Ashe swore under her breath as Sam started explaining what had happened. Her and Leon had a heck of a time against one Imperator, but there were possibly two of them here? The odds were not good, but Ashe didn't care, she had a mission to do, and she would complete it. She had fought and won under worse odds before. It was amazing how much pain and damage the human body could take when the mind connected to it was so stubborn, and so strong. All she needed to do was make sure there was enough life left in her afterwards to get to the Gummi Ship.

While Sam sheathed his blade, Ashe kept hers out and followed the other warrior as he led her through the palace. She listened as he continued to explain, quietly taking in all the information with a perfectly blank expression on her face. The only time that changed was when he mentioned the Keyblade. She hesitated in her steps, before continuing after him. "Sora is the only one who can wield the Keyblade that we knew of. Clearly we were wrong and there's at least one more." Ashe stated.

They were at another large set of doors when they both heard voices coming from behind it. Sam immediately burst through the doors very loudly, and Ashe nearly slapped a hand against her own forehead. There went any element of surprise they may have had. There were four people inside the throne room, none of which Ashe had ever seen before. She could gather that the duck inside the cage was probably the diplomat, and the old man chained to the throne was probably the Emperor. The other two were clearly Imperators, which made Ashe swear again.

The first Imperator was a young man with a shock of spiky red hair. The other was still hooded, but judging from the small stature was either young, or female. Ashe may have been tall, but most women were much shorter than she was. She towered over most of the other female warriors in her homeland. Ashe took a slight step back as the hooded one, Roxas apparently, leaped between them and the hostages, then proceeded to summon what must have been a Keyblade.

There were only two of them, dealing with two Imperators. This wasn't good. Ashe dropped into an offensive fighting stance. "If things get bad, you flee and I'll cover your escape. You have far more information than I do." Ashe ordered quietly so that Sam was the only one who heard. It was the smartest thing to do in this situation. Sam had been here longer, he knew what was going on. Ashe was a warrior from a land of warriors, she could keep these Imperators at bay long enough for Sam to escape. "There's a Gummi Ship waiting outside the gates to the palace."