[PRIVATE: DGFone & Thewhistlerify]

[DGFone]

Delano moved back a little, intimidated by the ferocity in the lion's voice. "I told you already, I don't know what you're talking about," he protested, "What do you want me to do?" He felt his back press against a wall, and knew that he couldn't move anywhere else. "I know nothing!" He shouted at them, suddenly growing angry. "When are you guys going to realize this?"

Feeling to packed in, Delano rushed forward, trying to get out of the dark tunnel he was in. But he didn't get anywhere before he was stopped by the other lions. "I don't have any information!" He said. "Now let me out!"

[TheWhistlerify]

The lion simply said, "Alright then, the hard way it is." he didn't really care how long it took, but he was going to get Delano to talk even if that will be the last thing he ever did. He looked at the lions who held Delano in place while he tried to run. "Take this scumbag to the prison area." that area was located at an even deeper end of the tunnel. Not only were there guards there at all times, but even if they weren't no lion would be able to run away without going through the rest of the tunnel on the way out, and there were guards spread all over who are trained to remember specific faces. "No food or water until he decides to spill the beans."

[DGFone]

Delano was forced deeper into the tunnels, and no matter how hard he resisted, he wasn't able to break lose. Eventually, he gave up trying to run. They were stronger than him, and also wanting a fight. It was a better idea not to give them a reason to fight him, as he would surely lose.

He was forced into a small cave, one with no light at all. To add to his already confused and disoriented state, he now couldn't see anything. And because he really didn't have any information they wanted, he had no way out of here. And knowing them, they looked like they wouldn't mind letting him die slowly in this cave. "I am innocent," he said into the darkness, hoping that someone would listen, "I can't telly anything to you, because I don't know anything..."

After no one answered him, Delano slumped down against the cold wall, and waited alone in the darkness for something to happen.

[TheWhistlerify]

The lion who dropped Delano inside the tunnels did not listen. They heard these types of excuses on a daily basis and therefore knew to already ignore them without paying too much attention. There were guards around the tunnels sometimes in order to keep an eye on prisoners and in order to hear in case they'd suddenly decide to finally tell what they knew.

Meanwhile back at the den Lina was growing more and more nervous despite Umeme's and Muroki's attempts to reassure her. "If it's a misunderstanding he should have been back here by now..." that's what they said to her about every five seconds, that he'll be back in a flash and that this whole thing was a misunderstanding. But the time passed, and there was no sign of Delano anywhere.

[DGFone]

Lying in the darkness, Delano didn't know what to do. Unable to prove his innocence, all he was able to do was wait, and wish that he were still with Lina. Now, to make his bad mood even worse, he was starting to regret telling her that he would be back soon. She won't take it well, and it was his fault for trying to calm her down using those words. He should have said something better.

From outside the small cave he was in, Delano heard the guards talk to each other. He tried listening in to what they were saying, but all he heard was a muffled mess. He edged back to the far end where it was silent, and listened to his own heartbeat.

---

Umeme pulled her sister into a comforting hug. "We all know that this is a mistake," she said softly, "it might take longer than we want to clear it, but I am sure that it will be cleared." She looked at Muroki, hoping that he would also have something to say that might help.

She then got an idea. "Wait, Muroki. You're his brother... Maybe you can go down there and clear it up. They will trust you, right?"

[TheWhistlerify]

Muroki ears flattened against his head when Umeme made her suggestion. "I don't know, it's been a really long time since I've been there..." not to mention that his last encounter with the trainer was also not so pleasant, so he didn't know how will the trainer react to him if he saw him. Lina however seemed to like that idea way more than Muroki did. She looked at him with big glassy eyes like those of a cub, not because she was trying to convince him, but because she really was feeling like a lost infant.

Muroki sighed in defeat, "Alright, I'll go." Lina smiled a little at that, but she was still looking troubled. He got up and gave Umeme a short nuzzle, "I'll be back soon." unlike Delano, he knew he would be able to keep up that promise, since the police had no reason to arrest him. Not that he was believing that they had a reason to arrest his brother, in fact it was rather anger provoking considering everything Delano did for them. Not wanting to keep his brother stuck there any longer, Muroki began making his way towards the police's tunnel system.

[DGFone]

Umeme watched Muroki run off, glad that he was willing to try her idea out. But at the same time, she shared his feelings of doubt. Looking at Lina, though, Umeme knew that she had to cling onto any bit of hope that she can get.

She moved back to her sister's side, allowing Lina to lean on her. She wanted to say something to try and cheer her up, but chose not to. Umeme didn't know what to say that didn't have the potential to backfire badly should Muroki return unsuccessfully. In the end, she chose to speak. "Muroki knows what he's doing," she told Lina, "he might even have a chance at bringing Delano back."

[TheWhistlerify]

Muroki didn't like the idea of going to the police again but he didn't keep that from stopping him. He kept running until he was at the entrance. While he didn't have the password police trainees got because he left before completing his trainings, he did have the password which was given to simple pride members. He was soon inside the police system, but he had no idea where to go. The tunnel was long and at some points also split into more tunnels and paths, so Muroki had no idea what to do now.

[DGFone]

Delano had no idea how much time had passed since he was shoved into the small cave. He now knew why this particular section was used to hold prisoners. The complete darkness, the low muffle of the guard's voices, and the complete loneliness was already starting to eat at him.

In another part of the caves, the trainer was walking around when he walked into Muroki. "Oh, it's you," he said nonchalantly. "What are you doing here? I thought you had enough of this place." As much as his last encounter with Muroki left a bitter taste, the trainer saw that Muroki looked worried, and knew right away that Muroki didn't come for any small reason.

[TheWhistlerify]

The trainer was probably the last lion Muroki thought encountering would result in any good. He doubted the trainer would be able to help him nor did he believe that the trainer would want to. Then again, this wasn't in order to help him, this was to help his brother. "I did have enough of it." he replied, letting him know that when a lion went someplace it wasn't always in his desire. There was no point lying about it anyway. "Why was my brother arrested?" he asked after a short pause, wondering whether the trainer would suddenly turn out to have a part in all of this.