When they arrived back at the Living Mirage, they could tell Agad obviously had not known of their arrival. He was eating noodle soup when they appeared in the dinning room. He looked up at them as some broth dribbled down his chin. Agad sighed
"What do you guys want?" the old wizard asked.
"We have reason to believe one of the prisoners in your dungeon is Navarog" Stan said harshly. "We need the keys to his cell."
Agad looked surprised " All the prisoners in the closer half of the dungeon were released when I became the caretaker. I assumed the Sphinx had a reason for locking people and demons in the farther part of the dungeon so I let them be." Agad said "I have no idea what lies on the cells past the Sphinx's, but I am aware of Navarog death. No one possible could live through the digestive system of a dragon, not even the dragon prince. I would love to prove you wrong, so go investigate a cell of a Navarog look-alike." Agad shoved his hand in his robe, pulled out a ring of keys, and handed then to Stan. "The cell number matches a number on the key, don't have too much fun." He went back to his soup.
Kendra and her grandfather followed Seth into the dungeon. Seth paused in front of a cell to the left. He put his weight against the cell door, looked in, and he came face to face with the angry face of the Sphinx. Seth jumped back
"Yup, not Gavin." he said the team followed him deeper into the dungeon and paused in front of a door on the right. Seth peeped in and at first did not see Gavin. When he looked again he saw Gavin against the same wall as the door with his hands wrapped around his knees. Seth pulled away from the door and motioned for the keys from Stan. After a minute of fumbling to find the right key, Seth eventually got the proper key in the door and turned"let me go in first." Seth whispered. Quietly opening the door seth slid in. Gavin looked up. His eyes shined with tears.
"You c-c-c-came back!" Gavin cried as he stood up. He was a lot skinnier. Seth wasn't scared of Navarog, mostly because Gavin couldn't turn into a dragon in his tiny cell.
"Navarog, you have some explaining to do." Stan said as he walked in.
"For example, why you aren't dead" Seth finished.
Gavin's smile fell "I d-d-don't know what you are t-talking about or why you keep calling me N-n-n-navarog-" Kendra could not take it any more, she walked in and leaned against the wall. "K-kendra!" Gavin yelped. He made his way toward her for a hug. Before he could reach her she gathered her strength and socked him in the face with all her might. His knees fell to the floor. When he looked up blood was dripping from his nose.
"Don't touch me, Navarog!" Kendra said sternly. Tears were gathering in Gavin's eyes again.
"P-please!" he begged "let me e-explain." It looked like each word hurt him. He got to his feet and walked to his cot. He sat down. Gavin started to talk but no words came out. He cleared his throat. "I don't k-k-know why you guys think I am N-n-navarog. All I know i-i-is this..." he started his story "I went back to fight th-that hydra in the dragon sh-sh-shrine. When I arrived at the e-entrance the h-h-hydra was already d-dead." Gavin swallowed "I saw a huge black dragon guarding the exit. A man was next to h-h-him. I tried to t-talk but I never had met a Dragon like this b-b-before. The m-man a-a-approached me. He drag-g-ged me outside. I tried to fight h-h-h-h-him, but he was strong and I w-w-was tired. He took one of th-those needles, like f-f-from a doctor's office." Gavin paused to catch his breath "He took my blood and injected the blood into the dragon. Then he tied me up with a r-rope and gaged m-my m-m-mouth. He put me in his jeep and drove a-a-away. From the back of the j-j-j-jeep I thought I saw the dragon sh-sh-shape sh-sh-sh-hift into me... But I was sure I was h-h-hallucinating. Then I woke up h-h-h-here."
"That makes sense." Stan said "Navarog may need human DNA to change into human form, the DNA was Gavin's and so he took the form of him..." He continued to talk about the possibilities. Seth chipped in some. All Kendra herd was that all the things she hated Gavin for, he hadn't done. This was stressing her out. She got over him, fell for Braken, then he is just pulling her back in again. This can't be true. Before she knew what she was doing she snatched the Translocater from Seth twisted it and disappeared.