Two men followed Nassar, dragging Arik, and two more dragging Tedi. A sixth man followed the procession. Nassar reached the bottom of the stairs and turned down a long corridor. They walked for a long time before Nassar stopped and lifted a hatch in the floor. Holding the torch before him, Nassar started down another set of stairs. At the bottom of the long set of stairs below the hatch was a dank and dark corridor. Nassar paused to light a torch fixed to the wall and then proceeded down the corridor. The stench hit Arik the moment the hatch in the floor was raised. He fought down the rising of his stomach contents as the guards roughly dragged him down the second set of stone steps. Arik heard the creaking of old hinges as Nassar stopped and opened a solid metal door. The guards dragging Arik stopped at the door to the cell, and Nassar grabbed Arik's sword and pack. The guards threw him into the dark stone cell. Arik sprawled across the floor and Tedi soon followed.
