"Can't… see!" Jumpy Ghostface complained as the group whizzed around a corner in the path. It was easy to hear the sounds of night all around them. The crickets were chirping, the wind was howling lightly, and night creatures were busy scurrying around in the dark. Their breathing was evident as well. Even the bravest of them were a little put off by the darkness. By not being able to see, they felt vulnerable and very well knew what could possibly happen when they couldn't see to defend themselves. Any living creature would feel this way, unless they could see in the dark, like the turtles they were riding on with night goggles.

They made an unexpected sharp turn and they all gave a yelp of surprise. On the other hand, Mystique Sonia was the most comfortable with this. Whenever she had to go in the dark, Yaksha would be on her head, guiding her instead. It was the same thing, just without the loveable hat guiding her. Instead, it was just a loveable turtle with night goggles. Same difference to her. Mighty Ray was next in the most comfortable list. While he was used to not being able to see whenever his eyes fell out of his head, he was not used to being guided like this. Lin Chung was the most uncomfortable. His sight was spectacular, far exceeding his teammates'. Without it, he was extremely put off. He couldn't see where he was going or what he was doing, and he couldn't draw! Mr. No Hands, disturbed as well, was keeping calm. He trusted the turtles. Jumpy Ghostface was daydreaming, so none could say if he was really enjoying this or not. The rabbit king was a bit mysterious in his emotions.

Finally, before being able to register that they could see, they plunged into a hole unexpectedly. The turtles' eyes widened and First Squad screamed and shouted until they landed in a pile, one on top of the other including the confused turtles. They groaned as the queen spider stopped her work at their arrival and turned to raise an eyebrow at them. Mighty Ray got up with a start, making Mystique Sonia fall on her back and Jumpy Ghostface to end up completely rolling over.

"Give Commander Ape Trully back!" Mighty Ray shouted, pointing a finger at the huge spider, as if that would work. She gave him another strange look before grinning a rather disturbing grin, as it was from a spider. Crawling down off of the Commander's web, she hissed and clicked to her army.

"What's she saying?" Lin Chung whispered, standing up undisturbed to stand next to Mighty Ray. Jumpy Ghostface, Mystique Sonia, and Mr. No Hands joined them. They watched some of the spiders scurry about, working on something. They backed into each other, ready to attack from all sides if they needed to. Instead, before they could say "what's going on," they were wrapped tightly in a thick cobweb. The spiders dropped their strings and pushed them onto their side so that they could roll like a log. The heroes didn't like it at all as they were pushed and rolled, finally dropping even farther into another hole. Thankfully, they landed sitting up, so as to avoid more pain from lying on top of each other. That hadn't went well at all.

"I can't reach my staff," Lin Chung complained. They didn't need to whisper since this hole was empty except for them and much farther down than the rest of the spider's home. Indeed, his staff was tied up next to him, but vertically. The bindings were so tight that he couldn't move his hand to grab it. Mr. No Hands, well, he had no hands available, so he had to depend on the rest of the team. Jumpy Ghostface couldn't reach his jump rope, and Mighty Ray couldn't reach the banana stuffed in his pocket. Without Yaksha, Mystique Sonia was a little weaker than she usually was. She depended on Yaksha in situations like this, where Yaksha could have easily jumped off her head and pulled these ropes off.

"Mystique Sonia," Mr. No Hands started. "Can you use your tongue to pull these ropes off?"

"I can try," she said, really missing the sleeping Yaksha back at Big Green. She tilted her head back and extended her long blue tongue before carefully wrapping it around the bindings. First Squad started to complain, but Lin Chung and Mr. No Hands silenced them. Sonia closed her eyes in concentration, whimpering as she put all her effort into loosening the bindings. After a moment, they slipped off easy, leaving Sonia literally tongue tied and the rest of the squad sprawled out over the ground, panting heavily.

"Good job, Mystique Sonia," Mr. No Hands complimented, getting back up along with most of First Squad. Sonia was still on the ground, trying to untie her tongue from the bindings. She had had to extend it so long, it got tangled easily. "Now, how are we going to get up there?" Mr. No Hands continued, glancing upwards.

