A series of twisting passages, all linking to the various rooms, caves and other assorted places in the Arena. Demons regularly patrol them, so be on your guard.

::Vince, with Piper on his arm, appears in the back passage. He puts his hand to his head and blinks, feeling woozy and tired for a second::

"Wow, remind me to give this power back to Paige later. I don't know how much more orbing my head can handle. Do you hear something?"

::He holds his hand up and points around the corner, hearing muffled footsteps and voices from further down the passage. He pulls Piper and himself back into a small alcove and holds his breath, hoping the demons will pass by without noticing them::

::A demon attempts to saunter by. His gait is uneven as he shuffles his feet and stops walking to clumsily re-adjust his boots that seem to be irritating him. He grumbles at them.::

"I shoulda got the other ones... These'r hurtin' me. Stupi' boots!"

::He stops figiting, having given up and walks past Vince and Piper's hiding place, too preocupied with his blistered feet to notice them.::

::Only a second after the demon has passed, Justin appears with Patience and Lirie. He looks around for a second before seeing Vince and Paige cowering in an alcove. Taking their lead, he drags the two girls over into the already crowded crevice::

"I don't recognize this place. Are you sure we're in the right part of the underworld?"

"Am I sure? How would I know? You are the one who escaped from here...not me."

::Patience looks around and spots a door.::

"I wonder what is in there..."

::Lirie sways forward for a second, queasied by the transportation spell. She shakes the feeling and looks around::

"So... this is hell... meh"

::She shrugs, sitting on the nearest boulder::

"Where to now?"

"To the Monorail? Where the hell do you think?"

::Piper recoils from the extra crowding and wrinkles her nose as she begins telling them about her plan::

"Justin will lead me and Lirie to the place where the Prisoners are being kept. Me to protect him, as he's pretty useles- uh, defenceless, and Lirie to water up and slide under doors and create distractions. Meanwhile Vince will glamour into Nilim and take Patience, as a 'prisoner', for a walk along the passages, trying to take out as many demons as you can and keeping the main Arena players busy. Patience can hypnotise anyone who doesn't fall for the glamour, and if things get out of hand you can orb out."

::She takes a breath to contemplate her words::

"Ok. Questions?"

"Just one. How are you going to convince anyone that Patience is a prisoner without a colar around her neck? I mean, you probably don't want to use a real colar, due to the fact that it would keep her from using her powers, but something that looks like one is about the only way this is going to work."

"Either she hypnotises them into thinking she has one... or... Vince kills anyone who sees. Or he tells them she has a passive, generally useless power like... premonitions."

::Piper tries to suppress a smirk by lifting her hand to her mouth, as if covering a yawn::

"Anymore questions?"

"I'm cool... just... what kind of distraction? Me sliding in, turning back and proclaim in thunderous voice 'Booga booga booga'? Enough? Or should it be more long?"

"Use some potions, bang some weapons, scream at the top of your lungs "Oh demons...you mother was a human"...I'm assuming any distraction will work..."

::Patience cocks an eyebrow to show Piper that she was asking her if her previous statement was correct. Figuring Piper would correct her soon enough if she was wrong she moves on to the next topic.::

"and I think that we should do the premonition thing...if anyone gets suspicious I can fake a headache...won't be my first time..."

"The girl who can turn into water is asking me how to make distractions? Think, people, I can't hold your hands through this. And I doubt his premonitions will be reliable. Phoebe, who's had the power for years, still can't call them on command. A newbie like him will have even less chance than her."

::Piper ignores the headache comment, for the simple reason that its stupid, and begins pushing Lirie and Justin down the Passage::

"Ok, let's go, let's go."

::Justin begins walking down the corridor, Just ahead of Piper. Biting his lip, worriedly watches for what appears to be the correct door. Finally, he sees a large iron door, equiped with a small barred window... and demonic guards. Quickly, he pulls Piper and Lirie behind a corner and whispers to them.::

"Okay ladies, now what?"

::Lirie jerks abacks at the sight of the guards and slouches her shoulder dramatically::

"Distraction? Where does that door leads to?"

"If I'm not mistaken, it leads to the cell where everyone is being held."

