A gryphon flies into the Telmarine citadel, carrying Edmund. They land on top of a tower, out of sight of a soldier who stands guard. He looks up, and sees nothing. Then, the gryphon grabs him and pulls him up. Edmund jumps down, and uses his electric torch to signal the others. Peter, Susan, and Caspian, carried by gryphons, fly in and land. Caspian flies low and kills a soldier on the way. Another soldier notices Edmund's signals and aims his crossbow. Susan shoots him. They land and Peter kills a Telmarine soldier.
Asterius the minotaur sneaks along outside. A soldier sees him and draws his sword. Asterius puts a finger to his lips.
"Shhh."
Nikabrik comes up behind him and hits the soldier in the head.
Led by Reepicheep, the mice climb out from underground, and scurry through the gate, easily fitting through the bars. They crawl across a rope and enter the castle. Reepicheep notices a cat around the corner. He draws his sword and smiles.
Peter, Susan, Ivar, and Caspian climb down a wall. Caspian knocks on a window.
"Professor?"
Caspian opens the window and steps into Cornelius' study. Peter and Susan follow. Caspian finds a pair of glasses on the table.
"I have to find him."
"You don't have time. You have to get to the gatehouse."
"You wouldn't even be here without him. And neither would I."
"Let him go find the professor, Peter. We owe him that much."
"Us three can take care of Miraz."
"And I can still make it to the gatehouse in time."
A Telmarine soldier walks around the castle interior. He notices that the cat is tied up. He looks around suspiciously. Reepicheep drops into the window frame, hanging upside down, and draws his rapier. The soldier turns and sees him.
"Yes, I'm a mouse."
Reepicheep hits the soldier. He jumps down and signals the other mice. They all jump onto another soldier and knock him over. Then they climb onto each others' backs and open the door. Trumpkin enters and shoots another soldier.
"Ah, we were expecting someone, you know, taller."
"You're one to talk."
"Is that supposed to be irony?"
Caspian steps into Cornelius' cell, where his professor lies chained to the floor. Caspian wakes him up.
"Five more minutes?"
"What are you doing here? I didn't help you escape just so you could get captured again. You have to get out before Miraz learns you're here."
"He'll learn soon enough. We are giving him your cell."
"Don't underestimate Miraz as your father did."
"What are you talking about?"
"I'm sorry."
Caspian runs off as Cornelius watches. A sword is put to Miraz's throat as he sleeps. He opens his eyes, looks up, and chuckles.
"Thank goodness. You're safe."
"Get up!"
Miraz climbs out of bed, and the stirring of the blankets wakes up Prunaprismia.
"Caspian?"
"Stay where you are."
"What are you doing?"
"I should think it's obvious, dear."
Peter, Susan, and Ivar are in the castle hallways, and they come upon one of the bedroom doors. Peter draws his sword, Susan strings up an arrow, and Ivar has his axe ready. Peter opens the door, and looks around the room for people, but no one is there, except for a baby in a crib. Miraz's son, DÃdac.
"Where did that come from?"
"Mum never had that talk with you?"
"Which room is Miraz going to be in?"
"Well in most cases, the nursery is right next to the main bedroom in a castle."
They all head out of the nursery, to find Miraz's chambers.
"You know, some might consider this inappropriate behavior."
"That doesn't seem to have stopped you."
"But you're not like me, are you? It's sad. The first time you show any backbone, and it's such a waste."
Prunaprisma gets out of the bed, and aims a crossbow at Caspian.
"Put the sword down, Caspian. I don't want to do this."
At that moment, Susan, Ivar, and Peter burst into the bedroom.
"We don't want you to either!"
"This used to be a private room."
"Caspian, what are you doing? You're supposed to be at the gatehouse!"
"No! Tonight, for once, I want the truth! Did you kill my father?"
"He has every right to know, Peter. Our parents were murdered as well."
Peter knew Ivar was right.
"Now we get to it."
"You told me your brother died in his sleep."
"That was more or less true."
