Ben: I don’t know. That OMEGA says he knew me in Zot, too. And now he’s trying to kill me.

Tai: *troubled look* OMEGA? Kip? Trying to kill you? That’s not right. Kip wouldn’t hurt a fly.

Leona: You must be talking about a different OMEGA.

Tai: There was only one weirdo OMEGA in Zot.

Leona: Well… this one tried to shoot me down. He wrecked my race!

Ben: What do you think? *whispers* Maybe if I can get out of these Mageloks, I might be able to take him if he tries something shady.

Tai: *snorts* You… take me? Nice try, Benjamin. You’re just wasting time now.

Leona: He’s cocky for a kid. Can you get Ben out of the Mageloks?

Tai: After he just said he’d try to jump me?

Leona: *looks at Tai* I thought you weren’t afraid?

Tai: I’m not. But why take a risk?

Leona: *sighs* Well.. I guess going with you is better than rotting in here.

Tai: I’m not… the General there, anymore.

Leona: I should beat him up for you, Ben!

Tai: I’d like to see you try. *shorter than Leona*

Ben: If he was a General in Zot, he must be pretty dangerous.

Tai: Look. Do you want to stay here? Or do you want to get out?

Leona: So what? You can deliver us to your DARK master?

Ben: Right… I don’t know if we can trust him.

Tai: Yeah, you don’t know. But the last DARK master I served is standing right here. Come on. Do I look like I’m here to mess you up? You’re in plenty enough trouble with the humans as it is.

Tai: *slaps his head* You don’t remember me?

Leona: Beeeeeen… you sure have weird friends!

Ben: He’s not my friend! I don’t know who he is!

Leona: Then how does he know you?

Tai: I was your General in Zooo— *freezes, realizing, maybe that’s not a good thing to admit* Oops…

Ben: …You’re from Zot… *grits his teeth and gets up with a dark expression* What do you want from me? Why are you here? I’m not the Dark Lord anymore!

Tai: *takes a step back, looking allllll the way up at Ben*

Leona: Whoa! It’s a kid?

Ben: How did you get down here?

Tai: I’m not a kid! *growls and walks closer to Ben* …and neither are you… anymore. Benjamin? Is that you?

Ben: Yeah but…

Leona: You know this kid?

Ben: No… I don’t!

Leona: How much interdimensional traveling have you been doing?! Cecil’s gonna be maaaad!

Tai: What do you mean you don’t… oh. Wait. I look different. *messes with his hair* It’s me. It’s TsuMe!

Ben: Sue who?

Tai: TsuMeTai!

Ben: Why would I want to sue a tie?

*scraping sound from the cell floor*

Leona: AHHH! Ben! Something… is coming through the floor! *hugs onto him* I’ll bet it’s some of those giant scorpions… or antlion things!

Ben: Monsters live under Damcyan?

Leona: *whispers* That’s why the cells are empty! Damcyan just feeds the prisoners to the antlions!

Ben: Neeeeeeeeeeh!

Tai: *he heaves at the stone above him, shoving it out of place and peers into the cell*

Leona: AHHHHH! *stops* Ahhh?

Tai: SHHHHHHH! Be quiet!

-Meanwhile…-

Leona: *cries at Ben* We’ll be here foooorever!

Ben: They didn’t even let us try to explain.

Leona: With your hands all tied up like that, you can’t open a rift! We’re going to be trapped in this dimension forever and ever and ever! They don’t even have running hot water here!

Ben: *sighs and leans against the wall* They can’t just do that… they have to at least hear us out before keeping us captive.

Leona: I’ll bet they don’t have justice and any type of law here eitttther! I miss my Dad! And Cecil! Can’t you do anything to send a message for help?

Ben: They’ve snuffed my magic, Leona. There’s not much I can do at all.

Leona: So much for the mighty Prince Benjamin. *throws a piece of rock hard bread at him* No more rifting adventures and weirdness for me… if I ever get out of here!

Tai: *drops down into the underground tunnels and peers around* ~Now how am I supposed to find the jails from here?~

*Kory’s little map sits there at Tai’s feet*

Tai: *map catches his eye, he picks it up and squints at it* ~Huh..? Looks like a map of this place. Wonder what it’s doing here.~

Girls: *scream*

Girl: *takes her foot and slams down the stone on Kory’s head*

Kory: *crashing down* Just wanted… your number… *then pieces of loose stone fall on him — flattening him under the rubble* Ugh!

Meanwhile…

Tai: *creeps around the outside of the guardhouse and peers in with a frown* ~Let’s see… how many guards do we have? That’s it? No sweat!~ *cracks his knuckles, but stops* ~Though, that Edward guy was alright. I suppose I shouldn’t wuss his men.~ *sneeks around the wall and sees a suspicious area in the stone walls on the other side* Every castle has to have one of these, I guess.

Guard: *playing cards* I knew we should have taken that position in Kaipo instead.

Guard2: *on the bed* Hey! Did you hear something?

Kory: @@ *drops down* I could have sworn! I must have made a wrong turn somewhere. *swallows, squinting at the map* Let’s try this again…

-A little while later…-

Kory: *pushes up a stone and ends up in the ladies dressing room* Oh! Ohhhh!

Girl: And THEN do you know what he said to me?

Girl2: No… what?

Kory: : 3 Heh.. heh.. heh…

Tai: ~But when I was scouting the place, I swore I saw him… ~ *remembers an image of Ben being escorted into the Damcyan jail* ~And if that IS really Ben… Then, that means he survived Zot somehow…~

(Meanwhile)

Kory: *in the undertunnels of the castle, holding a map under the light of a torch* Let’s see… if I head left here and make a right here at this pillar… I should come up right under them. *pops up a stone and ends up staring up in the middle of the main guardhouse*

Guard: Dragons… crystal-thieves… just when we think things quiet down.