Doon watched as Barton and the husky guards disappeared through the tunnel. "No no no no…" he whispered, kicking himself for letting them get away. He forced himself to turn his attention back to Lina. "Come on, show me something Lina!" he begged, laying his head on her chest to feel her heart. It was beating, slowly. "Oh Lina…" Doon sighed, feeling terrible. "I'm so sorry…"

Suddenly, she stirred. "Uurmmm…" she moaned.

"Lina!" Doon sat straighter before leaning closer to her face, waiting to see her beautiful blue eyes open. Her eyelids fluttered open.

"Doon?" she croaked.

"Lina!" Doon wrapped his arms around her and pulled her up to him, gripping her tightly. "You're ok!"

"Ouch!" she winced. He loosened his hold on her and let her down gently. "Yeah, I'm ok." Lina smiled at Doon, at a loss for words.

"They took the box." Doon felt ashamed to tell her that, knowing it was their way out.

"Mmm-hmm."

Doon tilted his head in confusion. "You're…you're not…upset?"

"Mmmm-mm…" Lina shrugged noncommittally.

"But…why? They took the box, they have the instructions! I mean, not the cards, I have those now, but they have the instructions!"

"Doon."

"They have our only way out of here!"

"Doon."

"What?"

Lina smiled slyly at him and put her hand under the waist of her shorts. "They don't have the instructions." As she said this, she pulled the ancient folded paper from her hiding place. Doon stared in awe at it. "They aren't as smart as they claim to be are they?"

Doon glanced back up at her and his mouth spread in a grin. "I love you." Before any reaction could be made on her part, he pressed his lips against hers and hugged her tighter. Lina wrapped her free hand around his neck and started playing with his hair.

When they broke free for air, she winked at him. "You better."

He laughed. "As soon as you can get up, we'll get out of here."

"Mmmm-hmmm," she muttered. Lina pulled Doon's lanky body to hers and kissed him deeply.

Sorry for the long wait and the short chapter! :) Hopefully that was satisfactory. If I get 4 reviews on this chapter I'll write an epilogue! :D

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