Jack came to the ruins of the elven village.<br/>"What the fuck happened here...?" He asked.<br/>"I don't know..." Leela answered, "But we can't stay long, the enemy will likely find your footprints and follow them to this location." Jack walked amongst the ruins. He looked around for any sign of the others. Jack was just about to give up when he saw a chest.<br/>"Heh heh, paydirt." He said with a wicked grin. Jack walked over to it only to find it was locked. He muttered a low oath, then looked at his glove.<br/>"I wonder..." He said to nobody in particular. He slowly reached for the chest. He was pleasantly surprised to see his hand go through it.<br/>"Bitchin'..." Jack said happily. He felt around. He found what felt like a sword and a key. He grabbed them both and pulled them out of the chest. Jack grinned when he saw the sword and key come out of the chest.<br/>"These might come in handy." He said. He attached the sword to his belt and then looked at the key. Leela flew down to get a better look at it.<br/>"I know what that is!" She exclaimed, "That key can supposedly unlock anything!" Jack looked at her, then decided to test the key on the chest. He inserted it into the lock and gave it a turn. He was filled with glee when he heard the tumblers snap open and the lid of the chest came loose. Jack removed the key from the lock and put it in his pocket. He stood back up and began searching for footprints. He saw many footprints that looked like they belonged to fleeing elves, but he found one set that was different. This set was like that of a wolf, but it was walking on two legs.<br/>"That's Lianth!" He shouted. He followed them for awhile. Jack saw them stop at what passed for a cart. He followed them a bit longer and saw they went into the forest, along with other sets. He looked up, grinned, then walked back to the center of the ruins. He then ran one hundred yards in one direction, climbed a tree, and jumped from tree to tree back to the center of the ruins. He repeated the process ten times, all going in other directions. Once he had finished he walked back to Lianth's footprints and began to follow them.<br/>"Any particular reason as to why you did all that?" Leela asked him.<br/>"If I can find Lianth's footprints then they can find mine. The only difference is now they have eleven other sets of my footprints to follow, all leading to dead ends. That will buy me some time, or at least make my pursuers split up if there are more than one of them." Leela stared at Jack, a smile crossing her face.<br/>"That's actually really smart Jack." She said.<br/>"I have my moments, now come on! We gotta hurry and warn the others of the danger they are in." Jack then began running in the direction Lianth's footprints went.