The trip through the swamp was hot and hazardous. Lots of times the demented twins called Unit, mislead them into quicksand areas and other nasty holes deep enough to swallow them.
Both their armors were filthy and they had started to squeek when they moved their joints.
Apparently they were great for fighting but not made for swamp treks.

it was when Drake had just been lent a hand by Ameristar to get out of one of these holes with the conjoined twins laughing hysterically at their predicament, that a weird clapping sound was heard in the murky, mist air in front of them.

"I sought i recognised your lausss Unit." A lisping, smacking mouth said in the mist.
Out of the mist, a creature with claws and a weird growth on his back that almost looked like a turtle shell, steeped out in front of them. "Whats sat you goth sere Unit? friend os yourss?" the more or less human creature apparently reshaped it´s mouth into what it beleived was a smile.
Ameristar was sickened. These mutants or what ever they were must never have been washed in their lives. The stink hit them both like a wall.

"Look here Turtle Man. You get out of our way and we wont hurt you. And that´s a promise." Drake did his best to look brave.
Unit looked at him with his yellow eyes.
"OX here means no harm, do you brosser?"
"I´m hungry." was the only reply.
Unit walked up to him. "I am a...a guide...to sees two fine people. Sey will make me popular again, you see."

Drake looked Ameristar. "I don´t like the sound of that. We should reconsider..."
"No!!! No reconsiderations!!!" A loud voice behind them yelled.
A huge man that must have weighed at least 529 pounds and most of it in muscle and bone appeared with thundering steps and wearing next to nothing except for a Southern Cavalry cap.
"You do not belong here!! you must leave...or you will die!!!
Behind him the tower seemed to hover in the misty clouds of the swamp...but it was still a kilometer away, and these...these creatues would probably not invite them for dinner.
"Leave now!" the huge man walked up to Drake and raised his fist.....