::Justin turns to Piper.::

"Alright Boss Lady, give us our orders."

::One of the demon guards hears them hiding behind the rock and comes to investigate. Without waiting for an explanation he charges up a couple of energy balls and chucks them at Justin and Lirie::

::Justin jumps out of the way, pushing Lirie to the floor.::

"Shit!"

::Lirie groans when she hits the floor. She jumps to her feet and charges towards the demon, aiming a forceful kick to his right kneecap::

::The demon takes the kick with ease, wondering why the witch had kicked him where he had protective padding. In response he swings his hand forward, releasing an energy ball a foot from Lirie's chest::

::Lirie squeaks, diving down and turns into a puddle automatically. She returns to herself right behind the deamon and pushes him fiercely into the cave wall::

"Hello, my name is Diego MonSomething... you killed my father, prepare to die. On guard!"

::The demon shimmers, seemingly into the wall, and then reappears behind Lirie, his hand clenching into a fist and powering between her shoulderblades::

::Patience watches as the demon shimmers out and without thinking pulls Lirie out of the way before he can strike her.::

"Heads up!"

::She then pulls out an exploding potion and throws it with deadly accuracy at the demon.::

::Escaping from the magical scuffle, Justin stands up. He notices the other guard standing by the door. He quickly runs over and pushes the guard out away from it, standing directly in between the former and the latter.::

"Oooooh, please Mr. Big Bad Demon, don't hurt me!"

(God, I hope this works.)

[The exploding potion hits the demon and detonates. However, in the resulting explosion Lirie is knocked against the wall]

::Lirie is smashed into the nearest wall and slides down, grumbling::

"Thanks, Toots..."

::She remains siting for awhile longer, waiting for the double-vision to focus back::

::The Demon snarls with anger and flares up a fireball in each hand. He throws one towards Justin and turns, tossing the second towards Patience::

"Fireball!"

::Vince shouts out, causing the fireball heading towards Patience to disapear in blur of orbs and then reappear in his hand. He throws it as hard as he can, aiming towards the demon::

::As the fireball comes at him, Justin ducks, letting it hit the door as he'd planned. In a shower of smoke and debris, the door blows off its hinges, allowing the troupe of witches entry into the holding bay. Coughing, Justin stumbles.::

::Patience blushes in apology to Lirie.::

"Sorry..."

::She goes over to Lirie and pulls her to her feet to survey the damage.::

"Oh you'll live."

::She turns to Vince and smiles.::

"Thanks...shall we go?"

::She places her hands behind her back and "assumes the position".::

"You got any rope?"

(Well there is something I could of gone my whole life without saying.)

::Lirie cackles at Patience remark::

"Come on, people... we've been around here forever and the darkness really starting to get to me!"

::She balances herself after Patience's pull and marches to the holding bay after Justin::

::Vince follows them to the Holding Bay::

"Um...So I guess we aren't doing what Piper said..."

::She trails after the already gone form of Vince. She looks around the room she is in by herself...all alone...in the dark.::

"Fuck this."

::She hightails it to the holding bay::

::Vince and Serena walk over to Piper::

"Where've you been? I just set everyone free. Now we're going to do some smiting."

::He takes her arm and senses through the arena, then orbs them all out and to the The Arena::

::Theo walks around and around the curvy back passage until he comes to an open archway. He walks through it and out into the huge arena, still invisible.::

(Holy...shit...)

::Abe walks through the back passages, on guard. Finally seeing an exit, he enters the Cavern.::

::Xerxes orbs in.::

"I think I'm getting the hang of this now."

::He orbs to to Xerxes' Lair.::

::Andrea's in the back passage! Hot! Said passage, after walking around in circles for ages, brings her out at the stands.::

:: Azura takes a firm grip of Luke's are as they carefully pick their way through the series of passages. She is aware that there could by any number of demons patrolling, and she's frightened, for both herself and Jasmine.::

::Luke takes in the scenery and looks down the corridor.::

"How much further?"

"A little more."

:: Azura is finding the darkness disorienting, but eventually she lucks upon the stands, the loud jeers of the crowd leading her and Luke that way.::