Matt happened to glance to the left and saw a half rotted skeleton lying against a wall. When Matt went over to it, he placed his hand on the body to bury it. Suddenly, the skeleton crumbled and a ghost emerged! The ghost promptly disintegrated. Matt:"One down, four to go." The way behind Matt was blocked by a heavy iron gate. The Hunters would have to find another route, at least until the gate was opened up.

So, the group went in the opposite direction, where they met quite a few undead fiends. After Burdening them under their sins, Judge and the rest of the Hunters killed them, sending them back to where they came from. They passed through a small gate and went down a small staircase. When they did, some rot appeared, but a few of them were different. Some of the monsters were former police guards possessed by the vengeful spirits! The cop pulled out it's pistol and started to fire at the Hunters. Matt leaped in front of the bullet and fired a Mini Necro Blade Dragon, killing the undead policeman instantly.

After trudging through a little bit of sewer water, they came to another staircase, leading upward. At the top of the steps, more ordinary rot met them. While the other Hunters took care of the rot, Matt was fighting his way toward another skeletal remain. Once he reached it, the skeleton collapsed and the ghost inside passed on in peace.

A little further down the ledge, a large switch was on the wall. Matt pressed it and suddenly, they heard a load click. Judge:"That large gate must've opened. Come on!" They all leaped from the ledge and back up the small staircase. The moment they went back through the gate, they were jumped by more rot! Matt:"Jezz! Some people never learn!" After a short, but bloody, brawl, the Hunters emerged victorious. They continued onward past the heavy iron gate into another tunnel. The tunnel spread out in to a large, open room. An iron door on the left side, another tunnel on the right, and a skeleton straight ahead. Matt went over and buried a third body, giving the spirit within tranquillity.

Next, the Hunters went through the iron door. Inside was a small open room, with two very frightened teenage girls inside. Simply by touching the women, they sprang to their feet and ran. They were immediately teleported away by the Messengers White Magic. Seeing nothing else of use within the room, the Hunters left. Afterwards, they went straight ahead into the next tunnel. When they rounded the corner, Matt was jumped by an oversized possessed alligator! The creature tried to snap at Matt repeatedly. Unfortunately for the gator, ever since Matt accepted the duties of a Hunter, he was under the protection of the Messenger's White Magic; meaning that the other Hunters couldn't harm him with their attacks anymore! Knowing this, the others pulled out their ranged weapons and fired away at the beast. After a few shots, the creature rolled off of Matt, dead as a doorknob.

Avenger:"Since when were there alligators in the sewer! I thought that was a myth." Judge:"Remember, Deuce. The vengeful spirits can be transported anywhere by the more powerful creature that controls them. Regardless of the fact that alligators don't live in sewers, the ones that fell under possession can be transported here by Dark Magic." Matt:"That explains how the zombies appear out of thin air." His question answered, Avenger nodded and lead the group deeper into the haunted tunnels of the sewer.

After traveling through the alligator's tunnel, the group made a left turn. Before doing so, they went down to the right, and found a fourth of the dead bodies. Proceeding from whence they came, they headed down the left turn of their original design. When they did, the Hunters came face to face with more of the troublesome, seemingly endless supply of vengeful spirits. This barrage of monsters was of the basic genera of rot, so there was little for the Hunters to fear. After continuing along for some time, the Hunters came upon another iron door. Without hesitation, they proceeded to go through it. Once they did, they came into a huge room. The room consisted of a bridge leading across a pool of sewer water. The water contained several rotten cops armed with pistols and three of the enormous undead alligators! Worse still, across the bridge six more pistol totting cops spawned out of nowhere! Avenger, Judge, Defender, and Martyr all pulled out their ranged weapons and started to shoot and the creatures below. As for Matt, he sent out his Dragon Chains and sent them straight for the cops across the bridge. But, even after the Chains decapitated them, these zombies just wouldn't quit! So, with another wave of his arms, the Chains swung out and sliced them horizontally along their waist. This vicious attack killed them.

