Here Be Monsters! An Adventure Involving Magic, Trolls, and Other Creatures; The Ratbridge Chronicles Volume 1 Chapter 46

The Next Victim!

• Arthur appears at the lab's entrance, struggling as a minion hangs on to him.
• Snatcher gives the minion an order and the minion talks back to him—turns out it was Herbert in disguise.
• No one attacks Herbert, since they've all learned to fear his walloper. Herbert smashes the railings keeping everyone captive, and then smashes a hole in the wall so they can escape.
• Snatcher has his minions start to shoot at their escapees, using blunderbusses loaded with random household scraps.
• Still, everyone manages to escape through the hole in the wall, and off they go.