As the remaining two hurried for the throne room, the fallen four were just below them. Unfortunately, two of them were currently unconscious. Ludo had landed on top of his "brother", Sir Didymus. Toby had simply had the misfortune to land on his head. Consequently, he was the first to come to.
"Toby wake!" Ludo cried, causing Hoggle to lift his head from his hands.
"Not so loud, Lduo," Toby said with a wince. "Man, my head hurts like something awful."
"That's because you landed on it," Hoggle told him drily. "Where were his Majesty and Sarah when you left them?"
"Oh, ah, hmm," Toby muttered for a moment. "We had just gotten advice from a worm. To go left, not right, I think. It was something like that. Sarah had taken charge."
Hoggle chuckled. "I wish I could have seen that," he said. "Jareth must have had an interesting expression."
"They're probably half-way to the castle by now," Toby realized. "Where are we?"
"We're in the castle at the center of the Labyrinth," Sir Didymus said, groggily sitting up. "In the dungeons to be precise."
"Ludo can't call rocks down here," Hoggle told them.
"Ludo tried," Ludo added.
"Alright, give me a minute to ignore the pain. I'll figure something out," Toby said as he pressed a hand to his head.
"Ah, Toby, lad,"
"Hold on, Sir Didymus," Toby replied. He stood to investigate the pins holding the door in. "Maybe we can pry the pins out with something."
"Toby! Toby, lad," Sir Didymus tried again.
"Hold on, I said. It might work."
The fox knight took a deep breath. "Toby Williams!" he yelled.
"What?" Toby whirled around to face him, something he shortly regretted for it made him dizzy.
"Thank you," Sir Didymus said. "Now, as I tried to show thee before." He swung his tail at a section of the bars. The moment his tail hit them, the bars fell to the floor.
"How, how did you do that?!" Toby asked, shocked. "That shouldn't happen that easily. Or at all."
Hoggle followed the fox out of the cell. Toby slipped out after them. Ludo stuck his head through, but couldn't fit all the way.
"Hold on, brother Ludo," Sir Didymus told him.
Toby cast around for a key. They were usually kept by the entrance. There, there they were. He ran over, took the ring from its peg, and ran back to the others. "I found the keys. Now, which one is it?" He tried several before finding the right one. The cell door swung open to allow Ludo to join the rest of his friends. "Sir Didymus," Toby said, turning to the knight. "How did you know about those bars?"
"I was in that same cell in the bygone days of my youth. I can't quite remember what I did to deserve being put in there, but it was long ago. I'd be the first to admit that. Anyway, I set about breaking those bars meself. I did have some help. Little slip of thing, but boy, could she blow fire. Soften them enough for me to gnaw them off. By then, Jareth in all his highness came to see it. That's when he offered us jobs; me guarding the bridge and her being some trap in the Labyrinth. I didn't think they'd bother fixing them. Turns out I was right."
"Wow. How's about finding us the throne room then?" Toby asked.
Sir Didymus shook his head. "Sorry, can't help thee there. Never really been in the castle itself."
Hoggle cleared his throat. "That would be my job, young Toby," he told them. "Comes with being a guide/having to maintain the Labyrinth. Sarah and Jareth must be there by now. We can't let them confront the false Queen alone."
"Yeah, since they seem to hate each other, they might kill each other before they get to her," Toby remarked.
"It may seem that way, but it is quite the opposite. Don't feel bad about not catching it, lad. I m trained to pick up on these things," the fox contradicted him.
"It doesn't matter. Come one!" Hoggle said, leading them to a staircase.