The heart of the jungle.

Rylen had somehow teleported us into the center of a large, dome ceilinged room. There were no windows, save a circular opening at the peak of the dome. Ther was only one door, which was clearly padlocked.
The room almost looked like something from the set of a gothic sci-fi movie. Each wall had shelves, or tables, or machines, none of which made any sense to me at all. Oddly, there were CD's, DVD's and computerized devices that looked VERY high tech and futuristic, while others had runes and symbols carved into them, like they were from the middle ages. The center of the room was even stranger though. Directly beneath the dome was what I could only describe as a 15 foot wide metal wading pool filled with some kind of silvery liquid, like mercury or silver paint or something.
"My Laboratory" Rylen intoned with a slight transylvanian accent in a mild attempt at humor. "Its the most important room in my mansion... for you Misty."
I gritted my teeth as he called me that. I opened my mouth to speak and started to gesture to him, but he held his hand up and I froze.
"I didn't say you could speak my little Misty. Now, walk over and stand in the middle of the pool." He lowered his hand and I un-froze.