Abby was scanning her surroundings when Cole looked at her. She stopped moving and her eyes came to a rest on Cole's head. She smiled, and it was like they weren't underground, instead they were in one of those lush, green meadows they had played in when they were younger. But Cole had learned not to dwell on past memories; they were just too painful, remembering what had been so much fun, now reduced to brown wasteland. And Abby was here. That was doubly bad. Cole was beginning to realize that his luck was one of the worst kinds.Abby's face was still as open and as trusting as he remembered. But the dungeon wasn't the best place for a happy reunion. The guards let her look a bit more, then violently grabbed her arms and dragged her to the open cell door, where they chucked her in."See if the ghost will save you now, you mage!" one of them called after her, then they slammed the door and walked away, laughing as they went. They didn't, however, see Cole stealthily take the key ring off one of their pants. Cole wasn't going to let his little sister stay in there and stay cornered, trapped like him. Likewise, Cole didn't want to kill Abby, for he was still protective of her, even after three years without her.Abby was cowering in a corner when Cole opened the cell door. He felt a sudden stab of anger at seeing what those brutes had turned his sister into. A cowering, weak coward, that's what she was now. He bent down next to her, and whispered into her ear, "I've come to get you out of here, Abby. Follow me, and those Templars will never know you've escaped until it's too late!"She seemed to take satisfaction in that, so Cole led her through his secret passage, but it stopped just before the lava trap. Now then, trap, he silently said. I would like you to let me and my sister across, then let it go just after we've got off. Deal? The trap grudgingly agreed, but Abby nearly lost her foot as they came out of the trap.She seemed to take satisfaction in that, so Cole led her through his secret passage, but it stopped just before the lava trap. Now then, trap, he silently said. I would like you to let me and my sister across, then let it go just after we've got off. Deal? The trap grudgingly agreed, but Abby nearly lost her foot as they came out of the trap. Cole led Abby to the surface, and a bit further, then stopped. He couldn't go any further, because the boundary of the Deaqui stopped there. And, no matter how hard Abby tugged, he couldn't move forward. If they busted the building, Cole might be loose, but it had a snowball's chance in a desert.