"What was that comment necessary for?" Zorro asks, his eyes stone hard on him.
"You put energy and focus into squabbling and, without further reason, tearing your group apart. Anthony, I hope you join Oscar and get smart." He turns back to their destination, walking faster.

Anthony nodded, "Sure Emi..."

Oscar continued to follow.

Emi closed her eyes and ressted

A long while later they reach the stairs.
"Watch your step here" Zorro says as he starts to walk up the steep stairs.

Oscar walked up the stairs.

Anthony walked up the stairs, watching Emi.

After many stair steps Zorro reaches the trap door, which he opens. Light floods in and he blows out the torch as he climbs up into a bedroom, beautifully furnished yet old looking with two four-post beds beside each other, beautifully ornate wardrobes and a door to a private bathroom.
"Okay, we're inside the castle now" he says.

Oscar whistled, "So this is what it looks like in here."

Emi didn'nt move a muscle in her sleep, she just lay in Anthony's arms

"Now, from here on we must guess. Is she in the torture chambers, or the dungeons?" Zorro sits down by a small toy table with drawing paper and crayons. He starts to draw up a map.

Oscar's ears twiched, "I have a feeling she's in the dungeons," Oscar said, "I think I can hear her."

"The dungeons is our first suggestion then. Any objections?" Zorro asks.

Anthony shook his head.

"Alright. Dungeons first" he says and takes up the piece of paper drawn into a map over the castle floors.
"We're on the third floor, we're supposed to get to -1. Fastest way is going by pole glider. I'll show you what that is" he says.
"Now, this floor isn't very used, so there are few guards. We can kill them all if they get in our way" he says.

Emi suddenly wakes up, and jumps out of Anthony's arms

Anthony hugs Emi.

"Let's Go!" Oscar said, "Time's wasting!"

"Agreed!" Zorro says, unsheathing his sword and opening the door. A guard stands right outside, and Zorro stabs him in the chest. The guard falls with the gurgling noise of a throat corking itself up with blood.

Oscar took out his claws, a guard ran up to find out what happend but Oscar stabbed him before he could see anything.

Anthony walked behind them with Emi. "Stay close, Emi." he whispered.

They are in a tower, and so Zorro walks to the center of the tower where he can find a door. He opens it, and they can see a pole sticking out from a large hole and disappearing into an identical hole. They also see many pairs of special gloves on the sides.
"Here's the deal with pole gliding: you put on the gloves, clench your hands around the pole and glide down. The gloves are de-frictioned so you won't burn them" Zorro says.

"Can I just glide down?" Emi asks

Zorro nods.
"The gloves also slow you down a little, so you don't fall freely. When you want to stop at a floor, in this case floor -1, you tighten the clench and they will make you stop" Zorro explains.

Emi nods. "Its best if i glide...i probably wouldn't be able to do that..."

"Can't we just grind on the pole?" Oscar asked.

"It's vertical, and completely vertical" Zorro answers.
"So no."

Oscar put on the gloves, "Let's go!" He grabbed on the pole and went down quickly.

"Who's next?" Zorro asks.

Anthony put his hand up, "What if Emi's holding onto me as I glide down?"

"You can't glide only I can..with my rock wings." she says skepticlly

Oscar looked up, "Will you guys hurry up!?"

"MAke up your mind, we've got to hurry" Zorro says, putting on a pair of gloves and sliding down.

Emi sighs and looks at Anthony. "Would you help me down?"

Anthony nodded, putting on the gloves, "Hang onto my back."

Emi nods, and grips his back tightly

Anthony slid down with the others.

As they go further Emi tightens her grip, and whimpers

As they reach the bottom floor, Zorro looks around.
"Usually me and Zora used to have a kind of signal to each other to show whether she was here or not, and if so where. But I don't think she'd remember it now" he wonders. He however tries as he draws his sword and makes a scraping noise that is heard all over the acoustic dungeon, echoing.
"If she remembers and is here, she'll be singing" he says, waiting for the slightest sound of a song.

Oscar's ears twiched, "Someone's coming!"

Emi gulped. "If its not her, its trouble"

Zorro frowns.
"But we can all... fight..." His voice fades as the face of Judas appears around the corner, smirking at them.
"This isn't a hotel, kids. DOn't expect to get any room" he says.

"You!" Oscar's claws came out, "Where is she?!"

Anthony got in front of Emi, "Son of a bitch..." he said, glaring at Judas.

Emi tries to look confident, however, it is obvious she is faking her confidence

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"You!" Oscar's claws came out, "Where is she?!"

Judas chuckles.
"Oh, so you were looking for She. Hm, sorry, don't know any She!" he answers sarcastically. Zorro glares at him.
"Where's Zora?" he asks between gritted teeth. Judas smirks.
"Not down here. That wouldn't be fit for a princess. Follow me" he says.

Emi raises an eyebrow, and whisppers to Zorro, "Should we really follow him? It may be a trap."

"Emi's right," Oscar whispered.

"Judas is a strange one...maybe he will take us to Zora..."

"But he also has many tricks up his sleeve." Emi replies