Capture, Evolve, Survive 2

They had unanimously voted to set up the last half of the portal stone, which Cara carried in her possession, a little ways from the crystal village. Something had told all of them that where they had come to, this site of death and destruction, was significant. It felt to all of them, not just Mark, like some kind of intangible and unseen milestone that they had reached. A place that was seared into their minds in blood. "We're at a crossroads," Mark said as they had gathered for a quick briefing in one of the crystal houses before they decided to set off. "We've come to a crossroads, and we need to decide as a group which way we're going."