Sam could see the dark outlines of the cavern walls, floor and ceiling but that was it. He swam along side Lara, keeping a tight hold on her hand. She was sure of herself and knew where they were going.
They turned a corner to a dead end. Lara motioned for Sam to look up. At least fifty feet above them was light, the first chamber of the temple.
Between them and the light were two glowing Bari. Every few seconds they'd surround themselves in blue sparks. Lara let go of Sam's hand and began to sign.
'We have to swim up there,' she signed. 'Avoid the Bari, they'll paralyze you for a few minutes if you're caught by one of them.'
Sam nodded. They began to swim up the tunnel, moving slowly so they didn't attract any attention from the Bari. Sam had past the Bari on the left side of the cave and was almost out of the tunnel when he felt something grab his foot.
He whirled around to see the Bari had reached out with one of it's tentacles and grabbed hold of Sam's foot. Sam tried to pull his foot free, but the Bari squeezed tighter.
Blue sparks began to spark up around the creature. Pain shot up from Sam's foot and through his whole body. It was brief, but the shock at left Sam paralyzed, blind and completely deaf.
He felt the other tentacle wrap around his arm and begin to pull him down again. The Bari suddenly released him and he felt something else, a pair of hands, wrap themselves around his chest and began to pull him up to the surface.
Before he'd even felt the strong rush of air, he lost all feeling, though he knew he was still awake. He had no idea how long he had no feeling, but after a while he began to gain control again.
Sam opened his eyes. His vision was a bit blurred but he could tell he was in a cavern. His legs were numb but he was starting to feel his body from the waist up.
His helmet had been removed, along with the breathing mask. He turned his head to see Lara sitting a little farther away. His vision was clearing up well enough to see Lara's eyes were glazed over.
He pushed himself up and dragged himself over to where Lara was. She didn't blink, even when he waved a hand infront of her face.
'Weird...' Sam thought. 'She's breathing, so she's not dead...Maybe she's in a trance.'
He held his hand infront of her face and snapped his fingers twice. At once Lara came back to life. She blinked a few times then looked at Sam.
"Hey," she said. "You okay? You took a big shock from the Bari."
"I was more concerned about you," Sam replied.
"Hmm? What for?"
"You were in a trance just now."
Lara looked down at the ground and didn't say anything in responce.
"You saw something, didn't you?" Sam asked. Lara nodded. "You wanna talk about it?"
Lara burst into tears. Sam hesitated, not sure what to do. Then he moved around and leaned against the wall. He pulled Lara back and let her lay on his arm. Lara let her head fall back and rest on his shoulder.
"Zant's done something back home," Lara coughed. "I don't know what he did, but something's happened."
"It'll be okay," Sam reassured. "It might've just been Zant messing with your head, trying to get you to lose focus."
"Maybe..."
She wiped her eyes a few times, then stopped when she realized the tears weren't going to stop so soon.
They sat in silence for a while. The only sound was the soft beating of the pool in the center of the room. Sam noticed a difference in Lara's breathing, it was no longer quick and raspy, but slow and calm.
He looked at her and found she'd cried herself to sleep. Sam could feel a chilly breeze coming from deeper inside the temple. He couldn't feel it completely, but he knew Lara could and he saw she was shaking.
Sam reached into his bag and pulled out the cloak Lara had given him. He drapped it over her, making sure she wouldn't freeze.
He didn't dare move, he didn't want to wake Lara. He decided it'd do him some good to sleep as well, since there was a whole temple to search for the last Fused Shadow.
He leaned his head lightly on Lara's own head and he closed his eyes, allowing himself to sleep. Though his mind was buzzing with questions.
Why had they been brought here? What was Midna? Who did she work for? What was Zant planning to do with Lara when he'd taken her? What were the Fused Shadows and why did Midna want them so badly?
Sam would've asked Midna some of those questions, but he knew she'd never give him a straight answer. That's always how it seemed to be with the companions of the Zelda games--the companion always had something to hide.
Sleep finally took over Sam, dropping his mind out of the world.
