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Everyone filed out quickly. When the door closed, the Professor began to search for Gilligan. Instead, he found an open trap door.

"So you did go down there," he mused. He went down, one hand of the wall.

He seemed to be travelling the diagonal length of the mansion. He stifled a surprised yell when he bumped into someone.

Gilligan sat huddled on the floor. "It's one thing to hear from you they want to kill me. It's another to hear it for myself."

"We'll get out of here alive," the Professor promised.

"I'm sorry, but I really doubt that."

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