::Nobody knows what's so great about this hall. Maybe just that it's so big. Anyways. Cora drags Azura in and shoves her onto the floor.::

"Getting into a spot of bother there, were you?"

:: Azura scrapes her hands when she lands on the floor. A small part of her is glad that Cora showed up in time, she didn't want to be eaten alive by a Zombie at all. She concentrates on controlling her breathing, knowing that she is deep underground and then looks at Cora.::

"Yes..."

"We don't know what's going on with those bloody things."

::Cora looks around.::

"But they're annoying."

:: Azura looks down at the ground, then slowly gets to her feet. She dusts her hands off and clasps them in front of her. After a couple of more seconds of staring at the ground she looks up at Cora, but has no idea what to say or do now that she is here.::

::Cora stares at Azura.::

"How're you doing, pet?"

:: Azura averts her gaze, Cora staring at her makes her feel uneasy.::

"Fine. I... wanted to ask you about the brand. What does it do?"

::Stares.::

"What do you think it does, love?"

:: Azura knows she is treading on thin ice, but how to explain.::

"You said it meant you owned me. And I wanted to know if it would hurt people if they got close to me."

(It seemed to hurt that thing which tried to...)

"You should be grateful, pet. It protects you from people who desire you that I don't want to desire you."

"Oh."

:: Azura nods and looks at the ground once more.::

(That means I can never... Not that I ever... )

::Kicks.::

:: Azura yelps and falls to the ground. She's still bruised from earlier so this hurts much more than usual. Having no idea what she has done wrong, she looks up at Cora.::

::Cora picks Azura up again and gropes her in a friendly fashion.::

"Okay, petal, why did you think it was a good idea to come down here?"

:: Despite the friendly groping, Azura pulls herself out of Cora's grip.::

"I just wanted to know about the brand."

"Ah right. So you'll be wanting to leave now, will you?"

:: Azura looks toward the doorway. She wants to leave for many reasons.::

"Yes."

"Aww. Too bad."

::Smiles.::

"Now that you're here, we may as well have a little fun."

:: Azura pales slightly and backs away from Cora. Her eyes dart to the doorway again. Being underground isn't doing her health any good.::

"Oh?"

"Did you really think you could just prance in and out of here of your own free will? I just saved your life. For the how manyth time now?"

:: Azura stares at Cora for a second then looks away once more. She continues to back up until she finds herself backed against one of the walls. Taking a moment to take some deep breathes, she pushes herself away from the wall, making a run for the doorway.::

::Cora appears in front of Azura and sticks a leg out.::

:: Azura trips over said leg and goes sprawling onto the floor, where she lies for a second or two before scrabbling to get up.::

::Picking Azura up by the hair, Cora carts her off to her lair.::

::Piper walks in with Lily.::

"I'm Piper, by the way."

::She mutters out of the side of her mouth.::

"You'll probably be screaming that word soon, when we get attacked."

::She doesn't smile.::

:: Lily looks at Piper, she isn't quite sure what to make of her yet, but she's good, so she'll stick with that.::

"Oh, yeah, thanks. What are we going to do? Really, because I'm just... worried. Really worried."

:: Lily looks around her, the Great Hall has a very eerie feel about it, which just makes her feel uncomftable.::

"Well, let's not panic... and let's not draw attention to ourselves by screaming or any of the other loud things you've no doubt got a temptation to do."

::Piper walks along, looking around, doing her best to ignore the vampires walking about them.::

(Ugh. Hate vampires.)

::Her fingers twitch. Someone's tempted to do something...::

:: Lily raises her eyebrows at Piper before looking back around the Great Hall. She speaks in a very low voice and out of the side of her mouth, her eyes darting around the room.::

"I'm not going to scream, or panic. I don't panic. I'm just worried. That Cora is just purely twisted and we need to do something. Anyway, what if we're looking in completly the wrong place?"

::Piper only heard one part of what Lily said.::

"We do need to do something. Alright, everybody, we're looking for a witch called Azura. She's tall, redhead, might be with a sadistic vampire, tell us where she is and I won't start killing you all."

::She flicks her fingers up at a vampire, intending on blowing him up, but nothing happens.::

"..."

(Well. Nobody ever said my memory was great.)

::Because her powers don't work on vampires, of course.::

::The vampires now all turn to Piper and Lily. Some of them sniff at them.::

"Humans."

"Witches."

"A Charmed One..."

::They begin to leer with sickening hunger, advancing on the two.::

"Well. Crap."

::Piper backs off a bit, looking at Lily.::

"This is the point where you reveal your power. Which is to set fire to things or get us the hell out of here, or better yet, to turn into Buffy."

(Because that would be fun to watch.)

:: Lily mumbles to Piper so that only she can hear.::

"This is where I'm glad that I'm not a witch. I'm fairly certain my powers will work anywhere, because I remember someone saying something about me being sought after by the bad guys."

:: Lily looks at the Vampires, addressing them loudly.::

"Back off. Now! We're going to find our friend and you are going to help us."

:: Lily stares at the nearest vampire, concentrating hard on her, she pictures the vampire catching fire in her mind and focuses wholley on this image. She glares at the vampire unblinkingly, setting it on fire.::

::There's some running. Some screaming. Some setting other vampires on fire by running into them. Some exploding.::

"Wow. It really is to set people on fire..."

::Piper looks considerably impressed, both at Lily and her own guesswork.::

:: Lily gives Piper a small smile.::

"We might just get somewhere now"

(Come on Azura, wherever you are, we are going to find you...)

:: Lily looks back at the chaos of vampires and addresses them in a very loud voice again.::

"So! Are you going to help us or not? Where is our friend?"

::Piper nods.::

"Don't anger the firestarter, she's got a very short temper."

::Several of the vampires retreat. Several don't.::

"No clue who you're talking about."

"There's been nobody like that here."

"If you go up in front, I'll come from behind..."

"If I see anyone moving, I might just loose my short temper! Now I know you know who I mean. Tell me the hell where they are! Now!"

:: Lily starts to concentrate on the next nearest vampire, just in case.::

::The vampires look around each other, really not knowing the answer. Suddenly two leap at Piper and Lily, while another attacks them from behind.::

:: Lily is completly taken by surprise when she is attacked, making her thoughts spread to more than one vampire. She tries to stay calm, looking at the fampire between her and Piper and glares at it, not breaking eye contact, setting it on fire.::

(...Shit!)

::Piper, having heard the less-than-quiet conversation between vampires spins around and kicks the vampire from behind in the gut, trying her power again but grimacing when nothing happens.::

"Uh Lily, might want to get that power used a little faster?"