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[center][h1][color=99CC00]Matthew Madigan[/color][/h1]
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[I]Location: Merlins Tower (Inside)
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Maddie couldn't help but crack a smile as Gretel punched Hansel for his remarks. A silent chuckle escaped him as he watched the two siblings squabble for a bit. He nodded towards Colby, laughing silently to himself at the passing joke about their heritage. If Wonderland was anything like the tales, then certainly there must've been a degree of madness in both of them. After all, why else would they agree to abscond with two women who they barely knew and a fairy? Especially after one of them held a knife to his throat. He leaned his head against the wall of the tower, thinking about how much had happened in the past 24 hours before Red alerted him once again to the growing danger.

Maddie didn't dare to peek out of a window, happily placed right at the hinges of the door so that anyone who entered would miss him as they came in. He doubted Colbys rabbit idea would work, especially since Maddie didn't know himself how he had done it before. But it got him thinking, whirring the gears in his mind as to if this book had any spells for fortifying the tower. His brows furrowed as his tongue stuck out slightly, concentrating heavily on the pages before him as he flipped fervently through each one. Nothing matched what he had in mind, and time seemed to be coming to a close. They had to fight or run. 

Maddie looked towards Colby, the two cats with him now as as his own sat beside Matthew behind the door. Just moments ago Colby had been winded from all the running, and the catacombs would surely be their tomb if they entered it. Or at the very least Colbys. Maddie closed his eyes and let out a soft sigh as he realized they'd have to stand their ground, or at the very least he would need to so that Colby could have a head start. [Color=99CC00]"Colby, if they come in I'll buy you some time. I'm faster than you and I can catch up no problem. Just...make sure you stay alive ok?"[/color]

Maddie didn't waste a second, flipping through the pages back towards a spell he'd seen while searching the book previously. He followed the somatic commands and whispered a word of power, summoning a dark leather bandolier around his waist with enough slots for 20 knives. But they were all empty. [Color=99CC00]"What good is this if I don't have anything in it."[/color] He huffed out in hushed frustration. He followed the commands again, whispering the word and suddenly the belt was full of throwing knives save for two slots. Maddie looped his finger through the hole in one knife, twirling it so that its handle landed in the palm of his hand. He clutched it close to his chest, staring at the door to his left and taking slow breaths.