Matt also soon heard the firing from the other Hunters cease, indicating that they had finished killing all of the policemen and gators. Soon, they regrouped. Judge:"That takes care of the creatures in this section of the sewers, but the door to the next section is blocked. We still need to find the fifth body." Defender:"Split up. It's probably in this room somewhere, we just need to look harder." So, the five of them separated and searched diligently. Eventually, Avenger came upon the body on a ledge, near the beginning of the bridge. With this spirit at peace, the blue barrier obstructing the way forward dissipated. With this, the Hunters continued deeper still into the sewers.

When the Hunters passed through the doorway, they received more information from the Messengers. Judge:"Ok. I've got good news and bad news." Avenger:"What's the good news?" Judge:"We're on the right path." Matt:"The bad?" Judge:"Eleven more renegade spirits are blocking the pathway forward. We'll have to find their bodies and lay their spirits to rest." Defender:"Great. We're on another bone hunt." So, with a sigh, the Hunters started to search the room for at least one pile of bones. Defender saw what they were looking for in right hand corner of the room, where they entered. Upon touching the pile of bones, the spirit emerged, then disintegrated. One down, ten to go.

Surprisingly enough, there weren't all that many rot in the room. About five tried to jump them, but they were easily destroyed. An equal number of rats appeared as well. The Hunters mercilessly shot these and put them out of their misery. From there on, there weren't any rot to face. That was, of course, until they reached the exitway. Out of thin air, two obese rot-cops appeared. These cops were armed with powerful Riot Shotguns, which turned out to be standard issue for police. The others fell back as the cops fired a volley of shells. Matt killed one with a Mini Necro Blade Dragon, but not before being hit by one of the shotgun blasts. The others returned fire, and the fat dead man faded into dust in a matter of seconds. In equal time, Matt was back on his feet, completely healed. Matt:"It appears that the rot are getting smarter. Keep your guard up."

They continued deeper into this new tunnel. The next room they came to was very similar to the previous one. However, this room contained a much greater number of rot. While Matt charged them head on, the other four attacked the rats at a distance. Once all the rats were eliminated, they helped Matt finish off the rest of the undead. With the rot out of the way, the Hunters were free to do their search. Within the boundaries of the room, they discovered two corpses. They buried the bodies and allowed the spirits to pass on. From there, the group found an exit.

Beyond the doorway, was a long corridor with no rot inside. After the corridor, they came to another large room. This room also contained a huge amount of rats and rot. Some to the rot were pistol totting cops, others still were of the obese category. All five of them charged into the fray, hacking and slashing away. They moved constantly to avoid being in the cops' line of sight. When all the ordinary rot was killed, the Hunters turned their sights toward the undead police. Two of the remaining six rot were the obese shotgun wielding police, which Matt instantly killed with a Mini Necro Blade Dragon each. The other four cops couldn't even pull out their weapons; each Hunter selected a target and fired away. The cops were stunned with each shot, preventing them from firing even once. Before leaving the room, they buried a body located in two different corners.

Five down, six to go. After climbing up some stairs, the Hunters went through a steel door. Inside the long corridor which extended from them, a few rotten zombies appeared. These were instantly destroyed; then rats showed up. With bullets and Fortress Beams, the rats were killed before they could get close to the Hunters. At the end was another thick door. Beyond that, a huge corridor extended. Tens upon tens of rats and rot appeared. Some of the rot were police; a few with pistols and a few fat ones with shotguns. New rot cops appeared among this group as well; skinny cops armed with deadly, far reaching flamethrowers! The silver lining of the situation was that there were two skeletons in plain sight! By activating her Demand Edge, Martyr was able to run at nearly fifty miles per hour into the room; she was running rings around even the quickest of the zombies. She touched the two skeletons, which disintegrated, and returned to the group, completely untouched.

