1 | master of arms [gisborne]

Eighteen

"Mice!" shouted Finn, trying to stomp the animal.

"Finn, leave him be!" exclaimed Robin, turning from his work.

"I hate mice," he growled, backing up.

"Help me shift this," said Robin, signaling to a stone in the wall. "Come on."

Finn knelt down next to Robin. "It looks pretty solid to me."

"Yeah. Well, let's find out, shall we?" Robin blew the remaining dirt off of the stone. "I can feel a draft. Come on."

Finn and Robin moved the stone. Robin was right, there was a draft coming through. They lied down and crawled close to the hole they had just created. The men examined it, and Robin bobbed his head up and down.

"Drainage gutter," said Robin to Finn. "That's our way out."

Finn looked from Robin to the tunnel. "We're gonna get out through here?" Robin nodded. "That's not possible!"

Robin laughed and crawled backwards. Grabbing a chain, he walked back to Finn. Handing it to Finn, Robin went down the hole. Finn groaned and grunted as he held the chain steady, lowering Robin. When he was low enough, Robin let go of the chain. Finn looked back to the door. It was unlocking, and that meant Guy was coming in. Crawling through, Finn jumped.

"Aaaaaaaah!" cried Finn as he dropped, landing with a thud next to Robin.

"They've escaped!" Robin heard Guy yell once the door was opened. "You, wait there! The rest of you search the castle -- find them!"

Robin and Finn crawled through the tiny space, until Robin stopped to talk. "Finn!" Robin nodded to a closed vent door. "I think this might be our way out."

Robin crawled toward the vent door, Finn close behind him. Kicking it, the vent broke. Robin looked out, the long distance of floor and him staring each other right in the face. Squeezing his eyes shut, he shook his head.

"Finn," he called.

"What?"

"We have a problem."

******

Linda paced on the roof, biting her nails. Tiernan and her father were shipping the men, and she had no idea what to do. Robin and Finn were captured, God knows how they were going to escape and how long they had. Basically, Linda was stuck in the middle... again. But what bothered her most was Guy. He and her had barely talked since their argument, not even acknowledging each other. They had seen each other once just five minutes ago, and only stared. Groaning, she ran her hands through her hair. It was not until she her a clatter of metal did her train of thought get interrupted. Frowning, Linda leaned over the railing, finding that a vent door was falling down. She saw Robin's head look down in disbelief.

"Robin!" cried Linda.

Robin turned on his back and stared wide-eyed at her. "Linda! We have a problem!"

"I know, it's a long drop." Looking around, she saw type of metal crate looking jail. It had square holes on it, so something could be wrapped around it... something strong. "Robin, do you have a chain or whatnot?"

Robin smiled at her. "Good thinking!" Robin looked from the ground to her. "Get me that chain," he said to someone.

"Why?" came their angry response. Of course, Finn.

"Just get me the chain!"

Linda heard growling and rattling of a chain. Robin grabbed it and looked up. "Now what?"

"Throw it and try to wrap it around here." She patted the crate.

"What? It'll never work!"

"Just do it!"