Moments later Sinbad had pulled her out of the chasm. She'd managed to grab his hand just in time, allowing him to pull her out. Now they sat panting at the side.
"Thanks" she panted. "For saving me"
"Your welcome" he smiled. "I reckon we must be about equal now anyway"
"Come on" she said suddenly, getting up. "We've got to save Dermott"
As they reached the cavern, Maeve slowed down.
"What's the matter?" asked Sinbad quietly.
"I want you to wait here" said Maeve firmly.
"There's no way I'm letting you fight Rumina on your own"
"You don't understand" she sighed. "I can't be worrying about you whilst fighting Rumina. I'll be fine on my own"
"That's not an option" he snapped. "I'm coming in whether you like it or not. Rumina is evil Maeve, what makes you sure she'll fight fair? I'm just going to be there in case she tries something."
"Well, since I don't have a choice" she smiled. "You'd better not get in my way!"
"I won't" he promised.
They entered the small tunnel carefully, Maeve led the way; fireball in hand, prepared for anything. The tunnel led to a rock cave which had Dermott hanging in one corner. Maeve was about to run towards him when she noticed Rumina enter from a side entrance.
"So, peasant wench. We meet again" smirked Rumina.
"And as pleasant as it's been, I'm going to make this our last meeting" retorted Maeve.
"I don't have a problem with that" smiled Rumina as she sent a bolt of electricity at Maeve. The battle commenced as both sorceresses took up battle stances and started firing magic back and forth.
Sinbad, meanwhile, snuck over to Dermott's cage and was trying to prize it open. He tried banging on the lock with a stone, tugging it with all his might, but nothing worked. The he remembered a little trick Rongar had shown him earlier that week. Unfortunately he wasn't carrying a pin on him, 'Damn' he thought. He scanned the room quickly, dodging the odd, stray fire bolt from the two sorceresses. At last he spotted one of Rumina's long cloaks hanging from a rock at the other side of the room. Squinting slightly, he could just make out a small, silver object attached to it. Casting a quick look at Maeve to make sure she was doing alright, he quietly made his way to the other side of the room, being careful to keep out of Rumina's line of eyesight.