[Robert]

The zombie stops focusing on me for a while, and heads towards Elena, who seemed to be poisoned and also cleansing herself of poison at the same time. The thing opened its mouth, green drool dripping from its teeth, and it let out a groan before trying to bite Elena. I, however, wouldn't let this happen, and breathed a white flame that soon enveloped the entire zombie, leaving only a pile of burning body parts on the floor. "Whew... that was close," I say to Elena, who was probably a little shaken up from that attack. I then add "I couldn't just stand there and let one of my teammates get zombified... and I really don't want to be responsible for killing them afterwards," I then remember the pain in my left arm, and try to keep it from moving using my right hand. That mage must have cut through the muscle or something, 'cause the arm was completely limp and I was unable to actually control it at the moment. I wince in pain, and hear one of the three, particularly, the bird who we just saved, reply with "Name's Bruce... I used to be the manager of a nearby restaurant... what the heck happened?" The gargoyle, who was the only one who was awake at the time then asks "Hey, could someone untie me? I kinda want to be able to move," I then comply, cutting the rope with the claws on my right hand, letting go of my left arm for a moment, and I scream in agony instantly afterwards, and hold up my left arm after that. The gargoyle thanks me, and leaves the building... somehow, I feel as though I'll meet up with that guy again... I just don't know why I feel that way. It was weird, and it almost made me think that this was more than just a coincidence that we were here just as he started screaming for help. Shaking off that feeling, I manage to start to head upwards, and hopefully out of this mess, with my left arm hanging on by just a few threads, and being held up by my right hand... I really hope that I'm ready for whatever challenges might come next.
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[Tony]

"That sounds like a plan, Deravan," I whisper to Deravan, making sure that I don't catch the attention of any of the guards who were patrolling around the area. I then take a moment to take a deep breath, and then focus my earth-based magic on the ground underneath me. I sink down into the newly-created hole, and use the same magic to dig out towards the base, just a bit before gesturing for the rest of our group to follow. Thankfully, my magic didn't make enough noise for the guards to notice... but, if there was anyone who was more awake than they were, the sound of the ground moving around underneath them might just tip them off to our location. [i]I hope the entire group is still tired... I really hope they don't have anyone who became nocturnal after the change in there... that wouldn't be good.[/i] I think as I wait for the others to continue burrowing. It seemed as though Deravan would help, given that he also had earth magic... though, I figured that Ralph, being a bird, would feel a little uncomfortable in the cramped hole that's too small for him to fly and escape. Of course, he didn't have much of a choice, as the guards would probably notice a phoenix flying above their heads, and given that phoenixes aren't too rare nowadays, they'd know to treat the phoenix as an intruder rather than a wild animal, which would lead them to attack Ralph as soon as they saw him. I then wondered if the opposite group had some sort of plan to get in, or some way to avoid the guards... I assumed that the zombie dragon would be bait, given that he probably can't feel pain, or, at the very least, won't feel as much pain as the others. Maybe they'd ambush the guards after that, picking them off one-by-one, and hoping that they all go for the ruse... though, these were scientists, and they might not be as easy to trick as a typical passerby.