Seven down, four to go. Judge:"Fire!" All of the Hunters pulled out their ranged weapons and fired away! Matt's Fortress Beams came in unlimited numbers, but the others had to reload repeatedly before the evil which threatened them could be destroyed. The Hunters were completely unharmed, and the new flamethrowing threat had been eliminated. Now all that was left was to find the remaining four bodies. After continuing onward for a little bit, they saw a side tunnel. It was split in the middle by heavy iron bars; on their side, a man cowered in fear. On the other, a dead body laid. They freed the man, but getting to the other side of the bars seemed to be at the moment impossible. Matt tried to bury the body with one of his Dragon Chains through the bars, but it didn't work. They'd have to find a way to the body and bury it by hand.

Fortunately, the corridor they were in looped around. Soon, another tunnel came into sight. Within it was the body the Hunters were searching for. Judge gave the spirit its last rights, and it passed on in tranquillity. Eight down, three to go. Luck seemed to be with the Hunters this evening; not thirty feet further into the tunnel, another body laid, waiting to be buried. The spirit got its wish soon enough. Now the Hunters only had to worry about two more bodies. Up ahead, there were two different paths; one leading through an iron gate, the other leading up a series of ledges. At Matt's suggestion they took the path leading up the ledges. At the top, three obese police officers waited. After watching the brainless cops fire harmlessly past them, they charged them and hacked them up, before they could take another shot.

A nearly invisible door caught the Hunters' eyes and they went through it. A few obese and pistol wielding cops were inside, but it was nothing that Matt and the Hunters couldn't handle. After clearing out of the room with little effort, the Hunters rescued two teenage girls from danger and buried yet another body. One more to go.

Taking their leave from the hidden room, the Hunters made their way back down the ledges and went through the iron gate. This lead into another tunnel, at the end of which fat cops waited. After putting a few revolver and pistol bullets into the fat zombies, Defender and Martyr lead the group deeper into the tunnel. At the end, ten rats, each breathing poisonous smoke, greeted them. Judge quickly said a magic prayer, and unleashed his Word of Power, annihilating the rats where they stood. When no more rot appeared, the group continued onward. Avenger:"I don't like this; it's too quiet in this tunnel." Matt:"I'll go first. I've got a bad feeling as well, Deuce."

No sooner had Matt taken four steps forward, a shotgun blast rang out. The force sent Matt flying into a wall, with several holes in his abdomen. Defender:"Oh...HELL NO!" With this, she and Avenger unleashed a flurry of bullets that decapitated the monster! Judge went over to Matt to check on him. Judge arrived just in time to see the pellets pop out of the wound, and the would seal shut. Matt:"My healing power covers any kind of injury imaginable, besides emotional injuries that is. You needn't worry." Judge and the others sighed in relief. Matt:"My Power Sensing Ability is failing me. I can only sense the rot some of the time; I suppose it's because this is a different kind of zombie than I've faced before. The zombies that I've faced previously were called Feeders. These zombies were fairly fresh, so most of their humanity was still with them. These Shamblers as you call them are almost completely undead. I'll adjust soon, then we'll never get jumped like that again."

Matt lead the way again. It as a good thing, because Flamethrower cops appeared on both sides of the corridor and started blasting him with flames! Matt simply extended his Adamantium Blades and slashed either one, killing it by decapitation. Matt:"I was given a magical ring, known as the Safety Ring. It guards against Fire, Ice, and Lightning, whether in physical form or magical forms. The Aura, in case you were wondering, guards against Dark Magic. It may come in handy later against vampresses!" Now the Hunters knew almost the full extent of Matt's powers and gained a newfound confidence. The way into the Courtyard of the Penitentiary was still blocked by one soul, but the body it possessed was right beside the latter! After burying it, the blue barrier disappeared. The group climbed up the latter and entered the very source of all the problems in Ashcroft: The Prison!