Awfully Quiet...

You and Ashe quickly navigate yourselves through the dungeon toward Cell 12A in hopes that is where Claire is being held.

"Surprised how few guards there are..." Ashe whimpers with a concerned voice.

"Most are guarding outside the castle, defending against any Syndicate or Errian forces." you reply "Even before I got down into the dungeon there didn't seem like many warriors inside the castle."

Turning another corner and walking down a straight hallway, you finally reach the last turn until Cell 12A should be. You peer around the corner, Ashe staying behind you, you notice another lone Sunrider, piece of cloth over their face, hands tied behind their back, most likely a gag in their mouth. But weirdly enough, no guards.

"There's Cell 12A..." you whisper to Ashe "and....I don't see any guards." you can't believe your luck "Think they're inside their chambers?"

"Could be." She whispers back, her head looks behind you, checking the rear to make sure nobody is coming "Let's hope that's Luna. We can most likely ignore the guard chambers. Maybe this'll be easier than expected."

"Sounds good." you nod at Ashe "Follow me" you zip around the corner speed walking as quick as you can while being as quiet as possible. You both walk by a large wooden door that is the guards chambers, where possibly dozens of guards could be sleeping, washing, eating or just relaxing.

You get to the gate and once again fumble with the key-ring, trying key after key "Watch my back." you order Ashe as you continue to try key after key, none of them working.

Precious minutes go by as nothing seems to be working on the cage "God dammit." you grumble "None of these keys are working!" you're getting angry now "What the fuck do we do if we can't unlock this. No fucking way we can break these bars down" you're clearly getting annoyed now.

"Just keep trying, one of them must work..." Ashe stops her sentence.

"Keep fucking trying...no shit." You shake your head as you try another few keys "Any ideas if this doesn't work?" You wait patiently, trying another key but getting no respond. "Ashe? Ashe? Huh?" you turn your head, looking at the fiery red head.

Her hand is extending toward the wall in front of her. "No way..." she mumbles out, slightly chuckling to herself. On that wall, there is a hook and on that hook, there is a key."No fucking way Rathkin is that stupid." she says as she grabs the key. "Try this." she hands it your direction.