A/N: OK, Another short chapter, but once again, I was begged. KMK, here you go. I will put up a longer one at some point provided Shadow and I can get the plot moving again.

Enjoy guys!!!

-ScottishLaura

"No way!" Raven shouted. "No way am I taking any part whatsoever in that!"
"I fear we have no other choice Natalya. Besides, I don't think Diabolous or I attempting to do that would succeed." Raven smiled.
"There's a way." Nero shook his head.
"Not with the amount of time or resources we have available." Raven frowned again.
"Still, no! I am not going to do that, it won't work! Besides, I don't even know how." Darkdoom smiled.
"Oh, its easy Raven! Come on, try it with Nero." Raven shook her head.
"No, no and no again!" Darkdoom stood up.
"Raven, we need to escape, for all our sakes, and you sitting here arguing with us isn't helping!" Thunder boomed somewhere outside. Everyone looked around. There was a storm brewing outside the castle. The thought was on everyone's minds. That could complicate things if they didn't pull the plan off.
"Natalya, please. We need to do this to escape." Raven sighed.
"But I don't think I can do it, and succeed! And what if I fail? Then we're all doomed to staying here, forever." Nero smiled re-assuringly.
"You wont fail Natalya. I believe in you." Raven wanted to shout.
"Why does everyone put such high expectations on me?" Nero shook his head.
"They don't Natalya. You do." Raven looked down at her feet and sighed again.
"I suppose. So what am I supposed to do again?"
"When the guard comes, you convince him to let you out, and then you get us out too."
"Original." Nero raised an eyebrow. Raven held her hands in the air.
"Sorry. Continue."

"Then we have to sneak out of here. That's the hard bit."

"Just follow the paths and hide in the shadows." Nero smiled.
"Yes, but Natalya, not everyone is able to sneak around in shadows like you can."
"Then how are we supposed to get out?" Darkdoom looked to Nero.
"No. There is no way I'm crawling through sewers or anything like that." Darkdoom grimaced.
"I think that's our only option." Silence fell, broken only by footsteps. Nero looked at Raven.
"That's your cue. Good luck." Nero and Darkdoom shuffled back into their corners and looked asleep, while Raven was left on her own in the centre of the room. The guards walked past, looking in on the dungeon. He opened the gate, and called out.
"You there, I told you not to move last time I came around!" Raven looked down, then back up.
"But I wanted to ask you something."
"What do you want?"
"Can you let us out? Please? I mean, what harm can we do? We have no weapons, I'm losing blood by the second, those two have been slipping in and out of unconsciousness every minute, how are we supposed to do anything!" The guard frowned.
"I suppose you're right. Tell you what. I'll let you out, and you can get out of here, and leave these other people behind." Raven frowned.
"But they're my friends. I kinda would like to take them with me." Raven looked up at the guard, a puppy dog look on her face. He smiled.
"I guess so. Like you said, you cant really do anything, and you'll probably just get caught anyway with all you guys injured, so…" The guard walked over to the door and unlocked it. Raven smiled.
"Thank you so much!" The guard smiled back.

"No worries. Just hurry up or you'll get caught." Raven nodded, and then shuffled across to Nero and Darkdoom.
"Could you undo our chains for us? Please?" The guard walked in, and walked in, working on Raven's chains first.

"Thanks." The guard turned his back on Raven for a moment, and Raven stood up and tapped him on the shoulder. He spun around, and Raven punched him hard in the face. He collapsed onto the floor, and Raven staggered backwards slightly, the lack of blood temporarily knocking her off balance. Her eyes blurred, and she reached for the wall behind her until she could stand properly. Nero stood up and placed a hand on her shoulder. She looked up to him, and smiled, before he went to help Darkdoom with his cuffs. After he was done, Darkdoom stood up, and Nero went back over to Raven. She hadn't moved, and Nero placed a hand around her back.
"Come, Natalya. We must move or someone else will come and check." Raven looked up and nodded. She was suddenly drained of all energy, and she had gone cold again. Darkdoom led the way out, and after 5 minutes of getting them all hopelessly lost, Raven took the lead. She was limping from the wound on her calf, the blood still trickling down her leg every time go straightened her leg. By the time they reached the sewer entry, Raven was a white as a ghost, and ice cold. She kneeled down to open the entry, and she tugged at it, but was unable to move it, even though it was rusty and old, probably about to break off anyway. She released the grill, shivering again, and Nero bent over to her. He pulled his coat off again and wrapped it over her. He then ripped a shred of fabric over his shirt, and tied it around her calf. The blood almost immediately soaked through the fabric, so he pulled another few strips off until it stopped soaking through. Raven shuddered a little and smiled weakly.
"We need to get going. Quickly." Darkdoom looked down to Raven. "Will she be OK?" Raven pushed herself up.
"I'll be fine. Let's go."