Royal Pains (Part 4)

They all backed away from the threshold, each weaving their best spells.

Manohar came flying out if his cell at breakneck speed. The prisoners' eyes turned blue as several Warping Arrays appeared throughout the room, trying to intercept the Mad Professor.

He dodged them all by continuously changing his flight path. He stopped at the last second in front of the door, avoiding the one which appeared where he would have been if he had kept flying straight.

"I beat you again, woman." He yelled in triumph while escaping. "I knew you would try to get me once I crossed the…"

His euphoria disappeared when he noticed there was no one behind the door. The Warping array had affected an area large enough to capture Lith's team.

"Wait, did I say stay away from the door? I meant: stay as far away as you can. Dammit. What kind of world do we live in where a kidnapped man has to rescue his rescuers?"