to help you.

Aaron checked the star carefully and then he realized that he could move it in both directions.

- Gabrielle, do you know what those symbols are?

- They are showing the sun and the planets' position in the sky.

- Where is the sun?

- The star is the sun and the circles around it are showing the earth and other planets...

- What if the sun that will rise according to the clue is not the real sun?

Aaron noticed that it was a four-pointed star

- I think those are referring to the four directions. Est, west, north, and south. Which one is the east?

Gabrielle pointed at it:

- This one...

Dylan turned the star until its East side met the earth symbol. At that moment, the ground under their feet started moving. It turned to the west side and became the east side.

And then it stopped.

Aaron informed Dylan:

- The star symbol moved to the east side...

Dylan asked Sarra to lift him again. He pressed that eye, and at that moment, A light went through it. It hit the ground and specifically a place where the ancient people killed the children and gave them a sacrifice to the Sun God.

Dylan, Laila, and Sarra were quite confused while watching the light:

- Now what? Nothing else is happening.

- When the sun rises through the eye of the truth, the darkness will disappear, and the beloved son will give his oath. Kill him and water the forbidden rose from his blood until it blooms. "

- Who is this beloved son?

Unconsciously, Dylan looked at Mateo:

- You are not thinking about that, right?

- He is The Incas descendant...What if he was the son?

Sarra became very angry:

- HOW COULD YOU THINK LIKE THAT? HE IS AN INNOCENT CHILD!

- Sarra, please calm down...I'm not saying that we should sacrifice him. What do you think I am? I only thought maybe we could put him under the light and see what will happen. That's all...

- What if he was the son?

- Then, it means that Tarou killed an innocent child for his benefit.....aren't you curious?