Micaiah walked through the voice, whilst weakly calling out Laura's name. She had lost track of how long she had been in the forest. How many marks had passed by since she started looking for Laura? One? Two? Maybe more?

What was more concerning was that the sun was beginning to set and the sky was beginning to darken. She should be heading back, she should be finding somewhere safe to stay the night. But she couldn't until she found Laura.

Snap.

She heard a tree branch snap. Micaiah's eyes darted around, trying to see if there was anyone there. She quietly muttered to herself, "Somebody's nearby..."

"You sensed me, did you?" A male voice called out. Micaiah turned around, and saw a tall man with short hair. He was looking at her with a large smirk on his face.

Micaiah swallowed, before weakly saying, "Where is Laura?"

"And you saw through my ruse. You're as clever as they say, my dear. You even came alone. How brave of you. Was that to give your friends a chance to escape? What a thoughtful little thing you are." The man said darkly, as his smirk began to widen. He looked behind him, and poked at someone with his right arm.

As if on cue, Micaiah could hear Laura say, "Mi-Micaiah! Don't come any closer!"

Micaiah shouted, "Laura! Let her go! She isn't one of us..."

"Now, you know I can't do that. She's a valuable hostage, just like you!" The man said, looking... strangely happy with this development. For the first time Micaiah felt... Terrified.

Micaiah nervously shouted, "No! Yune, fly away!"

Yune cried out, before the little bird took flight, and flew away from danger. Micaiah weakly smiled, wishing that she could do the same.

Argh, dratted bird! Yes, get that mangy flying bag of bones out of here before I squash it like a fly! Tch. How annoying." The man's voice interrupted Micaiah's thoughts. She looked up, and saw the man talking to more soldiers. Eventually, he shouted, "Enough of this! Back to the castle. As long as we have these two, the others don't matter."

Another soldier immediately replied, "Sir. All hands, withdraw!"

Meanwhile, Micaiah muttered quietly, "I've got a bad feeling about this..."

Soon afterwards, Micaiah could feel several soldiers grabbing her arms, as they dragged her away, presumably to the local prison.

"Where's Micaiah?" Sothe asked, sounding worried.

Three marks had passed since they had split up to look for Laura, and now four members of the Dawn Brigade had gathered at the Kunu Swamp. However, neither Laura or Micaiah had arrived.

Leonardo spoke up, "Maybe we should wait here one more Mark, just in case she had gotten lost. After all..."

Edward shook his head, "I think the Begnion Occupational Army have found her. I found Yune whilst I was grabbing the Abbot's medicine and searching for Laura, but I didn't see Micaiah."

"That is likely. I did see some Begnion soldiers whilst I was searching for Laura." Nolan said thoughtfully, "Maybe Micaiah and Laura were spotted by those Begnion soldiers..."

"If that is the case, where would they have taken them?" Sothe pondered aloud, before saying quickly, "Glaive Prison. No..."

Leonardo immediately noticed Sothe's darkened expression before muttering, "Glaive Prison? Is that the one with Tobias the Bloodied...?"

"Yes." Nolan said simply, looking just as anxious as Sothe did.

For the first time in a long time, Edward looked just as nervous, "Will they let... Will they let Tobais get his hands on..."

"Micaiah is more valuable to them unscarred." Nolan replied, "After all, they will want her to look pretty for her execution. Laura on the other hand..."

The whole group fell silent, dreading what fate would befall both Micaiah and Laura. Eventually, Leonardo spoke up, "We should leave now."

"Do you have a plan?" Sothe asked quickly.

Leonardo nodded, "I do. We're going to bust into the prison, free Laura and Micaiah, kill Tobias, and then get out of there."