Tracking through the Desain base as quietly as possible, proved easier that previously thought. Surprisingly Cloud and Kratos said little to each other, in fact Cloud seemed more concerned with Lloyd and Colette's safety than what Kratos thought of him. For the time being Kratos had similar concerns. Fighting what few guards had discovered them, the group finally made their way to the prison cells. After fighting with the guards they had managed to free the people imprisoned, but on six floors of nothing but prison blocks nothing was found. "Colette, did you find her?" Lloyd asked. "No, I didn't..." "Same here..." "Hey you guys, I hope you had better luck than I did..." said Genis as he ran up to his friends. "No..." Lloyd responded. "Nothing..." was Colette's response. "I checked thoroughly and found nothing." This was Raine's response upon coming back. "I didn't find anything!" Cloud said in a frustrated tone. The alarms went off and Kratos ran up. "What happened?" Lloyd asked in a partially panicked tone. "One of us must have tripped the alarm!" Kratos said hastily. "You probably did!" was Cloud's response. "Say what!?!" "Again, clean out your ears retard you probably did!" Before long Desain soldiers surrounded the group. "This is your fault, Mr. High-and-mighty!" Cloud yelled at Kratos. Kratos yelled back, "Like I would've set that alarm off on purpose..." "You never know, you claim to be a mercenary, but I know you're not!" In their redirected rage Cloud and Kratos dealt with the Desains. Then the groups attempted to escape but eventually were led to the room Magnius was in. Seeing the heroes he pulled his sword saying, "You'll not get the better of me this time!" "We'll see," Kratos calmly responded despite his previous mood and scuffle with Cloud. During the battle Kratos and Lloyd saw first hand the kind of attacks Cloud could use, indeed Braver and Cross-Slash had made Cloud a very formidable swordfighter. Unlike Kratos's previous prediction, Cloud's sword had not slowed him down one bit. Cloud appeared to have move strength then what was apparent. He was also very agile, moving with lightning quick speeds dodging and striking before the enemy even attacked. He seemed to know exactly what moves his enemy would make and when. Eventually having three swordfighters against him overpowered Magnius. They took the time after they defeated him to question him. "Where's the girl you tried to hang?" Lloyd asked in a loud, angry, irritated voice. "She's in the Luin ranch, that's Kvar's territory!" he responded weakly. The prisoners had already escaped the ranch, so Raine programmed the computers to self-detonate the base in 15 minutes. Since the prisoners had formed an angry mob, the guards were powerless to stop them. This made the group's escape easier. "Let's head back to Palmacoasta to get some rest..." Lloyd suggested after they had watched from a distance the ranch explode. "It's a good idea, but there's a House of Salvation nearby, we can rest there," Cloud agreed. So the group traveled to the House of Salvation and stayed the night.
