The elementalist awoke from the deep sleep that the Bronze Man placed her in to silence the darkness. She felt completely refreshed and better than she had in a month. Stretching she heard the voices of her companions echoing throughout the temple and went to investigate.

Alyson entered the main chamber and saw Irzen, Willow, Serna, and Neven with one of the militia guardsmen there as well as The Bronze Man. Walking over and standing next to the cleric, "Oh, hey guys. This is Lazheros, he's an old friend of my Uncle Madeous."

The entire party was stunned to see Alyson although Irzen was the first to speak, "Wait a minute! Didn't we leave you at the inn so you could take a nap?"

"You did?" She blinked then shrugged, "...couldn't sleep. Bad dreams and all. Don't remember anything after that."

"Yeah, what in the Realm are you doing here, Alyson?" Serna asked shaking her head.

"Sleepwalking, I think." The elementalist scratched her head.

"From the inn to this temple?!" Irzen asked with a raised eyebrow, "That must have been one hell of a walk. Did you get your pockets picked along the way?"

Lazheros was glad to see Alyson revived and sensed the darkness sealed away once more. Just as it should be. "Your friends have found themselves in a bit of a fix."

"Really? What happened? Who did it? And why?" She looked kind of confused at the cleric then at the party.

Willow calmly explained to Alyson all that happened in her absence leaving nothing out and holding nothing back.

The elementalist still remembered Willow's brutal honesty. Cut throat as ever, or damning from a certain point of view. She recoiled from him somewhat not sure why it bothered her.

Lazehros took notice of Alyson's body language and placed his hand gently on her shoulder reassuring her that all is well.

"Now do you understand why we are in the mess that we are in?" Irzen asked nonchalantly.

"Okay. So now you're the Realm's version of the 'Scooby Doo?" Alyson chuckled.

"Nope!" The Swordsman smiled, "WE are the Realm's version of Scooby Doo! So, do you want your Scooby Snack now or after this mystery is solved?"

Willow, Neven and Serna gave each other a look as to wonder what their friends were talking about.