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What happened to the cross that was guarding the Garden of Eden after Adam and Eve had been expelled?

The Holy Bible says, "So He (God) drove out the man; and He placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life." (Gen 3:24). God placed a cherubim which is an order of angels holding a flaming sword (not a cross) to guard the Garden. The flaming sword could be a sword-like, or pointed flame not a concrete object. We should look at this picture not in the literal sense of the words, but in the spiritual sense, which is that God wanted to prevent any sinner from approaching the tree of life. The exact location of the Garden of Eden is not known, because there is a strong reason to believe that the great flood changed the geography of our world. The geography of our world today is different from what it was like at the creation, and there is no Middle East river that branches into four rivers, Pishon, Gihon Euphrates and Tigris (Gen 2:8-14). Josephus, the historian said that river Pishon is the Nile River, but there is no biblical, historical or archaeological support for the claim. The location of the Gihon River is also unknown. The land of Cush includes the current lands of Ethiopia and Arabia. There is no river surrounding these lands. Today there are two rivers called the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, but the locations of these rivers at the time of Adam and Eve are uncertain.