Oracle Isabella stood at the entrance to the room. A blue glow had illuminated the dark room for the first time in what seemed to be a very long time.
It was there... It just... Stood there...
Silent...
Unmoving...
but then... the whispers started... Whispering in Oracle Isabella's mind.
Of course, the thing couldn't speak english yet... but as an oracle, Isabella knew what it was saying.
***Where?*** it said, as if waking up from a long sleep.
"The Shrine" answere Isabella, adrenaline pulsing through her vains..
***How...time..."Length"***
"Quite some time it seems..."
***Must...Escape...Must..."Learn"...***
Oracle Isabella stared. Was this yet another incident concerning the oracles? Was this another being, just like her, being imprisoned in the shrine?
"Why can't you escape?"
***...***
"Oh... You can't escape because you can't activate the docking bay..."
***"Help?"***
Isabella thought for quite some time. She could escape... Learn the ways of the universe....
Isabella walked over to the control pannel. It was dusty and corroded, but if she put enough effort.
"This...Damn...Lever!"
The lever was pulled down. Lights slowly flickered on. The docking bay was clear.
The docking bay slowly began to open...
***Come...*** transmitted Vesuva
"What!?" yelled Isabella
***Come... With me...***
Isabella thought once more. This was her chance. A chance to be free... to be tought the universe by this... thing...
"Alright!"
Jumping into the closest Eagle in the docking bay, Isabella started up the engines (which she had learned from reading). Oracles appeared at the doorway, horrified looks on their faces. Oracle Helen looked somewhat sympathetic.