Suddenly an alarm call the both of you

You reach up to touch her face. Even her face feels hard, but she has a nice face. You're about to tell her this when suddenly a loud noise sounds.

BLUM.

Followed by a voice: "Rory and Liam, come to the main cell, please."

Rory lets out a loud sigh. "Ugh, duty calls, I guess. I sure hope that black bitch hasn't escaped. Then again, I wouldn't mind giving her a little bit of a **** present personally." Rory gets up, and you follow.

You put on your clothes, and Rory does the same. You're used to seeing her in a tank top and cargo pants; it's almost weird to see her in anything else. But she is wearing a tight form-fitting gym shirt and black pants with fingerless gloves.

You can't help but smile at her, and she smiles back.

You follow Rory to the main cell, which turns out to be an oval room with a raised altar in the middle, or so it looks to you. Callie the purple witch, Tanya the orange-haired centaur, and Kim the blonde cat girl are here, too. They look serious. A slight movement from the corner makes you startlingly aware that a tall and slender figure is standing in the corner. She is wearing a long shawl, has a blank white mask on her face, and is completely bald. "The overseer," Rory whispers to you. "She manages Thebra internally and is the one who actively keeps the place hidden at all times."

Rory turns to the three women around the altar. "What's this about?" she asks with a serious tone.

Callie starts, "While some people have been relaxing, we've managed to drag some information out of Siji, the criminal who attacked Liam in broad daylight." Callie's expression is calm and almost emotionless; you can't help but feel her comment is a little pointed. "Turns out she isn't working alone. She's been gathering a full **** against us. A whole small army, who's all holed up at this mansion she knows. Gathering resources and...partying, according to Siji."

"Are they magical?" Tanya asks.

"If the information from Siji is to be believed, yes, they are." The altar lights up and shows the flying and floating image of a mansion.

"So what's the plan? We smash their party? Full ****?" Rory smiles.

"Yes, and no. We deal with them, full ****, but we do not crash their party." Callie explains. "We came up with a daring plan. But one we think could work."

"Which is?"

"We give them Liam," Kim states.

You startled. Suddenly feeling less safe than before.

"What?!" Rory starts.

Callie holds up a reassuring hand. "Chances are, they are going to see us coming a mile away. But if we give them what they want." Callie points to you. "They'll open their doors to us, letting us infiltrate it and attack it from the inside out."

"That's dangerous and reckless!" Rory exclaims.

"It's better than risking them coming here." Kim expresses.

"Of course, we wouldn't do anything without Liam agreeing to it. The situation is just dire; we do not want to risk them coming here and attacking our home." Callie explains.