Mighty Ray tried to climb, but fell after only a few seconds. Jumpy Ghostface tried jumping as well, but didn't succeed, even with his jump rope. Lin Chung tried using his staff to propel himself in the air, but it wasn't high enough. When he tried sticking it in the walls and pulling himself up, it kept threatening to break under his weight. Mr. No Hands couldn't fly up that high. Yaksha would have been able to propel them up, but of course, Yaksha wasn't there. Just as Sonia managed to untie her tongue, Mr. No Hands turned to her.

"Mystique Sonia, do you think you can somehow use your tongue to get us back up there?"

She sighed, tilting her head back to look up at the top. It was so far and dark, she couldn't even see it. Deciding to test it, she extended her tongue as high as she could. When she found a surface, a spider stepped on her tongue hard, making her pull it back fast. "Ow, ow, ow!" she cried, letting her tongue hang out.

"Try again," Mr. No Hands pleaded.

She extended her tongue along the walls, looking for something to grab onto. While it tasted disgusting, she continued to search until she came up with nothing.

"Come on, Mystique Sonia!" Mr. No Hands encouraged. Lin Chung and Jumpy Ghostface joined in.

In a last attempt, she stretched her tongue and used it like a helicopter would. What do you know, it worked! She started going up, up, up until she was out of First Squad's sight. They could hear her tumble into the dirt above though, probably exhausted. But amazing, it had worked! They could hear the distant yell of Commander Ape Trully as his own bindings were tightened. They had to hurry before he was eaten by the spiders.

"Can you get us up there, Mystique Sonia?" Lin Chung called, his voice just echoing in the narrow tunnel going upward.

"I can try!" she shouted in reply. After a moment, she extended her tongue down again.

"This is like that story of Rapunzel!" Mighty Ray laughed before he was wrapped into a bundle by Mystique Sonia's tongue, along with the rest of First Squad. It was just like when they were bound by the spiders' webs, but safer. They grunted as they were pulled up all too quickly, making Mighty Ray want to be sick. Before he could, they were thrown onto a solid surface and her tongue disappeared as quickly as it appeared. They were lying next to her, but she was tuckered out already. Lin Chung and Jumpy Ghostface helped her to her feet, as she had been lying on her stomach to pull them up.

As soon as she was balanced on her own feet, they made their way through the dark tunnel to where Commander Ape Trully's shouts were heard. Finally, they managed to get close enough to see. The poor Commander was bound up to his neck, where he was stretching as much as possible to keep his mouth free so he could breathe. When ready, they made their stance, and the spider queen turned to look at them. She made a series of clicks and hisses as if she were speaking, leaving the squad confused.

"The spider queen says that since she can't stop you by leaving you in the deepest hole, she's challenging you to a weaving competition!"

"A weaving competition?" the squad echoed, looking around at themselves confused.

Then the spider queen added in a few hisses and clicks. "She says you need to weave a blanket and that you may all give it a try," Commander added, his hope being restored.

"I'll try first," Lin Chung volunteered, stepping forward. The spiders around rustled before coming forward and giving him knitting needles, since he didn't have the extra pair of skinny legs like the spider queen did. One of the spiders gave him the end of his string. The spider queen was using her own string. The spiders around clicked.

One click.

Two clicks.

Three clicks.

Hiss!

Their meaning was obvious, even to the humans. Lin Chung took out his notepad instead and started to plan it out. The spiders paid him no mind as they cheered on their queen with a series of clicks, who was knitting a blanket quite quickly. Just as Lin Chung tried to start, he failed. He was soon tangled up in the sticky web, with the spider queen triumphantly holding up her newly weaved blanket with an extra pair of legs.

Obviously, Mr. No Hands would not be participating in this contest, as he couldn't use his hands. Jumpy Ghostface was next. He ended up knitting a cricket, which was not to the satisfaction of the spider queen.

"Let me show you guys how it's done," Mighty Ray said, stepping forward and taking the knitting needles. It took even less time for him to tangle himself into a big ball, with only his hands and his head visible. Lin Chung used his staff to unwind him while Mystique Sonia stepped up, being the last available.

"Go, Sonia!" Jumpy Ghostface cheered.

She had had plenty of practice knitting with Yaksha, and even on her own. In fact, she had done this previously once, on which accord she could not remember at the moment. She took the knitting needles, trying to remember all the times her and Yaksha knitted together.

As soon as she heard the hiss of the spiders, she started knitting.