The map led them to an empty, desolate place, a place where Evan's mother was never meant to be found.
At first, Evan was consumed by despair. The hope that had driven him for so long now felt like a cruel joke. The map had led him here, but there was nothing left to find.
But as he stood there, with his friends by his side, Evan realized something. The journey had never been about the map. It had been about the people who had walked beside him.