Ethaniel, Laura and Tawrens meet up with a scientist who thinks he has discovered a way of defeating Banning. As they are talking to him Banning's men, led by a man called Kard, turn up. To escape the four of them enter some unused underground tunnels that were once going to be part of the subway system of the city. Kard follows them and kills the scientist, causing an explosion that brings down the ceiling on Ethaniel. With Ethaniel badly injured and unable to move Laura and Tawrens talk to him how they met each other and about the trials and tribulations they have been through together, trying to keep his mind off the situation they are in while they try to find a way out. Meanwhile Kard and his men are trying to find a way through the rubble to make sure that no one survived.