Axel nodded, though he noted Elsa's suspicious look. Well, she'd see soon enough. "Alright, then," he said, stepping up next to her.

"Now then, this is probably going to look kind of creepy," he warned her, "but there's no need to be scared." And with that, he held out his hand, palm vertical, and pointed at a spot a short distance ahead of them. Almost instantly, an ominous-looking portal of swirling black and purple energy appears before them; the entrance to a Dark Corridor.