The Shadow were smart. Their dungeon was exactly in the middle of their
base, so if Xara were to escape, she would face nearly an equal amount of
people trying to stop her. That is, if she were in the condition to attempt
an escape. Right now, to add to the blow on her head, she had been dragged to
the dungeon across an uneven hard rock floor, and the manacles which held
her to the wall were made like a branding iron would be. Hot. She passed out
twice. When she woke up again, she heard two guards talking. One said,
"Yeah. I heard something about Sorrow losing his magic powers." "I'd like to
thank whoever did that. The twins are nothing but trouble." They then
stopped talking and stood at attention as Panther walked through the thick
stone door of the dungeon. "Hmm, so this is Xara. Your sorry clan was
foolish to think you could stop the almighty Shadow. Tell me everything
about your mission or suffer the consequences." "All I'll tell you is that
it wasn't my choice to attack you." "Sure it wasn't." Just then, a guard
came running. "Sir, several Twin Moons armies have been spotted nearby!"
"How many are there?" asked Panther. About 1000, sir." "Send out our best
fighters. As for you, Xara, I'll deal with you later."
  Outside, The Twin Moons launched several boulders from a catapult at the
Shadow base. One was aimed at the dungeon. Soon, it came crashing through
the ceiling, and the dungeon walls started to crumble. A rock broke the
manacle on Xara's left wrist, and then wall on which Xara held manacled to
gave out, freeing Xara. With no time to lose, She bolted out the door, and
found her self in a labyrinth of tunnels and passageways. She ran down one
tunnel, took a right, and found a fork in the tunnel. She took a the left
tunnel, and found herself in a large empty room. The only way out was the
way she just came in. She tried to leave, but a steel door blocked her path.
She tried to break through it, but it was no use. She was trapped. For the
first time, she noticed a window near the ceiling. "If only I could get up
there," she thought. Then Panther appeared at the window. He opened it, and
said, "So, you thought you could escape. How foolish. Now your finally
trapped for good.  I wish I could watch you die, but there's no
time. Good bye, Xara."
He pulled a wooden lever, and then left. "I thought I was supposed to die,"
she thought. "What an idiot that guy is." As she looked for a way to get to
the window, she heard a grinding noise. She looked around, saw that the
middle of the floor was being separated. The floor was opening! Xara went
over to the edge of the floor to see what was down there. She saw a stone
floor with about 100 small compartments in it. They all began opening at
once, and when they did, a tall spear raised out of each one, and the floor
itself began to move upward. Xara realized it was either fall and get
impaled on a spear, or miss them all and ride the rising platform up to the
ceiling and get crushed...