Lloyd stared at the floor lost in thought
"Hey Lloyd" he looked up
"What?"
"Can you pass me that nail over there" Ember pointed at a nail sticking out of the wall.
"Why do you want it?"
"You'll see" Lloyd just sighed and pulled the nail out of the wall, passing it over to Ember. She started messing about with the nail and her handcuffs.
"What are you doing?"
"Getting us out of here" She replied as the handcuff came off with a click. She quickly started on the other one. Soon both hands were free and she started doing Lloyd's.
Five minutes later both of them stood at the door. Putting her ear to the door Ember could hear the guards talking outside. Pulling back she shook her head
"Not gonna get out that way" She looked around.
"Yeah whole lot of good getting out of the chains did us if we can't get out of the cell." Lloyd pointed out. Ember wasn't listening. She was looking at the small window in near the ceiling. Lloyd looked over. "No way we can get up there. The guards confiscated your rope remember"
"You don't say"
Jade and Nya moved through the city. Towards the edge of the castle Jade stopped.
"What is it?" Nya asked
"I can hear voices"
"- Confiscated your rope remember"
"You don't say"
Nya looked at Jade.
"You don't think?" Nya asked Jade knelt down by the small hole in the wall.
"Ember?" Inside the cell Ember looked up
"Jade?"
"It's her." Jade grinned at Nya. "Is Lloyd with you?"
"What do you think?" The boy replied.
"Do you need anything to get out?"
"Just some rope. The guards took mine"
"Good thing I have some with me then" Jade dropped the rope down into the cell
"Thanks Jade" Ember shouted up. She looked at Lloyd. "This is gonna be fun"
"Why do I get the feeling that your idea of fun is not the same as my idea of fun?"
"Because it probably isn't" Ember replied walking over to the door. She tied one end of the rope around the door handle before moving back towards the window. Standing on tiptoes she tied the other end of the rope around the window bars.
"Do you need any help?" Jade asked
"Could you try and get the bars loose Jade?" Ember asked
"Alright." Jade paused "What are you planning Ember?"
"You'll see." Ember replied. She started digging at the mud the bars were set in. After a while she stepped back and moved over to the door.
"What are you doing Ember?" Lloyd asked
"Getting us out of here. Now get ready to climb" Ember started banging on the door as hard as she could. "LET ME OUT! LET ME OUT! LET ME OUT!" She yelled at the top of her voice. The guards moved over to the door, yanking it open. As he did so the bars flew from their place and hit him. Ember grabbed the door and slammed it shut. Holding on to the handle as hard as she could she watched Jade and Nya pull Lloy out.
"Come on Ember!" The girl let go of the door and raced towards the window. She jumped and Jade caught her hand.
"Thanks" Jade pulled Ember out of the hole and she stood up. "We need to get moving." The group moved towards the back of the city. They were halfway there before the guards started chasing them. Ember started running. Jade, Nya and Lloyd following her lead. The group raced out of the city and into the woods.
Ember darted through the trees, towards the river. Once at the river she jumped in once again
"What are you doing?"
"Escaping. Come on! I know a way out" Jade took one last looked behind her before grabbing Lloyds hand and jumping in, dragging him in with her. Nya dived in after them. The group swam down river before Ember stopped at a hole in the bank. She climbed out and entered the tunnel
"No wonder they couldn't catch you" Jade stated as she peered into the tunnel. "Underground tunnels. Who would have guessed"
"Oh. I found them quite by accident. Saved my hide more times than I care to count" Ember replied as she lead the group through the tunnels towards the tree house.
Cole looked up as Jade and Nya entered
"Any luck?" Jade grinned
"Just a bit" She replied as Ember and Lloyd entered.
"You found them!" Jay exclaimed
"Well, Ember pretty much got herself out. You were right Kai" Nya stated. Kai looked smug.
"Told you so"
"Well, you deserve some of the credit Jade. If you hadn't given us the rope my plan wouldn't have worked."
"Yeah, I bet Pythor's foaming at the mouth. It's bad enough I got out once, never mind twice. Add in the fact that the one person he has been after for years escaped after he finally caught them you get a very mad king. We need to be on our guard from now on. There's no knowing when they'll strike"
"True. But something good did come of this whole adventure" Jade added in brightly
"What?" Ember and Lloyd asked together
"Do you want to tell them Nya?" Nya nodded
"Well, whilst I was looking for blueprints of the castle I found a royal family tree. It had both your names on it and date of births"
"What's so important about that?" Ember asked "I know how old I am"
"I don't" Lloyd pointed out. "No one ever told me"
"Well Lloyd, I know" Jade stated "Your the same age as Ember. Fifteen."
"How do you know that?" Lloyd asked
"How is that even possible?" Ember asked at the same time. Jade and Nya looked at each other
"The answer to both questions is" Nya started
"Your twins" Jade finished. Lloyd and Ember looked at each other
"TWINS?"