"Hey, guys, look at this!" Jack pushed open a nearby door to reveal a balcony. "Will! Want to try to spit in the pond from here?"

"Always!"

The two men ran out of the door onto the balcony and slammed the door behind them. Everyone else rolled their eyes and started tidying up the hallway.

"Hey, I nearly hit it!" yelled Jack enthusiastically.

"Come on, it was miles off!" protested Will.

"Was not!"

"Was!"

"Was not!"

Meanwhile, the Mothman had landed behind them and was leaning against the wall smoking a cigarette while he waited for them to notice his presence.

There wasn't much sign of that happening any time soon.

"It was!"

"Wasn't!"

"It was!"

"Oh, you call that spitting? This is spitting!" Will sucked in his cheeks and leaned back in preparation. Unfortunately, at this moment the Mothman grew tired of waiting and tapped him on the shoulder. Will gagged and coughed and gestured for someone to smack him on the back.

Jack ignored him and turned impatiently to face the intruder.

"Yes, what-Oh my god! What are you?"

The Mothman grinned and drew himself up to his full height. Since this was about 9ft, this was quite intimidating.

Jack gibbered and took a step back, pressing against the railings.

It could all have gone very badly at that point, had it not been for Elizabeth.

"Hey guys! Legolas said it's time to keep going...." She threw the door open hard and succeeded in knocking the Mothman over the guardrail of the balcony.

"Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee........" screeched the Mothman, before hitting the surface of the pond with a splash.

"Wow, good shot, Elizabeth!" said Jack, leaning over the balcony rail.

"Thanks. Is he all right?" She pointed at Will, who was leaning on the rail and coughing.

"Yeah. Just choking on his own saliva. As you do." Jack sauntered back into the house. After giving Will a good whack on the back, Elizabeth dragged him inside as well.

"So, where should we go now?" asked Neo.

"Well, we have to find a staircase up to the attic," Trinity pointed out.

"How are we going to do that?" asked Frodo.

"Trial and error," replied Jack confidently, pulling open the nearest door. Edward Scissorhands stumbled out, blinking in the light and rubbing his head.

"Hang on, didn't we just leave you in the bath downstairs?" asked Jack.

"No, that was Freddy Kreuger. This is Edward Scissorhands," said Elizabeth.

"What's the difference?"

"Freddy has knives for hands, Edward has scissors, hence his name," said Trinity patiently.

"I don't follow," said Jack, scratching his head.

"Never mind," sighed Elizabeth.

"Hey, look, you can see where he's missed when he's tried to pick his nose," said Will.

Elizabeth slapped Will round the head. "Be nice, you insolent git!"

"Erm...have you seen Kim anywhere?" asked Edward nervously.

"What's she look like?" asked Jack.

"Slim, tall, blonde, beautiful..." Edward trailed off.

"No, sorry mate. But she's called Eowyn, and she's blonde and sort of pretty. Will she do?"

"Oh, thanks," said Eowyn sarcastically.

"No, sorry," said Edward mournfully.

"How come you can't find her?" asked Trinity sympathetically. She was just over the moon to find someone else who thought that black PVC was at the height of fashion.

"Oh, I upset her. I really shouldn't have tried to poke her boyfriend-I sort of forgot about the scissors." He gestured with his scissorhands, and narrowly avoided slicing off Eowyn's ear. She took a step back and hid behind Legolas.

"Let's just put him back in the cupboard and get the hell out of here," hissed Will, eyeing the scissors nervously.

"No!" said Trinity, elbowing him in the ribs. "I want to keep him."

"He's not a pet," said Neo. "And who knows how long he'll live for? I don't want to be stuck with feeding him for another twenty years once you've got bored of him."

"I won't get bored of him!" she protested angrily.

"Just like you said you wouldn't get bored with the hamsters, the rabbit, all those guinea pigs..."

"I didn't know they would breed!" she said defensively.

"Yes, but who got stuck with feeding them until Morpheus set them loose in the Agent Smith Club Headquarters?"

"Morpheus did what?"

Morpheus crept quietly down the stairs and out of the hall. He didn't particularly want to hang around for this.

"Set them loose in the Agent Smith Club Headquarters. Seriously, you've never seen anything like it. They thought they were rats, and cowered on top of the bar stools while the guinea pigs colonised the toilets. I thought they'd never stop screaming."

"Oh, he'll pay for this," growled Trinity, balling her hands into fists.

"Who? Agent Smith?"

"No. Morpheus."

"Oh."

"Sorry to distract you, but we still need to find the next flight of stairs," said Legolas pointedly.

"Oh. Hey, Edward, want to come with us?" asked Trinity.

"Erm...will you help me find Kim?"

"Sure," said Jack, rolling his eyes at Will.

"OK then."