"Did you kill my father?"
"Caspian, this won't make things any better."
"We Telmarines would have nothing had we not taken it. Your father knew that as well as anyone."
"How could you?"
"For the same reason you will pull that trigger!"
"Stop! Stay right there!"
"For our son! You must choose. Do you want our child to be king or do you want him to be like Caspian here? Fatherless!"
"No!"
Prunaprisma shoots an arrow, and Caspian falls over. Miraz escapes through a secret door in the wall.
Up top, Edmund accidentally drops his electric torch. It falls onto a lower tower. A soldier picks it up, and accidentally turns it on. The light beam shines high into the sky. Outside, Nikabrik and the army watch the light.
"What's that supposed to mean?"
Edmund jumps down on the soldier. Bells sound, and the Telmarine soldiers start waking up. Peter, Ivar, Susan, and Caspian run through the halls. Peter runs down a different hall.
"Peter!"
"Our army is just outside!"
Ivar, Susan, and Caspian run after Peter. He runs through the courtyard and kills two Telmarine soldiers.
"Now, Ed, now! Signal the troops!"
Up top, Edmund is struggling with a soldier.
"I'm a little busy right now, Pete!"
Edmund drops his sword. So he uses his electric torch to hit the soldier, and knocks him down. He tries to turn it on, but finds it broken. Below, Peter tries to open the gate.
"Peter, it's too late! We have to call it off while we still can!"
"No, I can still do this! Help me!"
"We, Peter! We! We can still do this!"
The other three help Peter turn the wheel to open the gate.
"Just exactly who are you doing this for, Peter?"
They continue turning the wheel. Up top, Edmund keeps shaking his torch, trying to get it to work. Inside, Trumpkin and the mice turn the wheel to lower the drawbridge. Outside, Glenstorm and the army grow restless. Finally, the torch turns on, and Edmund flashes it. Glenstorm shouts and the Narnians charge into the castle. Asterius uses his horns to smash through the first gate. The Narnians charge past Ivar, Peter, Susan, and Caspian. They draw their weapons, and run to join the battle.
"For Narnia!"
The Narnians charge through the courtyard, and start fighting. Up top, a Telmarine with a crossbow aims at Peter. Edmund slides down and knocks the soldier over. Peter looks up.
"Ed!"
Edmund looks to his left and sees the other Telmarines with crossbows. He dives into a room and kicks the door shut just in time. Peter and Tyrus start fighting their way up to Miraz's balcony. Tyrus jumps and raises his weapon. Glozelle shoots him in the shoulder. Miraz slowly walks over to Tyrus, and then pushes him. Peter watches as the satyr tumbles down and hits the ground hard.
"Get that gate closed!"
The gate starts closing. Asterius runs over and holds the gate open. Peter watches.
"Fall back! Retreat!"
Once Ivar heard those words, the very words he had never heard come out of Peter's mouth until now, he began to have doubts about if coming back was a good idea. Not that the family had a say in it.
Peter runs around telling all the Narnians to retreat. Glenstorm swings Susan onto his back on the way out.
"Caspian!"
"I'll find him!"
Edmund walks onto the tower where he first landed, and uses his torch to lock the door. He looks over the edge, but the griffin is nowhere in sight. The soldiers on the other side bang against the door. Caspian and Cornelius emerge, with Caspian holding the reigns of an extra horse. Peter kicks a soldier, and jumps onto the horse. Up top, Edmund's torch breaks, and the soldiers burst through the door with drawn swords. Edmund looks down, and then jumps. The soldiers look over the edge, and a griffin flies up with Edmund riding. Peter barely makes it out before Asterius collapses and the gate shuts. Many Narnians are still trapped inside. Peter and Reepicheep are the last to exit. Peter looks back in horror. Glentorm nods to one of his sons. The drawbridge starts going up. Holding back tears, Peter looks back at the Narnians and hesitates. Then he rides away. On the griffin, Edmund flies over the castle and surveys the carnage.
How were they going to tell the others what had happened?
