Megan and Kendra walked through the fog towards the entrance of the temple. The mist was thicker today. Good. That would work in their favor.

The shadow of an arch came into view and soon they spotted the Hunter and his men gathered around what looked like a corpse.
Megan tried not to gasp when she recognized Warren's pale body.

"Cutting it a little close, aren't we?" The Hunter faced his visitors. "Where's the other one?"

Megan glared at her brother's captor. "We left him behind. He's not the best at handling... delicate situations."

Th Hunter nodded. "Well, let's get this over with. Shall we?" He offered his hand to Megan as if inviting her to dance.

"Yes, let's." She crossed her arms. "But first, bring Warren back."

He kept his arm outstretched. "You're wasting time, time that he doesn't have."

"Bring him back or I don't go with you." She held. "I don't trust you to hold up your end of the deal."

He lowered his arm. "Maybe the feelings mutual."

Megan took a deep breath and stared at the Hunter where she assumed his eyes were. "I give you my word, that if you bring him back first, then I'll go with you."

Kendra grabbed her arm. "You can't."

"I have to." Megan pushed Kendra's hand away.

The Hunter nodded and snapped his fingers.

Warren suddenly gasped for breath and sat up, panting. His eyes settled on Megan and widened. "Megan?"

"There." The Hunter interrupted. "We held up our end, now you hold up yours."

Megan nodded and moved to stand beside him.
One of the soldiers pulled out a pair of handcuffs.

"Megan, what are you doing?" Warren watched in horror, trying to work out what was happening.

She sighed, unable to look at him. "What I have to."

The soldier clamped the cuffs around her wrist and a buzzing sensation pulsed through her body. They'd enhanced the cuffs. The Hunter turned to look at Kendra, tilting his head ever so slightly.

"What?" Kendra asked as she stepped forward to accept Warren.

The Hunter held up his hand and the soldiers holding Warren paused. "You have a similar power to Megan. As does you brother. Two sides of the same coin." He stared at Kendra. "I'm sure the High Shaper would forgive our delay, if we brought him three prisoners instead of one."

"No!" Megan jerked forward but her bonds clamped tighter and a shock ran through her body.

Soldiers emerged from the mist and grabbed Kendra.

The Hunter turned in a slow circle. "Show yourself. I know you're there."

In response, Seth lunged our of the fog and tackled one of Warren's guards to the ground.

"A valiant effort." The Hunter dodged an attack as Seth leapt towards him. Seth summersaulted across the damp grass. "But in vain." The Hunter clasped his hands behind his back.

Two more soldiers darted from the mist and restrained Seth, who kicked and squirmed and struggled with all of his strength, but to no avail. They had fallen right into the Hunter's trap.