Finn felt the rough cobblestone street against his head. He opened his eyes. "Ah!" Maybeck's face was right in front of him. "Good God, Maybeck, could you back up a little?"
Maybeck grinned. "Sorry, man, but I've waiting for you for, like, five minutes!"
"Oh, you poor baby!" Finn's sarcasm was thick and he knew it. He got up to his feet and looked around. "Wow, I haven't been here in a long time."
It was almost a year after the Kingdom Keepers defeated the Over Takers in Disney Land. Finn had almost forgotten the feeling of being a DHI. The electronic tone in his voice could be heard and his body glowed.
"I know, right? I almost forgot what Walt Disney World looked like!"
"Where is everyone?" Finn looked around for the rest of the gang.
"They are already at the Keep. You're the last to arrive," Maybeck said, again gaining the why-am-I-wasting-my-time-on-you tone. Without another word, he started walking towards Escher's Keep, leaving Finn to scurry after him.
When they arrived at the foot of the maze, Finn realized that he had forgotten the correct passage up. He glanced at Maybeck, hoping he had knew the way, and saw that Maybeck had the same clueless expression on his face. "Well," Finn said, "this should be fun."
Maybeck gave him a wild look and started down a passage. It appeared to be wrong and he disappeared from sight as he fell through a trapdoor.
"Maybeck? Can you hear me?" No answer. "Maybeck?"
"I could call that a lot of things, but I would not call it fun." Maybeck walked into the room soaking wet. Stifling a laugh, Finn realized the trapdoor had sent him to the moat. Maybeck didn't look happy, so Finn tried another passage: it was the right one. He smiled at Maybeck.
After many trips to the moat and start over's, they reached the top. "Wow, that was one heck of a maze," Maybeck said through huffing breaths.
"I know, I don't remember it being so hard," Finn replied.
After they both caught their breaths, they hurried into the Keep.