As soon as the Guardians reach the crevice, they both hear a familiar voice (to Archer anyway). "Enter, Guardians. We have much to talk about."
Archer and Ari enters the crevice and then the chamber, seeing a bit of debris on the floor. Archer curses when he sees this under his breath, too quiet for Ari to hear. They soon both stand before the giant ring, which began to glow.
"Oracle," Archer began, "Is what we hear true?"
The voice echoes through the chamber. "I do not know anymore, Guardian. Time and space has been distorted too much in such a short time. The past, present, and future can no longer be read, even in my sight. I am afraid that my power may be at an end..."
Archer lowers his head. "We had our lives taken away from us...for nothing. Is there no way for us to return home?"
"I can not be certain. I have created this gate with what I can only be able to do with lack of a foothold in any physical plane, which I can be able to use my power to try and bring you here, and to give you a fragment of my power for you to use for your test. But now I may have lost complete control over what I have created..."
Ari steps forward. "Why were we here in the first place?"
"I brought you here because I saw potential in both of you, and the many others that were supposed to be chosen to join you, to fight against the evil that threatens this world and your own. The test for you was to defend this foreign land and its inhabitants with the fragment of power I gave you, and the power you have inside all along. But because I no longer see the test in the future, the test may have been undone..."
